Chapter 14: Suona's Past

"Huh..."

When Chen Ye exited [Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon], he couldn't help but let out a long breath and rubbed his sore eyebrows.

Some people actually thought of exchanging the original flavor...

It was really eye-opening!

In less than a minute, hundreds of trading lists were all various kinds of junk.

I really couldn't figure it out... What kind of mentality did these players have to exchange a bunch of junk in their hands?

What was this for?

In just one minute, Chen Ye felt like he had taken a stroll in the world's largest zoo and saw the diversity of species.

The bloody phone kept ringing "ding ding ding", endlessly.

I almost wanted to withdraw the transaction directly!

He fiddled with the bloody phone and was surprised to find that he could mute the message.

When the transaction message prompt was turned off...

The world suddenly became quiet.

"Forget it."

"In the early stage, these poor newbies are even more miserable than me, a wanderer! Don't think too much about exchanging for the characteristics related to 'cooking ability', just leave it to fate!"

"Players who are able to obtain characteristic items will not have to worry about daily necessities... At least, they have mastered a certain way to obtain resources."

The preciousness of characteristic items is naturally needless to say in the early stage.

Players with a little more determination will not trade the characteristic items they have finally obtained for survival resources until the last second before starving to death.

At worst... At least you have to exchange for the same characteristic items, right?

It's too much of a loss to just exchange for a full meal!

Chen Ye turned off the bloody phone, shook his head, threw it back into his pocket, and prepared to return to the location of the erhu old man.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened.

Looking up...

The night gradually enveloped the earth, and time came to the night of the weird era.

Opening the Eye of Luck, I saw several dark torrents rising and falling in the sky in the distance. Even the ordinary streets I had walked on before were gradually covered with a faint blood mist.

"When night falls, this world really comes alive..."

Chen Ye murmured to himself.

The natives of this world usually concentrate on activities at night.

During the day, only a few ghosts will go out to act, but their mobility will also be reduced.

It can be said that...

Now, the players in the entire Linjiang City have ushered in the first real test!

Chen Ye did not intend to take any risky actions, but quickened his pace and returned to the old man Erhu.

That is the safest area that can be found at present!

As he walked, he paid attention to whether there were other ghosts around.

Be especially careful of the three grumpy "gluttonous ghosts"...

Although they do not seem to be very intelligent, they are native residents after all. No one knows whether they will pop up from somewhere and hit them with a club or backstab them from behind.

Fortunately, it was relatively safe along the way. Except for the many abandoned carts that made the crowded road extremely difficult to walk, no other natives were seen for the time being.

Chen Ye did not play the suona. He did not want to attract other unknown ghosts at this sensitive period.

He returned along the original road.

The alleys in Xining are very complicated, and the roads are connected in all directions. If you are not careful, you will get lost.

Chen Ye rarely goes out and has not been to Xining alleys many times.

But he has a strong memory and a good sense of direction. He can easily find the right road just by walking once and return in the same direction.

The old man of the erhu did not know when he returned to the place where he played the erhu before. He happily put a bucket of water next to him, and the water scoop floated on the surface. There were a few more copper coins in the iron bowl placed in front of him.

As soon as Chen Ye came over, the old man seemed to have heard the footsteps, looked up and smiled:

"How is the practice going?"

"Just barely..." Chen Ye sighed, and then handed the oil paper bag in his hand to the old man, "Want to try one?"

"Oh my! Good progress! There are actually listeners who have listened to your entire song?"

The old man was a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate to take out a golden and crispy chestnut from the oil paper bag and put it in his mouth.

This is the right he got by trading for the suona.

The cynical expression on his face gradually faded, and he suddenly sighed, as if he remembered something in the past.

"You got this chestnut from the old woman, right?"

"Yes..." Chen Ye's heart moved, realizing that the old man might know the old lady selling chestnuts, "Do you know her?"

"Of course."

The old man nodded and said, "That suona is actually the item of that old woman."

"Ah?" Chen Ye was very surprised.

He never expected that the suona given to him by the old man Erhu would be related to the old lady selling chestnuts!

The old man Erhu laughed and said, "Of course, this suona is not hers, but her son's."

"What happened later?"

"Her son was a musician and had no money to eat. He starved to death. There was no body left, only this suona."

"..."

Chen Ye was speechless for a while, as if artists since ancient times have been miserable for half their lives. For example, most authors complain to readers in their novels that they are about to starve to death.

"Then how did you get this suona?" Chen Ye asked.

Since it is the only thing of someone's son, it should not be given away easily, right?

The old man Erhu thought for a while and said: "The old woman was very sad at that time. She hadn't eaten for several days. She was huddled on the roadside, covering her heart with the suona, and mumbling something about 'no longer alive' and 'want to live with the only one'." His son was buried with him'..."

"I was mumbling so much that I probably didn't even think clearly at the time."

"Well, I looked at the old woman and she looked very pitiful, so I just bought a bag of roasted chestnuts."

"Just gave her one."

"Later, she survived, and she seemed to have started a business of candied roasted chestnuts, and then she gave me this suona."

"I guess because I also play the erhu, I thought I could also play the suona."

"But I, an old man, can't do anything..."

"So this suona will be left here to eat dust. I have to say, this suona is really hard to play!"

Only then did Chen Ye realize that it turned out that the suona was difficult to play.

Items with properties are affected by their previous owners.

The old woman's son must have had a hard time while he was alive. The characteristic items that were released from his body after death were filled with pain and downfall. Even if he could barely make a sound, it was as hard to hear as the howling of ghosts and wolves.

No wonder it’s so hard to blow…

It turns out it’s not my problem, but this suona’s problem!

The old man Erhu said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be very talented. You can play such a difficult suona. Old man, I tried several methods before and couldn't play it, but you can still play a complete song. What a terrifying future." !”

"Come and listen?"

"Okay." Chen Ye nodded in agreement.

Anyway, this suona needs to be practiced. The old man Erhu looks very mysterious, and his strength is probably higher than that of the old woman selling chestnuts.

If you follow the opponent, you should be able to greatly reduce the risk...at least you don't have to worry that the suona sound will attract other beings.

Chen Ye started to play "Uneasy" again.

When the sharp sound, as sharp as a sharpening knife, rises and falls with the melody of "Uneasy", it has no sense of melodic beauty at all, but looks like a late execution!

The face of the old man Erhu suddenly froze, and he covered his chest with a look of embarrassment on his face.

He suddenly regretted why he was so arrogant...