Chapter 39 Qingfeng Temple

The Western Depot people halted outside the main hall of the temple.

Ming Lan ordered the guards to wait here and beckoned Qin Zhong closer with the lantern.

Outside the hall, he had seen the slender figure surrounded by dimly swaying candlelight.

She was standing in the room center, facing away from Ming Lan towards the colossal wreck of a Buddha.

Unlike the outfit from this afternoon, she was wearing a crimson long-sleeved overcoat embroidered with golden peonies and a red pleated chiffon dress. Tied around her slim waist was a colorful silk ribbon, and inserted in her high pinned-up bun was a golden hair stick with double tassels.

The flamboyant red was like a fiery flame, reminding Ming Lan of the manglietia flowers he had seen on the way here. Lying around them was the boneless and tranquil night sky, and their blazing color was attractive but also mysterious, horrifying their audience for no reason.

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