The following three days of persistent practice with the Jade Harmony Flute were considered hellish for the viewers in Vaan’s Pomposity channel. The grating, screeching sounds he produced were truly unpleasant and maddening.
As such, for a period, the traffic of his Pomposity channel entered a record low.
Everyone aware of his awful instruntal play avoided his Pomposity channel like it was a dreadful plague. In fact, it could be considered a disease of sound; anyone who caught it would feel ill for extended periods, even if there were no other symptoms to show for it.
Nevertheless, the viewers who stubbornly remained and managed to endure the horrible sound bombardnt were Vaan’s most devoted followers; they weren’t much different from blind worshippers of a cult.
Despite the unsavory opinions circulating about Vaan’s talent for sound arts throughout the Myriad Sea God Palace and online, their faith in him remained strong and unwavering.
Even if they couldn’t deny the awful sound piece he had been playing for the past three days, they believed this was just a temporary hiccup and not a true representation of his sound art talent.
After all, countless sound art disciples in the Grand Hall of Sound’s core practice region had sung praises of his song’s miraculous effects at the beginning.
In ti, Vaan would definitely prove his talent to the naysayers.
Interestingly, these devoted followers grew stronger during this period in a way no one had expected. As if their ears had grown calluses, their resistance to sound attacks improved.
Even their ntal fortitude and willpower also improved.
Those who could persevere through this sound calamity period would naturally reap its benefits. Although the effects were minor, any improvent was still an improvent.
More importantly, while Vaan’s sound bombardnt was atrociously horrible to hear, it was harmless. As such, enduring it was no different from receiving risk-free tempering of the mind and will.
Of course, Vaan’s devoted followers only realized this later.
Their conviction was rewarded even though they didn’t expect any. The unexpected gain naturally filled them with happiness, strengthening their resolve and faith.
"As expected, Lord Vaan doesn’t disappoint. Have faith in Lord Vaan, and we will prosper," a viewer exclaid emotionally.
The gratification from having their faith validated and proven true was exhilarating and addictive.
anwhile, whether the sound art disciples in the core practice region wanted it or not, they had also received their fair share of improvents in the tempering of mind and will.
Most of them only stuck around because they were unwilling to leave, knowing that securing another sound chamber in the core practice region would beco extrely difficult once they left.
After all, the Grand Hall of Sound was currently experiencing explosive popularity due to Vaan’s visit. At the sa ti, a large group of brain-dead fanatics would follow him wherever he went.
As such, even if they weren’t devoted to the study of sound arts, they might just book a sound chamber in the core practice region to stay close to their location.
Nevertheless, after enduring the sound tornt and realizing its benefits, their feelings beca complicated, leaving them unsure whether to rejoice or lant.
...
’I’ve finally recovered enough soul power to re-create the charm of the Ode of Pain and Joy.’
Vaan softly sighed, estimating that playing the song one more ti, he would enter the right state to reconnect with the Astral Soul Realm.
That said, the past three days of instruntal practice were quite fruitful.
Although his abilities had been significantly limited, he wasn’t oblivious to how his horrible practice would affect others.
Generally speaking, only the first day was the most difficult to bear. By the second day, while the sound of his flute play was still awful, it was still a significant improvent over the first.
And by the third day, his flute play was just bad, still not pleasant to hear, but it wouldn’t make its listeners uncomfortable to the point of wanting to bang their heads and knock themselves out.
Moreover, the occasionally hint of charm produced by the Ode of Pain and Joy made everything ultimately bearable.
That said, the effect of the mind and willpower tempering actually ca from the first day’s practice. The effect only grew weaker each day as he recovered his soul power and refined his flute play.
Thanks to this experience, he discovered that by altering the tempo, rhythm, and dynamic of the Ode of Pain and Joy, he could produce different effects or strengthen a specific one.
Over the past three days, he conducted nurous experints, dividing the Ode of Pain and Joy into four movents.
The first movent covered the original effect, which was the refinent and strengthening of the Sacred Will, along with its varying minor benefits, such as emotional healing, soul power recovery, and spiritual fatigue relief.
The second movent focused on tempering the soul, mind, and willpower, improving one’s resistance against sound and soul attacks, reducing their damage, preventing scattered thoughts and disorientation.
The third movent focused on spiritual healing, aiding the recovery of soul power and ntal energy, even nding soul injuries.
Finally, the fourth movent focused on relieving spiritual and physical fatigue, restoring energy levels, enhancing relaxation and comfort, ultimately conditioning the body, mind, and soul to the optimum state for entering the Astral Soul Realm.
After Vaan played the Ode of Pain and Joy’s first movent, recreating the original wondrous charm that brought a multitude of benefits, he realized it was better to focus on the fourth movent.
However, during this period, countless Grand Hall of Sound disciples rejoiced after receiving the original blessings of the Ode of Pain and Joy. They resud their praises of the song’s miraculous effects, quickly silencing the doubts that had accumulated over the past three days.
"Lord Vaan has finally decided to play that original supre song again. Sigh, if only he could stick to this song piece and stop exploring its variations. I don’t know how long people can continue to endure its disastrous dissonance."
"Heh, no matter how peerless the song is, do you think its miraculous effects can be abused? I’m sure Lord Vaan is aware of its limits. That is why he created variations, allowing us to continue experience varying effects until the peerless song’s effectiveness can be reused."
"Hm... Is that really the case?"
After the Grand Hall of Sound disciples spread word of the Ode of Pain and Joy’s effectiveness, countless beings began viewing Vaan favorably once more.
At the sa ti, millions of viewers began pouring into his Pomposity channel, restoring its forr popularity, much to the displeasure of his devout followers.
"Damn, the grasshoppers are back. Why are you faithless bastards back here? How dare you people co back? Do you all have no sha?" a devoted follower began lambasting the Returners in chat.
"Hehehe, forgive , my brothers and sisters. My faith was lacking. I hope I can rely on you, seniors, for guidance. Please teach the way. How can I be as strong as you guys?"
"Hmph! There is no easy way to beco strong! Do you think you can just gain strength by simply wishing for it? Lord Vaan may give us blessings, but he also gives us trials to overco. As long as you persevere and overco them, you’ll definitely beco strong! Don’t be caught lacking again, Junior."
"I understand, Senior. Thank you for your guidance. I will do my best not to disappoint you."
"Hmph!"
Although the devoted followers wanted to further criticize and condemn the Returners, they found it difficult to maintain the tough stance when the latter adopted soft approaches.
Ultimately, they were all followers of Lord Vaan, even if their faith was not on the sa level.
Whether they like it or not, they had to accept these Returners and their flaws. How could they claim to be Lord Vaan’s most devoted followers if they drive away supporters?
It didn’t take long for Vaan’s Pomposity channel to regain its forr liveliness, even though a hidden rift now existed between the original mbers and the Returners.
anwhile, Vaan paid no attention to these matters, wholly focusing on self-improvent.
After completing the First Movent, he ultimately focused on the Fourth Movent, finding the First Movent’s effects insufficient for conditioning his tired body and soul.
Fortunately, it only took a single replay of the Fourth Movent before Vaan slipped into peaceful slumber, re-entering the legendary Astral Soul Realm.
Upon leaving the Astral Soul Realm’s sound chamber, he imdiately noticed his previous efforts were gone. The Astral Soul Realm had restored its forr scenery, leaving an endless grass plain.
The ancient ruins were gone, even the moon and stars.
Nevertheless, this discovery didn’t bother Vaan. He simply picked a comfortable spot to sit and began drawing in the world’s sea of soul essences to accelerate his soul power restoration.
A week later, Vaan returned to reality, fully refreshed and in peak state. This ti, he noticed barely any ti had passed.
’Seems like significant ti dilation exists between the Astral Soul Realm and reality,’ Vaan thought, feeling pleasantly surprised.
This discovery indicated he could spend more ti in the Astral Soul Realm with peace of mind.
Moreover, as long as he regularly visited the Astral Soul Realm, spending much ti there on soul cultivation, his advancent in the Soul Path would seem extrely fast from the perspective of others.
’Never mind that for now. Ti to confirm the power of thought.’ Vaan’s eyes twinkled.
With a thought, a mana stone of the highest grade was quickly produced on the palm of his hand, quickly reducing the surrounding environnt’s mana levels. With another thought, another mana stone was created on his other palm, seemingly made out of thin air.
The environnt’s mana level wasn’t reduced, but his soul power reserve had taken a small toll.
Although the sa result was produced, the thods were completely different. The first thod took existing resources, while the second thod created them.
Even if it was only a minuscule amount, Vaan had increased Chaos’s overall mana quantity.
’Indeed, the power of thought wielded by Soul Masters is truly heaven-defying. With this kind of ability, no resource is finite,’ Vaan mused with amazent.
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