Crown of Silence

Chapter 212 Family

Old house, reception room.

Under the soft light, the aroma of black tea is lingering. The high-quality tea from Tianzhu perfectly masks the bitter smell of other medicinal materials, but it still cannot change the painful taste.

But Laura's movements in drinking tea were impeccable, and she didn't even frown, which was a kind of beauty that was pleasing to the eye.

Just like a real noble lady, elegant and graceful, so perfect that it is unbelievable.

Every time he saw this scene, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but wonder, where was the shady professor he knew?

"You have eaten up more than half of the Rat King's resources again."

Laura glanced at him, "Do you want to take over the Eastern smuggling business?"

"I just want to wipe off your tail for you."

Ye Qingxuan glanced at her and said angrily: "Even if you use the Rat King's channel, you don't need to use your own name to order, right?"

"No way, the name Professor is at least popular among smugglers. A little risk is always worth it."

Laura patted the iron box between the two of them: "I paid for these things with a big favor. I'm so thankful that they arrived smoothly."

"What exactly is in the box?"

Laura held the teacup and glanced at him: "Don't you know how to see for yourself?"

Ye Qingxuan curled his lips, stopped being polite to her, and opened the box directly. However, after opening the box, he was stunned.

The heavy and huge iron box was already filled to the brim.

A pipa with broken strings, a broken guqin, a huqin with a rotten barrel, a cracked flute, a flute full of cracks...

In the iron box, a whole box... turned out to be filled with scrapped musical instruments.

"Yes, the musical instruments are all scrapped."

Laura said calmly: "The scrapped instruments will at least be cheaper, and the resentment will be even deeper."

"Resentment?"

Ye Qingxuan asked, "Do dead things have resentment?"

"Of course not. It's just something that living people place their trust on. If it's positive, it's called soul, spirituality, or something else... But in the final analysis, there are still two questions about whether this kind of thing exists or not. explain.

Otherwise, the Psalm School and the Revelation School would not be quarreling every year over whether there is such a thing as a soul.

However, this does not prevent some things from feeding on them..."

"Feeding on thoughts?"

Laura smiled, picked up the pipa with broken strings with her fingertips, and looked at it in her hand.

The pipa has been used for many years, and many places have been rubbed smooth and oily. It can be seen that it has been damaged due to improper maintenance and the pressure of the ether, and the inner layer has cracked in many places.

Just at the bottom of the pipa, there are two small characters engraved: 'Green Willow'.

Guess that's what it's called.

"It should have been passed down for several generations and has been used by musicians for hundreds of years. The spirituality is self-generated, and the music has been brewing for decades. Therefore, after it is abandoned, the resentment will be deep."

Laura looked at the pipa and suddenly threw the pipa in her hand towards Ye Qingxuan:

"then."

Ye Qingxuan quickly took it, and he was in a hurry. When he took the pipa, it made a snap. The neck of the piano shook and cracked a gap.

Immediately afterwards, the crackling sounds continued one after another, and the paint on the pipa cracked one after another, and then darkened and withered. In the end, the entire Pipa was rotten, and the powder fell like snow and fell to the ground.

The smell was like the soil from an ancient tomb, with an eerie moisture.

"Uh, it's none of my business." Ye Qingxuan was in a hurry, "They are all Jiuxiao ring pendants, I don't know..."

"I know, no need to explain."

Laura said calmly: "These things are bought for Jiuxiao Huanpei to breed spirituality.

It has been severely damaged for so many years, and its spirituality is almost exhausted. Since you, the master, can't use music to keep it warm, it can only steal other people's things. "

"Its... spirituality?"

“Musical instruments have spirituality, and the spirituality of a good musical instrument can even make it sound peaceful.

Musicians need to use suitable music to nourish them, otherwise their spirituality will decline and dissipate. I found so many discarded musical instruments with strong resentment just to restore Jiuxiao Huanpei's spirituality as soon as possible. "

Laura paused for a moment and looked at Ye Qingxuan: "When the heavenly being senses it, if the Nine Heavens Ring Pendant can be restored, it might really be able to take you to see the scenery above the Nine Heavens."

"real or fake?"

Ye Qingxuan strummed the strings, and the sound of the strings spread in all directions like ripples, echoing in the ancient house. Wherever the sound of the piano passed, everything seemed to be staring with eyes, revealing vague shapes.

Different from the blur in the past, the world Ye Qingxuan felt now was somewhat clearer, and he could even faintly distinguish the texture of matter.

“The resurgence of spirituality will make the Jiuxiao Ring Pendant more applicable.

If you absorb it in a targeted manner, its function in simulating related musical instruments will also be enhanced. Now you feel inadequate when using other types of changes, right?

The gap between Eastern and Western musical instruments is not so easy to bridge. "

Ye Qingxuan nodded in agreement. Now when he used the Jiuxiao Huanpei to transform into other musical instruments, he had already vaguely felt its limitations. "

"It will be greatly improved after the spiritual recovery, but as the spiritual recovery comes, its operation difficulty will become more and more difficult.

If you don’t reach the level of a musician as soon as possible, once all the instruments in this box are absorbed, Jiuxiao Huanpei will no longer care about your playing. ”

“…Then what use do I have for it?”

“The thousand-year history of the Ye family is all in this piano. If you really don’t care, just let it die on its own. "

Lola's words made Ye Qingxuan completely speechless.

"Okay, okay, let it suck enough, come, baby, eat slowly..."

Ye Qingxuan picked up the instruments in the iron box one by one and replenished the spirituality of Jiuxiao Huanpei. He could feel that there was indeed something in the strings, slowly reviving, but he could never touch it.

It was an extremely subtle feeling. No matter how many times he tried, he could not touch that ray of spirituality. After trying dozens of times, he was so sad that he vomited blood.

Just after swallowing the resentment in the third instrument, Ye Qingxuan suddenly blacked out and almost fainted. The half of the flute in his hand fell out of his hand and returned to the iron box.

"You'd better take your time. It swallows resentment and consumes your energy. Be careful not to be sucked dry by it."

"...Such an important thing, why didn't you say it earlier!"

"It's not too late to say it now. ”

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Being interrupted by her, Ye Qingxuan almost forgot another purpose of coming here. He rested for a moment, took out a folded paper from his arms, and handed it to Laura:

"Here, take a look."

"What is this?"

Lola unfolded it casually, and soon frowned: "You want this?"

Ye Qingxuan nodded, "Do you have any music that meets the requirements above? It's better to be simpler so that you can learn faster."

"Do you really want to learn this?" Laura smiled, and obviously understood Ye Qingxuan's situation:

"It seems that you are really driven to desperation by the trials in your school."

"I have helped you so much, and you treat me as a buffet every week, just consider it as a way to repay me."

Ye Qingxuan asked directly:

"Is there any?"

"Of course there is. "

Lola's answer made Ye Qingxuan's eyes light up, but the next sentence immediately brought him to the bottom:

"I know a lot of similar effects, but you can't learn much."

"Don't tease me, I'm so anxious now." Ye Qingxuan sighed.

"To sublimate the ritual and the heart seal of the music?"

Lola smiled at him: "If you want, you can ask me. Do you think I'm short of this little money, or think I can't even make a heart seal?

If you ask, maybe I can even give you the "Daigo" that the heart-sense faction musicians can only have once in their lifetime. "

Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes at him unhappily, "Or you can send me two girls to warm my bed."

"Are you serious? "

Lola leaned over and looked at him sideways with ambiguous eyes.

She raised her white fingers to pull the long hair in front of her forehead behind her ears, leaned over, and blew softly in his ear, even her voice became moist, with a charming and lazy sweetness:

"How can a little girl be better than me? In terms of enjoyment, Yueling is much more particular than humans..."

"I was wrong, I admit defeat, don't play anymore."

Ye Qingxuan raised his hands high in surrender, "Just tell me if you have it or not, forget it if you don't. It's rare that I want to work hard on my own, why do you have to hit me like this?"

Lola smiled slightly, and restored her superficial dignity and calmness, sat back in the chair, and reported the name of a movement.

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, a little doubtful:

"Are you sure I can learn it?"

"That depends on how much you invest."

Lola fiddled with the little conch in her hand, raised her eyes and looked at him: "Are you ready for a nightmare?"

"That's great. "

Ye Qingxuan sighed and suddenly felt a headache: "I can't wait any longer."

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Soon, Ye Qingxuan began to flip through the newly added information in the study. Looking at the accounts and lists in his hands, he realized:

"Are you still studying the parliament?"

"Well, after the disappearance of the robin, the parliament went underground. In other words, most of their business is still maintained, but there are not many that are really worth our attention. "

"In other words, all activities have been transferred to formal business?" Ye Qingxuan nodded, "Those guys are moving fast enough."

"The most dangerous part of the parliament is here. For hundreds of years, they have been integrated with this city. They can hide in the darkness and leave at any time. We don't even know where their real weakness is. "

Lola sighed, "At one time, the operation of the entire city was controlled by the parliament. Until the emergence of the shaman, their monopoly was defeated. Now, they have shrunk across the board and become more and more cautious. It is becoming more and more difficult to catch the handle. "

"Are you still investigating the robin?"

Ye Qingxuan flipped to another investigation material, "Is the robin really alive? You know the lethality of moonlight, I don't think any evil god believer can stop it."

"I cast a curse of oath on the robin. If he dies, Dayuan will give me feedback. But there has been no movement so far."

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and couldn't help curling his lips, "It seems that dog shit luck is popular these days.

Since you are here, I will help you. Please help me get the relevant accounts and import and export enterprise information. Maybe we can start from the equity aspect. "

"Now?"

Lola looked up at the wall clock. It was ten o'clock in the evening, so she shook her head slightly.

"It's rare to meet each other. After talking about the troublesome things, don't say anything to spoil the mood."

Ye Qingxuan was stunned, but she smiled and pulled the boy up and walked towards the candlelight in the restaurant.

"Didn't we agree to have dinner together?"

She showed an expectant smile, "I made the most famous red wine braised chicken. The teacher liked it the most back then. You should try it more."

Ye Qingxuan was pulled by her involuntarily, but looking at her rare joyful expression, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

"Lola, I am not my father." He said softly, "Don't get confused."

"I know. "

Lola turned around and looked at his stunned expression, then she couldn't help but smile, reaching out to touch his cheek, her eyes became gentle:

"We are all family, aren't we?"