Chapter Twenty-Five Music

  When the band appeared, the bar was swept up in a hot wave again. The band consisted of a bassist, a keyboard player, a drummer, and lead singer Ou Yang Zhenhua, with four people forming it, and lead singer Ou Yang Zhenhua also played the role of guitarist. All four had long hair on their shoulders, wearing tight-fitting jeans, with more exaggerated and crazy decorations on their necks and arms, which seemed to have a rock style at first glance. However, Zhang Huban, who had never been out of the mountain, did not recognize the relatively fashionable dress of the rock band nowadays, only feeling that this group's dress was somewhat strange, but it didn't seem out of place with the surrounding environment, and it even seemed to be in harmony.

  Although Zhang Huban had never been in contact with music, that doesn't mean he didn't understand music. On the contrary, as a master of the prenatal period, he understood music more than anyone else, all the way to its true essence. In the Xiu Zhen world, there were people who specialized in using sound to defeat their enemies. A true master is someone who understands nature and is closest to the natural world. At the same time, he also understands the truth of life and the deepest desires of people's souls. Music is just a way of showing people the beauty of nature, the joys and sorrows of life, through sound, in order to evoke the deepest resonance in people's hearts. The reason why good music can make people happy or sad is that it evokes a slight resonance in people's emotions, but it still doesn't reach the level of touching people's souls deeply. Perhaps the ancient "sound that lingers for three days" reached that level of touching people's souls. However, understanding and applying are two completely different things. Maybe any music that people think is perfect, Zhang Huban, who understands the true essence of music, can point out its flaws after listening to it. However, because he doesn't understand musical knowledge or how to use his hands to conduct these notes, he can only know what's wrong but can't improve it himself, and doesn't know which note to modify.

  The band's performance, although still rough to Zhang Huabian's ears, had thousands of modifications in his mind that made the melody even more perfect. However, the fact that ordinary humans could perform music at such a high level was still shocking to Zhang Huabian. In an instant, he felt that humanity's creations were not only great in science but also in the humanities, and that the entire cultivation world had neglected the accumulation of tens of billions of years of human knowledge. He felt that he had found another thing that required his attention, which was to truly learn about all of human civilization.

  When the bar reached its climax, the DJ's wild enthusiasm, the seductive dance moves on the dance floor, and people's uninhibited behavior filled the entire bar with an air of debauchery. It was only then that Zhang Huban truly witnessed the darker side of human nature, a side that was drunk and reckless. But all of this was eerily similar to the demonic illusions that had appeared during his years of cultivation. The seductive movements, the provocative dance poses - all of these were scenes that had nearly led Zhang Huban astray multiple times, causing him to fall into an abyss from which he could not escape. This was also why Zhang Sanfeng had ordered Zhang Huban to temporarily stop cultivating and instead focus on tempering his mind in the mortal world, because Zhang Huban's progress was too rapid, far exceeding the solidification of his Dao heart.

  Although everything in front of him made Zhang Huban's Dao heart feel **, it also reminded Zhang Huban of one thing: if he stayed here for a long time and heard about these things with his ears and eyes, then over time, the interference from these scenes would gradually decrease. The sudden realization made Zhang Huban feel extremely joyful, finally finding a way to deal with the heart demon, and perhaps soon he could start cultivating again, studying how human science can improve his cultivation. In fact, since Zhang Huban started learning human science and technology, he had been thinking about how to apply human science and technology to Xiuzhen, and had even thought of several feasible methods. However, the instability of his Dao heart and the interference from the heart demon made him dare not try easily, fearing that his realm would rise again. It's actually quite ironic - everyone is desperately pursuing power upgrades and realm improvements, while Zhang Huban is now worried about these things happening. In fact, Zhang Huban also likes power upgrades and realm improvements, but the situation does not allow it. Now that he seems to have found a feasible method, how can he not be overjoyed?

  Having thought this through, Zhang Huban no longer rejected these circumstances, but instead made an effort to face them head-on and view him with a normal heart. The time quickly arrived at eleven o'clock, but the number of people entering the bar was increasing rather than decreasing. For someone as extremely intelligent as Zhang Huban, it's easy to imagine how much of a privilege it was for Liu Huizhen to agree to his decision to leave work at eleven o'clock that day. Of course, if Liu Huizhen knew that the material value of the jadeite given to her daughter by Zhang Huban could buy two or three bars like hers, not to mention the value after being processed by a master craftsman like Zhang Huban, it would be perfectly reasonable for Zhang Huban to be her direct boss. Unfortunately, Liu Huizhen wouldn't have thought that a college student who came to work here would give her daughter a truly top-quality jadeite, rather than a handicraft. So she knew it was the busiest time now, but still agreed to Zhang Huban's request at the time, showing how much she cared for him, or rather, spoiled him a bit.

  At the busiest time of farewell, Liu Xi Zhen did not show any dissatisfaction, but instead sincerely reminded Zhang Hu Pan to be careful all the way. Liu Xi Zhen's concern was still easy to distinguish between true and false as a master of prenatal skills. Liu Xi Zhen's sincerity made Zhang Hu Pan feel a strange sense of emotion in his heart, making him realize that true feelings were so pleasant, and they did not depreciate at all due to the level of cultivation.

  At eleven o'clock, there weren't many people on the streets of Hangzhou, so Zhang Huban could show off some of his superhuman skills without drawing attention to himself. However, Zhang Huban seemed to be thoroughly enjoying this ordinary life, leisurely riding a bicycle like everyone else. After half an hour, he returned to the dormitory. As usual, the boys' dormitory was bustling with activity - the unique howling in the shower room, the clanging of washbasins... all these sounds blended together into a symphony of the boys' dormitory.

  Everything quickly returned to calm, and in the dark corridor, you could hear the dormitories on both sides of the corridor starting their daily gossip sessions. Of course, Zhang Huban was not an exception, but today's program was interrogating Zhang Huban about his whereabouts. However, everyone knew that what they were really concerned about was not Zhang Huban's whereabouts, but whether he had a date with a woman or a romantic encounter. Unfortunately, Zhang Huban played dumb and didn't utter a word, leaving the heavyweight figure Hu Ziming on the upper bunk wanting to jump up and down on the bed to scare Zhang Huban, but he was worried about the bed's load-bearing capacity and feared it would lead to disaster. The interrogation yielded nothing, and everyone lost interest in gossiping, each drifting off to sleep with their own fantasies, leaving only Zhang Huban's spirit still wandering tirelessly through the books borrowed from the Qiankun Ring, a stage he had long passed for sleep.

  In the following days, Zhang Huban became obsessed with music again. He flipped through all the music books in the library, from ancient to modern, and from China to foreign countries. Only he could finish reading all the music books in the library at such a rapid pace. When Zhang Huban closed the last music book in the library, he was deeply shocked by human civilization once again. A person who is completely deaf can create "Fate Symphony" which can grasp the pulse of life and penetrate deep into people's souls. This is absolutely a divine melody that only an immortal can compose, but in fact, it was created by an ordinary person, to be precise, a disabled person. After several days of study, Zhang Huban systematically understood music theory and various musical instruments. In fact, since Zhang Huban understood human music knowledge, he had already become enlightened. What Zhang Huban lacked was only a means of expressing the truth of music. Now that he has understood solfege, note names, pitch ranges, and other common sense, with his innate understanding of life, soul, and nature, those composition, singing skills, and playing techniques are no longer difficult for him.

  On Wednesday, Zhang Huban saw the saxophone master Jack that Zhu Yan had mentioned. He was a blond-haired, blue-eyed guy who looked quite handsome. Judging from the enthusiastic applause of the audience, his performance should have been very successful. However, in Zhang Huban's ears, his playing was just ordinary and nowhere near as good as Ouyang Zhenhua's. It's not surprising that Zhang Huban came to this conclusion. The beauty of saxophone music depends on various factors, including the player's skill level, lung capacity, and breath control techniques, which are all crucial for producing a good sound. These factors are more influenced by innate conditions than mere hand skills required for playing bass guitar. Therefore, for ordinary people, saxophone is more difficult to play, but for cultivators like Zhang Huban, there was no difference between the two instruments. As a result, in Zhang Huban's opinion, Ouyang Zhenhua played better.