A night passed, and with the sunrise, the entire cave became brightly lit.
Strangely, though there was no opening above, sunlight still made its way in, completely enveloping the cave.
Zhang Xuan'er and Li Zhenni opened their eyes, stared at each other in bewilderment, and hurriedly put on their upper garments.
They had been too absorbed last night to remember this.
Both, blushing, peered outside through the banana leaves.
Long Fei and two others were meditating, paying no attention to them.
They breathed a sigh of relief, rose to their feet, and went to wash their faces by the pond, only to gasp at their reflections.
A layer of filth had seeped out of their skin.
The substance, like grease, reeked of a foul odor.
They had never imagined their skin could get so dirty.
The two sat down and thoroughly cleaned themselves, soaking their legs in the pond.
All of a sudden, a thunderous explosion shook the entire cave.
A whole section of rock at the entrance was blasted apart.
