434 Moving to a new place (2/2)
\”Ah, stop looking around like that. I will bring you there right away. After all, you must be tired after all those fights!\”
Once again gracing me with her cute, little smile, Monica finally started guiding me. As soon as we left the garden, the true insanity of the scale of this place reached my eyes. What I thought to be the base level of the sect, turned out to be an elevated platform, reaching almost a half the height of one of the mountains that I saw from outside the city!
While I had no idea when did we move from the base level of the city to a place so high, Monica fast pace didn't allow me to stop and ponder over this topic. But this way of moving around had its upsizes, with the place she was most likely leading me to appear in front of my eyes in a matter of just a few minutes.
Built on top of a wide platform protruding from the steep side of the mountain and supported from below by a set of angled columns, just the foundation alone had a slightly modernish look to it, though the rest of the architecture completely pushed it to a second plan.
With the main building consisting on a high colonnade leading to a Japanese styled castle, with its side resting against the slope of the mountain and bearing signs of the underground part being exploited as well, this whole mansion looked more like a sect in itself than just a housing for a simple elder!
\”Come on, I know this isn't what you expected, but as a middle-ranked elder, I can't ask for anything higher. In the end, the higher you end up on the mountain, the grander your home will be, but the smaller the amount of bodily energy in the air, so it's still a bad trade. Come with me, I will show you a nice place.\”
Grabbing my hand and flittering inside her home like a young girl bringing her boyfriend home for the very first time and eager to show how she was living in so far, Monica didn't look like an elder or even a teacher, but a young lass she in fact was! At this point, I couldn't help but wonder, what was the reason for her to be an elder in such a young age when most of the people would be praising their luck if they could reach a middle stage of being a disciple at the same speed!
After following her through a set of corridors, from the main one starting in the columnade itself and leading all the way to the main hall, through the second set that spread out in all world's directions from the said main hall, all the way to the simple tunnel after I was sure we moved from the part built in the open air into the section located within the mountain itself.
Only when we finally reached the end of the said corridor, Monica finally slowed down, before turning to a complete halt before the doors. Turning around, she looked at me with a mischievous smile on her face, before placing her hand on the door and looking me in the eyes.
\”While I know you are tired, you should first get yourself cleaned. Not only will this be just a first part of your reward for following my wishes, but also a preparation for the session of cultivation that will let you regain your energy. Are you ready?\”
With her smile not disappearing from her lips even for a moment, Monica pressed on the doors, instantly covering us in a thick bout of hot steam that escaped from the room behind it. After taking a moment to get my eyes accustomed to the moist state of my surroundings, I finally managed to open them.
\”So that's what you meant by a reward…\”