The Law of Food Raising - 50
Chapter 50 - Feng Xi
"My lord, the memory master is also awake." Wei Chen stood upright next to Samus, seemingly not paying attention to the claw that Samus extended towards Duoduo.
"Awake?" They really know how to pick the timing! Samuel withdrew his hand, lazily got up from the chair, and said warmly, "Duoduo, I'm going to work first, wait for me at home."
Duoduo waved her hands and sent him away.
The memory master who attacked Duoduo was named "Shang Qui". He ranked third among the top ten masters and had never failed. Even some of the top ten masters had their memories tampered with by him, thus completely losing their true past and becoming loyal hounds of the Jintilas. However, he was caught in a mission with a very high success rate.
Generally speaking, the younger the target, the easier it is to perform the technique and the shorter the completion time. Duoduo's external age is thirteen years old, and her memory storage does not exceed ten years. The memories of at least five or six years are vague and can be erased easily. However, when Shang Qui's consciousness entered Duoduo's brain, he knew that he was terribly wrong. This girl, who seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old, had an extremely huge memory space.
How could he have thought that beneath the innocent appearance, there was a rabbit spirit who had been practicing for thousands of years. Thousands of years of memory, not to mention tampering, just erasing it would make Shang Qui vomit blood.
In fact, he did vomit in the end, his consciousness was bounced back to his body by a force, and his memory was masked. After Duoduo broke the memory mask, he also woke up.
As for how Samus plans to deal with him, the outsiders have no idea.
Duoduo is very busy now. She is actually not in a hurry to give birth to a baby rabbit. At the very least, she must first establish a completely comfortable and well-fed living environment for the future baby rabbit.
She cultivated edible plants in large quantities and planned half of the area in the Lord's Mansion as a food area. At the same time, green grass is planted in the excess open space. The grass grade is low, the cultivation success rate is as high as 97%, and the reproduction speed is extremely fast. Within ten days, Duoduo's garden was covered with green grass. Grass is an ornamental plant, which helps improve soil quality and makes it easier to plant other plants. However, the growth range of the grass must be properly controlled. If it is too lush, it will divert nutrients from other plants.
In order to cooperate with Duoduo's plan, Wei Chen re-planned the lord's garden and divided it into the food area, the exotic wood area, and the medicinal area. Ornamental plants were planted on the edges of the three areas.
"Huh?" Duoduo accidentally glanced at a plant with lush branches and leaves, and then remembered that she seemed to owe someone a guqin.
The willow tree is mature and she can start making the guqin.
In order not to waste materials, Duoduo decided to try to make a smaller version of the guqin first. The willow tree is fragrant, the wood is fine, and it is not easy to deform and crack. Unfortunately, it is not old enough and the quality may be slightly lacking, but it is a supernatural plant, which may be able to make up for this shortcoming.
The guqin made by Duoduo will definitely be quite different from the one Xiu Yi once used. She is familiar with Chinese instruments. The maker himself does not need to be a guqin player, but he must be someone who understands the guqin. There is a Chinese saying that says: "...cutting wood as a qin, rope and silk as a string, to pass through the virtues of the gods, and to combine the harmony of heaven and earth."
Based on the principle of making the Thorn Vine Arm Guard, Duoduo analyzed the energy composition of the willow tree and watched the base of a small guqin gradually take shape in front of her eyes. The head, neck, shoulders, waist, tail, and feet were displayed one by one... like a phoenix spreading its wings.
Duoduo discovered a problem. The structure of spiritual wood equipment can be adjusted according to the maker's own ideas. Whether the spirit resonates with the foreign wood will affect the grade of the item.
After the most complicated body is made, all that's left are the strings.
Original Chinese guqin has silk strings, which is obviously not available here. But Hua Duo has her own way to make strings out of silk. The supernatural plant "Screaming Grass" she once cultivated has pliable veins and can sing when plucked. It has a rich aura and is sensitive and delicate. It is a good material for making guqin strings.
Three days later, Duoduo invited Xiu Yi to the house and met with him accompanied by Samus.
Duoduo personally handed the box containing the guqin to Xiu Yi.
The guqin has ten accessories; extra strings, bean bag, nail protectors, jade pegs, velvet buckle, guqin guide, tassels, brocade bag, bed, and carrier. Duoduo only gave five of them to Xiu Yi. But even so, Samus was very dissatisfied. You must know that when Duoduo made him the arm guards, there were no accessories! Comparing it with the guqin she made for Xiu Yi, it is simply the difference between a high-quality product and a street-market product!
Xiu Yi carefully took the case, placed it gently on the table, opened the lid, and a dark brown guqin appeared in front of him. It has a simple shape and elegant charm. Although it has not been played yet, it seems that the sound of the guqin is lingering in his ears. Xiu Yi fell in love with this guqin at just one glance. No one can understand his mood at this moment, as if half of his lost soul has returned to his body, making him whole again.
At this time, Xiu Yi noticed several strange stripes carved on the head of the guqin.
He raised his head and asked, "Duoduo, what is this?"
"The writing has not yet been formed." Duoduo explained, "The first song on the guqin can be used to name it."
Samus looked down at his arm guards, his expression unchanged. Does this differential treatment have to be so big? Why isn't there a name engraved on his arm guards?
Samus looked at Duoduo with resentment, Duoduo was confused by him.
Xiu Yi took a deep breath, and a smile spread across his face, like ice and snow melting for the first time.
"Duoduo, I said that I would like to dedicate the first guqin song to you. I wonder if you would be willing to take the time to listen to it?"
"Of course." Duoduo happily agreed. Seeing Xiu Yi preparing to play the guqin, she added, "However, it is best not to play it in the lord's mansion. I'm worried that the sound of the guqin will affect the growth of plants."
She didn’t know what properties Xiu Yi played. If it contained negative emotions, it might cause harm to the plants.
"Then let's go to Xincheng Mansion." Samus stood up and put his arms around Duoduo's shoulders, blocking the two of them without leaving a trace.
Xiu Yi had no objection, and the three of them went to Xincheng Mansion together.
Samus led them to the atrium of the Xincheng Mansion without disturbing anyone else.
The guard set the table and then left. Xiu Yi cleaned his hands and straightened his clothes, then carefully took out the guqin and placed it gently on the table.
The origin of the guqin on Thuran is unknown. Although it is quite different from Duoduo's original world, the performance of the music reaches the same goal through different paths.
With a flick of a finger, the strings vibrated, and a crisp sound cut through the silence, starting a musical journey.
The beautiful melody, like a life, turns into a warm wind blowing in all directions.
When Duoduo heard this, she felt a little regretful. She should have asked Xiu Yi to play it at the Lord's Mansion. This piece of music was full of joy, given life, gentle as water, and long-lasting affection.
Xiu Yi is a person who loves the guqin. Every look in his eyes and every movement of his fingers are filled with his emotions. The magic was activated, and bits of light fell like snowflakes. In an instant, they turned into blooming white flowers. The petals spread out and danced in the air. Then they gathered together and turned into a phoenix flying high. A clear cry resounded through the sky and penetrated the clouds.
Duoduo's mind was touched, and her spiritual energy circulated, like a ball of white flames, surrounding the phoenix.
The phoenix burned in the flames, its feathers flying in the air. After a moment, it roared out, burst out of the flames, flew high into the sky, flew over the eaves, over the corridors, over the alleys, over the grass, over the lakes, and finally returned happily, hovering over the Xincheng Mansion, reluctant to leave in the end.
After the song ended, Xiu Yi closed his eyes, still immersed in the lingering sound.
Samus had to admit that Xiu Yi's skills had reached a level that was insurmountable by ordinary people. He admired secretly and was sincerely convinced.
Duoduo clapped her hands and praised, "It sounds great! Xiu Yi, you are so awesome."
When Samus saw Duoduo's eyes shining at other men, his face darkened again.
Xiu Yi gently bowed his head and brushed his fingers over the head of the piano. The original simple stripes on it had turned into two clear words.
"Feng... Xi?" Duo Duo read.
鳳 (Feng) = Phoenix; 曦 (Xi) from 羲 indicates the sound and 日 (sun)
Xiu Yi nodded: "The sound of the phoenix, I hope the sound of my guqin will not disgrace this name."
He stood up and saluted Duoduo solemnly. Although he did not speak, he thanked her in his actions.
Samus realized that Xiu Yi had officially become Duoduo's loyal follower.
He looked at the girl next to him, suddenly put his hand on her shoulder, and then looked directly at Xiu Yi.
Xiu Yi just gave him a faint look. He felt that to Lord Samus, who was nominally in a father-daughter relationship with Duoduo, there was no need to be concerned about his 'taboo' possessive desires.
The three of them didn't know that at this moment, both inside and outside Xincheng Mansion were affected with the sound of Xiu Yi's guqin.
It is not surprising that the sound of the guqin sounds good, but the sound of the guqin with healing properties is extraordinary.
All people who have suffered mental trauma have recovered under the baptism of the voice of the phoenix, their minds are clear, and their hidden worries are gone.
Among them, the one with the greatest impact was the magician among the top ten masters in the Royal City whose memory had been tampered with by a memory master. Because of the sound of Xiu Yi's guqin, his memory fluctuated, and truth and falsehood were intertwined. Theoretically, once a person's memory is tampered with, there is almost no possibility of recovery unless the memory master returns the memory capsule to him.
However, a person with a strong will usually leaves a real imprint deep in his memory, like a projection. If the projection can be turned into an entity, his original memory can be restored. The sound of Xiu Yi's guqin touched this mark and opened a door for him to return to reality. As for whether he can recover in the end, it depends on his own will.
Samus originally didn't want to make this matter public, but the noise Xiu Yi made was too great. In just a few hours, most people knew that he had regained a spiritual wood guqin, and the person who made the guqin, is Samus' adopted daughter Duoduo.
For a time, all those who hoped to obtain a spirit wood weapon began to feel itchy and unbearable.
At night, Samus put his Thorn Vine Arm Guard in front of Duoduo and looked at her faintly.
"What?" Duoduo looked at him puzzled.
"Why is Xiu Yi's guqin engraved with a name, but mine is not?"
"Yours is engraved too."
"What?" Samus was startled, "It is?"
Duoduo nodded, took off Samus' arm guard, and then motioned for him to look inside of his arm guard.
Samus took a closer look and saw a...rabbit carved on the inside of the arm guard?
"This is 'White Rabbit Devouring the Moon*', my exclusive mark, isn't it good?"
The White Rabbit is indeed right, but with "Moon Devouring" and other things, isn't this eating a piece of cake?
*This is based on the popular Moon Rabbit mythical figure, where different countries believe that the rabbit marking on the moon looks like it's eating a cake or making medicine.
Of course, such small details are not important. What Samus focuses on is the word "exclusive".
Well, it really becomes more pleasing to the eye the more he looks at it.
He was satisfied.
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