Chapter 75: Quietly Asking the Holy Monk, Is the Daughter Beautiful?

The appearance of the song title "Daughter's Love" made everyone feel full of anticipation.

Is Luo Mo finally going to sing a love song again?

After "Creating Idols" began airing, the first thing that drew everyone's attention to Luo Mo was "Gentle," which still hasn't had a full version released to this day.

Many listeners still remember that comment in the comment section of this half-song, the one that was extremely heart-wrenching and made people feel terrible the moment they read it.

"【I won't bother her again.

When she looked at me with disgust and begged me to let her go, I suddenly froze.

Remembering a long time ago, she asked me cautiously: Will you leave me?】"

Since that half of "Gentle," "Red Actor" certainly cannot be counted as a love song.

As for that song "Double Happiness" that hasn't aired yet, who knows if it can be considered a love song...

Romance is an eternal theme, not to mention that Luo Mo's song this time is adapted from "Journey to the West."

The sound of the prelude echoed throughout the venue, and soon, the lights on the stage gradually brightened, and everyone heard the singing.

It could be seen that the costumes of the Anonymous Team this time also leaned towards an ancient style, and the overall choreography was also inclined towards Classical Dance.

It's just that Li Junyi and the others were wearing black clothes, Tong Shu was in red, and Luo Mo was in snow-white.

His clothes were white, his pants were white, and his shoes were also white. His expression was solemn and grave, like a holy person untainted by dust.

The opening lines were left to Li Junyi and the others to sing.

"【Mandarin ducks dwell in pairs, butterflies fly in pairs,

The spring scenery in the garden makes one intoxicated.

Quietly asking the Holy Monk,

Is the daughter beautiful?

Is the daughter beautiful?】"

For this part of the singing, everyone lowered their voices to sing with that feeling of suppression.

Looking at the overall effect, Luo Mo had synthesized various versions of "Daughter's Love" from Earth, but the main elements came from JJ Lin's version.

JJ Lin, known as the "walking CD," is a singer recognized in the music industry for having top-tier vocal skills.

Many people even jokingly call his song "Twilight" the "song only I can sing."

In the variety show "Sound of My Dream," JJ Lin undoubtedly had an incredibly brilliant performance.

And the "Daughter's Love" he adapted on that stage made people instantly dream back to the West.

Many listeners' impression of JJ Lin lies in his strong high notes. Yet, when he sang this "Daughter's Love," he undoubtedly displayed the charm of his lower register.

In terms of technique, Luo Mo felt this version was handled quite well; the feeling of singing with a suppressed voice at the beginning actually rendered the repressed emotions in the heart.

The transmission of emotion is layered and progressive.

At this very moment, as the audience listened to the singing, they only felt that the lyrics of this song were truly daring to write!

Times are changing; these days, a woman boldly pursuing love is seen by many as a very cool expression.

Although the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom is a woman, and although she is full of charm, she is, after all, a Queen.

The top student Jiang Ningxi focused her attention on the two words "Holy Monk," and then recalled the interlude she heard in "Journey to the West" when she was a child.

Yes, the "Journey to the West" in this world also had an interlude during the Daughter Kingdom plot.

It's just that the response was mediocre.

The vocabulary that appeared in that song was not "Holy Monk," but "Royal Brother."

In fact, this "Daughter's Love" was written by the director of "Journey to the West," Yang Jie, herself.

After she made the decision to let Tang Seng feel worldly desires, she began to prepare this song.

During the creative process, the composer, Mr. Xu Jingqing, suggested that "Quietly asking the Holy Monk" should be changed to "Quietly asking Royal Brother."

Mr. Xu Jingqing is top-tier in composition; most of the familiar songs in "Journey to the West" came from his hand, and his style is varied.

Director Yang Jie shook her head, insisting on using the words "Holy Monk" to create a stronger contrast.

At the same time, the words "Holy Monk" can instantly express the Queen's trepidation, respect, and those moving threads of love that have a sense of distance.

What she is moved by is the Holy Monk who is untainted in the eyes of the world, the Holy Monk who possesses wisdom roots and Buddha nature!

And at this moment, the song officially entered the chorus section.

Tong Shu's gender-neutral voice began to spread throughout the venue.

From the listener's perspective, Tong Shu's appearance this time should be considered a cross-dressing performance.

Because in this version of "Daughter's Love" that Luo Mo adapted himself, the moment Tong Shu started singing, the emotion was fervent.

It was the complete opposite extreme to the suppressed singing method from before.

The bright and clear voice spread directly throughout the venue.

"【Say not what royal power and wealth are,

Fear not what commandments and rules are,

I only wish for eternity,

To follow closely by my beloved's side.

Loving you, loving you,

Wishing to follow you forever in this life.】"

As soon as this chorus content appeared, many in the audience felt their bodies tremble slightly.

Tong Shu's singing style and voice were too special.

The shock brought to them this time was no less than the previous "Big Fish."

Under this strong contrast between the beginning and the end, it directly rendered the fervent feelings of the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom to the extreme!

Especially this line, "【Say not what royal power and wealth are, fear not what commandments and rules are】," made the listeners applaud just by reading the lyrics.

You must know, this person is a king, a queen.

And the person she admires is the holy monk on the pilgrimage to the Western Heaven.

Thus, the clash between royal power and wealth versus the strictures of religious precepts is exceptionally intense.

When this chorus was sung, the audience noticed many details.

On the large screen on stage, only Tang Seng remained in the sand painting.

The eyes of this Tang Seng were tightly shut.

On stage, Li Junyi and the others, dressed in black, had their eyelids half-lowered.

They had been singing with suppressed voices earlier, clearly showing inner wavering.

Only Luo Mo, dressed in white, remained spotless, and as the chorus began, he slowly closed his eyes, exactly the same as the one on the large screen.

No matter how fervent the emotions in the singing were, he never opened his eyes.

Watching this presentation on stage, Xu Chujing only felt that Luo Mo's design was very clever.

She could already roughly guess what the core of this song was.

"If Tang Seng is unmoved, why does he not even dare to open his eyes?" Xu Chujing thought to herself.

Looking at the sand painting on the large screen, watching the monk with eyes closed, a smile appeared on the face of the queenly diva who possessed such a powerful aura.

This man is evading.

On the large screen, at the end of the first chorus, a line of text appeared.

As soon as this line appeared, it immediately caused an uproar throughout the venue.

"【You speak of the Four Great Voids, yet you keep your eyes tightly shut. If you were to open your eyes and look at me, I do not believe your eyes would be empty!】"

This subtitle was undoubtedly from the perspective of the queen.

Some audience members suddenly realized at this moment.

At this time, they thought of the previous lyric—"【Quietly asking the holy monk, is the daughter beautiful】".

This question, the holy monk actually dared not answer!

He dared not answer!

Not only that, he didn't even dare to look at her!

In the face of this emotion, this monk who constantly recited the 【Four Great Voids】 and whose eldest disciple was named 【Wukong】 could not do it.

There are many demons and people in this world who have designs on Tang Seng. They want to possess him, or want to eat him, in order to seek Chang Sheng Bu Lao.

What they are infatuated with is his identity as the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi.

Only one mortal said she loved him, loved him so much that she could even give him her entire kingdom.

On the Nine-Nine Eighty-One Tribulations of the pilgrimage to the Western Heaven, how many lies from women and demons had he heard?

But the queen was real.

Yet from beginning to end, he never looked her straight in the eye.

Not even once.

Perhaps many years later, the world will praise the holy monk for not being tempted by beauty, little knowing that he simply lacked the courage.

——Since I love your beauty in my heart, how can I pretend to have those Four Great Voids?

Whether it was the audience, the mentors, or even the staff and trainees backstage, all were shaken by the stage effects and the singing.

Luo Mo actually dared to play like this; he actually dared to create a different Journey to the West!

Yet, you are inevitably attracted by him.

Heading west on this journey, Nine-Nine Eighty-One Tribulations, every barrier is hard to pass, yet every barrier is passed.

You stinky monk, can you pass this barrier?

The word "love" is an inescapable fate!

………

………

Ning Dan, the General Director of Creating Idols, looked at the image on the screen, slightly pursed her plump, sexy red lips, and her mood was quite excited.

She knew very well that such a daring innovation would absolutely spark heated discussion.

Heated discussion means the show's popularity!

And the stage effect brought by Luo Mo is one that can withstand heated discussion!

At this very moment, the A-section of the song has ended, and it is about to enter the B-section.

With the song only halfway through, many trainees in the waiting room felt their bodies go numb.

Like Shen Mingliu and the others who were about to go on stage, they suddenly realized they were in big trouble.

If you go on stage after this moving Romance and perform a dark-style act, wouldn't that be fucking repulsive?

We were still immersed in Romance, and you come up and play something terrifying for us; what the hell is that!

Shen Mingliu clenched his fists tightly, gnashing his teeth.

"Luo Mo, are you countering me in the Five Elements?" he thought to himself.

What this group of younger brothers is thinking, no one actually cares about at this moment.

Everyone is looking forward to the performance of the entire Daughter's Love in the B-section.

This time, Luo Mo, with his eyes closed, also began to sing.

"【Mandarin ducks fly together, butterflies fly in pairs...】"

"【Quietly asking the holy monk, is the daughter beautiful...】"

The overall singing style remained that suppressed kind.

The monk on the large screen with his eyes closed was still muttering incessantly, just as if he were chanting scriptures.

Many people could probably guess what he was chanting; it was nothing more than "Form is emptiness" and the like, repeated over and over.

However, when the song reached the chorus, Luo Mo's method of Singing changed in an instant.

Although he was still Singing with his eyes closed, the fervent emotions in his voice had actually surged.

It was as if the Holy Monk was also struggling against the commandments and rules within his own heart.

This chorus made the audience cry out in satisfaction.

"【What talk of royal power and wealth!

What fear of commandments and rules!

I only wish for eternity,

To follow closely by my beloved's side.】"

Breaking the commandments, breaking the commandments, breaking the commandments!

Luo Mo in white stood amidst the crowd in black.

Is it that everyone is black and only I am white?

No.

From the perspective of the performance, these were all his karmic obstacles and inner demons.

And he, in his white clothes, unstained by a speck of dust, was caught in an infinite entanglement.

This is the terror of the trial of love.

After the first chorus was finished, it began to enter the second time.

The overall emotion became increasingly full, the tone of the entire song was also lifting, and the Singing method transitioned from suppressed to semi-suppressed, and then to complete release!

The stage effect was pulled to the max!

When the final line "【Wish to follow you always in this life】" ended, Luo Mo, wearing white, lowered his head.

And on the big screen behind him, that monk who had been constantly closing his eyes and striking the wooden fish suddenly opened his eyes!

Goosebumps instantly crawled up the arms of the audience; at this moment, their emotions were excited and soaring along with Luo Mo's stage.

Red subtitles appeared on the big screen the moment Tang Seng opened his eyes.

That was a line that left a deep impression on Luo Mo.

"【Royal Brother, if there is a next life...】"

Although this space-time is different from the *Journey to the West* on Earth, that "Royal Brother" from the actress playing the Daughter Kingdom Queen was similarly etched into many people's hearts.

Good works are like this; when you see the words, the sound will even directly emerge in your ears and mind!

But... what if there is a next life?

At the time of parting at the city gate, she gazed into the distance at that figure on the White Dragon Horse, her heart still unable to let go, still thinking of the next life.

The Daughter Kingdom Queen was waiting for Royal Brother to marry her in her red bridal finery in the next life, yet she did not know that upon attaining Buddhahood in the Western Heaven, there is no next life.

Tang Seng experienced the Nine-Nine Eighty-One Tribulations, attained Buddhahood in the Western Heaven, and was ranked as one of the 35 Buddhas, named: Zhantan Gongde Buddha.

The meaning of this Buddha is: one who can eliminate and prevent the past or previous life's karmic sins of those who offer alms to monks.

Green lamps and ancient Buddhas, a golden body that does not fail, immortal and indestructible.

That woman who stood at the city gate watching him leave was, in the end, a mortal of flesh and blood, and beauty fades easily.

Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals; they are not allowed to grow old in the human world.

Where would a next life come from!?

You can ferry the masses, so may I ask, Holy Monk, can you ferry yourself?

"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

The sound of the wooden fish from before the prelude of this song began echoed throughout the venue once more.

It was just that the initial sound of the wooden fish had a rhythm, neither fast nor slow, confirming a Heart Like Still Water.

But the sound of the wooden fish at this moment was getting faster and faster.

—The heart is in chaos.

The murmurs that the audience could not hear clearly before the song began also gradually became clear at this time.

Everyone thought Tang Seng was chanting scriptures, but in fact, it was not.

This is not chanting scriptures! Not chanting scriptures!

The clear voice spread throughout the venue, and subtitles also appeared on the big screen. The audience read these few lines and were directly shocked.

"【I once worried that deep love would damage my religious practice,

Entering the mountains, I feared parting from the beauty of the city.

How can one find a way in this world to have the best of both,

To not fail the Buddha and not fail you.】"

Not fail the Buddha and not fail you?

"This... this..."

The entire audience was completely stunned!

Subversion, this was simply ultimate subversion!

The sound of the wooden fish continued, and finally, it emitted the last sound, the loudest sound of the wooden fish:

"Dong—"

The entire stage ended at this moment, leaving behind only one sound:

"【Amitabha】."

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