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It was late at night, and the moon hung high in the sky.
"..."
It was a time when people should have been sleeping soundly, but Hongfu, a Daoist nun of Yellow Maple Valley, felt not the slightest bit sleepy.
She didn't know when she had come to the top of the airship. Now she stood alone at the railing, gazing silently into the distance toward Yellow Maple Valley.
The high-altitude night wind swept over her, setting her clothes and hair ribbons fluttering, making her look like an immortal who might drift away with the breeze at any moment.
But she remained unmoved, standing perfectly still, as if meditating—or turned to stone.
"..."
After a long while, light footsteps gradually approached.
Then, when a beautiful young woman appeared at the doorway, dressed in gauzy robes and born with an alluring figure, Hongfu's expression shifted slightly. She seemed to come back to life.
"Mother!"
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
The newcomer was Dong Xuan'er, who practiced the art of seduction.
She and Hongfu had been resting and chatting in the same room. But when she woke up, she discovered that her master—her mother, Hongfu—was no longer beside her. Naturally, she began searching the airship.
In the end, it was Tu Shanxue, who had been staying up late watching dramas on television in the living room, who pointed her in the right direction. That was how Dong Xuan'er learned her mother had come here alone.
"Sleep?"
"Alas..."
"Xuan'er, Yellow Maple Valley is gone. How could I possibly sleep?"
To Dong Xuan'er's surprise, her mother suddenly stated a fact she could hardly believe, then sighed.
"!"
"Y-Yellow Maple Valley is gone?"
"How is that possible?"
Dong Xuan'er was unwilling to believe it.
"Just now..."
"Yellow Maple Valley's mountain-protecting formation was breached."
Hongfu