Dual Cultivation God Returns-Chapter 780: Frog’s leap

As Wu Long returned to the inn with Nie Xiwang, they witnessed a curious scene.

Gong Cui and Yuanfen were sitting in the gazebo placed on a platform, built atop a small pond with water lilies. Fen Baihu was with them in her little fox form, sitting in Yuanfen’s lap.

Both beauties were seemingly having fun, while the Celestial Fox simply watched with quiet amusement, as the Music Dao Cultivator played a few uplifting notes on her Zither and then stopped, resuming playing a few seconds later. There was a small frog sitting on the lily pad in the pond waters, not that far from the gazebo, making a long chorus call in those pauses between the sound of Zither. The two seemingly going back and forth.

The other beauties of the Dao Family who came out to greet Wu Long also noticed this scene, smiles of adoration appearing on their beautiful faces.

When he eventually stepped onto the gazebo after greeting his ladies, both Yuanfen and Gong Cui finally noticed his appearance, their excited sparkly gazes that turned to him gave him a warm happy feeling.

"Wu Long", Yuanfen uttered the only words she ever spoke aside from her own name. Her voice was dripping with pure joy and tenderness. She ran up to him, as Fen Baihu jumped from her laps onto one of the rails of the gazebo.

He didn’t evade her hug, patting her on the head, and then received Gong Cui into his embrace as well, exchanging a kiss with her as she momentarily left her instrument.

The frog, having lost its counterpart started croaking louder, as if calling out, bringing smiles and chuckles from the beauties who followed Wu Long to the gazebo.

"Hehe, Wu Long, come look", Gong Cui excitedly took his hand and started leading him to the edge of the gazebo, sitting down before her Zither again, and playing a short passage of an uplifting melody.

The frog responded in kind, its pitch slightly changing to fit the last note she played.

Their ’dialogue’ didn’t really create a melody, but was still somehow entertaining.

Wu Long sat down with an amused look in his eyes, as did his ladies.

All of them were fascinated by the silly and yet somehow warm moment as they all watched this exchange between the Zither and the frog.

Wu Long’s eyes naturally caught the ripples spreading from the lily pad the frog was sitting on, and the ripples coming from the gazebo they were sitting in, caused by Gong Cui’s meticulous control of the sound, as the ripples intertwined into beautiful patterns.

As he watched this scene, suddenly, a flash of understanding appeared deep within his eyes, as if for a moment, the world beyond the pond ceased to exist.

The pond with water lilies, the gazebo, the frog, the Zither, all of it was suspended in a pale silent nothingness, and frozen in one single moment, as the patterns he saw in the water unfolded into profound mysteries.

Only echoes of the sound of the Zither and the frog reverberated in his mind.

In this stillness, unbeknownst to Wu Long, there was still movement.

Yuanfen calmly turned to Wu Long amid this frozen world, as the same patterns he saw in the water reflected in her eyes that seemingly contained a vast cosmos, or a pond that reflected it.

A faint, gentle smile touched her lips as she watched him.

It was unknown how long this moment lasted, it could have lasted a millennium, or more, or it could be as short as any other passing moment.

But when it eventually passed, as the next moment finally arrived, a formless ripple spread from Wu Long and a disembodied chanting of countless voices, distant and yet close, the voices sounding in unison but with different pitches, tones, and volume filled the gazebo.

The words that were chanted were unintelligible, but held a strange sense of beauty. They seemed to hold some profound truths, but were hidden beyond a veil.

Wu Long and the beauties who shared a bond with him entered a state of trance, unmoving and unaware of the world around them, as if in a daze.

Luo Mingyu’s Dao Field expanded seemingly on its own, as she entered this state.

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Fen Baihu and Yuanfen were the only ones in the gazebo not affected, as they watched, one with awe, another with calm and gentle gaze.

Profound glowing symbols that changed shapes were appearing around Wu Long, rising up and then melting into thin air without leaving a trace.

Fen Baihu’s pink eyes with vertical pupils were watching Wu Long with shock as she once again witnessed a sudden enlightenment, and was thrust to face the unknown once again as she never heard of such a phenomenon occurring when someone entered a state of sudden enlightenment.

Though this time, it appeared slightly different from before, though she couldn’t tell exactly how or why, it was just a vague feeling.

Wu Long, on the other hand, felt the difference more vividly.

The previous two times he was able to freely explore any concepts using this unique state, whether it was using the sharpness, clarity and thoughts running smoothly to instantly reach answers he had the capacity to reach, or acquiring it from the unknown source of infinite wisdom.

Now, however, the comprehension he acquired was set in a particular direction, as he seemed to unlock this state solely by tapping into understanding of the Sound Rune, and thus deviating from that thought process would likely cut off this enlightenment, so he persisted through it as far as he could.

He also knew instinctively that this time, this state would last shorter than not only the previous time, but even than the first time, also likely linked to the fact it was an enlightenment toward a specific idea.

Yet the awareness of this situation has clearly improved, even if slightly. Though this time, he knew the exact reason, as he felt the familiar feeling of the effect of Luo Mingyu’s Dao Field.

When he eventually woke up, he immediately entered a meditative state in which his beauties already were, since their enlightenment lasted far shorter time than his.

They were all concentrating on retaining what they gained, trying to hold onto the rapidly fading thoughts which resembled memories of a dream when waking up, and digest them.

One by one, the beauties opened their eyes, exchanging looks of both wonder at this unexpected event and joy at their gains.

When Wu Long’s eyes opened. there was a profound light within them, and a smile curled up the corners of his mouth.

The Sound Rune within his Dantian subtly changed as its changing forms became more profound and gave off a feeling of power.

Though, now he wouldn’t call it a Sound Rune, the vague feeling he had that he was missing something and that it held more mysteries now becoming clear, and as he unveiled the true nature of the Rune, since it represented the Concept of Vibration as a whole, not just sound which constituted a part of it.

’Now then... I can think of quite a few uses for this...’, he thought with a chuckle, since not all of those ways had something to do with combat.