The Legend of Futian - Chapter 231

Chapter 231: Dating?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After Qian Shanmu arrived, he walked to where the people from the Donghua Clan were at. Standing quietly in the crowd, he looked at the beautiful lady in the pavilion. At the moment, Qin Mengruo, who was in the pavilion, looked elegant. Her slender fingers stroked the guqin, and its strings started to move. The music was melodious and sweet.

The music had an extraordinary artistic conception, which seemed to shed a strand of colored light onto Qin Mengruo, granting her a sacred and noble temperament. As she played the guqin, her body seemed to be filled with a wonderful hue, like the sunlight and the breeze, bright and graceful.

It was a very easy piece of music. The beating notes depicted a peaceful and beautiful scene. The music, just like her own temperament, was noble and elegant, peaceful and glorious.

There seemed to be nothing special about the music. It was simple yet pleasant.

At the moment, in the Donghua Clan zone, a green object appeared in Qian Shanmu’s hands. It was a bamboo flute. Qian Shanmu put the bamboo flute near his lips and then started to play it slowly.

The sound of the flute accompanied the music from the guqin, but did not destroy the artistic conception of the music at all. Instead, it complemented the music. The gentle breeze blew and the leaves of the trees swayed, and yet another artistic conception appeared which seemed to be describing a natural scenery. On the picture in everyone’s minds, there were not only sunlight and breeze, but they could also vaguely see flying butterflies and running fawns.

Suddenly, the music of the guqin changed and was no longer peaceful and happy; it became rapid and sharp. Only at this moment, Qin Mengruo was like a noble princess who was holding a sword, one that could fight on a battlefield and command thousands of horses and soldiers. She was the female general of the battlefield who was holy, noble and inviolable.

The sound of the flute similarly changed; it became sharp but without losing grace. He was like a knight on the battlefield who was invincible.

The style of the guqin’s music and the flute’s music changed continuously, and the artistic conception they were revealing also continued to blur. At the start, everyone could clearly feel the artistic conception expressed by the music, but later, no pictures could appear in their minds. Naturally, they would not doubt the musical attainments of Qin Mengruo and Qian Shanmu. Maybe they were too accomplished, so much so that they could not feel that artistic conception in the music.

From the beginning to the end, Ye Futian had been listening quietly, as if he was enjoying the music. It was indeed pleasurable to hear the two cooperating to perform the music. It was only that there was a fly in the ointment…

Finally, the music from the guqin and from the flute stopped gradually. The entire place still seemed to be silent: nobody made any sound, as if they were still immersed in the artistic conception before.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Qin Mengruo. Someone marveled uncontrollably, “The music from the princess is really engaging.”

“The music contains so many different artistic conceptions which were switched so easily and perfectly.”

“Qian Shanmu could fit the sound of the flute so perfectly into the music of the guqin. He deserves to be called the most skilled musician in the young generation of the Eastern Barren Territory,” a monk marveled. He was from the Qianqiu Temple. He was not flattering Qian Shanmu. Even though Qian Shanmu was one of the brightest geniuses among the young generation, nobody in the place would need to flatter him. Everyone present was from top forces, so they did not need to please Qian Shanmu. Nevertheless, his play was indeed good and deserved compliments.

Ye Futian similarly felt that it was good. The words of the monk from the Qianqiu Temple were true. It was not difficult to play a good piece of music; the difficult part was that Qian Shanmu had always been following the rhythm of Qin Mengruo’s music and was never detached. The sound of the flute and the music of the guqin merged with each other perfectly, as if they were just one in the first place. This was the most difficult thing.

Although Ye Futian was adept at playing the guqin, he knew that he still could not cooperate with another person. This would require an extremely accomplished musician.

He who is famous definitely has the abilities. Since Qian Shanmu was reputed to be the best musician among the young generation in the Eastern Barren Territory, he undoubtedly had the skills.

Qin Mengruo raised her head and nodded lightly at Qian Shanmu. Her eyes were filled with a gentle smile, causing even the scenery around to be paled into insignificance.

“It’s my pleasure to be able to play with the princess.” Qian Shanmu nodded to return the salute. His voice was very mild, like a modest gentleman.

“Maybe the event today can become a favorite tale in the future,” someone from the Donghua Clan said with laughter.

Everyone’s eyes sparkled, and they all had a special feeling. Indeed, just like what the person from the Donghua Clan had said, all the people from the various top forces witnessed the event on that day: the princess from the Qin Dynasty was absolutely beautiful and unparalleled at playing music, while Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan, being the best musician, was glorious and played the flute with Qin Mengruo’s guqin. This could indeed become a nice story.

“Please don’t laugh at me if I have performed poorly. If there are any flaws, I hope that you will point out to me.” Qin Mengruo smiled and looked at everyone. She was noble and elegant but without losing her humbleness.

“How do you feel about it?” Liu Feiyang asked Ye Futian. He was not good at music, so he was unable to comment on anything. He only knew that Qian Shanmu and Qin Mengruo were very skilled at playing music, but did not know specifically how good they were. After all, it was only a normal piece of music, and not released in the form of a musical spell. If it was a spell, their abilities could be judged by the powers of the spell.

“Very strong. It is extremely hard for Qian Shanmu to continuously complement Qin Mengruo’s music. If he plays his own music, he can easily cause people to be absorbed into his artistic conception,” Ye Futian said. Qian Shanmu was indeed strong. Although he had a poor impression of the Donghua Clan, he would not deliberately belittle the people there.

Liu Feiyang smiled and glanced at Ye Futian. This arrogant guy also knows how to praise others. However, this was normal, as Qian Shanmu was the best musician among the young generation in the Eastern Barren Territory after all. How could such an outstanding person be weak?

“Qian Shanmu is not only good at the bamboo flute. He is proficient in any type of music, and is very adept at playing the guqin as well,” Liu Feiyang said softly. Ye Futian nodded gently.

“Princess, your music is impeccable,” Qian Shanmu said. As the best musician, he naturally had the authority to say so.

“I’m flattered,” Qin Mengruo smiled and said. “I heard that Gu Biyue from the Witch Clan and the Cottage disciple, Ye Futian, are also experts in music. They must be very outstanding as well.”

“I am but Mr. Ye’s defeated opponent,” the witch Gu Biyue said as she smiled gently. She looked at Ye Futian as if she did not mind the defeat at all.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Ye Futian. At that time in the Ancient Barren World, Ye Futian was already famous and attracted the attention of many before Xiao Wuji even appeared. That was precisely because he had made the witch Gu Biyue from the Witch Clan his servant. The reason was that Gu Biyue lost to Ye Futian in terms of music. Subsequently, when Ye Futian became famous in the Ancient Barren World, many people knew about this. Naturally, they also knew that Ye Futian was good at music.

Just now, many people might have purposely or unintentionally ignored Ye Futian, but the words from Qin Mengruo and Gu Biyue drew everyone’s gaze towards him.

The looks of the people from the different forces were not the same. The people from the Fuyun Sword Clan came from the first summit, and the expressions of Li Daoyun and Li Daoqing were clearly unhappy, especially Li Daoyun. One of his arms was broken by Ye Futian, forcing him to change to a left-hand sword. Furthermore, Liu Chenyu, the lady that he liked, was also beside Ye Futian at the moment. It would then be easy to imagine Li Daoyun’s hatred towards Ye Futian.

Qin Mengruo looked at Ye Futian with her charming eyes.

Ye Futian smiled and said, “I only have some knowledge about music, and am not very skilled at it. Princess, your music is excellent. You don’t need my advice.”

“Mr. Ye, you are being too humble. In the Ancient Barren World, you displayed outstanding talent, and the world knew about you in just one day. Many different forces went and wanted you to join as their disciple. In the end, you entered the Cottage,” Qin Mengruo smiled and said. “The Cottage only has seven disciples. Including you, there are only eight. Now, many people in the Ancient Barren World say that after you cultivate for a few more years, you will probably become unparalleled among your peers.”

A strange look appeared in Ye Futian’s eyes. The king’s grandson, Qin Li, devalued him openly, but Qin Mengruo praised him like this in public. What did that mean?

Many people turned and looked at Ye Futian one after another. Many people did not fully agree that Ye Futian would become unparalleled among his peers.

How many geniuses are there in the Eastern Barren Territory? Who can say that he is unparalleled? People like Qian Shanmu only dared to call himself unparalleled in terms of music.

“The people in the world claim that the Cottage only takes in unparalleled figures. In the Ancient Barren World, Ye Futian has displayed excellent talents, but we do not know how strong he is. Now that we have the chance, our Donghua Clan would like to know more,” someone in the Donghua Clan zone said slowly. It seemed that he wanted to challenge Ye Futian publicly.

The people from the other forces all seemed to be interested. Qin Mengruo praised Ye Futian, saying that he would be unparalleled. Then, the Donghua Clan wanted to challenge him. Did they want to prove themselves? Did they want to flatter Ye Futian and then defeat him?

Ye Futian’s eyes sparkled. The fifth brother had said that the Qin Dynasty and the Donghua Clan had teamed up. Now, Qin Mengruo had played guqin at this location. He had also realized something.

The scene at the moment seemed like they were trying to flatter and then defeat him.

The words from Qin Mengruo had lifted him to such a high position. If he was defeated in the fight, the legend of the Cottage would also be crushed from then on. If he won, that would just be expected, and it would not have any effects on the Donghua Clan, because he was a Cottage disciple.

“Today, I have come here to enjoy the play from the princess. Wouldn’t a battle be inelegant?” Ye Futian smiled and did not bother about the challenge.

He actually rejected it. A weird expression appeared on the face of everyone. He should have heard the words from Qin Li, the king’s grandson. Doesn’t he want to prove his own strength?

“Are you too afraid to fight?” Li Daoqing said in a cold voice.

“You still have the face to speak?” Yu Sheng glanced at Li Daoqing. Seeing Yu Sheng, Li Daoqing’s face darkened. He still vividly recalled Yu Sheng beating him violently in the Ancient Barren World on that day.

“The people in the world are already comparing you to the best geniuses in the Ancient Barren World. Today, right here, Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan has already displayed his musical attainments. As a Cottage disciple, if you avoid the battle, wouldn’t it attract much criticism from others?”

Qin Mengruo’s voice was gentle and her face was filled with a smile, appearing to be extremely polite. However, when her words fell in Ye Futian’s ears, it sounded very aggressive. Was she alluding that if he avoided the battle and did not perform, he would not be qualified to compare with Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan?

Ye Futian smiled and said, “Princess, today you have played the guqin here, and the people from the different forces have come here to enjoy. At first, it is a pleasurable event. However, because something else has been added to it, the event is no longer that nice anymore.”

A doubtful expression appeared on everyone’s face. What does this mean?

“Mr. Ye, what do you mean?” Qin Mengruo asked.

“Princess, just now, you asked me to advise you on your music?” Ye Futian smiled and said.

“If there are any inadequacies, please advise,” Qin Mengruo smiled and said.

“Alright.” Ye Futian nodded, after which he smiled and said, “If the two of you want to use music to date each other, go ahead. Don’t drag me into it.” After speaking, he turned around and left.

One of the top three beauties in the Eastern Barren Territory? So what? It’s none of my business!

Chapter 232: You Don’t Know About Music

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio | Editor: Vicky_

Today, Qin Mengruo had played her guqin at this place and invited the people from the various forces to come and enjoy.

Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan came and used his flute to follow the music. The guqin and the flute were played together, and the music was very pleasant. Previously, Liu Feiyang had asked Ye Futian how he felt about the music. Liu Feiyang did not know much about music, but Ye Futian could feel the artistic conception within the music. The sound of Qian Shanmu’s flute had always changed according to the changes in Qin Mengruo’s music. The artistic conception there seemed to say that a gentleman would be a good match for a beautiful and graceful lady.

Later, the music turned increasingly harmonious, as if the husband and the wife were becoming reconciled. Therefore, Ye Futian would feel that although the music was good, there was still a fly in the ointment.

Along with what the fifth brother, Luo Fan, had said earlier, Ye Futian guessed that the so-called guqin recital on the day was actually a meet-up between the two forces which were trying to be allied through marriage. It was the marriage between the little princess from the Qin Dynasty and the genius from the Donghua Clan.

One of them was one of the top three beauties in the Eastern Barren Territory and liked music, while the other was the best musician among the young generation in the Eastern Barren Territory. Indeed, they were a match made in heaven.

If the two forces did team up, arranging such a marriage would naturally be very meaningful. However, the two were not ordinary people either, and the seniors would definitely not be able to decide on their marriage with just a sentence. Perhaps, that was why the guqin recital was held. It all seemed to be elegant and delightful.

In fact, not just Ye Futian had guessed it, but people from many forces also had a similar feeling. Maybe it was only a meet-up between the princess Qin Mengruo and Qian Shanmu on that day. All the rest were mere decorations for the two to stand out.

They used music to understand each other and played together. Just like what the person from the Donghua Clan had said earlier, perhaps this would become a nice story. In the future, it would be natural for such an outstanding pair to be together, so the event on that day would also become a favorite tale.

However, all of this was disrupted by one sentence from Ye Futian. Just that one line destroyed the entire atmosphere. Ye Futian said bluntly that if they were trying to date each other, they should not drag him into it… Such a happy event sounded exceptionally vulgar from his mouth.

After he finished that sentence, everyone’s look stagnated and they all felt speechless. Every Liu Feiyang and Liu Chenyu were too surprised to react. They looked in astonishment at Ye Futian who was leaving.

The witch Gu Biyue smiled and looked in Ye Futian’s direction. This guy really doesn’t give anybody face.

The looks from Qin Mengruo and Qian Shanmu were also stunned, and a strange expression appeared on both of their faces. Today, they felt quite comfortable about the meeting and had a favorable impression about each other. However, Ye Futian’s words immediately caused their happy mood to turn somewhat terrible.

“Stop.”

A cold voice was heard. The person who spoke was a cultivator from the Donghua Clan.

Ye Futian stopped and then turned around slowly. Looking at the person from the Donghua Clan, he asked, “What?”

Today, he was asked by Liu Feiyang to come and join in the fun. The Cottage did not bother much about external affairs; this could be seen from the attitude of the fifth brother. Whether the Qin Dynasty teamed up with the Donghua Clan or not, the Cottage was unconcerned, and naturally, Ye Futian would be unconcerned as well. He also did not care about the marriage between the two forces. Whether Qin Mengruo would be together with Qian Shanmu or not, what did it have to do with him? However, they deliberately wanted to drag him in. He could not tolerate this.

The Qin Dynasty, the Donghua Clan, and the College were the three most influential forces in the Eastern Barren Territory. Now, two of them teamed up. Did they want to purposely suppress the College? Although the Cottage was not on good terms with the College, it was a symbol of the College after all. If they could defeat the Cottage, that would be equivalent to defeating the College. Therefore, did they want to begin by defeating Ye Futian? Since this was the case, he would no longer need to give them any face.

“Even if you are a Cottage disciple, isn’t it inappropriate for you to speak in such a manner?” someone from the Donghua Clan said emotionlessly. Ye Futian was not wrong; today’s event was indeed a meeting between Qin Mengruo and Qian Shanmu. However, the atmosphere of such a glorious meet-up was totally destroyed by one sentence from Ye Futian. The feeling of the people from the Donghua Clan could then be well imagined.

The marriage was rather important for both forces. If the important people from both forces were married, there would naturally be less deceive and distrust when the two forces were trying to cooperate. It was particularly important for the Donghua Clan. After all, if they were married, Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan would bring the Qin Dynasty princess back to the Donghua Clan. This would help to increase their reputation, whether it was for Qian Shanmu himself or all of the Donghua Clan. Moreover, from then on the Donghua Clan would have two of the top three beauties in the Eastern Barren Territory.

To the Donghua Clan, which wanted to become the top clan in the Eastern Barren Territory, they naturally would not want to miss out on such an opportunity and all hoped that Qian Shanmu and Qin Mengruo could be together.

“Where have I been inappropriate? Please advise,” Ye Futian smiled and said. Since he had already done so, he would not be afraid of what the others would say.

“The princess and my Donghua Clan disciple, Qian Shanmu, played their instruments together. It is supposed to be a very nice event, but in your mouth, it appears to be so vulgar and unbearable. Is this how the people from the Cottage behave?” the young man from the Donghua Clan asked.

Ye Futian glanced at the person with a cold look. Do the Qin Dynasty and the Donghua Clan want to step on the Cottage so badly?

The College was not a clan, and the Cottage also did not participate in external disputes. Even if the Qin Dynasty teamed up with the Donghua Clan, why did they want to suppress the College so much? Was it because they wanted to become the two most influential forces in the Eastern Barren Territory?

If they really surpassed the Cottage and the College, whenever people in the world were to mention about the best forces in the Eastern Barren Territory, they would indeed only think about the Qin Dynasty and the Donghua Clan. Furthermore, since the two forces had teamed up, they would surely be able to gather many talents in the world in just a single call.

“I think that certainly everyone knows about how the Cottage behaves. Actually, I should ask your Donghua Clan. Since you have done it, why do you not dare to admit it? It is indeed a nice story for the young geniuses of the Qin Dynasty and the Donghua Clan to be married, so why do you bother to cover it? Or, does the Donghua Clan think that this is a very embarrassing thing?”

Ye Futian asked back, and the people from the Donghua Clan were actually rendered speechless. Definitely, they could not say that the meeting between Qian Shanmu and the princess was embarrassing.

In addition, they could not even deny Ye Futian’s words. If on this day they denied the fact that Qian Shanmu and the princess were using music to know each other, they would be slapping themselves again when the two were to marry in the future.

In short, after Ye Futian said that sentence, the entire atmosphere was destroyed and everything seemed to be different.

The people from the Donghua Clan went into silence and actually did not know how to reply.

“I have heard before that the Cottage disciples are not only capable in terms of talent and strength, but are also highly skilled in speaking. Today, after seeing you, I have learned that this is indeed true.” At that moment, a voice spread out slowly. The person who spoke was the genius Qian Shanmu from the Donghua Clan.

Obviously, Qian Shanmu was mocking the Cottage disciples for only being able to talk their way out. However, his words appeared to be much more elegant, so Ye Futian seemed somewhat vulgar in contrast.

“Indeed, I have long wished to meet with the princess today. Hearing her music, I have learned a lot about her, as many things can be expressed through music. Because I was interested, I played the music together with her. However, you have actually described this as such a terrible event.” Qian Shanmu’s voice was still very calm and he was not angry. He said slowly, “I have heard before that you are an expert in music. Now it seems that you don’t know about music at all.”

His words sounded casual, but they seemed to determine Ye Futian’s status at once. As the best musician among the young generation in the Eastern Barren Territory, since he said openly that Ye Futian did not know about music, then, it must be true that Ye Futian indeed did not.

Ye Futian similarly looked at Qian Shanmu calmly. The two forces were trying to be allied through marriage and use this opportunity to suppress him. From Qian Shanmu’s words, it sounded like everything was Ye Futian’s fault, as if the happiness on that day was all destroyed because of Ye Futian. Precisely because of this, he was appraised as not knowing any music.

Because of Qian Shanmu’s identity—the best musician among the young generation in the Eastern Barren Territory—his judgment towards Ye Futian would surely spread quickly in the Eastern Barren Territory.

Ye Futian stared at Qian Shanmu with a somewhat unhappy look.

“If you think that my words are inappropriate, you can challenge me.” Qian Shanmu seemed to have noticed Ye Futian’s unhappiness and continued to say so. In terms of music, his words were like the rules.

Ye Futian suddenly smiled. As the best musician in the Eastern Barren Territory, the ability Qian Shanmu had been cultivating was music, and this was his strongest part. Furthermore, he was at the peak of the Dharma Plane. With his strong talent, his music could even deal with those who had just entered the Arcana Plane. How could Ye Futian challenge him? He was really bullying Ye Futian.

However, what could Ye Futian do, when he was suppressed in such a way? The people in the world did not care about their levels, but only the scene when the two were confronting each other.

“You’re right,” Ye Futian suddenly smiled and said. “Indeed, I do not know about music.”

Is he admitting defeat? The people from the Donghua Clan sneered.

Qian Shanmu’s expression was still calm. It was not an honorable thing for him to use music to suppress Ye Futian. However, Ye Futian’s words were very aggressive and he had to do something. Otherwise, the Qin Dynasty and the Donghua Clan would really lose face.

“Just now, which person from the Donghua Clan wanted to challenge me?” just as the people from the Donghua Clan were sneering, Ye Futian said.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of many sparkled. Finally, he cannot bear it anymore?

From the Donghua Clan direction, a young person stepped out.

“Gu Ming.” Everyone saw the person and many knew him. He was a very gifted junior in the Donghua Clan and it was said that his combat abilities were very strong.

“Gu Ming, Fifth-level Dharma Plane,” he said to Ye Futian, indicating his name and level. His age was similar to Ye Futian’s, so if he could win, Ye Futian would no longer be a legend.

It seemed that the Donghua Clan and the Qin Dynasty indeed wanted to deliberately suppress the Cottage, and would start this from Ye Futian.

“Ye Futian, Fourth-level Dharma Plane,” Ye Futian said slowly. Then, he sat down alone on the ground. Some light flashed and the Guqin Spirit appeared. In front of Ye Futian, an illusory guqin emerged on which musical notes seemed to be beating.

Seeing the scene, a strange expression appeared on everyone’s face. Against Gu Ming, Ye Futian chose to sit down directly and release the Guqin Spirit. Clearly, Ye Futian was planning to battle with musical spells.

Just a while ago, Qian Shanmu said that Ye Futian did not know about music, and he himself also admitted so. Then, he released the Guqin Spirit and would use music to deal with the person from the Donghua Clan…

Yu Sheng glanced at Qian Shanmu and the people from the Donghua Clan with a cold look. At first, Ye Futian was not interested in fighting at all, but the people from the Donghua Clan kept forcing him. Since this was the case, he wanted to see what expressions the people from the Donghua Clan would have after he, whom the Donghua Clan genius Qian Shanmu claimed to not know music, used music to defeat a person from the Donghua Clan!