Online Cultivation
episode 142

“You, who claims that my zither performance is flawed What is the reason behind such a claim? Are you also a zither expert? What qualifications do you have to call me?" Fairy Fei looked at Yuan with narrowed eyes while she stood on the thin fence with perfect balance.

“Qualifications?” Yuan raised his eyebrows, and then he said, “Although I'm not a zither expert, I don't need to be a zither expert to say that you've made some mistakes in your game in the past hour. As long as I have enough experience in music, I can tell if something is wrong with just notes and streams alone, and there are some notes that do not flow well during your performance.”

‘I-Murid this ..’ Fairy Fei clenched her teeth tightly after hearing Yuan's words and her brows twitched uncontrollably, but she wasn't angry at him. In fact, he was surprised that Yuan managed to realize his mistake, even feeling a little nervous because he had never been arrested or summoned before, as everyone would assume that he was perfect.

However, he was unwilling to admit that he”a wrong Core” disciple was right in front of the two Outer Court disciples.

"Who's your name?" Fairy Fei suddenly asked him after a moment of silence.

"Yuan," he replied calmly.

“Murid Yuan, right? Since you are so sure that my appearance is flawed, why don't you show me how to do it?” Fairy Fei then placed her zither on the table and looked at Yuan with a serious expression on her elegant face. “You have ‘experience’ in music, right? Surely, you will be able to play the zither better than me if that is the case. ”

"Uhh .." Yuan looked at the beautiful zither that seemed to be made of some kind of wood lying on the table with a somewhat confused expression on his face.

Although he had never played the zither before, he was not someone who would shy away from something he had never experienced before, especially with regards to music and instruments. After all, how else would he learn it if not by playing with them?

‘That's what I thought! While you may have a keen intuition for music, you don't have what it takes to play the Zither!’ Fairy Fei smiled inwardly after seeing Yuan's puzzled face.

Of course, he preferred if Yuan didn't actually play the zither, as he wouldn't know what to do if Yuan really played the zither better than him.

However, little did Fairy Fei know that she had dug a deep hole for herself by giving an instrument to Yuan that was widely recognized by the entire world as the number one miracle in history in the field musics.

And when Fairy Fei saw Yuan grabbing the zither, she cried inwardly, ‘She's really going to play the zither?!’

Fairy Fei frowned before speaking loudly, "Wait a moment!"

"What's the problem?" Yuan looked at him with an innocent expression on his face, and he continued, “You want me to play the zither, right? Although I have never played it before, I should be able to play it to a certain extent.”

“Eh? You've never played the zither before?” Fairy Fei looked at him with her clear eyes wide open, as did Chu Bo who thought she was truly an expert.

“Ehem!”

After a moment of silence, Fairy Fei cleared her throat before speaking in a somewhat stiff voice, “T-Have it! You can go ahead and play the sitar. ”

"okay." Yuan nodded and pulled the zither closer before sitting back down.

Moments later, Yuan opened his eyes again and took a deep breath before he slowly raised his hand as if preparing to play the piano.

‘Such quiet movement ... I would never have thought this would be the first time if he hadn't said it …’ Fairy Fei frowned when she saw Yuan's arm movements before she even started playing the zither.

Yuan finger gently touched one of the strings on the zither, and another one later”

Ting~

An extremely crisp and beautiful voice echoed in the place, creating a calm ripple on the water while causing Fairy Fei's heart to beat violently at the same time.

Other records soon follow afterwards”

Ting~

Yuan started playing the zither with precise movements like a true expert who had years of experience with the instrument, replaying one of Fairy Fei's previous songs.

Fairy Fei's jaw dropped when she saw this, and she cried inwardly, This ‘B-bitch is lying to me! How dare you say this is the first time you played the zither when you could produce such a perfect tone?!’

Meanwhile, when the other guests in the Dragon Pavilion realized that the music had returned, they immediately mistook the Yuan sitar game as a Fairy Fei sitar game.

“Where did Fairy Fei play? Why did he suddenly move locations?”

“Who cares where he plays” this music is amazing! In fact, I think it sounds better than it did a while ago!”

"Maybe Fairy Fei found a new favorite spot, improving her appearance."

“”

When Fairy Fei heard the words of another guest, she almost vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot but somehow managed to hold it back by clenching her teeth tightly.

‘Only who is this Outer Court disciple ?! If he could eat in this place, he would definitely not be an ordinary person! However, I don't recognize it at all!’ Fairy Fei contemplated herself with a frown on her face.

The only thing that kept Fairy Fei from losing her temper was Yuan's unknown identity. Even though Yuan was only a mere Outer Court disciple, Fairy Fei knew very well that one's outer appearance could be extremely deceiving and that she should not judge a person just by their appearance. After all, no sane Outer Court disciple could remain calm before a Core disciple, let alone challenge them in such a manner!