Illusory Pipa Strings
Plot Item
Strings bestowed by the High Elder, strung onto Yan Qiansui's zither.
Updated 2026-10-31·
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The Object
When Yan Qiansui fell, her zither suddenly bloomed with shifting, iridescent light.
She had strung it with the Illusory Pipa's strings, a gift from the High Elder: the same zither, but not the same light.
Origin
They belong to that pipa, cut from the same instrument as the headstock and the backplate.
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