When it comes down to it.
Muscle memory resides in the body of my previous life.
I never played in this life at all.
So how could there be any muscle memory?
Lin Jiaxin really did overlook this serious issue at first.
Only the scores still remained in her mind, never forgotten.
Thankfully… in this life, she was a girl.
Her fingers were much longer and more agile than in her previous life.
The difficulty of practice decreased accordingly.
From that initial “wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves” feeling, to finally producing simple melodies.
Lin Jiaxin only needed one night.
But… just this pace alone wasn’t enough.
Because the rehearsal was next week, and three days after that was the official performance.
Lin Jiaxin could only squeeze in time to practice like crazy!
But to avoid another embarrassing encounter where she got roasted by the security uncle.
And to prevent her current skill level from dragging down her image.
Lin Jiaxin… also put on a little disguise.
So, whenever night fell.
A mysterious woman carrying a guitar case would spawn in various deserted corners of the campus.
Despite the scorching heat, she still wore a black hoodie.
A black mask with white stripes covered her face.
She looked incredibly mysterious.
“Plink plink plink—”
“Circles, round and round, circles…”
“Not understanding the ups and downs of love, hatred, we…”
Watching her own fingers grow faster, Lin Jiaxin, excited, even started humming along.
But… as soon as her voice came out, even she froze, and her hand stopped.
It wasn’t like the hoarse, smoky male voice of her previous life, roughened by cigarettes and staying up late.
In this life, her female voice was as clean as freshly melted water in a mountain stream.
Carrying a faint coolness, and a subtle, elusive sweetness.
Like the crisp sensation of biting into a green grape and the juice splashing on the tip of your tongue.
Leaving an aftertaste… that made you want to hear it again.
Lin Jiaxin’s fingers began strumming the guitar, trying to lower her voice, lifting the ending note slightly.
The woody flavor of the guitar spread out in front, her voice supported from behind.
One hard, one soft, mixing together—even she was a little captivated by her own sound.
Damn? This was really something.
Was this… really her singing?
How come when she sang in the bath as a kid in this life, she never felt this way?
Had her voice matured? Or was she just singing that well?
Lin Jiaxin suppressed the secret thrill in her heart, cleared her throat, pressed down the chord again, and seriously started from the beginning.
“🎶When the wind reaches here, it sticks…🎶”
“🎶Gentle face, aaaaaah—🎶”
…
Actually… Lin Jiaxin didn’t know.
Or rather, she had rushed to pick a random shop without paying any attention.
The main business of the guitar shop she rented from was actually magical artifact trading.
That’s right, the guitar in her hand was none other than the most basic entry-level magical artifact for Sound Cultivation.
It had the most basic Sound Amplitude Function, which could provide a buff enhancement for support-type spells.
If the user didn’t know the corresponding spell.
The sound it made wouldn’t steal the spotlight; instead, it would accentuate the user’s voice.
It was like adding harmony to the latter’s singing.
That’s why Lin Jiaxin was now astonished to find that her singing sounded much better than before.
Although… her overflowing confidence made her not consider the possibility that it might be the equipment’s effect…
…
“…Only after heartbreak do you understand~”
As the song ended, Lin Jiaxin was extremely satisfied. She looked up and let out a long breath.
Perfect! She really was a musical genius!
“Awesome!”
“Beautiful!”
“Clap clap clap clap clap—”
At the same time, cheers and applause erupted all around.
Lin Jiaxin’s movements immediately froze.
She slowly lowered her chin like rusty gears, click-clack click-clack.
Wait… when did all these people show up?
Just a moment ago, there wasn’t a single person!
She looked at the crowd surrounding her, feeling speechless.
Why did they all come to join the fun… Don’t you guys have your own things to do?
Of course, Lin Jiaxin wasn’t embarrassed.
Showing off in front of dozens of people was already an everyday occurrence for her.
Lin Jiaxin just felt… that she wasn’t absolutely perfect yet.
If people saw her in this state and thought she wasn’t impressive enough.
Then… wouldn’t that seriously affect her income of Manifestation True Qi?
You have to understand, Manifestation True Qi was Lin Jiaxin’s own father!
“Wow, it’s my first time seeing someone play guitar so well in real life!”
“Yeah, classmate, you sing beautifully too! Play another one for everyone!”
“Yes, yes! One more! One more! One more!”
Lin Jiaxin wore a mask, so no one could see her expression. The surrounding students began to cheer in unison.
It wasn’t that they were deliberately flattering Lin Jiaxin.
Playing an instrument was a skill that only a few people mastered.
Especially after the Outer Domain Battlefield descended, with universal cultivation and everyone becoming a soldier.
Even fewer people knew how to play an instrument.
For many who had lived for ten or twenty years, they had never actually seen someone who could play an instrument!
‘You think I’ll play just because you ask? Wouldn’t your Sister Xin lose face?’
Lin Jiaxin raised an eyebrow. She originally wanted to use such words to sternly reject them, maintaining her aloof persona as a musical god.
But… she also suddenly noticed that the Manifestation True Qi inside her, which had been inactive for a while, was now suddenly growing massively.
Could it be… that just this level was enough to satisfy them?
Seriously, guys? That starved for entertainment?
Still… since you’re requesting another song…
Alright, don’t blame her for unleashing the kind of music she’d always wanted to play!
She was going to sing a song that had an original in this world, but had never been adapted.
Lin Jiaxin’s eyes curved into crescents. She suddenly raised her hand and pressed down slightly.
When the crowd quieted down a bit.
“Thank you all for your support. I’ll dedicate a piece called ‘Huan Ding’ to you.”
She spoke with a smile, and the moment she finished, she suddenly launched into it.
“🎶Ding—ding—ding ding ding—🎶”
Lin Jiaxin’s fingers gently plucked the strings.
The melody flowed out from her fingertips, like moonlight spilling across the water, rippling outward in circles.
Every note was clean, bright, and even carried a faint trace of melancholy.
The crowd had originally been puzzled, wondering what song ‘Huan Ding’ was.
But… hearing her guitar now, they unconsciously fell silent, one by one.
It was too beautiful!
Amplified by the magic formation engraved inside the guitar.
It was as if they were truly transported into a moving BE story.
A girl in the front row even slightly closed her eyes, her body gently swaying to the melody.
After the beautiful yet sorrowful prelude slowly finished.
Lin Jiaxin’s face under the mask wore an expression that was strained, as if she was barely holding it together.
Thinking about what she was about to do, she could barely contain herself.
Lin Jiaxin closed her eyes, slowly opened her mouth, and earnestly sang:
“🎶When it hits the lungs… I think of you until tears flow.🎶”
“🎶This Ruike’s leakage structure, everyone who’s been shocked knows…🎶”
The guitar didn’t stop; the melody still lingered.
As if telling some story of love unrequited.
“…?”
“What the heck?”
But the surrounding students were completely dumbfounded after hearing it.
Seriously, girl, are you sure… you didn’t mess up the lyrics?
What the hell is Ruike?!
Isn’t that a vape?!