Chapter 270 - 268. What Is This Feeling? (1/2)

Third-person POV

Zhang Wei was free-falling into the endless cliff without any restraint from himself which caused the speed to increase in every second.

Zhang Wei closed his eyes and reminisced a piece of memory that he held dearly since he was a baby. It was a pair of hands that were as warm as the gentle sun, gently holding both him and his twin sister with her trembling hands.

Although he couldn't remember how her expression was at that time but he could feel the unconditional love radiating from her glassy eyes.

”Mother…” Zhang Wei whispered softly.

Remembering the figure who risked her life for him and his sister, he opened his eyes and tried to think of a way to lessen the impact with the water surfaces. He didn't know how deep the river was if it was shallower than he calculated then he would instantly die if his head hit the bottom surface.

He stretched out his left hand and a purple flame shot out from his palm caused his body to shift slightly to the right. He did this a few times until he made sure that the landing position was correct.

Then he twisted his body to face downwards, he summoned his halberd with his left hand and easily spun a two times longer than his body halberd only with his fingers.

Water started to build up in every spin that he made and slowly but surely the water tornado became comparable with the waterfall behind him.

Zhang Wei held his breath as he waited for the right time to strike. After the distance between him and the water surfaces lessened, he saw that the anatomy of the river was more complicated than it seems.

Even though the river was very deep, yet the giant-sized rocks were scattered all over the river which means there no safe landing area in the river.

Seeing that the distance was perfect for him to unleash the water that he had been acc.u.mulating while he was in the air, Zhang Wei growled and swung his halberd on the water.

”GRAAHHH!”

*CLANG

”What happened?!” Tao Qi dashed to Hong er's side.

Then he saw a deep cut on Hong er's finger, the cut was so deep that he could see her bone.

”How can you be so clumsy!” Tao Qi angrily guided Hong er to sit on a stool.

He gently wiped the blood that was pouring out from the cut. He wrapped a clean cloth around the cut and went to a shelf to look for a herb that can heal the wound. But since recently Hong er rarely got injured, he didn't buy any herb as it would be dried out and became a waste of effort for buying it.

Tao Qi took Hong er's uninjured right hand and wrote using his finger, 'Stay here, I will descend the mountain and buy you some medicine. I will be back at dawn.'

Hong er slightly nodded her head but Tao Qi knew that her mind was somewhere else. He chose to ignore it and went out to a nearby town to buy herbs.

Hong er sat dazedly as she pressed her wounded finger. She was cooking dinner for Tao Qi and herself when her heart suddenly stopped for a second. The knife that she was holding accidentally slit her fingers and caused her to drop her knife.

The wound throbbed yet the pain couldn't compare to the anxiousness in her heart. Her non-existence eyes started to tear up however it was blood that was staining her white blindfold.

'Why…How…someone called me 'mother'…' Hong er cluelessly looked around even though knowing that only darkness met her eyes.

Hong er clenched her chest as the anxiousness didn't subside. After a few seconds of pondering, Hong er made up her mind to pursue her instinct and ignored Tao Qi's warning to stay inside the cave.

She took the long wooden stick that was laying beside her and left the cave by using her intuition as her guide.

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After almost half an hour of wandering aimlessly, Hong er's breathing was as stable as if she didn't even exert any energy. She could tell that the sun had set by the cold breeze that brushed over her pale skin.

Yet, she didn't show any sign of giving up. She kept moving towards the place that was pulling her heart. She hit the ground and her surroundings with the wooden stick in her hand to detect any holes or trees so that she wouldn't stumble onto any of those.

One hour had passed by, however, she hadn't found the source of her anxiety. The anxiety grew in every second that she wasted.

'What is this? The feeling of lost…no…it hasn't gone yet, it is dying. I have to find it as soon as possible or else…' Hong er's thought stopped at that moment.