"Mm~"
Peach stood atop White Dragon Snow Mountain, shook out her fur and sent Snowflake flying, then padded forward, leaving a trail of tiny footprints in the snow. Only when she reached the cliff at the summit did she stretch out her neck and peer down.
White Dragon Snow Mountain lay under thick snow. The temperature was low, the air thin, and at over six thousand meters, it stood proudly above the mortal world.
Below, the Sea of Clouds rolled in waves. Other mountaintops poked through, but none rose as high as this one; they looked like islands in the clouds. An unknown otherworldly beast beat its wings and burst upward through the clouds, turned lazily, then plunged back in.
The sky was an azure eggshell.
Ning Qing sat on the snow and quietly admired the view.
Of the Esoteric Sect's "Six Desires," Eye Desire came first.
The Six Desires could also be called humanity's six pursuits, six longings. Rooted in the body, they were the six most basic human desires. Different desires drove people in different directions, led them down different paths, and prompted them to do different things. Desire itself was an essential part of what made a person.
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
The eyes were humanity's most important means of interacting with the world. Naturally, Eye Desire represented the appreciation and pursuit of most of the world's beauty.
Finding beauty in the world was an ability too.
Cultivators of the Esoteric Sect often had eyes that saw farther, yet regarded things more coldly. They could see a wider world and tinier things, perceive more of its details and what ordinary people could not, know where all things came from and where they would go, even predict the paths they would take. Yet they often