Chapter 142 - Playing the Zither (1/2)

”You, who claimed that my zither performance was flawed… What is the reasoning behind such claims? Are you also a zither expert? What qualifications do you have to call me out?” Fairy Fei looked at Yuan with narrowed eyes while she stood on the thin railings with perfect balance.

”Qualifications?” Yuan raised his eyebrows, and then he said, ”Although I am not a zither expert, I don't need to be a zither expert to tell that you had made several mistakes in your playing in the last hour. As long as I have enough experience in music, I can tell if something is amiss just by the notes and flow alone, and there were several notes that didn't flow properly during your performance.”

'T-This disciple…' Fairy Fei clenched her teeth tightly after hearing Yuan's words and her eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, but she was not angry at him. In fact, she was surprised that Yuan had managed to notice her mistakes, even feeling a little bit nervous since she has never been caught or called out before, as everyone would just assume that she was perfect.

However, she did not want to admit that she, a Core disciple, was wrong right before two Outer Court disciples.

”What is your name?” Fairy Fei suddenly asked him after a moment of silence.

”Yuan,” he calmly responded.

”Disciple Yuan, right? Since you are so confident that my performance was flawed, why don't you show me how it's done?” Fairy Fei then laid her zither on the table and stared at Yuan with a serious look on her elegant face. ”You have 'experience' in music, right? Surely, you will be able to play the zither better than me if that is the case.”

”Uhh…” Yuan looked at the beautiful zither that seemed to be made of some kind of wood laying on the table with a somewhat dazed look on his face.

Although he has never played the zither before, he was not someone who would shy away from something they have never experienced before, especially when it was related to music and instruments. After all, how else will he learn them if not by playing with them?

'That's what I thought! Even though you may have a sharp intuition for music, you don't have what it takes to play the zither!' Fairy Fei smiled inwardly after seeing Yuan's dazed face.

Of course, she'd rather if Yuan didn't actually play the zither, as she wouldn't know what to do if he really played the zither better than her.

However, little did Fairy Fei know that she'd already dug a deep hole for herself by giving an instrument to Yuan who was widely recognized by the whole world to be the number one prodigy in history in the field of music.

And when Fairy Fei saw Yuan reaching for the zither, she cried inwardly, 'He's actually going to play the zither?!'

Fairy Fei frowned before speaking out loud, ”Wait a second!”

”What's the matter?” Yuan looked at her with an innocent look on his face, and he continued, ”You want me to play the zither, right? Although I have never played it before, I should be able to play it to some extent.”

”Eh? You have never played the zither before?” Fairy Fei looked at him with her clear eyes wide open, as did Chu Bo who thought he was definitely an expert.

”Ahem!”

After a moment of silence, Fairy Fei cleared her throat before speaking in a somewhat stiff voice, ”N-Never mind! You can go ahead and play the zither.”

”Okay.” Yuan nodded and pulled the zither closer before sitting back down.