186: Chapter 51 Foreign Silver Dragon Ye Yinzhu (Part 2)_1 186: Chapter 51 Foreign Silver Dragon Ye Yinzhu (Part 2)_1 His spirit connected with the Dragon Soul Ring, his right hand clenched into a fist and indeed, a milky white light flashed, a three-inch-long thin blade emerged from the dragon’s mouth on the ring, the brilliance was extraordinarily unique.
With the control of spiritual power, it slowly extended in length, and when the length reached one foot, the Dragon Soul Ring would reappear as the Sword of Nox in the grasp of Ye Yinzhu.
After several tests, he had already gained proficient control.
The control of spiritual power was very simple.
“Now that you have the sword and the dragon soul wood, you can create the ancient zither, right?” Nox’s voice was surprisingly calm.
Ye Yinzhu nodded, sat cross-legged on the ground, and brought the concentrated top-grade dragon soul wood in front of himself.
When he first picked up the dragon soul wood, he couldn’t help but jump.
The immense weight of the dragon soul wood was simply unimaginable.
Although it didn’t look large, it weighed over a thousand pounds, making him exert all his Douqi to lift it.
He lightly tapped with his hand, and a dull sound came from the dragon soul wood.
It did not belong to metals, but it was far more profound than metals.
A flash of white light and a five-inch blade emerged from the Dragon Soul Ring.
Ye Yinzhu began to cut the dragon soul wood in front of him.
Back at the blue sky and sea, Qin Shang had specially taught him the method to make an ancient zither.
Qin Shang told him that crafting an ancient zither was not difficult; the challenge lay in the materials.
The materials had to be not only good but also appropriate.
The materials for all parts of the same ancient zither needed to match each other to perform synergistically.
The Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither that Ye Yinzhu was crafting now was made entirely from materials related to dragons.
With his heart bursting with excitement, Ye Yinzhu subtly felt that a famous zither surpassing the original Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither was about to be born in his hands.
Where else in the world could such excellent materials appear?
The Zither’s Sect method for creating the ancient zither had its peculiarities.
By assembling various parts, a whole ancient zither could be pleted without any adhesive.
The various techniques involved were very intricate, with no room for error in dimension.
Nox lay flat on the ground again, quietly watching Ye Yinzhu’s hands move rhythmically.
At this moment, Ye Yinzhu’s eyes had regained their clarity, his expression was extremely focused, and his hands coordinated with flow and grace akin to drifting clouds and flowing water.
The Soul Fire was billowing, but it was not known what the Giant Divine Dragon was thinking.
Ye Yinzhu used his Douqi to test the hardness of the dragon soul wood, and as Nox had said, it was harder than even the most robust metal.
But when the Dragon Soul Ring transformed into the Sword of Nox, the dragon soul wood was no longer indestructible.
Cutting different positions, the Sword of Nox under Ye Yinzhu’s control changed the length of its blade, with Ye Yinzhu controlling every detail with utmost precision.
Ye Yinzhu didn’t need to reinvent the wheel for his crafting; he could use the original Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither as blueprint.
Time ticked away, and Ye Yinzhu was now wholly focused on his work, impervious to any changes in his surroundings.
Whenever he felt thirsty or hungry, he would stop to eat some fruits from the Space Ring.
When he felt tired, he would sit cross-legged and quietly cultivate to recover.
But as soon as he woke up, he would continue his work.
Time slipped away bit by bit, and the dragon soul wood was gradually taking shape in Ye Yinzhu’s hands.
The main part of the zither was already pleted, and every detail was the result of Ye Yinzhu’s considerable effort.
The zither was three feet six and a half inches long, symbolizing the three hundred and sixty-five days in a year.
It was approximately six inches wide and two inches thick.
Inside the belly of the zither, there were two grooves, one called the “tongue hole” and the other called the “sound pool.” There was another groove at the tail called the “rhyme marsh.” At the corresponding positions with the dragon pool and phoenix marsh, there were usually one each of “sound intake”.
The Dragon Pool’s sound intake on the head side had a “heavenly pillar,” and on the tail side, a “earthly pillar”.
This made the sound linger and resonate when playing, giving it rich reverberation.
This part was the most crucial when the ancient zither made a sound.
To make the zither’s sound more perfect, Ye Yinzhu was very careful when shaping these parts in the belly of the zither, and it consumed most of his energy.
Stretching out his somewhat sore shoulders, Ye Yinzhu nodded with satisfaction.
With a gentle smile, he flicked the back of the zither with his finger, the sound echoed inside the belly of the zither was strong and resonating, producing a very powerful, ancient-toned sound when plucked.
“It’s done.
The most troublesome part is pleted.” He breathed a sigh of relief, put the ancient zither temporarily on the ground, stretched lazily, and said to the Giant Divine Dragon Nox beside him, “The main body is pleted.
Now it’s just the final processing and decoration.
The other parts can mostly be made with the remaining dragon soul wood, but the zither strings and zither insignias are the exceptions.
The strings are made of dragon tendons, as for the zither insignias, the ones on my previous Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither were dragon teeth.”
“Okay.” Nox’s response was very succinct.
The huge dragon claw reached directly into its mouth.
With a few clattering sounds, a gigantic tooth was pulled out from its mouth and placed in front of Ye Yinzhu.
Ye Yinzhu looked up at Nox, and the Soul Fire in Nox’s eyes was also looking back at him.
This strange feeling made Ye Yinzhu’s heartbeat slightly chaotic, but it quickly returned to normal.
Nox calmly said, “There are two days until the full moon.
Please be mindful of time.
I’ll give you the dragon tendons later, the quality will surely be the best, you don’t have to worry about that.”
Ye Yinzhu nodded his head.
He resumed his busywork.
The dragon tooth from Nox was hard, but under the influence of the Sword of Nox, it could be totally carved.
This dragon tooth was tremendously large.
Apart from using it to carve out the thirteen zither insets, most of what was left went into the making of the crown and the zither legs.
Another day flew by in a blink of an eye, and Ye Yinzhu’s work was reaching its critical point.
The newly crafted Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither was fully formed.
The dark golden qin glowed, each part a work of art.
To craft it, Ye Yin Zhu had exerted unimaginable effort.
To liven up the Dragon Soul Wood, he had even used the Sword of Nox to cut a small piece of Green Silk and fit it on top of the Yueshan on the body of the zither.
Now, the ancient zither was fully formed.
The only thing left, was to attach the zither strings.
The dark golden “Zither’s Head” on top boasts a dragon-themed design.
The part acting as the string support made of Dragon Soul Wood, called “Yueshan,” was below the forehead, most noticeable was the three-inch piece of Green Silk, seemingly the lifeblood of the ancient zither, it was the highest part of the zither.
The bottom of the zither held two sound holes of varying size, the larger one that was in the middle was called “Dragon Pond,” the smaller one at the end was called “Phoenix Marsh.” These represented mountains and marshes, plete with dragons and phoenixes, symbolizing the world’s natural cycles.
Another piece of Dragon Soul Wood, nick-named “Chenglu,” was fitted along the side of the Yueshan.
There were seven “string holes” on it to thread the zither strings through.
Beneath these were the seven “Zither’s Crossboard”.
These crossboards were crafted from the remaining giant sacred dragon horn from purified Sword of Nox.
The side ends of the zither’s head, are the “Phoenix Eye” and “Crossboard Protector”.
From waist down was the “Zither’s tail”.
The part on the zither’s tail with a shallow grove made of Dragon Soul Wood, which serves to support the strings, is called the “Dragon Gum”.
The decorative pieces on either side of the Dragon Gum are called “crown horns,” also known as “scorched tail”.
The seven strings of the zither start at the Chenglu section, pass through Yueshan and Dragon Gum, and turn towards a pair of “Goose Feet” at the zither’s bottom, symbolizing the Big Dipper.
The thirteen Zither insignia embedded on the top of the zither were naturally carved from Nox’s dragon tooth.
The gentle milky-white light gave people a really relaxed feeling.
This, in turn, struck a beautiful chord with the zither’s resonance.
The long-term vibrations from playing an ancient zither bined with the different textures of the wood and paint layers, would result in a variety of patterns, such as plum blossoms, cow hair, snake belly, ice crack, and tortoise shell.
Zithers with patterns have clear sounds and aesthetically pleasing exteriors, hence they are more valuable.
This ancient zither made from Dragon Soul Wood has irregular wave-like patterns, which Ye Yinzhu coined as the Dragon Soul Pattern.
This was the real Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither!
Sitting cross-legged in front of the fully formed ancient zither, Ye Yinzhu was meditating.
Making this zither had consumed a great deal of his energy, in addition to being surrounded by the chill of the Dragon Domain, his plexion looked much paler than when he came.
Beside him were seven long silk strands lying flat, each emitting the glow of blue, red, yellow, green, gold, black and multicolor.
These were not ordinary silk strands, these were Dragon Tendons, the finest and toughest ones.
When these seven Dragon Tendons appeared before Ye Yinzhu, Nox told him that they came from the previous Dragon Kings of the Seven Dragon Cities, the deceased Dragon Kings.
The Soul Fire in Nox’s eyes had greatly dimmed, it was burning weakly, but he pletely lost control over the leakage of his soul power.
With the last bit of energy from his Spiritual Imprint, he strove to prevent his soul from scattering pletely.
He had to acplish one last thing, to restore the balance of the Dragon Clan’s Holy Land pletely, free from any threats.
Perhaps due to the immense expenditure on crafting the ancient zither, Ye Yinzhu’s meditation this time was unusually long.
When he regained consciousness, the moon in the sky had already filled up significantly, it was not far from full moon.
“String it now.
The full moon is almost upon us.” Nox’s voice was weak and anxious.
Without much to say, Ye Yinzhu looked up at the moon in the sky.
He then picked up the heavy Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither, placing it on his knees.
He gently caressed the body of the zither.
After all, he had crafted it himself.
With a soft smile, a gentle light appeared in Ye Yinzhu’s eyes.
Although the body of the zither was cold, his heart was full of emotion.
This might not be the first zither he has made, but it definitely consumed the most of his energy.
Even he could hardly believe that the zither before him could be so perfectly crafted.
His right hand swept over his side, and he held a dark blue Dragon Tendon in his hand.
If there was a step in making the zither Ye Yinzhu was most familiar with, stringing would be it.
In his sixteen years of repairing zithers, he’d snapped countless strings.
Quietly winding it, the dark blue Dragon Tendon had bee the first string of Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither.
The Dragon Tendon was over ten feet long; when Ye Yinzhu’s right middle finger flashed white, a blade edge from the Dragon Soul Ring created friction, cutting the Dragon Tendon.
The remaining Dragon Tendon was enough for two more string changes, he did not have to worry about the string snapping in the future.
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