Darryl smiled bitterly as he rubbed his sleepy eyes. “ Ok, let’s have a look.”
Jewel cheered and quickly ran out of the inn.
The entire streets were extremely lively, crowded, and filled with people. Almost the entire Hibiscus City’s townsfolk were there.
Jewel held Darryl’s hand and walked in the crowd’s direction.
The streets were packed due to the Poetry League attracting a lot of visitors with people from neighboring towns joining the affair too.
The huge number of visitors the Poetry League attracted was a great opportunity for the vendors to earn some cash. The streets were mesmerizing and lively filled with assorted stalls and vendors which sold food, toys, and even lanterns!
Jewel has never been so happy her entire life as she stopped to look at every stall.
The deeper they headed in, the livelier it became as waves of shouts came and went.
“Delicious candies!
“Sweet and sticky candies! ”
Darryl walked along and his mood turned somewhat pleasant from feeling the crowd’s liveliness.
After walking for almost an hour, they finally came to the most crowded area. Darryl could see there were close to a hundred thousand people in his immediate vicinity!
“There are so many people! Let’s go have a look!” Jewel pulled Darryl and waded through the crowd. At the end of the crowd was a huge stage.
A gigantic stone pillar was situated on the stage which wrote, ‘The Poetry League—meeting friends through poetry! ’
A tall lady stood in the middle of the stage with a mic in her hand. She smiled and said, “Everyone! Who could create the best poem?”
Jewel tugged on Darryl’s hand and gently said, “The Poetry League is held once every three years by the Artemis Sect. Every Poetry League will attract scholars and literati from all over. They would then compete in the Poetry League and whoever wins will receive the Gifted Hibiscus Scholar title.
The Gifted Hibiscus Scholar?
Darryl could not help but laugh at that. “What’s the use of that title?”
Jewel shook her head. “I have no idea what usefulness that title brings, but it’s still rather prestigious! ”