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Play… play a tune? Lu Yang was gobsmacked.
Here he was, in the throes of terror and despair. Even if you’d hit him over the head, he would never have guessed that Su Yi would request such a thing at a time like this!
What’s the meaning of this? Is he trying to humiliate me? Surely he doesn’t just want to experience my attainments in the Dao of Music?
Lu Yang felt as if his heart were tied up in knots.
“Play, you idiot!” bellowed the Zhuyou Great Peng.
Lu Yang shuddered, then cast aside his reservations, sat cross-legged, placed his ancient zither on his knees, and rested his hands on its strings.
He closed his eyes, forced himself to calm down, then started strumming. Before long, music filled the air. It was full of panic and confusion, as if the zither were weeping and wailing, and it carried hints of grief and despair.
The Zhuyou Great Peng sneered. Still not as pleasant as the whistling of a lady Great Peng!
Suddenly, one of the strings snapped with an unpleasant splitting noise.
It was then that Su Yi said, “Thank you.”
Lu Yang was completely flummoxed. He had no idea what Su Yi was thinking.
Su Yi patiently explained, “I ought to thank you for pausing to leisurely...
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