CHAPTER 391: CHAPTER 253: THE NOSY PRINCE WHO CAN DO EVERYTHING

Initially, Yun Sheng only listened to the Emperor’s Song played by Huang Que, thinking that the Emperor’s Song was nothing special.

However, during the taming of the Elf Karmic Fire, Yuan Bupo played the subsequent Chapters of the Emperor’s Song, which greatly opened Yun Sheng’s eyes.

In the moment the Emperor’s Song was played, she could feel that Yuan Bupo’s cultivation had greatly increased, and he was only a few steps away from taming the Elf Karmic Fire.

If Yun Sheng did not have the Shennong Medical Bracelet and the Five Elements Magic Soul, she probably wouldn’t have been able to match Yuan Bupo.

Yun Sheng’s current strength, although not bad, is far from being top-notch.

Even her level as a Summoner is due to the possession of the Summoning Demon Hand.

But Yun Sheng does not want to rely too much on the Summoning Demon Hand, as it is one of the Eight Desolate Divine Artifacts, and if she is not careful, it could be discovered by others.

As the saying goes, "The innocent man is not guilty, but possession of a jade makes him so"; Yun Sheng’s current strength is not enough to protect the Divine Artifact.

In the short term, the safest way for her to significantly improve her cultivation is through the Emperor’s Song.

Previously, Huang Que used a pipa, it is told that Yun Canglang’s beloved Yuan Shahu used the ancient zither, and Yuan Bupo himself used a Short Flute; this implies that any musical instrument can play the Emperor’s Song.

Yun Sheng is completely ignorant about musical instruments, and out of desperation, thought about choosing one among various instruments, and after much thought, Yun Sheng decided to learn a musical instrument.

On the Wuji Continent, there are a variety of instruments, like zithers, guzhengs, pipas, erhus, bells, xiaos, shengs, fou, flutes, and so forth, embracing all styles from striking to drumming, blowing, and plucking.

Yun Sheng invited several musicians, each of whom demonstrated in front of her, and then she planned to choose the most suitable instrument from among them.

"All of you, play once, and I’ll note down the methods," Yun Sheng, quite confident about learning music, thought that she only needed to remember each musician’s techniques.

However, this time, Yun Sheng was terribly wrong.

When Ye Beiming arrived, Yun Sheng was halfway through her mess.

A shrill and unbearable sound, like the terrible music of mourning, echoed endlessly in the Medicine Hall.

It turned out that Yun Sheng was playing the erhu.

To not fear a fool singing, yet dread a tone-deaf playing music.

All the musicians wore an expression of suffering, as if they had eaten ten bitter flies.

They were all famously skilled musicians from Yujing City, watching their beloved instruments becoming "murderous weapons" in Yun Sheng’s hands, each of them was indescribably miserable.

"Ah, strange, the tone is not right," Yun Sheng clearly remembered, she had memorized their techniques well, but as soon as she started playing, it all changed.

The pieces she used for practice, of course, were not the Emperor’s Song, but were famous pieces and tunes from Great Zhou.

"Master, I think you’re not suited for learning music; perhaps you should give it up," Huang Que advised pragmatically, almost crying as she listened.

"Indeed, it is quite unpleasant," Ye Beiming also felt his ears buzzing, "This is not how you play an instrument."

Ye Beiming casually picked up an ancient lute, it was a yao zither made of willow wood,

He tuned the strings and plucked them,

With furrowed brow and trembling eyelashes fluttering like a butterfly’s wings, his well-defined long fingers moved across the strings.

A piece with a strong ancient style, Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, reverberated endlessly in the Medicine Hall.

The rich male voice, the wonderful sound of the zither, every note and beat was perfectly coordinated.

The musicians couldn’t help but clap along to the wonderful music, and Que’er also closed her eyes and listened attentively.

After the song ended, Yun Sheng jumped up and patted her chest, saying, "I’ve decided, I want to learn the ancient lute."

Yun Sheng had no musical talent, and her reason for wanting to learn the lute was nothing more than that.

The scene just now with a handsome man playing the lute, with the incense burner softly smoking beside him, was truly the epitome of showing off.

She thought, if one day she could also play such lute music, even the mere thought of it made her blood boil with excitement.

However, Yun Sheng found it odd, how could Ye Beiming play the lute as well?

Back when they were in Banana Leaf Village, she had never seen him play.

Moreover, he was blind in his early years, so how did he learn to play the lute?

Huang Que, who was beside her, answered her doubts, "Prince Beiming’s lute skills are truly exceptional. It is said that the Prince learned the blind lute at the age of three, and by six his lute skills were unmatched in the harem. Seeing him today proves he lives up to his reputation."

Ye Beiming was somewhat nostalgic as he stroked the lute strings, remembering some old memories while playing.

The blind lute, he began learning at the age of three. The reason was simple: his Empress Dowager, Empress Li, was a lute maestro.

The Empress Dowager often burned incense and took a bath at night, playing a tune on the lute, waiting for Emperor Zhou’s visit.

But in a month, nearly twenty days, Emperor Zhou would not come.

Even though Ye Beiming was young, he could feel his mother’s unhappiness every time she waited in vain for his father.

To make his mother happier, he clung to her, wanting to learn the lute.

Empress Li was a wise woman; to facilitate Ye Beiming’s practice, she created a special blind lute that allowed him to play beautiful music by touching the strings with his fingers without the need for sight.

After a year of learning, Ye Beiming could play smoothly at royal banquets, and thus earned the title of the best lute player in the Great Zhou harem.

However, after the death of Empress Li, Ye Beiming never touched the ancient lute again, but unexpectedly, it was because of Yun Sheng’s whim that he played a tune today.

"Huang Que, pay them and send these few musician masters away," seeing Ye Beiming sitting by the lute, his eyes staring thoughtfully at the ancient lute, Yun Sheng knew he must have been stirred by some memory.

"If you want to learn the lute, just come to me. Why bother with outsiders," his reflective thoughts halting, Ye Beiming motioned Yun Sheng over with a beckoning finger, his eyes full of temptation.

Yun Sheng had a request and was too lazy to worry about who was an outsider or not, and immediately ran over shamelessly, snuggling obediently next to Ye Beiming like a little puppy.

Ye Beiming found it amusing, but deep down he dearly loved Yun Sheng’s rare docility.

Ye Beiming taught, and Yun Sheng learned. Unknowingly, more than an hour had passed, and Yun Sheng had barely grasped the basic knowledge of the ancient lute.

"If only your musical sense were a tenth as talented as your medical skills," Ye Beiming rubbed his temples at the end of the lesson.

He always thought Little Wildcat could learn anything, but it turned out she had her weak points too.

Seeing her pose as if she was about to chop wood with the lute, he felt an urge to burst out laughing.

"Do you think everyone is like you, skilled in whatever they learn?" Yun Sheng retorted irritably. If it weren’t for the Emperor’s Song, she wouldn’t bother learning the lute, "But, speaking of which, can this lute withstand magic or combat skills?"

Yun Sheng wanted to play the Emperor’s Song; she remembered that both Yuan Bupo and Xuan Meimei’s instruments were no ordinary items.

As expected, Ye Beiming shattered Yun Sheng’s illusion, "No, if you intend to use the ancient lute as a weapon, I advise you to give up that idea now. Ancient lutes are fragile. To achieve the effect of using combat skills or magic, you need at least a Holy-grade ancient lute. Those are treasures that are hard to come by."

Yun Sheng thought that once she improved her lute skills, perhaps she could ask Zhou Qingchuan to use the power of Wuji Commerce to search for a lute.