656 I Do It Often (1/2)

”It is... Vacuum?”

”Vacuum!”

”What a surprise...”

Plenty of outstanding musicians of the school of abstinence were present among the masters at the scene. One could even say that for musicians of their level, the Vacuum that symbolized semi-aetherization was not unachievable.

Each school had different techniques that could allow one to enter the same state. But Ye Qingxuan had clearly fallen to the Level of Distortion!

However, without relying on any control or even consuming any energy, Ye Qingxuan's body actually replaced its blood circulation with an aether circulation automatically, entering the domain of semi-aetherization.

And the semi-aetherization displayed by Ye Qingxuan at the moment was of a degree of completion that had already surpassed that of everyone else present, even reaching the level of that of oddities.

One must keep in mind that what the Vacuum of the school of abstinence imitated was the Cereus, one of the four living creatures. It was purely achieved via nature interference of oneself to blend in with all things on earth, and the level of difficulty and harshness of the conditions required far surpassed that of other schools.

At the moment, based on the state that Ye Qingxuan had exhibited, the aether circulation had undoubtedly become a part of him already.

In other words, as long as Ye Qingxuan became a master, after removing the last of his shackles, he could even cross the sea of aether and enter the depths of the realm of aether to explore on his own.

Meanwhile, just as everyone stood stunned, Ye Qingxuan's eyes suddenly lit up. ”Gotcha!”

At that moment, he finally found a blurry speck of light amid the elements of the scepter and countless strands of music theory.

Right at the center of the core of Schubert's scepter, in its very hinterland, a dim speck of fire burned difficultly, like a flickering candle in the middle of a storm.

It was a spark of consciousness, the last bit of consciousness left of the owner of the body.

Using the Proverbs in the Holy Bible as a bridge, the two sides were connected as one, but a distinction was present after all. The consciousness was the firewood, which made the scepter burn vigorously.

Despite being weak and small, it was of utmost importance!

And Ye Qingxuan finally found a way to solve the problem of Schubert intending to commit suicide.

In the silence, his expression changed, and eventually, it turned decisive.

Then, he took out a branch of pitch black.

Everyone drew a deep, cold breath upon seeing it.

— Poisonous Black Branch!

Who would have thought that the Grand Inquisitor was actually carrying such a lethal item on him!

In the musicians' sensing, how was that even a branch? It was a crack leading to the abyss! Even though the abyss no longer existed, the vicious music theory preserved within the branch had never weakened in the slightest bit.

If the abyss was like a quagmire for the ordinary musician, then the plant nurtured by the Abyss Black Branches, which were rooted in the abyss and absorbed the darkest power, was the most poisonous of poisons.

In the span of a millennium, the tree of the Abyss was divided into three plants in total. One was offered to Hyakume as tribute, then bestowed upon Gaius, and was once used to kill the Pope. The other one was thrown at Ye Qingxuan when Menti was flustered and exasperated, but it ended up being sealed by the young man and was preserved till the present.

And at the moment, in Ye Qingxuan's hand, a white flower quietly bloomed on one of the forks of the Poisonous Black Branch.

It was full of life and vitality.

But it gave everyone goosebumps.

Auden's face was ghastly pale. ”Your Honor, surely you are not thinking of...”

”That's right.” Ye Qingxuan grinned and stabbed downward with the branch in his hand.

Silently, the Poisonous Black Branch plunged into the old nun's heart.