Ding ding ding ding!
From taking the Jiaowei Qin, to refining it, to beginning the performance, there was not the slightest pause in between. Even the music never faltered, flowing as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water.
Boom!
With the help of the Jiaowei Qin, the sect's supreme treasure, the Great Dao formed by their ensemble immediately grew stronger. However, the increase was not obvious.
"An ensemble is a whole. If one person's strength rises while the other's does not, the effect will be limited..."
Sect Master An Ming burst into laughter.
He had originally thought that once the other party refined the Jiaowei Qin, the pressure on him would multiply, perhaps even forcing him to flee in defeat. Now, it seemed that was not the case.
An ensemble emphasized balance. It was like a wooden bucket holding water: what determined its capacity was not the longest stave, but the shortest one.
Nie Yun and Fairy Miaoyin were precisely in such a situation.
Nie Yun himself was too weak, and the xiao he used was merely an ordinary item. Although Fairy Miaoyin had refined the Jiaowei Qin, it did not greatly increase their overall strength.
"This is bad!"
Sect Master Ru Ye understood as well, and deep worry filled her beautiful eyes.
When she had seen the other side fuse the three great treasures and watched her disciple struggle to withstand them, she had hastily sent over the Jiaowei Qin in her urgency, without thinking it through. Now that she had calmed down, she also knew it would not help much.
"If only the Phoenix Luring Flute were still here..."
The Phoenix Luring Flute was a treasure forged by Luo Ya in those days. Its grade was not inferior to the Jiaowei Qin in the slightest, perhaps even surpassing