The Moon God Festival was one of the empire's grandest public celebrations. Commoners and nobility alike eagerly looked forward to this annual feast.
Besides the temporary shops that attracted visitors seeking blessings at Saint Krui Di Monastery, activities also began near the Main Division Hall at four in the afternoon.
The monastery's students and faculty, dressed in formal attire, gathered in the specially constructed outdoor banquet hall and the connected event annex. They raised their glasses, chatted merrily, and exchanged blessings to the accompaniment of lilting music.
The only difference between the outdoor banquet hall and the indoor one was that the former had even more guests gathered there.
The place was packed with stars and celebrities. Distinguished nobles could be seen everywhere, talking grandly and clinking their glasses.
Strangely, amid such a lively scene, a professor in a gray coat showed no interest in taking part.
He seemed quite popular, with many people wanting to curry favor with him or simply come over for a few words.
But he appeared exhausted today and merely dealt with them politely. He showed a sincere smile only to students from the Student Union, chatted with them briefly, and then continued on his way.
"Where was Elsa again...?"
Lanchi gazed across the enormous banquet hall.
Inside the monastery's Main Division Hall stood four magnificent sanctuaries. Their domes were cast from pure gold and divided into upper and lower levels. The incense was perpetually burning, and monastery students streamed in to pray devoutly before the statues of the gods. The deep, resonant notes of the pipe organs echoed beneath the domes, mingling with the believers' prayers.
He had just returned from the outdoor banquet hall to the indoor event annex. Landry's younger sister Elsa could be anywhere, so finding her would probably take some