After Li Shiwen and Qin Ran played dandy for a few days, they went to work in the palace. Qin Ran turned back into a stay-at-home guy, staying at home all day reading books.
However, just as Li Shiyin had imagined, he became a frequent visitor to her father's study.
Today, I was reading a book and thinking:
The war between Bei and Xuan Qin has come to an end. The two countries have successfully negotiated peace, and Bei Chu is about to submit to Xuan Qin. According to Li Shi, the troops that Xuan Qin pulled out of Bei Chu have already headed north to Dayan...
Sha's family has also met him, and Li Zhan and Yang Yanqi have not raised any objections to the relationship between him and his silly apprentice. How their future will develop depends on their own luck.
So... he thought it was time to go back to Daojianmen.
The crisis here is over, but opportunities are brewing at Jianmen.
Although he took over the pharmacy and Daojianmen's supply of elixirs was normal, the elixirs were still purchased from Zhishen Valley, and Daojianmen itself still did not have the ability to refine elixirs.
Although he had tried to train Daojian Sect's own alchemists in the past two years, his training was probably just a drop in the bucket and was far from enough for the entire sect's supply of elixirs.
If he were allowed to develop slowly sometimes, with a few more alchemists and spiritual plant masters added each year, it would only take one or two hundred years for Daojianmen to achieve elixir freedom.
However, Zhishengu and Wuyin Sword Sect will definitely not give him enough time and will not allow Daojian Sect to develop.
I just don't know where the next wave of attacks will come from. From within? From outside? Or will they just turn hostile and stop supplying me with elixirs? Or even... attack me by force regardless of the cost?
Qin Ran was thinking about these things while reading a book.
“Squeak!”
At this time, the door of the study was gently pushed open from the outside. He went over and saw Li Shiyin tiptoeing in from outside.
"Master?" She looked at him.
"Hmm?" Qin Ran raised an eyebrow and asked.
The silly apprentice has indeed changed a lot, at least she has become much gentler. In the past, the sound of her opening the door would only be "boom" or "bang". She rarely opened and closed the door gently.
"Don't you like the flute? Li Shiyin opened the door and walked in, standing at the door of the study with her hands behind her back. The bright light outside shone on her, what a young and beautiful girl.
"Not bad..." Qin Ran replied. He looked at his well-behaved and pretty disciple, not knowing what she meant.
In fact, he just wanted to learn a musical instrument, and then he thought that the flute was in line with his temperament of cultivating immortals, so he learned the flute. He didn't say that he liked the flute very much.
But after three or four years of blind study, he was able to play some tunes.
"Master, do you still remember that there was a great musician in Danyang City named Yuanshan?" Li Shiyin said, feeling a little embarrassed, and turned her eyes away to look outside.
"Gao Yuanshan?" Qin Ran murmured.
A few days ago, Li Shiyin told him that Gao Yuanshan was a musician at the poetry meeting during the spring outing. Of course, he remembered more clearly that when he first started learning the flute, Li Shiyin mentioned this person to him, saying that he was very handsome and that she had failed to snatch the bride.
"I have some impression, what's the matter?" he asked.
"Didn't I say that you should let him teach you how to play the flute?" Li Shiyin said.
"?" Seeing the embarrassed look on his silly apprentice's face, Qin Ran gradually realized that the direction he was taking seemed to be wrong. If he remembered correctly, the silly apprentice had said that he wanted to tie up Gao Yuanshan and teach him how to play the flute.
...Tie him up!
"Ahem!" Li Shiyin lowered her head, gathered the hair around her ears, and whispered, "Master, I'll tie him up... No, no, no, please come to my house."
"???"
Just! Know!
As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one’s nature!
His apprentice could be that gentle.
Qin Ran took a deep breath, closed the book, stood up, and asked Li Shi, "Where is the person?"
"In the reception room..." Li Shiyin raised her head to look at the master, and seeing the seriousness in the master's eyes, she quickly lowered her head and said, "I asked the servants to receive him as a guest."
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..." Qin Ran looked helpless and wanted to curse, but in the end he just said, "Take me to see it."
"Hehe!" Li Shiyin ran over, hugged Qin Ran's hand, and took him to the reception room.
Arriving at the reception room, Qin Ran saw the man in the white round-necked brocade robe with gold edges. He was about thirty-five years old, with his hair tied up and short hair, and he did have an extremely beautiful face. Coupled with his gentle temperament and the calm demeanor of a middle-aged man, he could indeed be called a girl killer.
Looking at that photo of him, one can imagine how incredibly handsome Gao Yuanshan would be four years ago, when he was just 30 years old... No wonder his stupid disciple wanted to steal someone's bride.
“Master Gao!” Qin Ran entered the room and bowed to Gao Yuanshan, saying, “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me again. I’m really sorry!”
Gao Yuanshan was drinking his tea. Upon hearing this, he closed the tea lid and turned around. He saw the elegant Qin Ran and the quirky (crossed out) Li Shiyin.
When he saw Li Shiyin, his eyes were still flustered and evasive, but Qin Ran's temperament made him feel friendly, and he also responded: "No problem, no. I'm actually fine, it's the Sword Immortal who is playing a joke on me."
"I am sorry for the rudeness of your inferior disciple." Qin Ran walked to sit down opposite Gao Yuanshan and said again.
“Haha…” Gao Shan forced a laugh, looked at Li Shiyin standing behind Qin Ran, and asked, “The Sword Immortal told me that her master is proficient in the bamboo flute, and invited me to exchange ideas. May I ask if you are the Sword Immortal’s master?”
"I'm her master..." Qin nodded, but then shook his head and said, "I like music and can play the flute, but I'm far from being proficient."
"So immortals also listen to music!" Gao Yuanxiao sighed, "I thought you all pursue immortality and fighting power, and would not care about these side tricks."
"In fact, immortals are human beings. Music, dance, and food can move people's hearts, and naturally they can also move the hearts of cultivators." Qin Ran replied, "Moreover... music and dance are not side doors, but the grand way. The so-called music moves people's hearts, and that is the Tao."
Gao Yuanshan's eyes lit up and he asked, "Could it be that there are people who can enter Taoism through music?"
“Of course there are…” Qin Ran nodded. “Those who use music to enter the Dao are much stronger than ordinary cultivators. First, the sound waves themselves have extremely strong destructive power. Second, the sound of music can affect the cultivator’s Dao heart, state of mind, soul, and spirit. It is very powerful.”
"Immortal..." Gao Yuan and Qin Ran asked, "Can I practice cultivation?"
“If you have spiritual roots, you can naturally practice.” Qin Ran replied.
"Do I have spiritual roots?" Gao Yuanshan asked again)
Qin Ran used his pupil technique to look Gao Yuanshan up and down, and said, "Mr. Gao is quite spiritual, so he must be spiritual."
"Master, would you be willing to accept me as your disciple?" Gao Yuanshan immediately fell to the ground.
"???" Li Shiyin's eyes widened. This plot was going in the wrong direction. Why was he here to snatch her master?!
She hurried forward, pulled Gao Yuanshan up from the ground, and said with a sour face: "I am the master's disciple, and my master doesn't accept disciples anymore!"
“?” Gao Yuanshan’s face was full of disappointment.
"Besides, I asked you to teach my master how to play the flute, not to learn cultivation from the master." Shiyin said again.
"Alas!" Gao Yuanshan sighed and said, "Master, let's talk about music!"
Li Shiyin's movement made Qin Ran feel amused. He looked at his silly disciple walking back and glared at her helplessly.
He smiled and said to Gao Yuanshan: "I am asking you to come and communicate with me. To communicate, you teach me how to play the flute, the rhythm and the instruments; I will teach you the essence and principle of cultivation. This is also communication.
"From now on, I can cultivate your sentiments with music, and you can practice Taoism according to the law."
Gao Yuanshan was very happy and said repeatedly: "Great! Communication, this is communication. Good! Very good. Hahahaha..."
When Li Yin saw her master glaring at her, she also wrinkled her nose at him, showing that she was very dissatisfied with Gao Yuanshan.
"Don't you like him very much?" Qin Ran smiled and whispered to Li Shiyin through his telepathy.
"No..." Li Shiyin blushed as she recalled the stupid things she did when she was young, and replied in a voice transmission, "I only love Master."
Qin Ran was very happy...it seemed that he was more handsome than Yuanshan.
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“The flute is easy to understand but difficult to master. There are many things worth noting…” Gao Yuanshan didn’t know about the exchange between the master and the apprentice, but he talked about the flute seriously with Qin Ran, “You are a divine master, and you have some advantages over mortals like us. Of course, you don’t need to be careful about the aura…”
Gao Yuanshan was indeed very accomplished in music and flute. Under his instruction, Qin Ran's flute sounded less unpleasant and more melodious. Gradually, he became really proficient in the flute.
Of course, under Qin Ran's guidance, Gao Yuanshan also began to use music to nourish and sense his energy, which can be regarded as an alternative path of cultivation.
As for how Gao Yuanshan entered the Tao through music and became a unique soul master in the Xian Qin Empire many years later, that is another story.
Chapter 360: Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night
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