latelenovela Chapter 1893 - 448: Waiting for a Hare Under a Tree, the World Spins
Chapter 1893 - 448: Waiting for a Hare Under a Tree, the World Spins
The majestic Kunlun Foothill stands tall on the land of Huaxia, its head touching the blue sky, its feet on royal soil.
Unchanged for centuries, it has witnessed the rise and fall of this nation.
At this moment, deep in the dense forest of Kunlun Foothill, two figures are moving slowly.
"Can’t do it, I really can’t walk anymore." A young man in a jacket plopped down on the ground, leaning against a tree trunk, panting heavily.
"Seriously, I knew I shouldn’t have brought you here." The speaker is a young girl, dressed in ginger-colored hiking gear, carrying a bulging backpack, using a stick as a cane, she glanced at the man with blame.
Muttering under her breath, she nevertheless stopped, sat down beside him, took out water and hardtack from her bag, and handed it to him: "Here, eat this to regain your strength, otherwise, if you die here in the deep mountains, I won’t be retrieving your body."
The man glanced at her weakly and took it: "I don’t have the energy to bicker with you now, wait until I get out, just you see how I’ll deal with you."
He tore open the hardtack’s packaging, roughly took a big bite, followed by a gulp of water, and let out a satisfied sigh, looking at the sunset through the gaps in the branches: "I just realized, sunsets can be quite beautiful."
"The sunset is so good, only it’s nearing dusk." The girl said sarcastically, glancing at the map: "We should be here... after resting, we need to hurry inside, otherwise we’ll have to spend the night in the mountains, there are wolves prowling at night here...."
Before she finished speaking, the man suddenly pounced on her, "There are wolves...."
"Hey Zuo Chen, aren’t you a man? A single wolf scared you like this." The girl said disdainfully.
"Wolves... wolves can eat people, I’m not like you, a thorough tomboy...."
"Who are you talking about?" With the girl’s voice getting lower and lower, the man instinctively shrunk his neck: "I take back what I said...."
"Do you think there’s really a hidden family here in Kunlun Mountain?" The man said, glancing around.
The girl squinted her eyes: "There must be, I saw it in the notebook of my mentor, he accidentally entered Kunlun Mountain decades ago, almost got attacked by a wolf pack, then a mysterious person suddenly appeared and saved him, after searching through ancient books, my mentor finally found the news of mysterious people residing in Kunlun Mountain, after decades of research, my mentor confirmed, the mysterious people living here should be the Helian Family."
"The Helian Family? That legendary ancient martial family? Is there really such a family?" The man’s eyes lit up, excitedly waving his hands: "The people of this family are probably extraordinary masters, things like internal energy, pressure points, walking on walls must be trivial, if I meet them, I must learn some moves, see who dares to bully me outside, knocking them down with one move."
"Get real, with you?" The girl curled her lips disdainfully: "Look at you, weak as a chicken, can’t shoulder, can’t handle, martial arts require extraordinary bones, you’d better give up."
"Lin Shishi, you’re just deliberately going against me, would you even dare to come here if it weren’t for me accompanying you?"
"Did I ask you to accompany me? You stubbornly insisted on coming, only to drag me down."
"Lin Shishi, you’re heartless." Zuo Chen found his temper couldn’t flare up, he could only sigh helplessly.
"Alright, once you’ve rested enough, let’s get going, aim to find it before nightfall, otherwise we’ll have to camp."
They resumed their journey, Zuo Chen grumbling, walking alongside Lin Shishi, yet automatically clearing the branches for her, preventing the thorns from scratching her, resulting in his hands full of wounds.
Lin Shishi glanced at his back, a hint of a smile crossing her eyes.
"The Helian Family’s lair is deep in the Kunlun Foothill, my mentor’s journal notes that during the late Qing Dynasty, a hunter accidentally entered the deep mountains, was saved by a mysterious person, where the mysterious person appeared, there is a natural waterfall, so if we find the waterfall, we may find this family." Lin Shishi trudged on, analyzing as she went.
"Where in this vast mountain do we find a waterfall?" Zuo Chen felt hopeless.
"Why do you insist on finding this family, if they’re hidden, surely they don’t want to be found."
Lin Shishi’s delicate face blossomed with a confident smile: "Because of curiosity, don’t you think it’s thrilling? There’s been a constant legend of the Helian Family in the outside world, rumored to be descendants of War God Bai Qi, taking aiding a wise ruler as their duty, like the Changshi Rebellion three hundred years ago, quelled by a descendant of the Helian Family single-handedly, ushering in over three hundred years of prosperity."