Chapter Sixty.

"What are you guys doing?"

Duan Xinyue turns to look at Feng Yi whose eyes are still wide open due to shock.

"Nothing,"Duan Xinyue chuckles awkwardly getting up in embarrassment.

"Why were you guys in that position?"

"We had a slight disagreement so we found ourselves resorting to violence,"Duan Xinyue clarifies.

"But from what I saw it didn't look like violence."

"Well you came in late. Master Lei here had already admitted his defeat so I was suppressing him further to teach him a lesson."

"That makes sense,"Feng Yi unsatisfactorily agrees with Duan Xinyue.

"Well,why are you here?"

"I brought you dinner but it has all gone to waste. Seems like I have to get you new dishes."

"I'll go with you."

Duan Xinyue picks up another set of dishes and when returning to the tent ,a mysterious figure jumps in through the wall. The man is wearing a black hooded cloak and his footsteps are light that you can't notice him at all. Duan Xinyue's senses are very sharp,so he becomes alert the moment he senses the other person's presence. He stops to watch the other person's movement. To his surprise the man seems to be approaching him. Duan Xinyue can tell he has no intention of attacking so he lowers his guard a bit.

"Mister Duan, it's me"the man whispers as he approaches Duan Xinyue.

"Mister Yuan,what are you doing here?"

Yuan Ye takes out a piece of paper and hands it over to him.

"Why did you have to risk intruding the military camp? What would have happened if you were discovered?"

"Don't worry. I've practiced different kinds of foot works while doing opera so my footsteps are barely noticeable."

"But still why did you have to come at this time?"

"I missed you,"Yuan Ye whispers smiling in his voice.

"Huh?"

"Never mind, tomorrow I'll be performing so make sure to come."

"Fine."

Yuan Ye leaves the same way he came in.

Duan Xinyue returns to the tent with the food and they eat as they talk. Lei Qiang had noticed him talking to someone in the darkness so Duan Xinyue reveals the person's identity and the reason why he came.Duan Xinyue finishes up his meal quickly and picks up his zither to play.

"Lei-xiong, I'm gonna use you as a specimen. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable."

"Okay."

If it were in the past Lei Qiang wouldn't agree so easily. Duan Xinyue takes the paper Yuan Ye brought him and plays the tune according to the scores written on the paper. He notices how the notes have been altered. Lei Qiang feels dizzy after hearing the tunes for a while and ends up passing out. Duan Xinyue stops what he's doing to check up on him. First,he checks for his breathing.

"Silly,why didn't you tell me you couldn't take it?"

Lei Qiang has a flute he bought from the instruments shop the same day Duan Xinyue bought the zither. Duan Xinyue plays a mind calming tune to get rid of the damage caused by the tune he played before. After a while,Lei Qiang finally gains consciousness but Duan Xinyue still continues fluting.

"Stop fluting I'm fine,"Lei Qiang speaks up in lower hoarse voice.

"Why didn't you tell me the tune was affecting you this much?"

"Didn't you tell me to be your specimen?"

"But still I told you to tell me if you feel any kind of discomfort. The sheet had only half of the tune and it has this much damage. No wonder the people in Moon City are going insane nowadays."

"I think these people are coming after martial artists.I had a migraine,I felt dizzy and felt like someone was draining my inner qi."

"Sonic weapons are more dangerous than other weapons."

After two consecutive weeks of investigating the sonic weapon case,Duan Xinyue finally decides to make his move without telling anyone,not even Lei Qiang. That evening ,he dresses up in white ,the colour he usually dresses up in when he's attending a big event or doing something big.He passes by Azalea Opera House to apply makeup for Yuan Ye. Duan Xinyue looks a little strange so Yuan Ye notices it. He can't help but try to inquire what might be wrong.

"Nothing I'm fine."

A while later Duan Xinyue goes to Splendor Music House. He secretly flies to the rooftop. The night is cold and windy . The wind is blowing his robes with the moon shining brightly on him making his beauty more otherworldly or more like a deity. The wind facilitates faster sound transfer of the tunes being played in Splendor Music House. Even though people complained about the music before,the owner of Splendor Music House found a way to capture the hearts of his guests back by giving out Buy One Get One Free offers for drinks. Duan Xinyue stays on the rooftop for a while listening and calculating the frequency and wavelength of the sound waves so he can flute a tune of the same kind to backfire on the instrumentalists inside.

There are six musicians in Splendor Music House;two women and three men.Three of them play the zither while the other three play the pipa. Sometimes they play together and other times they play in turns. This night they are seated in a line at the podium playing in turns.Suddenly a loud and clear fierce flute tune is heard from outside and within no minute the musicians start experiencing the same symptoms other people have been experiencing. The more they continue playing their instruments,the more fierce the fluting becomes. One of the women suddenly stops playing her pipa and vomits blood.

"Someone is fluting a backfiring tune."

"Ah-Li you're injured,"one of the men comments.

"We better stop playing the instruments for now."

The moment they stop playing the instruments, the fluting suddenly stops too. The moment they resume playing,the fluting resumes too. This creates a ruckus in the music house as everyone as well as the guests try to figure out the one fluting.

"Look it's a deity fluting on the rooftop,"a loud female voice is heard. Since one of them is injured,the other five rush outside to seek their revenge.