Chapter 134 — Baleful Aura
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 6
No answer came—only the threads of pale smoke, slowly gathering and parting before his eyes.
"I will save you, Bili. You will wake." He spoke low. "We'll be together, Bili—all our lives, all our lives together!"
The low words dispersed with the pale smoke, drifting faintly through the stone chamber, then scattering gently away, leaving not a trace behind.
Note 1: Classic of Mountains and Seas, Classic of the Northern Mountains, Volume Three, Mount Huqi: Two hundred li north of Mount Xianyong lies the mountain called Huqi, which bears no grass or trees but is rich in dark green jade. The Sheng River rises there and flows northeast into the Fen River; within it are many grey-green jades.