Online Cultivation
episode 197

“I was told that if someone could play this zither, they would save it. Really it?" Yuan asked Senior Zou a moment later.

Senior Zou laughed out loud after seeing Yuan's eyes filled with anticipation, and he nodded, "Yes, that's right."

Yuan immediately smiled behind the black jade mask.

"However, before I can give it to you, I want to know at least the face of the person I gave this treasure to." Senior Zou suddenly narrowed his eyes towards Yuan, seemingly suspicious of Yuan's identity.

Yuan nodded his head and removed the black jade mask without hesitation.

Senior Zou's eyes widened in shock after seeing Yuan's handsome and young face.

‘He's much younger than I thought! True miracle! She's really magical!’ Senior Zou cried inwardly.

After a moment of silence, Senior Zou nodded and said, “Alright. The Soul Ensnaring Zither is now yours, young man.”

Almost instantly after Senior Zou said those words, several notifications appeared in front of Yuan.

[Sitar Trapping Soul]

[Rank: T/A]

[Description: A normal zither that turns into a unique treasure after being played by the Sitar Goddess for many years. Not a normal instrument or treasure.]

‘So it really isn't a treasure ..’ Yuan wasn't too surprised because Fei Yuyan had already told him about it before. However, it is still very surprising to know that the Goddess Kecapi has turned an ordinary musical instrument into a treasure just by using it to play music.

"By the way, I've been wondering about this, but since you're in this city right now, are you planning to participate in the sitar competition?" Senior Zou suddenly asked him.

Yuan nodded and said, "I participated in the competition with Disciple Fei as my partner."

“Isn't it” Smile appeared on Senior Zou's face, and he said, “Well, I'm looking forward to your appearance. With your talent, I wouldn't expect anything less than first place!”

"Thank you?" Fei Yuyan's eyes flickered with excitement.

After all, Senior Zou had participated in sitar competitions many times as a judge, so his judgment was greatly appreciated. If he said that Yuan could reach first place, there was a high chance that it would actually happen!

Senior Zou turned to look at Fei Yuyan and replied with a smile, “Of course That is if you also do your part as his partner. After all, this is a pair” competition not solo.”

Fei Yuyan nodded with a serious expression on her face.

"good. Then I'll see you all again tomorrow”as one of the three judges.” Senior Zou said with a smile on his face.

A while later, after Yuan and the others left, Senior Zou looked at the sky and muttered in a low voice, "Finally, you have found a long-awaited partner…"

After leaving the Zou Family home, Yuan asked Fei Yuyan, “What should we do now? The competition is not until tomorrow. ”

“Eh? We still haven't signed up?” Yuan looked at him with wide eyes.

Usually, one would sign up for a competition weeks, even months in advance.

Fei Yuyan nodded and said, "Let's go to where the competition will be held."

So, Yuan and the others started following Fei Yuyan again.

A short while later, they arrived in front of a large and spacious meeting area that could easily accommodate tens of thousands of people at once.

"Did everyone here participate in the competition?" Yuan muttered in a confused voice as he looked at the sea of humans in this area. Even the biggest competition he had participated in before did not have this many participants.

“Not everyone, but most of them. Since this competition needs partners, there will obviously be more people.” Fei Yuyan said.

"Come with me."

Yuan nodded and followed him to the large building at the end of the meeting hall.

“Hey, look there! It was Fairy Fei from the Dragon Essence Temple! Looks like he will be participating in this year's competition as well!”

"Wow! I remember his performance in the last competition! I can't wait to see how much he has improved since then! ”

“Whose partner do you think is it? Could it be that one of the two fairies was following behind her? ”

The people there quickly noticed Fei Yuyan's presence, even mistaking Xuan Wuhan and Min Li as her match for the sitar competition because there were more women taking zither than men.

Meanwhile, Yuan looked around and the people there with serious gazes.

‘How many of these people are players?’ he wondered inwardly as he tried to pick out those who seemed to be players.

Very quickly, he saw a group of people who stood out from the rest of the crowd with their unique hairstyles that easily gave their identity standing not far away.

‘They must be players ..’ Yuan thought to heart.

A while later, Yuan saw a few more people there who were most likely players.

‘Wow, there are more players here than I expected ..’ Yuan gulped nervously when he realized how many players were there.

While he felt fine being around NPCs, he, for some reason, became nervous when there were players around.

"We have already reached the registration area," Fei Yuyan said to them after entering the building.

Moments later, as soon as they saw the empty desk, they approached the worker behind the desk to sign up.

"We are from the Dragon Essence Temple, and I want to register for the competition with my partner here." Fei Yuyan said to the worker behind the desk.

“Hm? Oho! Fairy Fei! Welcome back! I'm starting to wonder if you'll miss participating in this year's competition! The worker easily recognized Fei Yuyan's beautiful face and continued, "Give me a moment, I'll register your name now."