After the failure of the 'Qiuli Transfer Operation', the fortress was calm for the next few days.
The mysterious 'employer' did not seem to take any further action, even though in the past few days, Fortress had sent out news about Qiu Li through different channels.
Tianyang saw this news from Night Walker's internal information platform, heard it from Nuo Jin's report, and heard it from Ye Xing's mouth...
Logically speaking, the "employer" should have known the news, but he didn't take any action. He probably guessed that this was a trap.
Thinking about the church's actions that night, in which they set up several traps both overtly and covertly, Tianyang sighed that none of these people were simple.
If it weren't for the fact that the Reverse Realm was too big, there would be many beings among the Dark People that could not be defeated with their strategies. Otherwise, so many Reverse Realms would have been flattened by humans long ago, right
That morning, Tianyang stood at the window, drinking a glass of water as usual.
Looking around, the nearby buildings were all decorated with colorful lights and flags, creating a festive atmosphere.
Today is the Starlight Festival, and a grand celebration will be held in the evening. By then, the entire Upper Town will be bustling with activity.
Every year, the Star Festival is held on the last day of the year, which means that after the Star Festival, the new year begins.
Today's Starlight Festival is quite special. It will be held for three consecutive days, which has a flavor of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
Although Tianyang grew up in Skyfort, this was his first time to actually attend the Starlight Festival.
after all.
The Starlight Festival is only held in the Upper City, and only the common people and upper citizens of the Upper City are eligible to participate.
As for the common people, they were not even allowed to enter the upper city area, let alone participate.
This year, however, I heard that the fortress designated an area and set a time to allow residents of the lower town to participate.
Of course, even if they participate, they can only watch the motorcade parade at the fort, but cannot enter the memorial park and participate in the festival dance.
And that dance was the real celebration.
Even so, for the people in the Lower City, this is a change. In order to prevent accidents, not only does the Iron Wall need to maintain order during the celebration, but even the Storm Army has to dispatch some personnel to assist the Iron Wall in its work.
From this we can also see that Fortress attaches great importance to this "Starlight Festival".
"It's New Year."
Tianyang stroked the cup, preparing to go to the cemetery later to pay tribute to his deceased mother.
He recalled that last night, under Lao Xu's arrangement, he met several material merchants. He divided the 200,000 contribution points into several parts and let those merchants manage them respectively.
Come to think of it, Old Xu was really too cautious. He was worried about putting all his huge contribution points in the hands of a businessman, so he went to so much trouble.
All of this was done free of charge by Old Xu, which touched Tian Yang very much. He planned to give Old Xu a share of the money when he made some.
However, after taking out 200,000 contribution points, there were only tens of thousands left in his own account.
The doorbell rang.
Tianyang put down the cup and opened the door.
There are birds outside the door.
"Tianyang, have you prepared your outfit for the dance tonight?"
The boy was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is the Nightcrawler uniform okay?"
Xiao Niao immediately rolled her eyes at him: "I knew it, I knew it. You boys really have no self-awareness at all. This is what the blue-haired monkey is like, and you really are not prepared."
The girl said with an expression that said, "Have you had breakfast? Let's go to the mall together later. I've already called Yinglan and Kunlan."
"I'll pick out a set of formal suits for you two men later."
Tianyang scratched his head and said, "I want to go to the cemetery. How about this, you guys go to the mall first. I'll come find you guys later?"
"Okay, but come early."
Xiaoniao sighed and said, "Now I'm a little worried that all the nice designs in the mall will be bought by everyone."
Tianyang sent her away with a wry smile, then changed his clothes and left the apartment.
He bought a bunch of flowers and went to the cemetery. Perhaps because it was the last day of the year, there were many people coming to the cemetery to pay their respects.
Tianyang came to his mother's tombstone, put down the flowers, cleaned the surroundings a little, wiped the tombstone, and then sat down.
"Today is Starlight Day, Mom."
The boy looked at the photo on the tombstone and said with a smile, "You always told me how beautiful the Starlight Festival was. Unfortunately, I never attended it once."
"You also said that you would take me to participate if there was a chance. When I first became a Night Walker this year, I thought that we could finally attend the celebration together this year."
"did not expect... ... .."
Tianyang sighed softly and said, "Let's not talk about this, Mom. You know, Katie wrote me a letter."
"You don't have to worry about that guy. He has opened a bar in Gaoshanbao now, and he seems to be doing pretty well."
"If I have a chance, I will go to Gaoshanbao to see him."
As usual, facing the cold tombstone, Tianyang casually recounted his experiences during this period.
Before I knew it, I had been in the cemetery for nearly an hour.
Suddenly remembering his appointment with the bird, the boy stood up, looked at the photo on the tombstone and said, "You said there would be a fireworks display every year on Starlight Festival."
"Tonight, you can finally see it."
"I'm leaving now. I'll see you next time."
After saying this, he walked towards the aisle and headed towards the stone steps.
Just then, someone came down from above, so Tianyang stopped and let the person go first.
Unexpectedly, an old voice sounded: "Hey, have I seen you somewhere before?"
Tianyang raised his head in confusion, and what he saw was an elderly man. His hair was full of silver hair, but it was carefully combed. He looked dignified, and more importantly, he looked familiar to Tianyang.
After a moment, the boy suddenly remembered this face.
Church priest!
In the chaos of time, he spanned 17 years of time and space. In the time node belonging to Su Lie, the church priest who was responsible for hunting down Su Lie was the old man in front of him!
However, at that time, he was not yet so old.
"Bishop, this is the cathedral of our diocese, Tianyang." Fu Junyi's voice also came from the steps.
Tian Yang nodded quickly and said, "Good morning, Rector."
"Good morning, Tianyang." Fu Junyi introduced with a smile, "This is Bishop Gu Yun. The Bishop is here to participate in the Starlight Festival. Since I have time in the morning, I came to pay respect to my old friend."
It turned out that he was already a bishop. After all, 17 years had passed, so it was not surprising that he was promoted to a bishop.
Tianyang took a step back and deliberately expressed his doubts: "Has the bishop seen me?"
Gu Yun laughed and said, "I remember now.
Photo. I have seen you in the information of the Cathedral. I was wondering why you looked so familiar, and I was thinking at that time, this young man is not simple. "
"At such a young age, he has been promoted to the Grand Cathedral. His future is limitless."
Tian Yang quickly lowered his head and said, "Bishop Miao is great."
After chatting casually for a few words, Fu Junyi reminded him: "Bishop, we still have to go see the city lord."
Gu Yun nodded slightly, smiled and said: "Tianyang, let's say goodbye now."
"Bishop, take care." Tianyang stepped aside.
Gu Yun nodded, smiled, and walked in front.
After he was far away, he stopped smiling and looked deep, as if he was thinking about something.
Tianyang breathed a sigh of relief. He had seen Gu Yun in that chaotic space-time rift, but in the identity of the 'God of Death'.
He believed that Gu Yun saw something from his eyes. Fortunately, the 'God of Death' was wearing a mask, otherwise even with a disguise, he probably wouldn't be able to hide it from the eyes of such a master.
I didn't expect that not only a silver crown knight from the Cardinal's College came, but also a bishop. There should be more than one bishop in the church. When I have a chance, I have to ask He Wenchi for some basic knowledge about the church.
Ah, it’s getting late, I have to go to the mall.
Tianyang slapped his head and hurriedly left the cemetery.
He found Xiaoniao in the mall. Xiaoniao and Qianhong were wearing the same series of dresses today, and at first glance they looked like two sisters.
Bai Yinglan was the same as always, wearing men's clothes, like a handsome young man.
Kun Lan was dressed very casually, wearing home clothes under the Night Walker uniform, which looked out of place, but he didn't care.
"Come with me now."
The bird led them to a store with ease. The store specialized in selling high-end clothing, mainly dresses and formal wear.
After walking in and looking at the sets of finely crafted and uniquely designed clothes on the display cabinet, Tianyang finally understood why Xiaoniao wanted to buy a set of formal clothes.
If everyone was wearing similar clothes at the dance party that night, then he would definitely stand out if he went there in a uniform.
Xiao Niao has helped Tian Yang choose: "Now the requirements for formal wear have been simplified a lot. I remember when I was young, my family's dress teacher said that different formal wear should be worn for different occasions."
"So when we were young, in addition to preparing a set of formal clothes for Star Festival, we also needed to wear different clothes for the first day of the new year, family tomb-sweeping, coming-of-age ceremonies, family dinners, etc."
Bai Yinglan smiled and said, "Yes, I have always felt that skirts were too troublesome, but my father did not agree with me wearing trousers. It was not until I became an adult that he stopped caring about me in this regard."
Kunlan looked at them with sympathy and said, "You guys really have it hard. I don't have to go through so much trouble. When I was a kid living in the wilderness, I only had to wear a pair of shorts for three seasons of the year."
"In winter, I'll just add a fur cloak."
Blue Hair suddenly snapped his fingers and said, "What do you think? I should wear a fur cape to the dance tonight. It just so happens that I still have the cape I used before!"
Xiao Niao and Bai Yinglan exchanged glances and said in unison: "No!"
The little bird added: "If you dare to go there wearing a cloak, you'd better stay away from us and don't tell others that you know us. You can't afford to lose face."
Kunlan sneered: "You don't understand the beauty of the wilderness!"