The welcoming ceremony was lively.
The Jiuli people sang and danced amid laughter and cheers, dressed in dazzling garments of five colors.
Their pleated skirts of brocade and batik fell short above the knee, adorned with exquisite Silver Ornaments. They sang mountain songs and danced, and Bai Yujun felt that the Jiuli were the most optimistic humans in the world. She did not know whether she had arrived during a festival or whether they truly welcomed her to come eat at their home.
"Tsk tsk. Long legs, wheat-colored skin, slim waists. What a fine place."
As the cloud slowly descended, the monkey's ugly, solitary face looked even uglier.
Feeling uncomfortable all over, he scratched his lower back.
"Squeak~ Ugly! So ugly! A wild dance of demons!"
He looked up at Bai Yujun and Mu Duo, then swallowed the rest of his words.
For a moment, he sighed endlessly, filled with the loneliness of being the only sober one while the whole world was drunk. Oh, and those ugliest of ugly Seven Fairy Maidens—yet the world actually revered them as beauties of the Immortal Realm. Mad. They were all mad. They did not understand that furry was the most beautiful.
The dragon and Mu Duo automatically ignored the monkey's peculiar sense of beauty.
"This place has quite some history, doesn't it?"
It was completely different from ordinary tribal mountain villages. The ancient sacred village was dominated by enormous stone buildings.
Ancient and weathered, it carried a profound weight of history.
Unlike the world beyond the mountains, its architectural style was unique. Apart from some houses and buildings inhabited by people,
at the foot of the sacred mountain stood an ancient building resembling a temple. Moss covered it, ancient trees rooted themselves into the temple, and gigantic stones had been piled into