The show was both entertaining and engaging. Not going to lie, I had been expecting to be a bit bored by all the pomp and circumstance, but in the end it just turned into a good time. We went through poetry readings, artifact displays, calligraphy demonstrations… all sorts of “noble” pastimes, interspersed with the occasional martial demonstration, like the one the Grand Ravine Sect did, their cultivators soaring like Spider-Man through the air with their rope darts, which looked cool as hell. Everyone relaxed, even Meimei, the show settling her nerves. She had enjoyed the hockey performance just as much as I had. Through it all, we ate a very nice meal, which after the first three performances was explained to us. It was apparently a historical feast, or as close as they could get it. They had found a menu in one of the libraries beneath the mountain for a feast that had once been hosted here. A lot of it was similar to the fare we had eaten at the Framed Sun Sect, but there were interesting notes thrown in. There was food that was obviously from the Grand Ravine; a kind of dumpling stuffed with lamb, yogurt with berries, and cheese curds that were a lot better than the ones we got back home. They were nice and squeaky, and my mind instantly went to poutine. But beyond the interesting interjections from regional food, there was a bunch of stuff that was obviously meant for Spirit Beasts, which the announcer seemed to not realise. I don’t think humans were meant to eat that much steak tartare and raw bone marrow; and the flavours in the massive salad marinated in a variety of subterranean roots were definitely a bit strange to a human palate. Not bad by any means, but they were (...)