Floating World Melody

Su Jiuer didn't retort in her mind this time. After witnessing the Way of Chess match between the Golden Emperor Ant and Xu Yan, how could she not realize that this golden ant before her was extraordinary?

Even if it wasn't as good as Xu Yan, it was definitely a terrifying old monster, who knew how many years it had lived.

Xu Yan smiled and said, "Little Gold, playing a game of chess with you has truly brought me a great surprise. I didn't expect you to be such a master at chess. I underestimated you before."

Before, when he heard the Golden Emperor Ant say it could play chess, he hadn't paid much attention. As a result, the Golden Emperor Ant could indeed play chess, and it was very powerful. Even he needed to be serious to defeat the Golden Emperor Ant.

The Golden Emperor Ant said with rare humility, "Compared to Master, Little Gold's meager cultivation is nothing."

It wasn't being modest; it was because Xu Yan's chess skills had truly convinced it, making it understand that the Great Dao is endless.

"I'm happy today, why don't I play a zither piece for you all to hear?" Xu Yan said.

He wouldn't casually play the zither on ordinary happy days, but today was worth playing it to express his joy.

"Master can also play the zither?" the Golden Emperor Ant was very surprised.

Xu Yan's calligraphy and paintings were profound, his chess skills were peerless, and he could even play the zither. It completely overturned its understanding.

There's a saying in the cultivation world: "Greed for too much leads to indigestion." Most cultivators choose one direction to cultivate to the extreme, rarely cultivating multiple Great Daos simultaneously.

Let alone cultivating each path to the extreme, that was almost impossible.

Xu Yan said, "A little bit. I play when I'm happy."

After speaking, he brought Su Jiuer and the Golden Emperor Ant to the backyard.

Immediately, he took out a zither from the inner hall.

This zither was named: Floating World.

And the piece Xu Yan was about to play was the melody that complemented this zither, the Floating World Melody.

When the zither music began, Su Jiuer and the Golden Emperor Ant found it incredibly mystical and beautiful.

The zither music echoed in the backyard, Dao Intent emerged, and in an instant, all the medicinal herbs that had been picked in the herb garden grew back.

Countless birds circled in the sky above the backyard, as if dancing to the zither music.

The Golden Emperor Ant stood beside Su Jiuer, feeling the zither music, and said with shock, "Floating World Melody, the legendary supreme zither piece, and that zither is the legendary Floating World Zither. This is a true divine artifact!"

After finishing the chess match with Xu Yan, it already knew Xu Yan was definitely not simple, yet it had still underestimated him.

Xu Yan's Way of Zither was no less inferior to his Way of Chess, and perhaps even stronger.

The zither music spread from the backyard, and Dao Intent permeated the entire Tianren City.

On this day, everyone in Tianren City felt an unprecedented sense of well-being. Some people who were plagued by illness were completely cured, and all their diseases vanished.

Jiang Li, who was working, suddenly felt a wisp of zither music. He looked up towards the direction of Xu Yan's Small Shop, a thoughtful expression on his face.

His strength also increased, and he worked with renewed vigor.

A cultivator who was in seclusion and attempting to break through to the Spiritual Consciousness Realm failed. At that moment, a wisp of zither music accompanied by Dao Intent surged in, and he actually succeeded in breaking through, becoming a cultivator of the Spiritual Consciousness Realm.

In the Tianren Sect, Qin Yudie was practicing her swordplay. She was currently at the ninth level of the Heavenly Human Swordplay, but she unexpectedly unleashed the legendary tenth-level sword move.

She stopped her sword with a look of astonishment, a faint zither melody reaching her ears.

In an instant, her heart gained clarity, and her gaze turned towards the "What Are You Looking At Small Shop" in Tianren City.

Xu Yan's hands stopped, and the zither music slowly faded, the lingering notes hanging in the air.

The birds reluctantly circled the backyard several times before leaving. In an instant, the zither music that had been heard by everyone in the entire Tianren Mountain area disappeared.

Su Jiuer looked at Xu Yan at this moment, her heart filled with concern.

Xu Yan sat under a tree, his hands resting on the zither, and two lines of tears streamed down his face.

He was crying.

But he himself didn't know why.

It was just that every time he picked up this zither and played the Floating World Melody, his tears would flow uncontrollably.

Even his heart ached faintly, and then a wave of sorrow erupted within him.

The Golden Emperor Ant looked at Xu Yan and asked, "Master, why is this?"

It could feel Xu Yan's sorrow and see the tears flowing from his eyes.

The person holding the Floating World Zither and playing the Floating World Melody should be an exceptional figure who cared for the world, so why was he so sad?

Su Jiuer couldn't help but run over, leap from the ground, and pounce towards Xu Yan.

Xu Yan reflexively reached out and caught Su Jiuer, then held her tightly in his arms.

His heart ached and he was filled with sorrow, as if he had lost something extremely, extremely important, yet he didn't know what it was.

In Xu Yan's embrace, Su Jiuer extended two furry fox paws and wiped the tears from his eyes.

Seeing Xu Yan's profound sadness, her heart also felt heavy. These actions were almost instinctive.

Xu Yan looked at Su Jiuer, a faint smile appearing on his face. He then placed Su Jiuer on his lap and placed his hands on the Floating World Zither once more.

The zither music reappeared!

This time, it wasn't the Floating World Melody, but Phoenix Flies!

The zither's sound had strong penetrative power, crossing space to reach an extremely distant land.

Above and below, everything seemed to be filled by the zither's music.

Everyone in the world heard this exquisitely beautiful and melodious tune, but no one knew where it was coming from.

Even cultivators with unfathomable cultivation could not discern its origin, as if the zither was being played by the heavens themselves.

When the song ended, a small bird with red feathers flew down from the sky and landed on the branch of the tree where Xu Yan was. Its eyes, which did not belong to a bird, looked at Xu Yan.

The Golden Emperor Ant sensed something and looked at the small bird on the tree.

It was greatly astonished because this bird was not a bird, but the legendary divine bird, the Phoenix!

One song, and the Phoenix arrives.

It had actually attracted a Phoenix.

The small bird noticed the Golden Emperor Ant looking at it and turned its red eyes towards it.

A bird and an ant, their gazes met in mid-air.

"Alright, time to put the zither away," Xu Yan said.

He put Su Jiuer down and then returned the Floating World Zither to the inner hall.

When Xu Yan came out of the inner hall and returned to the backyard, he discovered that the medicinal herbs had regrown. He exclaimed in surprise, "These medicinal herbs have all grown back. The boss truly has a conscience, selling medicinal herbs that can regrow themselves so cheaply."

He didn't know that the growth of the medicinal herbs was related to his Floating World Melody, and instead thought that these herbs simply had strong natural growth capabilities.

Afterward, Xu Yan noticed the small bird on the tree and said in surprise, "Huh, what a beautiful little bird. Its feathers are so vibrant. It would be great for making shuttlecocks."

This was the first time he had ever seen such a bird. He even had a fleeting impression that the bird's gaze towards him carried a hint of killing intent.