Chapter 264 - 264 Killing
264 Killing
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
This zither wasn’t bad!
Gu Yanfei took the zither on the zither table and held it in her hand. It was a black lacquered wooden zither with a golden emblem and a jade pendant. Its entire body was covered in broken patterns on the abdomen of small snakes. The seven threads flickered with a cold light like frost.
Clunk!
Gu Yanfei casually stroked the zither strings again and casually sat on the ground, placing the zither on her crossed legs.
Originally, Wei Jiaoniang was the one playing the zither on their side, so Gu Yanfei was unprepared.
As she tested the sound, an ethereal and clear sound of the zither flowed out from under her finger. It was as if she was flying on a sword into the void and was above the clouds.
That familiar feeling instantly returned.
In her previous life, she didn’t know how to play the piano at all.
She didn’t know anything about music, chess, calligraphy, poetry, or the Six Arts of the Gentleman.
Even after she was brought back to the capital and tried her best to learn, her progress wasn’t satisfactory. She had already missed the best age for enlightenment. Moreover, it was impossible for her to learn something that others had learned for more than ten years in a few months. Instead, she swallowed it whole.
Her zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting were all taught to her by her master after she reincarnated into the Bright Spirit Realm.
Thinking of the past, Gu Yanfei’s eyes were filled with nostalgia.
Cultivators fought with the heavens.
Cultivation was the most important thing in everything, and cultivators wouldn’t spend a lot of time learning useless things like mortals.
Although her master had taught her all kinds of things, she had really put in the effort to study those life-saving methods.
She had spent the same amount of effort on playing the zither.
She was a medical cultivator and didn’t specialize in killing. That was why her master had specially taught her this song.
Her master said that this song was for her to save her life and told her to learn it well.
She learned very quickly, but she still couldn’t comprehend the second verse of the essence. She had practiced this song countless times, and even her fingers had completely memorized the tune.
Her master said that it was because she lacked experience.
The first melody of the guqin was soothing and refreshing. The sound of the zither gently plucked at everyone’s heartstrings, making them feel as if a lotus-like fragrance had assaulted their faces.
At this moment, Gu Yanfei’s expression was as peaceful and warm as this clear and beautiful zither music. He was like a beautiful and gentle jade statue.
The Emperor listened attentively to the music with a look of admiration.
He had never heard this song before. It made people feel calm, as if they were in paradise.
Hmm, this little girl’s zither skills aren’t bad. The Emperor thought to himself, though his judgment was clouded. His fingers gently tapped on his knees along with the rhythm of the zither.
Feng Yang, who was separated from the Emperor by the coffee table, was nonchalant. She drank tea by herself, the music going in her left ear and out her right ear…
Gu Yanfei’s words rang in her ears. “War shouldn’t be a romantic parting.
“War should be about ‘Treading the Green Sky*. ”
Feng Yang sneered indifferently. The wrinkles at the corners of her lips deepened, revealing a hint of arrogance.
This was war?
This tune was like soaring in the sky with a hint of laughter as she looked down at the world.
Sure enough, she was just a child playing house. She thought that war was a one-man battle.
Feng Yang slowly took another sip of tea. The sound of the zither suddenly trembled, as if a small stone had been casually thrown into the lake or as if an arrow had suddenly cut through the cold night air.
The mellow sound of the zither gradually became high-pitched and passionate.
‘ Feng Yang raised her eyebrows slightly and put down her teacup. Her eyes became sharp, like a sword that had been drawn an inch from its sheath, revealing a cold light.
Gu Yanfei’s expression remained unchanged. She still had that faint smile on her face, but she now gave off a valiant feeling.
She was completely immersed in the music.
Just as her master had said, this song had saved her life at the critical moment.
She remembered that year when she brought a group of junior brothers and sisters from her sect to a secret realm. One of the junior sisters had good luck and obtained a rare Golden Leaf Spirit-Connecting Grass. It was coveted by others, and they wanted to kill her to snatch her treasure.
Their Tianwen Sect was a medical cultivation sect, and their combat strength was weak. Their junior brothers and sisters had just entered the sect and were only at the stage of refining their qi. Although she was at the Golden Core Stage, the other party had two Golden Cores.
It was very difficult for her to protect her junior brothers and sisters alone.
Later on, she borrowed her junior sister’s zither and played this song,
‘Treading the Green Sky”. It wasn’t until she personally went to the battlefield and faced a life and death crisis that she truly comprehended the second paragraph of this song, the sound of killing.
The first paragraph was about “courtesy,” and the second paragraph was about “army..”