Bai Qiuran carried two big bamboo baskets on her back and climbed up the stairs to the top of the mountain step by step. Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she looked up at the endless stairs in front of her. After resting for a while, she continued to climb the stairs again. Treating this as training, she regained her spirit and climbed faster.
It took her two days, climbing the stairs day and night, before she finally reached the top of the mountain. She lay on the ground panting heavily, looking up at the misty sky.
'I thought I would never reach the top of the mountain. I don't know why my father built this array in the first place. It could literally kill someone.'
After resting and adjusting her breathing, she got up from the ground and looked around. Unlike the hermitage she had imagined, the mountain peak was built like a courtyard. There are several buildings, a garden, a hot spring, and even a fish pond.
