[Nine Scores One Zither: A zither-based Dou Skill, driven by Dou Qi, with unpredictable hardness and softness.]
[Moves: "Immortal on the River," "Soul of the Blade Passing By," "Battle of Heaven and Earth," "Zither Player Sacrificing to Saints," "Wind Follows Clouds," "Aura Array to Ward off Evil," "Spirits Listing," "Nine Revolutions Past Life," "One Qi Without Action."]
"It's over." Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. His finger strength increased slightly, and the continuously spreading sound waves converged into a single sound blade, which instantly swept across the air and struck the blue wall around Instructor Ruo Lin's body.
With a bang, a thick, obvious crack appeared on the wall, and Instructor Ruo Lin's meticulous, water-like defense was instantly shattered.
Although it was only a dozen breaths of effort, Instructor Ruo Lin felt as if half a day had passed.
If she had failed to defend even one spot just now, getting injured would be a minor issue; her dress being torn to rags would be more unbearable than killing her.
With a pair of exceptional breasts rising and falling, Instructor Ruo Lin was truly panting from exhaustion.
Before Instructor Ruo Lin could catch her breath, Xiao Yan changed to the Zhi key, pressing further towards Ruo Lin.
Taking a deep breath, Instructor Ruo Lin quickly formed a hand seal in front of her with her fair hand, adjusting her breathing and Dou Qi.
"Force-Draining Water Mirror!" As Instructor Ruo Lin gave a tender shout, she suddenly threw the whip to one side.
A large expanse of light blue Dou Qi suddenly surged from her delicate palms, finally forming an oval blue water mirror in front of her.
This Dou Skill was a defensive Dou Skill that almost every water-attributed Dou Qi user could master; although its rank wasn't high, it was extremely practical.
Only at this moment did Instructor Ruo Lin realize how terrifying this little guy, Xiao Yan, was.
Even though he just sat there so calmly, simply playing the zither, with almost no trace of Dou Qi visible, he had already made her use all her strength.
In a flash, the water mirror was more than half a meter thick, reflecting red and blue light under the setting sun's rays.
Poof!
The sound wave slammed onto the water mirror. The peculiar water mirror shattered with a crash, instantly turning into a wave of water that slapped towards Ruo Lin behind it.
The zither string's tonal attack power had become slightly more serious, directly breaking through Ruo Lin's defense limit.
Stepping back a few steps in fear, Ruo Lin looked at Xiao Yan, still shaken.
Could it be that someone could truly reach the strength of a Dou Huang expert by relying on talent and minimal resources?
This would probably require cultivating from the womb!
"Nine Scores One Zither - Immortal on the River!" Xiao Yan pulled the zither string like a full moon drawing a bow. Majestic Dou Qi, like a torrent, gathered at his fingertips and was suddenly unleashed, like a thunderclap piercing the ears. The sound waves tore through the sky, as if they wanted to overturn the entire firmament.
A piece of "Immortal on the River" transformed into an invisible sharp blade, fierce and mysterious, awe-inspiring.
Looking at this Dou Skill that seemed capable of changing the color of heaven and earth, Yun Yun and the others couldn't help but exclaim.
If it were to hit Ruo Lin, even ten Ruo Lins would likely be reduced to dust.
Who knew they had all misjudged the trajectory of the sound wave attack? Ruo Lin had just stepped back a few paces, coincidentally avoiding the attack.
The shimmering blue sound wave was like a bolt of lightning streaking across the sky, carrying shocking power, and slammed violently towards the mountaintop.
The surface of the mountaintop instantly shattered under the attack, turning into a sky full of dust and rubble, spreading out like an erupting asteroid.
The air seemed to solidify at this moment, and the entire mountaintop was blasted with a huge crater.
The rocks at the edge of the crater showed a wavy distortion under the effect of the sound waves, as if they had been squeezed by an invisible hand.
As the sound waves dissipated, a thick cloud of dust and smoke permeated the mountaintop, obscuring the original scenery.
Looking from afar, the mountaintop no longer existed, only the spreading dust and smoke floating in the air, as if narrating the terrifying power that had just occurred.
Instructor Ruo Lin patted her chest, still shaken, and looked at Xiao Yan with horror.
"Sound wave Dou Skills are already rare among Dou Skill branches, and to be a Dou Skill performed with a zither is truly rare."
"It was just a stroke of luck," Xiao Yan said with a smile as he stood up, a pair of dazzling Dou Qi wings humming open behind him.
The Nine Scores One Zither he had comprehended was merely a middle-tier Earth-rank skill; it was not a particularly profound Dou Skill.
Looking at Xiao Yan, whose aura was fully revealed, Ruo Lin's beautiful eyes widened in an unladylike manner. She had only ever felt this kind of aura from Dean Hu Gan.
Xiao Yu's cousin, Xiao Yan, had actually reached the strength of a Dou Huang expert!
"What strange wings, what kind of Dou Qi is this?!" Xue Ni looked at Xiao Yan's back with some curiosity. She had been at Jia Nan Academy for a while and had learned many things, yet she couldn't even distinguish this Dou Qi attribute.
Ruo Lin gracefully walked in front of Xiao Yan, curiously stroking him up and down: "You're really a Dou Huang expert..."
After a strenuous exercise, Ruo Lin was dripping with sweat, and her normally faint floral scent was now even more intense.
Being stroked by that soft, boneless jade hand, Xiao Yan took a step back, glancing at Xue Ni from the corner of his eye. Thinking of Hu Jia, another person in the academy who liked the same sex, he couldn't help but think: What kind of atmosphere does this Jia Nan Academy have, it's really...
"It's just good luck, nothing much," Xiao Yan waved his hand. "I'm fine with my own cultivation, but if I were to teach others, it would require some time for consolidation."
Instructor Ruo Lin also realized her earlier lapse in composure. However, she could be Xiao Yu's older sister, and in her heart, she saw Xiao Yan as a younger brother.
There was nothing wrong with an older sister treating her younger brother. Instructor Ruo Lin thought this, further displaying her gentle, water-like demeanor.
"Although Jia Nan Academy has some renown on the Dou Qi Continent, a Dou Huang expert under sixteen is also a rare sight in a century. Jia Nan Academy welcomes Junior Brother Xiao Yan anytime."
Thinking of how disrespectful she had been to such a Dou Huang expert earlier, Instructor Ruo Lin couldn't help but feel a little shaken, trying her best to salvage Jia Nan Academy's impression in Xiao Yan's heart.
Xiao Yan would later go to Jia Nan Academy to obtain the mature Fallen Heart Flame within it, and already had a good impression of Jia Nan Academy.
As for this competition with Instructor Ruo Lin, his mind was entirely focused on the zither-type sound wave Dou Skill, and he didn't really care about the attitude of Ruo Lin and the others.
Moreover, he wasn't some eighty-year-old man, so he naturally didn't have many formalities.
It was better for young people to get along more casually, especially when there was no deep-seated animosity.
Putting away his Dou Qi wings, Xiao Yan nodded slightly: "After some more experience, I will definitely visit Jia Nan Academy, this renowned academy of the Dou Qi Continent."
Watching Xiao Yan, who could effortlessly unleash the rare zither-type sound wave Dou Skill, Nalan Yanran felt regret. At the moment her spirit wavered, she suddenly felt her entire body's Dou Qi become chaotic.
Her body temperature instantly rose, as if invisible flames were seeping from her skin. In an instant, her skin became like cooked red shrimp.
(End of Chapter)
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