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In Yuezhou, at the foot of Mount Tianzhu…
It truly deserved its former reputation as an immortal’s scenic retreat.
Ten years ago, Yuezhou had still been a barren wilderness, haunted only by demons and ghosts, with no trace of human habitation. When the court first began relocating people northward, Song You, Lady Calico, and the Swallow had accompanied the group here; at that time, Yuezhou was only just beginning to see settlers. Even now, it was still far from its peak prosperity. Flying in on the crane, they could see that the villages below were nowhere near as densely scattered as those in the Central Plains. And yet, this Mount Tianzhu already had a fair number of people.
At the foot of the mountain, there were even two tea stalls, a dumpling shop, and a sour drink stand. Some of the local villagers had converted their own houses into thatched inns for passing travelers.
There were quite a few people going up the mountain today.
No doubt it was the New Year season.
At the moment, the Daoist was sitting at a tea stall at the mountain’s base, three bowls of steaming tea set before him.
His cat had taken the form of a young girl and was carrying a water skin over to the sour drink stand, haggling with the stall owner, trying to persuade him to fill her entire skin for only ten wen.
The swallow, in...
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