The old man had white hair and was wearing a very clean robe. He was standing at the entrance of the garden at this moment and stared at Gu Qingfeng with a pair of turbid eyes and an inconceivable expression. He also looked quite excited, so much that the muscles at the corners of his mouth were trembling slightly.
“All my life I"ve been pondering the famous songs left behind by Sovereign Bloodheaven, and I"ve heard many people play this Drunken at the Blue Sea, even I played it countless times, but only after hearing you did I realize that no one is absolute, and there are many people more outstanding than my imagination out there."
"This is incredible, really incredible, ”
When the little girl saw the old man, she ran over and shouted, "Grandpa!"
Gu Qingfeng smiled faintly, “You"re overpraising me, mister.”
“Overpraising you? No! Your fingering style, strings, and rhythm are all exceptional! What"s even more amazing is that you played Drunken at the Blue Sea with your bare hands without using any spiritual art, and you still brought out the essence of the song."
"It was like dreaming back to the ancient times, and witnessing the vicissitudes of the Sovereign when he lived in seclusion in the Blue Sea. I thought I knew a little about music, but hearing you today was really an eye-opener and greatly impressed me. "
Facing the old man"s shower of praise, Gu Qingfeng did not have any of the modesty from moments ago and just leaned on the pillar of the pavilion, smiling faintly.
“Grandpa, is this big brother really that amazing?”
“He played Drunken at the Blue Sea with his bare hands and managed to bring out the essence within the song! This young master"s musical attainments are extremely high and rare, and I"m afraid even I am inferior to him.” The old man nodded and had an admiring look on his face, “Oh, I still haven"t asked you for your name yet.”
Gu Qingfeng stood up and took the melon seeds on the table, then replied faintly, “Gu, Gu Qingfeng.”
Gu Qingfeng?
The old man pondered on this name and thought about all the musical geniuses that he knew, however, he did not have any recollection regarding Gu Qingfeng.
He has not made any detailed inquiries and only cupped his hands and said, “Hearing how you played Drunken at the Blue Sea with your bare hands really opened my eyes. I wonder if Young Master Gu would give me the honor of having a few drinks with me.”
Gu Qingfeng thought about what Ouyang Ye was doing now since he did not inform her when he left. After thinking about it, he replied, “I"d like to, but there is a friend waiting for me. We"ll do it if we have another chance.”
Gu Qingfeng walked over, rubbed the little girl"s hair, and returned her zither, “Little girl, continue to practice your zither. I will leave now.”
Looking at Gu Qingfeng"s departing figure, the old man exclaimed over and over, “I never thought I could meet a young man with such profound musical attainments here."
“Grandpa, are his musical attainments really that amazing? Even better than yours?” The little girl had never heard her grandfather speaking so highly of a person, not even elder sister Su Hua, whom she admired the most: “Grandpa, aren"t you exaggerating a bit?
“I"m not exaggerating at all. His fingering style, strings, and rhythm were all superb, and most importantly, he played with his bare hands and managed to bring out the essence within the song, without using any spiritual arts. This young man"s musical attainments are unfathomable. Not only is he better than me, but I"m afraid the disparity is quite big."
“Ah! Then how is he compared to elder sister Su Hua?”
"This… I"m not too certain about this. Miss Su is a musical genius in today"s age, and she is the only one who can bring out the concept within the Sovereign"s profound songs. As for how high are Young Master Gu"s musical attainments, I can"t tell."
"By the way grandpa, just now when I was playing elder sister Su Hua"s Plum Blossom"s Three Leaves, I kept making a mistake in the exact place, but after big brother taught me to change my fingering style and spiritual art, I very easily managed to play it."
“Oh? So this happened?”
The old man took the sheet music and stroked his white beard as he looked at it carefully, but the more he looked, the deeper he frowned, and the more shocked he was. He then hurriedly sat down in the pavilion and tried playing a bit, and after that, he involuntarily took a deep breath and could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
“This song was carefully composed by Miss Su, it can be described as a masterpiece. It"s very normal that you couldn"t play it, and that"s because your cultivation base is too low, as are your musical attainments. There are a lot of complex fingering styles and spiritual arts you don"t understand, but…”
"I didn"t expect that you could play Plum Blossom"s Three Leaves by using the gentle-plucking style and the Three-stringed Recovery Art. Moreover, there is no discrepancy feeling, instead, the song feels even more profound than before. This is simply
inconceivable!"
Perhaps because he was extremely shocked, that the old man was a little incoherent and took several deep breaths in succession so he could sort out his thoughts. Then he gradually calmed down and said, “I"m afraid Young Master Gu"s musical attainments are even more unfathomable than I have imagined, they are even higher than Miss Su"s…”
“Elder sister Su Hua said last time that if she had time, she would come to this musical gathering.” The little girl said softly: “I don"t know if she would come, but if she does, she has to see that big brother.”
“I don"t know how Miss Su would feel after finding out that her song has become even more profound after being modified by someone else…”
The old man stroked his white beard and still couldn"t help but gasp in his heart, “I wonder what sect is Young Master Gu from. Such profound musical attainments are simply incredible!”
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After leaving the garden, Gu Qingfeng followed the original path back, and just after returning to the bathing place, he saw Ouyang Ye pacing back and forth with her arms folded, looking extremely furious.
Quite obviously, she was angry, and Gu Qingfeng quietly walked over and teased her, “Girl, who are you waiting for?”
“Who are you!” Ouyang Ye glanced at Gu Qingfeng and coldly shouted, “I"m angry right now, get lost!”
Gu Qingfeng laughed, “Yo, you"ve forgotten about me so fast?”
Huh? What a familiar voice.
Ouyang Ye turned around and carefully sized-up Gu Qingfeng, the more she looked, the more familiar he became, looking at him, the little girl suddenly exclaimed, “You! Are you Gu Qingfeng?”
“I thought you"d forgotten about me.”
“You! Where the h.e.l.l have you been? Do you know that I"ve searched everywhere looking for you?”
“Where have I been? Obviously I went to look for you.” Gu Qingfeng yawned and stretched out, “You left me alone. after I took a bath I waited for you for a while but since you didn"t appear, I had to go and find you.”
“You! Hmph!” Ouyang Ye wanted to severely reprimand him after thinking about it, it was her blame for leaving without giving him any explanation.
“Forget it, let you off this time, however…” Ouyang Ye frowned and stared at Gu Qingfeng with an odd look, “I didn"t expect you to be this handsome after taking a bath and changing your clothes, but… why do I always feel like something"s weird?”
“Something weird?” Gu Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, stretched out his arms and took a look at himself, not finding anything wrong with him.
“Something"s weird, but I can"t tell what.” Ouyang Ye pondered deeply.
She always felt that Gu Qingfeng had a special feeling. If she had to describe it, it was exactly like a stagnant pool! A lifeless stagnant pool with no trace of vitality in it, just a deep air of obscurity.
However, this obscurity was not similar to those seniors who had cultivated for hundreds of years, but it was more like a serenity that made people extremely uncomfortable. More precisely, it was a kind of frightening serenity.
It was like the solitary feeling of the deep sea, but even more like the eerie stillness of the vast darkness.
Strange! Why was it like this?
“So you are here, Yeye. I"ve been looking for you for a long time.” At this point, a shout interrupted her thoughts.
It came from a young man who looked to be twenty years old, with an extraordinary appearance, wearing an exquisite cinnabar silk robe, and a green-flame jade belt around his waist. Arrogance could be seen in the s.p.a.ce between eyebrows and in his eyes. With just one look, it was obvious that he came from a prominent family.
“Li Sen?” Seeing this young man, Ouyang Ye"s eyes flashed with disgust, and her bad mood returned, “Why are you here?”
“A musical gathering will be held at your aunt"s villa, and both you and senior brother Yun Hong are going to go on stage and play music, so of course I"m here. I"ve been waiting for you for a long time, let"s all go together.”
“No, you guys go together.” Ouyang Ye looked at Gu Qingfeng and said, “Let"s go.”
“Yeye, who is he?” The young man named Li Sen seemed very wary when he saw Gu Qingfeng.
“What do you care?”
“Yeye…”
Li Sen was about to say something, but Ouyang Ye directly turned around and said impatiently, “Li Sen, aren"t you tired? You bother me all day long in the sect, and now you"ve come here to bother me again. You are really annoying! ”
“Tell me who he is!”
“I don"t want to!” Ouyang Ye pulled Gu Qingfeng"s hand and was about to leave.
It was as if Li Sen had realized something when he saw Ouyang Ye holding this strange man"s hand, and light burst out of his eyes as he shouted, “Yeye, last time you said that a certain Young Master Bloodflame made you fall in love at first sight, is it him?”
“That"s none of your business!”
“Unacceptable! You must tell me!”
Ouyang Ye was simply on the verge of collapse, ever since she joined Redcloud Sect two years ago, this Li Sen had been pestering her and she just couldn"t shake him off. Staring at Li Sen with a disgusted look, she said, “Just what do you want?”
“I just want to know who he is!” Li Sen was as imposing as a sharp sword and asked, “Is he Young Master Bloodflame?”
“Alright, since you want to know so badly, I"ll tell you!” Ouyang Ye grabbed Gu Qingfeng"s arm and said angrily, “That"s right, he"s the Young Master Bloodflame I told you last time! I fell in love with him at first sight! How about that, are you satisfied?”
“What?!”
Li Sen was greatly shocked, but then he shook his head and sternly said, “Impossible! I have already investigated this. You said that Young Master Bloodflame is a dragon among men, with an extremely high cultivation base, and he knew all ten immortal arts, especially the musical arts, where he was a genius. If such a person existed, why have I never heard of him in the Bluesun Domain?”
“When did I ever tell you that Young Master Bloodflame is from our Bluesun Domain?” Ouyang Ye reached out and took Gu Qingfeng"s arm, tidying his belt and collar from time to time, making very intimate gestures as if to provoke Li Sen, “If he wasn"t Young Master Bloodflame who made me fall in love at first sight, do you think I would have acted like this?”
“You!” Li Sen was furious as he stared deadly at Gu Qingfeng and shouted, “Are you really Young Master Bloodflame?”
“Me?” Gu Qingfeng looked towards Ouyang Ye, who secretly winked at him, as if she was saying that he needed to cooperate with her.
Gu Qingfeng was quite speechless but did not refuse. He straightened out his body, he pointed at Li Sen, and a playful smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, pretending to be arrogant, “That"s right, boy, I am Young Master Bloodflame.”
“You dare to steal my woman! You! Court! Death!” Looking at how his beloved was holding this man"s arm, Li Sen was filled with rage, and every word that came out his clenched teeth was filled with bitter coldness.
“Who is your woman! Li Sen, if you dare say that again, don"t blame me for being ruthless!” Ouyang Ye grunted coldly, “And I can also tell you that it won"t be long before I will become Young Master Bloodflame"s Dao companion, and then start double cultivating! Therefore, don"t ever bother me again!”
After she finished speaking, Ouyang Ye took Gu Qingfeng"s hand and directly left.