Shi Feiyang used the Dongling Zither to influence the minds of the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu, greatly diminishing their savage, violent nature.
The Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu were linked to the Green-Robed Ancestor's consciousness. As they came under attack, he was immediately affected as well, strand after strand of zither music emerging and echoing inside his head.
This was the first time the old Monster had encountered anything like this. He let out a strange cry and hastily spat out several mouthfuls of green light.
Eerie green flames immediately appeared across the bodies of those ten thousand golden stars. Their wingbeats instantly regained their former speed, and their buzzing rose once more.
Gu insects were different from ordinary Monster beasts and insects, after all. Someone directed them from behind the scenes, constantly enforcing their master's will and strengthening them with his magical power. They were exceedingly difficult to tame or subdue.
Shi Feiyang plucked the Dongling Zither, changing the melody to the "Song of Burying Flowers." It was even gentler than before, each phrase trailing into a long, lingering note, while the high notes wound ethereally upward, soaring straight into the clouds.
In an instant, the atmosphere between heaven and earth abruptly changed:
Flowers faded, flowers flew, flowers filled the sky; their crimson gone, their fragrance lost, who would mourn them? How long could their bright beauty last? Once cast adrift, they were hard to find.
Wind's knives and frost's swords pressed mercilessly; bloodstains splashed upon the empty branches. When spring's three months had passed, all blossoms were spent; flowers fell and people died, neither knowing the other's fate.
Countless torn petals were twisted, scattered, or lifted by the sound waves, flung thousands of feet into the sky.
The Green-Robed Ancestor coveted Ni Fangxian's Nascent Soul and