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In the Outer Gully of Mount Pricklebamboo, Li Banfeng crouched among the bamboo. He wore a fedora and a fake beard that concealed his face as he silently watched the clearing ahead.
The clearing lay beneath a thick layer of dust, barren of even a single blade of grass. Aside from that, nothing seemed unusual.
A butterfly fluttered toward the center, but the instant it reached it, its wings dissolved into a wisp of smoke and vanished.
A rabbit hopped into the clearing, took two leaps forward, and disintegrated into a cloud of dust that got carried away by the wind.
A bamboo leaf swept across the clearing on the wind and likewise crumbled into dust.
A mosquito buzzed by, and when Li Banfeng swatted it toward the clearing, it too became a tiny puff of dust.
Li Banfeng folded a paper airplane and sent it gliding across the boundary line. It, too, disintegrated into dust.
He picked up a small stone and tossed it over. That, as well, crumbled into dust.
A dark cloud drifted overhead and released a few drops of rain. Each drop struck the boundary with a faint pop, evaporating in an instant.
Mount Pricklebamboo sat on the border between Medicine King Gully and Greenwater Bay. Travelers taking the train would pass through Greenwater Bay first, then Girdle-Slipping Hollow, before finally arriving at Medicine King Gully.
Geographically, the three places were right next to each other with their borders overlapping like threads on a map. However, the stretch of land between Greenwater Bay and Medicine King Gully was remote and rarely visited.
Why did Li Banfeng choose to visit the Greenwater Bay instead of the Girdle-Slipping Hollow? This decision was thanks to the many...
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