Where was this?
Li Wei looked around blankly before realizing that she was standing atop a bare, low hill.
As far as the eye could see were twisted, bizarre jungles, slowly flowing blood-red rivers, and layers of pitch-black mountains rolling into the distance.
Higher up, lead-gray clouds hung like ink, descending from the middle of the sky to form a churning wall of clouds.
It was like a giant bowl turned upside down, enclosing this strange landscape.
"Gulp."
After swallowing, Li Wei forced herself to calm down.
She wanted to investigate, but the moment she shifted, she felt the ground beneath her feet turn sticky and soft, with a wet, slippery sensation.
She lowered her head and saw that the ground beneath her was like a carpet of fungi, purple-black and enchantingly red.
Almost at the same time, a strange fragrance seeped from her nostrils into her mind.
The scent was both like the serene sandalwood incense of a temple and the powdery fragrance from a woman's body.
It was as though incense sticks had been ground up and mixed with rouge, purity and vulgar allure stirred together, making people instinctively uncomfortable.
Li Wei frowned and subconsciously clenched her right hand.
But when she exerted force, she grasped nothing.
Only then did she realize that the Cicada-Wing Soft Sword was gone, along with the belt that served as its scabbard and the waist pouch containing the jade bottle.
She lowered her head again and found that she was wearing nothing but that light-blue dress...
What was going on?
Her body stiffened, and for a moment she did not dare move again.
Suddenly...
Rumble!
A muffled peal of thunder exploded within the curtain of clouds. Purple-black lightning flashed on and off, and amid the immense wall of clouds, enormous shadows seemed