C153 The Ballad

(chapter)

Beneath the Nine Cloud Mountain.

A young man walked slowly with his favorite food in his hand. He hummed a song he learned from the street and leisurely walked up the mountain.

The forest was dense. A wide and clean stone staircase led to the top of the mountain. The youth walked and jumped, appearing extremely happy.

Not far away, in the stone pavilion called the Willow Pavilion