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"It’s probably too late for the next match, but since we’ve come across it, we should at least learn something," Yan Chuan acknowledged. He knew that, at this stage, whether it was Zhong Hui inquiring on Chess Stone Peak or Su Ye borrowing from Tian Mansion, it might all be too late—far too late to catch up before Luo Qi attacks the arena.
Moreover, reading still takes time for Yan Chuan.
Simply put—
"If we ever encounter Luo Qi again, or any other martial arts related to music theory, we won’t be caught completely off guard."
Since Yan Chuan had to explain, having set his persona as ’well-read’ and ’knowledgeable’, he felt that when confronted with the unfamiliar, one should not escape but face it proactively.
"You are so eager to learn!"
Wang Zhengyi exclaimed, looking at Yan Chuan, he said, "When I was young, I memorized ’Introduction to Guqin’, browsed through ’Zither Study Series’, ’Complete Collection of Tai Yin’, ’Xilutang Qintong’, and other music theory books. I still vaguely remember some of it. How about I recite them for you?"
"That would be wonderful!"
Yan Chuan was delighted.
Reminded by Wang Zhengyi, he promptly turned to Fu Yunzhan and asked, "Yun Zhan, do you understand music theory?"
"I know a little."
"I learned books like ’Eight Sounds Recognition’, ’Essential of Guqin’, ’Lute History Introduction’ from a young age, and I still remember some of them."
Fu Yunzhan nodded.
Yan Chuan was even more pleased upon hearing this.
He already knew that Fu Yunzhan hailed from a martial arts family. Although his family had perished early on, the foundation he built as a child couldn’t be too poor. Compared to an orphan like Chen Ze, or someone of ordinary background like Wang Ge, Fu was more likely to have had access to musical knowledge, and his question proved it right.
Yan Chuan immediately had Wang Zhengyi and Fu Yunzhan recite related books for him, listening with both ears simultaneously, and with ’Experiences’ aiding him, absolute focus, and the concept of ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, Yan Chuan absorbed the knowledge quickly.
Sharpening the spear right before battle!
Better to do it than not!
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"What’s the use of sharpening the spear just before the battle?"
Luo Qi found it amusing when he noticed Yan Chuan’s actions on the Hai Character Arena.
When Luo Qi arrived, he caught the end of another round of arena offense and defense. The registration for the next round’s draw was nearing its deadline. Many teams had signed up to challenge the Hai Character Arena, making it difficult for Luo Qi to secure a spot in this round.
As for the next round,
Although Luo Qi kindly requested others to concede the opportunity to challenge the Hai Character Arena to him, many teams were eager to see Luo Qi’s sound attack secret technique counter Wang Zhengyi’s Mirage Pearl—
The desire to witness Luo Qi’s mysterious sound attack technique.
And also to end Yan Chuan Team’s prolonged hold on the Hai Character Arena.
Based on these two points, the majority of the teams were willing to back out, leaving a round for others, skipping the draw for the Hai Character Arena.
But with over two hundred teams on Chess Stone Peak, there were always some who wouldn’t oblige or wanted to seize the opportunity secretly—
"Luo Qi attacks the Hai Character Arena!"
"If it ends in a tie, with both sides injured and barely able to fight, and we follow Luo Qi’s team, then seize the perfect chance when Yan Chuan Team is out of combat power, wouldn’t the arena master position be within hand’s reach?"
This relies on luck!
But the chances in this scenario are evidently much higher than middle-level teams desperately attacking other arenas.
Therefore, even after Luo Qi humbly bowed to all sides, in the next round, seven or eight teams secretly registered, lowering the probability for Luo Qi’s team to secure a spot.
Yet, even so, with an eight draw for three spots, Luo Qi finally secured a spot on his third draw.
However, it was as the third position.
The team in the first position didn’t even bother stepping onto the stage, directly conceding, giving up the qualification.
Nonetheless, the second position team shamelessly took to the stage, deliberately delaying in the fog with Yan Chuan Team for a whole two hours, denying Luo Qi’s team the chance to appear.
The idea behind this team’s action was clear to many, aiming to take advantage of the probability of drawing ’Luo Qi first, them second’ to pick up the leftovers.
As long as Luo Qi’s team couldn’t step into the arena, such a draw sequence always held hope.
Thus, the more they wished to appear, the less they could get on stage.
Twists and turns.
In no time, it was the fifth day of Sword Discussion.
Past the midnight hour.
Past the ox hour.
Tiger hour arrived.
Finally, through the fifth round of drawing, Luo Qi drew the top position for the ’Hai Character’ arena!
"Fifth day of Sword Discussion!"
"Tiger hour!"
"Hai Character Arena!"
"Challenger—"
"Luo Qi’s Team!"
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"It’s finally here!"
Yan Chuan closed the scroll of "Xishan Qin Kuang", taking the ’White Horn Trumpet’ into his hand.
Wang Zhengyi needed no instruction, activating the ’Mirage Pearl’ to raise the dense fog just before Luo Qi took the stage, a fog so thick that one couldn’t see their hand in front of them. On stage, Yan Chuan and the other four repositioned, prepared for battle.
"Even for an Innate Grandmaster, using Zither Sound to inject power and inflict widespread, deep damage is not easy, Luo Qi lacks the ability to do so."
"Therefore, there’s no need to be overly fearful."
"I suspect his sound attack is more about testing concentration. Without enough concentration, being disturbed by the changing Zither Sound would disrupt one’s mind, causing self-injury."
After four hours since Luo Qi brought the ’Ancient Sound of the Primordial World’ zither, Yan Chuan listened to Wang Zhengyi and Fu Yunzhan’s oral recitations of music theory and many zither scores, supplemented by various music theory books brought by Zhong Hui and Su Ye. Through absolute focus, skimming through rapidly, he developed some basic knowledge of music theory, even if not thoroughly comprehensive at first.
With this basic understanding of music theory, Yan Chuan then focused on explaining in the four matches over those four hours, concentrating on sonic skills, sound rhythm, and similar topics, ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ allowed him to gain others’ thoughts and feedback, further aiding his understanding of the fundamentals.
Sound Wave Skill!