Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 257 - 163: Paying for My Disciple’s Effort and Diligence! (Part 2)
"Aow..."
The sound was still hoarse!
Bai Mo pried open Black Claw's mouth and looked inside to check its throat.
Then he gestured for his Divine Sense to surge forth!
Whoosh!
From the nearby drying rack, a half-dried fish scale melon flew into his hand.
"This is the best for soothing the throat."
In his hand, Pill Fire burned, turning the fish scale melon into ashes and letting the ashes fall into Black Claw's cup. The ashes dissolved upon contact with water, turning it into a translucent cola-like color.
"Drink this first, then we will learn."
Seeing Black Claw drink from the cup, Bai Mo frowned in thought.
The ancestors' song was weak in power, but it certainly had its merits... Putting aside its power, it was at least well-suited for foxes. If combined with the knowledge of Sound Torture and insights from previous studies on the brain, perhaps he could amplify the song's power?
After a while, Black Claw finished the medicinal soup, nestled in its master's arms, cleared its throat, and tested its voice.
"Ying ying ying?"
"Aow aow aow?"
It cocked its head and grinned as its voice fully recovered!
Bai Mo held it.
"Let's start learning then.
"But... this is a bit complicated, we must try slowly."
Millions of years ago, foxes discovered that their cries could affect human emotions. Perhaps within fox cries, there was a certain combination, a certain melody that could instill fear in humans and intimidate Ancient Immortals?
Yet the melodic combinations were endless.
Finding the melody that could intimidate Ancient Immortals was like finding a specific grain on a vast beach, like finding a specific drop in the endless sea.
The foxes of the past did not succeed.
Today, Bai Mo, to reward his apprentice's dedication and effort, decided to give it a try!
Bai Mo moved the mushroom head closer, his Divine Sense spread like water, engulfing the mushroom head!
Wave upon wave of ripples spread within the Divine Sense, exploring the mushroom's mind, keeping its brain monitored!
"From now on, I sing a line, you sing a line.
"Come, let's begin.
"Ying ying aow~"
Black Claw nestled in its master's arms, its master's hand covering its vocal cavity, thoracic cavity, and throat, sensing its voice.
It perked its ears, as if truly sensing a difference between its master's singing and its own?
"Ying ying aow~"
Bai Mo shook his head.
"Not right!
"Singing like this can't influence the listener's mind.
"Pay attention to opening your throat, resonating through the chest cavity, try again!"
Black Claw furrowed its brow, pondered for a moment, and sang again.
"Ying ying aow~"
Bai Mo shook his head.
"Still not right, but don't rush, we'll take our time."
...
Thus, one man and one fox, master and apprentice, are in the drying workshop, practicing the song in front of the mushroom head.
Bai Mo repeatedly corrected Black Claw, while also probing, experimenting, and learning himself.
Many assumptions about the mind were validated.
The stimulus of sound on the brain was better understood.
The differences between human and fox voices were more deeply recognized.
The subtle use of Divine Sense for probing the brain was also honed.
Holding Black Claw, constantly attempting singing, Bai Mo's mind was like a super-fast computer, continually troubleshooting, analyzing, and correcting. Constantly getting closer on the vast beach to that specific grain. Constantly nearing that specific flask of seawater in the vast ocean. Constantly approaching that segment of melody that could intimidate Ancient Immortals in endless combinations!
...
Unknowingly, the afternoon passed.
The wind on Fox Mountain was more chilling, the sky bleaker, dusk descended, shrouding the entire mountain ridge.
In the drying workshop, Bai Mo held Black Claw, retaining the previous posture, still researching, pondering, and probing.
"...Good, very good, that's it, just like that.
"Sing along with me.
"Aow aow ying ying ying~"
"Aow aow ying ying ying~"
The entire song, through continuous adjustments and modifications of melody, slowly found the key to inducing mental waves! Singing up to this point, it could already make the brain extremely uneasy!
"Mm..."
Bai Mo's Divine Sense focused on the mushroom's brain, falling into contemplation. Combining the knowledge learned before with this afternoon's experiments, he successfully deduced the answer.
"I understand...
"The principle of intimidation in the song is more complex than imagined. It can open human mind defenses, exposing the fragile mind without barriers, hence evoking fear, achieving intimidation!"
The so-called 'learning from teaching,' Bai Mo's research not only benefits Black Claw, but he also learns something useful himself, ensuring he won't be beaten by similar Immortal Techniques in the future!
"So, if that's the case, I know the next line of the melody.
"Let's try the next line. If this line is sung well, it'll work, and it will successfully intimidate the mushroom head, triggering deep fears in its mind.
"Black Claw, listen carefully and learn from me.
"Aoo aoo oo oo ying ying ying~"
Bai Mo sang while probing the mind of the mushroom head.
But... the mushroom head only showed slight ripples in its brain, no effect.
"Uh... The theory's correct, but my voice condition isn't sufficient. I can't sing this melody."
This is a hardware issue!
It's like a flute can never produce the sound of a drum set, like Zhang Jian can't sing Liu Xiaoxiao's song well. Bai Mo couldn't get the flavor, nor achieve the effect, when singing this final intimidating melody.
"You give it a try."
Black Claw nodded, very seriously, quite excited.
This is originally the fox's song, and it's normal if Master's voice isn't suitable!
But it would soon learn the final line, fulfill the ancestors' wishes, and acquire a new skill to guard Fox Mountain!
It took a deep breath, stood in its Master's arm with its round belly out.
"Aoo aoo oo oo ying ying ying~"
Finished singing...
It looked at the mushroom head opposite, but saw a sorrowful expression on its face, as if tormented by noise for too long... However, there wasn't even a hint of intimidation, nor a trace of fear in its expression.
"Aoo?"
It froze.
Both Black Claw and Master fell into silence.
Black Claw's fox voice wasn't enough either, the hardware didn't meet the standard!
The Drying Workshop fell into silence, with only the sound of howling wind passing through.
How does one explain this?
In the end, it can't succeed?
Even on the vastest beach, you may not find that specifically shaped grain of sand?
Even in the deepest ocean, you may not find that specific scoop of seawater?
The fox's song of intimidation exists, but with the fox's voice condition, it's unsingable?
It furrowed its brow, tilted its head, and pondered for a while.
Turned to look at Master, seeing Master in silence.
Will Master be disappointed?
It rubbed its head against Master's chest, nudging Master's chin.
"Ying ying ying!"
To this extent, it was already quite content.
...
Night deepened.
Beyond the dormitory hall, the gale howled.
Inside the dormitory hall, the fox sang.
The Fox Mountain choir reassembled, more than a hundred disciples following Black Claw, learning the newly developed "Fox Song of Intimidation."
They surrounded the mushroom head closely, Black Claw sang one line, other disciples sang a line.
"Ying ying aoo~"
"Ying ying aoo~"
"Aoo aoo ying ying~"
"Aoo aoo ying ying~"
Black Claw taught while clutching a twig as a Conductor's Baton, conducting the disciples.
It thought this way... its own voice condition wasn't enough, but that didn't mean the other disciples' voice conditions weren't enough. Perhaps one of them could sing this Fox Song of Intimidation and help Master complete the song!
"Aoo aoo oo ying ying~"
"Aoo aoo oo ying ying~"
But as it taught, it gradually furrowed its brow.
Why does it seem... the disciples' voices are even worse than its?
"Aoo..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
It lifted the fish scale cucumber soup prepared by Master, giving each senior brother a small sip.
Suddenly, out of the corner of its eye, it saw Master nearby, by the bed, fiddling with something... It was a bronzed hollow sheep head.
"Ying?"
Master pulled a sticky thread-like Southern Tree Gum into thin strands, tying one end to the horn, the other to the bottom teeth of the sheep head.
After tying it, it looked like a bizarre guitar.
The thin strands of Southern Tree Gum were the guitar strings.
The hollow cavity of the bronze sheep head was the guitar body, the guitar resonance chamber.
"Some sounds cannot be produced by the throat, so try using an instrument."
Bai Mo sat on the bedside, contemplating, holding the strange guitar, gently plucked the strings.
The strings vibrated, the sound waves resonated in the sheep's mouth, becoming stronger sound waves, then blasted out from the sheep's mouth...
Buzz~~~
