"How could this be!" Ye Wuyue widened his eyes, "She’s so good!"
Wei Changkong smiled bitterly, "That, I don’t know."
"Alright, what about Fan Wubing? You get along well with Fan Wubing, right? I should prepare a eting gift for him too."
Ye Yixian also perked up his ears, eager to know Fan Wubing’s preferences.
Wei Changkong thought for a mont, "Junior Brother Wubing likes..."
He suddenly realized that even as a senior brother, he truly couldn’t answer that. Junior Brother Wubing rarely disclosed his preferences...
He had to say, "He likes becoming stronger."
"..."
That was as good as saying nothing.
Wei Changkong said, "Co to think of it, I haven’t seen Junior Brother Wubing for a long ti. I don’t know how he is now."
Ye Yixian set aside his distractions and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Fan is now quite the popular figure in Celestial Balance Upper City."
"Popular figure?"
Ye Yixian said, "His deeds cannot be easily described. I’ll prepare a record about him for Fellow Daoist Wei the day after tomorrow."
Wei Changkong wondered to himself, could Junior Brother Wubing, even in a place like the Great Li Dynasty, still manage to stir up big events?
He had only arrived in the past couple of days and had yet to get a full understanding.
About a month ago, the Eternal Immortal Sect finalized a cooperation with the Great Li to establish a branch here.
After comprehensive consideration within the sect, they decided to appoint him as the representative here.
Before coming, he was tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night. After all, this was the Changsheng Continent, the Great Li Dynasty... But unexpectedly, it was Ye Yixian, the Crown Prince himself, who handled the transition with him, and... the Crown Prince was quite friendly, unlike his previous arrogant deanor at the grand ceremony at Eternal Immortal Sect.
It seed as though the Great Li was the one seeking sothing from the Eternal Immortal Sect.
Today, he was also invited by the Crown Prince to witness the grand spectacle of the Thousand Flowers Festival.
At this ti, a bell toll emanated from the direction of the Li Palace, not the sound of the Dragon-Touching Immortal Bell, but it was equally magnificent, instantly quivering the entire Celestial Balance Upper City. Following that, the ceremonial bells in every street, block, and district of Celestial Balance Upper City began to resonate. They were not ringing chaotically but rhythmically. For a mont, the entire Imperial Capital was enveloped in an imnse aura. This aura churned in the air for a long ti before suddenly shattering, and then a breeze of spring ca blowing from afar.
Spring had arrived.
"Zheng!"
A sharp and clear zither sound exploded from the Phoenix Perch Tower.
Instantly, the bustling streets and alleys quieted down. The flowers swayed within the scenic arrangents.
Liu Qingshan sat in the corner of the Phoenix Perch Platform outside the Phoenix Perch Tower, her jade bamboo-like fingers adorned in tortoiseshell, slowly plucking the strings of the zither before her.
The lody of the Flower Dance sounded.
The tune was slow and lodious, like a gentle breeze.
Everyone’s minds were drawn in, unwilling to make even the tiniest sound, for fear of disturbing this wondrous music.
Everyone seed to be transported to a hillside, below which was a landscape of fields, cottages, little bridges, and flowing water, smoke curling in the air, a herdboy riding on the back of an ox, guiding it ho, old farrs carrying baskets and tools, walking in the warm glow of dusk. The breeze caressed, wiping away the sweat on the laborer’s forehead, carrying the herdboy’s flute sound into the distance.
This scene made hearts soft as the clouds in the sky, the mist in the mountains.
Tap—tap—
The sound of footsteps erged, and the lody beca more urgent.
Everyone could sense the true aning within the music. The imagery revealed was that in the idyllic landscape of the mountains, a young girl slowly approached on a patch of grass not far away. The girl wore a spring robe, and her hair was styled in a lofty manner. She was neither too thin nor too plump, just the right figure. The spring robe enveloped her body, and she danced gracefully on the grass.
Her steps trod on the soft grass and also on the hearts of the spectators.
However, her elegance, her nobility, her purity, made it unthinkable for anyone to harbor any impure thoughts. It seed that to witness her, her dance, was a fortunate event in the mortal world.
The Flower Dance was in motion.
The lody shifted again. Drizzling raindrops fell from the night sky, pattering on leaves of grass, on the earth, on rooftops. The Flower Fairy’s dance steps, following the changes in the music, beca more vivid with every twist, leap, and turn, each movent, together with the lody, painted the perfect picture beneath the night sky in the spring rain, with small bridges and flowing water, smoke curling from cottages.
The spring rain nourished, fine and silent.
Suddenly, the lody shifted from lodious to passionate.
The imagery perceived through the music also changed accordingly. They then saw a scene of busy farming. The Flower Fairy, no... In this vista, she was the Spring Maiden sent by the heavens to bestow the season’s splendor. The Spring Maiden danced in the fields, losing herself in the passionate lody, vibrant colors spread across the mountains and fields, green sprouts erged, clouds churned, and the spring sun shone brilliantly.
In the corner of the Phoenix Perch Platform.
Liu Qingshan was moved to the verge of tears. She knew Fu Manman was the most suited for this Spring Dance, knew she would dance it perfectly. But she never expected it to be this perfect, without any flaws... No, no one was qualified to find flaws, spectators could only admire and praise.
As she watched the girl dancing atop the Phoenix Perch Platform, Liu Qingshan seed to see a Divine Maiden above the do of the heavens.
She gritted her teeth, thinking that after today, the girl’s na would spread throughout the Great Li.
This elegant Spring Dance, this piece "Spring Tune," would surely beco a tiless tale, rembered for generations.
Liu Qingshan’s heartstrings trembled, her whole body quivered.
She realized she was gradually unable to keep up with Fu Manman’s rhythm. She opened her eyes wide, pouring her heart and soul into it, even if after today she could never play another tune, she wanted to offer Fu Manman a complete piece.
But, it was still not enough.
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