The boundless forest sea emitted a rustling cry in the evening breeze, as the Mo'en River, a tributary of the Ibe River, wound through the misty green like a dark blue ribbon.
It was approaching evening, and although it was still winter, the Southern County of Black Snake Bay was always spring-like, with people even wearing thin hemp clothes or animal skin vests.
Unlike the square sandstone houses of the Northern County, the settlements of the Southern County, being closer to the Green Dragon Forest Sea, and with longer rainy and humid seasons, mostly consisted of stilted wooden houses.
Dozens of stilted wooden houses surrounded by long walls of logs formed the basic structure of the Black Snake Bay Village Community.
However, the smoke that should have been gently rising from the village community was, at this moment, being swallowed by raging fires.
The wet grassland and rooftops spewed billowing thick smoke, which took on a golden edge under the setting sun.
