Bixia Temple wasn't far from our current location on Sunrise Viewing Peak. A glance at the map showed it was only about twenty minutes away.
We headed east along Heavenly Street and would be there soon.
But after walking a hundred meters or so, we spotted a complex of buildings, their red walls and green-tiled roofs stretching across the mountainside.
It was an enormous Daoist temple, at least twice the size of Purple Serenity Temple on Mount Heng, which we had visited before...
It was only eight thirty in the morning, yet worshippers were already streaming into Bixia Temple to offer incense.
"Brother Mao, Bixia Temple looks huge. Is it as big as your Qingcheng Temple?"
Mao Jing simply smiled.
"Our Qingcheng Temple should be a little bigger."
Hearing that, I couldn't help looking at Mao Jing.
I had always known Mao Jing came from the Daoist Sect's Ancestral Court, but I had never seen for myself just how large or magnificent it was.
If I got the chance, I definitely had to go to Mount Qingcheng with him.
"Senior brother, the last time we came here was over ten years ago, wasn't it?"
Mao Jing nodded slightly.
"Yes! Our senior sister was still around back then. She brought the two of us!"
As he said this, Mao Jing's lips held a smile, but a trace of sorrow crept into his eyes.
Zhang Yuchen and I both noticed, but neither of us knew how to respond.
Pan Ling hurriedly changed the subject.
"The scenery here is pretty nice. I'll take a few pictures!"
With that, she took out her phone and started snapping photos...
I took out my cigarettes and handed one to each of the others without saying anything.
We smoked as we continued toward Bixia Temple...
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