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| - The Peak of Serenity is located in the north-central part of Kun-Lai Summit, very high in the mountains. Surprisingly, the grounds are laced with hot springs, mitigating the frigid mountaintop winds. The only animals seen with any frequency are the large and unfriendly Upland Eagles, a few athletic Tolai Hares, frisky Arctic Foxlings - and the very occasional view of a Wild Onyx Serpent. Four schools of monasticism find high-level training here: The studious Crane Style Monks, the aggressive Tiger Style Monks, the stolid Ox Style Monks and the contemplative Serpent Style Monks. The Tiger training area is towards the north side, across a pair of bridges; the Serpents are both east and west of the main building, with a training area like the Tigers, and a contempative space where a Jade Serpent statue stands surrounded by one of the bubbling pools. A little south and uphill from the Serpent training floor is the scroll-filled cave of the Cranes. Scrambling up the hillside between the Crane cave and the main building, one might overlook the road between the Shado-pan Monastery and the Mogu'Shan Terrace. On the side of the peak opposite, forming the south side of the road, occasional furious barrages of giant snowballs fall on unfortunate climbers. The bellows of the Sha of Anger may be heard all the way up here.
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