Mt. Yun, located a hundred miles outside the city of Dongyang, was the tallest mountain there, though its height, at a paltry 800 meters above sea level, was nothing to boast of.

The reason it was famous was because the mountain boasted more than five dozen luxurious manors, within which lived politicians and dignitaries of all sorts. The higher up the mountain a manor was, the higher the position of those within.

There was only one road winding up the mountain from its base; the other face of the mountain was a steep cliff.

Today seemed to be a special day, because the road, not more than twenty meters wide, had turned completely pink from bottom to top. The reason it...