Lady Taiyin and the other two looked around in horror. It was still pitch black, and they couldn't see anything else, yet they inexplicably felt that some eerie presence was lurking in the darkness, watching them, making their skin crawl.
"What is that sound?"
Qingnv's face changed, and she whispered.
Lady Taiyin and another also heard it, the sound of worms entwining and squirming, getting closer and closer to their ears bit by bit.
Lady Taiyin pointed to the sky, and the Taiyin Laurel Tree floated above her head. Its branches and leaves were like jade, emitting a gentle moonlight that lit up a small patch of sky around them.
At the southeast corner of the bronze platform, under the ghastly white light, hundreds of peach branches pierced through the vast darkness, crawling toward them.
Each peach branch was crowded with human faces, looking at them, smiling.
