The fourth shop was called [Listening to Rain Pavilion].
Compared to the previous three, this shop was completely different. At the very least, judging from its name alone, Bai Zhi had no way of telling what its main content and theme might be.
Unlike the inhuman shopkeepers of the first three stores, the owner of the fourth shop looked much more normal. Or perhaps she could not exactly be called normal either, because the shopkeeper was a young woman with waist-length black hair, dressed in an ancient costume, her figure illusory.
The layout of this fourth shop was also nothing like that of an ordinary store. It resembled a secluded, chilly Bamboo Garden, except most of the bamboo within it was withered yellow rather than lush green. Though the muddy ground beneath his feet was not the squirming flesh-like surface outside, it carried the same ominous dark red hue... Bai Zhi felt this place would be perfect for filming a Ghost Movie.
When Bai Zhi entered the shop, he happened to see the woman, who seemed to be a Specter, sitting quietly beneath the bamboo and gently playing a Long Zither.
By the time he entered, the music had already ended, yet its lingering notes continued to drift through the air.
The woman raised her eyes from behind the zither and gave him a faint glance. Her voice carried an exceptionally cold air.
"Listening to Rain Pavilion tests Musical Tuning. If the guest possesses any music capable of surpassing my Qin music, then the guest shall be considered victorious."
"Do you have any instruments I can use here?"
Sweeping his gaze around the not-so-large Bamboo Garden, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow.
"All instruments in this world may be found here by the guest."
The woman replied calmly after giving him