“…Allocation, it’s just that I just decided with my roommate to form a band. As for the details, we’ll discuss them slowly when we meet.”
Mu Yanxi weighed every word carefully, and only after confirming that it was correct did she send the message.
“Thank you for your support. I haven’t thought specifically about the instruments yet.”
“Okay~ (。>V<。)”
Ruo Xuan only sent three characters, and also included a symbol that Mu Yanxi couldn’t understand at all.
At first, Mu Yanxi thought it was some kind of talisman-drawing incantation, but only after searching the Dao Web did she learn that it was something called a “kaomoji”, used to express emotions in text.
In fact, when she had previously browsed the chat logs of her fellow disciples in the Chu Sect, Mu Yanxi also discovered that the young cultivators in this world really liked using various emojis to express their emotions, or not necessarily to express their current mood.
But rather to carry a certain sarcasm or to indicate that they were joking. Mu Yanxi spent quite some effort to more or less figure out what those emojis meant.
Also, when chatting on the Dao Web, these young people spoke very concisely, sending just a few words.
One person one sentence could easily result in thousands of chat records, which made Mu Yanxi, accustomed to writing long paragraphs like letters and observing etiquette, very uncomfortable. They chatted very casually.
After making the appointment with Ruo Xuan, Mu Yanxi put down her terminal ring and began to cultivate.
It was still the Virgin Fairy Bathing Method, visualizing the fairy bathing and absorbing mana. Even now, when Mu Yanxi visualized these gorgeous and beautiful but naked fairies, she still felt her cheeks flush and heart race.
Next was the Spirit Snake Skin-Shedding Bone-Changing Art, visualizing a white snake shedding its skin to refine the blood and energy she had consumed today into her skin and flesh, practicing both techniques together.
A thin layer of white scales appeared on Mu Yanxi’s arms, almost imperceptible at a glance.
This was the effect of having achieved the first insight into the Spirit Snake Skin-Shedding Bone-Changing Art. The snake scales on her skin could withstand an attack of the Qi Refining level.
Finally, it was the Music Path Foundation. Mu Yanxi planned to spend the whole night reading it, at least to gain a preliminary understanding and prepare for subsequent cultivation.
Mu Yanxi was the type who, once she decided to learn something, would strive to do her best.
However, just as she took out the jade token and continued reading the Music Path Foundation, her immortal brain emitted a sound:
[Master is detected to be studying the Music Path Foundation. The Universal Heavenly Library has a more complete version. Would you like to view it directly?]
“Eh?!”
Mu Yanxi hadn’t expected that even for this basic cultivation method, the immortal brain would suddenly speak. She asked:
“Why is there a more complete version of the Music Path Foundation? The Dao Web already has hundreds of different versions. The Kingdom of Qingxu doesn’t have a professional Music Path sect, and its understanding of the Music Path is relatively backward, and sound materials are scarce.”
The immortal brain said:
[The Music Path has been corrected and improved by countless sound cultivators. There are already hundreds of different versions of the Music Path Foundation available on the market.
The Kingdom of Qingxu doesn’t have a professional Music Path sect, its understanding of the Music Path is relatively backward, and sound materials are also scarce.]
Upon hearing this, Mu Yanxi found it reasonable.
It was like in the cultivation world where everyone liked to practice swordsmanship, but the basic cultivation method for the sword path of an ordinary sect was definitely not as good as the entry-level method of a sword cultivation sect.
“Then let me see it. Which versions do you recommend?”
[Heavenly Sound Sect, Extreme Joy Garden, and Vast Song Society. The basic cultivation methods of these three major Music Path sects each have their merits. Master can compare and study them.]
The immortal brain immediately listed three Music Path Foundation texts.
“Won’t there be copyright issues with this?”
Mu Yanxi asked again. She had been suspicious since earlier today at Yuehua Palace whether the immortal brain’s permissions were legitimate, and the existence of the Universal Heavenly Library was even more unbelievable.
[Of course not. These are the widely circulated Music Path Foundation versions on the market. Regardless of the version, their essence is the same; they are only entry-level techniques. Copyright has long been made public.]
The immortal brain explained.
Mu Yanxi thought about it and realized it was true. Even in her previous life, no sect would care about basic entry techniques like the Emerald Wood Art, Wind Spirit Skill, or Burning Flame Method; they were all passed around and learned freely.
With that thought, Mu Yanxi relievedly opened the three basic methods of the Music Path sects, comparing and reading them word by word.
As expected of Music Path entry methods that originated from the same source, the basic knowledge was almost identical, but all three texts had much more content and annotations than the Music Path Foundation issued by the Wind Instrument Department.
At first, Mu Yanxi thought that since these were versions written by great Music Path sects, they must be extremely profound, impossible to penetrate without extremely high Music Path talent and comprehension, and that she would need to compare them side by side to understand a little.
She had even prepared herself to memorize them first and slowly comprehend later.
Unexpectedly, all three Music Path Foundation texts were much simpler and easier to understand than the Wind Instrument Department’s version.
Each one explained profound concepts in simple terms, with annotations that very concisely and intuitively clarified every possible difficult point.
Although the explanations in the three Music Path Foundation texts had different emphases, and the positions of annotations and additions were different, they all had one thing in common—the Great Way is simple.
They did not use complex Music Path terminology to explain the techniques, but were written to a standard that even a mortal who had never been exposed to music theory could understand.
Mu Yanxi was sure that even if she gave it to Lei Mulan, she could learn the Music Path. It was a Music Path entry that even monkeys could understand how to play the piano.
Compared with these three, that Wind Instrument Department version seemed a bit like pretending to understand.
It was clearly a basic technique, but many places used professional terms; some parts were written profoundly and obscurely without any annotation, and in some places you could only rely on feeling. It was indeed just a common mass-produced product.
Furthermore, the three Music Path Foundation texts came from different sects, each with different insights and tendencies.
Sometimes a single point would have two or three different annotations, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, allowing cross-reference and contrast, but their characteristic was that they were all extremely easy to understand.
Mu Yanxi quickly figured out the reason.
The Music Path was a force of collectivity, unity, and tacit understanding. A genius was certainly important, but an orchestra needed many musicians and instruments to unleash a stronger power.
Especially those unique instruments; talented disciples were unwilling to practice them, but they were an indispensable part of the orchestra. Only ordinary disciples would practice these instruments.
Therefore, a true Music Path sect would inevitably accept many disciples of ordinary aptitude. They needed to quickly get started and then participate in performances, rather than wasting time at the foundational stage.
A truly basic cultivation method should not be difficult to understand.
These three Music Path Foundation texts delighted Mu Yanxi.
The only thing that depressed her a little was that all versions of the Music Path Foundation cited a large number of musical pieces as examples, from the most basic “Little Star” and “Waltz” to various world-famous pieces. Mu Yanxi had never heard any of these examples.
At this moment, the immortal brain reminded:
[Master, you can directly click on the name of the musical piece to jump to the sheet music collected in the Universal Heavenly Library, as well as a video recording of Music Path masters performing with passion.
In addition, there are videos of Music Path immortal sect masters personally explaining the basic entry courses.]
‘I forgot? Right, how could I forget the strongest function of the Universal Heavenly Library.’