Chapter 233 - Skeleton (1/2)

Though they have plenty of food and drinks, they can’t stay here forever. Rong Donglin tries to stand up. He is not in pain anymore. Lin checks on his shank and tells him he is not fully healed and the wood board has to stay on longer.

They decide to go down.

Lin wants to use the strong vines around them. Her is light and it will be easy for her to jump between rocks by the vines. She collects lots of thick vines and chops them up with her sword. It takes her quite a while to tie the vines together into a long rope.

Lin Luoran doesn’t know how long the rope is. The rope piles up on the web like a little hill.

Lin Luoran digs out a huge rock and ties it on the end of the rope. Then she throws the rock down.

In the mist, they can’t see what is going on in the dark. Lin starts to pull the rope when the rock hit the bottom.

The end of the rope is wet. Lin is glad. When she pulls the rock up, it is dripping water. Rong and Lin now know what is down there!

It is water! This is good news. First, water can ease the momentum of them falling. Second, if it is running water, they may have a chance of finding an exit.

Lin Luoran begins to dig into the rocks around her. She wanted to tie the rope to the web, but she was afraid that the web might break. Thus, she decides to make a spike out of the rock to keep the end of the rope in place.

It is not an easy work to do.

Fortunately, the Bright Sword is sharp enough. Besides, Lin has great strength after her bone marrow is cleansed and her meridians are cleaned. The only problem is that all the dust sprays all over her body.

It is the first time Rong has ever seen Lin in such a mess. Back when they met on the crowded train, Lin could stay composed like she was enjoying a cup of nice tea.

“Cultivation must be hard.” Rong thinks. He keeps pulling the rope that Lin gave him to check whether it is firm or not.

The two of them are busy doing their work for quite a while. Lin Luoran finally digs through the rocks when her hands are sore.

They have taken some of the vines from the web, so they must walk carefully to avoid falling down accidentally.

They need strength to carry out this plan. Lin Luoran decides to make a feast. She takes out some fruits and a jar of spirit wine out of her s.p.a.ce. She made the wine by herself, and it is rather mild. Rong has two cups of wine and feels warm all over his body. Lin drinks a cup of the monkey fruit wine made by the old monkey in the secret land. Reiki flushes in her meridians. Unfortunately, her pubic area is still inaccessible and her Wakan is out of use. Nevertheless, Lin feels more energetic thanks to the wine.

“Ok. I’ll go down first. I’ll pull the rope if it is safe.” Lin flicks the dust off herself and says smartly.

Rong has no choice but to follow Lin’s direction. His leg is not fully healed. If something dangerous happens down there, he will slow Lin down. The best option is to let her go down first.

“Miss Lin, be careful.”

Lin nods. She entangles the rope around her wrist and jumps!

Lin is out of Rong’s sight in a few seconds. Rong respects Lin for being so brave. He wonders what kind of man deserves to be with her.

Lin Luoran doesn’t look so good while falling.

The wind makes her hair messy… Minutes later, she falls into the water.

“Plop.” Water splashes. The water is so deep and cold.

When she emerges from the water, she is quite clean. Lin is s.h.i.+vering because of the coldness.

The water is extremely cold. Thanks to the monkey fruit wine, Lin is alright now. She looks around. The pond is deep, but not so large. She pulls the vines and swims to the sh.o.r.e.

Rong pulls the rope up. After getting to the sh.o.r.e, Lin Luoran looks around and becomes excited.

Rong Donglin jumps. When he lands in the water, his leg is hurt again by the momentum. Painful and cold, Rong almost couldn’t get out of the pond.

Lin lights a fire on the sh.o.r.e. She stands by the fire and looks at Rong smilingly. She throws a vine to him and pulls him out of the pond.

The fire drives the coldness away. Lin takes out some meat and salt and starts to make a barbecue.

Since Lin can’t use her fire Wakan, she picks a stick and goes to get fire by the mini volcano in her s.p.a.ce. There are plenty of wood sticks on the ground. This place must be surrounded by trees before the dragons left.

“Miss Lin, what is this?” Rong asks while his teeth are chattering.