The wilderness wind was thick with the scent of wormwood.
Field mice rustled as they tidied their earthen burrows, lying at the entrances to gaze at the tall grass outside, the azure sky, and wisps of cloud.
The ground suddenly trembled. A Colorful Fierce Tiger leaped through the sky overhead, and shredded grass and dust poured into the field mice's burrows...
"We're flying~ So high~"
The fierce tiger ran and leaped with a sack and Bai Yujun on its back, faster than any fine horse.
Bai Yujun held a thin string in her hand as a classic swallow-shaped kite climbed ever higher, borrowing strength from a single thread to soar into the air, borne by the breeze as it flew alongside the white clouds.
She had happened to spot the kite while leaving the county town and bought it with a few copper coins to play with, then waited for the wind.
In the painted landscape, green stretched across the wild grasslands, with grass as the boundary and blue skies above.
The colorful tiger ran with a sack on its back. A short-tailed cat ran beside it, while Bai Yujun sat atop the tiger, tugging the long string to fly her kite.
They ran across a low marsh of cattails.
Dandelions burst into flight behind them, silent little umbrellas filling the sky as drifting fluff and flying blossoms rode the wind toward distant lands.
Bai Yujun shouted as she let the kite fly higher, the wind blowing her hair into her eyes.
They occasionally encountered merchant caravans. Guards and drivers stared dumbstruck at a sight they would never forget in their lives, their heads turning stiffly until the enormous tiger had run far away, kicking up dust as it went.
Leaving the basin, they entered the mountains once more. The