Chapter 1511: Please stop
"What is that sound?"
When Xiao Mu released the barrier in front of them, there was this strange sound that filled the air. It was a sound that hadn’t been there until the barrier had been released, but it was strange that there was even a sound in the first place.
After all, it wasn’t as if a sound like this should have been blocked to begin with.
From what they could hear, it seemed like this was the sound of an instrument. Only when they listened closely, it didn’t feel like it was the sound of a single instrument.
It felt like there were different sounds that were laid on top of each other with how intricate this sound was.
But at the same time, there was something about this sound that made it clear that it was just a single instrument.
"Are there instruments that can produce this kind of sound?" Lin Fan couldn’t help asking in the end as he turned to look at Ye Qing Huan.
When it came to matters like this, she was the one that knew far more than he did.
However, Ye Qing Huan just shook her head to show that she didn’t know at all. It seemed like this was something that had even stumped Ye Qing Huan with all of her knowledge.
It was hard to guess what it was about this that stumped her, but she wasn’t able to figure out what this was as well.
"It’s a zither."
Both Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan looked at Xiao Mu with surprised looks when they heard this before looking at it as if they were asking if it was certain about this.
Xiao Mu raised its hand and pointed at where its ears should have been. When it did this, there was this small hole that appeared that revealed something that Ye Qing Huan didn’t recognize.
However, Lin Fan knew what this thing was as soon as he saw it.
It was something that was similar to a microphone, but it was also different. It was better to call it some kind of sound sensor than a microphone.
He still knew that this thing inside of Xiao Mu’s head would be able to analyze the sound that entered it and compare it to sounds that were in its database. So there should be no doubt when Xiao Mu said that it was a zither.
"So this is a place for music instruments?"
Xiao Mu didn’t answer this as it looked at the pavilion in front of them.
In the end, Xiao Mu just shook its head before saying, "I don’t know."
Xiao Mu was supposed to have a good idea of what was in these places since it had access to the database of the Dao Sect. So for Xiao Mu to actually say that it didn’t know what this place was, it meant that there was something strange about this place.
It meant that whatever was in Xiao Mu’s database was different from what was in front of them now.
Since that was the case, there really wasn’t anything that they could do about this.
In the end, they just went into the pavilion to see what they would be able to find.
"Don’t look." Ye Qing Huan said the moment that they entered the pavilion.
She even went as far as moving over to stand behind Lin Fan and using her hands to cover his eyes.
It wasn’t as if Lin Fan couldn’t really see since he could just use his spiritual sense, so he did see what this room was like. Though he couldn’t believe that a pavilion of the Dao Sect would look like this.
The simplest way to describe this was that this place looked like a brothel.
There was a stage and there were tables set up in the main hall, as if they were made for people to sit at and be served. The stage itself looked like it was perfect for dancers to perform on.
But was this really a pavilion of the solemn Dao Sect?
Was this a place for their disciples to relieve themselves?
No matter how one looked at it, it really didn’t seem to fit the Dao Sect’s image.
Once they got over the appearance of this pavilion, they focused once more on the music that filled this place. But no matter how they looked around the pavilion or searched with their spiritual senses, they just weren’t able to find the source of the sound.
"What are we supposed to do here?"
No matter how they looked at this place, it really didn’t seem to give them an idea of what the trial would be. They weren’t even certain that there was a trial in this place with how it looked.
However, they didn’t think that a place that was covered up with a barrier like this would be completely empty. There had to be a reason that the barrier had been placed around this pavilion in the first place.
"Are we supposed to perform on the stage?"
That was the conclusion that they came to in the end.
After all, it didn’t seem like there was anything else that they could have done in this place.
The tables that were under the stage weren’t set and there wasn’t anything on any of the tables. To a certain extent, everything other than the stage seemed a bit unkempt.
It seemed like the stage was the only thing that really mattered in this place.
After the silence lingered in the air for a bit, Lin Fan was the one that moved forward first.
While he had no idea if it was the right answer or not, he didn’t want either Ye Qing Huan or Xiao Mu to go first. Especially not Ye Qing Huan since she was his woman and he didn’t want her performing on this kind of stage.
Once he was on the stage, there was this strange sensation that came over him.
He didn’t know where it was coming from, but it really felt like there was something invisible that was currently watching over him. Not only that, it felt like there was more than one gaze that was on him.
He had no idea where they were coming from, but it was clear that these gazes were judging him.
"Does that mean that they were right about performing on this stage?" Lin Fan couldn’t help thinking to himself before he started thinking about what to perform.
There was still the music that filled this hall, but it seemed to have become more faint as if it was just background music at this point. It had reached the level where it wouldn’t interfere with the performance that he gave.
So after thinking about it, Lin Fan chose to use something from his past life.
He didn’t know if anything that he had learned from this life would be enough, so he was drawing on the hit music of his past life to try and appeal to whatever was judging.
It was just that not long after he started...
"Stop, please stop. That’s enough from you."
A bitter smile appeared on Lin Fan’s face when he heard this.
After all, this wasn’t something that just came from the ones that were judging him.
Even Xiao Mu and Ye Qing Huan had said this out loud.
At this moment, it even looked like they wanted to come onto the stage and drag him off. They looked at him as if they never wanted to hear him sing ever again.
Lin Fan didn’t think that he was that bad, but it was clear that everyone else thought differently.
So in the end, he just walked off the stage with an indignant look.
Even if he didn’t think that he was that great, he still didn’t think that he was so poor that he would be chased off the stage like this. When he was about to step off the stage, Lin Fan suddenly raised his hand to condense a Clear Water barrier.
There was something that slammed into this barrier from behind him, creating a large ripple.
As he was prepared for more strikes to come, the look on his face soon turned into another bitter smile when he heard what the judge had to say.
"Don’t ever come up again."
It hurt even more when he saw Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu nod in agreement instead of saying something to support him. It really felt like they would have done the same thing if they had the chance.
In the end, Lin Fan could only move to the corner with a hurt look on his face.
Since they didn’t like Lin Fan’s performance, it was up to Xiao Mu and Ye Qing Huan to step forward. However, neither of them went up since neither of them knew what to perform either.
They knew that Lin Fan had performed something that had never been heard before, even if it was performed terribly. However, they had to admit that he was right about this.
If they were to perform something that they already knew, it was unlikely that they would be able to pass this trial.
Which was why even though Lin Fan’s performance had been terrible, they still went over to ask for his advice.
"Don’t sing anything."
Lin Fan looked hurt when he heard this, but he knew that they wanted something from him with the way that they acted.
"Do you have any other music sheets that are like the song that you just sung?"
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