Online Cultivation
episode 170

Upon hearing the door being knocked, Yuan went to open the door and greeted Disciple Fei.

“Halo, Disciple Fei. Go inside." Yuan invited him in with an indifferent expression on his face.

Disciple Fei nodded and entered the building.

Some time later, as soon as they sat in the living room, and Yuan asked him, “So? What are we going to do, Disciple Fei? ”

“First and foremost, you can stop calling me ‘Murid Fei’. Although only temporary, now I am your partner,” he said in a calm voice.

“Then I have to call you what?” Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"Fei Yuyan, that's my name, and you'll call me that when we're alone," he said with a stern expression on his face as he glared at Yuan.

Yuan nodded without thinking too much about it and said, “OK, Fei Yuyan. What are we going to do now?”

A moment later, Fei Yuyan placed her zither on the table and said, “What else? We will practice sitar for a whole week until the competition!”

Yuan looked at him with raised eyebrows, and he said, “We're both going to use the same zither? Wouldn't it be better if there were others?”

"Of course not! I know you may not have a zither, so I brought one more.” Fei Yuyan said as she took out another zither from her spatial ring.

“You will use this one for now. Everyone in the competition will be given a Zither of the same quality so you do not have to worry about unfair conditions because you do not have a good zither. ”

Yuan nodded and looked at the familiar-looking zither, as it was the first time he had played in the Dragon Pavilion.

“By the way, before we start our practice, let me explain a little more about zither competition in more depth.”

“First and foremost, there will be three main judges ” each is a top sitar expert with hundreds of years of experience under their belt so you can expect a fairly accurate assessment of your skills. Of course, you won't see them until the end of the exam.”

“The previous competition is divided into three parts, and we will be rated for each part. In the end, whoever has the most points will win the competition, as simple as that.”

“However, they may do different things this year because of the temple of Heaven and Earth. Next, we will have a partner this time, so anything can happen. ”

Yuan nodded and asked, "What did you do last year?"

"We assessed on our hand technique for the first part, so how you play the zither will be very important."

“If you do not meet their expectations, there is a possibility that you can not proceed to the second round, so keep that in mind.”

“For the second part, you will be given one hour to memorize and play random songs that will be provided to you. Again, if your performance is unsatisfactory, they will disappoint you on the.” spot

"Huh? Playing music with jurors?” Yuan raised his eyebrows in surprise, as this was the first time he had heard such a thing in a music competition.

Fei Yuyan nodded and said, “One of the judges will choose a song, and you have ten minutes to memorize that song. Once the time is up, the judges will play the song and you will follow, and your points will be deducted for any mistakes made. The Jury will not stop playing even if you make a mistake, but if you suddenly stop playing, you will automatically fail, so you have to continue playing the Zither even though you made a mistake.”

“Wow Interesting way to do music competition” Yuan muttered with a somehow excited smile on his face.

Fei Yuyan shook her head at him and said, “I know it sounds fun, but it's actually very difficult. I myself made over a dozen mistakes during the song. In addition, the appearance of the jury will easily distract you because it sounds incredible.”

“By the way, let's start practicing now. We don't have much time before the competition. For today, we will take turns playing the sitar just to familiarize ourselves with their respective playing styles. From tomorrow, we will start training for the real competition.”

Yuan nodded.

"Then I'll start first."

Fei Yuyan took a deep breath, and she started playing the zither shortly afterwards.

A few minutes later, he said to Yuan, “Now it's your turn. Try playing a song I just played even if you don't know it. It will be a good exercise just in case you have to do the same during the competition.”

Yuan nodded and closed his eyes to remember every single musical note Fei Yuyan played and all the movements of her hands.

A while later, Yuan started to move his fingers on the zither strings, following Fei Yuyan's movements perfectly.

‘Murid Yuan's .. He is truly a genius ..’ Fei Yuyan muttered to herself as she secretly admired Yuan's zither skills.

Although this was the first time he had played this song in public, Yuan managed to play the song perfectly without missing a single note, perhaps even a little better.

"What do you think?" Yuan asked him afterwards.

"Pretty good," Fei Yuyan responded with a stiff expression on her face.

"Now I will play the next song."

Fei Yuyan started playing a few seconds later, and Yuan started playing after he stopped, repeating the song.

They repeated it throughout the day, playing over 100 different songs at the end of the day.

‘T-This guy is a scary monster!’ Fei Yuyan looked at Yuan with wide eyes and her body was sweating from playing the zither too often.