In the hollow center of the mountain's belly, the stone platform seemed to be suspended above the deep space, surrounded on all sides, above and below. Except for the 'starlight' projected at her feet from above, it seemed altogether pitch-black, with not a hint of light visible.
Only Shi Ji knew that within this excavated mountain's belly, on the stone walls made invisible by darkness, were densely packed Taoist scriptures carved by her over the centuries with a sword.
With a wave of her hand, the seemingly boundless mountain belly was instantly rid of its former moist vapor, replaced fleetingly with a scorching, scorching sensation. At this moment, the mountain belly became incredibly arid, as if the entire world had dried up.
