Vol 2 Chapter 9.3 (2/2)
At almost the same time, the three girls who had been obsessed with the gems fell over. Their eyes brimmed with pain as tears flowed uncontrollably down their faces. Their hearts were torn to shreds by the sorrowful xiao music.
Ye Yin Zhu’s situation wasn’t much better. The distance between his and Nina’s spiritual power was simply too great. In addition, he was close enough to her that he could understand her current mood. There were no words to describe the pain that flooded his heart as his complexion paled. Luckily, his clear Pure Zither Heart supported him, so he didn’t completely lose himself in the xiao music.
He violently bit the tip of his tongue, causing the chaos that enveloped his mind to clear somewhat. Faint yellow rays of light enveloped his body. Yin Zhu, as if driven by a strange illusion, took a large step forward and moved past Nina. A large dark red radiance blazed as all eight of his fingers simultaneously stroked the seven strings that glittered with a cyan light. A string of bright, clear zither notes blended together like a maelstrom, leaving behind a lingering charm. He took advantage of the xiao’s momentary silence and forcibly interrupted the music.
Nina realized what she had just done when her mood went out of control. She unexpectedly used asonic boom, possibly traumatizing those children and dealing troublesome spiritual wounds.
A sonic boom was a brief explosion of sound waves with penetrative power. It was the equivalent to the instantaneous magic that the other divisions’ mages used, and it was something a Divine Music mage could fully use after reaching Green Rank. Yin Zhu’s actual strength was still one rank away from being able to use sonic boom.
After hurriedly putting away the cold, violet jade xiao in her hand, Nina quickly walked towards the three girls. She faintly released waves of spiritual power as she touched each of them to examine their condition.
The spiritual power foundations of all three girls were still alright. It appeared that Ye Yin Zhu had interrupted her sonic boom just in time. Nina’s expression relaxed significantly as a result. Although they received some spiritual damage, it was nothing severe. To recover, all they would need was some rest.
Nina’s gaze sharpened as she abruptly turned her body to face Ye Yin Zhu. “Ye Yin Zhu, tell me, how are you related to Qin Shang?”
“Eh?” Yin Zhu’s shaken spiritual power had just recovered, so he didn’t respond for a moment.
“You don’t need to hide it. It would’ve been absolutely impossible for you to resist my Cyan Rank spiritual power unless you cultivated the same zither magic as Qin Shang to the Red Rank. No wonder you weren’t influenced by Hai Yang’s guzheng song when you performed with her that day. You are just like that scoundrel in the fact that your Red Rank strength is not applicable to the three-level, nine-rank system.”
“Grandfather Qin is no scoundrel,” Ye Yin Zhu said angrily. He unconsciously embraced the guqin and held it close to his chest. To a zither mage, the guqin was like his flesh and blood; he was unwilling to part with it.
“Grandfather Qin? You are his grandson?” Nina’s complexion became deathly pale as her body swayed. She seemed as though she would collapse at any second.
Ye Yin Zhu shook his head and said, “No, I am Grandfather Qin’s disciple.”
Nina stared blankly, her complexion seemed to have slightly improved. “Did he tell you to find me when you came here?”
Ye Yin Zhu recalled his departure from Desolate Jade Sea and what Qin Shang told him. He then replied, “Yes! Grandfather Qin gave me a letter to give to the Dean of the Divine Music division, whom I believe is you.”
“Letter?” Nina impatiently asked. She was standing only a few steps away from Yin Zhu, her breathing erratic.
“Lost.”
“What? How could this be?”
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