The boy and two girls had traveled for a week before arriving at Sky city. The trio had grown extremely close during this week, especially Feng Xue and Jiang Mang. Chu Lingxin was even a bit jealous, but she viewed him more like a little brother than a friend while Jiang Mang and Feng Xue seemed to be more than friends or sworn siblings. They just didn't realize it themselves. The trio had agreed to help each other during the recruitment, and all join one of the nine powers.
Jiang Mang had only played music as his training. He focused on songs filled with anger and grief, which had allowed him to comprehend both the emotions of anger and grief to completion. He had now comprehended 3 of the seven emotions while having not understood any of the desires.
Feng Xue and Chu Lingxin were unable to improve in a short time and thus spent their time listening to his music. This had allowed the two girls to feel the depth of Jiang Mang's emotions as they could only be comprehended to completion through experience. They had felt his anger and his grieve during that week. He was angry at the heavens for being blind while he also grieved because of his blindness. He can function even though he is blind, and it could even be said to have helped him become determined to pursue his goals, but it isn't worth it for him as he will never see the colors and beauty of the world with his eyes.
He has become able to see his surroundings with his inner vision, but he can't appreciate nature's beauty as he is used to the darkness and not the light. He would focus next on the emotions of worry and fear before focusing on sentiments and affection.
The trio entered sky city and reserved an inn for a month before departing for the recruitment. Feng Xue wanted to improve her scorching intent or learn another intent during this month. Chu Lingxin would train her new yin sword technique to perfection, while Jiang Mang would focus on the seven emotions and six desires.
Chu Lingxin went to visit a training hall to train her sword arts while Feng Xue and Jiang Mang stayed together to roam the streets and search for opportunities. Jiang Mang had 5000 spirit coins left together with Chu Lingxin after deducting the cost for meals and housing while Feng Xue had 30000 spirit coins in her possession and could earn more through alchemy.
The duo first visited a store to buy a movement technique that suited Feng Xue. They found one Di tier technique called fairy wings, which required the comprehension of the wind intent. This technique suited Feng Xue due to her phoenix profound spirit, that would help her understand the usage of wings while the wind intent could enhance both her speed and attack as the wind intent would increase her scorching intent's lethality. She bought the technique for 25 000 spirit coins as it was a more common and popular Di tier technique, which allowed her to buy it at a lower than average price like Jiang Mang's poison daggers.
The duo then decided to relax at the main square. Jiang Mang decided to play his music there to increase his comprehension while also experiencing the life of a normal musician, which he had never experienced even during his jianghu time. He took his zither profound spirit as his instrument as it would enhance the negative emotions of worry and fear in his music while his flute enhanced positive feelings.
He performed all the popular zither songs from the Xuan continent that involved the emotions of worry and fear. Despite the negative emotions, the songs managed to attract the attention of a crowd. Some listened because of interest, while others were entranced by the music. Some listened because they could relate, while others liked the song as a whole.
Feng Xue was seated next to him enjoying his music while feeling the emotions. She felt a deeper connection with him when she listened to him play as if their thoughts were interlinked. This was a wonderful feeling that she didn't want to lose.
Jiang Mang, on the other hand, was comprehending the emotions of worry and fear while trying to relate his emotions and experiences to those found in the music and the crowd's expressions. He was also observing everything with his inner view, but he couldn't focus on comprehension as most of his attention was locked on Feng Xue, who was sitting next to him with a smile on her face and her eyes closed while enjoying the music.
He was happy that she liked his music and he liked her smile a lot. He thought that she should always smile as that would make her more beautiful than she already is. While he doesn't look for beauty in a person, he can still appreciate it when he uses his inner view. He found especially Feng Xue beautiful even compared to his friends Xia Ruoyin, Song Meiling, and Chu Lingxin, while they were dubbed goddesses. He thought that she was a cut above the rest even though she had still room for progression.
A.N. [:-)]
The duo stayed at the square for an entire day, with one playing music and the other listening while being surrounded by a crowd of cultivators. If Jiang Mang wanted to influence or illusion them, then he could, but he didn't. The crowd of listeners grew with the hours to the point that many had started sitting down while listening.
When Jiang Mang stopped, and Feng Xue opened her eyes. They first turned their heads towards each other before smiling. They then got up and prepared to leave for the inn. They were, however, stopped by the crowd. Many people asked if they would return tomorrow while others expressed their appreciation or even thanked him for his music. He kindly answered and thanked them that he would return as he had nothing better to do. Feng Xue would also keep accompanying, but she would start dancing to train fairy wings and try to comprehend the wind intent. The duo was allowed to leave after answering the crowd questions, but only after a portion had given them some spirit coins to show their appreciation.
Jiang Mang had earned a total of 1730 spirit coins in a single day, which made him happy and gave him an extra incentive to continue. The duo returned to their respective rooms of the inn to rest. Jiang Mang cultivated as he didn't plan to sleep while also managing his insights into the two emotions.