By rights, he had suppressed the strange noise and played flawlessly to the end. With a flute mastery at the level of Myriad Revival and Hundred Birds Paying Homage, he should have easily earned the recognition of many tombstones, but... why had none lit up even now?
If the tombstones did not light up, no passage would appear, which meant he had not gained recognition! It signified failure!
"This is impossible... I've already reached the realm of Myriad Revival and Hundred Birds Paying Homage. Fairy Miaoyin is only at the Melody Illusion Realm, a whole level below me. Even she could make the tombstones recognize her, so why can't I?"
His brows knotted together as Nie Yun found it hard to believe.
He had clearly gone much farther than Fairy Miaoyin on the Immortal Sound Great Dao. She had successfully passed the first trial and lit up the tombstones, so why could he not?
Could something be wrong?
"It's the sound of the wind..."
A thought stirred in his heart, and Nie Yun understood.
Although he had blocked out the wind and was unaffected by it, allowing him to complete the piece smoothly and freely, the listeners' experience was different!
No matter how pleasant the flute music was, if it was mixed with wind sounds that did not harmonize with it, the two would blend into noise all the same, deafeningly chaotic.
It was like playing a piece of music that delighted the eyes and pleased the heart, only for two people to simultaneously play several different pieces. With so many sounds mixed together, no one could make out anything. It was no longer enjoyment, but torture.
"The wind cannot be eliminated. It seems I shouldn't block it out, but... blend it into the music, make it part of the