Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ye Futian had paid visits to the Herb Garden for seven consecutive days, and he had doors shut in his face every single day. Great Teacher Xu remained reluctant to see them.
Yuan Hong and the others were very irked about the treatnt, so much so that they wanted to trespass into the garden and look for Saint Jiang themselves. However, Ye Futian stopped them from doing so. While their level of training would have permitted them to simply shout outside, which would have made them heard throughout the entire garden, if Saint Jiang was truly training in isolation, such an act of extre rudeness would have cost them their hope of saving his teacher. That was not sothing Ye Futian wanted to see. He was very displeased as well, but there was little he was able to do about it.
Yu Sheng spent those seven days training in the Nine State College. There were monts where people wanted to spar with him, and he beat every single person who ca up to him without rcy. The number of people asking for fights dwindled, and those who were of levels far above him were reluctant to make a move as it would have simply been an act of bullying. The people of the Holy Zhi Palace were guests. They had no one else to bla but themselves for challenging others and losing.
Yu Sheng’s temper was considered very well known throughout the College by then.
Liu Zong, Zhou Ya, and the others were training at the Nine State College as well. They would occasionally listen to lectures from mighty ones, as those who were qualified to do so were all of the archmage level and above. So were even at the pinnacle of the Sage Plane.
There was still quite a lot of talk regarding Ye Futian. He overwheld all students he ca to face as soon as he entered the College. Even a disciple of the divine path ended up defeated by him, showing his incredibly forceful side and his imnse bearing as a Palace Lord. As such, many ca to be surprised at how he spent seven consecutive days visiting the Herb Garden. He was still a Palace Lord of a holy land and was renowned throughout the Nine States. It was surely very frustrating for him to keep getting the door shut in his face for seven days straight.
If it had been soone else, they would have long lost their patience, but Ye Futian was doing all he was able to for the sake of his teacher.
Many were speculating if Ye Futian would be able to continue doing so.
That Great Teacher Xu was not giving him any face.
However, that was deed normal. The Great Teacher of the Herb Garden hardly concerned himself with anyone but his sister-in-training. He was known to be extrely cold. Even with all disciples of the divine path in the Nine State College considered, he was probably deed the most apathetic among all of them.
Other than visiting the Herb Garden, Ye Futian spent his days training in the palace. There were tis where so students of the college ca to visit him due to his fa, asking for guidance. He too welcod all who sought guidance from him and sparred with them if they wished. If soone asked about his thoughts, he openly shared his experiences and thoughts about training as well.
Many students in the College gradually ca to respect Ye Futian, and the number of visitors gradually grew.
Many speculated that Ye Futian would not pay the Herb Garden another visit after seven consecutive days of getting the door shut in his face; however, Ye Futian showed up punctually on the eighth day nonetheless. Even Jiang Chuan grew rather exasperated and reluctant to refuse Ye Futian anymore.
However, the Great Teacher simply told Jiang Chuan to stop informing him when Ye Futian showed. He was told to just refuse the Palace Lord outright instead.
It beca apparent that the saying “faith will move mountains” was little more than a lie. Ye Futian’s consecutive visits did nothing to move the Great Teacher in any way.
Ye Futian seed to know nothing about that. He showed up at the Herb Garden every day and then left, as if he was completing so kind of task. There were many students in the College who advised him to give up, yet Ye Futian replied with little more than a faint smile.
Ti passed and Ye Futian had been at the Nine State College for almost a month. All the students of the College knew what Ye Futian had been doing all that while. There were many who ca to remind him about things, and those reminders proved rather useful.
The palace that Ye Futian took up residence in was filled to the brim that day. Many cultivators from the College were found there, all different levels of training. Sages, magi, even people from the Noble Plane.
Many, even those at the level of magi, ca to be impressed by Ye Futian’s thoughts about training. The more they ca to know him, the more they ca to understand his charisma.
Other than that, Ye Futian was very adept at playing the guqin, and both his tune and his playing were pleasing to the ear and the eye. Few were capable of matching his abilities with a guqin, even when those who were training in the Music Palace of the College were taken into consideration.
At that mont, a tune was heard from the palace. Ye Futian was sitting at a master’s position on the floor in the compound of the palace. He wore a simple robe and his long fingers plucked and danced on the strings. The music was surreal as it danced in the minds of those within earshot.
The tune he played seed to be imbued with a tinge of peculiar colors, which made him look exceptionally handso. It was a sight that enamored many girls who watched and heard him play, especially those who were versed in and liked music.
Lin Xi was one of the students training in the Music Palace of the college. His proficiency in the art was impeccable. She was born in a family of musicians in Nine State City. As such, she was naturally able to sense the strong determination imbued with Ye Futian’s tunes. He had usually only been playing simple tunes, but his music nonetheless touched the hearts of those who heard. If he were to play famous tunes, it would have resonated imnsely with his audience.
One was able to tell what the person who played the guqin was like through the tunes they played. Lin Xi was able to tell from Ye Futian’s tunes that he was extrely confident, even proud, yet this person had been paying visits to the Herb Garden for a month but getting doors shut in his face every day. It was a testant that he held his relationships close to his heart and that he had an imnsely stubborn side to him.
He probably would not rest until he was able to see Saint Jiang.
The music stopped and Ye Futian looked up and smiled faintly, which made his face look even more radiant than it usually was.
“I’ve heard that you are very adept at the Ukiyo Song, which is one of the top ten renowned tunes in existance, Palace Lord Ye. Why do you only play common tunes?” Lin Xi asked in a gentle voice.
“Music requires the right state of mind to be played in order to achieve perfection in its delivery. The Ukiyo Song is ill-suited for the mont,” Ye Futian smiled and answered.
“Your illustration was a powerful one. How do you practice playing the guqin usually?” Lin Xi asked again.
“If I can find the ti, I’ll play every day. Instead of treating the sessions as deliberate practices, I’m simply lding what I feel at the mont in the tunes I play. The spiritual energy resonates with the tune and with that, my skills improve and playing the songs is a pleasure. It also serves as part of my training,” he answered.
Lin Xi nodded and said, “It seems that I havn’t been doing it right in the past since I was rely steeped in the notion of practice. Thank you for your guidance, Palace Lord Ye.”
“That can hardly be considered as guidance. I was simply sharing my thoughts. What I said about music, the sa goes with training in general,” Ye Futian smiled and added.
Soone smiled and said, “Lin Xi’s tunes are so extrely beautiful that it would make phoenixes cry out. How about both of you play a song together? That would be lovely.”
“Please, stop teasing ,” Ye Futian smiled and said. He showed no sign of the deanor of soone who was a palace lord of a holy land. One’s status was sothing that should be at the forefront or put aside depending on the situation. He was simply chatting with students of the college, and there was no need for him to make his status known at a ti like that.
“Indeed. Palace Lord Ye is married after all. It would have been very lovely indeed,” soone else smiled and added.
Ye Futian glared at the one who just talked and said, “Man, it’s okay for you people to tease , but don’t go about doing anything that will affect her reputation.”
“Alright, alright.” That person nodded and took a look at Lin Xi. She simply smiled and said, “It was all in good fun. No bother. Would you mind if I bring a friend with tomorrow, Palace Lord Ye?”
Ye Futian looked at Lin Xi’s eyes. They were very beautiful eyes and a spark of wit was seen in them. She gazed at Ye Futian, seemingly aware of his thoughts.
“Thank you,” Ye Futian smiled and answered. Lin Xi intended to bring a friend and she asked for his permission. He, in turn, answered with “thank you,” which seed completely out of place. However, no one present at the scene found anything weird about the exchange. They traded looks and smiled.
“It is very kind of you, Palace Lord Ye.” Lin Xi smiled and got up, then said, “If you’d excuse .”
“Yeah.” Ye Futian nodded and saw Lin Xi off.
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Ye Futian went to the Herb Garden, as usual, the next day, before returning to the palace. He practiced a set of martial arts movents and spent so ti ditating before more and more people showed up to visit him. Those people from the day before seed to have arrived very early. Ye Futian received his guests and found that they all seed to be waiting for sothing.
“They’re here,” soone smiled and said. Everyone turned their eyes and saw two figures walking in their direction. Both figures were extrely beautiful and possessed an extraordinary aura. They were both stunning people, especially the woman on the left. Her bearing was out of this world and her face seed to be chiseled artwork. Everything looked to be in the right place, as if she had erged from so painting.
The woman who was right beside her was none other than Lin Xi. It was apparent that the woman was the friend that she had ntioned before.
Many stood up and cupped their hands with a smile at both of them, saying, “Pleasure to et you, Goddess Die.”
The friend that Lin Xi had been talking about was none other than Goddess Die, the younger student of Saint Jiang. While both students spent the majority of their ti training in the Herb Garden, they occasionally trained in the College as well. As such, they were familiar with a select few. Lin Xi knew Goddess Die personally and they were both good friends. This was sothing that soone told Ye Futian before, and they told him that Lin Xi liked music.
It was apparent that the people Ye Futian ca to be acquainted with wanted to lend him a hand.
Goddess Die smiled and nodded at everyone present before turning her eyes at Ye Futian, who was right before her. He was different from what she had expected, as he was simply too young. While she had heard of him before, when she saw the face right before her to be the Palace Lord of a holy land in the Barren State, renowned throughout the Nine States, she was still sowhat taken aback.
She had expected such a legendary figure to be sowhat solemn, but from what she was seeing at the mont, he hardly looked any different from a polite, handso scholar. The air he exuded was far from solemn; it was upright and dashing instead. Her brother in training, Xu Chehan, had been a very handso man, yet Ye Futian seed to be sowhat more handso than her brother.
“Palace Lord Ye.” Goddess Die smiled and nodded. Ye Futian was, after all, a Palace Lord of a holy land. While it was true that he had a favor to ask from her, she nonetheless saw it fitting to be polite.
Ye Futian rose and smiled. “I’ve long heard of your beauty being unparalleled in all of the Nine State College, so much so that it was impossible to find anyone like you in all of Nine State City. Seeing you right before today, I’d say you definitely live up to your reputation.”
If common folk were to shower a woman they t for the first ti with praises about their beauty, it would have seed frivolous. However, when Ye Futian said those words, he sounded natural, and there was no hint of insincerity in his delivery.
“That was too flattering, Palace Lord Ye.” Goddess Die answered gently and said, “I’m here today because Lin Xi asked to co admire your music.”
“Please take a seat, Goddess Die,” Ye Futian extended his hand and said. Lin Xi and Goddess Die took their seats and Ye Futian sat cross-legged on the floor. His Guqin Spirit appeared and music was heard.
He knew that since Goddess Die was willing to co with Lin Xi, it ant that she agreed to help. She would not have bothered showing up otherwise.
What he had been doing for the past month had finally yielded so kind of result!
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