LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 582 - 581: Musical Instruments
Chapter 582: Chapter 581: Musical Instruments
Now Yu Yin deeply regretted coming to the Melodic Mystery Domain. If she hadn’t come here, she wouldn’t have met Jiang Li, wouldn’t have teamed up with Jiang Li, and wouldn’t have had to sing a nursery rhyme.
After finishing the nursery rhyme, Yu Yin’s cheeks were still slightly flushed, as if she had just drunk alcohol.
Yu Yin was something of a lightweight, and would become drunk and rowdy after only a few drinks, her cheeks turning red.
Worried about Yu Yin’s behavior, Jiang Li stealthily took a small step away, only for her to latch onto his shoulder and drag him back.
“This song is good – catchy, did you write it?” The Musical Immortal asked Jiang Li with a smile. She could determine if he was lying about his musical abilities.
“I adapted the latter part.”
“Why did you adapt it? Do you think your version is better than the original?”
Jiang Li answered seriously: “Because I can’t remember the lyrics to the rest of the song.”
“…”
The Musical Immortal let them pass the second test.
“From ancient times to the present, the development of the melodic arts has not only been reflected in composition and singing. Musical instruments are also an essential part of it.”
“Bells, long bamboo flutes, smaller bells, drums, harps, and guitars…the appearance of musical instruments has provided more ways to express the art of melody.”
“The third test is for each of you to make a new kind of musical instrument.”
“Do you have any ideas?” Jiang Li quietly asked Yu Yin, who still remembered the humiliation from earlier and decided to ignore him for the time being.
She also had this annoying gourd stirring up trouble.
Yu Yin stomped on the gourd, giving it a glare as if it were trash, warning it that if it dared to misbehave again, there would be severe punishment.
Seeing that Yu Yin was ignoring him, Jiang Li could only rely on himself.
He soon came up with a solution.
…
The time limit set by the Musical Immortal quickly passed, and she asked them to present their creations.
“Please look, Immortal, this is a recorder I invented. It can replicate any sound it hears. Moreover, it can process audio afterwards, fixing any out-of-tune part,” Jiang Li explained.
“Did you think that we in the Immortal Realm have never seen technological products?” The Musical Immortal assumed this person had some misunderstanding about the Immortal Realm.
Even though she didn’t have most of the Immortal Realm’s memories, she remembered that, as the core of the Ten Thousand Realms, there wasn’t a shortage of those in the Immortal Realm who used technological products.
Seeing the situation, someone hastily hid their calculator behind them.
“Next.”
“This is the new instrument I found.”
That person was holding a leaf, saying, “The leaf is the most common instrument in nature. With just a bit of skill, you can blow out beautiful music from it. The leaf I have here is something that no one else had tried before.”
The Musical Immortal looked at him holding a spiked cactus leaf and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
“You blow it for me.”
No matter what method that person used, he couldn’t make the leaf in his hand blow.
After a lot of effort, the cactus spike, blown out with all his might, flew out like a hidden weapon and stuck into a tree. The tail of the spike vibrated rapidly, making a sound.
“Immortal, please look, this is the instrument I invented.”
Luo Ying showed the row of frogs under his feet.
“These are the seven frogs of different pitches that I found by the river. After training, as long as they are poked, they can make the corresponding sound.”
Luo Ying poked a frog, and the frog made a ‘guo’ sound, and the pitch was similar to that of ‘do’.
He poked another frog, and that frog made a ‘gua’ sound, and the pitch was similar to ‘re’.
“Xiao Liang, Xiao Ming, Xiao Guang, Xiao Ke, Xiao Hua, Xiao Mei, Xiao Li, show the Immortal our training results.”
Luo Ying commanded the frogs, and the frogs croaked chaotically. After Luo Ying’s training, these frogs sang at a level similar to Luo Ying’s own.
After the performance, the seven frogs and Luo Ying looked at the Musical Immortal anticipatively.
The only thought in the Musical Immortal’s mind was how it would be a nightmare if these well-trained frogs were to stay behind in the mystery domain after Luo Ying left.
“You’ve passed, but only if you meet one condition.”
“Please tell me.”
“Take these frogs with you when you leave.”
“Sister Immortal, this is the instrument I invented.” Luo Zhu was very polite, and the invention was quite normal—it was a piece of lightning-struck wood that had been refined.
Luo Zhu used Thunder Palm, and each different strike on the lightning-struck wood produced different sounds.
“You’re much better than your brother. You pass.” After Luo Ying’s presentation, the Musical Immortal considered anything a success.
“This is the instrument I invented.” Yu Yin brought out something almost as tall as herself, shaped like a bow. The bowstring was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. Depending on where and with how much force you plucked the bowstring, different sounds were produced.
“Your thing is not just a simple instrument, right?” The Musical Immortal’s intuition told her this object was not simple.
Yu Yin nodded and moved her hand to different positions on the bowstring: “It’s also a weapon, it needs to be activated with spiritual power.”
As the bowstring was plucked, seven attributes of attacks – metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder launched towards Jiang Li.
“Hey hey hey, don’t use me as a target.” Jiang Li complained to Yu Yin after receiving the attack.
“Mistake.” Yu Yin responded coldly, but then aimed at Jiang Li a few more times with her bowstring.
“If you gather force, it can release a spiritual-energy arrow.”
Yu Yin pulled on the bowstring, her eyes sharp, her body full of tense energy. An arrow made of spiritual power appeared, projecting a terrifying level of energy.
Yu Yin aimed at Jiang Li, hesitated, and then decided not to release the arrow.
The spiritual-energy arrow faded.
The Musical Immortal admired the wonder of it all. A dual-use spiritual treasure that can be both an instrument and a weapon was rare: “It’s creative; you have passed.”
The Musical Immortal came to Jiang Li’s side and saw that he was empty-handed. She asked, “Where is your instrument?”
“My instrument is my body.”
“What do you mean?”
“Wait for me to prepare.” After Jiang Li finished speaking, he found his gourd and murmured something to it, and then vanished into a thick fog.
As requested by Jiang Li, the gourd used its voice to narrate:
“Bai Hong was attacked by the Heavenly Demon. He used all his methods but was not powerful enough to fight back. When Bai Hong was in despair, a figure appeared…”
The fog was so thick that it obscured the vision, and an occasional figure flickered dimly within the fog, exuding a feeling of reliability.
Accompanied by the figure’s appearance, intense background music sounded, filling the air with a sense of ascendancy, confidence, and power.
Jiang Li emerged from the fog, the sound it emitted was from within him.
“What is the principle?” The Musical Immortal was puzzled.
Jiang Li took out a cultivation technique: “This is a cultivation technique that I wrote, it’s called ‘the Appearance Cultivation Technique’, it’s simple to learn, even a pig can master it.”
“By practicing this cultivation technique, one can manipulate the blood, muscles, and other parts of the body to produce sound.”
“Whenever others are in danger, and you appear to save the day, you can run this technique to make your entrance more imposing.”
“…”
The Musical Immortal admitted that her experience was lacking.
The Immortal Realm did not have anything like this.
Jiang Li, with his extraordinary talent in the art of melody, successfully passed three tests.