Underfoot lay a multicolored, translucent glass floor resembling a massive block of glazed crystal, so polished it mirrored the light. Stepping on it felt like walking upon the mirror of the sky. Overhead rose flying eaves and ridge beasts, with gorgeous ribbons drifting down from the sky like an inverted rainbow falling from the ninth heaven, while vermilion wooden stairs spiraled upward as if leading straight to the celestial palace.
As far as the eye could see, the entire hall was occupied by girls. Draped in semi-translucent scarlet kimonos, they formed the most bewitching formation in the world on the first-floor dance floor.
At the very back of the hall stood a dazzling gold peacock screen, before which rested a giant jade folding fan. Twenty-four girls flanked it on either side, pulling the fan open and shut. With a gust of wind, a sky full of golden powder fluttered up from the girls on the dance floor, resembling a rain of flowing gold.
Chapter 256