Chapter 200 - Being Poached in Public (1/2)
Yuan finished his song two minutes after the veiled lady stopped playing her zither, and he turned to look at her with his clear eyes afterward.
”That was very fun. Thank you for playing with me,” Yuan said with a smile behind his mask.
”...”
The veiled lady stared at Yuan's bright eyes in silence, seemingly pondering about something, and after a long moment of silence, she finally spoke for the first time in a very soothing voice, ”How would you like to join the Heavenly Melody Academy? Whatever position you want, you can have.”
”Eh?”
Not only Yuan but everybody there was dumbfounded by the veiled lady's sudden words that turned out to be a recruitment for the Heavenly Melody Academy!
”B-But I am already a disciple at the Dragon Essence Temple…” Yuan responded in a dazed voice.
The veiled lady nodded her head, and she continued in a shameless voice, ”I know. You can simply leave them and come to us. After all, you're definitely more suited for the Heavenly Melody Academy where everybody is a musician.”
However, before Yuan could even respond, the veiled lady lifted her right hand and grabbed the red veil that was covering her face before pulling it off her head, revealing the peerless face behind it.
When the people there saw this extremely beautiful woman that resembled a goddess, their eyes and mouths widened with shock.
”T-That's!”
”Senior Song?!”
”What! She was the Sect Master of the Heavenly Melody Academy this entire time?!”
”D-Does this mean that unknown zither expert had managed to defeat Senior Song, who is widely recognized as the Goddess of Music, in a one-on-one zither battle?! This is unprecedented!”
”She really was Senior Song…” Fei Yuyan mumbled in a dazed voice.
After revealing her identity to the people there, Song Ling'er stood up and turned to look at Elder Xuan and Elder Shan with a serious expression on her face.
”I have never done this before— poaching a disciple from another sect and even in front of their sect elders and fellow disciple. What I am doing right now will definitely tarnish my reputation, and I respect the Dragon Essence Temple's reputation, but I simply cannot allow someone so talented with the instrument to waste his time in a place where they don't even teach music. In fact, I am a little frustrated that he'd decided to join your sect and not mine. I hope you can understand my feelings, elders from the Dragon Essence Temple.” Song Ling'er said to them.
Elder Xuan and Elder Shan were shocked speechless after listening to Song Ling'er's words. Not even in a million years could they have imagined that there would be a day where the Sect Master of the Heavenly Melody Academy would personally poach one of their disciples and directly in front of them at that.