In the small courtyard.
It was evening, and Gong Ya was cooking in the kitchen.
Nan Feng was playing the zither, her music becoming increasingly harmonious.
However, Li Fan could tell that her music had reached an extreme.
It seemed difficult for her to make any more breakthroughs.
This was actually because she had thoroughly mastered the Emperor’s Breakthrough Melody.
“Nan Feng, let your teacher teach you a new piece,”
Li Fan said, believing that Nan Feng had already passed the basic stage and was now ready to learn more advanced pieces.
Upon hearing this, Nan Feng was overjoyed and said,
“Thank you, Master!”Li Fan sat down and played the zither.
“The Emperor’s Breakthrough Melody, although complex and sharp as blades and spears, actually loses the true essence of the zither. It’s good for practicing variations in tune.”
“After getting familiar with the tunes, one should consider the connection and fluency of the music.”
Li Fan casually brushed his fingers across the zither strings.
In an instant, like beads dropping onto a jade plate, naturally beautiful notes flowed out like babbling brook water.
As Li Fan’s fingers plucked the zither strings, the notes seemed to dance in the courtyard.
The music was clear and tinkling, like the most refreshing breeze, like the most soul-stirring water, refreshing to the senses.
Hearing Li Fan’s zither music, everyone felt an unparalleled tranquility, as if they had entered meditation, intoxicated.
“Such a beautiful piece, such a beautiful piece. Just by listening to this music, my comprehension seems to improve…”
Long Zixuan had a slight smile on his lips.
“Master’s zither playing is so beautiful…”
Zi Ling stopped her paintbrush; her eyes curved like crescent moons, completely immersed in the notes.
“Like the sounds of the heavens, like exquisite reasoning, clearing the mist to see the blue sky!”
Qing Chen even closed his eyes and entered meditation!
Nan Feng looked at Li Fan, her beautiful eyes gradually becoming transfixed. She felt those drifting notes, heard those rhythms like the sounds of nature…
At this moment, Li Fan in her eyes seemed to have transcended the mortal world, appearing like an Immortal who comprehended all the sounds of nature and understood all the mysteries of creation with ease.
Finally.
Li Fan concluded the piece.
But everyone was still intoxicated, the lingering sound echoing for a long time.
“Do you have any insights?”
Li Fan looked towards Nan Feng.
Nan Feng nodded and said,
“I understand, Master. The Emperor’s Breakthrough Melody, with every note sharp as a sword or spear, fierce and forthright, fully displaying the resounding sound of the notes.”
“But, that is just the basics of the art of zither playing. The way of the zither is like nature, high mountains under the bright moon, rivers and streams… ever-changing.”
Li Fan nodded approvingly; Nan Feng’s innate talent for music was truly exceptional.
“Master, what is this piece called?”
Nan Feng followed up with another question.
Li Fan replied,
“Oblivion Melody.”
Nan Feng’s eyes sparkled; the name seemed to deepen her understanding of the music…
Li Fan calmly produced an aged music score and said,
“Here, this is the score, think it over carefully.”
“Thank you, Master!”
Nan Feng gratefully received the score, her delicate hands caressing its yellowed pages, feeling the trace of time.
She carefully flipped through it and immediately immersed herself, contemplating the words “Oblivion Melody.”
Then, she stirred the zither strings.
Harmonious notes flowed from her hands.
The Emperor’s Breakthrough Melody was forceful and fierce, but Oblivion Melody was calm and elegant.
Different feelings, different states of mind.
She suddenly forgot her previous self, who could annihilate thousands with one piece.
All vanity was cast aside from her mind.
Her aura transformed in an instant.
At this moment… she entered the Dao Fusion Realm.
The divine path!
Moreover, she went straight from the first level of the Dao Fusion Realm to the sixth level before stopping!
A group of disciples, still immersed in the zither music, were shocked to sense the change in Nan Feng’s aura.
Did she… just make a breakthrough?
“Sister Nan Feng… you made a breakthrough after playing it only once?”
Zi Ling was somewhat dazed, but then she quickly exclaimed, “Wow, Master, I want that too! I want your guidance as well!”
Her Art of Painting had also reached a bottleneck.
Li Fan smiled and said,
“Do you still remember what I asked you to paint when you first started learning?”
Zi Ling replied, “I do, Master. You asked me to paint an egg~”
Li Fan nodded and said,
“If you want to make further progress, it’s simple, starting today, draw chickens,” he said.
Pointing towards the chicken coop, he said:
“Draw it ten million times!”
Hearing this, Zi Ling’s small mouth opened wide, somewhat astonished.
“Master, t-ten million times?”
Li Fan said, “Exactly… ten million times, that’s just a starting point.”
In fact, when he started painting… he had drawn chickens over a hundred million times!
Telling Zi Ling to draw ten million times was really not an exaggeration…
Upon hearing this, Zi Ling took a deep breath and said:
“I understand, Master. Don’t worry, I will do my best in drawing chickens!”
She immediately started to paint!
However, she found that when she set her gaze on those chickens, she felt unable to make even a single stroke.
Because, on every single chicken… it was as if thousands of grand Daos were enveloping them!
Observing chickens… was like observing an ocean vast.
At that moment, she deeply felt her own insignificance and helplessness.
She became lost.
But Li Fan gently took her hand and said:
“Don’t be bemused.”
“It’s just a chicken…”
“Observe its contour, discern its mannerisms; hard to capture, yet its patterns are fixed.”
Zi Ling felt as if her master’s words were right by her ear, and with the warmth of Li Fan’s hand guiding lightly, she had a moment of enlightenment, and so, with a single stroke on the rice paper, a chicken’s shape began to form!
“Do you understand?”
Li Fan watched her with a smile.
It was just a simple stroke, but he wanted to tell Zi Ling that all the myriad changes start with one stroke!
Zi Ling thoughtfully looked at the flock of chickens once more.
“Hmm, if it’s hard to observe the chickens that are moving around, try observing those that are lying still; you’ll find it easier to learn,” he reminded her.
Li Fan did not realize that the moment his words ended, the flock of chickens that were pecking around suddenly all lay down!
Lying down in unison, none dared to move!
Zi Ling was taken aback; her expression turned complex. Those were a flock of phoenixes…
Just a casual remark from the master…
She seized the opportunity and swept her gaze over one of the Earth Chickens.
Then, she closed her eyes.
Feeling the stroke taught by her master just moments ago.
The stroke crossed the rice paper.
In an instant!
As if fortune came to her heart, her mind was focused solely on the Earth Chicken, and the stroke seemed to move involuntarily; when she opened her eyes, she saw that with just one stroke, the shape of a chicken was already roughly outlined.
In comparison to her master’s, it was worlds apart, but for her, it was a new breakthrough.
Simultaneously, her aura quietly transformed.
Entering the Melting Dao Realm, stepping onto the path of divinity!
“Master, thank you, thank you so much~~ Zi Ling will definitely try harder and harder!”
Zi Ling was instantly overjoyed!
Li Fan also smiled.
Turning around, he found a group of disciples, each looking at him with eager faces!
Those eyes…
They were the eyes of the avid learners!
Li Fan couldn’t help but be reassured; this group of disciples were indeed hardworking and ambitious!
It’s just a pity that this effort and ambition were not directed down the right path…
Those who planted weeds, raised fish, swept the floors… Li Fan felt somewhat ashamed, even if these disciples learned well, they were still hillbillies in a mountain village!
With a sigh in his heart, he still taught each of the disciples new things!
Actually, he saw that everyone was already quite proficient with their current knowledge.
“The first stage of the Cultivation and Rearing Path, ‘planting,’ you’ve almost got down. But more important is ‘rearing,’ which can be divided into three major stages: water and fertilizer management, pest and disease prevention, and increased yield in the late stages!”
“Previously you used Peach Root Soil for cultivating grass, which actually is also a method of fertilization. Here, take this ‘Key Points of Water and Fertilizer Management,’ I’m entrusting it to you.”
Li Fan guided Lu Rang as he handed him the book.
Lu Rang treasured the book as if it was a priceless gem!
The book contained over a thousand ways to fertilize spiritual plants!
He was both shocked and delighted!
“There are myriad ways to fertilize, but the farmer’s manure comes first?! Good, good, good!”
Lu Rang immediately set his sights on the chicken coop over there.
Chicken manure… is also good stuff!
He directly took a shovel and was about to start collecting the manure!
Next to him, the grass trembled gently!
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