Lan Feier wanted to explain, but she found that no matter how she tried, it just didn't make sense.
She herself didn't know why the several Chixiao Old Seniors insisted that Gu Qingfeng was the Monarch's heir, so how could she explain it to others?
Most crucially, she herself didn't believe Gu Qingfeng was the Monarch's heir, so how could she make others believe?
That wasn't important.
What was important was that there were far, far too many frauds in this world impersonating the Monarch's heir. Nowadays, just mentioning 'Monarch's heir' was like a joke. Forget about Gu Qingfeng being fake—even if he were real, no one would believe it.
After much thought, Lan Feier could only voice what was in her heart: "Sister Su Hua, Gu Qingfeng really isn't a fraud we from the Fengyun Branch brought in. As for why the several Chixiao Old Seniors believe he's the Monarch's heir, I think...
I think...
The several Old Seniors must have been deceived as well..." It was an answer that couldn't really be called an answer, but it was the only one Lan Feier could come up with after thinking for a long time. In her view, that fellow Gu Qingfeng must have used some trick to fool the several Chixiao Old Seniors. Otherwise...
the several Chixiao Old Seniors wouldn't have been so certain.
"Lan Feier, you still dare to quibble even now? The Chixiao Old Seniors of your Fengyun Branch are people who followed Lord Chixiao in his campaigns north and south back in the day. How could they possibly mistake the Monarch's heir? I think..." Wei Jiaojiao was dead set on humiliating Lan Feier and naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity.
The two argued on, but clearly, many people didn't care whether Gu Qingfeng was a fraud brought in by the Fengyun Branch or not. They only cared that Gu Qingfeng had deceived the Immortal.
"Immortal, in my opinion, that Gu Qingfeng is an out-and-out fraud, impersonating the Monarch's heir to swagger and swindle everywhere. As for the modified version of the Little Blue Flower Language you composed, it absolutely couldn't have been modified by him. It must have come from the hand of some reclusive Old Senior, or perhaps some reincarnated mighty one. The modified Musical Score was probably just picked up by that fraud Gu Qingfeng by chance, and he used it to deceive you, Immortal!"
On the Taixuan Platform, Su Hua slightly furrowed her brows but did not respond to the matter.
The issue Tu Gao mentioned was not something she hadn't considered.
To be honest, Su Hua had always harbored doubts about this matter.
In the days since leaving Yunxia Sect, she had been constantly contemplating the modified Musical Score. The more she looked at it, the more she admired it, but also the more she doubted. Because the modified Little Blue Flower Language could be described as all-encompassing; many of its spirit incantations were derived from ancient classic melodies, and many of the divine sense applications even evolved from some little-known scores.
The modified score might appear simpler, more straightforward, and more suitable for beginners, but behind every modified melody, spirit incantation, and divine sense application lay unimaginable musical attainments, requiring an utterly terrifying knowledge of musical theory.
This wasn't something you could comprehend just by having high talent.
It required daily accumulation, reading through countless musical scores from across the world, to achieve modifications that were orderly within chaos, refined within coarseness!
This required time, a vast amount of time, and the contemplation of a sea of musical scores.
Ten years?
Twenty years?
A hundred years?
A thousand years?
One piece? Ten pieces?
Ten thousand pieces?
She didn't know. Su Hua couldn't even imagine how many years one would have to spend, how many melodies one would have to read, to possess such vast musical knowledge.
If Gu Qingfeng were a reincarnated person, Su Hua naturally wouldn't doubt it. But the problem was, he wasn't. This inevitably made her suspicious.
Could it be that guy really was a fraud?
Did some Old Senior modify her Little Blue Flower Language, and he just happened to obtain it?
She didn't know.
And she couldn't figure it out.
Su Hua wasn't the only one with such doubts. Although Situ Zhengnan had arrived later and only learned of this matter recently—he hadn't even heard of Gu Qingfeng before—after quickly understanding the whole story, he analyzed:
"I just heard that Master Wenzhu also played the modified Little Blue Flower Language, and I've also just looked at the modified Musical Score. I must say, the modifications are utterly admirable, truly opening my eyes to that kind of orderly chaos. However..." Changing his tone, Situ Zhengnan spoke eloquently, "However, it can be confirmed that the person who made the modifications must be an Old Senior with extremely profound musical attainments, and a very, very ancient one at that—so ancient it likely surpasses all our imaginations. Ten thousand years would be on the short side. Otherwise, one's musical attainments simply couldn't reach that level. As far as I know, Gu Qingfeng is not a reincarnated person, and his cultivation is only at the Purple Mansion stage. I can say with great certainty that the person who modified the Immortal's Little Blue Flower Language is not the so-called Gu Qingfeng."
"What do the three of you think?"
When Situ Zhengnan inquired, whether it was Senior Jin, Wan Huaiyu, or Qin Hao, all three expressed agreement. After seeing the modified Musical Score, they too were immensely impressed by the modifier and believed this person must be an Old Senior of profound attainments.
With these three reincarnated experts nodding in agreement, Gu Qingfeng's reputation as a fraud was thoroughly cemented.
The crowd was indignant, angrily denouncing Gu Qingfeng's misdeeds, all clamoring to go to Yunxia Sect to vent their anger on behalf of the Immortal. To dare use such means to deceive the Immortal into giving him a massage was utterly unforgivable; he deserved to be torn to pieces!
"My Big Brother is not a fraud at all!
Don't you talk nonsense!
!"
Little Jin'er's face flushed red, puffed up with anger, she raised her little head and shouted loudly.
The little girl's mind wasn't that complex; she was very simple. She also harbored a kind of blind admiration for Gu Qingfeng.
This admiration had formed during her first encounter with Gu Qingfeng at the First-Class Villa.
Gu Qingfeng had modified the Little Blue Flower Language for her, taught her how to play it, and then played an empty rendition of Drunken Chant of the Azure Sea, which utterly fascinated the little girl.
She firmly believed her Big Brother was definitely not a fraud!
"My Big Brother can play out the artistic conception just by playing an empty rendition of Drunken Chant of the Azure Sea! You say he's a fraud—can you do that?"
"Tsk tsk, what an ignorant little girl! Using spiritual means to forge an artistic conception—that's the common trick of those frauds impersonating the Monarch's heir. What do you say, Miss Lan?"
Wei Jiaojiao seized the opportunity and began mocking Lan Feier again.
"Wei Jiaojiao, if you have something to say, just say it. Why be so sarcastic!"
The one who said this wasn't Lan Feier, but Huo Wu Chen Yue. She glanced at Wei Jiaojiao and said, "Besides, whether Gu Qingfeng is a fraud or not isn't for you to decide!"
"Huo Wu Chen Yue?"
As if surprised that Huo Wu Chen Yue would step forward, Wei Jiaojiao snorted coldly and was about to say something, but Huo Wu Chen Yue didn't give her the chance, speaking directly.
"Whether Gu Qingfeng is a fraud impersonating the Monarch's heir, I'm not too sure. As for whether he was the one who modified the Little Blue Flower Language, I don't know either. Whether he can play out the artistic conception with an empty rendition of Drunken Chant of the Azure Sea, I similarly don't know. However..." Huo Wu Chen Yue seemed somewhat hesitant, pausing for a moment before continuing, "I have heard before, and seen with my own eyes, Gu Qingfeng play the World-Honored Lady's 'Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix'. Not only did he play out its myriad mysteries, he also played the artistic conception of Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix to perfection..."
Huo Wu Chen Yue's words were truly earth-shattering!
Their impact was no less shocking than when Little Jin'er earlier said Gu Qingfeng had modified the Immortal's Little Blue Flower Language, or that he had played an empty rendition of Drunken Chant of the Azure Sea.