[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-master-knows-it-all":3,"chapter-my-master-knows-it-all-my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-386":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Master Knows It All",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1338711,1784,"Chapter 386 - 386 161 Discussing Dao Need Not Be Overly Serious_4","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-386",386,"\u003Cp>386: Chapter 161 Discussing Dao Need Not Be Overly Serious_4 386: Chapter 161 Discussing Dao Need Not Be Overly Serious_4 Legends say that thousands of years ago within the Thousand Caves Door, there was a predecessor whose instrument of choice was the zheng; however, for some unknown reason, the techniques of playing the zheng gradually became lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her friend, even in the Heavenly Sound Sect, very few used the zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even her friend could not play the zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, this Peak Master from the Hundred Peaks Sect opted for such a rarely seen instrument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Liao Cave, with eyes bright as the shining moon, looked at Cao Zhen with great interest, and even a hint of expectation could be discerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even she had never heard the zheng played before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen gazed at the surface of the lake, composed and focused, and slowly reached out to pluck a note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft sound emitted, but it seemed nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, those who had never heard Cao Zhen play before revealed looks of surprise, thinking the music felt quite ordinary and couldn’t discern anything remarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could such music really have defeated the masters of the Thousand Caves Door?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no, there seemed to be something intriguing about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen had previously rung bells but never played the zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, playing it for the first time was inevitably somewhat clumsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But gradually, he became more and more proficient, and the pace of this proficiency surpassed that of when he had played the bells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Gao Jianli was more adept at playing the zheng, and besides, this was not his first time making music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, waves of sorrow and exhilaration spread with the sound of the zheng, rippling around the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the lake, people who had been chatting ceased their conversations and involuntarily closed their mouths, listening intently to the zheng’s music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of woe, of fervor, and of boldness permeated the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lake, several mandarin ducks fluttered their wings, taking off one after another, soaring straight towards the sky…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Cao Zhen played the zheng, the more engrossed he became, gradually losing himself in the music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, he even forgot himself, forgot the exchange of ideas, and became wholly immersed in the musical rhythm, gazing at the lake before him; he couldn’t help but sing aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The wind howls, the lake water cold, a hero departs, never to return…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The piece he was playing was the one Gao Jianli had played to bid farewell to Jing Ke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tragic emotion rose within everyone, affecting disciples from both the Hundred Peaks Sect and Thousand Caves Door alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, many disciples couldn’t help but shed tears uncontrollably as a vivid scene of tragedy emerged in their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air in this part of the world seemed to grow more oppressive and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the piece concluded and Cao Zhen withdrew his hands, the crowd around remained in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ladies and gentlemen…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen, seeing everyone still in a stupor, had no choice but to speak up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his voice, people finally snapped out of their trance, returning from the grip of the music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I was completely absorbed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re crying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, it’s the wind… You’re crying too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was so powerful — do you know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, an image unexpectedly appeared in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I seemed to be standing beside a river I’d never seen before, bidding farewell to a heroic stranger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You felt that too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene that came into my mind just now was the same as yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems we all had the same image in our minds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How… how could it be the same?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd, visibly shaken, looked at each other in astonishment, when suddenly, a Cave Master cried out, “Master Liao Cave…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Liao Cave, she… she has achieved enlightenment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating above the green grass, Master Liao exuded an intense aura of sadness that vibrated through the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she held no sword, onlookers had the illusion that she stood brandishing a longsword, poised to assassinate a great figure in the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen looked on dumbfounded at Master Liao Cave, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t it said she wasn’t the master of Rhythmic Cave and didn’t follow the path of musical rhythm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had she achieved enlightenment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, what she’d realized wasn’t musical rhythm; it was the aura of solemnity and an unyielding spirit as though she’d pass through the masses to her destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was she…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like she had projected herself as Jing Ke, and so, just now I became the one playing the zheng for her, leading her to enlightenment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, are her Sunset Peak and her path about the defying spirit of an assassin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Liao Cave’s moment of enlightenment lasted considerably longer than most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a full incense stick’s time before she concluded her profound realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With both hands raised towards Cao Zhen, she proclaimed, “Thank you, Peak Master Cao, for the enlightenment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing this gesture, Cao Zhen didn’t wait for Master Liao Cave to finish and blurted out, “You mean you can’t repay the favor, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he gestured towards a group of mandarin ducks in the distance, “All these ducks have settled down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do we account for this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I played the zheng, they all took flight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peak Master Cao jests,” Master Liao Cave shook her head immediately, looking at Cao Zhen with admiration, “The music you played is the most moving I’ve ever heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone of my level would not dare to critique your piece, let alone engage in a philosophical debate with you, Peak Master Cao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conceding defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had openly conceded defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around them, not a single disciple from the Thousand Caves Door voiced any objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all heard Cao Zhen’s music, and even those who were not versed in musical rhythm could feel the profound sorrow in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long after the music had ended, they were still deeply affected and had yet to shake off the sense of lamentation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1012,"2026-06-05T20:16:53.193Z",1,"novelbin.me","4db2b2b9714ac6f3adfa058984f54443d29e7ce2dfe1597bdef3002f95585539","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-387","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-385",2520,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-master-knows-it-all-cover.jpg"]