Nothing to Do with Me, Okay?

The noise never stopped, and neither did the fireworks.

The sky stayed bright, the clouds painted in color. Explosions rolled in, and the vast, tangled surges of Spirit Power were almost suffocating.

The first time Chen Shu saw it as a child, he thought the end of the world had come.

There were two main kinds of fireworks.

One kind was the boxed and tube fireworks ordinary people bought and set off. Those were powered by Spirit Power too; gunpowder fireworks did not exist in this world.

The other kind was set off by Cultivators themselves—

Generally, large fireworks required a Cultivator of at least the Third Tier. But a well-designed spell could lower the Spirit Power required. Advances in modern Runes had also given people finer control over Spirit Power, so fireworks came in all sorts of patterns.

Chen Shu had designed custom firework Spells for people online before. Most clients wanted a combination of words and simple images.

"XX, I love you" and a heart were the most common requests.

Chen Shu had been capable of casting such Spells last year, but because he had to hide his Cultivation Rank, he had bought boxed fireworks instead. This year, though, he had made two custom firework Spells.

But Chen Banxia beat him to it.

"My turn!"

His sister pressed the fingers of one hand into a sword gesture, channeled her Spirit Power, and pointed excitedly at the sky—

Whoosh!

A streak of Spirit Power shot straight upward.

Boom!

An enormous flower bloomed.

Qingqing quietly looked up.

The young girl looked up too, her expression a little dazed, much like Peach in her arms.

"Impressive, right?"

Chen Banxia lowered her hand as she asked, then channeled her Spirit Power again.

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh...

Streaks of Spirit Power shot skyward one