The boundary between black stone and White Snow was distinct, the geothermal energy abundant in the Molten Rock Cave, a world utterly separate from the outside.
A few cultivators clad in thin black Daoist robes emerged from the Earth Cave, maneuvering their spiritual artifacts through the mist.
Their exposed skin on faces and hands was covered with red and white tattoos, etched Spirit Patterns that could gather scattered Spiritual Qi to nourish muscles and bones.
These tattoos are the choice most loved by body cultivators in the Far North; the Qi and Blood Power circulating within their bodies was the energy driving these Spirit Patterns, subtly transforming their bodies.
Moments later, the black-robed body cultivators flew away, traveling over ten miles to reach a wind-sheltered mountain hollow filled with snow pines, housing a hidden grotto mansion.
They entered, and the burliest of the cultivators laughed heartily:
