The spacious hall was crowded with people, with warlocks all dressed in neat black robes and wearing pointed wizard hats, and witches competing for beauty in colorful, extravagant gowns.
This was a ball.
Mistletoe branches reached out from the corner of the walls, densely covering the entire ceiling, but instead of its yellow flowers or pearl-like fruits, it bore clusters of purplish-red flowers resembling upside-down pyramids. Zheng Qing looked up, gazing at the layers of glimmering petals, and after close observation, he finally recognized them as butterfly peas, commonly known as rugosa roses, though he couldn't understand why such plants were growing from the mistletoe branches.
