Yellow Bell Village
Lu Chen, now a Celestial Corp, is considered an expert even in the Void. Though majority of powerhouses are in the Later Stages of the Celestial Great Realm.
However, Lu Chen couldn't be bothered with that. He'd stick to his farming, music and reading, like a mortal.
He noticed that there's a difference in the division of Grades between the Martial, Immortal and Celestial.
In the Martial Small Realm, there are Disciples, Corps, Masters, Grandmasters, Sovereigns, Kings, Emperors, Adepts, Lords and Monarchs.
In the Immortal Great Realm, however, it's pretty much the same until the Grandmaster grade; going forth, they are Saints, Kings and Monarchs, that's all.
Now in the Celestial Great Realm, there are Disciples, Corps, Masters, Grandmasters, Sovereigns, Kings, Emperors, Adepts and Monarchs. There're no 'Lords'.
Not that the naming mattered much anyway. He might as well forget about the naming and just remember the Grades. It's simpler with the numbers.
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When he thought of 'Numbers', he couldn't help but think of the 'Number System' in Music. Trying to memorize all of the chord names may seem complex.
But then, you number from 1 - 13. 1 - 8 are the naturals while 9 - 13 are Extensions. It means whatever you do, whatever you play, the moment you play anything else outside of 1 - 13 that makes it sound quite 'unnatural', you are playing extensions.
Now you know Number System's basic knowledge. The next thing is to understand Sharps and Flats.
To play a Sharp is to play a note a half step higher than the root note.
To play a Flat is to play a note a half step lower than the root note.
This way, when the Music Director say to you, 'Play F#-b5-b13' pronounced as "F Sharp-Flat 5-Flat 13th. What does it mean?
Basic breakdown.
Hold 1 & 7 With Left Hand, then 9(the 2 on a higher pitch)-b5(that's the note that's just before the 5th degree of your scale, either major or minor)-b13(13th is the same as your 6th, just an octave higher. To play b13th, play the note a half step before 13th), that's, all 9-b5-b13 with your right hand.
That's 1-7 on the left and 9-b5-b13 on the right. This is basic. You can improvise by inverting the chord.
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As he had these thoughts, he felt nostalgic, so he went home, set a simple concealment, alarm and hallucination Array Formations in his Courtyard and suppressed his own cultivation (with the help of the system of course) so that he totally looks like an ordinary mortal with no cultivation.
Although it is said to be a simple Array Formation, not even an Immortal can escape when trapped in the hallucination Array.
Lu Chen took his flute and went to the village square where he usually plays flute in the past. His parents had made use of the village square platform to earn a reputation for themselves when they were still alive.
He wouldn't be going to the village square if not for System's Mission
[Play a piece at the village square and have an audience of 100 people. Make them emotional by your performance.
Time Limit: 2 Hours
Reward: Professional level ability for all Musical Instruments]
It is not a hard mission to accomplish. There are 674 people in total in Yellow Bell Village. It is not difficult to gather an audience of 20 out of the bunch.
The sun is at its brightest and fiercest at this moment. On his way to the Village, he met some aquaintance. Or rather, some of the people who have ridiculed him in the past for his lack of talent in Flute Playing.
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The Yellow Bell Village have a rather peculiar housing System. It has only one entrance. With the Village Square as a center, the houses formed a circle around it, leaving just a small entrance at the North pole.
The Village Chief's house is at the South Pole of the Village. The closer one's house is to the Village Chief's house, the higher their status.
The living quarters could be expanded when there's increase in the number of Clans men.
Lu Chen's house was built at the outskirt of the Village due to his progenitor's preference. They had high reputation but remained humble.
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Lu Chen went to the Village Square as per usual, seemingly ordinary with nothing outstanding about his appearance and demeanor.
"Yo, the looser, Lu Chen, is here. Come let's go listen to his outstanding performance", said one of the youths he met on his way.
Qin Shan has been a little mischievous since he was a kid. He is the young Master of the Qin Family of Yellow Bell Village.
The Qin Family have a high reputation in the village. That's because the Head of the Village Guards, Qin Tian, is an Elder of the Qin Family.
Qin Shan is Qin Tian's nephew. So he has been arrogant since he was young and usually does things without restraint.
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"Quick, quick, spread the news that the Young Master of the Qin Family is going to listen to the performance of 'Looser Chen' today".
The moment Qin Shan opened his mouth and sarcastically remarks on Lu Chen's performances in the past, other youths in the village gathered in the Village Square.
Looser Chen is the nickname the youths in the village gave Lu Chen after discovering lack of talent. It all started with Qin Shan. He was the one who instigated the youths into mocking Lu Chen.
Soon, several youths gather in the Village Square and formed a crowd before Lu Chen. There are about 50 of them which is half of the System's 100 audiences.
Lu Chen smiled. This Qin Shan has unknowingly helped me complete half of my mission.
The smile on Lu Chen's face stunned the crowd. Not only does it look good on him, it also contradict their expectations.
In the past, Lu Chen would be hurling curses at Qin Shan by now, but he's actually smiling?
"What's with his smile? Is he planning something bad?", said a youth
"Who knows? The smile looks good on him by the way", another replied.
"Yes. He usually gets angry at this point in the past. He's acting out of line today", yet another voice was heard.
"Let's just wait and see what makes the difference", the first voice said
"What can he possibly do that could be different from last time's. I tell you this Lu Chen is no good", Qin Shan said arrogantly and overbearingly.
Lu Chen couldn't be bothered by their small talks. So, closing his, still smiling, he thought about what to play. Then,
"How about that?..."
He started playing a song from Journey to the west. The scene where the woman was singing and the monk was listening with infatuation and the "Monkey" was listening from his "Prison".
Lu Chen's smile faded and he put on sadness. His whole demeanor spoke of sadness, hope and love. This change in demeanor affected everyone in the crowd.
Lu Chen then let out his Celestial Aura without revealing any cultivation base. After all, it's the innate ability of his Celestial Body.
The range covered the whole village. Then via his Celestial Aura, he transferred his mood to everyone present in the village. The villagers suddenly became sad, and hopeful for love.
Lu Chen took out his flute and started playing the song.
This song, along with the solemn atmosphere, resonates with the desires of the villagers. Because his Range of Influence covers the Village, he amplifies the sound of the Flute in ears of the listeners.
From the initial sadness, to being hopeful and finally finding love, he guide their hearts through it. When he finished playing, the crowd before him was still immersed in the music.
There were tears in their eyes without exception. Even those he couldn't see had tears in their eyes. Then suddenly, the sound of the flute, became the sound of scriptures in their ears.
Some were standing, some were sitting, some were cooking, some were lying down. Domestic animals and Fierce Beasts. No matter what their posture was, they were now hearing scriptures in their ears.
Light descended on the whole village and, like the baptism of Celestials, the whole village was baptized in the light and the sound of the scriptures. Lu Chen was the source of the light
Lu Chen who was watching this was stunned. And this is only the beginning. This light that extends from him covers not just 200 meters in 2D, but in 3 Dimensions.
So, in the X, Y and Z directions, 200 meters around him was baptized in the Celestial Light.
Trees and plants were revitalized and inanimate objects were purified. Buildings and tools and clothing, all were washed in the Celestial Light
The old and the sick were healed and regained their youths. They don't know it yet though, they're still listening to the scriptures in their minds.
10 meters layer of soil became Celestial Soil. The stones of the village have been washed by the Celestial Light and became Spirit Stones. Whether they're stones on the ground or stones used for buildings, they became Spirit Stones.
11-200 meters underground became Spiritual Vein, Immortal Vein and Celestial Vein. 11-50 meters underground, became Spiritual Vein, 51-100 meters became Immortal Vein, 101-200 meters became Celestial Vein.
When Lu Chen noticed the scale of this change, he quickly get to work and set Array Formations one after another.
Concealment, Hallucinations and Illusions, Alarm, Defensive, Attack, Shrinking, Replacement, Replication Array Formations were set in a total of an hour.
Array Formations don't need objects but energies. Array Diagrams will be drawn in the air and then runes will be formed.
Layering is the difficult aspect of Array Formations, one mistake and everything within the array will be blown up.
For this Multilayer Array Formation, Lu Chen's mind worked crazily. He had to determine which to set first and which can fit into the array diagram of the previous one laid. Hence, it took an hour to set it up in the order:
Concealment, to conceal all that's happening in the Yellow Bell Village from being noticed; Hallucination and Illusion, to present a fake Yellow Bell Village to the outside world, who ever enters will be unable to breakout without Lu Chen's permission;
Alarm, to alert Lu Chen whenever there's someone trapped in the Illusions Array; Defense and Attack to confront Intruders with bad intensions;
Shrinking and Replacement will shrink the space of the original Yellow Bell Village and create another space in it's stead;
Replication will replicate everything within the Original Yellow Bell Village, both life forms and inanimate objects and place it in the new created space.
The last step took half the time and 70% energy of the total. Although it took more energy, it is relatively easy. That's because they're just some mortals and 2 Martial Disciples in the Original Yellow Bell Village initially.