"That is indeed ingenious. When I entered the Yanyun Realm that day, I happened to see the leading elder from your Tianyin Valley using a seven-stringed zither that was crystal-clear and carved with exceptionally unique falling pear blossom branches. Is it made from a single piece of spiritual jade?"
"You're speaking of Elder Si's natal dharma artifact? It is indeed made of spiritual jade, but not ordinary spiritual jade—it's crafted from millennium-old cold jade. Such jade is exceedingly rare, and a piece that large was only found thanks to the immense effort of our Tianyin Valley's Patriarch. It took a tremendous amount of work just to carve out the inner chamber and shape the zither body. The strings were forged from the silk of millennium-old ice silkworms combined with hundreds of other materials, ensuring they will never rot or snap for tens of thousands of years. What's more, one end of the strings can be detached and used as fine silver wire. Given Elder Si's cultivation level, she could instantly shred a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator to pieces with it! When that zither was made, our Patriarch used a leftover piece of cold jade from the inner chamber to fashion a jade flute. I've heard it is also carved with falling pear blossom branches. Although it doesn't use as much material as the seven-stringed zither, it is still a top-tier musical instrument. Rumors say there is a hidden mechanism inside it that can shoot out the same silver wire as the seven-stringed zither.…
Chapter 197