The site of the Changning Sect was naturally nestled among mountain ranges brimming with abundant Spiritual Qi, yet unlike the Yunjian Mountain Sect, which forever remained lush and verdant with green bamboo and pines, the Sect Master of the Changning Sect held a particular fondness for fallen leaves.
She often said that the cycle of heaven and earth turned endlessly, with fallen leaves returning to their roots to become soil that nourished the tree trunks; it was the most beautiful sight in the world, and the karmic cause-and-effect easiest to comprehend.
Most of the trees planted within the sect were deciduous, predominantly maples. Thus, whenever autumn arrived, the entire mountain of the Changning Sect would be covered in red maples. Though it was lush and green in summer, as winter gradually approached, the fallen leaves of the Changning Sect grew exceptionally dense; sometimes, when the disciples practiced their martial arts, they would find their faces plastered with maple leaves.
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