Halfway up the mountain, near the summit, the pitch-black sky suddenly brightened.
At first, they thought it was just the lovely moonlight illuminating the night. But after rounding a few more bends in the path, Chu Susu suddenly pointed at the sky and exclaimed in shock, "Monk, it looks like your temple is on fire!"
"Nonsense. Yunliu Temple has stood for two hundred years. How could it possibly—"
The Monk scoffed at first, thinking it was impossible. But when he looked in the direction Chu Susu was pointing, his scoff instantly turned to stunned disbelief, and he broke into a sprint up the mountain. "It's all over! Yunliu Temple is really on fire! You all stay close to this Little Monk! This Little Monk must rush up the mountain to fight the fire!"
SWOOSH!
"Hehehe—" The Monk suddenly let out a strange laugh. In the blink of an eye, he took several steps, leaving a trail of afterimages as he vanished into the night.
"Yours truly is heading out first!"
