{PS: Seeing the stats get worse and worse has left me numb too. At most, sixty to nearly seventy update requests, and less than ten yuan a day... Didn't everyone say they were on vacation? Now I'm starting to waver...}
"Boom boom boom, clang! Boom boom boom, clang!"
To the stirring, festive accompaniment, Gaming waved the flag and its embroidered ball at the tip, while the two adepti, Lishan and Moon Carver, maneuvered the lion as it bounded back and forth, shaking its head and bringing it vividly to life as it chased the ball.
Everyone sat quietly in their seats, watching the spectacular lion dance onstage. The lion leaped back and forth across the wooden poles, drawing closer, step by step, to the large red embroidered ball at the very top as Gaming waved his flag.
"Here we go-!"
As the lion dance neared its end, Gaming leaped up with a shout.
At Gaming's call, Lishan and Moon Carver sent the lion leaping up, opening its great mouth to bite the red cord beneath the large red embroidered ball at the top.
"Snap-!"
As the cord was pulled down, the large red embroidered ball split down the middle, and two couplet banners dropped out.
[Welcome the Lantern Rite with joy overflowing]
[Receive great blessings and rise with every step]
The horizontal banner read:
[Good fortune and auspicious blessings]
"Crackle, pop!"
Gaming excitedly waved the flag, beneath which he had hung and lit two strings of firecrackers. Their festive crackling instantly rang throughout the venue!
"Bravo-!"
"Wonderful!"
"What a fine wish for good fortune and auspicious blessings!"
Many people of Liyue cheered excitedly, thoroughly pleased with the lion dance.
"Not bad. To think Lishan and Moon Carver actually managed not to botch it. At least they haven't disgraced the adepti."