Chapter 218 223, Cloud Palace Swift Sound, Heart of the Goddess
Shi Qingxuan's somewhat childish question did not make sense in Ouyang Feng's opinion.
Because it is impossible for her not to have the "Immortal Seal" - she is the daughter of the Evil King Shi Zhixuan, and Shi Zhixuan had already created the Immortal Seal before she was born, so the fact is that the Immortal Seal came first, and Shi Qingxuan came later, so as long as she is Shi Qingxuan, the daughter of the Evil King, then she must have the Immortal Seal no matter what.
If she didn't have the Immortal Seal, she wouldn't be Shi Qingxuan, she wouldn't live in Youlin Cottage, and she wouldn't have this agreement with Ouyang Feng.
In short, whether from a rational or logical point of view, Shi Qingxuan's hypothesis is inherently impossible.
Of course, although Ouyang Feng thought so in his heart, he is no longer the steely boy he used to be.
As he grew older and his cultivation became deeper, his temperament became much softer.
The once indifferent, cold, and ruthless Western Dragon King now often gives people a feeling of tranquility, gentleness, and harmlessness.
When it comes to treating women, he can also understand that girls are not rational creatures, and it is meaningless to reason with them or use logic.
Therefore, he did not speak out his thoughts, and discussed with Shi Qingxuan the absurdity and naivety of her assumptions. He just smiled and said:
"Qingxuan, you're overthinking. Although I want martial arts, the agreement with Qingxuan is obviously more important."
Just these words that sounded like coaxing a child made Shi Qingxuan's lips curl up, her eyes showed a smile, and her tone became cheerful:
"Okay, you've passed. How long do you plan to stay in Shu this time?"
"Qingxuan, this place has beautiful mountains and clear waters, which is suitable for seclusion and cultivation. If Qingxuan doesn't mind, I will stay here for a while and comprehend the skills. How about that?"
Shi Qingxuan said smilingly:
"It is a great honor for Qingxuan to have my humble room in the valley chosen by the Supreme Grand Master to be used as a place for temporary cultivation. However, Qingxuan also has a small request."
"what?"
"Does Grandmaster Ouyang have any new songs recently? Qingxuan really wants to listen to Grandmaster's peerless zither art again."
Ouyang Feng smiled when he heard this.
In fact, he had never been serious about music, but he had a great talent in music. Even though he only practiced sonic skills and played some musical instruments casually, Shi Qingxuan regarded him as a soulmate.
Looking at Shi Qingxuan's bright eyes full of expectation, Ouyang Feng thought for a moment, and just like when he met Shi Qingxuan in the ruined temple before, he pulled out the iron zither that could both play music and beat people from behind, put it on the table, and said:
"I recently met one of my childhood idols and he did get a song. This song is a little... well, unorthodox, or not in line with the current style of music. Qingxuan, don't take it too seriously, just give it a listen."
Childhood idol?
Shi Qingxuan was very surprised.
Ouyang Feng was already a world-renowned "Supreme Grand Master" in his twenties. Such a brilliant talent was rare in ancient and modern times. What kind of person was worthy of being his "childhood idol" and even made him feel moved and compose a song for him after meeting him once?
Surprised, she couldn't help but feel more excited. She sat down on the chair opposite and waited for his performance.
Ouyang Feng held his breath and concentrated, thinking back to the Five Elements Mountain. Although the monkey's head was covered with mud, moss and weeds grew on it, and it had been able to eat iron balls when hungry and drink copper juice when thirsty for more than four hundred years, and it couldn't even pick wild peaches more than ten feet away, it was still optimistic, open-minded, cheerful and humorous. He gently plucked the zither strings with his fingers and played the first note.
What he played was "Yun Gong Swift Sound".
The swift sound of the Cloud Palace played with the iron zither could not be fully expressed in many places.
But why is Ouyang Feng’s cultivation so advanced now?
When he encounters some places where the iron zither has difficulty performing, he can even use his qi to transform the strings and use sound wave techniques to produce notes.
Therefore, this piece of music, Yungong Xunyin, which seemed quite "heretical" to people at that time, was played almost perfectly by him, and he not only demonstrated his skills, but also incorporated emotion.
As he said, "No technique, all emotion."
Of course this is also modesty.
Although his music skills were not as good as Shi Qingxuan, who was close to the Tao, he was still rare in the world. He also integrated the power of the soul and was able to play music that touched other people's hearts and minds, which was why Shi Qingxuan regarded him as a soulmate.
now.
Shi Qingxuan listened quietly to Ouyang Feng's playing. Although she felt that the style of the music was indeed quite unorthodox, it was also refreshing to her. The strong emotions contained in it made her heart surge even with her calm state of mind.
Until the end of the song, the music was still echoing in her ears and her heart could not calm down for a long time.
"How is it?" Ouyang Feng looked at her and asked with a smile.
"Very good!" Shi Qingxuan nodded and said, "I have never heard such inspiring music."
Ouyang Feng asked again: "What did Qingxuan hear?"
Shi Qingxuan pondered for a while and said slowly:
"I travel to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening, and I roam freely in the world. I am not afraid of the sky or the earth, and I have an unfettered and free mind..."
She stared at Ouyang Feng and asked:
"Is this your ambition?"
"That's right." Ouyang Feng casually plucked the strings of the zither, "What I pursue is not actually the martial arts, but the true way to immortality. Collecting martial arts is just to lay the foundation for my great path."
Shi Qingxuan lowered her eyes and frowned, and said softly:
"Your ambitions are so great..."
She never had any lofty ambitions. She only wanted to stay away from the secular world, study music, and live a peaceful and tranquil life.
When she thought that Ouyang Feng would tirelessly climb toward the sky to achieve his ambition of "traveling in the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening, and roaming freely in the world", while she would always live in this secluded valley in the mountains, and that in the future no matter how hard she tried to look, she would not be able to see his figure high in the sky, her heart could not help but fall, and she felt sad and gloomy for a while.
Just when I was feeling depressed, I suddenly heard Ouyang Feng say:
"In fact, Qingxuan, you have already embarked on the path of Taoism. Music is also Taoism."
After hearing what he said, Shi Qingxuan felt a little more excited. She looked up at him and asked:
"But I don't have your strong desire and lofty ambition. Can I... really do it?"
Ouyang Feng said leisurely:
"To be brave and diligent, to strive for the first place, and even to cut the sky to mend myself is the way. To be quiet and inaction, not to fight or grab, and to follow nature is also the way. I am only following the way that suits me. But Qingxuan's way of quiet and inaction may not be infeasible."
He looked into Shi Qingxuan's eyes and encouraged:
"The road ahead is long and the future is uncertain. Qingxuan just needs to follow her heart and move forward. In the future, you and I may be above the nine heavens, playing the zither and the flute in harmony, and making celestial music together."
Shi Qingxuan raised the corners of her lips slightly, and two delicate and charming dimples appeared on her cheeks. The depressed and gloomy mood in her heart was instantly swept away.
She tilted her head and looked at Ouyang Feng with sparkling eyes:
"Are you inviting me to walk hand in hand with you?"
Ouyang Feng asked back:
"Qingxuan is unwilling?"
Shi Qingxuan stared at him for a while, then her pretty face suddenly turned red. She lowered her head, fiddling with the corner of her clothes with her slender fingers, and said softly:
"It's getting late, I'll go prepare dinner. I don't like to eat meat, I only eat eggs, so we didn't prepare any meat at home, but we have a lot of dried and fresh mushrooms, which are just as delicious as meat."
After saying that, he ran away as if fleeing in panic.
Looking at Shi Qingxuan's back, Ouyang Feng smiled, put away the iron zither, and continued to look through the Immortal Seal Scroll, trying to figure out the evil king's cycle of life and death.
Shi Qingxuan lived alone in the valley. She took care of her own food and clothing every day and was quite efficient at doing housework. Not long after, she invited Ouyang Feng to dinner.
Ouyang Feng put away the Immortal Seal Scroll and went to the next room, where he saw four dishes and a soup on the table. The dishes were cold-roasted eggplant, fried tofu cubes, steamed egg custard, and pickled okra in vinegar; the soup was a stew of various dried mushrooms.
Although the dishes are simple, Shi Qingxuan's cooking skills are really good. The simple four dishes and one soup are delicious and fragrant. Just a sniff will make people salivate.
Shi Qingxuan filled a bowl of yellow corn rice for Ouyang Feng and asked him, "We have homemade rice wine at home. Would you like to drink some?"
Ouyang Feng asked:
"Possibly intoxicating?"
Shi Qingxuan said:
"It's just a sweet drink with a slight taste of alcohol, but it won't make you drunk."
So it's just drinks?
Ouyang Feng nodded immediately:
"Then drink a bowl."
Shi Qingxuan smiled and said:
"I thought you wouldn't drink this kind of drink."
"On the contrary, I don't drink alcohol that would intoxicate me."
"That's strange. There are very few martial artists who don't drink. Even many female warriors can drink a lot."
"It's just a rule I set for myself..."
While chatting, Ouyang Feng finished three bowls of corn rice with four dishes, one soup, and sweet and delicious rice wine.
Seeing that he was so confident in his craftsmanship, Shi Qingxuan couldn't help but smile, with curved eyebrows and eyes, and was in a very happy mood.
After dinner, it was gradually getting dark.
Shi Qingxuan packed up the dishes, led Ouyang Feng to a small room, and said:
"This room was once occupied by my father-in-law. After his death, no one has lived in it for many years, but I have been cleaning it, so it is still relatively clean."
Ouyang Feng knew that after the duel between Tyrant Blade Yue Shan and Song Que, he was seriously injured. Before his death, he came here to stay for a while. At that time, Bi Xiuxin was still alive, and she and Shi Qingxuan took care of Yue Shan and handled his funeral affairs.
Yue Shan's "Day-Changing Technique" was also kept by Shi Qingxuan for this reason.
In fact, Ouyang Feng and Yue Shan are still in a father-in-law and son-in-law relationship. After all, Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing are Yue Shan's daughter and granddaughter.
Ouyang Feng naturally had no objection to living in the house where his father-in-law had lived.
At this time, Shi Qingxuan asked softly:
"Would you like to take a bath? I can boil some hot water for you."
"No need. The stream in front of my door is sweet and clear. I will go there to bathe when I want to."
"Well. Then you should have a good rest. I'm going back to the house."
"it is good."
After watching Shi Qingxuan leave, Ouyang Feng closed the door, summoned the phantom of a bronze door, took a step over it, and instantly arrived at the guest house of the restaurant where he stayed last night.
In the courtyard, Shan Wanjing and Dugu Feng were practicing swordsmanship, Shan Meixian and Bai Qing'er were watching on the side. When they saw Ouyang Feng coming back, the four girls hurried to greet him.
"Sir, did your trip go smoothly?" Shan Meixian asked with a smile.
"It went smoothly." Ouyang Feng nodded and said, "But from now on, I will have to stay there for a while."
Shan Wanjing pouted her lips, her eyes looked a little resentful:
"How long will you stay there, sir?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on your progress in cultivation. Of course, it's easy for me to go back and forth. I can come back here every night and guide you in your cultivation."
After hearing his promise that he could come back every night, Shan Wanjing finally smiled.
Ouyang Feng asked Bai Qing'er again:
"Have you found out the whereabouts of the Queen?"
Bai Qing'er bowed and said softly:
"Master, please forgive me. Our master's whereabouts are erratic and he has not moved into our Yin Gui Sect's base in Chengdu. We have not been able to find out where our master is today."
"No rush, just find out slowly."
Ouyang Feng has already obtained the Immortal Seal Scroll and the Sun-Changing Technique. He has not yet fully mastered these two techniques and integrated them into the Hunyuan Wuji Technique. He is not in a hurry to look for the "Scripture of Wisdom of the Origin of Controlling All Laws" of the Great Ming Sect.
He then instructed the four girls on their training for a while, then opened the bronze gate and returned to the cottage in the secluded forest.
In the small house where my father-in-law lived before his death.
Ouyang Feng sat cross-legged on the couch, read through the Scroll of Immortal Seal and the Sun-Changing Technique, and copied them into the Tongtian Treasure Mirror. Then he put away the scrolls and books, and carefully comprehended and pondered them by comparing them with the Tongtian Treasure Mirror, absorbing the essence of the two extraordinary skills, integrating them into the Hunyuan Wuji Skill, and consolidating his foundation bit by bit.
This continued for more than ten days.
Ouyang Feng practiced day and night without stopping, and only had three meals a day with Shi Qingxuan. After meals, they would chat and walk along the stream for a while, and occasionally play a song together. In the evening, he would return to Chengdu to guide Dugu Feng, Shan Wanjing and others in their practice, and would only stay there for half an hour. The rest of the time was spent on practice.
Although they didn't spend much time together every day, Shi Qingxuan was happy. In order to make sure Ouyang Feng had a good meal, she even went to Chengdu and bought some fresh meat and cured meat and cooked meat dishes for him.
Deep down in her heart, she really hoped that Ouyang Feng could stay in Youlin Cottage forever.
Even if he was immersed in spiritual practice every day and only had a very short time to spend with her, and only played a song with her occasionally, she would be satisfied.
Unfortunately, she also knew that it was impossible for him to stay.
His ambition is beyond the nine heavens, and this mortal world is just the scenery on his journey.
Fortunately, she has now entered the Tao.
Although the paths we chose are different, at least there is hope that I can play music with him in the future.
This night.
Shi Qingxuan sat alone by the stream, washing her feet in the clear water, holding a bamboo flute in her hand and playing it leisurely.
Amid the sound of the flute, gusts of gentle breeze appeared out of nowhere, slowly swirling around her, ruffling her long green hair and making her clothes flutter, as if she were a fairy riding the wind.
When the song ended, Ouyang Feng's voice suddenly rang out:
"Qingxuan wants to ride on the wind, or even turn into the wind and fly freely?"
The feeling that Shi Qingxuan expressed in the song just now was that she wanted to ride on the wind, or even merge into the wind, and fly freely to any place.
It was for this reason that the essence of heaven and earth that responded to her flute music turned into a gentle breeze, swirling around her.
"Ride the wind, or even become the wind. When you travel freely across the universe, I can catch up with you!"
Shi Qingxuan said this silently in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud. She just gently swung her snow-white feet, splashing water, and smiled at him:
"You are such a busy man, shouldn't you stay in your room and practice at this time? How can you have the leisure to come out and listen to my music?"
Ouyang Feng smiled, sat down beside her and said:
"The Immortal Seal and the Sun-Changing Technique have given me a lot of new inspiration. Adding to the many techniques I've acquired before, I feel like I've accumulated enough and the time has come. So, I'm going to come out and relax and adjust my state of mind."
Shi Qingxuan blinked and asked:
"Are you going to break through a certain realm?"
Ouyang Feng nodded with a smile:
"Exactly."
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(End of this chapter)
