Chapter 2078: Sinking Stars Bathe the Peach Blossom Spring
Within a deep valley somewhere in Yiluo Upper Continent, Celestial Xia Domain.
A graceful hill, encircled by clear waters, stood here. Within it were ritual implements in the shapes of all manner of living creatures. Their appearances were no different from actual creatures, and even when they moved, they followed the innate forms of those creatures. Yet every one of them could in fact be wielded by cultivators.
Though these ritual implements might not possess great power, in the eyes of the many cultivators skilled in artifact refining, the master who had refined them had faintly set foot upon a path leading to the Dao.
Deep within the hill, a winding, murmuring stream cleaved through shattered rocks and crevices, flowing all the way into a peach blossom haven within, where petals drifted through the air.
The terrain here was broad and open, springlike in all four seasons, and exquisitely scenic. Quite a few cultivators gathered by the covered bridges and along the banks in groups of three or five. Some discussed the Dao or played chess, some brewed tea and warmed wine, while others fished to nourish their hearts. Yet some came and went in haste, merely nodding in return even when greeted by others.
Those who had offered greetings found nothing strange about this. Though this place appeared to be an earthly paradise, it was actually the largest artifact-refining grounds in Yiluo Upper Continent. Today merely happened to be their day of rest, a rare day of leisure. Once today had passed, they too would be as busy as their colleagues.
At the uppermost end of the peach blossom haven lay a hollow in the hill, billowing with clouds and mist, like the mouth of an enormous volcano. Along its