Shenhua Mountain towered into the clouds.
When the first golden rays of dawn spilled across Chunyang Palace, the grand ceremony officially began. Auspicious clouds encircled the crimson palace towers, blessed vapors wound around jade pavilions, and countless Chunyang cultivators flew into the sky holding instruments, playing celestial music.
The Ancient Bell in the Stone Pavilion atop the mountain boomed, while Immortal Cranes cried into the clear breeze.
Today, all Mount Hua cultivators wore ceremonial attire and stood across Taiji Plaza in four groups according to their peaks. The Clear Void Lineage, including its peak master, amounted to only three people and one demon, so there was no need for any special arrangement. Besides, Clear Void members were at least elder-ranked. Ordinary and senior disciples stood in Taiji Plaza, while elders and above watched the ceremony before the main peak hall.
Taiji Plaza was lively. The ones standing in front were old men, even some middle-aged people, while the back was packed with snot-nosed little brats. Fortunately, they were rather clever and needed no worrying over.
At the edge of Taiji Plaza, Bai Yujun and Xu Ling sneaked toward the main peak hall.
There was no need to guess. The two lazybones had both assumed the other would wake her up, so they had slept in openly and arrived late. Bai Yujun ran while combing and tying up her thick, luxuriant hair. Being late and watched by everyone felt rather strange, especially with those snot-nosed, bun-faced children staring so curiously their eyes seemed able to speak...
There were too many people today to fly, so they could only use lightness skill along the cliff's edge and leap onto the square before the hall.
Fortunately, everyone was focused on the ceremony today and no one checked attendance. The two lazybugs tiptoed to