It was early April, the second day after Li Chen and the others had arrived at Guangyun.
The sun had just risen, and the golden dawn shone down from Broad Cloud Main Peak like a pillar of light reaching into the heavens, bursting into a dazzling radiance of seven rainbow colors.
Rather than forming the arc of a rainbow bridge, the radiance spread outward petal by petal, turning the entire snowy peak into a peony in full bloom.
"How beautiful!" The craftsmen and Golden Sun Gate disciples who had risen early could not help exclaiming in heartfelt admiration at the sight.
"The Ruins Seekers' records didn't mention this, but it looks like a prism effect caused by accumulated spiritual energy. Those rays are actually caused by semiliquefied spiritual energy drifting in the air."
"In essence, it's no different from the morning glow elsewhere. The peak and the surrounding terrain simply give it the shape of petals."
Having unexpectedly caught this beautiful sunrise, Li Chen silently nodded as well.
After a while, the colorful clouds gradually dispersed. A graying craftsman overseer approached, smoking dry tobacco, and asked, "Artisan Li, we saw those messages in the Jade Slips yesterday. Are you planning to distribute assignments through those?"
Li Chen said, "Yes. We'll do it that way from now on."
The craftsman overseer nodded. "Understood. Our assignment today is to clear and level the open ground at the southern foot of the main peak. The construction crews have already set out. We'll try to get the underground channels dug first."
After the craftsman overseer left, Li Chen greeted Qi Maigu, then headed for the summit of the main peak again.
This time, while still in the air, he opened the Magic Cube Maze's exit to its widest extent and disgorged a long, bullet-shaped