Shen Qing didn't know that Li Xian had thought so much. She only took a quick look before closing the door.
Now they had a more important task at hand, which was to figure out how to use the five - element elements to wake up Yu Xuzi.
The five elements were metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Li Xian had the water spiritual root, so he accounted for one of them.
They pored over the ancient books many times, thought long and hard, and decided to first conduct an experiment on Yu Xuzi using the water element.
Water corresponded to the sense of hearing. Li Xian gathered a water ball in his hand, which changed shape constantly, but he didn't know how to wake up Yu Xuzi.
Seeing Li Xian looking so entangled, Shen Qing asked, "Why don't you start?"
Li Xian looked at Shen Qing and replied, "I don't know how to do it."
The two fell silent again. The ancient books only mentioned that the five senses that had been sealed could be awakened by the five elements, but they didn't say how to operate. No wonder Li Xian had been hesitating for so long.
Shen Qing stroked her chin and thought for a while. After thinking in the simplest way, she came to a conclusion: "Why don't you... try playing a tune with the water?"
Li Xian was taken aback: "Is it that simple and crude?"
"Just give it a try..."
Shen Qing touched her nose. She wasn't sure if this method would work, but it was worth a try. If it didn't work, they could think of another way.
Li Xian fell silent. The constantly changing water ball in his hand betrayed his anxious state at the moment.
After a moment of silence, Li Xian transformed the small ball in his hand into the shape of a guqin.
He said awkwardly to Shen Qing, "This is the only musical instrument I've ever learned. I'm not good at it. Don't laugh at me."
Looking at the transformed guqin, Shen Qing thought to herself: At least Li Xian knew how to play one musical instrument. She, on the other hand, was completely ignorant of musical instruments. Moreover, the sound of the guqin was mellow. How bad could it be?
In response, Shen Qing said, "Just play it."
Li Xian sat down cross - legged with a strange expression on his face. He placed the guqin on his lap and held it close to Yu Xuzi's ear.
Then, he gracefully raised his hand, placed it on the strings and plucked them twice. After making sure the sound was okay, he was ready to start playing.
Seeing Li Xian's elegant movements, Shen Qing thought that people who could play the guqin really had a different air about them. He closed his eyes, and his slender fingers plucked the strings. He looked just like an immortal official from the Nine Heavens.
People in the mortal world used to burn incense and wash their hands before playing the qin, but they didn't pay much attention to such formalities now. Shen Qing watched Li Xian with great interest, her face full of expectation.
But the next second, Shen Qing suspected that something was wrong with her ears.
Why did she hear the hoarse squawking of geese?
She wasn't sure, so she listened again.
This time, it was Shen Qing's turn to look strange.
Li Xian had said that he wasn't good at playing, and Shen Qing had thought he was being modest. She didn't expect that he was telling the truth.
The ancient and solemn sound of the guqin was played by him into an unimaginable noise. Sometimes it sounded like sawing wood, and sometimes it sounded like a flock of geese running past.
Shen Qing couldn't even tell what tune Li Xian was playing.
But Li Xian, with his eyes closed, was completely immersed in his own art and didn't care about anyone else.
For the sake of her own ears, Shen Qing silently raised her hands and covered her ears, not allowing these "wonderful" sounds of the qin to assault her ears.
But fortunately, Li Xian's qin music finally had some effect.
Shen Qing saw Yu Xuzi's ear twitch, as if reacting to the music.
"Master's ear moved. This method works!!"
Shen Qing clapped her hands happily, interrupting Li Xian's playing. Li Xian stopped playing, opened his eyes, and was still immersed in the tune he had just played.
He seemed extremely satisfied with the tune he had just played. His eyes were bright, and he looked at Shen Qing as if asking for praise.
Shen Qing's lips moved, but she didn't want to lie. After a long time, she only managed to say, "You must be tired. You've worked hard."
Not getting the praise he had expected, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. But seeing that Yu Xuzi had reacted to his qin music, he thought that his master must be satisfied.
Thinking like this, Li Xian didn't mind anymore.
"It should be considered that we've unlocked the sense of hearing. Let's try the other elements..."
Shen Qing stroked her chin and started to ponder over the other elements. Metal, wood, fire, and earth. All these elements were available in the space, but how to use them still needed careful consideration.
So Shen Qing pulled Li Xian to think together.
The two came up with more than twenty plans and finally tested them one by one on Yu Xuzi.
Time passed. The two were also sweating profusely. They sat cross - legged beside Yu Xuzi, breathing slightly heavily.
When Yu Xuzi woke up, he saw his two disciples with disheveled clothes and flushed cheeks, as if they had just done something improper.
Before he could recover, he instinctively scolded Li Xian and the others, "You two don't even bother to find a room for this kind of thing! Your master is still here. Have you ever considered your master's feelings!!"
Shen Qing and Li Xian stopped fanning themselves to cool off at the same time and stared at Yu Xuzi in shock.
Before the two could be happy about Yu Xuzi's awakening, and before their joyful expressions were fully formed, Yu Xuzi propped himself up and sat up, pointing at them and saying with grief and indignation, "It's a sin! Now the situation is urgent. Your master doesn't want to have a grand - disciple so soon!"
"Li Xian! How did your master teach you on weekdays! You're so disrespectful to Shen Qing. How could you drag Shen Qing to do such things in this situation!! It's all your fault, you unfilial disciple!"
Li Xian tilted his head in confusion.
He had just asked Shen Qing to help him move the sawed - off big tree because he was already holding a huge rock in his hand and didn't have an extra hand.
For such a small thing, his master still wanted to scold him...
Moreover, what grand - disciple...?
Shen Qing was also a bit shocked. They had just moved a tree. Why was their master so angry?
But seeing the look of grievance in Li Xian's eyes, Shen Qing still couldn't help but explain, "Master, it's okay. The tree isn't heavy. I didn't find it strenuous when I moved it. Li Xian was holding a huge rock in his hand, so he asked me for help..."
Hearing Shen Qing's explanation, Yu Xuzi's originally confused mind gradually cleared up.
After his five senses were sealed, he had been in darkness. There was no light, no pain, and he knew nothing about what was going on outside.
But slowly, he seemed to hear a hoarse sound, like a woman's scream.
After waking up, he saw the two of them with disheveled clothes and sweating profusely, so he assumed that Li Xian had bullied Shen Qing.
It turned out to be a misunderstanding...
But Yu Xuzi wasn't going to let his dignity be trampled on. He coughed twice and pretended to be weak, "But you still shouldn't have let Shen Qing move that big tree. Look how tired Shen Qing is. All this sweat... Li Xian, can't you carry the rock in one hand and the tree in the other? You unfilial disciple!"
Having been master and disciple for so many years, how could Li Xian not see that Yu Xuzi had misunderstood?
The flicker in Yu Xuzi's eyes seemed to say: Your master knows that he wrongly accused you just now, but your master won't admit it.
Li Xian smiled helplessly, bowed his head seriously, clasped his fists, and admitted his mistake, "Yes, master is right. Your disciple's skills are not good enough, which made his future wife suffer. It's your disciple's fault."
After all, he was his own master. What else could he do? Just spoil him.