With the trials for the tribe's own young men complete, and with the youths from other tribes having chosen their future wives, the coming-of-age ceremony concluded after they all bowed and lit incense before the Altar.
The emissaries from the South Mountain Tribe and others left the North Snow Tribe one after another, taking the girls they had chosen. Most rode docile Demon Beasts native to the Northern Boundary, with only the South Mountain Tribe possessing wheeled carts pulled by Blue-Hoofed Horses.
All several hundred of the North Snow Tribe's newly adult young women had left. Meanwhile, the young men who had completed the ceremony, at the Elder Witch Priest's direction, headed to the tribe's Treasure Vault to receive their rewards.
The top ten would receive Armor, and Jiang Qiu was among them. In fact, as the best performer in the entire ceremony, he was entitled to a full set of Armor, more complete than the others.
