There were three dragon veins in the world: Huangming Mountain formed the northern dragon vein, Southern Skies Mountain lay in the south, and the Yashan Mountains occupied the center.
But thousands of years ago, when the Central Plains still lay on the northwestern plains, the only dragon vein had been that winding mountain range stretching across the land in the Northwest, and Huangming Mountain had also been known as the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains.
Later, heaven and earth convulsed, and a thousand miles of land sank. Great floods swept through Liangzhou, turning a thousand miles into a watery realm. Only then did people begin calling the Huangming Mountain within Liangzhou "Hong Mountain." Place names such as Riverwatch Pass and Red River were born at that time as well. In truth, no river could be seen from Riverwatch Pass, nor did Hong Mountain have much in the way of mountain floods. All it had were desolate cliffs stretching across a thousand miles of barren wilderness.
Hong Mountain's main peak was Hidden Dragon Ridge, also called Heavenly Pillar Peak, one of the tallest mountains in the world. Rumored to be a dwelling place of Dragon Pythons, it had once drawn shaman tribes such as the Dongming Tribe halfway up its slopes to perform sacrifices in ancient times. Although those sites had long since been abandoned, a careful search could still uncover remnants of brick and stone buried deep underground.
Deep in the night, halfway up Hidden Dragon Ridge.
Wrapped in a black cloak, Ye Jingtang led his white steed by the reins. After an entire night of long-distance travel, he had gradually reached the snow line. The already cold late-autumn weather had given way entirely to a bone-piercing mountain wind that made it difficult to keep his eyes open.
Although he