Online Cultivation
episode 203

After Senior Zou muttered about the competition and some of its history, he turned his head to look at Song Ling’er and spoke, "Senior Song, are we ready to start the competition?"

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However, as if he did not hear it, Song Ling’er did not respond to his question, making Senior Zou repeat his words a second time.

"Senior Song, are we ready to start the competition?"

“Eh? What did you just say?" Song Ling’er suddenly snapped out of her daze and turned to look at Senior Zou's dumbfounded face.

"I said, we're ready to start the competition whenever you're ready, Senior Song."

Song Ling’er then nodded, "Yes, we can start."

Senior Zou nodded his head, and then he turned to look at the thousands of participants there and said, "Follow me to the arena where you will perform in front of millions of people."

The participants there gulped nervously when they heard that there would be millions of people.

While they expected and prepared themselves for such a large crowd, they did not expect such a large audience! This must be the influence of the Heaven and Earth Palace and the Sect Master of the Heavenly Melody Academy, Song Ling’er!

Senior Zou suddenly turned around and walked into the building, and the participants followed him.

A few minutes later, Senior Zou led them through the entire building and entered a vast empty area that spanned nearly a mile, with spectators blocking the view in all directions due to the large number of people present.

However, upon closer inspection, the area was not completely empty, and there were thousands of small wooden tables placed around the area regularly with zither placed on top.

Furthermore, each of these sitars looked exactly the same, and none of them looked different from the others. In fact, they were all ordinary zither.

When the spectators saw these participants exit the building, the voices in the area burst with excitement, causing the air to tremble.

“You have five minutes to find a seat, and you have to sit right next to your partner. Go." Senior Zou said to them, and the participants scattered like ants to find their seats.

Although it was a bit messy at first, all the participants had already sat down before five minutes had passed.

After everyone sat down, the three judges jumped on three tall platforms placed right in front of the participants before sitting down.

Sitting right in the middle of the participants were Song Ling’er with Senior Zou on his right side and Elder Jing on his left side.

"Before we begin, let us introduce ourselves."

Senior Zou suddenly stood up and introduced himself, “My name is Zou Fujian, and I was only 7 years old when I first touched the zither. It has been exactly 135 years since I started practicing sitar, but I remained excited when I saw the zither in front of me. This is also my 9th time acting as a judge here. That's all."

After his brief introduction, Senior Zou returned to his seat while the sect elder from the Sky and Earth Palace stood up and began to introduce himself with a proud aura around him, “The name of the Jing family, is, and I am the sect elder of the Heaven and Earth Palace for the Inner Court disciple. I will admit that my experience with the zither is not as vast or as deep as the other two judges, but I have overseen over 100 disciple exams for the Heaven and Earth Palace, he said, bringing hundreds of talented disciples to the sect, so I know something or two about judging people. That's all."

After Elder Jing sat down, everyone in the area turned to look at the beautiful figure sitting in the middle, their gazes filled with admiration and anticipation.

A moment later, Song Ling’er stood up and took off her veil, revealing to the audience her peerless beauty.

“Heaven! What a divine beauty! ”

“As expected of the Divine Lyre Fairy! Her beauty knows no bounds!”

"Ha ha ha! I didn't come here to watch the zither competition, only to witness for myself whether Senior Fairy Song is as beautiful as people say! Now I can say for sure that she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen! This trip must be worth it!”

“Aaaaah! Senior Fairy Song! I love you!"

The men and women there showered Song Ling’er with compliments about her beauty, almost like everyone there was her admirer.

However, Song Ling’er did not notice the voices, and his eyes remained fixed in a certain direction.

Seeing this, Senior Zou followed his gaze and turned to look in the direction he was looking.

‘Why am I not surprised?’ A faint smile appeared on his face when Senior Zou saw a different figure wearing a jade black mask who was also sitting next to an extremely beautiful young lady.

‘He's really obsessed with her, huh? Well, I can't blame him. Anyways, anyway, he always talked about how he would be the first to play Soul Ensnaring Zither after the Sitar Goddess I could imagine the shock he received when someone much younger than him stole that achievement from him.’

A while later, after the voices in the area subsided, Song Ling’er spoke in a calm voice, “Master Sect of the Heavenly Melody Academy, Song Ling’er. We are always looking for talented individuals in the Dao of Music, especially those who specialize in zither. Therefore, if you can reach at least the top ten, I will consider accepting you as a disciple in the Heavenly Melody Academy. As for whoever reaches first place .. I will make you my own disciple! ”

The crowd gasped in shock when they heard such words from Song Ling’er. He's going to accept the disciple today? This was something that no one in Sana” even his own students could hope for!

Meanwhile, Yuan saw the beautiful figure of Song Ling’er from behind the mask, contemplating herself, ‘Why does it feel like she is speaking specifically with me?’