Chapter 159 – Eternal Range (I)

Chapter 159

Eternal Range (I)

I woke up rather well rested.

In fact, it was kind of surprising how well rested I was. Usually, I never really got a full night’s rest; I don’t like to brag, but this stupid brain of mine doesn’t really know how to ‘turn off’. So, it concocts all these scenarios, puts them into a nightmare, and lo and behold, I’m waking up at 3:37AM, coated in sweat.

Anyway, the point is that I slept well.

The good day was ruined quickly, however, by two revelations–all people who were ‘infected’ by the vine… disappeared.

Honestly, I thought they’d die if I’m being entirely transparent, but they didn’t. And now they’ve disappeared, alongside the village chief.

Then again, a single look at yawning, slightly pissed-off-seeming Long Tao told me practically everything… so I didn’t bother asking.

We had a quick breakfast and left, wondering whether we made the place better off or worse off… no, better off, certainly better off. Though quite a few died, if we hadn’t come, they all would have died.

Anyway, once again, we had to move on foot.

One of the reasons I was looking for villages was really that–I’m so damn tired of walking! No, seriously, my blisters have blisters! Any day now I expect new toes to just spontaneously form around how many blisters I’ve got!

I wasn’t made for this life, and Lu Qi certainly wasn’t either.

The kids, though, seemed… fine. Hell, considering that, once a day, they beat the ever-living shit out of each other, they were doing great. Had the stamina of an Olympic marathoner.

… marathoner? That can’t be a word, can it? Whatever. If it’s not, I’m making it one.

As I was saying, nothing tired these little gremlins.

Strangely, though, they always knew just when to take a break because it always just so happened to be the moment I first thought, Damn, I could use a break.

I know they can’t read my mind because, if they could, they’d have long since left me, which means that they are so familiar with just how crappy my body is that they can tell when I’ve reached my limits.

On one hand, it’s beautifully endearing.

On another, I kind of want to dig a hole and hide in it.

“We’re about halfway there,” Wan Lan said after Dai Xiu asked her how far we are from the Eternal Range.

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“Have you ever been there, Junior Sister?”

“To the Eternal Range? No,” the young woman shook her head, smiling faintly. “There were a lot of stories in town about that place, and none of them were good. Madame, too, said it was best to always orient yourself toward those mountains and then just go the opposite direction.”

“Eh? Why? Are they scary? Do, do big, big beasts live there?!”

“I don’t know. Maybe? Are you scared?”

“As, as long as they don’t look like bugs, I’ll be fine!” Dai Xiu bravely proclaimed.

By the way, why the hell is this child sitting on my lap so nonchalantly, and why is nobody saying anything about it?!

Well, it’s been this way ever since I ‘dragged’ her out. She clung to me like hot glue, and I really didn’t have the heart to shoo her away. I mean, I know it’s probably best if I do, but dammit, I can’t do it.