Once Lin Ke finished his appraisal, the crowd immediately reacted.
"Ah... huh?"
"That... that actually sounds reasonable?"
"Exactly! I felt the same way when she was playing."
"Me too."
Without anyone to guide them, everyone might have said something different.
But with someone guiding them, things were different.
As long as the guide's words stood up to scrutiny, others would naturally arrive at the same conclusion.
"You..."
The woman's breath caught, but her defiance weakened somewhat.
Almost exactly the same!
It was almost exactly the same as her teacher's assessment of her!
When she came of age at sixteen, her teacher had sent her out to gain experience, hoping she would truly come to understand the world. Only then could her music achieve a breakthrough.
Yet she had never believed those lowly people outside could compare to her.
She had not ventured out to seek a true breakthrough or change, but to return and tell her teacher that, as a prodigy of the Sage Domain, her mastery of the zither was unrivaled among her peers!
Originally, she had intended to challenge Qi Ye's elder sister, but before she could, her companions happened to be preparing to target Lin Ke, so she had come along with them.
Naturally, she looked down on Lin Ke as well.
But precisely because she looked down on him, his rise to fame had upset her inner balance, even twisting her outlook.
"You of servile status..." The woman glared hatefully at Lin Ke. "What do you know of the zither? You're the son of a whore. Don't tell me you think..."
Smack!
The next instant, Lin Ke suddenly struck, darting to the woman's side and slapping her across the face.
No one else dared move, for a terrifying aura had enveloped the entire Great Wilderness University.