Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 68 Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi

This kind of rumor is so terrible!

Ye Beixuan was still thinking when a voice brought his thoughts back.

"After the Five Immortals Alliance learned about this, they quickly sent me to track down the whereabouts of this martial arts manual."

"I found a piece of music and two paintings." Liu Yang glanced at Qu Feng with a smile and said, "During this time, I met Brother Qu, who was also looking for martial arts books. That's how I got to know Brother Qu."

It turns out that Qu Feng and Liu Yang belong to the Five Immortals Alliance and the Yin-Yang Law respectively. They had a fierce fight to grab the music. During the fight, because they both practiced music and martial arts, they finally felt a sense of mutual admiration and couldn't help falling in love.

"This is a good thing!" Ye Beixuan smiled and said after hearing them say this: "You two met each other through fighting, and it is a good thing that you can become close friends."

"Hahaha." Qu Feng glanced at Liu Yang with a kind smile and said, "Indeed! I have no regrets in my life for having met Brother Liu."

"In that case, I, Ye, congratulate you two, but you should find a quiet place to perform instead of choosing this place." Ye Beixuan responded softly, while also testing whether they had discovered him.

"Ah!" Liu Yang sighed, and then continued:

It turned out that after the two became close friends, they often exchanged ideas about music in private. Their favorite was "Xuan Xiao Su Lian", and they even made great progress in martial arts.

However, because of this, the private communication between the two was discovered by the Five Immortals Alliance and the Yin-Yang Law. Because of the order to seek the secrets of heaven, both parties happened to be here, and they made a common decision without any prior agreement.

That is to let the two of them duel here. The winner will not be held accountable for betraying the sect. If they do not obey, their entire family will be killed.

The two came here because it was the only open space nearby and almost no one came here. In addition to being able to play together quietly for the last time, they could also duel here without being disturbed by others.

Ye Beixuan was also helpless when he heard this. This was another time he was shot while lying down! They were calling me to be a witness or something like that, right?

Just as Ye Beixuan was thinking about their purpose, Liu Yang spoke softly.

"Perhaps it was fate. After listening to Brother Ye's song 'The Knight's Ode', we both became disgusted with the hypocritical chivalry of the Jianghu, and came here to fulfill our last wish. I didn't expect to meet Brother Ye by chance. It was truly providence."

After a pause, he continued, "Mr. Liu has something to ask of me. I wonder if Brother Ye can agree to it?"

Something? Ye Beixuan was puzzled. Good or bad? Let's hear what it is first.

So he responded softly: "What is it?"

Liu Yang and Qu Feng took out two paintings at the same time, and the scrolls slowly unfolded at the same time. The two people in the scrolls slowly appeared, standing side by side like real people, like a golden boy and a jade girl, extremely well-matched.

Ye Beixuan's pupils shrank. Wasn't this just him and Li Xianglian? Wasn't this a painting of him and Li Xianglian drawing each other?

"Before our duel, we couldn't bear to see these two masterpieces buried, so we wanted to give them to you as a gift, along with the music score. I wonder if you would agree to this?"

"Also, here is a piece of music that Brother Qu and I composed together. It's called 'Not Envious of the Immortals'. It's a method of musical cultivation."

If it were anyone else, they might have agreed without even thinking about it, but Ye Beixuan was different. In addition to Li Xianglian's paintings, he already knew the music score by heart, and the paintings were also his own creations, so it didn't really matter to him whether he accepted it or not.

"Brother Ye, is this possible?" Seeing Ye Beixuan's silence, Qu Feng asked again softly, even with a hint of pleading in his tone. "Okay." Ye Beixuan replied softly.

For some reason, perhaps because he couldn't bear to look at the disappointed eyes of the two people who were going to die, Ye Beixuan still couldn't bear to refuse. After all, handing these things over to him could be regarded as "returning the things to their original owners."

Ye Beixuan picked up the two scrolls and the music score, and gently brushed them with his thumb. He felt the familiar feeling and sighed in his heart. After going around in circles, they finally returned to his hands.

When Liu Yang and Qu Feng saw Ye Beixuan accept it, they both smiled kindly, then looked at each other with sadness in their expressions.

Looking at their expressions, Ye Beixuan said softly, "You two have told me your stories. Before we part, I will tell you a story as well! Consider it a return gift for your gifts."

"Oh?" Liu Yang said with anticipation, "What's the story?"

"It tells the story of two men, two men named Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi."

Then, Ye Beixuan gestured with his hand, and the three of them smiled and sat facing each other on the ground.

Ye Beixuan slowly unfolded his folding fan and spoke in a deep voice, "In a mysterious yet great country, there lived a man who was proficient in music. His name was Yu Boya. One day, he met a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi."

"Bo Ya was good at playing the qin, and Zhong Ziqi was good at listening. When Boya played the qin, his mind was drawn to the mountains. Zhong Ziqi said, 'Well done! It is as majestic as Mount Tai!'" (from Liezi, Tangwen) ("Yu Boya Smashes His Qin to Thank His Soulmate" in "You Jingshi Tongyan")
When talking about the acquaintance and meeting of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, two people with huge differences in status, Liu Yang and Qu Feng unexpectedly looked at each other deeply at the same time, and it was obvious that they agreed with each other very much.

And when Ye Beixuan talked about their acquaintance, their joint discussion of the beauty of music theory, and their sworn brotherhood, the two of them showed expressions and emotions of regretting that they had met too late.

Then Ye Beixuan's voice suddenly dropped to a low note, a hint of sadness in it, like a falling leaf in late autumn, as he spoke, "It's a pity that Ziqi passed away, leaving Boya alone in the world, unable to find a soulmate."

"As the saying goes, a song breaks one's heart, and where in the world can one find a soulmate?"

stare.
[Storytelling Level: LV4 (600/100000)]

[Today's storytelling chapter eight, life extension: two days, enhanced wind control technique (lv2)]

[Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi Completion Reward: Gain Enlightenment, Warning to the World Fragment x1]

After listening to the ending of Boya and Ziqi, Liu Yang and Qu Feng looked at each other. Isn't this exactly what is happening to them?
The two nodded to each other, stood up, and bowed deeply to Ye Beixuan at the same time, saying, "Qu Feng (Liu Yang), thank you Mr. Ye for creating this story for us. We have no regrets in our lives."

"We have both resolved our issues. To avoid unnecessary trouble, please step aside, sir."

Liu Qu and the other two thought that he had created this story just for them. Ye Beixuan didn't want to explain, so he nodded, sighed, turned around and left with his hands behind his back. He knew that a duel between the two would begin next.

Woo woo woo.
The wild wind whistled past, like the mocking note played by fate, and also like the wailing and crying of that day. The black and white sleeves of the two people fluttered, and their black and white hair also danced in the wind.

stare.
A syllable of the string was plucked.

Then the air currents around the two of them burst out at the same time, and they played the piano and flute together, which was the "Xuan Xiao Su Lian", the "Xuan Xiao Su Lian" that was full of murderous aura.

In an instant, the two had exchanged dozens of moves, each one fatal and merciless.

(End of this chapter)