Dragon's Origin

Bestowing benefits upon the populace and bringing glory to future generations—isn't this the highest realm pursued by noble individuals?

Clearly, so many grandmasters of music are noble people, willing to dedicate themselves to creating an unprecedented new landscape, and even more willing to sacrifice for future generations. Where righteousness lies, I shall go, though ten thousand may stand against me!

Creating a new cultivation method and forging a thoroughfare for all those who focus on music in the future, the grandmasters would never lag behind.

"We can ponder it first," Master Yu said cautiously, or else he wouldn't be in the position of conductor: "Let's see if there's any feasibility. After all, we aren't very proficient in cultivation."

"After this is completed, I'll introduce you to some old Taoists of the Qing generation from the Old Lord Temple; they are skilled in this area," Wang Sheng greatly appreciated this cautious attitude. Not blind, not impulsive, not hot-blooded—this is the true attitude for doing things. Generally speaking, those who are easily stimulated by certain situations and get hot-blooded are basically those who lose their composure and die the fastest.

The matter was settled, and both sides seemed happy. Wang Sheng was pleased to have the grandmaster orchestra escorting him all the way, ensuring that the women of Grand View Garden could cultivate rapidly. On the one hand, the grandmasters had a more magnificent and lofty goal, and on the other hand, they had the new piece promised by Wang Sheng, which made them very happy. Of course, the main thing was that they had found the place where they always felt awkward. It wasn't a matter of skill; once the knot in their hearts was untied, their mood naturally improved.

In their happiness, these grandmasters didn't care whether Wang Sheng had anything else to do and immediately wanted him to compose the promised new piece.

Originally, Wang Sheng planned to give the masters classics like "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" or "Erquan Reflecting the Moon," but Wang Sheng now realized that the masters seemed to like challenges, so that piece that challenged the limits seemed to be the one to take out.

"There's a piece with a very fast tempo that requires very fast hand speed," Wang Sheng said with a smile, addressing the grandmasters: "Many instruments can challenge it. It can be said to be a piece that challenges the limits, but it doesn't contain any lofty connotations or much artistic value. It's just for showing off skills. Are you interested?"

"A skill-showing piece that challenges the limits?" Everyone seemed to be interested and laughed: "Good, let's see it!"

At their level, what artistic value, what lofty connotations—aren't they just the same old thing? Many people actually play country tunes; how high-end can they be? It's just rustic fun. Besides, whether it has artistic value or connotation is not up to Wang Sheng to decide, but up to them.

True essence is seen in plainness. Even the most ordinary ditty, when truly played by the grandmasters, is a supreme masterpiece. Because the grandmasters' interpretation will naturally add their understanding of these pieces, even performing is actually a second creative process for the performer, and no two performances will be the same.

Wang Sheng actually understood this principle, just like martial arts. For example, the previously most ordinary Heavenly King Fist was just a simple punch. In the eyes of those who don't understand cultivation, it is also the crudest and most ordinary move, but in the hands of Lingxu Old Daoist, this punch is a shocking super move. Music is also like this!

"Everyone should have seen the scene of wild bees flying all over the sky, right?!" Wang Sheng also laughed: "I saw it in the Thousand Absolute Land and used it to get rid of several experts who were tracking me. The situation at that time was quite a feeling, so I had this piece, 'Flight of the Bumblebee'."

This sentence can be regarded as a simple introduction to the appearance of the piece "Flight of the Bumblebee." There is a cause, there is insight, a very complete creative process. These grandmasters like this kind of piece that can completely trace the creative process the most, which allows them to better understand the composer's state of mind and emotions, and better interpret the work.

Wang Sheng asked for a thick stack of blank staff paper and began to mark the sheet music in his memory. It was very long and dense, and Wang Sheng had to mark it carefully for a while.

But no one immediately took it to look at it, but waited quietly. They were already grandmasters, and they still had this patience and calmness.

"This piece is actually suitable for solo, simple and concentrated instrument cooperation is also possible, but it is not suitable for large-scale ensemble. Well, it is also possible to add some auxiliary orchestration for cooperative performance," Wang Sheng introduced to everyone while composing: "If you want to play it at a concert, you can take turns, and everyone can take turns to rest."

The rhythm of "Flight of the Bumblebee" is definitely fast, and Wang Sheng even suspected that this piece might accelerate the rhythm of cultivation. So he immediately said this guess.

"I don't know if a solo performance can still have the effect of ensemble attracting the audience to cultivate. The rhythm of this piece is fast, maybe it can speed up the rhythm of cultivation," Wang Sheng was still writing like flying, talking incessantly: "When the piece is ready, masters, you can try it first."

After waiting for half an hour, Wang Sheng finally finished composing the piece "Flight of the Bumblebee." After going through it from beginning to end and finding that there was no deviation from the memory in his mind, Wang Sheng gave the piece to Master Yu.

Master Yu took the score, and before he could look at it carefully, he was immediately startled by the series of dense sixteenth notes. The entire piece is almost full of such fast-paced notes. No wonder Wang Sheng said it was a skill-showing piece. For ordinary musicians, it would be good to be able to play the entire piece completely after practicing for a few days. As for wanting to perform it perfectly, it depends on this group of old guys behind him!

"This piece is suitable for many instruments. Piano, violin, erhu, flute, xiao, sheng, pipa, dulcimer, xylophone, guzheng, ruan, liuqin, ocarina seem to be all right, but you need to change it into a suitable score yourself. See which master can perform it first to test the effect," Wang Sheng said, while secretly smiling at Master Yu's posture that he couldn't help but start plucking his fingers.

"Old Yu, don't monopolize it!" A grandmaster immediately shouted at Master Yu: "Put it in front, everyone copy it together!"

Master Yu reluctantly put the piece in front, and then a group of grandmasters, each holding a stack of staff paper, began to copy the music note by note. While copying, these masters had actually completed the first acquaintance with the piece.

If the students of the Royal Academy of Arts saw that these real grandmaster-level performers were still copying the sheet music note by note, I don't know how shocked they would be.

Of course, if you don't reach the realm, you don't understand the benefits of doing so. Maybe some people understand, but those who can really do it, and still do it without hesitation, are the real grandmasters.