Chapter 050 A Clear Path
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The last part of the festival program almost made the rest of the students sleep as they waited for the performer to go up the stage.
"Come on… get this thing going already. I still have a lot of things to do…" said a student grumpily.
"I want to visit the booths… this year's festival is not that good…"
"I thought I could see some major stars, but I guess I expected too much!"
These words coming from the students could be heard every now and then which made the program facilitator frown and feel a bit depressed.
How could they know that those artists that they have invited would not show up?
At this time, a tall and slender young woman slowly walks up to the stage. In her preparation to go up the stage, Jisoo decided to make some changes when she saw the attitude of the audience in the auditorium.
While inside the dressing room, she took off her clothes and began to pick one clothing after another from the clothing rack.
She first tied her hair in the traditional Hanfu style, with her long hair flowing on her back then holds her hair in a flower bun.
She even uses a jade ornament to decorate her hair.
Then she also wears a hanfu traditional white dress with flowery patterns. This is combined with a thin veil covering her beautiful face.
As she walks gracefully onto the stage, people could not help but sits straight and give their attention to her.
"For the last performance… playing a self-composed song, The Palace of Dreams, Miss Sung Jisoo…" the emcee gave the intro.
At this time, Jisoo is now sitting calmly behind the guqin.
The audience became quiet as they seem to be anticipating something.
Then they saw her closing her eyes and then lifting both of her hands like she was in a ritual.
As her hand slowly landed on the surface of the guqin, a slight reverberating string erupted through the air. This phenomenon immediately stunned everyone.
Twang!!!
The second chord was struck and everyone's mind suddenly turned light.
It was like they are being led to sleep as most of them slowly close their eyes.
Twing!!!
The third stroke reverberated through the air and it has already caught everyone's attention.
Anne who is standing on the side showed confusion in her eyes as she noticed that Jisoo actually removed the cords connected to the butt of the guqin. However, the guqin was still able to produce such sound which seems to enter not the ears of the listener but their soul.
Soon, the fifth string was plucked.
Twang!!!
As the 5th string echoed in the air, everyone now finds themselves in a dreamland.
This time, Jisoo connected the cords at the butt of the guqin as she knew that if she continued playing using her Reiki, it could have a diverse effect on the brains of the people listening to her.
Screech!!!
She slides her hand on the string which seems to break a part of the people's imagination, then began the series of strings that immediately sent their hearts beating wildly with excitement.
The calm gushing of the river and the still and light crushing of the ocean wave suddenly was disturbed as if a strong wind just come and heavy pouring rain began to disturb the flow of the water.
The river began to gush loudly and strongly and the tall ocean waves came crashing through the shore.
The rhythm of the music began to entice the audience to swing their heads as the mellow music turned into something vigorous and modern.
But it preserved the authenticity of ancient mellowness within.
If one would say that Jisoo has six arms and 30 fingers, then they would believe such words as the way she plays right now seem to have used all of the strings in the guqin without interlacing with each other.
The music and rhythm flow smoothly but a bit faster than usual.
Some students could not help but stand up and began to move their bodies unconsciously as they were enticed by the strong emotion brought to them by the music they are hearing.
Screech!!!
At the end of the fast-paced rhythm, Jisoo ended the performance with an abrupt slide of her fingers which immediately woke everyone from their dream-like state.
Silence pervades the entire auditorium as everyone looks at the woman who is slowly rising from her seat. As she stood straight and looks at everyone, she gracefully curtsied at the audience.
This time, the whole hall erupted in a cacophony of cheers and clapping.
Everyone was truly astounded at the unique experience they just had as they listened to the jaw-dropping performance.
One such person who is clapping eagerly right now is David Su.
For a while, he has been going around the campus trying to find another gem or inspiration. But to his disappointment, he had seen no one so far.
He did not lose heart but instead became challenged as he decided to go and watch the festival program. But after some time he also got bored and then thought of leaving. But for some unknown reason, he still decided to stay.
He met with the school's promising talents, and he finds them… just okay. Not excellent or overbearing, but just okay.
Then when he was about to walk out, he saw a female student walking up the stage. He did not know why that student is wearing a piece of traditional clothing, but the way she carries herself already gives off that aura that portrays her personality.
As she walks and sits on the stage, David Su could not help but have his eyes glued on that petit figure.
The shape of her body, her height, and he suspects that even her face is perfect.
Then came her so-called… self-composed tune.
It immediately blows his mind. He could not help but quickly walk down the stage as if meeting the goddess that he has been waiting for his entire life.
He quickly chases after the young woman behind the stage, as if he did not want to lose such an opportunity to meet her.
However, as soon as some students from backstage saw him, he was immediately recognized by them and many swarmed at him for the opportunity of their lifetime.
Even some of the C and D-list stars approached him.
He could not help but feel disgruntled at these people crowding around him.
Soon, he feels depressed and wanted to kick each one of these annoying people. But he dares not do so because he is not that kind of guy.
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Jisoo takes her time changing her clothes as she felt a bit happy today.
It was truly a fascinating experience and the reward is more than she expected it to be. Her Reiki reserve which should look like a muddy riverbank now turned into a 2-inches shallow pond.
This has truly made her smile.
She is currently at the primary stages of the Breaking Mortality realm. Though she is not aiming to break through to another realm, it still made her feel a bit frustrated because of the needed Reiki for her to break through to another level.
If she remembers correctly, she did not have to fill such a vast space just to go to another level in the same realm on the planet she came from.
But she also suspects that the reason for this is because of her ascension to the Demi-God realm.
As she walks out of the dressing room, Anne is already standing outside waiting for her.
As the two walked side-by-side Anne's senior suddenly walked toward them.
"You are really amazing! I did not expect that Anne knew someone as skilled as you in music. By the way, you said that you composed that song, right? Is… Is it okay for us to distribute that song? I mean…" before she could finish talking a tall teacher suddenly interrupted her.
"Stop… You know about intellectual rights, right?"
The senior did not push through, but she has a hint of hesitation in her eyes. She truly wanted to spread such a piece of good music to others, but of course, she also has a plan to help Jisoo get the copyrights of it.
The school actually could process such a thing, because this is a school with many artists. If they could not protect the rights of their students, then the school should not have existed for this long.
"Miss Sung, come with me please…" the teacher gestured for Jisoo to follow.
Feeling a bit hesitant, Anne gestured for her to follow the teacher.
They enter an office, where there are some people already inside.
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"Miss Sung, I want you to meet some of our school's higher-ups. We are going to help you with the copyright of your song." The teacher explained.
"Ah, I knew she would be perfect…" suddenly the voice of one of the men inside the room interrupted the group.
"This is the famous Director Su…" the teacher introduces.
She then introduced the rest of the people inside.
When Jisoo learned that many of the people inside that room are school shareholders and directors, she was a bit surprised.
She actually expected that such a thing would happen, but for the school to act this fast, overwhelmed her a bit.
"She is a package deal…" a female executive suddenly said with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Haha… It's just a pity that she is not a student of our school. But talent is still a talent…" the middle-aged man who is sitting behind the table smiled.
The group then discussed what Jisoo wanted to do with the song.
Jisoo decided to participate in their plans as she knew that she could gain something from it. She could get not only monetary but also a large amount of Reiki.
But of course, she found it a bit fun doing something that she likes while gaining something from it at the same time.
After the discussion, David Su who is sitting on the side approaches Jisoo.
"Do you want to audition?" he suddenly said which startled everyone in the room.