"Auntie, what is this?" Ye Zi picked up the suona on the stall and asked the NPC who was selling it.
The NPC was a female elder. She smiled and replied, "This... is a suona, a musical instrument. The sound it makes is very loud. Child, if you are curious, you can try to play it yourself."
Ye Zi could not accept such encouragement. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "But I can't play it either..." As he said that, he was about to put the suona back to its original place and planned to change stalls to continue shopping.
Seeing him about to leave, the NPC lady got a little anxious and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him, "No, don't leave so quickly. If you don't know how to play, I'll teach you. It's very simple. If you buy any musical instruments from my stall, I can also give you free instructions on how to play them. I promise you'll learn it!"
The last four words touched Ye Zi's nerves. If these instruments could be learned in one go, it wouldn't be impossible for him to buy some back home...
So, under the guidance of the NPC lady, he picked up the suona again, covered the suona whistle with his mouth, pressed several sound holes with his fingers, raised his chin high so that the suona was facing the sky, and then took a deep breath and blew it out with force.
As his face was squeezed into a bun shape and slowly turned red, a loud, high-pitched, and extremely penetrating sound came from the suona. The deafening sound made all the NPCs nearby who heard the sound turn around and look over. It was obvious from their expressions that they were frightened.
But after finding out that the person who made the sound was Ye Zi, the generous outsider, everyone's faces relaxed and were replaced with expressions of appreciation, with compliments pouring out without even thinking.
"I was wondering who was playing the suona in the street. It turned out to be Ye Zi! When he came to my stall before, I found that he was a strong man. Look at his lung capacity, it's really good~"
"This must be Ye Zi's first time playing the suona. She plays it really well. In time, she will become a famous suona player!"
"You blow it very well. How about you blow it a few more times? Young man, remember to come over here later. I sell Kongming lanterns. There are many kinds of them. They are very beautiful when they are released at night!"
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The NPCs greeted Ye Zi enthusiastically, but Ye Zi felt very uncomfortable and nervous as if she was surrounded by them.
I felt embarrassed and ashamed, and felt awkward performing my talent in front of my elders.
He just played the suona, and the sound didn't have any tune. How on earth did they praise it so much? He felt embarrassed...
As for the NPCs' teasing about him playing a few more sections, Ye Zi would never agree. However, he remembered the feeling of the suona just now when he played it, which was indeed quite refreshing. If there were no other people around, he really wanted to play for a while longer.
In the end, Ye Zi bought all the musical instruments on the NPC lady's stall, including the suona, pipa, erhu, flute, qin, drum, etc. She spent a lot of money, which made the surrounding NPCs envious.
The NPC lady also gave Ye Zi the instructions for using these instruments as agreed. The instructions were written on paper, and one could learn them automatically by reading them from beginning to end, which solved the problem that the interstellar people were not good at ancient instruments, or had never been exposed to the art of music.
Moreover, this information is not a one-time use. Others who read it can also acquire relevant skills.
At this moment, facing the players' eager eyes, Ye Zi gradually collected her thoughts, imitated the NPC lady, smiled at them harmlessly, and said, "This is called a suona, and the sound it makes is very loud. I also have the playing methods of these instruments here. If you buy them, you can come here to learn for free."
This is already the second free item on this stall, and they can be stacked!
Who could resist such temptation? The player who asked how to use the suona immediately grabbed the suona handle tightly, and quickly picked up an erhu with his other hand, saying loudly: "I'll buy them, I'll buy them! These two are mine, and you guys can grab the rest!"
After saying that, without caring about other people's reactions, he picked up a lot of small items, collected 50 gold coins, and received double happiness from Ye Zi!
Holographic games have this advantage. Even if you have never been exposed to them before, you can get started as long as you learn the relevant skills.
After the players who bought the suona and erhu learned how to use them from Ye Zi, they looked at them for a moment and finally chose to pick up the suona.
Hehe, he can't wait to play it!
After learning how to use musical instruments, the game also provides players with music scores for each instrument. Each instrument has only one song. If you still need them, you need to collect them yourself.
Whether you obtain it from NPCs by completing tasks in the game, or by searching for information on the Star Network in real life, these are the correct ways to obtain the song.
The song provided to the suona is called "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", and the owner of the suona has the game ID "Give He He Yue Liang". After familiarizing himself with the skills, he smiled proudly at the people in line and said, "It's boring to just wait, so I'll play a song for you. This is an exclusive free broadcast. How about it, I'm generous, right?"
The players looked at him with disgust, but did not reject his suggestion. It was indeed a bit boring to wait in line, and then watch the people whose turn it was frantically buying the fresh goods from the ancient city. It would be great if they could divert their attention.
There were even some scattered applause, which made He He Yueliang even more satisfied. It seemed like everyone was looking forward to it!
"Then I'll start now. The song is called Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix. I hope you like it!"
He found a higher ground, got into a horse stance, picked up the suona and started playing.
After the loud and long prelude, the enthusiastic and cheerful melody leads people into the forest at sunrise. The birdsongs one after another are so lifelike that it seems as if there are really birds singing in front of you. Hundreds of birds sing in harmony, nature is full of vitality, and a strong vitality bursts out from the sound of the suona.
The players in the queue were shocked at first, this was actually a song played by a beginner. The tune was unexpectedly nice, loud but not harsh.
They closed their eyes and listened for several minutes.
After a few minutes, the novelty wore off and they began to pay attention to other things. Then, the rich body movements of He He Yueliang while playing the instrument caught their eyes.
He closed his eyes completely, and his whole body twisted in rhythm with the sound of the suona, especially the expressions on his head and face, swaying left and right, leaning forward and backward, with his facial features occasionally twisted and stretched. It was an immersive performance.
I don't know who it was, but he couldn't help but burst out laughing. Although he quickly covered his mouth, the people around him were still affected.
They tried desperately to hold back their laughter, their shoulders shook wildly, and they made low and suppressed sounds of "um", "ah", "hi", etc. If He He Yueliang noticed something was wrong and opened his eyes at this time, he would see this puzzling scene.
Did he play the flute poorly? Why did he react like this?
Although everyone knows that this is the appropriate reaction when fully committing oneself to the task, few people can witness this situation with their own eyes, so it feels a bit funny for a moment.
He He Yueliang didn't open his eyes until the six-minute performance ended. When he slowly put down the suona, the players in the queue had returned to normal, giving him warm applause and urging him to play another song.
Isn’t there an erhu? Play it for them?
The other players who were lucky enough to grab those musical instruments also became interested. After learning the corresponding skills from Ye Zi, they simply organized the people who had musical instruments and asked if they wanted to have a talent show. As for the stage, it was the open space at the entrance of the village.
Players all like to be lively and love to join in the fun. They have witnessed the success of He He Yueliang with their own eyes, and the sense of accomplishment that comes from being recognized by everyone is also what they want.
Therefore, this proposal was an immediate hit with them, and everyone took turns to perform and finished the performance after playing all the pieces they had learned.
Because the musical instruments bought by Ye Zi were temporarily unique, there was no question of who was stealing the limelight from whom, and everyone was having a great time. The entrance of Novice Village No. 2 was surrounded by a rich artistic atmosphere for a long time.
Even Ye Zi himself did not expect that among all the things he brought back from the mysterious ancient city, the most popular one was actually the musical instrument with the least number.
Many players have come to him after he closed his stall, wanting to order musical instruments from him to bring back on the next trip. No matter what kind, they will accept anyone!
But he had only been to the ancient city once, and didn't know whether the NPCs there would be randomly refreshed, or whether the goods would no longer be available after he bought them. Therefore, he did not agree to the reservation requests of these people. He just said that he would wait and see next time he went there, and if there were any, he would buy them all back, and they could buy them themselves then.
The request was rejected and the players cried. If they could have snatched the order from others, they would not have come to him secretly to make the reservation.
Unable to buy the musical instruments they wanted for the time being, these people made a compromise and asked Ye Zi if they could learn how to play the instruments first. Since they had never bought a musical instrument from him, they were willing to pay Ye Zi 10 gold coins per person as tuition.
Isn't this just throwing money on the ground and letting people pick it up? Ye Zi agreed without hesitation. The next step was a pleasant time of paying and learning. The players who successfully learned all the musical instrument playing skills also left with satisfaction.
According to Ye Zi's idea, these people should go to those who own musical instruments to see if they can borrow the instruments to play with.
This is indeed the intention of most players who have learned the skills to play.
However, there is a group of people who take a different approach. They go over the usage of a certain musical instrument countless times in their minds, and after making sure they are proficient in it, they move from the holographic world to the real world, open Taotao.com with a serious face, and enter words such as "suona", "flute", and "erhu" in the search box.
Hey, there are thousands of antique replicas, but they just don’t believe that they can’t find musical instruments similar to the ones in the game on Taotao!
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