Chapter 65: Fairy Sister, Why Don’t You Smile

“As cultivators, if we do not cultivate, how can we resist great disasters and contribute to our sect’s development? You people are just unable to obtain certain things and unwilling to work hard, only capable of wallowing in self-pity and resentment here.” At this moment, the woman following Fairy Suxin snorted and spoke.

“Yes, we just can’t get certain things, unlike Fairy Suxin, who is naturally beautiful, favored by the sect’s elders, and even pursued by Senior Brother Zheng from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. It’s just a pity that Fairy Suxin pays no attention to Senior Brother Zheng.”

“Otherwise, our Immortal Sound Sect would surely gain many benefits from cooperating with the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.” The woman sneered again.

“Qinglian, no more.” Then, Fairy Suxin spoke softly. Her clear and ethereal voice instantly became the focus of everyone present.

After Fairy Suxin finished speaking, an elder from the sect beside her also waved her hand and said with feigned sternness, “Alright, what is all this arguing between fellow disciples? There are newly enrolled disciples here. According to the previous assignments, take your disciples away to the Bamboo Garden to teach them knowledge and help them select their Enlightenment Tools.”

“Suxin, you have been assigned three children this time. I hope you can teach them the knowledge of the Bamboo Garden and select suitable Enlightenment Tools for them.” That sect elder said to Fairy Suxin with a kind expression.

Fairy Suxin was the most talented among the junior disciples of the Immortal Sound Sect. She possessed an exceptionally strong comprehension of musical rhythm. Any piece of music placed in her hands could be quickly mastered, as if she were born to communicate with melody. The same piece of music, when performed by her versus others, produced vastly different levels of power.

Given time, she would definitely create a miracle. Of course, to protect her, the Immortal Sound Sect would also expend its greatest efforts. From the perspective of these sect elders, those within the sect who did not get along with Fairy Suxin were a kind of tempering for her, something that could help her mind progress.

Cultivation was not easy, and the path of immortality was hard to seek. If one couldn’t even overcome these minor difficulties on the cultivation path, then they were destined not to last.

“This disciple obeys. I will certainly explain the knowledge to these junior sisters and find suitable Enlightenment Tools.” Fairy Suxin nodded gently and then led the three girls into the Bamboo Garden.

Hearing these words from the radio, Zhou Yu shook his head. Fairy Suxin’s state of mind was not something these people could shake. However, he guessed that with her personality, Fairy Suxin might be hiding some secret deep in her heart.

After entering the Bamboo Garden, Fairy Suxin began to introduce the history of the entire Bamboo Garden with her clear, ethereal voice. Bathed in this beautiful sound, Zhou Yu also came to understand some information about the Immortal Sound Sect.

The Immortal Sound Sect was located on an immortal island in a secluded world. This island possessed unique conditions: soil different from the outside world and rich Spiritual Energy, which allowed some special bamboos to grow on the island. This was also the foundation of the Immortal Sound Sect.

All the bamboos on the island could only possess the abilities of Spiritual Artifacts if they grew on the island. Even if someone secretly took them out to transplant them, they would only be slightly stronger than ordinary bamboos and could not grant the bamboos Spiritual Artifact abilities.

These bamboos had several varieties. The most famous were the Sound Bamboo and the Sword Bamboo. As the name suggested, Sound Bamboo was the best choice for musical instruments. Instruments made from this type of bamboo could bring out the effects of musical rhythm to their fullest.

The Sword Bamboo was the rarest in quantity. Swords made from this bamboo could not be broken by blades. Even the lowest grade Sword Bamboo could cut iron like mud. When powered by Spiritual Power, its power was boundless.

However, the Immortal Sound Sect primarily focused on musical cultivation. Most of the time, the Sword Bamboo was only used for trade with the outside world to exchange for certain things. However, the highest quality Sword Bamboo was extremely precious, scarcely appearing even once in a hundred years. Even if it grew, the Immortal Sound Sect would not easily sell it.

As for the Enlightenment Tool, it was something every newly enrolled disciple had to choose. Usually, some senior disciples from the sect would lead them to select some fine Sound Bamboos from the bamboo forest as their Enlightenment musical instruments. Based on this, they would learn musical rhythm. It could be said to be important, and also not important.

However, sometimes, some spiritually aware bamboos would actively choose people with spiritual aptitude. Of course, the probability of this was very low, occurring maybe once in decades. Back then, Fairy Suxin was chosen as the master by a spiritually aware section of Divine Sound Bamboo.

Sound Bamboo was divided into four grades: Jade Sound, Spirit Sound, Immortal Sound, and Divine Sound. The number of Divine Sound Bamboos on the entire island did not exceed ten. They could only choose their masters; people could not choose them. After the master died, the bamboo would also return to dust, and others could not obtain it. In most cases, these newly enrolled disciples could only obtain Jade Sound Bamboo.

Currently, within the entire Immortal Sound Sect, only the current Sect Leader and two Elders possessed Divine Sound Bamboo. Combined with that clear and ethereal voice, this was probably the reason why Fairy Suxin was highly regarded.

Listening to Fairy Suxin’s explanation, Zhou Yu was filled with longing. Sound Bamboo, Sword Bamboo—the Immortal World was truly mysterious and wonderful. No wonder the Immortal Sound Sect could stand firm without falling, relying on musical rhythm.

After the explanation, Fairy Suxin asked gently, “Is there anything else you don’t understand?”

“Fairy sister, your voice is so beautiful. But, why don’t you smile? I think you would look even prettier if you smiled.” At this moment, a young girl’s childish voice came through.

The radio suddenly fell silent. Then, Qinglian’s voice, tinged with reprimand, came through. “I told you three to ask questions related to the Bamboo Garden, not this kind of question. Understand?”

“Y-yes, Senior Sister.” The children replied somewhat flustered.

Fairy Suxin sighed lightly. “Alright, Qinglian, they didn’t mean it. Please take them to choose their Enlightenment Tools first. I wish to rest for a while.”

“Senior Sister Suxin, are… are you alright?” Qinglian’s voice carried a note of concern as she spoke. She felt that her senior sister seemed to have been reminded of past events by these children’s words again.

“I’m fine. I just want to rest for a while.” Fairy Suxin shook her head as she spoke. Her clear, ethereal voice seemed to carry a hint of fatigue.

Qinglian nodded. “Alright then, Senior Sister, rest here for a while. I’ll bring them to choose their Enlightenment Tools and return immediately.”

Then, footsteps came from the radio. It seemed Fairy Suxin had walked into the bamboo forest. Zhou Yu sighed inwardly. It seemed the little girl’s question had touched upon a secret in Fairy Suxin’s heart, or perhaps a pain.

After a while, the footsteps from the radio stopped. A sound resembling the pulling of a bamboo branch was heard, followed by another soft sigh.

This sigh was still as clear as ever, making Zhou Yu’s heart tremble slightly. He very much wanted to help Fairy Suxin, but right now, their two worlds could not truly connect, and he was powerless.

“Senior, is that you?” At this moment, a slightly surprised voice suddenly came from the radio. It was Fairy Suxin.