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As three wisps of purple smoke curled up from the tops of the ornate lamps, undercurrents surged through the Nine-Bend Corridor.
The fifth round: guqin playing.
The copper bells beneath the eaves trembled softly, and a wind tinged with the scent of Pine Soot ink swept through the long corridor.
The blue-robed guest by the Winding Stream was the first to pluck the strings. A clear, crystalline note shattered the floating cups on the water's surface, startling two or three ripples that spread through the magnolia petals.
The Burnt Tail Guqin on his opponent's knees suddenly burst out with a sound like tearing silk, but the blue-robed guest merely pressed down with empty fingertips, and the lingering resonance actually stirred the dewdrops hanging from withered lotus leaves thirty feet away. Where the silver beads rolled down, they perfectly formed the Zhi Mode.
This round, Winding Stream Party won, 4:1!
They had reached match point!
The sixth round: calligraphy.
Inside the calligraphy pavilion, a sheet of Snow Wave Paper twelve feet long was spread across the blue brick floor. The brush wielder from Cultural Brilliance Pavilion poured out Iron Drawings and Silver Hooks from his wrist; wherever his brush tip passed, the faint sound of Golden Spears could be heard.
Opposite him, the calligrapher from Winding Stream Party suddenly slammed his brush handle hard against the Chengni Inkstone. As ink blossoms splashed, half of the "Timely Clearing After Snowfall Calligraphy" seemed to be covered by a layer of gloom.
A slanting ray of sunlight pierced through the carved window from the side, falling squarely on the four characters "Dragon Leaping Heavenly Gate" as the victor lifted his brush. The ink shimmered like sword light breaking through clouds.
In this round, the calligrapher from Cultural Brilliance Pavilion withstood