Chapter 301 - 9

Chapter 9 Zither and Flute Duet! "Lingshu Gathering Yuan Song"!Before everyone could recover from the cognitive-shattering shock, Xiao Xiao, who was sitting beside Xiao Yan, had already straightened her body.With her hands clasped behind her back and her brows curved, she revealed a sweet and lovely smile."Hello classmates, my name is Xiao Xiao." Her voice was crisp and soft, exceptionally clear in the silent classroom,"That's right, we are siblings. My spirit power is level thirty-five, and my Spirits are the nine-phoenix flute and three-life soul-suppressing cauldron."As these words were dropped, the entirety of Class 9 didn't even have the sound of gasping for breath.Everyone was in a state of brain shutdown.Beside the eleven-year-old level forty-six monster sat another eleven-year-old level thirty-five twin spirits monster.This wasn't coming to school; this was clearly coming to crush them.Xiao Xiao looked at the dazed Teacher Mujin on the podium, then at the incredulous gazes of the surrounding classmates, and the smile at the corners of her mouth grew even thicker."Today is the first day of school, and my brother and I have specially prepared a welcoming gift for everyone."As her voice fell, Xiao Xiao raised her right hand. Cyan-green light rapidly gathered in her palm.A slender flute condensed and formed in her hand.The entire flute presented a top-grade emerald-green jade texture, crystalline and translucent.The surface of the flute body was relief-carved with nine cyan Phoenixes about to spread their wings and fly, the carving craftsmanship exquisite to the micro-level, with every single line exuding a vivid sense of agility.A green halo lingered around the flute body, emitting an endless breath of life; it was precisely her Tool Spirit, the nine-phoenix flute.At the same time, Xiao Yan, sitting in his seat, did not stand up. He simply spread his arms flat with his palms facing upwards.The surrounding air underwent a strange distortion.A long zither materialized out of thin air before his chest, steadily hovering in mid-air.It was precisely the Fuxi Qin.The zither body was forged and interwoven from the purest spiritual jade between heaven and earth and ancient tung wood, presenting a cyan, moist, and translucent texture all over.Lunar white and purple-gold divine radiances alternately flowed across the surface of the zither body, endless.At the zither head, profound and abstruse Fuxi Eight Trigrams reliefs were engraved; on both sides of the zither body, intricate and vigorous Dragon and Phoenix cloud patterns coiled.Seven zither strings crossed over it, fine and tough, reflecting brilliant starlight threads.The instant the Spirit manifested, an ancient, vigorous, yet pristine and ethereal aura instantly filled the entire classroom.That supreme majesty originating from the ancient Divine Artifact directly caused everyone's Spirits present to experience instinctive trembling.Everyone's thoughts were still stagnated in the shock brought by this pair of Prodigy siblings.Yet Xiao Yan had already raised both hands, his slender, fair fingers resting naturally upon the suspended strings.The middle finger of his right hand hooked the central starlight string, gently plucking it outward."Zheng——"An extremely clear and resonant zither chime rippled through the classroom.This sound ignored physical barriers, directly ringing out within everyone's Spiritual Sea.The chaotic thoughts in the freshmen's minds caused by shock were instantly swept clean by this single musical note.Following closely, Xiao Xiao brought the nine-phoenix flute to her lips.The agile flute sound rose accordingly.The zither sound was steady and heavy, with lingering echoes wrapping around the beams, laying out a vast and boundless deep earth; the flute sound was ethereal and tactful, its tune lingering, transforming into a wind-riding cyan Phoenix shuttling above the Nine Heavens.The sound tracks of the two perfectly intersected and overlapped in mid-air without the slightest conflict, instead constructing a wondrous resonance.Every single freshman present involuntarily closed their eyes.They relaxed their tensed muscles, their hurried heartbeats gradually slowed down, and the frequency of their respiration began to synchronize with the rhythm of the zither and flute duet.The breeze blowing from outside the classroom seemed to have become traceable.The heaven and earth elemental energy in the air that originally required them to intentionally meditate to capture now, under the traction of the zither and flute duet, became abnormally active.Wisps of energy followed their relaxed pores, spontaneously converging into the Meridians, steadily flowing along their respective Cultivate routes.This was an unprecedented ethereal experience, without any distracting thoughts, only the pure blending of the Soul and nature.A few minutes of time passed imperceptibly.The tail sound of the flute gradually lengthened, then dissipated into the air.Xiao Yan's hands pressed flat against the seven strings, suppressing all the tremors."Zheng."The final short and powerful zither chime sounded, cutting off that abstruse resonance.Everyone awoke as if from a dream, successively opening their eyes.There was a brief silence in the classroom, followed by successive exclamations ringing out one after another.Li Dazhuang in the front row clenched his fists tightly, his face full of excitement; Ning Tian sitting in front of Xiao Yan even lowered her head to look at her own hands, her golden-blue eyes full of shock.Before the classmates could open their mouths to ask, Xiao Xiao put down the jade flute in her hand and took the initiative to explain to everyone."This is a song my brother and I composed together, named "Lingshu Gathering Yuan Song"." She playfully blinked her eyes,"This song has no offensive power, but it has a very powerful support effect—it can greatly enhance your spiritual perception. Now, feel the surrounding environment."Hearing this, everyone immediately closed their eyes to perceive.This time, without needing to enter a meditation state, they could incomparably clearly "see" the various heaven and earth elemental energy drifting in the air.Those originally obscure energy trajectories now became as clear as reading lines on one's palm."It can probably double the perception of various external heaven and earth elemental energy." Xiao Xiao's crisp voice sounded once again, directly throwing down the conclusion,"Simply put, during this period of time, your spirit power Cultivate speed will double."The whole class was in an uproar.Cultivate speed doubled!For a Spirit Master, the most precious thing was Cultivate time.This kind of support ability that could directly change the basic efficiency of Cultivate had already exceeded the scope of conventional Spirit Abilities, this was simply a divine miracle.Teacher Mujin on the podium could no longer maintain that composure.As an experienced teacher, she was clearer than anyone else about the strategic value of this support effect.There were only a few months away from the freshman assessment; if all members of Class 9 could Cultivate at double speed, then their overall strength would produce a qualitative leap.She walked quickly down the podium, came to the back row of the classroom, her gaze locked tightly onto Xiao Xiao, with undisguisable excitement in her tone."Xiao Xiao, how long can the blessing effect of this "Lingshu Gathering Yuan Song" last?"This question was precisely what the whole class cared about the most; everyone perked up their ears, nervously waiting for the answer.Xiao Xiao was made somewhat creeped out by the head teacher's fiery gaze.She cutely scratched her head, truly unsure about the length of time, because the core of the song was her brother's Fuxi Qin, and she was merely cooperating and guiding.Thus, she decisively turned her head, casting an innocent gaze towards Xiao Yan sitting beside her.Xiao Yan's hands left the strings, and with a movement of his thoughts, the Fuxi Qin transformed into a stream of light and dissipated into the formless.Leaning against the back of his chair with a calm expression, he gave a relatively precise answer."About a week. Seven days later, the blessing effect in the Spiritual Sea will gradually weaken until it dissipates."