Chapter 39: Divine Skill (Part 2)

  Under Xiao Zi Qing's curious gaze, Jiang Xu walked towards the wine bar's vocal stage.

  Jiang Xu simply exchanged a few words with the musician playing the guqin, and then the musician stood up and yielded his seat. Jiang Xu glanced at Xiao Zi Qing from afar, before sitting down directly in front of the guqin.

  "Could it be... he wants to play the guqin?"

  Watching this scene, Xiao Zi Qing basically already guessed what Jiang Xu wanted to do.

  This made Xiao Ziqing even more curious, with Jiang Xu's current age, having extraordinary medical skills and martial arts was already an incredible thing, could it be that Jiang Xu also played the guqin?

  Jiang Xu directly told Xiao Zi Qing the answer through his actions.

  He rolled up his sleeves, and Jiang Xiu's hands lightly swept over the guqin, as if the sound of music flowed like clouds and water.

  Jiang Xu was playing the guqin for the first time, but at this moment his movements were as if he had practiced for a thousand times, almost effortlessly natural, forming a nearly perfect picture with the pleasant music.

  Watching this scene, Xiao Ziqing's beautiful eyes widened, and her eyes were filled with an incredulous expression.

  She has studied the guqin for many years and watched numerous performances by famous guqin masters, but she had never seen any of those masters possess the effortless aura and realm that Jiang Xu embodied at this moment.

  It was just such a simple action, but Xiao Zi Qing already knew that Jiang Xu's guqin skills were probably far beyond her imagination.

  In fact, Jiang Xu's guzheng skills have indeed reached a super-excellent level of a master.

  After merging the soul memories of those ancient emperors, Jiang Xu's level in areas such as qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and music had already reached an unparalleled height.

  It can even be said that in today's China, there is absolutely no one who can surpass Jiang Xu in these aspects.

  The breath in his heart gradually slowed down, Jiang Xu's fingers seemed to have drawn a nearly magical arc, and then, a magnificent melody was released from Jiang Xu's hands.

  Jiang Xu played the ancient famous melody "Guangling San", which is quite consistent with the style of Tang Feng Bar.

  In the Tang Dynasty, the piano music emphasized excitement and grandeur. Guangling Scatter is a classic piece of music that is full of majestic atmosphere, especially when played by Jiang Xu's fingers, it gives people a sense of magnificent momentum and grandeur.

  Almost as soon as the music started, everyone's attention in the bar was drawn to Jiang Xue's guqin playing. Jiang Xue's music seemed to have a magical power that could mesmerize your soul, regardless of whether you liked listening to the guqin or not, making you feel like you were right there with him.

  As she listened to that familiar melody, a crystal mist gradually rose between Xiao Ziqing's eyes.

  At first, Zhang Zihao won the championship with this piece of Guangling San, Zhang Zihao's talent and skill in Guzheng are extremely high, but compared to Jiang Xu at this moment, it is a world of difference, the gap between them can almost be described as an abyss.

  This is a coincidence, perhaps it's also fate.

  At this moment, Xiao Ziqing finally understood what Jiang Xu meant by his method.

  Her acquaintance with Zhang Zihao was initially due to the guqin, and it is also a segment of her most profound memory.

  Now Jiang Xu is helping her end everything in the same way, perhaps others can't feel the deep meaning between them, but Xiao Zi Qing's heart is clear and obvious.

  "Jiang Xu, thank you."

  Xiao Zi Qing said thank you again in her heart. She knew that after this song ended, she would completely forget everything about Zhang Zi He.

  Jiang Xu didn't know that the Guqin piece he was playing now, "Guangling San", was the same one Zhang Zihao played when he won the championship.

  But whether Jiang Xu knew it at this moment or not, it was no longer important anyway.

  Like a magical performance, the entire bar became Jiang Xiu's stage, and it became Jiang Xiu's music world.

  After Jiang Xu finished playing the song, everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere of the music, until Jiang Xu stood up and walked down from the stage, the whole bar burst into thunderous applause.

  Xiao Zi Qing was also applauding, and her originally cold and icy jade face had unknowingly revealed a hint of a gentle smile.

  Xiao Zi Qing had wiped away the tears in her eyes, just like she had forgotten everything about Zhang Zi He. Even if she could remember, the memories were no longer so deep, but rather like fleeting clouds that would eventually disperse and disappear.

  However, Xiao Zi Qing did not know at this moment that although she had thoroughly let go of everything about Zhang Zi He, her soul was deeply imprinted with another even more profound memory.

  "How about it, have you really let go now?"

  Jiang Xu walked up to Xiao Zi Qing's front and asked softly.

  Looking at Xiao Zi Qing's face with that gentle smile, and her eyes that shone with a captivating luster, Jiang Xu was already certain that Xiao Zi Qing had truly let go of all memories of Zhang Zi He.

  "Uh-huh."

  Xiao Zi Qing nodded lightly, then exclaimed: "Jiang Xu, I found that you are really a little monster. Not only is your medical skill superb, but your martial arts skills are also excellent. Even the guqin (ancient zither) is played so wonderfully by you, far surpassing all the great guqin players I have ever seen."

  Apart from using little monsters, Xiao Zi Qing didn't know how to describe Jiang Xu.

  Jiang Xu was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and Xiao Zi Qing really couldn't imagine how Jiang Xu had learned all this. Take the guzheng for example, many masters of the guzheng spent their entire lives practicing diligently, but they were probably still far inferior to Jiang Xu's level.

  "Hehe, it's okay."

  Jiang Xu smiled and responded with a single word, but he had only just begun to reveal his true abilities. If Xiao Zi Qing were to know everything that Jiang Xu was capable of, she would likely be petrified on the spot.

  Xiao Zi Qing thought Jiang Xu was being modest, and she didn't say much about it. Instead, she asked with some expectation: "Jiang Xu, can you teach me how to play the guqin?"

  "This should be no problem."

  Jiang Xu readily agreed, and naturally wouldn't refuse something like this.

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  It was already past 9 pm when Jiang Xu returned to the municipal party committee residential area.

  When parting with Xiao Zi Qing, Jiang Xu made an appointment with her to meet at Jin Cheng Pharmaceutical tomorrow afternoon. Apart from signing the share transfer contract, he would also help Zou Da Zhu and his wife solve their work problems.

  Jiang Xu didn't spend more time on studying after learning for a day.

  After returning to his room, Jiang Xu devoted all his time to cultivating.

  His current soul power energy is too weak, and it will be exhausted with just a slight use, so Jiang Xu wants to accumulate the soul power energy in his body as soon as possible, and rush to the second realm of the Emperor's Soul Heart Scripture as soon as possible.

  But he has just started now.

  To break through the second boundary of the Emperor's Soul Scripture, the first step is to condense a vast amount of soul energy like a torrential river. This alone is an extremely long process. At Jiang Xuan's current cultivation speed, even if he only completes the first step, it will likely take him over a year.

  In one night, Jiang Xu spent almost all his time in cultivation. By dawn, the soul energy that had been consumed to the limit within him not only fully recovered but also became even more abundant than yesterday.

  He got down from the bed and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up, but as soon as he took his first step, Jiang Xiu felt that there seemed to be something unusual on his body.

  This anomaly wasn't a further increase in his physical strength, but rather the pajamas on his body had somehow shrunk significantly at some point, with his hands and feet sticking out from the sleeves and pant legs.

  "How... did this dress get shorter?"

  Jiang Xu was initially puzzled, then he quickly realized a problem.

  With big strides, he walked towards the floor-to-ceiling mirror in his closet, looking at himself in the mirror, Jiang Xiu's face had a few more smiles.

  It's not that his pajamas have shrunk, but he has grown taller.

  Not only did his body grow taller, but his facial features also underwent some subtle changes. His eyes became even more profound, and his pupils were like black gemstones. The lines on his face became more three-dimensional, as if they had been carefully carved and polished, whether it was the shape of his face, nose or lips.

  Moreover, the few remaining childish features on Jiang Xu's face had also disappeared without a trace.

  To put it simply, Jiang Xu has become more handsome.

  Although it was only a slight change, it had a magical finishing touch, especially after combining with the faint imperial aura on Jiang Xu's body now, which added a few more mysterious and strange charms to Jiang Xu's face.

  This change undoubtedly made Jiang Xu 'overjoyed'.

  Jiang Xu basically can confirm that this change is definitely caused by practicing the Emperor's Soul Scripture, but this feeling is quite good. There are several men who do not want themselves to become more and more handsome, and Jiang Xu is no exception.

  "It seems like I'll have to look in the mirror every morning from now on."

  Jiang Xu muttered to himself, and then thought of a funny QQ emoticon circulating on the internet.

  Damn it, I've become even more handsome today.

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