Chen Mo's toes had just touched the floor of the secret chamber when the blue bricks suddenly lit up with hopscotch squares. Each square was engraved with the name of a sword move. As Danwa skipped and hopped across "Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens", the floor suddenly collapsed into a slide, and everyone shrieked as they tumbled into a giant music box.
Three thousand sword tassels hung from the dome of the music box, each attached to a chibi-style Sword Spirit. Nangong Lie drunkenly tugged on a tassel to use as a toothpick, and the entire music box suddenly struck up a rendition of "Memorable Tonight". The Sword Spirits unison-pulled out tiny trumpets, blowing out a wall of sound that felt like the aftermath of a multi-car pileup.
"This is going to be the death of me!" Chen Mo shoved Danwa into the Bronze Box for soundproofing. Li Wuhen's Sword Qi was about to split the dome open when he suddenly spotted a Sword Spirit of his childhood self clutching a suona, its cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish, blasting a tune of "Pig Bajie Carrying His Wife".
Chapter 44