Chapter 543 Tourists & Auctions (1/2)

Chapter 543: Tourists & Auctions

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Looking at the last of the sunset, Sophie put her hand on the warm surface of the sandstone and sighed. ”God, I feel like I've touched a piece of time from millions of years ago...”

During her sigh, the shadows grew longer as the sun got closer to the horizon.

Li Du took Sophie's hand and jumped onto a higher rock. They watched the sun fade into the distance; it was like a red fireball disappearing into the darkened desert boundary. The whole process was actually quite fast but it was slow in the eyes of the couple.

From up on the rock, they could see that the whole Forest Park was illuminated by the afterglow, everywhere glimmering with fiery red luster as if the earth were burning.

In addition to the fiery red light, as there were a lot of fossils and ore on the ground, so there were also a lot of flickering colors.

It had started with fiery red light dominating the whole landscape. As the sun set, other lights began to flicker with more strength amidst the red glow.

The colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple proceeded to show their presence in the landscape; the National Park filled with a variety of colors.

A line of big birds appeared in the sky. As the sky dimmed, the birds' form gradually blended into the sky, but the vigor they brought remained the same.

When the sun disappeared, the desert changed from an overall red tone to purple; even the sky above where the sun had set turned purple.

Twilight was here, and it turned the desert into a color palette.

The earth's hills and colors of the fossils changed again. The starry sky started to appear. The night sky was not yet black, instead a shade of dark blue.

The landscape was now enveloped in endless dark blue tones, turning the earth into a shade of grayish-blue like the tides.

Standing on the boulder, Li Du felt like he faced a magical sea of frozen hills. The boulder at his feet seemed to be a surfboard, making him feel like he could step on the waves and surf any moment.

Not until the sky was covered with stars were the both of them finally awakened from the spectacular sunset.

Li Du glanced at Sophie and said, ”It's really magnificent! 'The straight lonely smoke rises in the desert, the long river reflects the round sun in sunset.' I dare say it can't be compared to what we just experienced!”

Li Du had recited the poem in Mandarin. Sophie could not understand, so he tried to explain it to her.

However, the English interpretation could not fully bring out the artistic feel of the poem. The Chinese poetry was broad and profound. A lot of poems could only be fully understood fully in Mandarin. It was common for poems to lose their flavor after translation.

After listening to his explanation, Sophie thought for a moment and then said, ”How about this? Why don't you teach me Mandarin? I'll learn Chinese so I can appreciate the poetry in your culture.”

Sophie's request was great. Li Du was more than happy to teach Sophie Mandarin. Once they were married, Sophie would need to communicate with his parents. It would be more reliable for her to learn Mandarin rather than getting his parents to learn English.

They rode back to the Visitor Center in the moonlight.

A few pickup trucks were parked near the entrance of the park. Some shirtless muscular men were smoking near the entrance as well. Li Du saw a few gem hunters that lost the bet to him waiting there.

Apparently, these people had stayed here, waiting for him to show up. Li Du had almost recovered from the loss of his energy and was not afraid of trouble. However, Sophie was with him and it was night—he didn't want to put her in danger.

Thus, he called up Godzilla.

Godzilla and the rest quickly arrived. Hans came as well; he hadn't returned to Flagstaff.

As the four of them alighted, Li Du and Sophie went up to them.