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Clean sunlight filtered through the patterned window of the Battle Song Hall, casting fragmented pillars of light onto the dark interior, just as a person stepped out of the stone gate, treading upon the sunlit, yellow flowers spread across the ground.
People feel spirited in joyous times, and Wu Hen glanced at the considerate sun scattering flowers for him, then turned his attention to the gatekeeper elder in the red robe. He felt that this elder had benevolent eyes and a kind appearance, and even the Holy Beast Dog following him seemed clever and adorable.
Yet just when Wu Hen thought this gatekeeping elder would come up for a few words of cordiality, especially since he had seemed extremely humble and courteous when Wu Hen had first arrived, the elder in red merely glanced at him obliquely and stood there like a pine tree devoid of spirit.
