Dr. Bai Aoli couldn't keep her composure.
After an unpleasant parting with Chikou Zhenfan, she hadn't seen a single person. She entered the secret pathway in her family's ancestral mansion alone, stepping into the interior of the enormous tree that forms the foundation of Hundred Bird City. The two-thousand-year accumulation of the Dadarian family, combined with their specially designed array, made this area truly secretive, imperceptible even from a distance by the senses of a Creation Realm Mage.
Bai Aoli descended the wooden staircase step by step, surrounded by blooming flowers that provided illumination brighter than daylight. She entered the core of the ancient tree; surprisingly, it was hollow, its interior filled with strange glowing wood mechanisms: wooden boxes, floral levers, pollen-created pixel screens, instrument panels woven from vines...
