Urban Invincible Medical Divine

Chapter 327: Chapter 251: Playing

Qin Qihuang introduced the piece they were about to play to Liu Wentian.

The title is “Full River Red,” chosen specifically to resonate with the famous poem by the renowned General Yue Fei.

This piece, like the poem, aims to demonstrate a heroic spirit of the dead clad in horsehide, defending one’s home and country. Its style is desolate and ancient, requiring grandeur and the ability to touch the audience’s hearts deeply.

The piece utilizes five instruments, specifically the pipa, guzheng, guqin, xiao, and drums.

Qiu Zhenwei plays the xiao, Association President Zhao Qian plays the drums, Qin Qihuang plays the guzheng, a middle-aged woman in her forties plays the pipa, and playing the guqin is Liu Wentian.

This piece requires extremely high coordination among players. They had tried before, with Qin Qihuang playing both guqin and guzheng and then synthesizing the sounds electronically, but the result was disappointing, failing to evoke the desired feeling.

Therefore, Qin Qihuang asked Liu Wentian for help.

After the introduction, Qin Qihuang handed the sheet music to Liu Wentian and smiled, saying, “Practice it a few times first and see if you can master it today. If so, let’s try to record it.”

Liu Wentian took it and glanced over it, smiling, said, “Let’s start playing directly, I have already learned it!”

At his words, everyone was stunned.

What does that mean? Could it be he doesn’t even need to practice?

One should understand that it’s not difficult to play a piece, but to truly bring out its essence requires extensive practice. Knowing the score and managing to play it does not mean one has mastered it.

Qin Qihuang expressed surprise, saying, “What do you mean, you don’t need to practice at all?”

Before Liu Wentian could reply, a voice already sneered from the side, “If he wants to show off, then let him. Why stop him? Such a person is simply overconfident, hasn’t matured at all, yet thinks he’s the best in the world!”

Liu Wentian turned his head, only to see Qiu Zhenwei looking at him with a cold sneer.

He shrugged and said, “Can you shut your mouth, you idiot?”

“You—”

Qiu Zhenwei’s face turned ugly with rage, and he seemed ready to pounce and slap Liu Wentian. Fuming with anger, he said,

“Fine! Since you want to play right away, let’s play along! You’ll soon understand just how foolish you are! You claim to have learned it without even trying it once!”

“You should realize, this piece is the result of over three months of the Association’s effort. By doing this, you’re essentially insulting us! It’s as if the piece we created has no soul, like it doesn’t require understanding!”

Qiu Zhenwei spoke these words, clearly aiming to turn everyone against Liu Wentian, and his words indeed had a provocative effect. At that moment, the members of the Classical Instruments Association began to look at Liu Wentian with unfriendliness!

After receiving the music, Liu Wentian had merely glanced at it and then claimed he had already mastered it!

Only a soulless, empty shell of a piece wouldn’t require extensive practice to grasp its essence, so, in their eyes, Liu Wentian’s casual attitude was an outright insult to their creation!

He was treating their prized creation with utter disregard!

At this point, Qin Qihuang was also frowning, feeling that Liu Wentian’s behavior was somewhat arrogant. However, the impression Liu Wentian had made on her last time was very positive, and she wasn’t ready to look at him with anger just yet.

She sighed internally, thinking how easily young talents could become conceited due to their abilities.

Though only in his early twenties, Liu Wentian’s skills with the guqin had already reached a pinnacle, and he was also skilled in medicine and was physically formidable. Such early success, in Qin Qihuang’s view, could indeed lead to arrogance!

Zhao Qian’s expression was ice-cold, also thinking Liu Wentian was too presumptuous. One should understand that this piece was created under his leadership!@@novelbin@@

To say that one has mastered it just by glancing at it was to treat the performance like child’s play, showing disrespect toward his creation!

Ultimately, he harbored doubts about Liu Wentian.

Although Qin Qihuang couldn’t praise Liu Wentian enough, claiming his guqin skills were unrivaled, Zhao Qian internally didn’t quite believe it, as after all, Liu Wentian was very young, appearing only in his early twenties!

Liu Wentian looked at the unfriendly expressions around him, feeling depressed, as he had truly already learned it. Why wouldn’t these people believe him?

As a Wang Wuzheng powerhouse, his ability to understand was beyond what these people could imagine. He understood what the piece was trying to express and what to focus on the moment he looked at it!

After a moment of thought, he walked over by himself and sat down in front of the ancient guqin!

Seeing this, the crowd was even more displeased, feeling that Liu Wentian was truly too impolite. The chairman Zhao and others hadn’t even spoken yet, and he had already gone over and taken a seat!

Qiu Zhenwei’s face betrayed his schadenfreude as he sneered and said, “It seems that our genius qin master is about to give us a solo performance?? Haha! This piece is meant for an ensemble, different musical instruments have different scores, and you, relying solely on one guqin score and an ancient guqin, think you can play out that kind of artistic conception? You are simply dreaming!”

The audience, being knowledgeable, nodded in agreement with Qiu Zhenwei’s words in silence!

If this ensemble piece were played just on the guqin, then it would lack the grandeur of the drums, the ethereal zither, the flowing flute, the mournful pipa, and the music played would not possess even a trace of spirit!

Instantly, the audience’s opinion of Liu Wentian had plummeted to an all-time low, with Chairman Zhao frowning deeply!

Qin Qihuang had a look of helplessness, thinking, Why can’t this fellow ever stay calm?

“Bang!”

Suddenly, a loud explosion startled everyone!

Liu Wentian’s hands danced, his ten fingers as if turning into lively sprites, and as the sound of the qin emerged, it was ancient, profound, majestic, and vigorously inspiring, giving everyone goosebumps in an instant!

Vaguely, they thought they heard shouts of killing, the sound of horse hooves, the clash of swords, and seemed to see a steely hero, with unfulfilled aspirations, howling to the sky!

Unconsciously, they were completely mesmerized by the sound of the qin, as if they were truly on a battlefield!

When Liu Wentian stopped playing, they still wore the stunned look of someone unable to react. Liu Wentian touched his nose helplessly and said, “What do you all think? Did I play alright?”

Only then did the people react, their faces a mix of speechlessness and embarrassment, thinking, “Damn, if this is merely alright, then we are all simply worthless!”

Yet they were puzzled at heart, wondering how could this fellow reveal such artistic conception with just a guqin!

At that moment, Zhao Qian was so excited that his face was flushed as he shouted, “Excellent, excellent! This is truly fantastic! Incredible, truly incredible!”

The people were somewhat astonished, unclear why Chairman Zhao was so excited!

Zhao Qian wasn’t paying any attention to the others, still exhilarated, he said, “To catch the spirit at first glance and to even slightly alter the score without changing its spirit is truly remarkable! What terrifying eyesight and superb skill must one have to do such a thing!”

Upon hearing Zhao Qian’s words, everyone gasped in astonishment, finally understanding why just with the ancient guqin, he could fully present the essence of the piece!

He had actually adapted the qin music!

At a glance, he captured the spirit and then instantly adapted it!

Thinking this, they all felt a tingling on their scalps, their gazes toward Liu Wentian were as if they were looking at a monster!

Qiu Zhenwei, looking as if someone had choked him, his face turned red, and he found himself unable to speak, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into!

He had intended to watch Liu Wentian become the laughingstock, but instead, it was Liu Wentian who had slapped everyone in the face, making him feel as if his face were burning with pain!

Qin Qihuang’s eyes were full of astonishment; he really didn’t know how to express his feelings at the moment, thinking, This guy is truly a genius, always managing to shock everyone!

At this time, Zhao Qian was looking at Liu Wentian as if he had discovered some once-in-a-lifetime treasure, his eyes gleaming, laughing heartily, he said, “Liu Wentian, do you have any suggestions for this piece? If you do, feel free to speak up.”

Liu Wentian pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, “I indeed have some suggestions, but there are too many issues with this piece; discussing them is troublesome. Why don’t I just help you all make a thorough revision?”

In an instant, everyone’s faces turned dark!

Couldn’t you tell? Chairman Zhao had deliberately phrased it that way out of politeness.

You really intend to make major changes, mentioning the piece has too many issues?

This piece is the intellectual culmination of several of Guangnan Province’s finest musical masters, who took over three months to create it!

Zhao Qian’s smiling face became perplexed and somewhat unsightly!

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