Chapter 42 (1/2)

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A Wild Grim Stork

Snow fell heavily. A girl was clad in a long, fire-red fox-fur robe. Her skin was white as snow, a stark contrast to her clothing.

The other man was wearing a rare snow leopard traditional Han Dachang clothing. It did not even contain a single hair from a different species, it was all pure snow leopard fur. He was very tall, yet currently crouched inwards within all the fur and coughed vigorously as if his lungs would pop out any moment. The girl next to him patted his back gently and worriedly.

The person at the head of the line yelled impatiently. “Are you blind? Move aside1”

The girl was not angry. “Brother, may I ask, which way is Spiritual Mountain?”

These were all good-for-nothing, unemployed men who were used to vulgar manners. Someone chuckled and leered, “You're so beautiful, why don't you spend a night with me and I'll tell you?”

Her face reddened a little as she glowered at him. She was about to speak when a voice came, “What's going on?”

She turned to see a handsome young man riding on a st.u.r.dy horse, clad in traditional Chinese clothing. He was Li Chengfeng. Terrified his father would say something crazy and embarra.s.s them again, he had quickly rushed forward. After asking, he leapt off the horse to speak to them at the same level. The girl immediately took a liking to him.

She greeted him. “Brother, may I ask for directions to Spiritual Mountain?”

Li Chengfeng gestured to the ones who spoke previously for them to continue walking, then greeted the girl and the coughing man. “Head down this path, follow it until you enter Cheng'an City, then leave through the Cheng'an north gate and head east. You'll arrive shortly.”

She smiled lightly and thanked Chengfeng, then helped the man forward.

Li Chengfeng noticed that she was very pretty, and when he studied the man's face, he saw sunken eyes with dark rings around them. He looked chronically ill.

Stunned, he blurted when they had taken several steps, “You're both going to seek medical help from the Spiritual Mountain Sect.”

She opened her mouth, about to say something but changed her mind to say, “You're observant. We are indeed going to get medicine.”

He smiled. “You can visit the Sanwei House or Spiritual Immortal Hall in Cheng'an, these two are great clinics. The doctors are skilled and ethical. If you need to, just mention the Cleansing Moon Li family, they will do their best to help you.”

The girl liked Li Chengfeng even more, even the sickly man beside her smiled and nodded. They then turned and left. More than ten metres later, they both turned around at the same time to look at him in puzzlement. The girl in red yelled, “Brother, have we met?”

Li Chengfeng turned to look at them and thought for a moment. “If you live in the area, I'm sure we might have met even if we don't know each other!”

The two chuckled. The girl then helped the man away.

Madam Xie lifted the carriage's curtain, looking out suspiciously. She thought to herself: this voice…. Sounds very familiar…

At the mountain peak ahead of this treacherous mountain path, Uncle Li was looking down at the long line of carriages.