At the tail end of the first month, another snowfall came to Chuzhou Prefecture. It was not heavy, mixed with rain. After the snow, the skies cleared; all the mountains were green, save Piyun Mountain, which was half green and half white.
Like a secluded beauty draped in fox fur and dressed in a green skirt, or a lofty scholar in the snow who had mastered all the learning of the Two You libraries, standing apart from the vulgar world.
On this day, in the dead of night within Lotus Root Blessed Land and at dusk in Vast Heaven and Earth, Golden Core cultivator Gao Jun and Golden Body Realm martial cultivator Zhong Qian visited Luopo Mountain. They were arranged in separate residences and had not yet met.
Deep in the night, Gao Jun did not wish to practice Breathing and Exhalation here, drawing upon the mountain's Spiritual Energy. Taking without asking would ultimately carry the suspicion of theft. Since she could not settle down to cultivate, she went out alone and climbed the steps. At Jiling Peak's summit, Gao Jun saw a Fellow Daoist who had climbed beneath the moon to enjoy the view. He was seated on the railing, holding a wine cup. Beside him sat a jade-huchun wine bottle with a glaze as lush and verdant as dripping emerald, along with an opened packet of Braised Meat. He drank by himself.
Gao Jun failed to recognize him, but he recognized the Hushan Sect leader at a glance. She wore an apricot-yellow Daoist robe, beautiful as lotus blooms standing graceful in autumn waters.
The sturdy young man was greatly surprised. "Sect Master Gao, why are you here too?"
Gao Jun asked in confusion, "You are?"
Hearing the accent of home was like drinking warmed wine.
The sturdy man