"What's going on?" Huang Xiao was puzzled. Ever since he had begun practicing the Heavenly Demon Skill, nothing like this seemed to have happened before. Although both the Heavenly Demon Skill and the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art could circulate on their own, their true qi would remain in his dantian as long as he willed it. Now, however, this true qi was surging to burst out of his dantian.
"A change?!" You Lian'er had been watching Huang Xiao's expression as she played. Now she saw that his face was grave, entirely different from when she had started. She quickened her playing still further, and the notes of the qin rang and circled endlessly through Huang Xiao's mind.
These qin notes? I can't listen, I can't listen... Huang Xiao had already discovered something strange about the music, but even after shutting off his hearing, he could not block it. The notes sounded directly in his mind, making them impossible to shut out.
The true qi in his dantian battered furiously, seeking to surge into all the major meridians throughout his body. Huang Xiao could only suppress it with all his might.
This melody? Something suddenly stirred in Huang Xiao's mind. He realized that the surging of the true qi in his dantian seemed much like what had happened when he used the Demon-Attracting Formula to guide his Heavenly Demon True Qi.
The Demon-Attracting Formula? Huang Xiao was certain that the effect of these qin notes was just like when he had used the Demon-Attracting Formula: both spurred the Heavenly Demon Skill within him to circulate without cease. Back then, however, he had been using the Demon-Attracting Formula himself, and everything had been under his control. Now the music was driving his Heavenly Demon Skill, and he could not control it at