"What's that?"
Bai pointed at the strange device with black and white keys beside the Cherry Blossom Tree. She had never seen anything like it before.
Following where Bai pointed, Yao Ziyue did not explain directly. Instead, she smiled, took Bai's hand, and led her over. "You'll know once you try it yourself."
"Hey, hey, wait, you..."
Sadly, her protest did little good. In terms of cultivation, she and Yao Ziyue were more or less evenly matched—though when it came to actual combat strength, Bai was certainly far stronger.
After all, combat strength was not judged solely by one's apparent realm.
Bai sat before the piano, not knowing where to put her hands. She could only cast a pleading look toward Yao Ziyue beside her.
"Um, what should I do next?"
"Just press those black and white keys. They'll make sounds."
"Press them...?"
Bai extended a finger and tried pressing down one of the white keys.
"Dong..."
The sudden sound nearly startled her. It was clear as water, with an astonishingly piercing quality.
"Every key makes a different sound. You can try the others," Yao Ziyue said with a smile as she pulled over a chair and sat nearby.
Bai blinked, her gaze sweeping across the black and white keys.
As her fingers fell, sounds of different tones rang out in turn—some light and lively, others deep and dull.
"This... should be a musical instrument, right?"
Bai looked toward Yao Ziyue, faintly guessing the purpose of this unusual device.
Keys with different tones, if combined together, could surely take on the task of performing music.
"That's right." Yao Ziyue blinked, then seemed to remember something and took out her Magic Phone. "It's called a piano. The boss brought it out too. You can look at this—there's a tutorial on how