Everyone across the country had a pleasant New Year's holiday.
No one paid any mind to the bizarre sandstorm from the northern neighbor. Instead, everyone used enough gunpowder for a medium-scale war to set off firecrackers, and even that wasn't enough to scratch the itch.
Gu Zhao went with his parents back to Shu Province to celebrate the New Year with his maternal grandparents. Afterward, he returned to Yandu, where he accompanied Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi to watch the national flag-raising ceremony and stroll through Wangfujing.
...
Cuiluo Mountain, Daluo Palace.
After Gu Zhao brought Taoist Qingyuan across to the Otherworld for his shift, he immediately sensed a fluctuation of Magical Power nearby.
"What's going on?" Gu Zhao asked, turning his head.
"Huang Yuan and He Feng are sparring," Taoist Yan Song said with a smile, preparing to head back and rest. "Just three days after you left, He Feng also had a Realm Breakthrough."
