Feifei stood rooted to the spot, dazed and distracted.
At some point, A Jiu had opened her eyes too. A hint of appreciation showed in her rose-red eyes.
A Bai stirred, and Xiao Xiao knowingly raised his hand.
The white snake lifted its body, its slender vertical pupils reflecting the beautiful scene before it.
Xiao Xiao hadn't expected that the legendary hidden world within could actually exist.
From the outside, the barren mountain looked utterly ordinary. Yet inside, it concealed such a breathtaking landscape.
What an unexpected surprise.
And Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly.
As the ancients said: "A mountain need not be high; with an immortal, it gains fame. A body of water need not be deep; with a dragon, it gains magic."
There was no dragon here.
But... there were monsters.
That was another kind of spiritual presence, at least.
Or perhaps he should say, monster aura?
Mist curled above the lake.
It wasn't even particularly thick, yet somehow, no matter how much he rubbed his eyes or how wide he opened them, everything remained hazy.
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes slightly.
When he looked up again, a faint golden light flowed through his pupils. Against the setting sun and evening glow, it seemed all the more cold and resplendent.
His gaze, as tangible as matter, pierced straight through layer upon layer of mist.
In an instant, the white monster came into view.
At first glance, Xiao Xiao was a little surprised.
He'd assumed that a monster capable of doing something so outrageous would be either hideous or... well, certainly not this beautiful.
Beautiful, yes.
It looked just like a creature from myth, delicately rendered by the brush of some later artist.
It was filled with the lovely imaginings