Chapter 37 – Zither Healing Behemoths (I)
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Ye Yin Zhu suddenly felt his spiritual force undulate slightly. An indescribable calling, coupled with a very familiar, dear feeling had caused his spiritual force to undulate.
“It’s Zi. Zi is calling for ,” Ye Yin Zhu said in slight surprise. Could it be that Zi had t with trouble? “Sura, I need to leave right now. I should be back in two hours; don’t tell anyone else that I have disappeared.”
Not waiting for Sura to respond, a layer of milky-white radiance flashed and engulfed Ye Yin Zhu’s body, as if he had suddenly bursted with holy light. In an instant, his body was hidden by the ergence of the spotlessly white rays of light. Quickly, the brilliant rays disappeared, and when all of the light had faded into nothingness, Ye Yin Zhu’s body had also subsequently disappeared. Watching this happen, Sura was stupefied.
Brilliant rays of light flashed, and Ye Yin Zhu arrived in an unfamiliar region. The first thing his senses registered was the cold climate. Compared to Sacred Heart City, this place was significantly colder. The Divine Celestial Protection on his body, stimulated by the cold climate, emitted a layer of gentle magical energy, disconnecting his body from the cold air around him.
He was in a forest. The trees surrounding him were perfectly suited to grow in the cold forest—evergreens. When Ye Yin Zhu had transversed space, he had beco disoriented. Awaking from his disorientation, a feeling of terror imdiately spread throughout the rest of his body. Surrounding him were gigantic bodies; it was as if he was standing upon a hill made of these gigantic bodies. Two pairs of ice-cold, ominous eyes attentively rested upon Ye Yin Zhu’s body.
Behemoths; they were Behemoths. Two Behemoths with lustrous, glimring gold hair stood on either side of him. Ye Yin Zhu could sense from their gazes intense killing intent and rage.
Almost imdiately, Ye Yin Zhu summoned from his left hand the Moon and Tides’ Clear Brilliance Zither while Jade Silk had already been unfurled in his right hand, transforming into a jade green loop of light that encircled his body. But under the gazes of both Gold Behemoths, he felt that he was too weak.
“Yin Zhu, don’t be nervous. They won’t harm you.” A familiar voice rang out from behind him. Ye Yin Zhu suddenly turned around, eting Zi’s warm gaze.
“Zi, run for it! These Behemoths will hurt you.” Trendous worry plagued Ye Yin Zhu’s heart as he quickly moved to block Zi’s body with his own.
Zi smiled slightly and clapped Ye Yin Zhu’s shoulder. He raised his head to look towards the Gold Behemoths Dis and Perkins and said, “You arrived too early. I need to speak with my younger brother.”
“Understood.” The deep voices seed to make the air quiver. The two Gold Behemoths’ gazes were still glaring maliciously at Ye Yin Zhu, their gazes intensifying in hatred upon seeing the guqin in his hand. After a mont, the two of them slowly walked away.
“They listen to you?” Ye Yin Zhu looked at Zi in astonishnt. Just now, he had unexpectedly seen the Behemoths surrounding him and had panicked, the situation making it difficult for his heart to remain serene.
Zi pointed at a rock to the side. “Sit down first; listen to .”
Ye Yin Zhu walked over to the rock and sat down, carefully observing his surroundings. This place had an abundant amount of Behemoths. Relying on his mory, he could clearly recall that these were the Behemoths who attacked Konya City. At the mont, however, apart from the two Gold Behemoths, the remaining Behemoths were all lying down on the ground. Very many of them were even painfully groaning.
“Yin Zhu.” Zi’s voice suddenly beca very cold. “Did you ever take as your brother?”
Ye Yin Zhu blankly stared at him, before saying, “Of course I do. You are my best friend, my best brother.”
Zi angrily argued, “Then why is it that every ti you run into danger, you never summon ? Don’t tell that the Equal Life Contract we share is nothing but decoration?”
Ye Yin Zhu sowhat awkwardly replied, “No, it’s not like this. Zi, that day, the enemy I was facing was truly too powerful. There were so many Behemoths. Even if I summoned you, I was afraid that you would also…”
Zi’s gaze gradually beca gentler. He sighed and said, “I know you are very fond of and dread receiving harm. That’s why you prefer to face these dangers on your own and never summon . But we are brothers! Till death do us brothers part. Under the restrictions of the Equal Life Contract, do you believe that if you died, I would be alright?! I need to confess sothing to you. When the contract was sealed, equality was relative, not absolute. As the one who ford the contract, I drew up the contract rules. According to the rules I had drawn up then, if you die, then, through the life aura connection, I will also die. Conversely, if I die, then you will also receive severe injuries. Actually, the mont the contract was sealed, our lives were already weaved together. Even though this can make our individual life forces beco exceedingly more powerful, it also restricts us at the sa ti. We must work together when facing any and all dangers. Do you understand?”
Ye Yin Zhu stared at him, dumbstruck. “How can this be? Zi, fortunately nothing happened this ti. Otherwise, I would’ve hard you!”
Zi said, “As long as you understand, it’s good. We must protect one another. You need to completely understand this bit. From now on, regardless of what danger you run into, you need to imdiately summon .
Ye Yin Zhu nodded. “I understand. But Zi, why are you together with these Behemoths? They don’t seem to have any enmity towards you.”
Zi unhappily said, “That day, if I didn’t forcefully use the Athyst Sword to cut open a void and face the dangers of traversing through the chaotic streams of space to appear by your side using our spiritual connection… Don’t tell that you believe your power really would be able to ward off the Gold Behemoths? As rank 9 magical beasts, even if Gold Behemoths are not the most powerful, their title as being unrivaled on land warfare isn’t for show. Anyway, you had done well enough that day. I heard about the situation from Dis and Perkins. You unexpectedly depended on your own power and were able to destroy the colossal beastn legion, causing nurous Behemoths to be gravely injured. It is indeed a unimaginable feat.
“You probably have already guessed so of what I’m about to say. Right, the beastn and I have so relations to one another. You can be at ease. From now on, I can guarantee, at the very least, your safety here. These eighty-six Behemoths will absolutely not be your enemy again.”
Ye Yin Zhu said in amazent, “Zi, don’t tell that you can order these Behemoths around? Are you the King of Beastn?”
Zi’s eyes flashed with an arrogant light. He shook his head and said, “No, I am not the King of Beastn. Don’t guess. I’ll tell you the day you reach Violet Rank in strength. I will be able to tell you everything then. When that mont cos, I will need to ask you to help . Yin Zhu, this ti I summoned you because I hope that you can help heal these Behemoths. Can you?”
Ye Yin Zhu blanked out for a mont. “Heal them?”
Zi nodded and explained, “In a war, both sides will inevitably experience casualties. I need these Behemoths to help in the future, however, so can you help , Yin Zhu?”
“Yes.” Ye Yin Zhu’s gaze toward Zi only held trust.
This ti, it was Zi’s turn to be slightly surprised. “They were still previously your enemy, and they still want to kill you. Do you not care about that?”
Ye Yin Zhu shook his head and said, “I care very much. You taught that against whoever wanted to harm , the best thod would be to completely eradicate them from existence. But right now, they are your friends. You said that from here on out, they will no longer be my enemies. I trust you. At the sa ti, I also hope they will never attack Milan again in the future. I am very fond of this country.”
Zi gazed deeply at Ye Yin Zhu before nodding. He said, “Alright. I, Zi, vow here that unless Ye Yin Zhu agrees, in no way will I lead the Behemoths to threaten the Milan Empire in any way.”
Ye Yin Zhu smiled faintly. “Thank you, Zi. So how will I heal them?” In fact, he was completely unaware of how important this vow of Zi’s was.
Zi said, “I rember that you once played an origin cultivation ditation song. You will need to play it three tis, I presu. A Behemoth’s vitality is extrely tenacious, but these Berserk Behemoths and Silver Behemoths had received extrely grave injuries. They need to heal their foundations as much as possible, which will allow them to bring out their own innate healing abilities. Apart from you, I can’t think of anyone else who can help .”
Ye Yin Zhu smiled faintly. “I will always help you.” As he said this, he withdrew the Moon and Tides’ Clear Brilliance. Rays of light sparked across his hand as another guqin materialized above his knees.
Zi stared at it. The guqin resting on Ye Yin Zhu’s knees was made of paulownia wood, lacquered with an ashy abatis grain pattern. The guqin was as violet as a chestnut shell, with gilded gold jade square emblems. It had a circular dragon pond and a boat-shaped phoenix pool. The seven tuning pegs below the strings were black, and its entire body was patterned like cracked snake-skin. Between those thin, cracked lines were frost patterns that broke the lacquer even more. A circle was carved at the top with the four words ‘Da Sheng Yi Yin’ on it. Although the zither’s color was dark, the zither brimd with purity and holiness. A layer of faintly discernible light emitted from it and fused together with Ye Yin Zhu’s aura, giving people a one-of-a-kind extraordinary feeling.
“Yin Zhu, you have recovered your zithers?” Zi stated, pleasantly surprised.
Ye Yin Zhu smiled and said, “Yes! My luck is pretty good, as everything was returned. Unfortunately, in order to handle the beastn, I was forced to absorb a trendous amount of spiritual force and was thus unable to steadily control the power. It led to the seven dragon tendon strings of the Withered Wood, Dragon’s Roar Zither snapping. How can our Zither Sect’s guqin be used again after this?”
Zi’s eyes displayed a faintly discernible pondering light. “Seven dragon tendons?”
Ye Yin Zhu didn’t pay attention to Zi’s ponderings. Both his hands caressed the strings for a mont before his body and mind completely lded with the zither, his heartstrings resonating with the zither strings. Talking to himself, he said, “This is Da Sheng Yi Yin Zither. Wood of Yi Yang, and material of Kong Sang.The phoenix cries to the autumn moon; the crane dances atop a terrace of jade. Within this guqin, the nine heralded virtues fuse together perfectly, continuously pushing Da Sheng Yi Yin to greater heights. Hence, he had also decided that this zither is the best choice to play songs that produce healing effects.”
Zi asked in awe, “Perfect fusion of the nine virtues?”
. In ancient tis, specialty paulownia wood from Yi Shan Nan was considered to be top-notch material to make zithers from. A na from Ancient Chinese folklore, 《 Classic of Mountain and Sea 》. Its na cos from the wide expanse of mulberry tree forestry and was also well-known as the birthplace of the famous pri minister Yi from prehistoric Shang dynasty and Sage Confucius. English translation would be sothing like “Sky of Mulberry Trees.”
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