Once the guests were seated and he was prepared to play the zither, Yuan placed his fingers on the zither and began pulling the strings, causing them to tremble and send out musical notes that massaged oneâs brain and transported their mind to the heavens.
Xuan Wuhan and Min Liâs jaw simultaneously dropped to the ground when they heard Yuan playing the zither for the first time, looking like theyâd just witnessed their ancestors crawling from their graves, and itâd only taken them a few seconds to recognize Yuanâs talents.
âThis guy...! Heâs not only talented in cultivation but heâs also talented with instruments? Is there anything heâs not talented in?â Xuan Wuhan cried inwardly.
âWhat amazing music that heâs producing... Not even the expert musicians in my family can play the zither as well as he does...â Min Li thought to herself.
The two ladies quickly indulged themselves in Yuanâs music, as did the disciples near that area once they heard Yuanâs music, even stopping their movements to close their eyes and enjoy the music.
"Whoâs playing the zither? I thought it was Fairy Fei at first but the Dragon Pavilion isnât even close to this place!"
One of the disciples wandering outside asked the other disciples.
"Who else besides Fairy Fei would have the ability to play the zither to such an extent in the sect? Furthermore, I heard from some disciples that theyâd spotted Fairy Fei in the Outer Court yesterday. Maybe sheâs playing the zither somewhere in the Outer Court!"
"If thatâs the case, I want to watch her performance!"
"Me too! Letâs try to locate her!"
Thus, the Outer Court disciples, with their interest piqued, decided to follow the sound of the zither. Once theyâd arrived at the area that housed the most important and privileged disciples in the Outer Court, these Outer Court disciples stopped and didnât dare to traverse any further.
"Itâs coming from this area, but normal disciples arenât allowed in this area..."
"This place is where all of the top disciples live, right? I think itâd be fine as long as we do not disturb them. After all, there is no sect rule stating that we cannot enter this place."
"You donât know? There have been many incidents where ignorant disciples would enter this place only to get beaten by the disciples living here, as they treat this place as some sort of sacred sanctuary where only the privileged are allowed to traverse. If you donât mind getting beaten, you can go ahead and enter this place."
When the other disciples heard such a thing, they immediately tossed the idea of entering this place out of their minds. Although they wanted to watch Fairy Feiâs zither performance, it wasnât worth risking offending someone in this place and possibly their life as well.
"If we cannot enter this place, why donât we all just stand here and listen to the music instead? We donât really need to watch Fairy Fei perform it since we donât normally do that anyway."
"Sounds reasonable... Okay, I am staying here."
Thus, the disciples there decided to gather outside the area and quickly crowded the place.
Sometime later, inside Yuanâs house, Fei Yuyan rubbed her eyes in a tired manner.
âWhat time is it...?â She opened her eyes and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling with a dazed face.
"Oh no! Itâs already way past morning! I was supposed to practice with Disciple Yuan! Itâs all that darn Disciple Xuanâs fault that Iâd overslept!" Fei Yuyan cried out loud when she saw the slightly orange sky outside, and she quickly fixed her appearance before running outside her room.
However, the entire house was dead silent, almost like she lived in this house alone.
Fei Yuyan went to knock on Yuanâs door, but alas, nobody answered no matter how much she knocked.
"Where did he go?" Fei Yuyan frowned, wondering where Yuan couldâve gone at this time.
"Maybe he went to get food?"
With this in mind, Fei Yuyan went to wash her face before leaving the house.
However, the moment she opened the door, she could hear a heavenly sound that could only be played by a zither.
"T-This is...?" Fei Yuyan immediately turned around to look behind the building before closing the door and approaching the backyard.
Once she opened the door to the backyard, Yuanâs zither music immediately flowed into her ears and caused her body to tremble with delight.
Yuan noticed Fei Yuyanâs presence, but it did not distract his performance and he continued to play the song until the end.
At the end of the song, Yuan turned to look at the dazed Fei Yuyan and said to her with a smile on his face, "Good morning, Disciple Feiâ or should I say good afternoon?"
Xuan Wuhan and Min Li turned to look at Fei Yuyan once they noticed her presence.
"Hm? So youâre finally awake, huh? Took you long enough. Yuan has been practicing the zither this entire time without any breaks. At this rate, youâll be a burden to him in the competition," Xuan Wuhan said to Fei Yuyan while shaking her head.
"..."
Fei Yuyan immediately trembled in anger and shouted at Xuan Wuhan, "Whose fault do you think it is that I overslept?! If you didnât wake me up in the middle of the night by knocking on the door like a rude ape, I wouldâve woken up on time!"
"W-Who are you calling an ape?! There are things you cannot say to a fellow sister no matter how angry you are!" Xuan Wuhan exclaimed.
"Shut up! I donât want to hear anything from you!" Fei Yuyan said.
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"Calm down, thereâs no need to yell at each other." Yuan said to them with a slightly startled look on his face, and he continued while looking at Fei Yuyan, "There is still plenty of time until the dayâs over so itâs not like youâve wasted an entire day."
Fei Yuyan nodded and said in a casual voice, "I donât have the time to argue with an ape. Iâm going to practice now."
"T-This bitc..." Xuan Wuhan gritted her teeth. While she wanted to yell at Fei Yuyan, she didnât want to disturb their practice, so she forcefully swallowed her anger and pretended like she never heard Fei Yuyanâs insults.
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