Chapter 610 - Disappeared! (1/2)
”I'm sorry about that… That was Disiciple You, a new disciple that had been recruited by Master shortly after the zither competition, so she's a little arrogant. And for some reason, she's obsessed with surpassing me.” Ai Wan said to Yuan afterward.
”You can also ignore what she said.”
”What's this Lily Pavilion?” Yuan asked.
”It's a place where disciples go to battle each other with their instruments. The loser must jump into the cold water that surrounds the place. It's a very popular area for disciples who want to settle disputes.”
”That does sound like a pretty fun place.” Yuan smiled.
At least they don't have to injure each other, which is the biggest reason why people go there instead of the traditional challenge, where disciples fight each other with weapons.
”Anyways, let's continue to the Zither Goddess's immortal cave.”
About half an hour later, they arrive at this secluded area where many immortal caves existed, and it sort of reminded Yuan of the immortal caves at the Jaded Garden but at a much larger scale.
”Which one belongs to the Zither Goddess?” Yuan asked as he looked around.
”Do you see that one with a closed entrance in the middle? That's the one.” Ai Wan pointed at the immortal cave that had a couple of people standing outside of it.
”What are they doing?” Yuan asked when he saw the scene.
”They are all trying to open up the immortal cave without breaking the place,” she said.
”You see people like that almost every day.”
A few minutes later, they climbed the hill and approached the Zither Goddess's immortal cave.
”Damn it! This place really doesn't want to open up!”
”If it was so easy to open, it would've opened tens of thousands of years ago…”
”There must be some sort of secret to opening this door!”
”Hey, look over there! That's Prime Disciple Ai!”
”What's she doing here?”
The disciples stopped their investigation when they noticed Ai Wan's presence.
”Greetings, senior apprentice-sister.”
They all greeted her when she was close enough.
”Hello,” she nodded, acknowledging their greetings.
”What brings you to this place today, senior sister?” One of them asked her.
”I'm just looking around,” she casually said before turning to look at Yuan, who was intensively staring at the immortal cave.
”Have you figured something out already?” she couldn't help but ask him, her voice sounding a little excited.
If anyone can open the immortal cave, it should be the person who managed to play the Zither Goddess' Soul Ensnaring Zither!
”I'm not sure… I don't see anything out of the ordinary about this place.” Yuan said.
”Why don't you try playing a song with the Soul Ensnaring Zither?” Ai Wan suddenly said.
”What song should I play?”
”Maybe something the Zither Goddess used to play?”
Yuan nodded and took a seat in front of the immortal cave before retrieving the Soul Ensnaring Zither.
”Senior apprentice-sister, who is this guy? I don't recognize him.” One of the disciples there asked her.
”I don't know him either.” Ai Wan calmly responded.