"Hey, Yuan, before you leave, can we play the zither again for a bit?" Fei Yuyan suddenly asked him after a moment of awkward silence.

"Of course." He immediately agreed.

"Let's do it at my backyard like we used to."

"Okay."

Fei Yuyan turned to look at Elder Shan and said, "I'm sorry, Master, but I will end my training early today."

"Do as you please." Elder Shan nodded.

Yuan then followed Fei Yuyan back to her living quarters.

Once they were in the backyard, they sat down beside each other with their zither out.

"The Soul Ensnaring Zither? What happened to the Divine-grade zither you obtained at the competition?" Fei Yuyan asked him.

"Oh, that thing? I sold it." Yuan casually said.

"Y-You sold a Divine-grade treasure…?" Fei Yuyan's eyes widened with disbelief.

"I didn't need it since I already have the Soul Ensnaring Zither, and I needed the money back then." Yuan shrugged.

"But the Soul Ensnaring Zither isn't really a treasure…"

"While that is true, it still performs the same if not a little better than the Divine-grade zither."

"In the end, it's not like I will be using it as a weapon, so it really doesn't matter to me."

"I guess so…"

"Anyways, which song should we play first?" Yuan then asked.

fine with

played during our practice session

"Sure." Fei Yuyan nodded.

playing the zither together, and they would spend the next

stood up and bowed to him, "Thank

thank me. We're partners, remember?" Yuan said with a smile

Although Fei Yuyan knew that Yuan was only talking about their partnership for the zither competition, it still made her incredibly happy to

going to leave now?"

visit

understand. Once again, good luck with the Stairway

"Thank you."

Yuan made his way to Xuan

quarter when he approached

Wuhan immediately called out to him

Are you waiting for

that you have returned to the sect, and I figured that you might visit me, so I have been waiting for you since then."

What if I didn't show up?"

I would have chased you

a bit, Xuan Wuhan said, "Even though I have known you for less than a year,

Stairway to Heaven, Yuan. With your talents, I'm sure you'll be able to pass it

do you want to grab something to eat at the Dragon Pavilion before

I was actually thinking about

"Then let's go!"

Yuan proceeded to head to the Dragon

usual, Yuan ordered the

Yuan said his

Stairway to Heaven in the future— with my own strength. Although I already know that it's not likely to happen, I will still try

hope to

"Of course."

little longer, Yuan returned to Long Yijun and the other sect elders to say

as a disciple in the sect." Yuan bowed to

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