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The scene before him was fit for a painting.
Most visitors preferred to walk up the mountain, enjoying the picturesque autumn scenery along the way.
Dun Garden covered nearly forty hectares. Originally, it had occupied only half the mountain. But a century ago, the neighboring estate just beyond one wall fell into decline and sold off the land on the other side to the Golden Horn Clan. That was how Dun Garden came to monopolize an entire mountain as it does today.
One small mountain, and seven or eight scenic sites upon it.
As He Lingchuan walked upward, he saw flying waterfalls and running springs, pine-lined ravines wreathed in drifting cloud, and maple and parasol trees welcoming visitors along the path. For a garden of this scale to look so natural, so artless and free of deliberate craft, the labor and care poured into it must have exceeded that of ordinary estates by an enormous margin.
Compared with that, the various halls and pavilions, large and small, that had been built in response to the landscape, felt almost like embellishments.
He Lingchuan strolled along the narrow path, dry leaves rustling beneath his feet in endless layers no one could ever fully sweep away. This garden was so large that merely walking through it became tiring. It possessed more space than most people could ever dream of wasting freely, and it was the largest estate He Lingchuan had seen since entering this world.
Thinking of it that way,...
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