The first ray of sunlight fell across the earth, casting the forest in what seemed to be a holy radiance.
Pei Jinye proceeded cautiously and on high alert.
He soon saw a glow of rosy clouds, and hidden deep within the ravine was a fissure in the earth from which copious amounts of red mist spewed forth, their heat waves making the wind sound like somber breathing.
Pei Jinye was amazed.
Next, he saw an ancient-looking willow with a powerful presence, its bark split open as if it were an old person weathered by time.
Only at the roots did a red halo spread, and occasionally, fiery red buds sprouted on the branches.
"Is there magma here? An underground volcano?"
Pei Jinye's gaze grew solemn, "Why do I feel... that this place seems to be nurturing some kind of life?"
How could this be?
Pei Jinye did not dare to approach any closer.
He had intended to take a shortcut to Nagano's Western Suburb, but who could have expected to encounter such a "fortuitous opportunity"?
