Chapter 504 - 503: Blue Phoenix, Sky Music Pavilion

Tong Rou returned, primarily attracted by Li Jing’s playing.

However, the matters she had to arrange were basically settled.

Having chatted leisurely with Li Jing and Li Lingyin, Tong Rou got up.

"Immortal Lord Li, it’s about time, I’ll take you to the Sky Music Pavilion now."

As she spoke, she looked towards Li Lingyin.

"Lord Domain should rest in the palace. Once Immortal Lord Li enters the Sky Music Pavilion, Tong Rou will..."

Before she could finish, Li Lingyin waved her hand.

"Go about your business, don’t mind me. If you have nothing to do, you might as well come and drink with me."

Tong Rou smiled at these words.

"Okay, I will come to drink with Master Li later."

In the middle of their conversation, she looked again at Li Jing and made a "please" gesture with her body.

Seeing this, Li Jing nodded and left the palace with her.

...

Outside Tong Rou’s palace.

Still, a large number of disciples of the Immortal Music Palace were gathered, peeking around.

Who played the devilishly enchanting and thrilling melody just now, they already had the answer.

Don’t judge the female disciples of the Immortal Music Palace by their delicate and weak appearances. Their cultivation levels were not low at all, and the weakest ones started at the Eighth Realm.

Meanwhile, Li Jing covered his aura entirely by wearing a Smoke Eye at the Immortal Music Palace.

Outside the palace.

No one could identify who was playing inside the palace.

But this.

This was the key to letting the disciples of the Immortal Music Palace confirm who was playing.

Li Jing, as a guest at the Immortal Music Palace, was not a secret.

He had made a big show not long ago.

The disciples, up and down the whole Immortal Music Palace, had long known of their mysterious and powerful visitor, whose aura was completely shielded, deceiving perception.

Most of the disciples of the Immortal Music Palace gathered outside just wanted to take a glimpse of Li Jing whom they hadn’t seen before.

Those who had seen someone at the gate of the mountain should have scattered by now.

Vocal music was the "lifeblood" of the Immortal Music Palace.

Although Li Jing played a common score, bolstered by the timeless masterpiece, his music reached an impeccable peak, it also inspired the disciples of the Immortal Music Palace, all experts in vocal music, to improve their abilities.

Therefore, after they waited for a while and no more music came from the palace, those who had met Li Jing went back to practice their skills.

Looking at Li Jing...

There was nothing special to see.

The key was that his face was hidden, and there was no fun in it.

Instead of waiting eagerly for someone to come out, they might as well go back and try to imitate that superb skill.

If they could grasp some of the mood, the benefits for these women focusing on vocal music would be tremendous.

The disciples of the Immortal Music Palace who stayed outside the palace mostly just wanted to take a look at someone.

Just in time.

Under the expectation of the public, Li Jing walked out of the palace with Tong Rou.

The curious disciples of the Immortal Music Palace who gathered outside the palace only took one look from afar, then decided to leave.

The disciples of the Immortal Music Palace were different from others.

Although they were as ordinary as other girls in daily life, chirping like orioles and swallows, with their naive and innocent side.

But when there was inspiration in vocal music that needed to be digested, they didn’t care about men or non-men. They just wanted to see what Li Jing, the man who played the tune just a moment ago, looked like and have a general impression of him.

Seeing this situation as he exited the palace with Tong Rou, Li Jing was not surprised at all.

When it came to their own cultivation, not one of them would slack because they wanted to watch more "bustle".

...

All the way without conversation.

Under Tang Rou’s leadership, Li Jing quickly arrived at the Sky Music Pavilion located in the belly of the Immortal Music Palace.

The Sky Music Pavilion is a towering nine-story building.

Before the building, there was a small courtyard full of bird songs and floral fragrance.

More strangely.

In the courtyard was only a woman who touched her cheek in contemplation over a game of chess, with a green lotus tattooed on her forehead. Although the faint sounds of strings, flutes, bells, and other instruments enveloped her, as if countless people were playing different musical instruments.

However, this was not the point.

The focus was on the enormous health bar, displaying 19,466, above the woman’s head who was studying the chess game.

Behind her health bar, a massive display of Essence Source, 9,886,542.

Seeing the woman from afar, Li Jing was stunned.

Hopeless.

This woman was too shocking!

A Non-human Venerable.

The late stage of the Thirteen Realm, infinitely close to the peak.

All these were secondary.

The nearly ten million Essence Source displayed above her head was more than twice as much as the Deceiving the Heavens whom Li Jing had encountered, who had an excessive amount of Essence Source.

If the two of them were to get physical, the Deceiving the Heavens, who had almost succeeded in stealing the heavens, would only have to turn and run.

Encountering someone with a health bar on their heads, Li Jing was invariably excited.

However, when he saw this person, he did not even dare to think.

He was certain.

If this person had come out when Yuan Hai was causing trouble earlier, probably just one glance from her would have made people scurry away, their tails tucked between their legs. There would be no need for him to step in at all.

So the question was...

Why was there such a terrifying, inhuman, and high-ranking Venerable in the Immortal Music Palace?

Could it be...

Was she one of the three Venerables presiding over the Immortal Music Palace?

Just as he was speculating, Tong Rou quietly sent a transmission to him.

"The person in this courtyard is Senior Blue Phoenix. She is not a human but a divine ancient Blue Phoenix. She excels in the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, particularly in the realm of music, having a deep connection with our Immortal Music Palace. According to the records within the palace, she has been here since the establishment of the Immortal Music Palace, though no one knows the reason why she chose to reside here."

Upon receiving this transmission, Li Jing took a sharp breath in.

An ancient divine beast, a living Blue Phoenix!

And she has been here since the establishment of the Immortal Music Palace...

This happened millions of years ago!

No wonder the Essence Source value on her head looked so "impressive."

An ancient divine beast that had lived for millions of years...

Even if she did nothing all day, just ate and slept like a regular Spiritual Beast, her strength was bound to be incomparable to that of an ordinary person.

While still in shock, Tong Rou sent another message.

"Strictly speaking, Senior Blue Phoenix is not part of the Immortal Music Palace. She only takes action when the palace faces a great catastrophe from outside enemies. In the history of our Immortal Music Palace, she has stepped in only twice, but both times, she single-handedly saved the day, averting crises that nearly caused the palace to collapse. There have been speculations that Senior Blue Phoenix is a formidable existence on par with an Emperor. She is far beyond an ordinary Venerable."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing silently nodded.

Being able to see the Essence Source value, he even suspected that she might be stronger than the Four Emperors in terms of raw power.

With a divine beast like the Blue Phoenix guarding it, the Immortal Music Palace was indeed secure.

It might decline, of course, but it was almost impossible for it to be destroyed by anyone.

In addition to discussing the various things about the Blue Phoenix in the courtyard, Tong Rou walked up to the courtyard with Li Jing.

The Blue Phoenix in the courtyard noticed their presence and raised her eyes. Then, upon seeing a certain individual, she exclaimed, "Oh?"

Feeling her gaze, Li Jing halted and gave a respectful bow.

"Li Jing of Chen Tang City, pleased to meet Senior Blue Phoenix."

Seeing this, Tong Rou also stopped in her tracks, and with a slight smile, she also made a respectful bow.

"Tong Rou pays respect to Senior Blue Phoenix."

Seeing their bows from a distance, the Blue Phoenix frowned slightly.

"Why are you two talking to me from so far away? Am I that scary?"

As the cordial, slightly joking words reached him, Li Jing laughed awkwardly thinking, Aren’t you beyond just scary, ma’am?

Tong Rou, on the other hand, seemed accustomed to this and chuckled lightly. She pulled Li Jing closer to the Blue Phoenix and the chessboard she was sitting at and asked with a smile and faint laughter.

"Why is Senior Blue Phoenix so leisurely today, studying the chess game alone?"

"You see, I have nothing to do!" the Blue Phoenix responded with a laugh, glanced at Tong Rou holding Li Jing’s hand, and remarked in a teasing tone.

"Little Rou, is this young man the boy toy you’ve brought back?"

"..."

Li Jing.

Given the age of the Blue Phoenix, probably everyone in the Immortal Realm had to address her as senior.

As a senior, shouldn’t she act more like it? Isn’t it inappropriate for her to tease someone who is so much younger?

And...

Where on earth did she get the idea that he looked like a boy toy?

While silently speechless, Tong Rou played along with a laugh, saying.

"I would love to have Immortal Lord Li as a boy toy, but I’m afraid he might not fancy me."

Upon hearing this, the Blue Phoenix chuckled and turned to look at Li Jing seriously, and then turned back.

"Given his qualifications, it’s indeed unlikely that he would fancy you, a little girl who used to love running around naked. But you can always try."

"..."

Tong Rou.

She naturally knew that the Blue Phoenix enjoyed joking.

However, bringing up her old story of running around naked when she was young and claiming that she liked it was a bit outrageous.

Li Jing gave her an odd look after hearing the Blue Phoenix’s words.

The first time she saw him, Blue Phoenix noticed him and kept looking at him closely.

And now she’s talking about "his qualifications"...

Could it be that, even with the Smoke Eye in effect, the Blue Phoenix had noticed something special about him?

Just as he was speculating, Blue Phoenix looked over and said.

"Young man, you are very special. It’s a real pity that I didn’t meet you sooner. Otherwise, I might not have stuck at the Venerable realm."

?

Li Jing was slowly processing, trying to figure out what she meant.

Was there a higher realm beyond Venerable?

And the Blue Phoenix’s words seemed to hint that she lacked the necessary conditions to advance further, and if she had met him sooner, she might have been able to meet these conditions.

He realized something quite easily.

The special things that the Blue Phoenix saw in him were probably related to the Little Universe.

There was nothing really special about Li Jing.

At least that was true for someone like Blue Phoenix.

The only noteworthy things about him in her eyes were probably the Little Universe and the status bar that helped him to grow stronger.

Undoubtedly, the Little Universe offers the conditions for Blue Phoenix to ascend even further.

If Blue Phoenix, the first Divine Beast to enter the Little Universe, can receive the Original Fortune while the Little Universe has not yet become its heaven and earth, she would obtain an exceptional opportunity.

This notion has dramatically astounded Li Jing.

It’s the first time he realized that merely being seen by her could reveal the existence of the Little Universe.

But evidently.

Although she managed to perceive the existence of Little Universe, she wasn’t aware of the "BUG" in the Little Universe. Even if it has become its heaven and earth, and even if the Will of Heaven has awakened, the Original Fortune still exists.

This...

Could this be manipulated?

But upon careful thought, Li Jing decided to give up.

Blue Phoenix is very special to the Immortal Music Palace.

If he were to take her away, Tong Rou would probably confront him.

Without much thought, Li Jing responded.

"Elder Blue Phoenix is jesting. I, Li Jing, am merely a newly ascended individual, lacking such Great Ability."

At his words, Blue Phoenix merely chuckled and turned back to examine the chessboard.

On the side.

Tong Rou watched them banter back and forth, filled with confusion.

Blue Phoenix likes to joke around, but she wouldn’t joke about everything.

There are higher realms beyond the Venerable Realm.

This isn’t a secret to the strong ones in the Immortal Realm.

However, the limit of the Immortal Realm is the Venerable Realm.

The conditions required to break through the Venerable Realm and reach a higher level is the direction many Venerables in Zhong Shen Zhou are striving for. To date, even the Four Emperors have yet to find the right path.

With Blue Phoenix’s sudden remark, how could Tong Rou not be shocked?

Could it be that Li Jing possesses the conditions to break through the Venerable realm and could influence others as well?

Seeing Li Jing’s "modesty," Blue Phoenix only chuckled before delving back into the chess game, much to Tong Rou’s frustration.

Both of them.

Couldn’t they be more direct?

Why must they speak in riddles?

Without any other choice, Tong Rou had to respond respectfully.

"Elder Blue Phoenix, if you are busy, I will take my leave."

"Hmm."

Blue Phoenix nodded.

Upon receiving acknowledgment, Tong Rou turned to give Li Jing a look.

Understanding her signal, Li Jing sneakily glanced at the extraordinarily shocking Essence Source display above Blue Phoenix’s head. Without disturbing her, he and Tong Rou turned and left together.

...

Soon.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Sky Music Pavilion.

Tong Rou stopped and took out a token, quietly singing a beautiful ballad in an obscure and unknown language.

As the ballad began.

The main door of the Sky Music Pavilion, which was firmly sealed, automatically opened.

Upon seeing the door open, Tong Rou stopped singing and turned around.

"The Sky Music Pavilion is open, Immortal Lord Li, please go in. There are many treasured tunes stored within the pavilion. Please take your time looking, I will come to find you again in two days when the master of the Star God Temple visits."

"Alright."

Replying to Tong Rou, Li Jing stepped inside.

As he crossed the doorway, the door of the Sky Music Pavilion quietly closed.

It is clear.

There are restrictions for entering and exiting the Sky Music Pavilion.

However, Li Jing didn’t pay attention to these rules.

There were no spatial restrictions inside the Sky Music Pavilion.

For him, who has mastered the rules of space, he could leave anytime he wanted.

Furthermore, because he already entered once, if he wanted to come in again, he could just tear the space and enter.

He looked up at the layout of the first floor of the Sky Music Pavilion.

This first floor didn’t have anything out of the ordinary.

The interior was like a library, with over a hundred bookshelf-like cabinets.

Each layer of every cabinet held two or three brocade boxes. These boxes presumably housed the sheet music.

He randomly picked a nearby cabinet, took a brocade box, and opened it. Li Jing discovered that the record was stored in a Jade Scroll.

This was quite convenient.

A Jade Scroll was more convenient to view than paper or other materials.

One could say the Immortal Music Palace was grand and indulgent.

Jade Scrolls were commonly seen in the Immortal Realm, but their manufacturing costs were extraordinarily high.

The essence of the Jade Scroll is a product of Artifact Refinement.

Its quality is not high.

Most are at the Spirit weapon level.

But a Jade Scroll comes with an exceptionally special requirement.

The Jade Scroll itself must possess considerably high Spirituality, but it cannot produce a Spirit Weapon.

Because once a Spirit Weapon is produced.

Unless the Spirit Weapon has acknowledged its master, it might not allow others to view the contents of the Jade Scroll.

This results in the creation of a Jade Scroll being extraordinarily challenging.

The refinement is difficult, so the price naturally rises.

Of course.

Even though it’s high, there’s a limit.

The cheapest jade scroll in the Immortal Realm is roughly a hundred top-grade Immortal Crystals.

If it’s one or two, it’s fine. But when the quantity is large, that is a different story.

The first floor of the Sky Music Pavilion where Li Jing is currently located.

By estimation, there are at least tens of thousands of brocade boxes.

Meaning there are at least ten thousand jade scrolls here.

And this is just the first floor...

The number of Jade Scrolls in the entire Sky Music Pavilion is undoubtedly huge.

The price behind this is horrifying.

As Li Jing marveled at the wealth of the Immortal Music Palace, he took out a jade scroll from the brocade box and poured his thoughts into it.

Immediately, the score of a lament echoed in his mind.

This lament has its features, it contains sound music offensive techniques, but the power is not great and can only influence emotions to some extent.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing instantly lost interest and put the jade scroll back in the brocade box.

If it can be stored in the Sky Music Pavilion.

The score must not be ordinary.

In the hands of someone skilled in vocal music, it is indeed worth a deep study.

But Li Jing came here not to research music scores but to find the sound music attack techniques he needs, which can be used with Snow Sound.

...

On the first floor of the Sky Music Pavilion.

It contains many scores with sound-music attack effects, but they are not very effective.

After casually flipping through the first floor, Li Jing noted down several special scores and then chose to go to the second floor.

The layout of the second floor.

Is essentially the same as the first floor.

However, the scores collected here are more high-end, and most of the scores with sound music attack effects stored here are truly devastating, but the power is not very good.

After casually flipping through a few Jade Scrolls on the second floor, Li Jing chose to go to a higher floor.

He did not stop on the third floor.

Neither did he pause on the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth floors, but went straight to the top ninth floor.

Time, Li Jing has plenty.

But first, he needs to find a powerful attacking score to make up for his shortcomings in sound-music attacks, and the rest can wait.

Based on the arrangement of the Sky Music Pavilion.

The scores stored on the ninth floor are obviously the largest and more precious compared to the lower levels.

As expected.

As soon as Li Jing went upstairs, he found that the ninth floor is completely different from the previous eight floors.

The scores collected here are no longer in the form of Jade Scrolls, but are sheets of bamboo slips, parchment, and unknown leather scrolls, each exuding a sense of age.

In addition, these scores are not stored in brocade boxes but placed within a series of small defensive formations.

These formations are not protecting against people, but the scores themselves.

Just by standing on the ninth floor of the Sky Music Pavilion, Li Jing felt a delicate atmosphere quietly released from these score carriers.

A mixture of morbid, frenzied, and desperate negative atmospheres was overwhelmingly chaotic.

And this is just the weakened version by the defensive formation.

If these scores were left unprotected, the ninth floor would probably turn into a highly dangerous place of fierce evil, perhaps causing a careless person to lose their life here.

It’s hard to imagine just how terrifying these scores would be if they were performed, given the huge influence of the mere carriers.

Despite the circumstances.

The entire floor’s scores emit a subtle atmosphere, providing convenience for Li Jing’s search for his needs.

Without any hesitation, he first selected a piece of parchment that released an intense deadly presence from the ninth floor and took it out of the defensive formation.

As soon as he had his hands on the score, the temperature of the entire ninth floor of the Sky Music Pavilion dropped instantly to the freezing point.

Frost began to appear all around the pavilion.

This was not merely the effect of cold temperatures, but rather the result of an intense icy killing intention.

Facing this situation, Li Jing was somewhat surprised.

He expected these scores to be formidable, but did not anticipate it to be so extreme.

After examining the score, Li Jing furrowed his brows.

This piece had a pretty good name.

Late Night thoughts.

However, just by looking at the tune, one can sense it’s extremely dangerous.

Li Jing had a feeling.

You don’t need a Taoist Item.

If you casually play this on any musical instrument, the power is absolutely on par with a Forbidden Skill.

It’s worth mentioning that.

Though the poetic score is not difficult to understand. Just by looking at it, Li Jing felt that he was incapable of playing it.

It was obvious.

This piece requires one to be extremely skilled in the path of vocal music and to have enough power coupled with a compatible instrument.

However, it was not a problem.

He had Canon of Timeless Melodies.

After committing the tune to memory, he went over it again in his heart to make sure there was no mistake, then he put back the parchment inside the defense formation, shook off the ice dust on his hand, and walked towards another bamboo scroll emitting a strong frenzy aura nearby.

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