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Qiandao Lake and Wucailing should have communicated in advance, and the total value of the materials provided to Meng Zhou by both parties was similar.

However, among the materials provided by the former, third-level spiritual materials account for a larger proportion.

Among the materials provided by Wucailing, third-level spiritual poisons account for a larger proportion.

But overall, the third-order low-grade spiritual materials have the most weight.

Meng Zhou first returned the extra portion to the representatives of both parties. Even so, there were still one hundred and twenty copies of third-level low-grade spiritual materials.

Meng Zhou mentally estimated the next usage, and decided to keep only seventy portions. He took out all the remaining fifty portions and gave them to Tu Baiyao.

"I asked Zhu Qian to come to your place to get a lot of second-level spiritual materials, and I used these spiritual materials to offset the situation."

With that said, Meng Zhou took out five more swordsman spirit puppets and five supervisory spirit puppets.

"You can prepare some second-level spiritual materials for me by the way."

When the representatives from Qiandao Lake and Wucailing saw these ten fake alchemy puppets, their eyes showed envy.

But Tu Baiyao was not at all happy about this unexpected harvest. Instead, he thought of some possibility. He was startled and asked quickly:

"Sir, will you need third-level spiritual materials in the future?"

Meng Zhou thought for a while and said: "There is no need for the third-level low-grade spiritual materials for the time being. If there are high-quality spiritual materials above the middle level, you can keep them for me."

After hearing this, Tu Baiyao sighed in his heart. The situation was indeed similar to what he expected, but it was okay. At least the line was not completely broken.

On the other hand, representatives from Qiandao Lake and Wucailing looked at each other and quickly said:

"Sir, can we continue to collect materials for you?"

Meng Zhou said: "Of course you can, but the quality cannot be lower than the third-level mid-grade."

The representatives from both sides nodded happily, and then, as if they had agreed, a jade slip appeared in their palms, and they held it in both hands and presented it to Meng Zhou.

Meng Zhou was confused: "What are you guys doing?"

The representative of Qiandao Lake is an old man with white hair and beard. He said sincerely:

"Sir, we can all feel your help and kindness to us... This is our little kindness, please don't refuse!"

The representative of Wucai Ridge next to him, a beautiful woman in a colorful dress, also said similar words.

Meng Zhou could feel their sincerity. Of course, he also understood that the reason why they did this was because they wanted to hug his thigh tighter.

It is not modest to say that to these monks, I am a veritable golden thigh, the kind that can make them full even if I just pluck a leg hair.

Meng Zhou thought for a while, picked up the two jade slips, nodded and said, "Okay, I will accept your offer."

After picking up the jade slips, Meng Zhou's spiritual consciousness briefly explored them, but found two third-level inheritance spells of good quality.

The inherited jade slips presented to Meng Zhou by Qiandao Lake recorded in detail a third-level soul refining method called "Bright Sea Blue Wave Picture".

Now, Meng Zhou already has four jade slips inherited from the third-level soul refining method, including the "Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Picture" from the Sanchuan Society, the "Fire Yang Zhengqi Picture", and the "Lingmu Towering Picture" from Bai Zhi. , obtained from the "Han Cicada Autumn Killing Picture" from the Blue Blood Army, this "Bright Sea Blue Wave Picture" is already the fifth third-level soul refining method he has acquired.

But in terms of compatibility, this soul refining method surpasses all the soul refining methods previously harvested.

Meng Zhou even thought about it again, if he had put this soul refining method in front of him together with the soul refining method of Cold Pool and Cold Moon Diagram when he first entered Foundation Establishment.

I would almost give up the Cold Pool and Cold Moon Diagram without thinking, and choose this soul refining method.

This soul refining method is really in line with the state of my soul.

Meng Zhou couldn't help but have the idea of ​​practicing this method, but he quickly calmed down.

"We still have to go according to plan, and we can't disrupt the established rhythm because of its appearance."

"However, having this soul refining method as a reference is still of great benefit."

The inheritance jade slip given to him by Wucailing recorded a complete set of third-level secret methods for refining poison and refining the body.

The more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt in Meng Zhou's heart.

He suddenly looked at the beautiful woman in colorful skirt and asked:

"Previously, I found a set of poison path secrets on the black market, including the 'Red Yanluo', 'Yanluo Miasma' and the 'Red Blood Yuan Ti'. Are these all flowing from Wucai Ridge?"

The beautiful woman in the colorful skirt was shocked when she heard this and said hurriedly: "Sir, you have a keen eye. These three secret techniques are derived from the set of secret techniques in your hands."

Speaking of this, a look of shame appeared on her face.

Meng Zhou nodded, basically understanding the inside story.

The third-level Poison Path inheritance in his hands is indeed too high-end for the Wucailing monks whose strongest strength is at the fake elixir level.

Everyone knows that its power is impressive, but if you can't master it, see it, or eat it, how can it be tolerated?

The Wucailing monk's solution was to downgrade and weaken the third-level poison path inheritance in his hands. During this period, he must have experienced many attempts and difficulties. In the end, he formed "Red Yanluo", "Yanluo Miasma", "Yanluo Miasma" and "Red Yanluo". "Red Blood Yuan Ti" is a set of poisonous secret method inheritance between the second and third levels.

The weakened version is so powerful. You can imagine how sharp the original set of third-level poison path inheritance in your hands is.

After taking a brief look, Meng Zhou put away the two jade slips and smiled at the old man with a white beard and the beautiful woman in a colorful skirt: "Not bad, I like the things very much."

After hearing this, both of them were overjoyed.

Meng Zhou nodded, looked at Yao Gu again, and said:

"Commander Yao, I have one more thing that I need you to serve me."

Yao Gu quickly said: "Sir, please tell me."

Meng Zhou said: "Since it has been determined that a large number of surplus third-level spiritual lands will be opened up into spiritual fields, then the city lord's mansion will definitely collect a lot of third-level spiritual seeds, right?"

Yao Gu nodded and said: "Yes, this matter is already being done. A small part is collected from various channels, but most of it is obtained from Qingxuan Sect."

Meng Zhou nodded, "That's what I want you to pay attention to. If you come across Linglian seeds or Lingcha seeds, help me get some."

Speaking of this, Meng Zhou also emphasized: "There is no need to have too many, just one of each variety is enough."

Yao Gu quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I will pay attention."

He was not surprised at all about the request itself.

Apart from anything else, Mr. Ge's third-level cave mansion occupies an area of ​​six acres, but his house occupies less than one acre. It is normal to plant some third-level spiritual plants.

He also felt that this request was a bit too simple, so Yao Gu specifically asked, "Do you only need these two types of spiritual species? What about the other third-level spiritual species?"

Meng Zhou thought for a while and seemed a little moved, but then asked: "Would this be too troublesome?"

Yao Gu shook his head and said, "What's the trouble?"

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Of course that's better, but you don't need to force yourself, just do what you can."

After talking about these things, Meng Zhou wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Yao Gu said, "Sir, I still have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Meng Zhou was curious.

Yao Gu did not say anything immediately, but looked at the monks from Qiandao Lake and Wucailing who had not left.

It was not until they received such an obvious signal from his master that the old man with a white beard, the beautiful woman in a colorful skirt and others said their goodbyes "behind the scenes".

After these people left, Meng Zhou had been invited into a quiet room by Yao Gu.

After Meng Zhou sat down, Yao Gu knelt down respectfully in front of him.

Meng Zhou was shocked, "Commander Yao, what do you mean?"

Yao Gu knelt down in front of Meng Zhou and said, "Sir, I would like to ask you for some advice on how to form elixirs."

Meng Zhou's expression changed and he said in surprise: "Are you preparing to break through the pass and form the elixir?"

Yao Gu nodded and said, "We have this plan."

Then, he briefly described his situation.

Yao Gu's cultivation is almost the same as before President Pan broke through and became a fake elixir.

Moreover, in terms of combat power, Yao Gu, who grew up in the Blue Blood Plains, is still above President Pan.

In addition, Yao Gu himself is much younger than President Pan.

Based on a comprehensive evaluation, his overall condition is better than that of President Pan before the breakthrough.

According to Commander Yao's self-evaluation, "If you work hard, you should be able to form a low-grade true elixir."

Through Commander Yao's self-report, Meng Zhou also learned from a side perspective that compared to monks from other places, the Blue Blood Army's breakthroughs not only analyze their own situation, but also have a layer of "big picture awareness", which is very rare.

For example, in the case of Commander Yao, in fact, a few years ago, when Qingxuanzong began to auction various elixirs and spiritual objects that could help the success rate of elixir formation and improve the quality of elixir formation, he could give it a try.

However, based on the overall consideration of Jade Blood Plain and Jade Blood Army, he temporarily put down this temptation.

Because of the special location of Bixueyuan, in order to avoid causing the stress reaction of the third-level demon, True Alchemy cultivators should try their best to avoid staying in the outer ring area for a long time.

If Yao Gu forms a true elixir, it means that he can no longer stay in the Blue Blood Plains for a long time, let alone take action against monsters in the Blue Blood Plains.

Now it's different. Since Sanchuan Plain was upgraded to a third-level spiritual land and the Blue Blood Army's interests in Sanchuan Plain became more and more huge, based on the division of labor within the Blue Blood Army, Yao Gu began to spend more and more time and energy on To Sanchuan Plateau.

And because the Blue Blood Army has grown and transitioned over the past few years, it has gradually found a role that can replace him in the Blue Blood Plains.

After handing over these, Yao Gu began to plan his own elixir formation.

Yao Gu's choice is not an exception in Bixueyuan, but a tradition.

For example, according to Yao Gu, among the fake elixir monks in the Jade Blood Army, at least half of them have potential beyond fake elixirs.

The main reason why they all became fake elixirs was, of course, because the previous cultivation environment did not provide many options for talented monks other than Qingxuan Sect.

But they became fake elixirs without much struggle, and they were somewhat affected by this collective atmosphere.

——Instead of searching for the elusive path to true elixir, it is better to stay and continue fighting with everyone to provide more shelter for this land.

Meng Zhou felt quite emotional.

The impression given to Meng Zhou by practitioners has always been that he tends to be "extremely individualistic".

Even if they form a force, the ultimate goal is still to serve individuals.

However, the philosophy of the Jade Blood Army is somewhat "collective".

Although not many, although if they had to choose between their own paths, they would still choose the latter.

But Yao Gu was able to postpone this for nearly ten years, which is already very rare.

When Yao Gu noticed the respect in Mr. Ge's heart, he shook his head and said in shame:

"What am I, compared to Commander Han..."

Having said this, he sighed regretfully, "He really wasted his time."

"Oh? Can you tell me more about it?" Meng Zhou also showed curiosity.

Yao Gu said:

"Before I met you, sir, Commander Han was the most talented person I had ever seen.

I was able to become the commander of the army because the Blue Blood Army at that time just needed a character like me who was good at dealing with all aspects and was versatile. With some luck, I finally became the commander of the army.

Commander Han is different. He doesn't have a good temper and is not good at communicating with others, but he is recognized as a genius in Bixueyuan.

If I, the military commander, can be replaced, he, the military commander, is indispensable. "

Meng Zhou thought of the division of labor in the Blue Blood Army. Commander Yao in front of him was responsible for all chores except battle-related matters. Commander Han, who had been sitting in the Blue Blood Plains, was responsible for all combat-related tasks.

“But it is precisely because of his indispensability that no replacement has been found so far.

And his age is not much younger than mine.

I'm really worried that if he continues to delay like this, he will completely lose the opportunity to form a real elixir, and will end up having to make a fake elixir. "

Having said this, Yao Gu sighed again.

Meng Zhou suddenly said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with just getting a fake elixir for the time being."

"ah?"

After hearing this, Yao Gu looked up at Meng Zhou in shock, with an expression of confusion and confusion.

Meng Zhou said softly: "Do you know why President Pan completed the internal integration of the Sanchuan Society?"

"Because?" Yao Gu asked.

"Sanchuanhui got a life-changing spiritual object and the corresponding secret method from the fake elixir master. Not to mention other effects. If the fake elixir monk used this spiritual object and secret method, his talent would be extremely high. The earth ascends and undergoes calamity again." Meng Zhou said.

Yao Gu was startled when he heard this, and then, a blazing light burst out from his eyes.

As someone who has been troubled by this problem for decades, he really understands how valuable it is.

However, the light in his eyes was fleeting and quickly extinguished.

"It turns out it's because of this... However, Sanchuan knows so many fake elixirs. I'm afraid they don't have enough points themselves. There's no way it's our turn, right?"

Meng Zhou smiled and said: "Indeed, they don't have enough of that thing now, but that thing also has its own characteristics.

It can be cultivated and grown, but the price is a little higher.

But as long as you have confidence in the future development of the Sanchuan Society, the Blue Blood Army and the Qingxuan Territory, you can look forward to it. "

Yao Gu's eyes became hot again.

He looked at Meng Zhou expectantly, but Meng Zhou shook his head and did not continue to talk more about this topic. Instead, he began to share his experience of forming pills with Yao Gu.

Yao Gu also quickly calmed down and returned to the state of seriously seeking advice.

The reason why Meng Zhou revealed the top-secret information of the Sanchuan Society to Yao Gu was because he was impressed by the special temperament of the Jixue Army, which made him feel a little emotional.

In the world of spiritual practice, there are too many monks who "center on me". Occasionally, some "non-mainstream" people appear, and Meng Zhou is willing to give more kindness and help.

Otherwise, this world of spiritual practice would be too uniform.

The reason why he mentioned the life-changing spiritual objects of the Sanchuan Society at this moment was not really to show them the way, but just to tell them that there was such a hope.

In the future, even if they don't get satisfactory results from Sanchuanhui, Meng Zhou won't mind giving them a "dream come true" personally.

After sharing some of his experience in forming pills with Yao Gu, seeing that such an exchange was too time-consuming, Meng Zhou simply recorded all the "non-allergic" related experiences he knew into a jade slip and gave it to Yao Gu. Slowly comprehend.

This information includes not only Meng Zhou's own experiences and insights, but also what Ding Ning shared with him, as well as what he collected and compiled from other channels.

After receiving such a great gift, Yao Gu thanked him profusely again.

…

After returning, he saw that Bai Zhi was still there patiently describing Qingfeng. Meng Zhou did not bother him and went straight back to the quiet room to continue making the fake elixir puppet.

April 20th.

Since the end of February, after completing the accumulation of masters and advancing to the master level.

In addition to seclusion, Meng Zhou completed the production of thirty fake elixir puppets every day and gained 6,000 experience points. Finally, on this day, he completed the production of the 1,200 fake elixir puppets and gained a full two 140,000 experience, completely completing the accumulation of master level.

A large number of experiences and insights are poured into my heart like flowing water.

Meng Zhou's craftsmanship in making third-order spirit puppets has finally reached a perfect level.

At this moment, Meng Zhou felt a strange feeling in his heart.

In Meng Zhou's hand, there was a piece of spiritual gold that was the size of an adult's head and was black in color.

Just holding it, a cold air turned into strands of sharp needles and pierced his pores and penetrated deep into his skin, as if to pierce his palm and freeze his flesh and blood.

This is a third-level middle-grade spiritual gold, Xuanhan Wujin.

Meng Zhou used his insights just now to point at this piece of spiritual gold.

Then he saw that this piece of spiritual gold began to change and stretch, and soon turned into the shape of a flying sword.

If it were just a change in form, it wouldn't be cause for alarm.

After all, as early as the foundation building stage, practitioners have mastered the art of transformation, a method of reshaping material forms.

This is naturally even easier for a third-level true elixir cultivator.

The real change lies in the spiritual change within the spiritual gold as it stretches and transforms from a lump of raw material into a flying sword.

If the appearance of spiritual gold changes is peeled off, only spiritual changes remain in the field of vision.

Then, the transformation process of this Xuanhan Wujin is much more wonderful.

The spirituality that was originally generally uniform, partially rough, and mechanically distributed inside the spiritual gold began to flow slowly with the contact of Meng Zhou's fingers.

And its movement trend is obviously becoming more and more regular.

Gradually, it formed something like streams and rivers.

If the third-level formation mage who arranged the Mikawa Plains spiritual vein upgrade formation could see these changes, he would definitely feel a sense of déjà vu.

Yes, when Meng Zhou inspired and mobilized the inner spirituality of this piece of spiritual gold, he drew on the "guiding" idea of ​​the Sanchuan Plateau spiritual vein upgrade formation.

The spirituality inside this piece of spiritual gold was "guided" and changed bit by bit by Meng Zhou according to his own intentions.

These spiritual changes are combined with the changes in the shape of the spiritual gold. However, after the raw material spiritual gold transforms into a flying sword, its color first becomes more and more transparent, and then even the unique sharpness and coldness of Xuanhan Wujin gradually becomes dim.

When Meng Zhou pulled his fingers away from the tip of the flying sword, the spirituality inside the flying sword formed a strange structure like meridians and a talisman array.

On the one hand, Xuanhan Wujin's own characteristics are retained to the maximum extent, and on the other hand, its overly arrogant temperament is extremely restrained.

Spirituality flows slowly inside Feijian.

When Meng Zhou pulled his fingers away, there was only an almost translucent flying sword floating there.

If you don't look carefully, it's easy to overlook its existence, and no breath is exposed.

When Meng Zhou's fingers pulled away, Feijian seemed to be aware of it, trembling slightly, as if conveying the emotion of reluctance.

Then, this flying sword, which had just been born and had not yet been refined, began to swim slowly around Meng Zhou, the "Creator", like a fish with life.

Meng Zhou reached out and made a move, and the flying sword fell into Meng Zhou's hand.

After Meng Zhou used his spiritual consciousness to sacrifice, the flying sword disappeared from Meng Zhou's hand and appeared in the sky above the Sea of ​​Consciousness Soul Pond.

Meng Zhou never thought that after he perfected the skills of making third-level spirit puppets, he would be able to break through the barrier between the weapon-refining path and the spirit-controlling path.

Through practical operations, Meng Zhou realized that there was no essential difference between refining weapons and making spirit puppets.

At least, that's the case after level three.

The first and second level weapon refining works are called magic weapons.

Different magic weapons are the exploration and matching of different "shapes" and different characteristics of spiritual materials.

The third-level weapon refining work is called a magic weapon.

In addition to the exploration and matching of "shape" and the characteristics of spiritual materials, a more important point is also the point that most distinguishes magic weapons from magical weapons, that is, the magic weapon "has spirit".

Although this kind of "spirit" is still far from true wisdom, it is essentially different from magical weapons.

And if you analyze it carefully, you will find that the "spirituality" born in the magic weapon and the "spirituality" born in the spirit puppet are actually no different.

They are all designed to stimulate the spirituality in spiritual materials more efficiently and regularly.

The only difference is that the specific methods used by the two are different.

Moreover, there are many ways to make spirit puppets, one of the main schools is called the "Fire Refining School", which uses a refining furnace to purify and refine the various components of the spirit puppet, and then refines the spirit puppet. The puppet is spliced ​​as a whole and its spirituality is stimulated.

If you look at it from this perspective, there are also many similarities between alchemy and spirit puppet making.

"The art of chemical transformation is just a simple change and reshaping of the physical form."

"Whether it's making spirit puppets or refining weapons and elixirs, they all involve changing and reshaping physical properties."

In the past, although Meng Zhou's method of refining weapons and alchemy was no longer an ordinary way, it still required spiritual guidance through the special method of the knot master.

But now, he can directly peel off the appearance and guide changes from the spiritual level.

"In the future, if I refine weapons and elixirs again, wouldn't it be a matter of 'one finger'?"

And as Meng Zhou directly reached the level of perfection in making third-level spirit puppets, his attainments in the profession of spirit master also advanced by leaps and bounds.

Along with the growth of spiritual puppet skills, they grew together, breaking through from the third-level low-grade to the third-order mid-grade, and finally directly stepped into the third-order high-grade.

"Spirit Controller Level 3 7600/10,000"

This means that Meng Zhou can directly create a third-level high-grade spiritual puppet as long as he has third-grade high-grade materials.

Meng Zhou took stock of the inventory. Unfortunately, there was no third-level high-grade spiritual material.

He only had fifteen copies of the third-order mid-grade spiritual materials in hand, and the remaining nine copies of the third-order low-grade spiritual materials.

Those hundreds of third-level low-grade spiritual materials have all turned into fake elixir puppets. Excluding those that have been traded, he still has a total of 2,253 in his hands.

As long as the shipment volume is controlled, the by-products of these spiritual puppets after leveling up are all hard currency that is harder than high-grade spiritual stones.

Meng Zhou spent two days upgrading the four spirit puppets integrated into the cave formation.

After consuming four more third-order mid-grade spiritual materials and all third-order low-grade spiritual materials, and exerting their spirit puppet skills to the extreme, the four spirit puppets finally reached the peak level of the third-order mid-grade.

…

"What's next?"

In the pavilion near the pond, Meng Zhou pondered this matter in his mind.

Bai Zhi, who was standing next to him, saw that he was habitually starting to feel dazed, so she didn't bother him. She just poured him a cup of spiritual tea, placed it where he found it most convenient, and continued to communicate softly with Zhu Qian.

At this moment, she was giving Zhu Qian some guidance on some confusions in practice.

Habit is second nature.

At the beginning, Bai Zhi would still feel uncomfortable when faced with Zhu Qian's half-ridiculous and half-serious "Master" title to Meng Zhou, and she would blush with embarrassment at every turn.

Now, she can accept it calmly.

Even with this change in mentality, she naturally adjusted her way of getting along with Meng Zhou.

After experiencing some initial discomfort with her current situation, she discovered that this was exactly what she had dreamed of.

She is not really keen on power, nor does she like being the president.

The reason why she behaved like that before.

First, the identity of "Zhou Nan" restricted and constrained her. She told herself, "You are not Bai Zhi, you are Zhou Nan."

In addition, there is another more important reason. No one is protecting her from the wind and rain. On the contrary, she has to support herself and Zhu Qi.

Therefore, even if she resists in her heart, she must let herself stand up and push forward.

But now, all these pressures and entanglements are gone.

With a "taller" man standing in front of her, she no longer needs to manage her personality, nor does she need to worry about survival itself. She can live her life however she wants.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the man next to me ask: "Are you proficient in music?"

Bai Zhi was startled, then shook her head and said, "It's very ordinary."

"Do you want to learn?" Meng Zhou asked again.

Bai Zhi turned to look at him and asked, "Do you want me to learn?"

But Meng Zhou insisted: "I'm asking you if you want to learn!... If you want, I can teach you."

After a pause, Meng Zhoucai said: "I think you should be more talented than me in this area."

Bai Zhi said in surprise: "I'm confused myself, how can you be so sure?"

"Because...this really suits you."

Meng Zhou was so emotional, but what he really wanted to say was, "Because you are also an artist."

In regular chats, Meng Zhou would naturally ask Bai Zhi about some things about the painter.

Bai Zhi didn't think there was any need to hide it in front of him, and shared many tutorials on getting started and getting started as a painter without any reservation.

After listening carefully, Meng Zhou's biggest realization was that this path was not suitable for him.

It's not a matter of technical difficulty, but a matter of mentality.

Although he came to the new world and became a practitioner, due to the influence of his previous life, Meng Zhou discovered that he was a materialist at heart.

Be rational and logical in everything.

Even if it is various problems encountered on the road of spiritual practice, he will habitually use this mentality to analyze and decompose, and solve the problems with his own methods.

The point is, this method works really well.

He felt that this was a "niu-exiting knife" that belonged exclusively to him, and it was the key to his becoming more "competent" in his practice so far.

His method of cultivation is actually quite strange in the cultivation world.

This is because the concept of traditional practitioners is still very much about "perception". It is said that "the Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao", "mysterious is mysterious again", "words are endless but meaning is infinite".

Full of indescribable beauty.

The painter of Bai Zhi has reached the extreme of this concept.

The ultimate sensibility, the ultimate idealism.

Bai Zhi once described to Meng Zhou the state of being a painter after reaching the peak of his career. She just gave a few examples, and Meng Zhou couldn't help but complain.

Painting a mountain is like Mount Tai.

Draw a river and it means the river flows eastward.

Paint a winter and the world will be filled with snow.

"Is this the magic pen of Ma Liang, or the power of my own thinking?"

Meng Zhou, who was complaining like this in his heart, found that he was not suitable to take this path.

Of course, if you have to force yourself to leave, it is not impossible to walk on with the guidance of a good teacher like Bai Zhi.

However, the time and energy consumed are wasted, and it is really not necessary.

Meng Zhou believes that this is the most suitable path for art students.

He recalled the time when he wanted to study music but had no choice but to give up.

“This is all the domain of art students.”

The reason why he suggested letting Bai Zhi learn music was also related to what he wanted to do next.