Crown of Silence

Chapter 95 Record of Genius

Half a month ago, Ye Qingxuan fell asleep for two days after coming out of the library.

After waking up, Ye Qingxuan told Abraham and the others some jaw-dropping news: he seemed to have found a piece of music that suited him perfectly. "

After the verification was completed, before Abraham could be happy, there was bad news... This piece of music called "Black Friday" was so eccentric that it almost passed by the boundary line. , just one step away from falling into the category of devilish music.

The relationship between notes forms a structure called ‘interval’. In general music, intervals like ‘tritone’ are avoided and ‘pure tones’ are used instead.

Because dissonant intervals like tritones can stir up the dark side of the human heart and ether, causing people to fall into mania. And in Black Friday, almost the entire story is composed of this evil heretic interval.

Even among the dark music given to his followers by the evil god, there are few that contain such despair, madness and gloomy emotions.

Regarding Abraham's inquiry, Ye Qingxuan just said that when he was opening a notebook in a large library, it suddenly came into his mind.

Abraham was filled with sorrow about this.

He couldn't figure out which master of the 'Heart Image Faction' would hide such an extreme and weird piece of music in his notes, and directly imprint it on people's consciousness through the technique of 'Heart Seal'.

Moreover, there are very few materials that can carry memories and engrave musical scores with the effect of 'heart seal', and are extremely precious. He couldn't understand at all how someone could leave such an informative piece of music on an ordinary page of notes.

"Black Friday", this is a piece of music that belongs to the "mental image school".

Although it is classified as a musician-level piece, if it is divided into measures, it can be used as a rhythm-level etude.

After Abraham's analysis, its five bars have five different effects under different combinations of notes.

First of all, the melody evokes negative emotions in the listener's heart, making people lose control.

Immediately afterwards, the ether will be guided by the melody, affecting and controlling the enemy's five senses. Turning people into a disabled state where they cannot see, hear or feel.

It is simply an outstanding creation and has a wide range of applications.

After Abraham's interpretation, if the five measures are played in succession, another hidden effect can be stimulated. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get it out of it.

Therefore, I'm afraid it requires special playing methods and instruments to appear.

Thinking of this, he became even more uneasy and didn't understand why Ye Qingxuan insisted on practicing this piece of unknown origin.

For Ye Qingxuan, practicing on Black Friday is simply a top priority.

Of course you have to practice! Why not practice? When he tried to play this piece for the first time, he unexpectedly found that the ‘Jiuxiao Huanpei’ that had been sleeping for ten thousand years reacted!

He was so happy that he almost danced. He had a hunch that when he truly mastered this piece of music, it would be time to completely awaken Jiuxiao Huanpei.

He has been fascinated by this guqin that his father carried with him for a long time since he was a child. It is said to be a precious instrument passed down from his ancestors.

Although I don’t understand why the guqin that has been stored in the piano case has become like this, the top priority is to wake it up and master it first.

With it to assist his precise manipulation of ether, his biggest shortcoming as a musician: the 'feeling' of manipulating ether can be made up for.

At that time, you will be able to easily master 'plural note playing', break through the apprenticeship, and reach the rhythm level.

...And, according to his impression of his father's bad taste, after unlocking the Jiuxiao Ring Pendant, there must be some new clues hidden there.

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"Your progress is too fast. What if your foundation is not strong?"

Abraham persuaded him: "You have only mastered half of the forty-eight notes in "Equal Temperament". If you want to advance to the rhythm level, you must at least learn all of "Equal Temperament" and consolidate the foundation for a few years.

If you blindly pursue speed, what if you lose control? "

Ye Qingxuan shook his head: "Teacher, you know my situation. I am different from students who rely on feeling. All the foundations are built on the experience of my predecessors, so as long as I memorize by rote, it will be fine.

Moreover, after learning your "interpretation method", it is much faster to interpret basic syllables and simplify the note structure.

Because I don’t control the ether by feeling, so if I want to release notes, I just need to select the syllables memorized in my mind based on the ether reaction from the outside world. Even if you encounter records that are not in the classics, you can still calculate and deduce new syllables based on the external environment and rules.

Unless I miscalculated, there was no chance of it getting out of hand.

Besides, compared to my senior brother’s previous speed, I’m not that fast, right? "

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Hearing what he said, Abraham just shook his head.

"His situation is different from yours."

Recalling the legends in the school, Ye Qingxuan was suddenly curious: "Did senior brother really go from apprentice level to rhythm level in one month?"

Generally speaking, if one relies purely on talent and 'feeling', the apprenticeship stage will be a long slog.

From learning runes to mastering the performance of multiple notes, being able to play bars, and reaching the rhythm level, there will be a painful adaptation process and countless efforts.

Generally, it takes three years for an apprentice to be promoted. If a student is talented and works hard, the time can be reduced to two years.

But ten years ago, there was a pervert named Charles who completely broke this rule.

In just one month, he reached the rhythm level from the entry level and passed the school's test.

At that time, he scared many people's jaws and eyes off. He was hailed as the future hope of the academy, the future master of Anglo, and even had the possibility of becoming a saint.

However, ten years later, the former genius was stuck at the rhythm level and the musician level, and just turned into a slut who loves drinking and running naked...

Ye Qingxuan really felt sorry for him just thinking about it.

"It's not a month."

In the corner, Charles, who was standing in the corner, corrected and said seriously: "It's two days."

"..."

Crack.

This time it was Ye Qingxuan's turn to drop his jaw. He was almost scared to jump onto the piano: "How long?!"

"Two days."

Abraham sighed and scratched his head: "To be exact, it was less than a day and a half. I was busy at the time and had to find time to talk to him."

"Teacher, don't joke!" Ye Qingxuan's eyes almost popped out: "A day and a half? Or did you find time to teach him?"

"That's right."

Charles held the encyclopedia and shrugged helplessly: "You know, I used to be a genius."

"..."

In silence, Ye Qingxuan fumbled to put his eyeballs and chin back. After a long time, he accepted this shocking fact and sat down on the chair somewhat dejectedly.

"Only two days?"

He muttered to himself: "I suddenly feel like a failure, what should I do... and why do people say it takes a month? Are you afraid of scaring people?"

"... I didn't pay attention to the time when I reported the record, and I wrote it wrong."

Xia Er's expression suddenly became regretful: "After writing it wrong, I found that I couldn't change it, so I had to do it this way."

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood from his throat.

"Then why are you still stuck at the rhythm level for so long and can't become a musician?! Brother, have you been accumulating experience to make a big news?"

"What the hell!"

Charles rolled his eyes: "Look at how miserable our music history department is. If we can win more honors and get more budget, who would keep a low profile?"

"That doesn't make sense."

Ye Qingxuan didn't believe it at all: "Apprentice, rhythm and musician, the three levels are mastering notes, bars and movements respectively.

There is only technical difficulty, there is no level, and there is absolutely no problem as long as you work hard and practice!

Brother, haven't you learned a complete movement yet?"

"Tsk! Just a movement. "

Charles pouted: "Ten years ago, on the day I finished my exam, I learned several songs on the way home. If I wasn't afraid of being dragged to the operating table, I would have applied for the musician exam."

"..."

Ye Qingxuan heard the sound of blood gushing out of his seven orifices: "Really?"

"In fact, in the field of music, Charles' talent has always been unmatched."

Abraham nodded in affirmation, looking helpless: "But I don't know why, every song will go wrong in Charles' hands.

There is no mistake in terms of technique and melody, but there are always strange effects..."

"Strange effects?"

Ye Qingxuan looked at a loss.

"It's complicated..."

Abraham's expression was tangled, not knowing how to explain it.

"Hey, teacher, he can't understand it just by talking."

Charles shook his head and walked over to sit next to the piano: "I'll demonstrate it myself. Don't be scared, junior brother."

Before he finished speaking, a crisp sound like ice breaking burst out.

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It was like arriving at the sea of ​​Asgard in an instant. On the vast ice field, countless ice blocks collided on the ocean, making a majestic and crisp sound.

The momentum that came towards him made Ye Qingxuan fall into shock.

But soon, his expression turned into fear: "William Tell Overture? Brother, are you going to destroy the entire piano room?"

William Tell Overture, the score of the summoning faction, was praised as one of the masterpieces of the resonance level in the evaluation of the Holy City, which has far exceeded the scope of the musician level.

But the violent ether echoed by this overture turned into a violent storm, raging in the ocean, drowning everything. Then, the summoned Fiery March fell from the sky, and the burning heroic army drowned all enemies and destroyed them with overwhelming force!

The master who created this piece of music created this prelude with great grief and anger when his homeland was invaded and burned by fire, calling on the heroic spirit army to descend from the sky and lead his people to completely destroy all the invading armies.

He himself died on the eve of victory due to excessive consumption, but there is no doubt that this piece of music is integrated with his spirit. Once it enters the second stage, it will truly summon a steel army...

And now, violent ether fluctuations have gathered from all directions.

Originally, in order to facilitate Ye Qingxuan's practice, Abraham quietly opened the first-level authority in the piano room, which can make the ether gather and produce the effect of a musician.

But the musician-level summoning is enough for the ether army to completely destroy everything.

Just as Ye Qingxuan was stunned, the hot ether turned into scarlet flames, gathered in the void, and gradually formed a vague shape.

The next moment, as the majestic overture rose, the effect was completely formed, and then-the army of heroes would descend from the sky!

Ye Qingxuan was ready to forcibly interrupt Charles's performance, but Abraham stopped him and motioned him to look carefully.

Boom!

The flames exploded, and a figure slowly emerged from the void, gathering into a real shape, and completely materialized!

Snap.

The thing fell on the lid of the piano, making a slight collision sound.

"... Wait, something seems wrong?"

In the majestic and exciting melody, the thing that was summoned stretched lazily, rolled on the piano, and made a pleasant sound.

It was a gray-white... cat? !

"Cat?"

Ye Qingxuan rubbed his eyes and found that he was not hallucinating. The senior brother's performance summoned a cat that looked lazy, nagging, and wanted to be beaten!

Then, there was another bang, and another thing fell from the sky.

Ye Qingxuan looked at it and fell into a daze.

The little thing was yellow skin, big ears, a long tail, and a cute face. It was like it had just woken up. It smacked its lips, rolled on the piano cover, and its tail swung back and forth. It was so cute that it was simply intoxicating.

That was a... mouse?

"What the hell is this?!"

Before Ye Qingxuan could finish, the cat and the mouse suddenly jumped up!