Chapter: 1374 (1/2)

AST 1374 – The Great Power of the Heart of Seven Orifices, Heading for the Dancing Phoenix Continent’s Capital

Qing Shui carried Qing Yu and the other children also ran over to him.

Carrying Qing Yu in one hand and holding Qing Yan’s hand in another, Qing Shui headed for the living hall. They hadn’t walked for long when the family came out. For quite a long period of time now, the people in Qing Clan would try not to travel too far away since Qing Shui was able to come back once a month.

Even Qing Clan’s businesses were also handled by others. They now had enough money to get by. Moreover, if they were to come across good things, the items might not be measurable in terms of money. There were things which were impossible to buy no matter how much money was offered.

Power determined everything. And as Qing Shui continued to progress forward outside, power was the one which had guided Qing Shui on his path. With Qing Shui around, the members of Qing Clan could reach new heights which they would not dare to imagine in the past.

“Yin`er, I’ll be giving you a present this time around. I’m sure that you’ll like it.” Qing Shui said happily. Qing Yin had been a quiet child since young and would seldom fight with others.

Her character remained the same even as she grew older. However, those who were close to her could all sense that she was in fact very competitive.

“Oh? What present? Father, you can’t be biased. I want it too,” Qing Yu smiled and said.

“Alright, you’ll get one too. It’ll be good if you’ll like it as well,” Qing Shui smiled and said as he took out a smaller five-string zither.

Qing Yin was very happy when she saw that it was a zither. Qing Yan was also very happy. However, Qing Yu and the other children didn’t find it to be a nice surprise and merely smiled bitterly.

In the past Qing Yin liked music but Qing Shui only knew of a few pieces. By now, Qing Yin had already learned all of them and the light melodies she played were as if they had souls of their own. Some of the melodies she played sounded dignified, some dreary, some lonely…

“Father is the best!” Qing Yin received it happily and went on tiptoes to plant a kiss on Qing Shui’s face.

This small action made Qing Shui felt touched. Qing Yu would often do something like this but such acts were rare from Qing Yin, especially in the past few years. However, he now knew that this daughter of this was still very reliant on him and it was just that this feeling didn’t show.

Qing Shui reached out his hand to pat her on the head before he brought out the score for the Phoenix Cry Sonic Attack. “Take a look at this melody. This is a very unique melody. Your mother and aunties will all be learning this as well.”

Qing Shui then took out an identical copy for Qing Yan. Qing Yan was very happy as well. This time around, Qing Shui was the one to give her a light kiss. This lass was an introvert and thankfully, as time passed, she had now grown to be closer to him.

“Father, can I not want it?” After saying that, Qing Yu pursed her lips together and shook her head. Her exquisite little face appeared to be very helpless.

“Learning this will also allow you to beat up the bad guys. Do you want to learn?” Qing Shui smiled and said. He found the lass’ expression to be very funny.

He had no plans of forcing her to learn this. If they showed no interest, he wouldn’t force them. He knew one could only learn something well if it was something they were interested in. Therefore, he had always let the kids learn whatever they were interested in. For example, Qing Yin, like her name [1], showed a great interest in music. Therefore, Qing Shui let her learn music directly.

Thankfully, she had also shown an interest in the Nine Palace Steps and in the Taichi Fist. She had elder and younger brothers, so even if Qing Shui wasn’t around in the future, no one would be able to bully her. Therefore, even if Qing Yin wasn’t interested in cultivation, Qing Shui would let her be.

Of course, this was only for areas that would be beneficial. Qing Shui was still not approving of spoiling his children. Pampering children itself was a skill. Every parent would pamper their own children. Who else would if they didn’t? However, everyone had their own means of pampering their kids. With pampering, some kids could grow to be good but some would just turn out to be spoiled.

Canghai Mingyue and Huoyun Liu-Li had both received a five-string zither each of which was the same size as the ones which Yehuang Guwu and Yuan Su were using. They also received the cultivation method for the Phoenix Cry Sonic Attack. The means of cultivating was to produce the killing melodies using the Phoenix Cry Sonic Attack.

Qing Shui also handed the ladies the Hundred Birds Worshiping The Phoenix. There was great surprise in their eyes when they received it but their interest wasn’t that high. Canghai Mingyue and Di Qing both seemed to be interested but they also got to know that the chances of them succeeding in learning this technique would be less than 1%.

Qing Shui no longer made any requests of them and decided to let them decide for themselves. However, he soon got a surprise.

Luan Luan!

Luan Luan, who had the Heart of Seven Orifices, seemed to have reached the Divine Connection Realm in her grasp of music. After practicing a few times, she seemed to already be able to produce the Phoenix Cries, stunning everyone.

The melodies seemed to be exactly the same but made one feel that it was irresistible. They would move together with the melody and even Qing Shui had the feeling that it would be possible to use music to control and kill people.

Of course, that might be possible. However, the prerequisite was that the person playing the melody had to be powerful enough. If the opponent was strong, he would be able to get out of the situation very easily. For example, through sealing up his sight and hearing and to only be using his spiritual sense.

This was unless the practitioner had cultivated music to a stage in which the melody would be able to penetrate through everything and wouldn’t require the target to sense it through their ears but was able to send the melody straight into the target’s mind.

Luan Luan had been practicing in a slighter further location and so were the others. However, everyone came to a stop and quietly watched as Luan Luan played.

They could almost see the rate at which Luan Luan was improving very clearly. Luan Luan seemed as if she had entered an amazing realm. To think that the great power of the Heart of Seven Orifices was also so terrifying in terms of music. It was an extraordinary talent.

Earlier, Qing Shui hadn’t expected that Luan Luan would display an abrupt performance in learning the Phoenix Cry Sonic Attack. After all, she was already a powerful Beast Tamer and the other time, she had completed the final stage of strengthening her foundations through using of the Five Elements Spring of Life. In the future, she would also be growing much stronger at a rapid rate.

There were still not many people in the Qing Clan who could use the Greencloud Up-step Pellets, Origin Returning Pills and the Yang Pills. Their physiques and talents had gone through a tremendous change. If they could use the Greencloud Up-step Pellets, a portion of them would probably be able to reach the State Master level. Of course, in the short term, most people would be unable to reach the state where they could meet the conditions to be able to take the Yang Pills and the Origin Returning Pills.

Qing Shui didn’t feel depressed. In the future, there would be more alchemy recipes and medicinal pills. All these things might create new possibilities.