Deep within the snow-covered mountain lay a massive, naturally formed ice cave that was as warm as spring, contrasting sharply with the freezing cold outside.
The cave walls were caked with eternal dark ice, casting a dreamlike, translucent blue glow.
A small fox, its entire body covered in snow-white fur with brownish tips on its ears, trotted nimbly through the crystal corridor with a pair of delicate earrings in its mouth. It carefully placed the earrings before a cold-jade offering table in the center of the chamber.
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