Chapter 32: Peerless Under Heaven

[Although I really like Jiang Qin, I have to agree with the comment above.]

[Yes, couldn't she just finish two soothing sessions before singing? Why replace the soothing sessions with singing?]

[People have already complained about this before, but she still hasn't changed. It’s clear she just wants to show off.]

[But I heard that singing is actually one of Jiang Qin's ways of soothing.]

After all, it was just a large-scale mental soothing; as long as she could control her mental power, wouldn't it be fine?

Furthermore, looking at the live stream, the entire bar was packed, with over twenty thousand people.

A C-grade female couldn't purify much even in a one-on-one setting. With so many people now, even if she drained her mental power, it wouldn't make a dent.

[If people are really here for purification, then I can only say these males are foolish. It’s obvious that Moonlight Bar is no longer suitable for those seeking purification. With this many people, it would take at least an A-grade female to have any effect.]

[And I heard this dump of a bar only has one soothing specialist.]

[No way. Surely no one is stupid enough to go to a bar with only one C-grade female and thousands of people for purification, right?]

[Exactly. Have all the other bars closed down?]

Of course, they hadn't.

Some customers who hadn't noticed the purification effects had indeed given up on Moonlight Bar today and gone elsewhere. Only those who had discovered the anomaly persisted in coming to Moonlight.

As it turned out, they chose correctly.

After listening to this song, "Song of the Beauty," their mental riot levels were purified by 0.2.

Although this was much less than before, the fact that she could achieve 0.3 (a slight variance) in such a large crowd was enough to prove that this little female's current purification ability was comparable to that of a B-grade female.

However, not many people knew this yet.

***

In a corner, Gu Tianyou, who had been feeling irritable, finally calmed down.

He hadn't wanted to come here; the sight of such a long queue was enough to make anyone go crazy. But he had no choice—his two close friends insisted on coming.

Their mission had changed, and they had to stay in Langor City for a while, so they naturally needed to stock up on suppressants. Coming to a bar allowed them to pick up supplies while keeping an ear to the ground for news.

The problem was, this overcrowded feeling was truly terrible. He couldn't understand what could possibly attract his two friends here.

It couldn't be for the little female, could it?

If that were the case, he would probably have to knock them unconscious and drag them away; he didn't want his friends doing anything so irrational.

But he had to admit, the song this little female was singing was truly beautiful.

Especially this one; it felt as if a tiny brush was gently sweeping through his mental sea.

"Hey, apart from being a bit small, having too few soothing specialists, and the female's rank being a bit low, this bar doesn't seem half bad."

Bai Mufeng glanced at him indifferently, while Lan Shaoyu chuckled, "Didn't you just insist on going to that place down the street?"

"What else could I do? That place down the street has a B-grade female."

"So what if she's B-grade? She’s of little use to us."

"Didn't the Lan family say they could help you get an introduction to that A-grade female from the Cai family? Why don't you just go for her?" Gu Tianyou teased, winking.

"Heh, if you’re envious, I’m willing to give you that spot."

Gu Tianyou quickly waved his hands in refusal. "No, no, such a good thing isn't something I’m worthy of."

Seeing him back down, Lan Shaoyu said nothing more.

"Brother Feng, isn't your family also urging you to find a partner? What do you plan to do?"

Bai Mufeng calmly sipped his suppressant. "My final destination is to die on the battlefield."

From the day he entered the Federal Military Academy, he had been prepared for death. That was why he had never held back his use of mental power. Now, at only twenty-five, his riot level had already reached 75%.

It was only a matter of a few years before he completely devolved into a beast.

Since he was going to die sooner or later, why find a female he didn't like and survive by currying favor with her? It would be better to live life to the fullest doing what he wanted, and then calmly meet his end alone.

As friends, Gu Tianyou and Lan Shaoyu naturally understood him. It just felt painful in their hearts; they still hoped their friend would come to his senses, find a partner, and recuperate for a few years before returning to the battlefield.

After all, they were still young. Even if they rested for a few years, they would only be around thirty. Many people hadn't even graduated by thirty, so thirty wasn't late at all.

But they didn't dare to persuade him openly. They could only secretly look for a suitable female and try to orchestrate "chance encounters" for them.

There was a suitable female here in Langor City.

Gu Tianyou and Lan Shaoyu exchanged a glance. Despite once again sensing their friend's stubborn attitude, they didn't want to give up.

Perhaps they would just hit it off!

They simply couldn't stand by and watch their friend head toward death while doing nothing.

"Forget it, forget it. Let's not talk about these messy things. The little female is about to start her second song."

***

For the second song, Jiang Qin prepared to sing "Peerless."

During the break, she changed into a different outfit—a modern-style white dress, but it was very elegant. Her black hair, which had been tied up, was now let down, held by a white ribbon tied into a bow in the middle.

The holographic scenery on the stage also changed into a dark, mysterious cave. A faint white light filtered down as if moonlight were shining from above.

"Traveling through the joys and sorrows of the dusty world,
Wandering with you in my heart,
Piercing through the green mountains and the desolation of the wilderness..."

This song was completely different from the last. The first was about the world of men; the second was about seclusion.

With her ethereal voice and the white silk fluttering, it felt as if the person on stage would drift away with the wind and the ribbons...

"This song belongs only to the heavens; how often can one hear it in the mortal world..." Lan Shaoyu murmured.

"What did you say?" Gu Tianyou hadn't heard him clearly, as his voice was too low.

Lan Shaoyu shook his head. "Nothing. I just suddenly understood an ancient saying."

He hadn't understood before why his grandfather was so obsessed with the excavation and exploration of ancient culture. In this moment, he felt he finally understood.

Ancient culture was indeed marvelous. Ancient instruments were equally magical.

Thinking of his grandfather's devotion to all things ancient, Lan Shaoyu smiled and raised his optical computer to start recording. It was a pity he hadn't started recording from the beginning.

"In this life, I am obsessed because of you,
This love is peerless in the world.
The shadow of the sword, the ripples of the water,
They are just the past, all in the past~"

In the accompaniment, there was the crisp sound of water dripping onto stone in a cave, making many feel as if they were immersed in nature.

The urge to take one's lover away from the chaos of the world, to wander, to watch the flowers and the grass, and to find a place of mountains and clear waters with no one else around to spend a lifetime together, surged into their hearts.

Wen Xueli closed her eyes, intoxicated and immersed in the singing. Her mental avatar actually emerged from between her eyebrows!