Chapter 52: A mind like a newborn, a willpower like iron (Second) (1/2)

Chapter 52: A mind like a newborn, a willpower like iron (Second)

The snow continued to blanket the entire city for three entire days without clearing up. Only snow could be seen on the ground as the cold winds cut into everyone’s faces as if knives with a painful sting. This type of snow was so strong that it would be weird for people in the city to be seen driving a car, let alone in the village.

Each step Wang Chao took towards the forests had sunk deep into the snow so that it covered his trousers and had a soft sound to it.

The road he was on now was neither concrete or asphalt, but dirt. It had already been three days, but he had finally reached Shaoshan in the Xiangtan province.

The snow had already stopped in this area, but the climate was harsh, making travel difficult. Everyday he would wake up at the crack of dawn and continue walking until night. Sometimes he would stay at a hotel, sometimes it would be at the house of a farmer.

One day when the snow was extremely difficult to walk on and his shoes were drenched with the snow, he was already in the countryside. After a difficult walk, his shoes had finally broken and forced him to carry on barefoot. By nightfall, his two soles were already numb with the cold.

It was a good thing that he had tempered his body over the course of two years to cover even the toes of his feet. With the pores sealed, the cold was not able to enter, an ordinary person would had lost his feet to frostbite already.

Because of the heavy snowfall and the great winds, his umbrella had been broken apart from the stress. The snow on his head would dissolve and flow down his neck to make his entire body cold. Despite his body was far stronger than the average person’s, by the time it was night, his vision was already starting to get blurry. The frostbite was finally kicking in.

Fortunately after walking another 50 kilometers, Wang Chao had been able to find the home of a farmer. This house had only a single person, the rest of the family had long moved out to find jobs. The warmhearted old man had given him some hot ginger and brown sugar tea to warm himself up from the cold.

Seeing how there was a bamboo hat,a raincoat weaved from the hairs of a palm tree and straw sandals, Wang Chao immediately bought all three. On the morning of the next day, he was no longer afraid of the snow or wind with his new attire. But while the sandals were resilient, they did nothing to hold back the cold.

So after every step, Wang Chao would curl his toes so that the snow water wouldn’t freeze it.

After three days of walking, Wang Chao’s legs had taken the most of the sufferings.

Climbing up the nearby hill with difficulty, Wang Chao looked about the area. The trees were filled with icicles and the entire area was a wretched wintry sight.

By morning, Wang Chao was standing on top of the nearby mountain and looking all around. The northern wind blew against his raincoat harshly, but he could only feel a heroic spirit well up inside his heart as he thought of the first signs of the spring snow.

“This scenery and feelings…” After a while, Wang Chao descended down the mountain and headed towards the south west.

After a month of traveling, Wang Chao had made it to the border line that divided Hunan and Guizhou. By this point, the snow had already started to melt and the temperature began to rise with the coming spring. On the road, the rain water had already mixed into the ground to form mud. With each step, Wang Chao continued to leave behind a muddy trail.

At the beginning, Wang Chao wasn’t adapted to this lifestyle. But after a month, he had gradually grew accustomed to thinking while he walked. Even the amount of times he had swapped out clothing was lost to him.

Every few days, he would come by the nearest town to buy a new set of clothes and changed into them. With the hundred thousand bill he had on him, he was in no shortage of money.

But the bamboo hat, the rush raincoat, and the straw sandals had never once been replaced.

When the road became hard to travel on, he was most likely traveling on a mountainous path or an isolated forest path. The road was always quiet and isolated, causing Wang Chao to gradually forget about the noise and clamor of the mundane world while also causing his heart to soar into the sky with feeling.