The sky was not completely dark yet, but scattered fireworks were already lit up in various parts of Huajiang City.
As an advisor of the House of Heroes, Yan Li had already taken his seat at the observatory. Before this, the seven God Cannons had already been buried. Once the time was up, the talismans on them would be automatically activated.
Lu Wang did not attend, but all the instructors, including Head Instructor Wang Mingwei, were present. Their positions were lower than the advisors, but they had to force a smile on their faces.
Yan Li's sudden change of position made Zhang Jingsong feel as if he had swallowed a fly. Especially since Yan Li's eyes had never left the young girl sitting beside the princess since he entered the hall. To him, it was a blatant provocation.
The observatory was located in the drill ground of the Martial Arts Hall. It was an enlarged version of the General Selection Stage. It was several stories high and had a wide view of the entire city.
To the north of the observatory, there was another high platform several miles away. It was even larger than the observatory. It was specially built by Huajiang City for tourists to watch the fireworks. The entrance fee was not cheap.
Just as Zhang Jingsong had observed, Yan Li's eyes kept glancing at the young girl, Weiwei.
"Last year on this day, I also drank with all of you. This year, it will be the same. I am very happy. Let me toast to all of you."
Lu Wang was not present, so Ji Lianmei had to host the ceremony herself. She did not have stage fright and behaved naturally. It seemed that Yuan Kun's death did not affect her. She even chatted happily with the young girl, Weiwei.
"To the princess." Everyone raised their cups and drank.
"Serve the dishes." Ji Lianmei waved her hand.
There were two meanings in serving the dishes. One was the delicacies, and the other was the lighting of the fireworks.
As the Prince's Mansion, as the true ruler of Huajiang City, it was only natural that they would light the fireworks so that they would not be a disgrace to the royal family.
Following a sudden sound, a ball of colorful light rose quickly, leaving behind a trail of gray smoke. Bang! A yellow-purple "flower" bloomed in the air, splitting into countless small spots of light, illuminating the sky above the Prince's Mansion.
Then, fireworks bloomed one after another, and the beautiful scenery attracted everyone's attention.
Bang!
At this moment, a loud muffled sound came from somewhere in the Prince's Mansion. A black and red star slowly rose.
The new star was twice the size of the largest firework, and it rose higher and higher.
"Which store did you buy this from?" Ji Lianmei exclaimed in surprise. "How come I've never seen such a big one?"
Yan Li's heart skipped a beat. He quickly glanced at the position beside her and found that the young girl Weiwei had disappeared when he was not paying attention.
He found an excuse to get up and quickly went down the observatory. He happened to catch a glimpse of a white shadow turning out of the practice field, so he quietly followed it.
However, the firework attracted everyone's attention, and no one noticed that two people were missing.
The fireworks rose higher and higher before stopping at a certain height. Then, they fell rapidly toward the observatory.
This firework desperately fell without any intention of blooming, as if the purpose of its existence was to rise and fall.
Chief Coach Wang Mingwei suddenly stood up, and his Qi burst out. Naturally, a ball of air with a radius of dozens of feet appeared. Although he was not as powerful as Gu Caiwei, he was obviously not a fake Man Immortal.
He shouted, "Protect the Commandery Princess!"
Then, he jumped up and threw a punch in the air.
Boom!
The punch hit the firework, making an earth-shattering sound. A horrible firework suddenly expanded in the air.
The seven coaches and all the people of the Hall of Heroes also rushed up to the sky, and used all their skills to suppress the firework in the air.
Ji Lianmei sat below, and her face was pale with fear.
Before she could recover, six muffled sounds came from all over the Prince's Mansion.
Just when she was in a panic, the six identical black and red fireworks didn't fall on the observatory. Horrible loud sounds came from all over the Prince's Mansion, and for a moment, it was like the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking.
Yan Li followed the young girl Weiwei all the way to a lake. The young girl flew over the blue water and landed on the top of the water pavilion in the middle of the lake.
At this moment, the six black and red fireworks landed, and the Prince's Mansion was in an earth-shattering movement.
Yan Li stared at the young girl.
However, the young girl stared at one place with all her attention. It was a mountain, a mountain in the Prince's Mansion. It was not a fake mountain, but a real mountain.
One of the fireworks landed on this mountain, and the mountain shook violently.
At the foot of the mountain was an ancestral hall. Behind the ancestral hall, there was a path that led directly to the top of the mountain.
Just when the fireworks exploded, the stone wall at the top of the mountain suddenly cracked, and a person in a black robe walked out from it.
It was too far for Yan Li to see who it was.
He heard the young girl murmur in a low voice, "Indeed!"
Her figure flew to the opposite bank, and in a few leaps, she had already crossed the ancestral hall, and collided with the person in the black robe who was rushing down the mountain.
Yan Li couldn't care less about his "water phobia". He hurriedly ran across the bridge, made a big circle, and ran to the other side of the ancestral hall to hide.
At this time, the young girl and the person in the black robe had already fought for a few rounds.
The person in the black robe said in an old voice, "Miss Caiwei, even the Lotus Throne wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous in the Dragon Emperor Dynasty's territory. Please leave immediately, and this old man will pretend that nothing happened."
The young girl laughed and said, "Dark Soul Hand Yan Sheng, it's time for you to pay for the heinous crimes you committed in your early years. I'm just enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens. Do you think that the Saint Emperor will blame me?"
Yan Li's realm was not high enough, so he couldn't see through the two's strength. Although they were fighting fiercely, he could only watch the show.
At this time, he felt something strange above his head. He looked up and saw a black figure flying over from a higher place. The collision of qi below covered the sound of his flight.
When Yan Li saw him, his eyes immediately revealed a murderous intent.
He immediately followed behind him, and snuck up from the back of the ancestral hall.
In the entire Flower River City, only Gu Haiyuan could fly in the air with a mortal body.
His flying sound was especially loud, like that of a Ghost Head Bee, so he was completely unaware that someone was following him.
Soon, he arrived at the crack in the stone wall. He landed on the ground, and the mystery behind him finally revealed itself. It was indeed the wings of a Ghost Head Bee, and there were a total of three pairs. After landing on the ground, they automatically retracted and combined into a pair, then folded downwards, and merged with the big cloak on his body, leaving no trace.
He carefully looked at the cave wall, and chuckled, "It's indeed the work of a craftsman, but the level is too low, unsightly."
He walked into the cave.
The cave was perfectly straight, and there was a strange stone door at the end. There were a few grooves on the door, which seemed to be where the keys were placed.
He searched around in the leather bag, and suddenly felt a little cold on his neck. He looked down, and couldn't help but be scared out of his wits, "You …"
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