"You, who claid that my zither performance was flawed... What is the reasoning behind such claims? Are you also a zither expert? What qualifications do you have to call out?" Fairy Fei looked at Yuan with narrowed eyes while she stood on the thin railings with perfect balance.
"Qualifications?" Yuan raised his eyebrows, and then he said, "Although I am not a zither expert, I don’t need to be a zither expert to tell that you had made several mistakes in your playing in the last hour. As long as I have enough experience in music, I can tell if sothing is amiss just by the notes and flow alone, and there were several notes that didn’t flow properly during your performance."
’T-This disciple...’ Fairy Fei clenched her teeth tightly after hearing Yuan’s words and her eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, but she was not angry at him. In fact, she was surprised that Yuan had managed to notice her mistakes, even feeling a little bit nervous since she has never been caught or called out before, as everyone would just assu that she was perfect.
However, she did not want to admit that she— a Core disciple— was wrong right before two Outer Court disciples.
"What is your na?" Fairy Fei suddenly asked him after a mont of silence.
"Yuan," he calmly responded.
"Disciple Yuan, right? Since you are so confident that my performance was flawed, why don’t you show how it’s done?" Fairy Fei then laid her zither on the table and stared at Yuan with a serious look on her elegant face. "You have ’experience’ in music, right? Surely, you will be able to play the zither better than if that is the case."
"Uhh..." Yuan looked at the beautiful zither that seed to be made of so kind of wood laying on the table with a sowhat dazed look on his face.
Although he has never played the zither before, he was not soone who would shy away from sothing they have never experienced before, especially when it was related to music and instrunts. After all, how else will he learn them if not by playing with them?
’That’s what I thought! Even though you may have a sharp intuition for music, you don’t have what it takes to play the zither!’ Fairy Fei smiled inwardly after seeing Yuan’s dazed face.
For more, visit /lightno/velp/ub[.]com
Of course, she’d rather if Yuan didn’t actually play the zither, as she wouldn’t know what to do if he really played the zither better than her.
However, little did Fairy Fei know that she’d already dug a deep hole for herself by giving an instrunt to Yuan who was widely recognized by the whole world to be the number one prodigy in history in the field of music.
And when Fairy Fei saw Yuan reaching for the zither, she cried inwardly, ’He’s actually going to play the zither?!’
Fairy Fei frowned before speaking out loud, "Wait a second!"
"What’s the matter?" Yuan looked at her with an innocent look on his face, and he continued, "You want to play the zither, right? Although I have never played it before, I should be able to play it to so extent."
"Eh? You have never played the zither before?" Fairy Fei looked at him with her clear eyes wide open, as did Chu Bo who thought he was definitely an expert.
"Ahem!"
After a mont of silence, Fairy Fei cleared her throat before speaking in a sowhat stiff voice, "N-Never mind! You can go ahead and play the zither."
"Okay." Yuan nodded and pulled the zither closer before sitting back down.
Yuan then closed his eyes to practice a little bit more inside his head.
A few monts later, Yuan opened his eyes again and took a deep breath before he slowly lifted his hands like he was prepared to play the piano.
’Such calm movents... I would’ve never thought this would be his first ti if he didn’t say it...’ Fairy Fei frowned when she saw Yuan’s arm movents before he even began playing the zither.
Yuan’s finger gently touched one of the strings on the zither, and a single later—
Ting~
An extrely crisp and beautiful sound echoed in the place, creating a calm ripple on the water while causing Fairy Fei’s heart to skip a beat at the sa ti.
Another note imdiate followed afterward—
Ting~
Yuan began playing the zither with precise movents like a real expert who had years of experience with the instrunt, replaying one of Fairy Fei’s earlier songs.
Fairy Fei’s jaw dropped when she saw this, and she cried inwardly, ’T-This damn brat lied to ! How dare you say this is your first ti playing the zither when you can produce such flawless notes?!’
anwhile, when the other guests at the Dragon Pavilion realized the music had returned, they imdiately mistook Yuan’s zither play for Fairy Fei’s zither play.
"Where’s Fairy Fei playing from? Why did she suddenly move locations?"
"Who cares where she’s playing from— this music is amazing! In fact, I think it sounds even better than just a few monts ago!"
"Perhaps Fairy Fei found a new favorite spot, enhancing her performance."
"..."
When Fairy Fei heard the other guests’ words, she nearly puked out a mouthful of blood on the spot but sohow managed to resist it by clenching her teeth tightly together.
’Just who is this Outer Court disciple?! If he can dine in this place, he’s definitely no ordinary individual! However, I don’t recognize him at all!’ Fairy Fei pondered to herself with a deep frown on her face.
The only thing keeping Fairy Fei from losing her temperant was Yuan’s unknown identity. Even though Yuan is only a re Outer Court disciple, Fairy Fei knew very well that one’s outer appearance can be very deceiving and that she shouldn’t judge soone just by their looks. After all, no sane Outer Court disciple would be able to keep calm before a Core disciple, much less challenge them in such a manner!
User Comments
0 comments from readers