Chapter 56 Strong and Powerful! Strong and Powerful indeed!

The path up the mountain was relatively easy to begin with.

There were grassy trails and simple stone pathways left by frequent travelers over the years.

But the deeper into the mountain range one went,

the fainter these grassy trails became, and the stone pathways disappeared.

The stumps that had been chopped down, the leftover domestic trash, all reduced in number.

The traces left by humans were gradually diminishing.

Signs of unspoiled nature were on the rise.

This was a corner almost forgotten by the world, rarely trodden by man, yet full of nature's most primal and magnificent life force.

The mountains, sculpted by the years, were steep and rugged, with vines clinging to them like the green veins woven into the wrinkles of an elderly sage.

A mist hung over the mountaintop year-round, as if it were the mountain range's leisurely breath, adding a layer of mystery and depth to its character.