Gao Wu: Ten years of sparring experience, one move and the world knows him

Chapter 88 The Song of the Rising Tide of the Azure Sea (5K)

"Who says you can't bring classmates home to play just because your dad's home? I'm not that old-fashioned!"

As soon as Miao Miaomiao finished speaking, a deep voice, like a whisper, rang in their ears.

"Secret telepathic transmission!"

Zhao Rui was shocked; it was a Grandmaster-level expert!

"Dad, you're eavesdropping on me!"

Upon hearing this voice, Miao Miaomiao immediately gave a coquettish hum, clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

"Welcome to our home, young man. Please come in, I'm a very friendly person!"

The voice continued to ring in Zhao Rui's ears.

friendly?

Zhao Rui chuckled awkwardly. Luckily, he and Miao Miaomiao didn't have any special relationship. Otherwise, if the two of them had just kissed at the door, wouldn't he have immediately sent them flying with a single palm strike?

"Since you have invited me, it would be impolite of me to refuse. I apologize for disturbing you!"

Zhao Rui said loudly.

"Forget about being a senior, just call me uncle!"

Miao Miaomiao looked at Zhao Rui with an embarrassed expression and said softly, "It's okay if you don't want to go."

"I long to meet a master like you, Uncle. How could I not want to go? Miao, lead the way."

Since their relationship was completely innocent, he naturally felt at ease.

Upon hearing this, Miao Miao smiled and nodded slightly. Then she turned and led Zhao Rui toward their building.

A few minutes later, Miao Miaomiao unlocked the door with her fingerprint and led Zhao Rui inside.

Miao Miaomiao's home is a large two-story house with a very spacious area. The large living room is bright and clean, and the exquisite decoration is high-end and elegant.

A man and a woman were sitting in the living room. They looked quite young, not even thirty.

Hearing the door open, the woman stood up and went to greet her.

"Welcome to my home."

The woman said with a smile, her eyes casually glancing at Zhao Rui.

When Zhao Rui saw the person who came, he was slightly taken aback and hesitated to greet him casually. He couldn't help but turn his gaze to Miao Miaomiao.

Because the woman in front of him was really too young.

Her delicate and beautiful appearance bears a striking resemblance to Miao Miaomiao, only with a touch more gentle and elegant mature charm.

Just like her eldest sister.

Seeing Zhao Rui's stunned and helpless look, Miao Miaomiao couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Zhao Rui, this is my mother."

"Hello, Auntie!"

Upon hearing Miao Miaomiao's words, Zhao Rui was slightly taken aback, but still immediately greeted her politely.

"Come in and have a seat!"

With a smile, Miao's mother led Zhao Rui into the living room.

"Hello, Uncle!"

Upon reaching the living room, Zhao Rui looked at the expressionless middle-aged man sitting on the sofa and greeted him politely.

"Please sit down!"

The man straightened up slightly, pointed to the seat next to him, and said calmly.

After Zhao Rui sat down, the man looked him up and down and said, "You're quite handsome, young man. Are you and Miao Miao college classmates?"

"We are teammates on the martial arts team."

"Oh, where is your home?"

Upon hearing this, Miao Miaomiao quickly interrupted him, saying, "Dad, are you checking the household registration? How can you invite people to your home like this?"

The man chuckled and said, "Alright, my daughter is right."

As they were talking, Mother Miao brought over the washed fruits and vegetables and invited Zhao Rui to taste them.

Then she sat down next to the man and asked with a smile, "How old are you this year?"

"Mom, you asked too!"

"You little rascal!"

"In short, don't ask too many questions, just look at whether he's handsome or not."

Zhao Rui: ...

"Okay, okay, I won't ask!"

The woman chuckled and kept urging Zhao Rui to eat more fruit.

It would be awkward not to ask anything. Zhao Rui didn't come in just to eat fruit; we should at least chat for a bit.

He immediately said politely, "Uncle's method of transmitting sound just now was truly miraculous. The sound was focused and clear, and the voice was far-reaching and accurate. It is truly admirable."

"Oh? Young man, you have a good eye."

"Judging from your restrained spirit and deep, even breathing, the day you advance to the eighth level must be just around the corner. You are indeed a promising talent for martial arts."

"She's nowhere near as good as Miao!"

Zhao Rui said modestly.

"The path of martial arts is long and arduous. One must never be arrogant or complacent, nor should one lose heart because of temporary setbacks."

"Miaomiao, you must remember these words as well."

After chatting for a while, Zhao Rui saw that it was almost time to leave and got up to say goodbye.

After seeing Zhao Rui off, Miao Miaomiao returned home and found her parents sitting on the sofa, looking at her with amusement.

"Girl, the young man is fairly good-looking, but you can only see his true character over time."

A smile appeared on Miao's delicate face.

"Mom, what are you thinking? We're just, well, ordinary friends."

Miao Miaomiao hesitated slightly. Were she and Zhao Rui friends?

"Okay, okay, just friends."

Miao's mother chuckled softly.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going back to my room."

Miao Miaomiao gave a coquettish laugh, got up, and quickly returned to her bedroom.

"You mean the reason your daughter lost her powers was because of him?"

After her daughter left, Miao's mother leaned close to her husband and whispered something.

"That's possible!"

Miao's father nodded with a cold face. As a father, even a master like him couldn't help but feel that his daughter had a crush on someone.

"This girl hasn't had much contact with boys growing up, so don't be fooled. But this guy seems like an honest person."

"If this kid dares to betray his daughter, he'll never forgive her if she's willing to sacrifice her power for him."

"Shh, you mustn't do anything like that, or you'll scare the child."

"knew!"

……

The process of recovering from the loss of internal energy is a long one, and even if Zhao Rui has the complete cultivation method, he still has to proceed step by step.

Rushing things will only destabilize Miao's foundation.

So this became a daily activity.

Zhao Rui usually focuses on cultivating his own martial arts, especially the Xuan Yin Lie Xiao Scripture.

After practicing with the opponent before dispersing his power, he had already successfully replicated this technique. The only thing he was missing now was a musical instrument.

One night, under Miao Miaomiao's guidance, Zhao Rui tried to use his voice to circulate the magic technique and shouted a couple of times.

However, since the Lion's Roar and the Mysterious Sound Spectrum are not the same thing, not only did it not produce any effect, but it also almost made him lose his voice.

Later, using Miao Miaomiao's guzheng, I plucked the strings haphazardly a few times and managed to produce some powerful sound waves, but it was just like an old man fluffing cotton.

It lacked any aesthetic appeal, and the force was off-target and inaccurate.

This made Miao Miaomiao giggle.

This made Zhao Rui even more eager to learn how to play the flute as soon as possible.

It just so happened that school had just started and the courses weren't too demanding. When Zhao Rui wasn't practicing his martial arts, he would run to the small woods on the southeast side of the school to practice playing the flute.

This grove belongs to the School of Arts and is also the exclusive practice space for the Arts Department of the Student Union. Art students often come here to practice their instruments.

Erhu, guzheng, saxophone, guitar, recorder, all kinds of instruments are available.

The forest is large and the atmosphere is great.

When Zhao Rui encounters techniques he doesn't understand, he will ask the art students around him for help.

As a martial artist, the dexterity of their fingers and the precision of their breathing are far beyond what ordinary people can achieve.

In this environment, Zhao Rui improved almost every day.

"You come to practice every day! You've signed up for the arts festival in ten days?"

As Zhao Rui entered the woods that day, a boy playing the guitar saw him and greeted him with a smile.

"No, it's just a hobby. What arts festival?"

Zhao Rui asked curiously.

"It's the school arts festival. Each college sends out programs to participate. Your flute playing is pretty good; I thought you had signed up."

Hearing the boy's words, Zhao Rui raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Is my skill level already that good?"

"Aren't you from an accounting school? Your amateur level is quite good."

"Um, okay, even if it's just a hobby. Handsome, can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of help?"

The boy asked curiously.

"I have two scores in my head, but I don't know how to put them together myself. Could you help me organize them? I'm willing to pay."

"Sheet music? You composed it yourself? And two of them?"

"Yeah, just random thoughts!"

This wasn't the first time Zhao Rui had plagiarized a song, so he naturally felt no pressure.

"My abilities are limited, but I can introduce you to a senior student. She majored in music arrangement, she's very talented, and she also takes on these kinds of freelance work."

"Okay, sure!"

Zhao Rui naturally had no objections.

At that moment, the boy took out his phone and contacted the female senior, then took Zhao Rui to the music office building.

There are dubbing studios, mixing studios, recording studios, and a small music studio here; the equipment is quite complete.

The two arrived at an office, knocked on the door and entered, where they found two people hunched over a computer, studying sheet music.

"Senior sister, this is the junior I was talking about who wants to compose music."

The young man politely made his introduction.

"Hello. What type of music would you like to compose?"

The girl turned her head, looked at Zhao Rui, and asked inquiringly.

"It should be a duet of qin and xiao, or a duet of qin and dizi, and there is also a flute version."

"Okay, no problem, let's go to the audition room to do a test."

After the girl finished speaking, she took Zhao Rui to the audition room.

"Go ahead and hum a tune!"

Upon arriving at the audition room, the girl asked Zhao Rui to stand in front of the microphone and then spoke.

"I'll whistle it!"

"Anything works!"

Zhao Rui then whistled softly the tune of "The Song of the Azure Sea" from his mind.

This is an interlude from the TV series "Huang Yaoshi" starring Jiang Dawei. Zhao Rui used to like it a lot and could whistle it roughly.

The girl's eyes lit up when she heard the tune. She had initially thought he was just an amateur who came to get the sheet music for his own amusement.

But this piece of music is so beautiful and melancholic, with an extremely winding and melodious rhythm that evokes a sense of loneliness and sorrow upon first listen.

"This part should be an octave higher, this part is 'talking...' You actually know how to use the 'fish biting its tail' technique, cycling through it..."

The two of them hummed and composed music, and before they knew it, an hour had passed.

"Did you really compose this piece yourself?"

"Hmm, senior, what do you think of this piece?"

"It's beautiful, truly wonderful. It's like listening to the sound of the ocean. What's the name of this piece?"

"The Song of the Rising Tide on the Azure Sea!"

"The Song of the Rising Tide on the Blue Sea? That's wonderful, the name is beautiful too. What's the other one? I'm looking forward to it."

"Are you going to record now?"

"Let's record it, let's go all out."

"I don't remember the second song very well. It involves two instruments, so I can only give a general description. I might need you to fill in the gaps, senior."

"It's okay, come on! Senior is ready."

"..."

Zhao Rui hummed the same song again this time, but this time it was a version by Master Hu.

Moreover, this song is too complicated, so he can only hum the climax.

The beginning of the chorus was a complete mess in my mind; I couldn't remember it at all.

However, as soon as the high-C part came out, the girl immediately couldn't sit still.

Her face lit up with excitement, and her hands trembled slightly as she said, "That's it, that's the feeling."

Her actions startled Zhao Rui.

"It's okay, it's okay, you can continue."

The girl realized she had lost her composure, so she quickly sat down again and listened attentively.

Ten minutes later, the girl stared at the computer screen with a deep frown, her fingers lightly tapping on the recording keyboard next to her, trying to find the right notes.

"No, that's not right, it doesn't have that kind of presence!"

The girl recorded and deleted the video, then recorded it again.

"Hum it again!"

Helpless, Zhao Rui returned to the microphone and continued humming.

After going back and forth like this, it took three hours to finally get the high C part recorded.

"Senior is amazing, she's pretty much what I expected."

Zhao Rui praised her generously.

"The score is still good, but you should think about the chorus more carefully."

"Hmm, how about you help me with this, senior? We can work together. I'm not good at these kinds of details."

"This... I'll do my best."

Upon hearing this, the senior student's expression immediately turned serious. Clearly, she truly loved the piece and was worried that her version would be a poor imitation.

"Wait a minute, let me register the song for you."

Perhaps moved by Zhao Rui's act of sharing the score, the senior student took the initiative to upload the score online and obtain first-release copyright certification.

Zhao Rui doesn't actually care about this, but it's a good thing to have it.

"It's rare to hear two such beautiful pieces of music today. Let me treat you to dinner."

After uploading the music, the senior student was still a little excited, so she invited Zhao Rui to have dinner together.

"Let me treat you."

Zhao Rui smiled and agreed.

After leaving the school, the two had a simple meal at a charming little restaurant by the roadside.

Although the two were not familiar with each other, the girl admired Zhao Rui's "talent" very much and took the initiative to chat about many topics.

The meal was quite enjoyable.

After all, if girls take the initiative, there's nothing left for boys!

After dinner, Zhao Rui headed to their usual spot.

It was still early, and Miao Miaomiao had not yet arrived.

Zhao Rui then took out his flute and slowly began to play the "Azure Sea Tide Song" from the sheet music he had just acquired.

Suddenly, a mournful sound came from the flute, as if the bright moon was hanging in the sky, looking down at the vast sea, and the sound waves gradually rose, like angry waves surging.

Suddenly the wind and waves subsided, and a sense of loneliness slowly rose. The vast and desolate sea was deep and barren, and endless sorrow flowed out slowly.

Zhao Rui played the flute with increasing skill, his emotions rising and falling with the music. Suddenly, he silently activated the inner energy of the Xuan Yin Lie Xiao Pu (Mysterious Sound Rifting Sky Score), causing his inner energy to surge forth from his mouth.

Instantly, streams of energy transformed into musical notes that resonated in all directions, following the sound of the flute.

This immediately caused the surrounding withered branches to tremble violently, emitting a rustling sound as they fell.

"Click..."

With a few soft sounds, some of the fragile, dry branches broke off and fell to the ground.

Zhao Rui's eyes lit up, and he activated the killing technique within his inner strength, exhaling it through his breath as a sound wave that shot out in a specific direction.

Suddenly, a thick branch not far away snapped off.

It works!

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Rui was overjoyed.

Wait a minute, it seems that the "Azure Sea Tide Song" recorded in the book is a group attack technique, which mainly uses sound waves to vibrate the enemy's internal energy to achieve the effect of injuring people.

In this sense, my initial unconscious playing actually resonated with the murderous intent of the melody.

What if we add the internal energy vibration of the Six-Character Enchanting Immortal Technique?

Zhao Rui's pupils dilated slightly; he was in an extremely pleasant mood.

Let's start practicing right away.

Learning martial arts is like doing scientific research; both require using your brain to think and verify.

Zhao Rui began his experiment on integrating martial arts techniques with great enthusiasm.

He practiced for almost half an hour until Miao Miaomiao arrived, at which point he put away his flute.

"That's a beautiful piece of music. I've never heard it before."

Miao Miaomiao praised with a light laugh.

"I created it myself!"

"boast!"

Miao Miaomiao rolled her eyes at him, clearly not believing him.

"Let's begin! You'll need to practice according to your method. Good luck, Zhao Rui."

"come on!"

Zhao Rui smiled, sat cross-legged, and protected her during her cultivation practice.

Nothing much happened on this cold night.

A week has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Rui finally received a call from his senior, who said that she had completed the second piece of music.

Let him come and take a look.

Zhao Rui rushed over immediately.

As soon as the music started, a sense of chivalry and martial arts, like ink dripping onto rice paper, instantly spread out.

Zhao Rui raised an eyebrow. Although it wasn't as amazing as the original, it still fit the high C part.

"fine!"

Zhao Rui smiled.

Upon hearing this, the senior student's expression immediately fell: "I know it's far inferior to your work. Let me think about it again, and I feel the artistic conception is too deliberate."

"It's already pretty good!"

Zhao Rui smiled, asked her for a printed copy of the sheet music, and familiarized himself with it.

He then tried playing the high C section, and immediately a powerful and resonant feeling, like the vast ocean and the turbulent world, emanated from the melodious flute music.

The intermittent transitions with a strong rhythm made the entire recording studio seem to vibrate with the flute music.

"This music, when used with sonic techniques, is absolutely amazing!"

Zhao Rui was secretly delighted. He didn't care about the gentler parts at the beginning, as long as he could deliver the high C part.

"Thanks, senior. How much is it? I'll transfer it to you!"

"You're still talking to me about money? You've already asked me to supplement your sheet music for free."

The senior student smiled gently. Even if she didn't do a good job, Zhao Rui's part alone was enough to make the piece a classic.

She did sign her name!

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner another day. I have class this afternoon, so I'll head back now."

Zhao Rui smiled.

"Wait a minute, the arts festival starts in a couple of days. May I ask you to play this piece with me?"

The senior student blushed slightly and said shyly.

"I?"

Zhao Rui thought for a moment and said, "Okay. But I'm not very good at it, so don't let it affect your show."

"How could that be? It's settled then."

"Um."

Zhao Rui smiled and stepped out of the music building.

……

In the season of spring warmth and blooming flowers, what is colorful is not only the vibrant spring scenery, but also the youthful vigor in the hearts of young people.

The annual music festival at Dongqi University, amidst much anticipation, slowly kicked off on Friday evening.

The spacious playground was packed, with every seat filled, and even outside the railings, crowds of onlookers gathered.

Li Xinran was very interested in this kind of program and had already secured a good spot with Qin Rui early on.

"Why isn't Zhao Rui here yet?"

With the performance about to begin, Li Xinran looked at the empty seat next to her and couldn't help but complain.

No fewer than twenty people have come to his spot asking if it's taken.

(End of this chapter)