Dragon's Origin

Chapter 671: New Music (Part 2)

The grandmasters practiced very diligently. Several pieces, some old, some new, but no matter which piece, they practiced with great care. Even knowing that Wang Sheng had arrived, they didn't get distracted, practicing seriously until they finished a run-through, after which Master Yu commented before they greeted Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng hadn't seen these grandmasters for some time, so meeting again naturally involved another round of pleasantries.

However, after a few words, Wang Sheng was pulled over to critique their recent performance. In this world, perhaps besides themselves, in the field of music, the only one who could be accepted by so many at the same time, and whose words carried weight and were believed by them, was probably Wang Sheng!

Facing these people who were so dedicated to their profession, Wang Sheng didn't engage in much false politeness, saying what needed to be said.

Now, Wang Sheng no longer talked to these grandmasters about issues of pitch, volume, length, or rhythm. Saying such things would be insulting to them.

Wang Sheng's cultivation was now vastly different. After entering the peak of the Legendary Realm, his perception of these performances' aura was completely different from before.

The grandmasters' cultivation was also at the peak of the Legendary Realm under normal circumstances. In Wang Sheng's perception, their spiritual Qi wasn't pure enough, but it had already entered the process of condensing.

This was very normal. At every grandmaster concert, except for the few times Wang Sheng had specifically instructed otherwise, every other concert saw experts advancing in cultivation. And whenever someone advanced, it was never just one person, but at least hundreds advancing collectively in a grand scene. When those advancing underwent spiritual Qi tempering, it would condense into a massive spiritual Qi cloud over the entire Royal Grand Theater.

Within the range of the spiritual Qi cloud, even the Imperial Guards responsible for guarding the outside would receive many benefits, let alone the grandmasters at the very center of the spiritual Qi cloud.

Each time a large spiritual Qi cloud formed, those who truly advanced weren't the first to benefit, but these grandmasters. In other words, every large spiritual Qi cloud would first wash over the grandmasters' bodies before entering the bodies of those advancing, undergoing spiritual Qi tempering.

What Wang Sheng now perceived was that these grandmasters weren't really enthusiastic about cultivation, but each of their cultivations might not be worse than those so-called Legendary experts outside.

Their behavior was actually the same as Wang Sheng's, who hadn't cultivated for a whole year, using that time to allow spiritual Qi to nourish his whole body. These grandmasters had unknowingly reached Wang Sheng's previous state.

If it weren't for the fact that these grandmasters' cultivation techniques were really average, they would definitely be at the peak of the Legendary Realm now. These conditions were simply heaven-sent, to the point where even Wang Sheng could be envious.

"Let's not talk about pitch, volume, rhythm, or tempo, but only about the coordination of Qi," Wang Sheng said directly, not avoiding cultivation-related matters just because the grandmasters didn't like cultivation: "Presumably, you masters have already discovered that you are already very tacit in your cooperation, but sometimes you always feel awkward, so you keep practicing to find the wrong places, right?"

"Are you saying that it's not a problem with the music itself?" Master Yu felt this the most. He was the only one who didn't need to perform but had a comprehensive view of the overall situation, so he understood the fastest and immediately asked.

The others had looked for such problems many times. There was a time when they had someone listen to each performance while the others played, but this listener could always detect something wrong, but couldn't say what was wrong.

As soon as Wang Sheng spoke about the coordination of Qi, everyone understood that there was indeed that kind of awkward feeling. Now that Master Yu said that it wasn't a problem with the music itself, then it was very obvious that it was a problem with them, the music performers.

"Where is the biggest problem?" Master Dan asked directly, being straightforward. The others also looked like they were listening attentively, as they had been searching for the reason for a long time but couldn't find it. Maybe Wang Sheng could point out this confusion to them. After all, the bystander sees more than the player!

"Two points," Wang Sheng said unceremoniously, directly holding up two fingers.

Master Yu pulled Wang Sheng, bringing him to the conductor's platform, and sat down to listen. No one felt that this action was wrong. They all looked up at Wang Sheng as they usually looked at Master Yu, waiting for Wang Sheng to guide them.

"First, your cultivations are not balanced enough," Wang Sheng held up his first finger, saying to everyone: "This leads to the inability to perfectly achieve overall balance when controlling spiritual Qi for performance."

Everyone was pondering Wang Sheng's words. Several people frowned and thought for a while, but found that there seemed to be some truth to it. Because everyone's cultivation was inconsistent, some places should have been fully exerted, but the overall Qi was unbalanced due to the uneven cultivation, and that awkward feeling immediately came out.

"Of course, it is impossible to achieve absolute balance," Wang Sheng also helped everyone analyze: "The best situation is to be able to achieve almost the same level. There will not be a big difference in realm now, but there are still slight deviations in small realms. This can only be gradually narrowed down after everyone has performed enough times and the spiritual Qi cloud has appeared enough times. If you have to say a solution, you have to practice more and find balance."

Everyone understood that it was impossible for so many people to have exactly the same cultivation. Even if everyone's cultivation was the same, everyone's specific use of it would have strengths and weaknesses. As Wang Sheng said, they could only give a standard first and then everyone would work hard to practice in order to be consistent.

"What's the second problem?" Master Yu asked immediately.

"Each of you cultivates different cultivation techniques," Wang Sheng said succinctly, stating the second problem.

Everyone could understand the first problem, but as soon as Wang Sheng mentioned the second problem, everyone immediately understood. Different cultivations lead to unbalanced Qi, and different cultivation techniques lead to different spiritual Qi for each person. This is the biggest source of imbalance.

In fact, in the ears of ordinary people, at least in the Qi perception of true Legendary Realm peak experts, they cannot find the imbalance in the grandmaster orchestra's performance. Only those grandmasters who are immersed in the way of music all day long can detect that little bit of awkwardness in their ears, which is enough for normal performance.

However, these grandmasters want to pursue a higher realm, and they want to pursue perfect music, which is difficult. Everyone is perfect in a solo, but as long as they play together, there will always be a little bit of awkwardness.

With Wang Sheng's comments, everyone finally knew where the problem lay.