The guqin civilization's guqin masters were divided into seven ranks!
Rank one was an ordinary guqin master!
Rank two was equivalent to a Ghostly Immortal expert!
Rank three was equivalent to a Demigod!
Rank four was equivalent to a False God!
The girl in front of Ye Chen was a rank four guqin master!
It was said that this civilization had never produced a rank seven guqin master and was unable to play the perfect seven melodies.
For a civilization that combined music and guqin as a weapon of war, this was truly a tragedy.
The girl in white raised her slender hand and a jade-green glow appeared on her wrist, slowly forming a guqin. This guqin was exquisitely carved and seemed to be made from her entire body's bones. Her expression was tranquil as she stroked the strings with her slender fingers. Her expression was focused, as though she had forgotten about everything else. In her eyes, there was only the guqin in her hand.
There were only four strings on this guqin.
"Battle, begin..."
The AI system's notification sounded.
Ye Chen's body suddenly moved as he prepared to unleash his strongest combat strength to end this battle. At this moment, the girl in white's fingers slowly plucked the strings.
Hum ~
This guqin sound seemed to come from the heavens and carried an ethereal aura. It caused all the sounds on the planet to disappear. Only this guqin sound entered Ye Chen's ears and lingered endlessly, freezing his entire soul.
Ye Chen's mind buzzed as though the guqin sound was trembling in his mind. His entire mind was trembling, his muscles contracted, and cold sweat flowed from within.
Hum ~ Hum ~ Hum ~
The girl in white had a focused expression. Her clothes were white as snow, and her guqin was withered. Her slender fingers were like jade, and her fingertips were like spring onions. They danced and stroked lightly on the strings. A beautiful and moving melody that would linger for three days came from the guqin.
On the entire planet, a melody was lingering and reverberating...
Ye Chen felt as though his entire body was frozen. He was frozen in mid-air, unable to move at all. There was a strong thought in his heart, as though his skin, blood, and genes were all squirming along with the guqin sound.
Music could motivate a person.
Just like the ordinary people on Earth, when they heard explosive DJ music, they would also move along with the music. But at this moment, the melody played by the girl in white was as clear as a mountain spring, but it made people angry and indescribably strong. It was as if it wanted to integrate the whole person into the melody.
Suddenly, the white-clothed girl's fingers became light, and the melody she played suddenly turned from clear to high-pitched, like the chirping of birds. One after another, the climax continued, and the notes were tight. It was as if countless war drums were beating beside Ye Chen's ears. Millions of flying swords shot over, causing Ye Chen's heartbeat to tremble violently.
Ye Chen was secretly shocked. He quickly closed his six senses and automatically shut off his hearing, blocking out all sounds.
However, even though he had shut off his sense of hearing, the sound of the zither did not disappear from his ears, and the changes in his body did not stop.
Ye Chen's expression turned solemn. He realized that the sound of the zither was not just a simple sound wave, but a combination of thoughts, willpower, special energy, and many other aspects. Even an inanimate object, such as a rock, would be able to move along with the melody.
"Eight Directional Killing Formation!" The white-clothed girl's red lips whispered softly, and her fingers moved even faster, moving rapidly on the zither.
Ye Chen's brain was drowsy. The sound of the white-clothed girl's zither carried a powerful spiritual force. According to the settings of the virtual world, a peak False God Realm warrior's mental state was already at the Ninth Order Sage!
Waves of sleepiness engulfed Ye Chen like a tidal wave. He gritted his teeth, causing them to creak. Finally, with a roar, he activated the Blood God Mode and used the Nine Palace Secret Manual!
Rumble ~ ~
A majestic palace rose from the ground of the entire planet, covering the sky and covering the sun. Its entire body was wrapped in flames, and the rich and vigorous energy caused the entire world to burn. The fine dust on the ground was burned into steam, and many rocks melted into magma.
"Nine Palace, guard!" Ye Chen gritted his teeth and said word by word.
The entire Nine Palaces trembled slightly, and the three side doors slowly opened. Three balls of flames flew out from within and condensed into three Nine Palaces Guardians in mid-air. The fourth Nine Palaces Door trembled violently like duckweed in the wind. After trembling for a moment, it exploded, and a fiery red light flew out from within and condensed into a Nine Palaces Guardian in mid-air!
Four Nine Palace Guards!
Boom ~
The entire world shook, and Ye Chen raised his hand and said in a low voice, "Explode!"
Boom boom boom boom …
The four Nine Palace Guards pounced on the white-clothed girl, and they exploded. The violent shockwave was not inferior to an atomic bomb explosion, sweeping across the entire world and sweeping away the nearby killing. The entire world seemed to be dyed red with blood, and a huge crater appeared on the ground. The ground around the planet trembled violently, and cracks appeared, spewing out flames.
"Challenge successful," the voice of the artificial intelligence system sounded.
Ye Chen's figure blurred, and he disappeared from sight. In the instant that he disappeared, more than a dozen volcanoes erupted from the planet, and the core of the planet was severely damaged, causing it to become unstable.
Ye Chen's figure returned to the Genius Hall and returned to his residence.
Hu!
Ye Chen heaved a sigh of relief. I didn't think that I would have nearly died in the hands of that zither lady. Even though my current state of mind is comparable to a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator, it's still insufficient to deal with a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator.
In the outside world, I might be able to find a weapon that can protect my soul, but in the virtual world, what matters is the battle of secret arts. If I meet someone with a powerful soul, no matter how high the amplification of the secret arts is, it will be useless. It's just like how I was able to kill a Demigod realm cultivator back then.
Ye Chen realized the importance of one's state of mind. In a battle between experts, as long as there was a slight opening, the other party would be able to exploit it.
Without a doubt, his state of mind would be one of the stronger ones in the outside world. However, in the Genius Hall, where experts gathered, there was no lack of people with monstrous states of mind!
While Ye Chen was deep in thought, a notification sounded. Someone was looking for him in the outside world. He quickly exited the virtual world and returned to the runic spaceship.
"Boss," Little Black said. "We have reached the next stop. Is there anything you need to prepare?"
Ye Chen took off his virtual reality helmet and looked at the space jump point not too far away. He said to Little Black, "In the future, you can discuss such matters with Xu Tianguo directly."
Blackie mumbled and nodded. "Got it."
Ye Chen entered the virtual world and walked out of his residence. When he arrived at the leisure area, he immediately saw many people looking at him with admiration in their eyes.
Ye Chen's expression was indifferent as he walked into a bar, ordered a bottle of good wine from the waiter, and slowly tasted it.
"Have you heard? The number one on the Heaven Ranking recently returned from the Demon Mountain."
"It can't be, right?
He actually completed that mission? "
"Now, he has already been promoted to the First Class Genius Hall."
"Tsk tsk, the benefits of the First Class Genius Hall are too good. Every year, you can see the Heaven Dao Tablet for free."
"That's nothing. The Top Class Genius Hall has one every month!"
"Sigh, that's too far away. It's useless to talk about it. Let's work hard and get a good secret manual or profound secret manual. Our strength will double and we will have some hope of entering the First Class Genius Hall."
There were many discussions in the bar.
Geniuses were all lonely.
That was why they came here to chat with other geniuses to pass the time.
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows. "Top Class Genius Hall, you can see the Heaven Dao Tablet once a month?"
He drank the wine in his hand. At this moment, a laugh came from behind him. "So you are here."
Ye Chen did not turn around. The figure walked to the table in front of him. Naturally, it was Blue Sky civilization's Huangpu Tian. He casually picked up the wine on the table and smiled. "You like this taste?"
"Just drink." Ye Chen poured himself a cup.
Huangpu Tian smiled. "I didn't expect you to hide your strength. You actually defeated Sky Dragon. He is on the Heaven List. Tsk tsk, you must have been roped in by many forces, right?"
Ye Chen smiled but did not say anything.
Huangpu Tian raised his cup. "Come, cheers to your success!"
"Cheers!" Ye Chen also raised his cup.
Then he drank it in one gulp.
At this moment — —
Beep beep!
Suddenly, a mail came.
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows. He was somewhat impatient. He casually opened it and his eyes immediately fixed on the name of the sender. Duke White Fang!
White Fang …
Although he had heard this name a long time ago, Ye Chen did not forget it. This was the Master White Fang who had given him the inheritance of the Fire civilization and the Nine Palaces secret manual!
Ye Chen was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He quickly checked the content of the message.
"Little guy, I didn't expect you to reach peak Demigod realm in the blink of an eye. You even entered the Yanshen Empire's Second Grade Genius Hall. Not bad. Come to Baihong Palace, let's have a chat."
System notification: "Duke White Fang has invited you to Baihong Palace. Do you want to go?"
Huangpu Tian saw Ye Chen's strange expression and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "I have something to do. I'll take my leave first."
Huangpu Tian nodded and smiled. "Go."
Ye Chen did not say anything else and quickly clicked confirm. His entire body flashed and disappeared from the bar. He appeared in front of a vast square. Looking forward, there was a majestic palace in front of the square. It stretched for thousands of miles and was extremely magnificent.
"Come here." A voice came from a hundred miles away.
Ye Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a towering snow mountain beside the palace. It was like a heavenly pillar that pierced the sky and was surrounded by white clouds.
"Li — —" A divine phoenix swooped down from the sky. The phoenix's feathers were engraved with the words' loyalty, righteousness, etiquette, and faith '. It was ten thousand feet long. It descended from the sky and squatted in front of Ye Chen.
"Come up, I'll bring you to see Master." The divine phoenix said in a low voice.
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, but he did not hesitate and quickly jumped on the divine phoenix.
The divine phoenix's wings flapped slightly and a gust of wind blew. It soared into the sea of clouds in the sky and swept towards the snow mountain.
(To be continued.
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