The Mystical Sect gathering is scheduled to take place in about ten days.
Yun River.
The river runs through the entirety of Yunzhou, with more than thirty-six tributaries. It serves as the mother river, sustaining the lives of over seventy million people in Yunzhou.
By the banks of the Qingshui River in Ye County.
A grand banquet is currently being held here.
Drums pound and gongs resound, the incense smoke swirling like mist.
The crowd gathers by the river, their expressions fervent, as if possessed by demons.
The sound of suona horns is jubilant—it seems to be the melody for a wedding procession.
Indeed, three sedan chairs are brought forward.
The villagers are visibly excited, though the bride's parents wear expressions of sorrow and can only stand upright with the support of others.
Suppressed sobbing can faintly be heard from within the sedan chairs.
The procession arrives in front of the dharma altar by the riverbank.
The temple priest is already waiting nearby.
