Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fireballs soared into the air and exploded with thunderous booms, scattering into thousands of sparks that fell to the ground.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Columns of multicolored smoke shot skyward, becoming great dragons that shook their heads and swished their tails, becoming phoenixes singing in harmony like zithers.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
Some cultivators pulled off Rhinoceros Spirits' horns, bored holes in them, and blew them as bugles.
Seeing this, some mighty Ox Spirits immediately found sturdy younger members of their kind, stripped off their hides, made them into great oxhide drums, and beat them to liven things up.
Great Wind-Driller had no idea what was going on, but he still slapped Little Wind-Driller, Pink Panther, as quickly as he could. "You cur, hurry! Find some alluring rabbit, fox, and wildcat Spirit Monsters and the like, and bring them over to sing and dance."
"Find some Flower Sprites and Grass Sprites to carry grass mats over too, and share in the people's merriment."
"And get those pot, bowl, ladle, and basin Spirit Monsters moving too. Have them knock and bang against one another. Never mind whether it sounds good-make some noise first to show we're doing our part."
Pink Panther was bewildered, but still immediately carried out the task.
The many martial artists were even more bewildered.
This sudden celebration, without the slightest warning, left them utterly baffled.
What was going on?
Was Lord Flower-Scatter getting married? Or was he about to enter the bridal chamber?
Why was it so lively?
Though they had no idea what was going on, the martial artists were no freeloaders either.
They soon put together some adorable dragon and lion dances to liven things up.
Some bright sparks even found a whole lot of Bamboo Spirits, hoodwinked them into filling themselves with gunpowder,