May 5th, Dragon Boat Festival.
Dawn quenched the stars, and the blue glow spilled over the horizon, faintly lighting up the sky, as the forest birds were startled awake early in this clear dawn.
"Giddyup~!"
"Giddyup~!"
To the north of Yancheng, a group of dusty martial artists spurred their horses on, rushing forward as the distant arrow towers and high walls became ever clearer.
"Haha, we've arrived!"
"We've been traveling day and night, exhausting four horses along the way, but we've finally made it before Dragon Boat Festival!"
"We were about to miss this grand event in order to meet friends from Fujian."
Shen Zhenwei, the Sect Leader of Ziyang Sect from Shaozhou Prefecture's Qujiang, was laughing and calling out to Qi Longwu, his vice sect leader.
"Qujiang's two friends have old ties with Liu; they should already be at the Liu Residence."
"Mu Yehe, the leader of the Crane Watching Pavilion from Nanxiong, also set out ahead of us."
"Hahaha, who would want to miss out!"