Today is a good day, with not a single cloud in sight; birds lazily fly across the sky while the gentle breeze stirs the dancing leaves atop the hills.
It is also an important day; the day appointed for the showdown between the Ten-thousand Medicine Sect and the Pill Sect.
With the sun high, the Pill Sect prepares. Led by Gu Daofeng, elders stand behind him, followed by an array of formal disciples, all standing before the gates of the Pill Sect's mountain.
Gu Daofeng appears elegant and free-spirited in his blue robe, and with his gentle scholarly face, he does not give off the rigid impression of a typical Pill Refiner, but rather one who appreciates literature and poetry instead.
Standing next to and slightly behind Gu Daofeng, is Yan Zhengfeng, the oldest elder in the Pill Sect.
Dressed in a gray robe, Yan Zhengfeng's worn face shows signs of his age. His eyes are half closed, almost as if he is asleep.
