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The sheer, straight slopes of Mount Tianzhu made the climb dangerous and slick. At dusk, when the light failed and the path became harder to see, the danger only increased.
From time to time came startled cries when someone slipped. People were coming down the mountain, but no one was going up.
“Sir, you’re still heading up at this hour?”
“Yes.”
“This road’s steep and narrow, and there’s a wet stretch, better be extra careful. One wrong step, and it’ll come down to testing your magic skills, hahahaha…”
Kind souls kept warning Song You. Yet no one mentioned that spending the night at the summit was not allowed.
Indeed, one could not stay overnight in the mountaintop palace, not because the Daoists there were aloof or unkind, but because the mountain was so small, with only two halls up top, one to the left and one to the right. The resident Daoists were themselves crammed into tiny rooms beside the palace halls, with no space for guests.
Of course, the rule for ordinary visitors didn’t necessarily apply to Daoists. Perhaps this one was going to visit friends, why else choose to climb after dusk?
So people only warned him of the dangerous path.
Whenever that happened, the calico cat would sit primly at the roadside, look up at the person, and stare at them as if to express her thanks, though no one could tell what she was really thinking.
The climb was arduous. It even seemed harder than last ti...
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