[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-198":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2190667,3759,"Chapter 198: High Mountains and Flowing Water, but No Soulmate!","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>In the world today, every profession has a few relatively famous people.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And among musicians, the most famous is none other than Kuang Xiu of Zhao Guo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the land of Yan Guo, although there is also a Gao Gao Jianli who is relatively famous, Gao Gao Jianli’s reputation is more among the common people. This person’s whereabouts are strange, and he never plays music for high-ranking nobles, so his reputation is still much worse than Kuang Xiu’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu is different. He was originally a court musician. When he was in Handan, he was already famous. Later, for some reason, he left the court and disappeared for several years. When he appeared again, his musical style had also changed, obviously entering a more profound realm in music. Since then, his reputation has spread far and wide...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Earlier, the Qin State used Wang Xuan Jian as a general to attack Zhao Guo. Although it was eventually blocked by Li Mu relying on the natural barrier of Taihang, it still killed tens of thousands of Zhao troops and plundered many cities and lands from Zhao Guo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu was an unexpected gain in that war.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After discovering Kuang Xiu, Wang Xuan Jian immediately ordered people to carefully pack him up and send him to Xianyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Ying Zheng was busy with government affairs, he was also quite interested in the Dao of music. After learning that Kuang Xiu had entered Qin, he met Kuang Xiu immediately and then hired him to serve as a court musician.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What? Kuang Xiu did not agree?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Kuang Xiu came to the Qin State, this matter was no longer up to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing the cruel Qin Wang, although Kuang Xiu had some backbone, he eventually chose to submit. Death can be lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai. It was really not worth it to choose to die for such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Occasionally, after the Qin Wang finished his government affairs, he would ask him to play a few songs. Although Kuang Xiu played for the Qin Wang, no one noticed that a faint look of sorrow and sadness always lingered on his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mr. Kuang Xiu, someone wants to see you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On this day, Kuang Xiu was sitting in front of the ancient zither, preparing to play to relieve the resentment in his heart, when suddenly, an attendant came to report.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a court musician, Kuang Xiu was valued by Ying Zheng and was able to live in the palace. Except for Ying Zheng, ordinary people could not see him at all. Upon learning that someone wanted to see him and it was not Ying Zheng, he could not help but be surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When he saw the other party and knew the other party’s name, Kuang Xiu was shocked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was only because the other party was called \"Su Xuan.\" Before coming to the Qin State, Kuang Xiu had not heard of this name, but after coming to the Qin State and coming to this Xianyang Palace, he was no stranger to this name. He knew that this person was the confidant of the Qin Wang and was deeply trusted by the Qin Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He did not expect that Su Xuan would actually take an interest in him and want to see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don’t know why Mr. Su is looking for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu looked at Su Xuan and asked in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mr. Kuang Xiu is a world-famous musician. Ordinary people want to hear the music played by Mr. Kuang, but they have no chance. Now that Mr. Kuang is in this palace, I naturally have to take this opportunity to ask Mr. Kuang for a song!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu immediately knew Su Xuan’s intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Listening to music!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not strange!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, entertainment methods in this era were scarce, and there were only a few types back and forth: listening to music and watching dances, and having deep exchanges with young ladies. Among them, music was the highest-grade and most elegant form of entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a world-famous musician, Kuang Xiu had many admirers and was a big star in this era, so he was not surprised by Su Xuan’s reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately after, he heard Su Xuan’s words turn: \"Of course, before listening to the music, there is another person who wants to see Mr. Kuang Xiu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan’s voice came out, \"Come in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu moved his eyes and saw Nong Yu holding an ancient zither, walking in slowly, and said to Kuang Xiu: \"Nong Yu greets Mr. Kuang Xiu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I have a song, and I ask Mr. Kuang Xiu for some guidance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu was in a daze, and then he did not refuse, signaling Nong Yu to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nong Yu put the ancient zither in place and played it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She played \"Birdsong in the Empty Mountains.\" Although she also had a song called \"Heartstring Song,\" that Heartstring Song was the resonance of the heart, which in essence did not exist in the world. Only those who were heart-to-heart could hear that melody.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The zither sound echoed in the empty hall. In the quiet empty valley, bird calls suddenly echoed. At first, there was only the sound of one bird, but in an instant, it was as if thousands of birds were chirping. Many birds were chirping endlessly, but the sound was not messy. On the contrary, they cooperated perfectly to perform a rare and wonderful music in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After the song ended, Kuang Xiu slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Good song, good music!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mr. Kuang Xiu is too kind!\" Nong Yu lowered her head, her voice soft, \"Please give me some guidance, Mr. Kuang Xiu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu pondered for a while and really gave Nong Yu some guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Nong Yu’s attainments in music were not bad, she was not very old, and Kuang Xiu was a well-deserved musical genius with extensive knowledge. Even if Nong Yu’s song was already near perfect, for Kuang Xiu, there were still some flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After listening to Kuang Xiu’s guidance, Nong Yu had a look of having benefited a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan lectured, but because she did not understand the arts, she had no gains. Now, in front of Kuang Xiu, she finally reached the same level as the Yin-Yang School members and gained some benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I heard that Mr. Kuang Xiu has a song called 'High Mountains and Flowing Water.' I wonder if I have the honor to hear it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Kuang Xiu finished guiding Nong Yu, Su Xuan also said to Kuang Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing Su Xuan’s words, Kuang Xiu was slightly stunned. \"High Mountains and Flowing Water\" was an ancient song. Very few people in the world knew that he had mastered this song. He did not expect Su Xuan to know, but he still responded: \"'High Mountains and Flowing Water' is a song for two people to play together. The first eight sections are 'High Mountains,' and the last eight sections are 'Flowing Water.' I cannot play it alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After saying this, he looked at Nong Yu and said: \"Your attainments in music are not bad. If you improve for a period of time, perhaps you can play this song with me. Except for you, there is no one in this palace who is qualified to play with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kuang Xiu said this very arrogantly, but as a big star of this era, he was indeed qualified to say such arrogant words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The only person who can be recognized by Mr. Kuang Xiu and play 'High Mountains and Flowing Water' with him is probably Gao Gao Jianli, right?\" Su Xuan seemed to know what Kuang Xiu was thinking and said a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing this name, Kuang Xiu’s pupils shrank slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gao Gao Jianli, he had never met this person, but this person was the soulmate he had long admired!\u003C\u002Fp>",1325,"2026-06-17T04:20:16.697Z","2026-06-17T08:59:55.704Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","94942a7c71258dbd30e8686c757d97b9ea9858104da3189bbe9a2d64eaad4171","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-199","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-197",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]