บท 220: At the Pet Fair

With a task to look forward to, time passed faster than ever, and the day of the fair had arrived before I knew it. It was a bright morning when we readied our flying swords, heading west towards the hidden mountain valleys where the Hall of Dragons and Phoenixes was located.

I had never visited a sect that focused on spiritual pets, and I squinted at our destination in the distance long before we landed, curiously studying the area. Although the sect was named a "Hall", there was no central structure like the imposing pagoda at Jade Temple. Small buildings dotted the valley in a similar fashion to Mount Hua, but the myriads of arenas spreading across the ground made all the difference. Some were fenced, some were fully enclosed with iron nets, some were filled with sand and rocks while others were covered by trees and grass. There were even a handful of deep man-made pools, surrounded by tall tiled walls.