Startling Dream Melody

"Only, you are still within the effects of the Startling Dream Melody right now. After some time passes, you will regress back."

Chen Xinglan's words were like cold water poured over Chen Mobai's head, making his burst of joy come to nothing.

"But you can take this chance to properly feel out Spiritual Sense. That way, when you break through on your own next time, following this feeling will make it much easier."

"Can I download this Startling Dream Melody online and listen to it every day? Wouldn't that mean I'd be within the effect of cultivating Spiritual Sense at every moment?"

Chen Mobai, however, had thought of a good idea, his face full of hope.

"You're thinking too much. The Startling Dream Melody is not merely music, but an Auxiliary Cultivation technique passed down by the Immortal Sect, evolved from the Startling Spirit Melody. Only by listening to it with your own ears, and with the singer putting their whole heart and soul into it, can it have such an effect."

Chen Baolan shook his head. Chen Mobai was not the first person to have such an idea.

"What is the Startling Spirit Melody, then?"

Chen Mobai asked again.

"The Immortal Sect's number one auxiliary divine art. After a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage listens to this piece, they can experience their own Spirit Transmutation Realm once. Unfortunately, no cultivator has mastered it for two thousand years. Master Bian is the musical dao grandmaster closest to mastering the Startling Spirit Melody. Unfortunately, his spiritual root is no good, and under the shackles of his cultivation, he could only master the Startling Dream Melody."

After hearing Chen Baolan's explanation, Chen Mobai sucked in a breath of cold air.

"In that case, why not use Immortal Technique: Mend Heaven to cleanse Master Bian into an Immortal Spiritual Root? A grandmaster who mastered the Startling Spirit Melody would have immeasurable value. Maybe he could let our Immortal Sect gain a few more Spirit Transmutation Ancestors."

If Chen Mobai could think of it, how could the Immortal Sect Upper Echelon not have thought of it?

"Immortal Technique: Mend Heaven can only be cast by Spirit Transmutation Ancestors, and the two ancestors have already been in seclusion for more than three hundred years."

Once Chen Baolan finished speaking, Chen Mobai understood.

Master Bian was a musical dao genius who had only emerged in the last fifty years, and compared to Spirit Transmutation Ancestors whose Lifespans were measured in millennia, he was truly too insignificant.

The Immortal Sect's Three Great Halls and Four Great Dao Academies could not possibly disturb the two ancestors in seclusion over such a minor matter.

"However, it is said that Meng Huang'er and Jiang Yuyuan both have extremely outstanding spiritual root aptitudes, and their talent in the musical dao is no less than Master Bian's. They are True Dao Seeds whom the Immortal Sect found only after searching through the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands."

"If the two of them can cultivate to Nascent Soul, the Startling Spirit Melody passed down by the Immortal Sect will be able to resound once more."

"Those Venerables of the Immortal Sect are probably waiting for them to grow, which is why they had Master Bian personally take the Jade Phoenix Troupe on a nationwide tour. While opening the apertures of the nation's cultivators, they are also letting the two accumulate blessed fortune and Merit, all so that one of them can cultivate to Nascent Soul in the future."

Chen Baolan had spent years outside with Spiritual Pivot Academy's scientific expedition teams, and the professor leading the team was also a member of the Immortal Sect's Three Great Halls. He knew more than Chen Xinglan and the others.

"Opening the apertures of the nation's cultivators?"

Chen Mobai caught the key point again and looked at Chen Baolan in confusion.

"Why do you think the Jade Phoenix Troupe works so hard touring the entire nation, and even holds twenty consecutive performances in every Cave Heaven Blessed Land? Don't tell me you think they're just doing it to earn a few Merit Points?"

Chen Baolan asked in return. Chen Mobai subconsciously nodded. Was that not the case?

"The Immortal Sect Upper Echelon's vision is far broader than that. Think about it. Since Master Bian can open his throat and sing one Startling Dream, allowing you to grasp Spiritual Sense that normally can only be cultivated in Late Qi Cultivation, how could they possibly hug such a broom and call it dear? With such blessed fortune, naturally it must benefit the masses and spread to all living beings."

"After Master Bian became famous thirty years ago, the Immortal Sect arranged for him to tour the entire nation once. One man endured hardship so that most of the Immortal Sect's talented Qi Cultivation seeds could have their apertures opened and comprehend Spiritual Sense."

"Otherwise, why do you think Master Bian, who is merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, could become an instructor at Wuqi Dao Academy and be respected by everyone? Isn't it because this current batch of mid-level Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Immortal Sect basically all had their apertures opened by his Startling Dream Melody when Master Bian spent eight years touring the nation?"

"If you successfully reach Foundation Establishment in the future and meet Master Bian, you must also bow to him as a teacher."

After Chen Mobai heard Chen Baolan's explanation, solemn respect rose in his heart for Bian Yiqing, this opera grandmaster.

Although the Immortal Sect had pushed matters along, Bian Yiqing had still persisted for eight years, traveling through the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, all to open the apertures of the Qi Cultivation seeds of the Immortal Sect in his parents' generation thirty years ago. The great Merit and virtue within that could be called nothing less than that of a Living Saint.

"In that case, Meng Huang'er and Jiang Yuyuan are also walking the path Master Bian once walked, opening the apertures of our generation of Immortal Sect beings."

Chen Mobai thought of this too. Originally, he had found his younger cousin Wang Xinying's fanatical star-chasing a little hard to understand, but thinking about it now, his own vision had been too narrow.

"Their cultivation is still a little shallow, but with Master Bian leading them, sooner or later they will enter the hall and pass into the inner chamber. Last year, the two were admitted to Wuqi Dao Academy without taking the entrance exam. Now they count as half working, half studying, cultivating while touring. I hope one of them can master the Startling Spirit Melody in the future."

When Chen Baolan said this, however, he had little confidence.

The Nascent Soul Realm was simply far too difficult.

Even a Heaven Spirit Root only had a one percent chance.

Although Meng Huang'er and Jiang Yuyuan had outstanding spiritual roots, had the Immortal Sect supporting them from behind, had a grandmaster like Bian Yiqing personally guiding them, and had even been taken in by Wuqi Dao Academy, the possibility of the two cultivating to Nascent Soul, according to the deductions of the Venerable from Star Gazing Academy, could be called remote.

If not for the fact that several Nascent Soul Venerables thirsted far too much for the Startling Spirit Melody, the Immortal Sect might not necessarily have invested such enormous resources into them.

Of course, Chen Baolan did not say these things to Chen Mobai. After all, he could not dampen this eldest nephew's enthusiasm for immortal cultivation.

If Chen Mobai knew that even the two from the Jade Phoenix Troupe had only a thread of opportunity to cultivate to Nascent Soul, then Chen Mobai, with his perfectly ordinary True Spirit Root, would have an even more severed road ahead compared to them, would he not?

If one day, I could listen to Meng Huang'er sing for me every day, that would be wonderful.

But Chen Baolan had absolutely not thought of what this eldest nephew of his was thinking right now. If he knew Chen Mobai's wish, he would definitely roll his eyes.

Even the Three Great Hall Masters of the Immortal Sect might not necessarily enjoy such treatment.

Chen Mobai also knew he was dreaming too beautifully. But after all, he was still a youth. Although his will toward immortal cultivation was firm, some worldly desires had not yet dispersed with the settling of the years and the rise of his realm.

Perhaps when he was seventy or eighty years old, if he recalled today's thoughts, he would scoff at his younger self's delusions.

"Let's go. It's rare that we got to hear Master Bian's Startling Dream Melody today. Let's go back and celebrate."

Right then, Chen Xinglan had already called Chen Baolan and Wang Jianyuan over for a few more cups. Chen Baolan gladly agreed. Wang Jianyuan, however, shook his head and gestured at the daughter on his back, who had already fallen asleep.

"You all go drink. I'll take Xinying back to rest first."

Wang Xinying's cultivation was only Qi Refining Layer 4. Although she had also been led by the Startling Dream Melody to experience it for a while, she definitely had not grasped Spiritual Sense. Still, the benefits were not small. If she had a good sleep and woke up, the realm she had forcibly broken through to by taking pills might just be stabilized.

Chen Mobai helped call a taxi and saw his aunt's husband's family into the car.

Before Chen Yulan left, she gave the prepared gift to Chen Xinglan.

"Eldest Brother, you broke through to Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer. This is a small token from Jianyuan and me. Don't look at how rude he usually is to you with his mouth. In truth, he's still quite happy for you."

"We're leaving. What are you saying so much for!"

Wang Jianyuan could not quite keep his face, and carrying his daughter, he closed the front passenger door.