Chapter 192 - Zither Goddess (1/2)

Ting~ Ting~ Ting~

This unknown beauty continued to play the zither despite Yuan's sudden appearance, and Yuan stood there silently to listen to her music, feeling as though every music note was pulling his heartstrings alongside something he couldn't really pinpoint— his soul.

After an unknown amount of time has passed, the beauty finally stopped playing the music before placing her hands on her lap and turning to look at Yuan with her beautiful eyes that resembled jewels.

”What do you think of my music?” she suddenly asked him, her clear voice sounding as beautiful as the zither music if not even more pleasant sounding.

Yuan snapped out of his daze after hearing her words, and he quickly uttered in a dazed voice, ”It… It's wonderful… I have never heard of anything like your music before, nor could I have imagined that music would be able to reach such a level.”

If someone like this beauty had existed in his world, it would've definitely made his professional life more exciting, and the musical world would've also been much more lively.

The beauty smiled at his words, and then she spoke, ”Do you know why you're here?”

Yuan quickly shook his head.

”Because you have the potential to play music at the same level as me if not even better,” she said.

”The Soul Ensnaring Zither… I have treated this instrument as though it was my own baby ever since I received it as a birthday present from my parents who'd unfortunately passed away shortly later.”

”Then you're… You're the Zither Goddess?” Yuan asked her with slightly wide eyes.

”The Zither Goddess, huh? I guess you can call me that since that's what everybody addresses me as— not that I'd asked for such a nickname.”

”If you don't mind me asking, why did you decide to leave behind the Soul Ensnaring Zither? I don't know how long it has been since you left the Lower Heavens but I could still clearly sense a lonely feeling from the zither when I saw it.” Yuan couldn't help but ask.

”It's important to you, right? Why would you leave something so precious and with so much memory behind?”

The Zither Goddess turned to look at the black zither in silence before speaking a moment later, ”Because I wanted to quit playing the zither.”

”Eh? Quit the zither? Why?” Yuan looked at her with wide eyes filled with surprise, as he didn't expect such an answer from her.

However, the Zither Goddess did not respond to his question. Instead, she asked him, ”Do you want to play this zither?”

”I… I do… But no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't get the sound out properly,” he said.

Hearing his words, the Zither Goddess moved slightly to the side and said, ”Come, sit here. I'll teach you how to play this zither.”

”R-Really?” Yuan did not hesitate and quickly went to sit beside her.

The Zither Goddess chuckled in a graceful manner before saying, ”The Soul Ensnaring Zither is a unique instrument that can only be played with the proper technique, and I will teach you this technique right now.”

”Go ahead— try to play it.”