Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 583: Chapter 582: Don’t Expect Any Good Rewards from the System

The Music Immortal drove away those who hadn’t passed the third test, leaving only Jiang Li and the others.

The Music Immortal glanced at Luo Ying, “I see that although you tried hard to conceal it, there still exists a murderous aura about you. I assume you’ve been striving to control this aura in recent years through self-cultivation.”

In the end of the world, the survival rate was merely one in a thousand. Not only had Luo Ying survived for ten years, but he had also grown from an ordinary high school student to the Shadow King. During this process, he had killed countless people and zombies, so much so that he had lost count.

This was the source of the murderous aura.

“Here’s a piece of sheet music. You can practice it when you’re free, it could help you.”

“As for the path of music, you truly lack the talent. No matter how many things I give you, it won’t be of any use. However, I can give double rewards to your sister. What do you say?”

As expected, Luo Ying agreed.

Then, the Music Immortal turned to Luo Zhu and said, “You possess a commendable talent for music. I have the Music Immortal’s famous piece ‘Breaking Array Melody’ here. It is a rare score with fighting power. It can be used against an individual or a group. If you can master it completely, defeating opponents above your level won’t be hard.”

An ancient manuscript appeared in Luo Zhu’s hands, and she carefully put it away.

Before leaving, the Music Immortal stopped Luo Ying and asked him to take away the group of little green frogs.

After bidding farewell to Jiang Li and Yu Yin, Luo Ying and his sister left the secret land. The other passing cultivators also left.

Only Jiang Li, Yu Yin, and the Music Immortal remained in the secret land.

“So, why have one of you, who’s at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, and another big shot of an unknown rank, come here?” The Music Immortal went to an area with gentle flowing waters, stepping barefoot in the river and laughing heartily.

Considering the secret land only opened every five hundred years, the Music Immortal hadn’t heard of a figure like Jiang Human Emperor.

“I heard that there’s a music score in the secret land that can calm the mind and help one swiftly enter the Unity of Heaven and Man state.”

With a matter-of-fact tone, the Music Immortal said, “Indeed, it’s the ‘Breaking Array Melody’ I just gave to that little girl. The Music Immortal said that it can calm the opponents, quickly put them into the Unity of Heaven and Man state, and help them die and attain liberation sooner.”

“If you want, I can give you one as well. I have plenty of copies.”

“You’re so amiable?”

“Because I can’t beat you.” The Music Immortal didn’t hesitate and straightforwardly answered.

The Music Immortal always held the view that anything incomprehensible fell into the category of ‘undefeatable’, and her divine consciousness also held this view.

Jiang Li went through the ‘Breaking Array Melody’ he received. After careful consideration, he found the Music Immortal truly talented; it was deep and profound.

In summary, it was a good item, but he couldn’t learn it.

“And you, a formidable Transcendence Tribulation Stage cultivator, what brings you to the secret land?”

“I encountered a problem in my art-path. I cannot express sound through my drawings, so I planned to learn the path of music. And you are the one who is most familiar with the path of music in all of Jiuzhou.”

“I don’t mind teaching you. After all, your musical talent is extraordinary. You are capable of inheriting the mantle of the Music Immortal.”

The Music Immortal bent over, picked up a rock from the stream, activated a spell, and imprinted the knowledge of the musical path into the rock.

“Here you go, this rock contains the knowledge about music. For your partner here, it might be obscure and hard to understand, but for you, learning it won’t be difficult.”

Jiang Li glared at the Music Immortal.

The moment Jiang Li and Yu Yin emerged, they received a message from Bai Hongtu.

“Jiang Li, the Yin Yang Heaven Seal’s Ancestor seems to have found a method to cultivate Immortal Artifacts. He needs your help. Can you come over? I’ll treat you to some hawthorn juice, it’s on the house.”

The Yin Yang Heaven Seal had always stayed in the Dao Sect, pondering the cultivation methods for Spiritual Treasures and Immortal Artifacts. Although there had been significant progress in the former, the latter had seen no headway.

Finally, there had been a breakthrough.

“Oh, Yu Yin is there too? That’s perfect, bring the gourd with you to the Dao Sect. Let’s try the Yin Yang Heaven Seal Ancestor’s method.”

Bai Hongtu was surprised to find Jiang Li and Yu Yin together, which saved him the trouble of contacting them separately.

Of course, Jiang Li and Yu Yin agreed.

On their way to the Dao Sect, Jiang Li checked his system rewards.

[Reward: One Sky Star Zither]

[Sky Star Zither: A level-less Spiritual Treasure that can change according to the owner’s mastery of music. Can be enhanced into a top-tier Dao Artifact.]

A top-tier Dao Artifact was a level just below Immortal Artifacts, for instance, Bai Hongtu’s Luo Yu Sword and Pure Heart’s Twelve-Rank Green Lotus, they all fell into this category.

“It changes according to my mastery of music?”

Jiang Li tried plucking a few strings. The Sky Star Zither sensed Jiang Li’s command of music, and in an instant, it transformed from stone to wood, then from wood to rotten wood, and finally into a pool of water, which Jiang Li couldn’t even hold.

“…What a trash reward.”

[Reward: One Tortoise Shell Fortune Telling Board]

“The Tortoise Shell Fortune Telling Board, if I remember correctly, originated from the Luo River Immortal Art. It involves burning the tortoise shell and deducing the desired answer from the cracks formed on the shell.”

“This is a genuinely good item this time. However, interpreting the cracks on the shell requires specialized knowledge, and I doubt anyone in Jiuzhou holds this expertise.”

“I’ll ask before deciding.”

Jiang Li, burning the tortoise shell with a chuckle, asked, “Where is the Immortal Realm?”

The shell cracked and formed several characters:”I don’t know. Please ask another question. The other side can answer one more question.”

Very user-friendly, the tortoise shell directly formed characters without requiring any professional translation.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Jiang Li turned his head and asked Yu Yin, “I got a fortune-telling tortoise shell. Any questions you want to ask?”

Offhandedly, Yu Yin asked, “When will Jiang Li find his Dao companion?”

Jiang Li saw that the other side of the shell cracked and formed a sentence:

“Let’s stick to the Immortal Realm coordinates.”

The tortoise shell continued to crack and formed the words: “The Immortal Realm has concealed the Heavenly Machine. The last trace was seen a thousand years ago. This is the position of the Immortal Realm a thousand years back.”

The tortoise shell displayed a set of static void coordinates.

“… The Immortal Realm moves faster than me. What’s the point of knowing its position a thousand years ago?” Regardless, Jiang Li still kept the tortoise shell, planning to check the coordinates when he had time.

[Reward: “Battle Skills of the Musical Path”]

Jiang Li skimmed the text and quickly understood the core essence of battles along the Musical Path– rhythm and elegance.

As a cultivator who practiced the path of music, an elegant posture must be maintained during battles and one’s demeanor must be commendable.

The battle method was to adopt music as a melody and make the body move in measured strides, enabling it to attack or retreat as needed.

Although Jiang Li couldn’t comment on this melody-based fighting style, as for the elegant posture…

Jiang Li recalled his fight against Xianren, where Xianren drew out a fairy sword that wasn’t even as sturdy as himself and was shattered by Jiang’s single punch.

Xianren was presumably influenced by this “Battle Skills of the Musical Path.”

Ignoring the battle strength for a moment, maintaining an elegant stance during a battle could indeed attract female cultivators. The image of a white-clothed Sword Cultivator being handsome and elegant was widely accepted.

“Do you want this?” Jiang Li handed it over to Yu Yin.

Yu Yin flipped through it, felt somewhat disgusted, and returned it to Jiang Li, “Don’t give me your unwanted trash. If I fight like this, I can’t even beat Bai Hongtu. Besides, my fighting style is already set and there’s no need for any change.”

Jiang Li could only store the trash rewards given by the system in his Storage Ring.

The two landed and arrived at the Dao Sect’s entrance.