Chapter 1514: New culture

This elder was acting in a completely different style from all of the other elders that they had met before.

It was clear that this elder was filled with passion towards what they had dedicated themselves to. But it seemed like they were even more passionate about this than any of the other elders.

If they were to go as far as to deny them passing the trial just for this, then it was clear how much they cared about this.

Only Lin Fan didn’t panic at all when he heard this.

With a disappointed sigh, he said, "Is that so? It seems like we’ve overestimated the great elder. Then there’s no need for us to stay and pass this trial anymore."

As soon as he said this, Lin Fan turned around as if he was about to leave.

There was no hesitation at all in his movements, it really seemed like he had already made up his mind.

The moment that he did this, it was the same for Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu. The two of them had complete faith in Lin Fan, so they would naturally leave with him if he were to leave.

"Alright, stop. There’s no need for that." The voice said with a sigh.

There was a trace of unwillingness that was in the voice, but they still spoke in the end. Even if it wanted to uncover the secrets that Lin Fan had, it seemed like there were still rules that it couldn’t break.

Not to mention that these pavilions were created by these elders in the first place, so these were things that represented their hope.

Since the elder said this, Lin Fan stopped moving and turned back to ask, "Are there any other tests that we have to take?"

"How could there be another test when you’ve shown something like this?" The voice of the elder said with another sigh.

A faint smile appeared on Lin Fan’s face when he heard this since he had already expected the elder to say this. But it would have been a shame to let things end there since there was still that desire from the elder.

He had done the same thing for the elder of the weapon forging pavilion, so there was no reason that he couldn’t do the same for this elder.

"Is there a way for your dolls to learn a new dance?"

There was silence that followed when Lin Fan asked this, as if the elder had been caught off guard by his words. But then the dolls suddenly came to life and came off the stage.

They walked over to where Lin Fan was and lined up in front of them, giving a pose as if they were ready to learn.

However, Lin Fan didn’t know what he was supposed to do with these dolls in front of him.

"Just show them what you want them to learn and they’ll start mimicking it. As for how much they’ll be able to learn."

The elder didn’t finish their words, but it was already clear why they didn’t bother finishing these words.

When Lin Fan showed the dolls the video jade slip, they started copying what was being shown to them. Though the movements that they made simply weren’t close to what was being shown to them.

Seeing the way that they moved, Lin Fan could already guess what it was that was causing them to act this way.

"The parts that they have are designed for a different culture’s dance, it isn’t designed for what I’m showing them. Even if they have a processor that allows them to analyze the dance movements and copy them, it isn’t as if the parts allow them to."

In human terms, it would be like having the brain to do something, but your body wouldn’t listen to your brain.

But Lin Fan didn’t say anything as he kept showing these dolls the same video.

He wanted to believe that they would be able to figure it out eventually, but it didn’t seem like there was any difference that was being made. It just seemed like they were limited by the parts that they possessed that didn’t allow them to copy another culture’s dance.

When it seemed like all hope was lost, that was when Xiao Mu came forward.

"Let me have a look."

Lin Fan didn’t say anything about this as these dolls didn’t belong to him in the first place. But from the way that the dolls moved, it seemed like the elder agreed to letting Xiao Mu take a look at these dolls.

In a way, Xiao Mu and the dolls were similar since they were both puppets that had been created by the Dao Sect.

Though the former had gained spirituality while the latter still remained dolls that followed orders.

After observing them for a bit, Xiao Mu suddenly came forward and reached out towards them. Since the dolls didn’t move away, it seemed like the elder was giving Xiao Mu permission to tweak these dolls.

Xiao Mu made a few adjustments to the dolls before moving away. While moving away, it turned to look at Lin Fan as if it wanted him to do something.

Lin Fan naturally knew what Xiao Mu wanted, so he started the video jade slip once more to let the dolls follow along.

This time, the performance of the dolls really was better than before. This time, it seemed like the dolls were finally suited to making the movements from the dance video.

Only there were still some movements that they weren’t able to copy.

Once they were done, Xiao Mu went forward to make a few more adjustments with the doll.

This process continued again and again until finally the dolls were able to copy the dance.

"This is it! This kind of passion, this kind of movement! It really brings this dance to life!"

The elder was filled with excitement as they said this, but it was actually too early for this.

Along the way, Lin Fan had actually gotten into this matter as well.

Seeing these dolls performing this dance from his past life, he couldn’t help thinking of the dream of many men in his past life. Now that he had a chance to accomplish this in his current life, it seemed a bit wrong that he didn’t at least attempt it.

"There’s more than one." Lin Fan’s voice was soft, but it wasn’t unheard.

The moment that he said this, there was only silence that followed as everyone looked at him with serious looks.

It wasn’t just Lin Fan alone that wanted this to keep going, but they didn’t think that he would have other dance videos. But the moment that he said this, the look in their eyes immediately changed.

"What are you waiting for?"

When the elder said this, a smile appeared on Lin Fan’s face before he took out another jade slip.

Once spiritual energy entered the jade slip, there was another video that played. However, this video was different from the one that had played previously.

"These aren’t real people, are these drawings?" That was the reaction that they had to this, but that was just an afterthought. The thing that drew them in about the dance video was the dancing itself.

"There’s so much more passion in this dance compared to the last one." The elder’s voice was filled with excitement when they said this.

But because of this ’passion’, it was hard for the dolls to actually copy this dance. There were far more jerky movements in this dance compared to the one from before, which made it harder for the doll’s parts to keep up with.

However, that was where Xiao Mu stepped up,

After the first repetition, Xiao Mu didn’t waste any time in tweaking the parts of the dolls.

It only took a minute for Xiao Mu to figure this out, as if it had already been considering this since making the adjustments earlier. It was as if Xiao Mu had already expected Lin Fan to bring out something else like this.

Still, it took several more adjustments before the dolls were actually able to perform the dance.

Seeing them like this, Lin Fan really wanted to take out wigs and costumes for them...but he held back in the end. It would have been too strange if he were to take out these things all of a sudden, as if he had prepared them ahead of time.

If that were to happen, there was no doubt that Ye Qing Huan would have sent another chill down his spine.

No, she might have done even more than that...

However, this still wasn’t the end.

Since he was already here, he naturally wanted to keep going a bit longer.

"Should we do another one?"

Once again, everyone looked at him with serious looks after he suggested this.

There wasn’t a single person that was against his suggestion since they were all enthralled by the dances that he took out.

But this time, Lin Fan also took out a music sheet that he held up and asked, "Can you have your zither play this as well?"

When he said this, there was a zither that suddenly appeared in front of them.

The music stand that was in front of the zither seemed to be inviting him to put down the music sheet for it.

So without any hesitation, Lin Fan put it down and waited for the zither to start playing.

Unlike the dolls, the zither didn’t have any problem learning this song.