The Rise of Dragon Temple By Wu Xia

Chapter 55
The next day was the last day before the wedding. The weather in Oplen was very strange the previous day. It rained from time
to time. At three or four o’clock in the morning, there had been some rain. But this morning, Oplen ushered in a sunny day with
blue sky and white clouds. The weather was very good. At eight o’clock in the morning, when the people who did not notice the
changes from the previous night walked out of their houses and opened the windows, they were all shocked by the scenery.
There were rose petals everywhere. Some of them were red, and some of them were white. At this moment, the whole city was
filled with the fragrance of roses, which made people feel refreshed. Oplen was close to a large, clear river, and there were rose
petals on the water. On the river, there were exquisite boats while splendid hot air balloons rose in the air. The streets of Oplen
were also covered with roses overnight. On both sides of the street, there were young, good-looking volunteers preparing for the
arrival of the bridal couples for the Hundred Cities Wedding of the central region. From that day on, almost 80% of the
companies in Oplen would have a three-day holiday, and the school’s management would also have a three-day holiday. All the
restaurants and hotels in Oplen would also offer discounts, or things would be free of charge when the consumption was less
than a certain amount. The three-day benefits made people in Oplen very excited. At half past eight in the morning, at the city
gates of Oplen, bridal couples began to enter the city. The grooms were all dressed in black suits, and the brides also wore
beautiful wedding dresses. The happy couples held hands and stepped through the gates. At this moment, the whole city was
completely shocked, because if a couple was walking on the street, it would not attract much attention. But today, there were a
total of 1314 bridal couples. More than a thousand brides and grooms entered the city together. The queue alone was three
kilometers long, and there were thousands of bridesmaids and groomsmen behind them. There was also one thing that was very
important. These 1314 people came to participate in the Hundred Cities Wedding. During the selection process, all the chosen
grooms were handsome and the brides were pretty..
There had been beauties since ancient times in the Central Region of the Long State. As such, countless beautiful brides were
among the 1314 couples. Any one of them was extremely beautiful, and some of them were even campus belles. Their looks
were all outstanding. They entered from the main entrance of Oplen and walked to the central axis of the city. On the central
main road, there were red rose petals on the ground, and on both sides of the street were roses that were in full bloom last
night. The rose petals had been scattered down from the sky. On both sides of the road, countless media reporters were crazily
taking photos of them. Even many powerful media groups directly used helicopters to take photos of the scene. The decoration
in Oplen made the brides and grooms who came to attend the wedding even more excited. The entire city was filled with a
romantic atmosphere. Among the couples, many of them had come to Oplen for the first time. But before they stepped into the
main gates, they were already astonished. At this moment, the couples walking on the central road of Oplen would probably
never forget this day. They would always remember that they could have such a romantic and grand wedding in their lives! At
this moment, all the couples who had come to attend the Hundred Cities wedding were surprised, and so were the millions of

people in Oplen. They couldn’t imagine what kind of person could prepare such a grand wedding for his loved one! He had
decorated the entire large city into such a romantic wedding venue...
They were willing to attend this grand wedding, but also very grateful to the host who had invited them and given them countless
gifts. At the same time, they also sincerely congratulated the bride who would show up the next day. However, neither they nor
the locals in Oplen knew who the bride would be the next day. The only news they got was that the bride was from Oplen. This
news made the people in Oplen extremely proud. Huh, the main bride of the Hundred Cities wedding was a girl from Oplen! At
this moment, all the brides who had come to attend the Hundred Cities wedding, and all the women from Oplen were filled with
blessings and admiration for that bride. Soon, as time went by, the identity of the groom was finally revealed by the Gempoint
Group and the Mysticorps Group. The groom was a soldier! He was a strong and brave soldier from the battlefield! Boom...
When the identity of the groom was slightly revealed, the people in Oplen were shocked again. All those brides from the Hundred
Cities’ wedding were also astonished. The mysterious groom was a romantic, brave soldier. And now, everyone was fantasizing
about the romantic love story of the Hundred Cities’ main bridal couple... “How much love does he love her... He came back
from the battlefield... And now he’s using an entire city to hold a grand wedding for her...” At this moment, many of the emotional
brides also felt moved to tears! “Aww, she will be so happy in life! She’s the hostess of this city! How blessed!” Countless people
in Oplen felt proud and also sincerely gave their blessings to this
main bride of the Hundred Cities Wedding the next day...
.....
At the same time, in Bethany Parry’s room in Apren City... Bethany opened her eyes in the early morning and did not even
change her pajamas. She lay in bed and took her mobile phone to watch the live broadcast from Oplen, which made her
extremely envious. When she saw the roses covering the city, and all the bridal couples entering the city she wanted to call her
best friend, Paige to ask about it. But in the end, she suppressed the urge, because, amongst the thousand pairs of bridal
couples, there was no sign of Paige. Moreover, Paige already had a child. In Bethany’s heart, no matter how grand the Hundred
Cities wedding was, it had nothing to do with Paige. Even if she called Paige, there was nothing else but to bring further sadness
to Paige, so she did not call... While Bethany was watching the live broadcast, her father, Logan, suddenly called her and said
that she would be home in half an hour. He asked her to pack up and go out with him. Before Bethany could ask further, her
father hung up the phone. Bethany reluctantly turned off the live broadcast and quickly dressed up. After she finished, Logan
also returned home with several exquisite clothes and shoeboxes in his hand. “Dad? Where are you going? Why did you buy me
clothes? What’s up?” Bethany looked at Logan and asked in confusion. Logan looked at his daughter with a smile and said,
“What’s up? Let’s talk about it later. Bethany, do you know about the Hundred Cities wedding that is going to be held in Oplen
tomorrow?” Bethany nodded. “Yes, I do.” Logan continued with a smile, “Well, do you want to go?” Bethany pursed her lips and

said, “Dad, don’t tease me. No one has proposed to me. I don’t even have a boyfriend. How could I participate in it? Besides,
they have all chosen their pairs already. 1314 bridal couples and even bridesmaids have all been selected! How could Ijoin?”
Logan slowly replaced his smile with a serious look. He looked deeply at his daughter and said slowly, “Do you really think that
even the bridesmaids for the Hundred Cities wedding have all been selected?” Bethany nodded without thinking. “Of course,
otherwise, I would have watched the live broadcast just now. Uh... Of course, dad, if you insist, the main bride of the Hundred
Cities wedding hasn’t appeared yet, so naturally, her bridesmaids have not too. Uh... wait! D-Dad... What do you mean? Don’t
tell me you want me to be her bridesmaid?” Logan nodded with a faint smile and said, “Well, why not?”
Bethany was stunned. After a long while, she said uneasily, “Dad, don’t joke with me, okay? I don’t know her. Do you know her?
Don’t fool around, Dad..”. Logan continued to nod and said, “Well, I know her, and you also know her. As my beautiful daughter,
can’t you be her bridesmaid?” Bethany felt that Logan was joking with her. She was a little speechless and said, “Dad! I said,
don’t joke! The main bride of the Hundred Cities wedding is from Oplen! How many people do I even know in Oplen? Paige is
the only one! Moreover, Paige just returned to Oplen a few days ago, and now she is with that guy called Joseph Dawson...”
While Bethany was talking, she suddenly felt that something was wrong and she suddenly had an epiphany. Yes, the news
reported that the main groom of the Hundred Cities wedding was a brave soldier who came back from the battlefield and Joseph
was one! Most importantly, she suddenly thought of how her father Logan never joked with her, let alone joke about such a big
thing! The next moment, Bethany suddenly looked at Logan, only to see him nod very seriously at this moment. With a complex
gaze, he said, “Bethany, your best friend has been living a very hard life these years. Now let me ask you again, are you willing
to be her bridesmaid tomorrow? Because Mr. Dawson asked to keep it a secret. Until now, all the bridal couples of the Hundred
Cities Wedding have entered the city. But Miss Mooney, she still has no idea that she is the main bride tomorrow!” “What? Dad!
Dad! Is what you said true? Is Paige really the main bride of tomorrow’s wedding? And the mysterious groom is Joseph? Dad!
Don’t lie to me!” Bethany suddenly stood up. At this moment, she was shocked. She never thought that she knew the main bride
of the Hundred Cities wedding, and it was her best friend! At this time, Logan took a deep breath, and his gaze was more
complex. He said to Bethany with some sadness, “Bethany, did you really think that I could have stopped Brandon Kennedy and
the Kennedy that time on my own? Or do you really think that the Kennedy family whom the Police Department couldn’t take
down for more than a decade, was completely destroyed overnight?” “Thump, thump, thump.” Hearing Logan’s words, Bethany
involuntarily stepped back and opened her mouth wide. Now the doubts that had troubled her for many days had finally been
solved. Because she had always suspected how the Parry family and the Police Department could destroy the Kennedy family,
which had been in Apren City for many years, by themselves? Moreover, after that, the Parry family had annexed all the forces of
the Kennedy family in one day and had not been hindered at all! It turned out that all of this was because of Joseph. “Then...
then... Joseph, who... who is he?” Bethany swallowed hard and said to Logan Logan took another deep breath and said with
infinite respect in his eyes, “Bethany, have you heard of the God of War of Frogua? Who protected Frogua from the outer
territories?” “Th-this... H-he is the God of War of Frogua? He... he...” Bethany stuttered in shock. A huge wave surged in her

heart. At this moment, her mind was echoing. Previously, when she tried her best to persuade Joseph to run away, Joseph’s
eyes were extremely calm. Yes, in front of a War God of Froguo, especially the most powerful outer region God of War, even if all
the forces in Apren City were added together, what could they do, let alone just the Kennedy family? Logan’s gaze became
extremely complicated as he said, “Yes, but because he destroyed all the Kennedy family and violated the laws of the military, he
has been removed from the military...” What Logan said was what Alpha 1 told him to say. At present, Joseph’s identity could
only be revealed to this extent. So he could only say so much. “He fought a bloody battle outside the country, guarded the
national borders, fought on the battlefield countless times, and became the God of War. But his wife and daughter were
humiliated inside the country. Bethany, what would you do if you were Joseph?” Logan said in a hoarse voice. Hmm... Bethany
burst into tears. She opened her mouth with difficulty, only to find that she couldn’t say anything and could only stand there in a
daze... Logan got up and passed the items he bought from Usmait to Bethany. It was a bridesmaid dress and high heels worth
more than a million yuan and had them sent to Bethany’s room. He said to Bethany, “Bethany, go and try the clothes. If it’s not
suitable, let’s change it quickly. Tomorrow, Joseph has carefully prepared a grand wedding for Miss Mooney. We don’t want to
cause any flaws for them...” “Dad, the Kennedy family should be killed, should be destroyed! Is the military really so heartless
that they don’t even give Joseph a chance? He is the War God of Frogua!!!” Bethany said to Logan with injustice. Logan, who
was about to leave, paused and said, “The high-level officials of the Frogua’s military naturally left it for Mr. Dawson, but he
asked for this on his own initiative. When he was in the battle outside the country, he didn’t know that he had harassed Miss
Mooney on the night of his serious injury, and he didn’t know that he had a daughter, so he wouldn’t go back now. He just wanted
to accompany his wife and daughter... Bethany, you must keep it a secret...” After saying that, Logan sighed deeply and went
out. He gave his daughter space to change her clothes and digest the news. However, his heart trembled even more. For Joseph
to return to the military and become a God of War? How could it be? In the future, if Joseph went to the military, he would be the
supreme commander of the entire Frogua military, and the successor of Sebastian Parks, the fourth elder of Frogua... would that
day come? Logan was extremely excited... If that day came, how excited would he be! Half an hour later, in Bethany’s room,
she had changed into a white off-shoulder bridesmaid dress. In the mirror, she was very beautiful. But she felt that her best friend
would definitely be more beautiful. She would be the most amazing main bride of the Hundred Cities wedding tomorrow. For
sure. “Paige, haha... You will be blessed in the future...” A teardrop fell from Bethany’s face, and she deeply wished her good
friend who had been grieving for many years...
In Oplen, at about five o’clock in the afternoon, on the riverside in the north where Joseph and Paige met for the first time five
years ago... At this moment, the depressed Paige was strolling with Joseph. “Joseph, we met here five years ago, didn’t we?”
She pointed to a place by the river and asked Joseph. Joseph nodded. “Well, at that time, if you hadn’t saved me, I would have
died.” After Joseph finished speaking, both of them fell silent. This was the first time they met each other. Time seemed to turn
back to five years ago. At that time, Paige had just finished college. She was so full of vitality and sunshine, so beautiful. But five

years later, she was so haggard and tired... Her five years of youth passed like this, and it was extremely miserable... “I’m
sorry...” Joseph looked at Paige who was full of tiredness in front of him and said with great heartache. Paige did not say
anything. She just shook her head and continued to remain silent. Looking at the flourishing Oplen in front of her, no one knew
what she was thinking at the moment. Was it her own youth? Was it her own life? Was it Chloe? Or Joseph? No one knew...
After a long silence, she suddenly turned around and looked at Joseph seriously, saying, “Joseph, let’s go to the Civil Affairs
Bureau to get our marriage certificate now!” However, Joseph shook his head seriously. “No..” “Huh? Jo... Joseph, what... what
do you mean? You don’t want to register your marriage with me?” Paige was suddenly stunned. This was because Joseph had
proposed marriage with her first. However, when she proposed to get her marriage certificate, Joseph rejected her? Did he reject
her?! Joseph looked at her very seriously. Looking at her standing in front of the river he said seriously, “I have something to do
later. Can we do it tomorrow?” Paige frowned. In her heart, what else was more important than getting the marriage certificate?
But since Joseph said so, she didn’t know what to say. She just sighed secretly and then went back alone in disappointment...
Joseph silently looked at her figure retreating, which was full of fatigue and sadness.
“Paige, I’m sorry. As for marriage and getting the marriage certificate, how could I, Joseph, let you bring it up first? Besides, I
have not even proposed to you. Just wait for one more night, okay? Just one more night, that’s enough. How can I let you
down... No, I’ll never... I’m sorry...” Joseph murmured in his heart as he watched Paige walk away.