I have the best bloodline

In a teahouse, Su Yan manifested his fox form and released the alluring charm that the Su family possessed innately. The little fox stood upright on the table, waving two small fox paws holding fluorescent stones, a specialty of the Zhongshan region.

He seemed to be performing some kind of dance, waving two long, stick-shaped fluorescent stones, leaving afterimages. Behind him, two zithers and a set of chimes were controlled by Su Yan's divine sense, playing extremely exciting melodies. Immersed in the melodies, the people of Zhongshan shouted and yelled along with Su Yan.

"Come on! Let's get this party started! Let's get this party started on the day the Candlelight is about to awaken!"

The little fox brandished the fluorite, waving a large crimson ring on the tea table, like the rising sun. Then, it shouted to the beauties below the stage, "May the Yin of Candlelight reign supreme!" With a swift turn, it tossed the fluorite stick into the air, revealing its exquisitely beautiful youthful form and a face displaying interconnected layers of worldly beauty. It caught the fluorite stick with a radiant smile and exclaimed:

"A salute to our supreme Zhuyin! Yesterday is gone and will never return. Happiness is more important than anything else. Spilled water cannot be retrieved. Even though the peach blossoms have faded, I, Su, will still be with you all!"

"Of course, the premise is that you don't pull any strings. I, Su, am already a married fox. My presence here to play music is solely to celebrate the awakening of Zhuyin!"

"Pfft."

Seeing Su Yan jumping and hopping around, sometimes manifesting as a little fox to create a lively atmosphere, and sometimes manifesting as his own youthful form to attract more people, it was hard to describe the scene. He shook his head and laughed out loud.

Su Yan's logic was very clear. He had no background, no power, and no immortal crystals in Zhongshan, so it was impossible for him to get a front-row seat with a meal ticket. Therefore, he planned to use his business skills to get a front-row seat near Zhuyin.

Candlelight can provide emotional value, whether the emotional value is good or bad, as long as it is fresh!

While showcasing his business skills, Su Yan was also doing some very novel things. His mastery of music was barely comprehensible to Ruonv and Linglun, but Ruonv and Linglun were both powerful figures known as the gods of music.

Linglun was the founder of music among the human race. The melodies that were acceptable to them were considered celestial music that would be hard to come by even if they cost ten thousand jin of spirit stones.

In Zhongshan City, where people still wore coarse linen clothes, no one could beat Su Yan when it came to art and music.

Su Yan is absolutely capable of securing a seat at the front of the banquet with his own abilities. After all, the subordinates of Zhuyin don't care who Su Yan is. In order to please their faith in Zhuyin, they are more than willing to bring Su Yan over after learning about his business acumen.

It's simply because Su Yan's creations are very innovative and can provide sufficient emotional value to Zhu Yin!

Zhu Yin had to admit that Su Yan was indeed quite clever. As soon as he got information about himself, he immediately began to combine his own abilities with the faith of Zhong Shanmin to start planning things.

Rather than saying Su Yan is the offspring of the old dragon, his personality is more like that of the nine-tailed fox, emphasizing flexibility and adaptability.

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Zhongshan City

"call"

Having just finished singing and dancing in the evening, Su Yan landed directly on the ground from the tea table, manifesting as a young man and waving to the girls who came to listen to his music.

"So, which girl is the rich one?" Su Yan smiled as she chatted with the girls, while secretly searching for a wealthy family: "I wonder if my simple, fresh personality and musical skills are enough to get me a seat in the first row at the Flowing Water Banquet."

"Let's find a wealthy family as a backup. If we really can't get in through our business skills, we can sneak in using our status as a pet fox. We can then find a way to get close to Zhuyin towards the end of the banquet."

Su Yan muttered to himself as he began searching for girls from seemingly wealthy families, hoping to sell himself for a very good price and sneak into the banquet hall.

But Su Yan really had a hard time discerning which of the girls in the crowd came from a wealthy family.

Although Zhongshan is very safe, the city's resources and textile industry are relatively ordinary. Everyone devotes their energy to cultivation. While robes and such items are quite common here, fine silks and satins have little practical significance. However, beautiful and gorgeous clothes are not very popular in Zhongshan City.

While silk fabrics woven from demonic beast threads can be used to make robes, in terms of defense and resistance to spells, they are not as cheap and plentiful as robes.

The people of Zhongshan were too pragmatic, and Su Yan hesitated for several days without finding a suitable family.

"Sigh, it's so hard to find a good family to serve." After seeing the customers off at the teahouse and promising to continue singing and dancing the next day, Su Yan sat down in a chair, picked up the teacup beside her, and took a sip. The cool liquor went straight down her throat, giving off a warm feeling.

"Shopkeeper, how about we take down the roof? It just doesn't feel quite right. Tomorrow I'll get a three-light water balloon to hang up and light it up. What do you think?"

"Hey, whatever you say. Anyway, the money I earned from drinks and rewards in three days is more spirit stones than I could earn in my entire life. You can tear down the teahouse and turn it into a combination of a tavern and an inn, it's all fine with me."

The shopkeeper, clutching the spirit stone that exuded the girl's fragrance, sat on the ground, grinning foolishly. He didn't care about the fruit peels and spilled wine on the ground; he just kept laughing like an idiot.

Today's income is over 3,000 catties of spirit stones, while the cost of wine and fruit is only 2 catties of spirit stones. In just three days since Su Yan joined, he has already earned over 6,000 spirit stones.

The old man had never seen so many spirit stones before, and now he had completely become Su Yan's lackey.

Don't even mention tearing down the roof to put water balloons; even if you tore off all your old bones, the old man would only say, "Brother Su Yan, you're incredibly strong! Hit me a couple more times! Otherwise, my conscience is really a bit uneasy. No, no, no, you should keep beating me until the medical bills accumulate to about a thousand catties of spirit stones before you stop!"

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Seeking votes at the end of the month

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 600 I landed on Zhongshan Mountain and ate rice from the Zhuyin family.

"Boom boom boom——"

The chime bell hammer floated in mid-air, striking the chime bells without any information in hand. The two zithers also automatically played exciting melodies. Su Yan stood on the stage of the drastically changed teahouse, singing and dancing with great skill, while also controlling various musical instruments to continue the joyful atmosphere.

Above the stage, a three-colored, shimmering light sphere reflected light, sweeping across the room. Men and women within the soundscape were all immersed in the blissful atmosphere in their minds. In addition, the little fox would occasionally add a seductive spell, stimulating the hormones of all the men and women. Thousands of people surrounded the teahouse and the surrounding streets.

Even the city guards who were patrolling and trying to clear the way into the teahouse were all trapped in the sound field.

"Is he the 'fresh' that Father was talking about?"

In the jewelry store across from the teahouse, Gu Jun sat on the third-floor balcony, holding a wine glass, glancing sideways at the excited subjects on the street. Under the influence of rousing music, the subjects were jumping and swaying, clapping their hands rhythmically.

The actor was also creating an atmosphere, manipulating his instruments to produce dynamic melodies.

"That's probably true."

The woman sitting opposite the drum looked at Su Yan and said softly, "In the past three days, I have passed by the palace four times and each time I saw your father looking at that actor. I think what your father was referring to as something new was that actor's percussion music."

What Su Yan presented, strictly speaking, did not belong to the category of street singing.

That is a kind of Tao, which constructs a dreamlike world through music. It can be used to defend against enemies, or simply to bring people a sense of pleasure. It can also directly control the emotions of living beings who are immersed in music.

In the late Primordial Era, cultivators like Su Yan who mastered the sonic range generally devoted themselves to the battlefield, using special melodies to stimulate the potential of cultivators, as well as to demoralize the enemy or cause chaos.

However, after the chaotic war among the myriad races, the lineage of cultivators who mastered the sound domain had withered away. Ordinary brothel singing and flirting were simply not from the same world as the sound domain cultivators.

Only in the sky region are there a few beings who still understand the Dao of the Sound Domain.

"Speaking of which, since the disappearance of Mount Ling, no creature that has mastered the Dao of Sound has ever been seen again. Even the Wilderness Palace, which unified the Dao of Sound in the world, is now empty. Perhaps, if we could catch one and place it beside Father, he could use the Dao of Sound to relieve his boredom in his spare time?"

“As long as his creative inspiration continues, he can create countless dreamlike worlds.” Gu Jun withdrew his gaze from Su Yan and turned his attention to Xuan Ming, the God of Winter and North Wind, who was sitting opposite him.

With long, azure hair cascading down and ears like bird wings, Dong Zhi Xuanming smiled and said, "In that case, let's extend an invitation to that boy! Let him stay on the mountain as your father's personal musician, to keep your father entertained and pass the time before he enters another sleep cycle."

The news of Zhuyin's awakening is still being kept secret and has not been announced, otherwise it might cause some confusion. When Dongzhi Xuanming refers to Zhuyin, he refers to him as Gu Jun's father.

About an hour later, Su Yan, with some lipstick marks on her cheeks and chest, ended her business for the day, smiling as she saw the customers out, and reminded her fellow Daoists to bring more friends tomorrow.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait."

The beautiful Dong Zhi Xuanming slowly descended from the balcony onto the street where the event had ended. Looking at Su Yan, who was preparing to close up shop, she asked with a smile, "I see that you are quite skilled in music, fellow Daoist. May I ask where you learned it? If it's convenient, you might as well tell me. I have a very good job here that involves Zhuyin Palace."

Upon seeing the woman with long, azure hair and ears like bird wings, Su Yan's eyes lit up. The newcomer was the legendary God of the North and Winter, one of the two holy spirits under Zhuyin's command.

Having spent over a week in Zhongshan City, Su Yan had a general understanding of the image of Zhongshan's high-ranking officials, so he immediately recognized Dong Zhi Xuanming when he saw her.

"My name is Su Yan. I am a disciple of Ling Lun, the God of Music of the Wilderness Palace. I am currently traveling and have learned that the first ray of light in the world is about to awaken. Therefore, I am staying here in the hope of witnessing the supreme power and glory of Zhu Yin."

Su Yan smiled, raised his hand in a gesture of respect, and briefly introduced his background and the reason for his stay.

The Wilderness Palace was not a religious or sectarian organization, but simply a gathering place where the Holy Spirits, including the senior Ruonv, would compose poems, play instruments, and sing. Although it was not an organization, all the beings with the highest musical skills in the world gathered there, and they themselves possessed extraordinary influence.

Yinglong, Jiutian Xuannv, Nuwa, Fuxi, Ruonv, Linglun, Bai Ze, Huangdi, and Yandi—their influence can be said to occupy half of the original immortal realm. Even the Queen Mother of the West often invites them to attend her banquets of ten thousand immortals, to enjoy themselves together.

Although Su Yan is an honest fox who is good at acting cute, he is not an honest person who doesn't know how to use someone else's name to make a big deal out of it. He naturally understands that having a prestigious organization makes it very convenient to do anything in the immortal realm.

Having a reputable background makes one's words more convincing than appearing mysterious.

"Studied under Ling Lun of the Wilderness Palace?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhixuanming's eyes lit up, and he said, "Ling Lun, who follows the Yellow Emperor and is stationed at Mount Ling?"

“Yes, I have been learning the fifty-stringed zither and chime bells from my master.” Su Yan nodded and said.

"Excellent! Ling Lun's name is so renowned, he's practically the royal musician for the Queen Mother of the West's banquets. To be able to become Ling Lun's apprentice, you must possess exceptional talent." Dong Zhi Xuan Ming said with a smile, "In that case, I hope that Musician Su can present us with a grand and perfect musical performance at the banquet a week from now."

"If you have any needs, just let us know, and we can prepare them for you."

The presence of Kuangye Palace and Linglun, along with the ability to produce the fifty-stringed zither unique to Ruonv and Linglun's lineage, undoubtedly confirms Su Yan's identity. The fifty-stringed zither, due to its excessively sorrowful melodies, produces only mournful tunes no matter how it is played, and only Ruonv and Linglun can perform it with their superb skills.

The 50-string zither has an overly mournful tone, not because of the strings themselves, but because of the resonating chamber. This is a structural defect in the zither. Although the 50-string zither has a beautiful tone and an even more wonderful range of resonance, very few people can play it.

The moment Su Yan took out his fifty-stringed zither, Dong Zhi Xuanming recognized his musical talent.

"Finally... I passed the civil service exam!" With Dong Zhi Xuanming's personal approval, the worries that had been lingering in Su Yan's heart vanished instantly. He breathed a long sigh of relief and let out a heartfelt sigh.

Whether or not the Bai Ze inheritance in the Zhuyin Treasure Vault can be obtained rests with Zhuyin. Whether it can or not is not something Su Yan needs to worry about. What Su Yan has always been concerned about is how to get in front of Zhuyin, the creator spirit, and express his needs!

Now that I've finally made it ashore, I can finally tell Zhuyin what I need!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 601 Candlelight: "Heh"

"Sister Xuanming, take a look at my process. Does it need to be reviewed?"

After being recruited by Dong Zhi Xuanming, there was still a week before the Qu Shui Liu Shang Banquet. At this moment, Su Yan was unaware that Zhu Yin had already awakened and was sitting on the top of Zhongshan Mountain, looking down on the living beings in the mortal world.

Following Dong Zhi Xuanming's instructions, Su Yan began preparing the musical program for the winding stream banquet.

The music begins with a gentle and pleasant melody. As the candlelight descends to the throne and flows down the water, the music becomes slightly faster and more exciting with drumbeats. When a creature takes the initiative to pick up a dish to perform, the war drum immediately sounds a loud chant to set the tone, and then the music switches to the corresponding theme based on the performer's talent.

Su Yan spent two days writing out the process and also prepared more than two hundred different pieces of music to ensure that they matched the styles and themes of the performers.

"Well"

Sitting upright in the city lord's mansion, Dong Zhi Xuanming looked at the flowchart that Su Yan had handed him, as well as more than two hundred pieces of sheet music and lists of musical instruments. After a moment of contemplation, he said:

"The process and the music are fine, the only problem now is... don't you think I might not understand it?"

Su Yan's ancient demon script was quite beautiful, and she thoughtfully drew up illustrations to explain the process. Dong Zhi Xuanming could understand these things, but he really had never been exposed to things like musical knowledge.

In the past, when attending grand banquets, the organizers would find musicians who were proficient in music theory, and even more so in the realm of sound range, to create a dreamlike world of sound.

Spectators do not need to understand music theory, much less musical scores. The range of sound is an ability that can immerse all living beings in music, allowing even those who know nothing about music to find enjoyment in it. It is a banquet with absolutely no barriers to entry and that everyone can participate in.

No additional learning cost is required; that's precisely the purpose of vocal range.

If it were only twenty or thirty pieces of sheet music, Dong Zhi Xuanming could use the sound of the wind to test the quality of Su Yan's music and force himself to understand the score. But with over two hundred pieces of sheet music in front of him, Dong Zhi Xuanming immediately lost interest in testing each piece and just wanted Su Yan to play them for him.

Seeing Dong Zhi Xuanming acting shamelessly, claiming ignorance despite knowing about musical theory, and trying to present it through his vocal range, Su Yan was speechless.

If this were the Xia Dynasty, a god as lazy and negligent as you would be imprisoned. Su Yan muttered a few curses to himself before sitting down next to Dong Zhi Xuanming and beginning to hum a tune to explain the meaning and significance of each musical score.

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A week passed in the blink of an eye, and the bronze troughs in Zhongshan City were all completed. They circled around the platform halfway up Zhongshan Mountain and connected directly to the sky.