Gao Wu: Ten years of sparring experience, one move and the world knows him.

Chapter 86 Even Dogs Aren't Greedy (5K)

That music!
Zhao Rui followed the sound at a leisurely pace.

The night was quiet and serene, the spring breeze was crisp.
The bright moon hangs in the sky, and the sound of the zither drifts faintly!
A martial artist's mind is enlightened, which perfectly aligns with this state of mind.

As they drew closer, the beautiful sound of the guzheng became increasingly clear and crisp.

Zhao Rui leaped over the school wall, his feet lightly touching the dry branches, his figure as ethereal as a butterfly, standing a few feet away from the person playing the zither.

Before me sat a beautiful young woman with delicate features, jet-black hair, and jade-like hands gently caressing the zither.

As if it were because of Zhao Rui's arrival, the sound of the zither suddenly changed, like swords tearing through the sky, or like thunderclaps shaking the heavens. Even though the grass and trees were deep and secluded, one felt that there might be an ambush from all sides.

Its force was like a thunderbolt sweeping across the land, and its sound was like the murmur of a secluded spring.

Just as the poem says: "By the water, she strums the icy strings, her head slightly bowed like a lotus receiving dew."

With delicate fingers plucking the strings, the zither moves like jade beads leaping on a plate, and suddenly, she plays the "General's Command," tearing silk and sweeping the strings!
Zhao Rui didn't understand musical scores, but he could still sense the sudden change in momentum.

"Little Cat (Miao), were you waiting for me?"

After listening quietly to the music, Zhao Rui asked curiously.

"Half and half!"

The person playing the zither was naturally Miao Miaomiao.

"Then I'll listen to you and wait for my other half!"

Zhao Rui said it bluntly.

Miao Miaomiao raised her face slightly, her delicate eyebrows arched, and smiled faintly, "Alright, I'd like to know how you adapted to my charm technique?"

"Isn't it a bit abrupt to ask that?"

"I can make an equal exchange with you."

Zhao Rui was taken aback, then scratched his head and said, "That's not a good idea, I'm not that kind of person!"

"What kind of person?"

Miao Miaomiao's eyes sharpened, and she plucked the strings of the zither. Instantly, a burst of energy shot out like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for Zhao Rui.

"Just kidding, oh dear, watch out for my clothes! I just bought them."

Zhao Rui performed a somersault and narrowly avoided it.

This sonic technique is similar to the Xuan Yin Sword Finger, and its control is as follows, making it an absolute weapon of mass destruction.

Zhao Rui's eyes lit up, clearly indicating that he was interested.

"See, you're always thinking dirty thoughts!"

Zhao Rui was speechless.

"I'm talking to you about something serious. I have a condition to make!"

Miao Miaomiao said in a cold voice.

Zhao Rui pondered for a moment and said, "I want you..."

"Zheng..."

The sound of the piano comes again.

"Damn it, are you crazy? Can't you let me finish?"

Zhao Rui dodged to the side, his figure flashing through the tree branches, and said angrily, "What I said is, I want you to teach me this sonic power!"

"Only a dog would lust after your body!"

"Zhao Rui!"

Upon hearing his words, Miao Miaomiao's pretty face flushed red, and her anger intensified. She plucked the strings of the zither with both hands, and several streams of energy shot out.

"I'm torn between wanting it and not wanting it!"

Zhao Rui flipped and dodged, avoiding the incoming qi, and reached out to flick a branch off a dead tree.

"You think you're the only one who can unleash magical energy!"

Zhao Rui swayed, already unleashing the mutated Taiyi Splitting Light Sword Technique.

Suddenly, the withered branches, bathed in moonlight, resembled long swords, transforming into dazzling sword techniques.

Where the sword tip pointed, bursts of energy shot out, heading straight for Miao Miaomiao's guzheng.

"..."

Miao Miaomiao paled, never expecting Zhao Rui's swordsmanship to be so sharp.

He picked up the guzheng and quickly moved away.

Its figure kept dodging and weaving among the treetops.

"Clang, whoosh!"

Immediately, the two began to unleash their unique skills in the dense forest, attacking each other with their inner energy.

After fighting for more than thirty rounds, Miao Miaomiao suddenly stopped and said in a deep voice:

"I can tell you the secret formula for playing the piano!"

"So happy?"

Zhao Rui was taken aback upon hearing this and stopped his attack, not expecting her to agree so readily.

He was eager to learn this martial art, but although he could copy it, it was far less effective than learning it openly and using it freely.

When would you like to learn?

"Any time."

"Alright, then sit down cross-legged, and I will teach you the method of circulating qi."

"Forehead……"

"Stop being so fussy! Since you already know the art of internal energy, this skill is just icing on the cake for you. Why should I be stingy with it?"

Miao Miaomiao frowned.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rui couldn't help but laugh and say, "That's true, it just makes me seem less magnanimous."

After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he sat cross-legged and listened to her whisper the secret techniques and mantras.

"The wonder of sound killing lies in opening the twelve chakras, combining the celestial and terrestrial apertures, using the string as a sword, and true qi as a spear."

Those whose breath produces thunderous sounds can dispel evil before it takes shape; those whose rhythm resonates across the vast ocean can shatter metal and stone without form...

The zither, as an instrument, has a bridge that stabilizes the earth and its strings that connect to the stars. When played in the five notes, it produces gentle waves that sweep across the fields; when played in the five notes, it produces sharp blades that pierce the sky.

Those who practice this art must master the Eight Trigrams Formation of Zhuge Liang and use the five tones to transform and slay…

Miao Miaomiao's soft and pleasant voice slowly entered Zhao Rui's ears.

However, this technique was not written in plain language and contained technical terms such as "merchant" and "palace," which made it difficult for Zhao Rui to remember.

But it doesn't matter, he only needed an excuse. Just now, when Miao Miaomiao activated the zither music, he had already chosen to copy it.

This technique is called "Mysterious Sound Rifting the Sky Manual," which is similar to the previous one in the Mysterious Yin Sword Finger technique. I wonder if there's any connection between them.

"How much can you understand?"

After Miao Miaomiao finished speaking, she looked directly at Zhao Rui and asked a question.

"..."

Zhao Rui ignored her question and replied directly, "A good teacher should start with the basics, such as what musical scales are, what the five notes of the pentatonic scale are, and what they have to do with the Eight Trigrams Formation..."

Miao Miaomiao suppressed a laugh and rolled her eyes at him. "If you don't know, you don't know. Why are you saying it so confidently?"

"I have already taught you the technique. How much you can understand depends on your comprehension."

"I wipe!"

"I can learn a thing or two!"

Zhao Rui was furious. This girl was not honest. He was tone-deaf and hadn't even memorized the words. How was he supposed to learn?

"Don't complain, I learned it this way too, no one taught me!"

Miao Miaomiao chuckled.

"Hmm? Could this martial art also be an incomplete version?"

Zhao Rui was taken aback and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"how do you know?"

Miao Miaomiao was taken aback and frowned, asking, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Rui said calmly, "Because your charm technique is also incomplete!"

"You've seen the whole thing?"

Miao Miaomiao was startled and hurriedly asked.

“I haven’t seen the whole thing, but by studying the pulse of your breath, I’ve deduced some of the operating methods.”

"boast!"

"Your breathing is unstable, and you can't control the automatic release of your charm spell because you're missing some crucial operational methods..."

Zhao Rui said loudly, "In that case, if you teach me sonic power seriously, I can work with you to deduce your charm technique and help you complete it. Of course, if you don't believe me, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Are you telling the truth?"

Miao Miaomiao fell silent upon hearing this.

Zhao Rui's meaning was clear: she first needed to contribute her own techniques and share them with Zhao Rui, only in this way could they verify and deduce each other's methods.

"You have already obtained my sonic secret technique."

Miao Miaomiao's eyes turned slightly cold. She felt that if she agreed, she would be at a disadvantage no matter how you looked at it.

"No, I'm not lying to you. I'll tell you how I overcame your charm."

But what I just said was something else entirely. If you don't trust me, you can completely ignore it.

"Besides, I didn't remember or learn the sonic power you just mentioned!"

Zhao Rui said.

"But I've already told you."

Miao Miaomiao snorted coldly.

"Alright, now I'll tell you how I resisted your charm."

Zhao Rui smiled and said loudly:

"The Qi arises from the innate, pure and immaculate. You also know that our sparring team has a useless martial art called Mimicry Fist..."

"The charm technique actually has a release frequency. By reverse-engineering the meridian flow, although we cannot fully ascertain its exact frequency, we can, to some extent, help our internal energy adapt to the impact of your charm technique..."

Zhao Rui's words were not entirely nonsense, but rather a reverse deduction of the adaptation process through the integration of charm techniques.

Four parts true, three parts false, and three parts reverse deduction.

Miao Miaomiao frowned as she listened, a strange emotional turmoil welling up inside her.

Some of the things Zhao Rui said really touched on the parts of the cultivation technique that she didn't understand.

"Okay, I can promise you!"

"But if you dare to lie to me, I will never let you go, no matter where you are!"

Miao Miaomiao looked coldly at Zhao Rui.

"No, let's forget it. Making it sound like I'm so eager to help you is ridiculous. I don't need any more internal energy cultivation techniques."

"gone!"

After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he stood up, lightly touched the branches with his feet, and instantly darted out of the school like a bird entering the forest.

"you……"

Miao Miaomiao was stunned, not expecting him to leave so decisively, and was immediately both anxious and angry.

"I take back what I just said!"

The crisp sound echoed gently in the quiet night.

Unfortunately! The words had been spoken for a long time, but they did not make Zhao Rui stop.

……

The next day, after finishing his professional classes, Zhao Rui leisurely went to the martial arts team.

As soon as I entered the hall, Miao Miaomiao came looking for me.

"I promise you!"

Upon hearing this, the scattered team members around were stunned and looked over in horror, as if they had seen a ghost.

"No more of those messy restrictions?"

Zhao Rui asked in disbelief.

"no!"

"make a deal!"

Zhao Rui smiled and agreed.

"Okay, see you at the usual place tonight!"

Miao Miaomiao said casually.

"Wow..."

What is the "old place"? Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

These two are having an affair? Miao Miaomiao has actually been conquered by Zhao Rui?
One by one, they wore expressions of disbelief.

Miao Miaomiao realized that she seemed to have said something wrong. She frowned slightly and slowly scanned the onlookers.

His eyes narrowed slightly, a cold glint flashing within them, which startled everyone, causing them to hurriedly turn their heads away.

Miao Miaomiao then withdrew her gaze and walked as if nothing had happened to the corner of the training ground, where she silently began to cultivate.

It was past 10 p.m.

In the quiet, secluded grove of trees on campus, Miao Miaomiao skillfully plays a tune on the same few bare tree trunks.

At the same time, he would occasionally mutter the key points of playing the instrument.

Zhao Rui stood aside, studying and pondering intently.

After a while, the girl stopped playing the zither and said, "I obtained this sonic technique by chance. Its power is not very high, and it is quite sluggish when used."

"Since you are not knowledgeable in music, consider this a method to aid your cultivation."

"Teacher Miao is absolutely right!"

Zhao Rui chuckled and said, "However, although I'm not good at music, I can shout and play the drums!"

"vulgar!"

Miao Miaomiao rolled her eyes coquettishly, thinking how he had turned her perfectly good musical skill into a lion's roar.

“This is quite difficult to learn. You might as well learn by practicing. Attack me with your piano sounds a few more times, and I might learn faster.”

Learning is secondary; replicating and applying martial arts techniques is the primary goal.

"Aren't you going to fight back?"

"Um...that works too!"

Upon hearing Zhao Rui agree, a sly smile instantly appeared in Miao Miaomiao's beautiful eyes.

"Zheng, hum, ling..."

Before Zhao Rui could finish speaking, Miao Miaomiao's guzheng had already produced a series of powerful sounds.

Streaks of qi, like bolts of lightning, slashed towards Zhao Rui.

"Damn it! You have no sportsmanship!"

Zhao Rui dodged and weaved, leaping and shifting between branches. In no time, the tree trunk he was standing on had become bare.

"Progress of the Mysterious Sound Rifting the Sky Spectrum is 2% complete"
"The progress of the Xuan Yin Lie Xiao Spectrum is three percent..."

The scattered broken branches weren't entirely useless; they at least greatly improved Zhao Rui's copying progress.

After fighting for about ten minutes, Miao Miaomiao felt her internal energy circulation becoming somewhat sluggish, so she touched the strings of her zither with both hands and stopped attacking.

"I'll explain the essentials of the Enchanting Immortal Technique. Listen carefully..."

Miao Miaomiao was most concerned about the Enchanting Immortal Technique; this was the matter that weighed heavily on her mind.

As for whether Zhao Rui would learn it, she wasn't worried at all. Firstly, Zhao Rui was no longer afraid of her Enchanting Immortal Technique.

Secondly, this is only an incomplete piece. Even if one cultivates it, one will end up like her, neither human nor ghost, with no one daring to approach.

Although Zhao Rui was not at level eight, his skill was strange; he could even unleash sword energy, and his strength was no less than hers.

They might not necessarily be interested in such an incomplete technique.

Thirdly, the methods Zhao Rui described for controlling charm techniques were indeed unconventional and insightful, directly addressing the core of the problem.

This made her feel that Zhao Rui might actually be able to make up for the deficiencies in the martial arts she had learned.

If it can be made up for, even if he learns it, it's still better than me continuing to cultivate in this half-dead state.

She was fed up with being all alone.

Her surname is Miao, not Mao!
Zhao Rui nodded and sat down cross-legged to the side, listening quietly as she explained some of the techniques of the Enchanting Immortal Technique.

"Sitting cross-legged at midnight, one draws the mysterious energy of the moon from the perineum, through the coccyx, up to the jade pillow, and gathers at the Baihui point to transform into a galaxy."

Place the tongue against the Jinjin Yuye acupoint, and use throat vibration to produce the sound "Ee" nine times—

As Zhao Rui listened, he frowned; there were too many errors in this.

"Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

"If I were lying to you, why would I answer you?"

Miao Miaomiao was annoyed, thinking that she had finally made up her mind, but he still didn't believe her.

So abominable.

"What is your interpretation of the Yin energy here?"

Zhao Rui asked.

"Naturally, it is the yin energy of a woman... which passes through the Xuan Guan (mysterious gate) and connects to all acupoints!"

"Wrong, this is the essence of the moon, an externally drawn energy!"

"This……"

The two talked for two hours. By the time Miao Miaomiao had gained some insights and was overjoyed, the moon had already set.

"what!"

Zhao Rui yawned and said, "It's past midnight, time to go back to sleep. We have class tomorrow!"

"okay!"

Miao Miaomiao nodded with lingering satisfaction. She had gained a lot today, realizing that she had misunderstood many things all along.

I really wish I could understand all the techniques thoroughly right away.

Is your bed big?

Miao Miaomiao suddenly winked at Zhao Rui, and a captivating and alluring beauty immediately caught his eye.

"..."

"Hey! Do you want to give it a try?"

Zhao Rui was slightly taken aback, then raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly.

Miao Miaomiao raised her eyebrows slightly, stood up, grasped the zither with one hand, her body as still as salt, and suddenly leaped into the dense forest.

Suddenly, a soft, seductive voice drifted over from afar: "Didn't you say even dogs wouldn't be attracted to my body?"

The enchanting sound was faint and fleeting, disappearing into the woods in an instant!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rui was speechless, shook his head and chuckled, then got up and flew over the courtyard wall back home.

In the following days, the two would occasionally meet in the grove to discuss martial arts.

In just a few days, their martial arts skills have improved significantly.

Zhao Rui, needless to say, openly and honestly copied the Xuan Yin Lie Xiao Spectrum.

Although it shouldn't be too abrupt at the moment, given time and an opportunity, one can still choose a musical instrument and have a sudden "epiphany".

Then you can use it as you please.

Sound manipulation is a martial art that Zhao Rui has admired since his previous life.

From the Lion's Roar in Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber to the Rising Tide in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, from the flute and xiao duet of Crane Needle to the musical instrument battle of the Six-Fingered Demon.

The charm of harming the enemy invisibly, and the elegant and unrestrained musical style, are truly captivating.

Zhao Rui reaped great rewards, and Miao Miaomiao did not waste her time either.

With Zhao Rui's guidance, many flaws in her technique were corrected, although the problem of her charm being out of control could not be solved for the time being.

But significant progress has already been made.

Perhaps it was because they often spent their evenings discussing martial arts, or perhaps it was because one person had been lonely for too long.

Miao Miaomiao actually developed a habit of hanging around Zhao Rui whenever she had free time.

Sometimes after class, Zhao Rui would want to chat with Qin Rui and the others for a while.

Miao Miaomiao unconsciously moved closer.

Zhao Rui couldn't detect anything unusual, but Qin Rui and the others couldn't stand it. Whenever she arrived, they would quickly move away.

As a result, Zhao Rui also became a "recluse" like her.

"You've made me lose all my friends, Miao!"

"But I don't want to either!"

Miao Miaomiao said with some grievance.

"From now on, Miao, don't come near me during the day, OK!"

"Oh!"

Miao Miaomiao responded with a pitiful sigh, her cherry lips slightly closed, her delicate nose wrinkling slightly, and she reluctantly moved to another place.

How did you subdue her?

After Miao Miaomiao left, Cao Guannan, who was not usually one to gossip, couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"What do you mean by 'subdued'? I don't even know her! Don't talk nonsense."

Zhao Rui said casually.

"They're all saying you and Miao Miaomiao are going on a date tonight!"

Qin Rui rolled her eyes and glared at Zhao Rui with some displeasure. Clearly, she was very dissatisfied with his dishonesty.

"That's all gossip!"

Zhao Rui vehemently denied it.

Just then, a teammate ran over and called out from afar, "Zhao Rui, Teacher Wang is looking for you!"

Zhao Rui was taken aback. What did Wang Zhanshan want with him?

Nothing urgent has happened lately!

Zhao Rui hesitated for a moment before walking towards the main hall of Mingchan Academy.

Upon arriving at the main hall, as soon as they saw Wang Zhanshan, he frowned and asked, "Can you resist Miao Miaomiao's bewitching magic?"

Before Zhao Rui could answer.

Then Wang Zhanshan continued, "Is it because you two are dating?"

　I had something to do today, so I wrote this in a bit of a rush. If there are any inappropriate parts, I will revise them tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)