"Welcome the groom!"
The shout surged like a mighty wave, brimming with boundless enthusiasm and anticipation. It shot straight into the sky and echoed beneath the azure canopy for a long, long time.
Xiao Zhan stood tall and proud before Golden Jade Hall. His gaze swept slowly over the hall below, packed to the rafters with guests. The nobles and heroes from every corner of the land watched him with a variety of expressions. At last, his eyes settled on the enormous curtain of seven-colored clouds, carefully woven and hanging deep within the hall. At that moment, his heartbeat seemed to quicken, as if an unseen force were surging within his chest.
"The auspicious hour has arrived! Bring forth the bride!"
As the master of ceremonies' loud, excited voice rang across the entire plaza, it struck like a pounding war drum, kindling the enthusiasm in everyone's heart. The master of ceremonies was none other than Hai Bo Dong himself, and his voice brimmed with blessings and anticipation for this grand wedding.
"Bzzzz—!!!"
In an instant, the enormous curtain of seven-colored clouds inside Golden Jade Hall seemed to be gently stirred by an invisible hand, drawing gracefully apart. Its movement was light and unhurried, like the opening of a dream.
At that very moment, the entire plaza seemed to have been muted by an invisible hand. All the noise, the murmurs, even the sound of people breathing vanished in an instant, as if time itself had frozen.
Beneath the gentle, dazzling glow of the Holy Radiance Stones, a figure emerged, walking slowly out with light and elegant steps like a fairy descending from a heavenly realm.
Ya Fei!
She wore no traditional, lavish, heavy phoenix crown. Her smooth, waterfall-like tresses had been carefully swept up, with a few loose strands naturally