The Betrothal Gift Presentation was only a preliminary rite and did not last long. Qin Hao and the others mounted Tier Three Monsters and returned to Tianshui City.
Qin Yuntian, Qi Yuelan, and the others continued making arrangements.
After looking around, Qin Hao returned to the Cultivation Chamber and immersed himself in Cultivation once more.
What left Qin Hao dumbstruck was how utterly transformed Tianshui City had become through the united efforts of the Qin disciples and the city's residents.
If Qin Hao had not grown up in Tianshui City, he might hardly have recognized it. Many streets had been repaired, fragrant Spirit Flowers lined the roads, and red lanterns hung from every home.
Every piece of cloth had been changed to red.
It was all Qi Yuelan's doing.
As Qi Yuelan put it, Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing were getting married, so they had to celebrate in grand style. The more festive, the better.
What truly moved Qin Hao, though, was how everyone in Tianshui City had pulled together. He could not help feeling touched.
To the city's residents, Qin Hao's strength had transformed Tianshui City and given many of them better lives. In turn, they were repaying him through their actions.
But Qin Hao saw it all as the residents' kindness toward him. If he wanted to protect it, he had to grow stronger. Tianshui City had once been so different from what it was today.
"Only strength and cultivation matter."
Qin Hao entered the Supreme Sword Tower and threw himself back into Cultivation.
He did not go out again. Qin Yuntian and the others knew he was in Cultivation, so no one disturbed him. Besides, everyone was busy with their own tasks.
For thirteen days, Qin Hao devoted himself entirely to drawing out and compressing the Sword