Old-time musicians

"So how are the sales of the Winterreise record?" Roy asked the key question.夤

"The first order is 1,580 copies," Sheeran said.

"Not much." Roy recalled, "Mr. Fanning's first album sold more than 4,000, and the sales of 'Resurrection' exceeded 60,000. This "Winter Journey" even reached the 3,000 first order threshold for a three-star rating. Not even close.”

"Faya Records is a small record company!" Sheeran emphasized. "We cannot compare it with the record industry system of the Northern Continent. In the Southern Continent, there is a talented and beautiful young soprano named Renela, who was born in the royal family. He starred in many operas and published many records, but the first order number for a record released at the same time as "Winter Journey" was only 1,880 copies."

"Furthermore, didn't Caroln often emphasize that 'you need to look at market data, but you can't just look at the data'? Although the pre-ordered records are still traveling across the ocean, I read the released music scores in advance. The atmosphere of these art songs is poignant and aspirational. Noble, timeless in artistic conception, and unique in style, it is truly a rare treasure among romantic vocal works."

Sheeran said this and made a serious suggestion to Fanning: "Carolon, your vocal symphony creation skills are obvious to all, but you don't seem to have written many art songs. Are you interested in entering this field?" "

"A little bit." Fan Ning said, "Maybe you will hear it later?"

"Oh, that's great. And where are you at in writing your "Third Symphony"? Have you considered adding a tear-jerking chorus to the last movement..." Qie

"Not yet, what's the point of playing the same tricks all the time."

Fan Ning blinked and smoothed his sleeves again, and Xilan couldn't help but laugh softly when she saw his action.

"Let's see if there is anything else."

Several people shook their heads.

"Then I wish you all good night." He grinned, "I will continue to contact you when the construction of various lines of halls in Uflanser begins soon."

"Good night." Xilan pursed her lips.

"Be careful to avoid danger." Roy looked at him deeply.夤

"Okay." Fan Ning said not to worry too much, and then cut off the spiritual connection with the two candlesticks.

When there were only two people left on the stage again, Qiong's expression became solemn, and she raised her little face and stared at him:

"Weien's "Afternoon of the Faun", your "Poem of Awakening", the creation and completion of the two pieces related to 'Pool', what else is special about them?"

"You must still have a lot of things that you haven't told me. I suggest you tell me what you can tell first."

"Okay, let me think about it." Fan Ning exhaled slowly.

He told the origin of "Afternoon of the Faun", including the dreams that ran through Viennese's entire life, and the name of the god in "Endless Fugue" without concealing it. He even mentioned that this work was the result of Mr. F channeling some kind of power. Jean Vienne's creation temporarily omitted the "old days" factor after careful consideration.

After listening to the story, Qiong let out a dull sigh: "I feel like your life story is more complicated than mine, but at least now I know that the origin of the path to Qiming Church is related to your teacher... It's related to this secret realm. Who is the witness of 'Endless Fugue'?"

"The old organist in Vienne and Uncle Anton have been devout believers in the 'Unfallen Fire' all their lives. Judging from the old organist's tortuous experience in exploring dreams, there is some connection here with the 'Theme of God'. Could it be that Said that in addition to the 'Unfallen Fire', the Holy Sun Church also secretly enshrines an existence called 'Endless Fugue'?"

"In short, the upper level is a confrontation between apostles." Fan Ning concluded more firmly, "One side may be the Holy Sun Church, and the other side is together with Mr. F, Vasius, and Sylvia. The one about Snake's organization... and the three organizations related to 'Chi' in the southern continent, Fanghui Temple, Holy Wound Order and Joyful Listening Society are probably all under its influence or promotion, even if they are ambitious and want to contain 'Red The investigation of the undercurrents behind Chi's Special Inspection Office is only in its infancy. You see, Mr. F's activities clearly started 40 years ago, but the snake organization only came into their sight half a month ago... "

"You yourself are also under the influence." Joan reminded aloud, "For the time being, Wei En can be regarded as a 'positive promotion' party, and Mr. F is a 'negative interference' party, but this is not necessarily true. In your personal interests, From a perspective, positive and negative may change at any time. Who knows whether the destination you are pushed to is heaven or an abyss..."

Fan Ning nodded silently. He didn't know this.

In front of the three of them, he just gave some examples of "if you were not careful and everything ended", but they were all picking things from the past. In fact, there were several of them in the past few days alone, such as in Renee's case. In the bathhouse of the villa, unknown and terrifying things surged up from behind him, such as the echo of the pool of 'good times' that almost dissolved him next to the piano in St. Arternes Hospital...

In the current situation, not to mention seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages for the "great achievements of the upper levels", one needs to be careful just to deal with the "red pool" in front of him or the special patrol offices searching for him all over the world.

Qiong continued to ask: "So what is the origin of your second piece, your "Poem of Awakening"? Compared to forty years ago, the current midsummer is equally strange." Qian

"I told you this a long time ago." Fanning said, "In order to help you and myself resist the infection, I disassembled and explored the pollution knowledge of 'Miss Scarlet' when I was writing. I took action against her methods, and she further countered my actions. With the help of my 'Awakening Poem', this summer has added some variables like forty years ago... The current situation is formed step by step."

"But this matter is still different in essence. First, it has no direct relationship with Mr. F. Second, it will not be completely out of control like "Afternoon of the Faun". "Awakening Poem" is only the first part of my "Third Symphony". The subsequent development is still under the control of my free will..."

Joan has been pacing back and forth with her head down, looking at the back of her feet. At this time, she raised her head:

"Carlon, you are about to face the promotion to the Profound One. Regardless of external dangers, I also need to remind you of your own risks."

"What?" Fanning asked subconsciously.

"Accepting spiritual knowledge will change your spirituality, which will further change your body. In general, this will make your body stronger, your inspiration higher, and even the knowledge confusion that you didn't understand before can be resolved fluently..."

"But you also know that all knowledge has a price, and it is not a one-sided good thing to raise your inspiration higher. So before you are promoted, you must systematically sort out and digest the hidden knowledge you have received, and calm down the hidden risks to the minimum..."

Fan Ning listened quietly, and Qiong's next sentence made him look extremely solemn:

"Otherwise, after the promotion, your high inspiration may cause some originally inconspicuous hidden knowledge pollution to amplify exponentially."

...

At the same time, in another hidden corner deep in the dream, the stairs were intertwined and the texture was transparent like glass.

Deep below the "Chaos Sky Steps" of the Yiyong Secret Realm, the image of the Lord of Witness "Lun Yuan" that can be understood is always sharp light and endless blue storms.

Two endless staircases stretched out in a staggered manner. On one side sat Poglelich, who was wearing a nostalgic denim double-breasted dress, while on the other wider staircase, there were more than twenty people sitting there, including He Meng, Gang, and Owen.

All the inspectors and senior officials of the entire Special Patrol Office gathered here, far more than the number of people in other official extraordinary organizations that could be counted on one hand.

At this moment, all these senior officials sat upright and behaved solemnly, listening to He Meng's work report to the leader. The only exception was the edge of the first step, where a young man with messy hair and his head tucked into his collar was sitting on the ground casually, concentrating on fiddling with the things in front of him.

It was a strange instrument similar to a balance, with a gray and turbid wax all over. There was a vague wheel-shaped symbol under the base, which gave people a dizzy feeling of rotation from time to time.

This person was lighting pieces of paper with music scores out of thin air.

The flames did not turn it into ashes, but burned into a transparent liquid wax-like substance that dripped onto the scale, and then the scale would tilt to the left or right each time.

And if you know something about music, you can find that most of the works recorded in these scores are very familiar to the public if you look closely!

Nyman's "First Piano Concerto" and Fanning's "Violin Concerto in E Minor", the scale tilts towards the latter;

Sweelinck's "Summer Nights in Leipzig" and Fanning's "The Sea", the scale tilts towards the latter;

Schillins' "First Symphony" "Untitled" and Fanning's "First Symphony" "Giant", the scale tilts towards the former;

Fanning's "Choral Fantasy in C Minor" and "Second Symphony" "Resurrection", the scale tilts towards the former;

Scheller's "Winter Journey" and Fanning's "Second Symphony" "Resurrection", the scale tilts towards the former

The young man kept fiddling with the scale, and He Meng's low report continued to echo in the steps:

"…Scheller, male, about 28-30 years old, a wandering musician, his artistic style is unique, showing both a solid foundation in serious music from the Western Continent and a fusion of the Southern Continent. He has the temperament of a mainland-style troubadour, and is well versed in the humanistic core of interpreting "courtly love""

"The difference from Fanning is that he is keen on interpreting classical guitar and art song genres. The response to the "Winter Journey" album recorded by his new students has been close to those of veteran opera stars or royal rookies. Of course, his orchestral attainments are also very high. "Poem of Awakening" directly helped another conductor student to upgrade to "Forged Lion", and this is just the first movement of a symphony he composed. His level may be close to "New Moon", but he was previously unknown due to a series of reasons such as his eccentric personality, cynicism, and reclusive behavior. If he develops steadily in the public eye for 1-2 years, the possibility of upgrading at the Harvest Art Festival is very high"

"Background investigation?" Poglelich asked calmly.夤

"For troubadours, this aspect is relatively simple. Scheler's self-narration and his narration of wandering experiences can confirm each other, and there is no problem with preliminary on-site verification." He Meng replied respectfully.

"Our investigators used gentle 'mysticism' to observe the sleeping groups of some people in several border towns in the western continent and found fragments of art songs composed by Scheler, including some works of 'Winter Journey' and some songs that he said 'will soon let soprano students participate in the competition.' This shows that Scheler still left private memories and experiences in the hearts of a few people who knew him."

"Do the others think there is a problem?" Poglelich's eyes swept over the people sitting upright.

"Did the investigator talk to them?" Owen asked.

"The conversation can be 'bribed' or 'confessed' in advance." He Meng said, "The threshold for this operation is too low, just like 'making a false certificate', even extraordinary abilities do not need to be used, and the verification method of dreams and musical memory is relatively more reliable."

"That's it." Owen nodded in approval.

"Who are the specific people who have memories of Scheele's works?" Gang also asked a question. 夤

"The investigator screened a total of 34 possible people, and there are five people with clear indications, two city noble ladies with low titles, a lady from a wealthy merchant family, a daughter of a squire, and a daughter of a miller," He Meng said.

"What about the timeline?"

"There are some overlaps, and the overall span is about four years."

"Four years is enough, are they all ignorant?"

"Of course they are. If they are knowledgeable, it would be difficult to meet the requirement of 'gentleness' to spy on their dream path."

"I've finished asking questions too." Gang said.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

"Does He Meng have anything to add?"

After no one answered the first sentence, Poglelich looked at He Meng again.

Many people carefully distinguished the leader's tone and expression, but could not see his emotions and attitude.

He Meng considered it carefully and said:

"That's all about music. As for the mysterious side, this Shele is also outstanding. Judging from his record, he can play with a suspected high-level secret believer at will during the journey, and then he easily resolved the "semi-formal" imprisonment secret technique of a bishop of the Fragrant Flower Temple. He can basically be determined to be a master."

"From the light and shadow of inspiration, his study phase is "Pool", and there may be "Candle". Although he is not a clergyman of the Fragrant Flower Temple, judging from his free and easy style and his emphasis on spiritual pleasure, the source of his hidden knowledge and inspiration is still closely related to the "Fragrant Flower Poet."

Poglelich said "um", indicating that He Meng's report could be temporarily ended: 夤

"So your thinking and questions did not grasp the key points."

"The phase of the master and the "Pool" is a more reliable indication than the investigation of the art side."

At this time, Owen asked: "However, leader, Fanning was at the high level limit before he disappeared, Can we definitely rule out the possibility of him being promoted to the Master of the Understanders? "

Poglelich looked at the man who had been sitting on the steps, burning music scores and fiddling with the scales:

"Mr. Wax, you come to answer questions for Chief Inspector Owen."

Mr. Wax raised his head when he heard this: "Now after a year of control, all the official keys of the first level of the door have been used by the "phantoms" and occupied the spiritual knowledge containment position. Under normal circumstances, Fanning will soon be able to destroy a "phantom" control under the application of the Guidance School and be promoted through normal channels, but now, if he wants to cross the door, he must seek the key of the evil god organization that has not yet been checked and has obvious pollution indicators. "

"The leader's divine remnants in the southern continent have intersected with Scheler. As the actual promoter of this year's awakening chant, this Scheler also felt the revelation of some secret history entanglements and investigated the traces of Vien in the Saint Agenie Hospital... There is no problem with his condition, his spirituality is free, and he even got a lot of information about Inspiration for the subsequent writing of the symphony. "夤

"Scheller is basically reliable."

At this time, Gang thanked him politely and said:

"Thank you for answering questions, but I would like to ask about Fanning's question. In addition to official channels or the evil god key, does he have no other way to be promoted? For example, is it possible for a person to create a key by himself and successfully be promoted? ..."

Mr. La held down the shaking scale with his hand and was silent for a while:

"Yes."

"But in that case, as long as you are promoted for the first time, you and He Meng will not be opponents. "

Everyone looked solemn and confused when they heard this, and Owen couldn't help but ask: 夤

"Why?"

Gang and He Meng are the older patrol chiefs of the second level of Suixiao among the senior officials of the Special Patrol Office. If Mr. La thinks that they are not opponents, then Owen himself, who is at the top of the first level of Suixiao, is not...

"The upper and lower connection between the doors is called the climbing path, and successfully creating a key means that you will open a new and stable climbing path in the Hui Tower. Ascending path, although the doors are still those doors, this path has never been worn out, the observation angle of that spiritual knowledge has never been occupied by anyone, and it is 100% in line with your spirituality. The power of the secret art of riding in this way will be extremely powerful, and even those who cross the doors at a higher altitude may not be its opponents..."

"From my latest research results on secret history, the problem of using self-created keys to build the ascension path is still related to one of the key secrets of 'whether the source god can completely maintain self-knowledge after ascending to the seat of the house'... However, this is simply as difficult as ascending to heaven. Self-created keys are systematic, not one, but a set, but the amazing thing is that the first key requires the climber to use his own vocabulary to metaphorically interpret the entire Huita structure. For a knowledgeable person who has never even entered the Huita, wanting to understand the secrets of those 'divine doors' at high places is almost... almost..."

Mr. La explained here, sent a questioning look to Poglelich, and after getting his consent, he continued:

"In the secret history that I have mastered, there may be only three people who can ascend with self-created keys. Our leader is one of them. He has traveled all the way to the six doors of 'Ember' by relying on the path he created. 'Gate of Annihilation', this is why the leader is almost invincible in the realm of order enforcers..."

"As for the 'Society of the Gods' that has surfaced recently, it is precisely because the leader is highly suspicious of 'Mr. ..." Qian

Mr. Wax's explanation of the deep secrets of the climbing path made the senior officials in the Special Inspection Department fall into silence. They were extremely awe and respect for the leader, and they also felt increasingly uneasy about this organization that worships the "Truth Man". got up.

Owen, who was the first to ask why, couldn't help but ask again:

"Maybe three in total, and one more, who is it?"

"That man is not in the same era as us, and his deeds in the second half of his life are still a mystery." Mr. Wax slowly shook his head, and then said a name that most people present had heard:

"The first saint of the Holy Sun Church, Saint Sebastian."