Zither music surged through the void.
Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu watched from among the crowd. Compared with everyone else's unending amazement, their expressions were much calmer.
To Chu Kuangren, these two women's skills were merely average, far from enough to earn his admiration.
As for Lan Yu, ever since she had heard Chu Kuangren play, no one else's zither music in this world could please her ears.
The zither duel gradually drew to a close.
A sharp twang rang out.
Jinnian's zither music suddenly soared, each note striking Fairy Piaoxue like a torrential downpour.
Gradually, Fairy Piaoxue's music began to falter. With another twang, a string snapped!
The zither music resounding through heaven and earth stopped in an instant.
Fairy Piaoxue looked at the Guqin with its broken string before her, a trace of disbelief appearing on her face. She had actually lost?!
"How could this happen?"
Fairy Piaoxue felt an unprecedented sense of defeat. In all her years of cultivating the zither Dao, even some elders in her sect could not match her. This was her first time losing to someone her own age.
"As agreed, this zither of yours is mine."
Jinnian walked up to Fairy Piaoxue and looked down at her haughtily before taking the Guqin in front of her.
At this sight, Fairy Piaoxue's expression grew even more forlorn.
"Piao Xue, don't be sad. It's only a zither. Once we get back, I'll have someone find you a better one." Just then, a man suddenly stepped forward to console Fairy Piaoxue.
Fairy Piaoxue unobtrusively took two steps back and said, "Thank you, Saint Son Cangyuan, but our Heavenly Music Sect has dedicated zither makers. Sorry for the trouble, Saint Son, but there's no need to find me a zither."
"Is that so?" A trace of