Chapter 78 - 72: I’ll Tell You if You Meow Like a Cat

At Sunrise, the rooster crowed, and the sky turned bright.

The Immortal Maiden Temple was still standing. Morning hikers who came up the mountain to pray for peace were surprised to find the temple empty. The Immortal Lady was gone, and the two trees in front of the temple had withered overnight, leaving only bare, twisted branches, devoid of their former spiritual aura.

In the incense burner before the temple, a faint fragrance still lingered, not yet completely extinguished.

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