This morning I was struck by the urge to write another SQH is a musical cultivator but badly fic. Complete with matchmaking Shins on QJP and ADP. Yes, this would be a JiuPlane fic
Just imagine that Wang Anshui (ADP lord) and Shen Anwei (QJP lord) are BFFs who hang out all the time. Wang Anshui shares one evening over a jar of wine that his best head disciple prospect has to use musical cultivation, and the reason why he *seems* so weak to others is that he refuses to do it where anyone can see!
Shen Anhwei, naturally, is ready to offer up Shen Jiu on a platter. Does SQH need to learn how to play the Qin? Done. Would the Erhu be a better fit? Also done!
SJ accepts this mission from his Shin: befriend the ADP head disciple and help him with musical cultivation. So SJ goes to ADP looking for SQH to like. Have a conversation.
Except, he can't find him at all! Whenever SJ steps foot on A Ding peak, it's like there's some kind of secret alarm alerting SQH to his presence (there is!). SJ is pretty mad about this, but is now ever more determined that he WILL accomplish his (shizun's) goal! Shang Shied will learn to play if it kills both of them!
It takes a minor side quest to the Qing Jing library and sweet talking one of his shojis, who teaches SJ exactly how to make a notice-me-not talisman.
He practices and practices until he can write them in his sleep. And then he goes to track down his little rat of a shidi.
Shen Jiu discovers SQH, apparently meditating on a small outcropping underneath on of A Ding's cliffs. There's a waterfall right there, and both the sound and the abundant spiritual energy mask SQH's presence.
Making sure he is undetectable, SJ starts to approach SQH. But the other boy starts *singing*. And SJ- stops in his tracks, more than little stunned. SQH's voice is a smooth tenor, and his range is at least three octaves. The song he's singing is utterly incomprehensible, but the sound of his voice is not.
This is a song about longing, about seeking a connection and feeling like nobody in the world sees you. As SQH sings, SJ understands, that THIS is how the other boy cultivates! He doesn't *need* to learn an instrument. He IS the instrument!
SJ can't bring himself to turn away from what is clearly meant to be a private performance. He feels the waves of qi building up all around SQH, lifting his hair with tiny golden flecks of energy. As he sings, the power grows, and grows, as Shang Qinghua's voice changes, becoming completely confident. The tone fills out, so that the sound vibrates all the bones in Shen Jiu's body.
The tone is so clear and crisp and *FULL* it makes SJ want to raise his voice and join the song, though he doesn't speak that language and doesn't know the words. Like this, Shang Qinghua is STUNNING.
Like this, he's POWERFUL.
And Shen Jiu's stomach flutters.
He takes an involuntary step backwards, alarmed by his own visceral reaction. He doesn't... he's not the kind of person that *wants*...
Shang Qinghua's song comes to an end, and he opens his eyes. By then, Shen Jiu is already high in the air, fleeing on his sword.
He's not ready to face this...whatever it is just yet. Shen Jiu's expression turns determined. Not now...but *soon*
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