Pale-green bamboo stalks stood straight like swords piercing the clouds, mingling with a grove of newly blossomed peach trees to encircle a bubbling spring right at the cliff's edge on the peak.
The spring water, clear as a lake, drifted with misty ripples, while rising vapors gave the place the ethereal air of a fairyland among mortals.
Beside the spring, an ancient, gnarled peach tree was dotted with flower buds on the verge of blooming, their petals shimmering with faint dewdrops caught in the sunlight.
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