Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 57 - Morning Music

Shenghao and Honghao chose to train because it was not too late. They were slightly disturbed by the rumbling sounds from the sky.

"Hm, it looks like it's going to rain heavily. I hope this house doesn't collapse" said Honghao.

Shenghao smiled faintly but did not respond. He was more interested in the lightning that was writhing behind the clouds.

"Somehow I feel something is strange. The lightning was not what it used to be," Shenghao murmured.

One of the sciences Shenghao had learned in the sect as part of the Lotus Army was lightning element magic, so he was quite sensitive to the lightning-related natural phenomena like the one he was seeing right now.

Honghao had just wanted to respond, while almost simultaneously his eyes accidentally saw something dazzling white coming down from the sky accompanied by a loud ear-painful sound.

"Geez, may no living thing be struck by lightning just now. What a pity his fate would be if it really happened."

Honghao and Shenghao did not know that the lightning had indeed struck someone's body. Not only does it not cause bad things to him, but it strengthens one's self.

Honghao continued his practice, while Shenghao looked at the sky with a look of astonishment. After the descent of the lightning bolt, slowly the dark clouds covering the sky disappeared, before long the moon and stars began to glitter.

Shenghao was not the only one who guessed that it would be raining heavily upon seeing the phenomenon before, but in a relatively short time the weather had already changed again. No longer visible signs of drizzling or heavy rain. It was only Shenghao's first time seeing such a phenomenon.

'My feeling alone or indeed the weather this time is very strange.'

Shenghao scratched his barely bald head while puzzled.

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After eating the supplies for the morning, Shenghao and Honghao continued their journey. They were not far from the border of the White Deer Province and after walking for half an hour, they entered an ordinary human city located on the border of the province.

Shenghao and Honghao did not see any city guards or security guards of their kind, but not long after they entered the city it could be said that the situation was safe and fine.

"I've heard it a lot, it's nice to arrive in the most peaceful region in the entire Green Forest Country." Honghao put on a big smile.

"You may need to rectify it, not just in the Green Forest Country, but in the entire region of the Blue Moon Continent," Shenghao said with a small laugh.

Honghao understood Shenghao's remark not to be excessive. The Blue Cloud Country was known as the paradise of the white stream even though it was not quite comparable to the White Deer Province.

There was a distance between the social relations between cultivators and ordinary humans. While in the White Deer Province, the two sides live in harmony with each other. The meaning of the word peace according to Honghao actually refers to harmony in this White Deer Province.

The moment Shenghao and Honghao met the locals, both of them were well-received, even gaining respect, making both of them somewhat awkward.

To the residents of that city, it felt impolite to even pay respects to Shenghao and Honghao, considering they were part of a sect that often extended help to the residents of the Green Forest Country.

Quite a number of residents surround the two while giving something, such as fruit, bread, drinks, and flowers.

"Thank you so much for this gift. May your kindness be reciprocated many times." Shenghao slightly bowed followed Honghao.

"Young monk need not hesitate," one old man responded.

Hearing the word 'young monk' made Shenghao and Honghao try hard not to smile awkwardly.

Already hundreds or even thousands of times, members of the White Lotus Sect were considered as monks and their sects as religious groups because of their appearance.

Already many sect members have set this straight for outsiders, but there are still quite a number of people who regard them as monks.

In the end, the members of the White Lotus Sect did not try to explain anymore because it was quite futile and 'exhausting'.

After receiving many gifts and thanking them, Shenghao and Honghao said goodbye to continue the journey. Just a few dozen steps away, they stopped again because they heard the beautiful sound.

"Hm? Who plays this flute? Very good.." praised Honghao.

Shenghao nodded in agreement. Both of them stopped for a moment to enjoy the music in the morning that was played no matter who it was.

"Good game, makes me so excited about the morning activities." Honghao stretched his body while laughing cheerfully. His laughter paused as he glanced at Shenghao who looked mused.

"Senior, why are you quiet? Something bothering you?"

"Hm... didn't you notice?" Shenghao asked back.

"What do you mean, Senior?"

"This guy not only plays the flute beautifully, but also puts Qi into his game. I think this guy's pretty far from us."

Honghao closed his eyes to focus more on listening to the sound because he wanted to prove Shenghao's words.

"Maybe you're right, Senior. I barely felt it. He must be a great cultivator at playing music, at least a flute."

"Dao music... It was rare for people to study this Dao, even though he had the wind element in their spirit root."

The flute they heard was still long-sounding, so the two decided to continue on with the beautiful flute. Even after passing through a small town on the border of White Deer province, the voice was still heard.

"This person definitely has a high level of practice." Honghao couldn't help but admire the figure behind the flute's game for playing the Qi-combined flute for a long time.

"Even Cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Realm find it difficult to do the same, so at least he is in the Core Realm or Soul Realm..." Shenghao.

No longer did the beautiful flute sound sound after Shenghao and Honghao entered the second city that was bigger than before, it was still a human city as well.

The residents who saw them gave greetings and some gifts. Shenghao thanked him while smiling awkwardly, while Honghao quietly scanned around. His observation stopped at one of the small crowd not far from them.

"Sorry Uncle, what's in there?" honghao asked a man who looked to be in his thirties. He was a third level Basic Realm cultivator.

"Oh, they're swarming with a kind young healer. He offered free treatment and just now he played the flute so beautifully."

Honghao's eyebrows rose hearing this. It turned out that the flute player was in this town and hearing the man refer to him as a young healer made him a little confused.

He then took Shenghao who had finished his hospitality with the townspeople to the small crowd to see the figure of the young healer as well as the flute player.

Upon seeing the figure of the dark gray-robed young man who was the center of the crowd, the two were slightly shocked. That figure was indeed young, Shenghao felt he was younger than him or Honghao.

What caught his attention was that he could sense the young man belonged to a Cultivator of the Basic Realm, but could not read his practice clearly.

Honghao felt a different attraction, especially when the young man took out a yellow-colored pill. He was surprised because it was not because he recognized the pill, but because it was emitting rays.

'Pil perfect quality-! Who is this young brother?'

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