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"Whether it's all just empty reputation will become clear soon enough, Senior Xie. There's no need for so many words."
Yu Qingtan stood her ground with neither aggression nor submission in her tone.
"You speak reason. Since all three ladies have their original compositions, why don't we each play our own piece?"
Shi Kuang suggested.
"Agreed!" The three ladies naturally consented.
Since the tunes differed, to avoid interference with one another, they decided to play separately, drawing lots to determine the order.
The drawn sequence was Xie Yun, Shi Kuang, Yi Zhen and Yu Qingtan.
Xie Yun sat down, took out a zither of spiritual artifact grade, and began to play her self-composed piece, "Crane Prelude".
The zither's notes were light and brisk, like the cry of a spirit crane in the clouds.
