"Crackle! Bang! Crackle! Bang!"
Along Forgotten River City's usually busiest street, red silk hung all the way from one end to the farthest alley.
Scraps of exploded firecracker paper carpeted the ground, red and tattered, trampled into the gaps between the flagstones.
The bridal sedan was nowhere in sight yet, but the sound of drums and music had already drifted over from the far end of the street.
Several children covered their ears as they darted through the crowd watching from the roadside.
A young man in coarse cloth stepped forward, standing at the front of the crowd to peer into the distance, but he could see nothing.
"Ma'am, whose daughter is getting married? Why all this pomp?"
The young man in coarse cloth asked the slightly stooped woman beside him.
The woman first shot him a sharp look, then asked in return:
"Young fellow, you're not from around here, are you?"
The young man frowned at that.
"Of course I am, ma'am. Why else would I be asking you about it?"
"And you still don't know?"
The woman pursed her lips.
"It's the Li Family's young lady getting married."
"The Li Family's young lady... that Li Family of cultivators?"
"What other Li Family is there in Forgotten River City?"
The slightly stooped woman continued:
"And this isn't just any young lady of the Li Family... she's the daughter of their direct line, Li Qijun's precious daughter, Li Ruoxin."
Of course the young man had heard of Li Ruoxin. The Li Family's young lady was quite famous in Forgotten River City.
She was beautiful, kind and generous, and exceptionally gifted at cultivation.
No one could have imagined that Li Ruoxin would suddenly get married.
After all, with her talent, she could very well achieve great things in the future if