"The third bow, husband and wife bow to each other! Gain each other's promise, to grow old together, never leaving, never abandoning! From the Old Man Under the Moon's beginning to Lady Meng's end!" Luo Yunji shouted the last line, his gaze somewhat cold. "The soldiers of my Two Mountains will never abandon their wives and children! Do you all remember!"
"We respectfully obey the State Preceptor's command! We shall grow old together, never leaving, never abandoning, from the Old Man Under the Moon's beginning to Lady Meng's end!" The soldiers of Two Mountains held their wives' hands and looked toward Luo Yunji together, solemnly swearing their oath.
"Bow!" Luo Yunji was very satisfied with these soldiers of his and shouted again.
The two hundred newlywed couples gazed at each other and solemnly completed this third bow. With this bow, they promised this life.
"The rites are complete!" Luo Yunji cheered loudly in delight. As his words fell, everyone in Sanfu Town who had come to watch the ceremony, whether commoners or cultivators, all cried out in unison after him, "The rites are complete!"
The entire city was happy for these newlyweds!
The wave of sound was so great that it directly scattered the clouds in the sky, revealing the entire moon.
High in the air, the disciples of the Acacia Sect and Small Bamboo Peak listened to Luo Yunji's shouted ceremonial words, their eyes all reddened, and scattered handful after handful of petals from the flower baskets. For a time, Sanfu Town was enveloped in a rain of flowers, breathtakingly beautiful beneath the bright moonlight.
The Emperor and Empress both stared in a daze, heads tilted up as they watched the brightly colored petals drift on the wind beneath the clear moon. The fragrance at the tips of their