A long cloth flew out and spread, hovering in midair to form a dining table.
A steaming pot descended, its lid flipping open. Scalding steam billowed out like white mist, carrying its aroma.
"That smells wonderful!"
Amid the praise, everyone gathered around the table, enjoying their reunion. Though it was not a holiday,
this reunion surpassed any festival, with drinking, conversation, and endless joy.
At the center of the Qing River
Bai Shoudao sat cross-legged with his eyes closed above the surging river, water vapor spreading as the waters churned.
The rich essence of the Great Dao of Water enveloped all of Qinghe City. With every breath Bai Shoudao took, the dense mist above the city surged.
"Breaking weather report: due to fluctuations in the water spiritual energy of heaven and earth, heavy rainfall may reach our city within the next hour. Residents planning to go out, please make preparations..."
Along the streets, hovering screens repeatedly broadcast the rain forecast.
The Qing River locals, long accustomed to this, merely smiled at the puzzled visitors and said,
"It's just a little fluctuation in water spiritual power. That old patriarch of the White Household probably became absorbed in cultivation again and forgot to rein it in for a moment."
"Exactly! Exactly!"
"I still remember the spectacle when the old patriarch reached Golden Core Perfection over ten years ago."
"The whole Qing River turned upside down, and the sky was like an open floodgate. If the city's grand array hadn't activated on its own, the tens of millions of people in Qinghe City would probably all have gone for a swim."
Everyone laughed and chatted, their faces brimming with pride.
Qing River, a city that once had not even qualified as second-rate within the Immortal Alliance, had now become one of its