The Big Devil vs. the Dark Villain

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival.

The night parade of lanterns is a unique custom in Huaicheng. It takes place in late March every year, symbolizing the blooming of flowers and the revival of all things.

Every household will make their own lanterns in advance and hang them in front of their doors.

At the hour of Xu, people will start to parade through the streets carrying lanterns. There will be no curfew in Huaicheng on that day.

The streets are lined with colorful lanterns and small stalls selling all kinds of things.

There will be a grand parade and competition of lantern boats on the Huai River, some of which are open to everyone and some are custom-made.

Each of them is particularly good-looking, with extremely exquisite workmanship. They are neither bulky nor beautiful, and they reach a new level.

If you like a lantern boat, you can vote for it at the First Restaurant on the street for one day. On the second day, the most beautiful lantern boat will be voted as the Lantern King.

The producer will receive one hundred taels of silver as a reward, and will also have the opportunity to have dinner with the city lord. His business will surely be more prosperous than others in the coming year.

Therefore, all the businesses put their best efforts into finding the most skillful craftsmen to decorate and manufacture their own lantern boats.

"What are you looking at? Get to work. Many important people will be coming to this ship tonight. Don't let anything go wrong. Even gods won't be able to save you then.

Check here again to see if there is anything missed.

At night, you guys shouldn't hang around there for no reason, okay? Otherwise, you might offend someone important.

If you need to breathe occasionally, just go up here, don't go to the front, do you hear me?"

"I heard you, Manager Cao, don't worry, we are all old people, nothing will go wrong."

"Did you two newbies hear me? Don't think that just because you are Master Gou's apprentice, you don't take my words to heart."

"I understand, Manager Cao, we can save that." Nan Zhiyi bowed humbly, still listening to other people's good advice.

Even though the other party's tone was a bit bad and biased.

"I'm hungry, there's food prepared for you in the kitchenette.

If you feel uncomfortable, go and take a rest. There are two people at each post, so at least one person should be left to watch over it."

"Okay, Manager Cao."

After making sure that all necessary instructions had been given, Manager Cao left to report to his boss.

Nan Zhiyi and Xuanyuan Huaixi followed Gou Xiu, one of the main manufacturers of the lantern boat, into a special room.

"Sir, the master has given me instructions.

You guys can go about your business at night, and if you have any instructions, just tell me, and I will do my best to cooperate with you."

"Okay, please help me, Master Gou."

"No, no, you are too polite, sir. This is what I should do. I will leave first. You can do whatever you want."

After Gou Xiu had a brief contact with the two of them, he went out to get busy. After all, the owner of the Lantern King in the evening said that he must earn it.

I can't get carried away and forget my original mission just because Young Master Xuanyi chose me.

Gou Xiu was an old man with a hunched back and slightly gray temples, but his eyes were exceptionally sharp and bright, and his arms were extremely strong and powerful.

He is careful and steady in his work, so he was assigned to assist them.

Nan Zhiyi withdrew his gaze and briefly observed the room. Everywhere was filled with tools for making lantern boats, saws, bamboo strips, colored oil paper, etc.

On one side of the wall, there is a diagram of the entire hull, which makes it convenient to fish in troubled waters at night.

The two of them had a simple meal and did not walk around, just waiting for the night to come.

When the lantern cruise begins, a burst of fireworks will be set off on the streets to let all the people in Huaicheng know that the time has come and the event has begun.

By this time all the people had boarded the ship, and the front box was bustling with singing and dancing.

The free and easy King Xuanyuan Chen sat at the first seat in the main hall, playing with his wine glass out of boredom.

He stared blankly below with his eyelids drooped, his mind already drifting far away, and he responded to the words of the Lord of Huaicheng in a disjointed manner.

It is said that Yuehua Sword Immortal Xuanyi is a very arrogant person. He once killed more than 10,000 people from the Menghu Village just because the young leader of the Menghu Village tried to steal a string of candied haws from him.

It doesn't make sense that I'm hiring someone to pretend to be him and get married in such a big way, but he doesn't come to join in the fun. Could it be that he hasn't heard the news?

Shouldn't it be? It's almost been a month, and I specially found someone to spread it. Logically, it should have reached his ears a long time ago...

Below him, on his left, sat the Huaicheng City Lord Gu Nian, whose face was ruddy and hair and beard were white, looking very excited at the moment.

"Your Majesty, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend my daughter's wedding. I am deeply grateful. Let me offer you a toast. This is my newly adopted daughter. I hope you will accept her."

As he spoke, Gu Nian drank the wine in the glass. Seeing that Xuanyuan Chen didn't react, he winked and asked the woman in red behind him to come forward and toast.

"Qiu Shuang, hello to His Royal Highness Prince Chen." Qiu Shuang walked out from behind in a graceful manner, holding a wine glass and bowing to Prince Chen, full of charm.

Xuanyuan Chen's mind was pulled back. He glanced at the gorgeous woman in red, drank a glass of wine casually as a response, and then stared at the dance in a trance.

Qiu Shuang knew that this was considered a rejection, so she sat down with her brows lowered, biting her delicate lower lip in angrily.

Damn it, what kind of ghost thing can actually block the charm of this Fox King? It seems that the Pavilion Master’s mission cannot be completed.

Are all the men in the Xuanyuan family sick? Their minds are full of careers and they have no interest in women.

No matter how turbulent the situation was, Jiujiang, who was sitting on the right, held the sword in his hand tightly with an expressionless face from beginning to end, searching for the familiar figure expectantly and nervously.

For ten whole years, he practiced diligently every day just to fight with the White-robed Sword Immortal Xuanyi again and avenge the humiliation he suffered in the past.

Little boy, you are still trying to learn sword skills from me. You should practice your own skills first!

Tsk tsk, your sword is so weak. Have you not eaten? You should eat first and then practice. Otherwise, you will starve to death before you succeed in practicing the sword.

Sarcasm, this is simply a naked mockery of the sword cultivator. I would pick out these words and recall them over and over again every day to motivate myself.

It has been ten years, and I will never be weaker than him again.

Nan Zhiyi secretly observed the people inside with different thoughts through the screen window at the back.

He frowned and his eyes stayed on Jiujiang, a handsome young man wearing a white robe embroidered with laurel branches and a Frost Moon Sword at his waist.

Those cold and sharp eyes, and the cool and ethereal temperament are somewhat similar to myself, except that he is a little more thoughtful and less free and easy.

The clothes are not right either. Mine are mostly white with silver thread embroidery, mostly with icicle flowers and cypress branches. Except for the uniform palace robes, there are no laurel branch patterns.

It seems that the other party has spent a lot of money to see me this time.