Online Cultivation
episode 207's

"Heaven ... Who is that participant?" elder Jing muttered in a confused voice as he stared at the figure wearing a black jade mask with wide eyes.

‘Yuan this ... He didn't use all of his abilities during our one-on-one? Does he ... look down on me?’ Song Ling’er looked at Yuan with clear disbelief in his eyes.

It was unthinkable that one would look down on himself” Sect Master of the Heavenly Melody Academy, feeling an indescribable sensation in his heart after knowing this.

Of course, Yuan did not intentionally look down on Song Ling’er during their one-on-one meeting; it was just that he did not feel so serious in the friendly match between the two sitar players, and he sees it more as a friendly match.

However, as someone who was conditioned to do his best during the competition, now he was actually participating in one competition, he was, he subconsciously turned on the ‘serius’ button and played the zither with absolute focus and seriousness, especially since it was a music competition.

Meanwhile, the spectators and participants alike stared at Yuan with shock and disbelief written all over their faces. Although most of the audience did not understand the situation and how amazing Yuan's performance just now, they knew that it was the best thing they had heard today and most likely throughout their lives.

As for the other participants, they were amazed by Yuan's appearance, and they could still see the illusion of flowers even though many moments had passed since they heard the three musical notes!

‘Yuan .. you ..’

Even Fei Yuyan looked at Yuan with a gawking expression, feeling her heart pounding at the moment.

After a long silence that lasted for several minutes, Song Ling’er finally regained his senses from his daze, and for the first time in this competition, he gave the verdict first, "Ten points."

However, he did not say anything more. No compliments, no opinions”no, almost like he's speechless.

Senior Zou and Elder Jing followed a while later, and they also simply gave their verdict without any other words.

"Ten points …"

"Ten points …"

Despite being the first participant to score perfectly in this competition, however the audience did not explode in excitement or cheering and was relatively silent, most likely because they were still trying to make sense of the situation.

By the time most of these spectators returned to their senses, the judges had given their verdict and moved on to the next team.

However, the next team did not seem to be in the right mindset when it was finally their turn, and when they tried to play the zither, it sounded as if this was their first time touching the zither, he said, or they completely forgot how to play it.

“Poin zero.”

"Zero from me too."

"Zero."

And to the surprise of the audience, this kept happening for the next few teams as well. It was almost like every participant who was chasing Yuan suddenly lost their ability to play the zither.

This greatly confused the spectators, making them wonder if Yuan had deliberately messed with the other participants, who should have been considered cheating.

However, the jury said nothing about it, so there was nothing the audience could say. Even when one wanted to raise his voice, they would suddenly recall Yuan's appearance in the other world, which quickly made them change their mind. After all, there was no need for someone with such talent to cheat in the competition.

An hour later, the final team received their verdict for the first part of the competition.

And at the end of the first part of the competition, more than half of the participants were disqualified due to unsatisfactory results with only a few hundred teams remaining.

“It was the end of the first part,” said Senior Zou, and he continued, “For the second part of the competition, we will have the team play a song together.”

“Finally we can listen to real music!”

"I've been waiting for this!"

Hypnotized audience. Although the first part of the competition was interesting in its own way, it was too short for the audience to completely immerse themselves in the music, as it would end after three quick tones.

A while later, Senior Zou continued, “Since this is a pairing competition, you should be training with your partner. Therefore, we will let you decide on the song you want to play.”

"You have three minutes to perform, but one of us judges can decide to shorten it if they think it's unpleasant to the ear."

Senior Zou then pointed to the team in front and said, “We will start from you. You have one minute to discuss with your partner and prepare your song. As for the other teams, you are not allowed to talk to each other until it is your turn or you will be disqualified automatically. Start."

Soon, the two people in the team started talking to each other, deciding which song they should play.

Thirty seconds later, the participants took a deep breath and started playing the zither simultaneously.

A very pleasant sound flowed throughout the area and into the ears of the audience.

The majority of the audience was quickly attracted by the music and immersed in it.

However, thirty seconds into the song, when the team made their first mistake with one misaligned tone, Song Ling’er's voice echoed, "It's enough."

The music immediately stopped after her words echoed, and the participants raised their heads to look at Song Ling’er's face which had a slight frown on her pretty face, their backs and foreheads wet with cold sweat.

“This is a team” competitionnot solo. You obviously didn't practice enough with each other to mess up the song so early. You are disqualified.” Song Ling’er said a moment later in a cold voice, shattering the expectations of the team into pieces.