Zheng Zi helped Zhang Zi up from the ground and let him sit on a wooden stool in the open space. She raised her eyes and looked at the sky.
Dusk fell, and the purple-red sunset was like a ribbon dancing in the sky. Zheng Zi stared at the purple sunset in the sky.
The sun was red on a good day, purple on a windy day, and white and yellow on a rainy day. Seeing the purple sunset, a trace of joy flashed through Zheng Zi's heart. The heavens were helping me! There might be a strong wind tomorrow.
The Far Valley was a valley country that was windy and rainy. The Dust Men who lived here were afraid of the wind and hated it, but they couldn't live without it. Zheng Zi used to be a dust person and was very sensitive to the wind since she was young. The intelligent and meticulous her had long learned to predict the changes in the weather through the subtle changes in vegetation, mountains, insects, fish, snakes, rats, birds, and animals, as well as the changes in the clouds in the sky.
At this moment, Zhang Zi, who was sitting on a wooden stool, pointed at the sky above him and shouted,"
"Mimi, look-a flock of big birds are flying over from the hillside!”
"That's not a big bird, it's a flying squirrel!" Zheng Zi's gaze withdrew from the setting sun and turned to the small hill.
A group of flying squirrels flew over from the forest on the hillside. They glided in the evening wind and controlled the direction with their limbs and tail. When their tail bent down, their bodies automatically " braked " and they retracted their palms, landing lightly on the roof of the tower.
In fact, the flying squirrel could not flap its wings to fly. It did not have the flexible wings of a bird. Its entire body was covered in fur and it had a huge tail. There was a membrane on each side of its body, connecting its neck to the base of its tail. When the two membranes spread out, it was like the wings of a bird, gliding in the air with the help of the wind.
This group of cute flying squirrels stood on the roof of the tower and made a sharp and compact "chirp" sound. After the sharp cry, they jumped up like Aladdin's little magic blanket flying in the air. They glided elegantly in the air and steadily landed on the branch of the old tree in the distance.
" Hey-he's really a Qinggong expert!" Zhang Zi looked at Flying Squirrel's graceful posture as it glided freely in the air, and he exclaimed in admiration.
"The two of us can also become Qinggong experts like them!”Zheng Zi said with a smile.
"What a joke! I don't even have the strength to walk, let alone fly!”
"Dangdang, it's precisely because you can't walk that you want to fly!”she replied softly.
"How? I really want to fly! Unfortunately, we are not birds or flying squirrels. We don't have wings!”
"Although we don't have a pair of wings or the skin of a flying squirrel, we have paper harrier!”
Zhang Zi thought that Zheng Zi was joking. He looked at her face and saw that she was serious and did not seem to be joking at all.
"You really want to fly?" Zhang Zi asked her again.
Zheng Zi nodded affirmatively. She picked up the paper harrier bow on the ground, loosened the rope around the bow, and wound it down into a large round ball. Only then did she reveal the red and black shiny bow made of hundred-year-old ironwood.
There was a switch on the bow. Zheng Zi pressed the switch, and the bow-like paper harrier closed with a " Hua " sound, like a roc spreading its wings. It opened a pair of wide wings. It was called a paper harrier, but it was not made of real paper. Instead, it was made of tough hemp bark, which had been hammered and soaked into a sturdy and durable linen cloth to make the wings of the roc.
"Mimi, how do you plan to fly?" Zhang Zi saw Zheng Zi's determination and threw a new question at her.
"I'll 'fly' to the roof of the tower first!”
"What about me?"
"When I reach the roof of the tower, I'll use this rope to 'hang' you onto the roof!”
"It sounds fun and exciting! But I don't understand why we flew to the roof.”
"For gliding!"
"Where are you gliding to?"
"Slipped to Lost Valley Road! As long as the north wind blows, we can use the north wind to glide to Lost Valley Road!”
"What? It was too absurd! This idea of yours is like a bug putting a plate on a plate. It's not a good dish!”Zhang Zi shook his head repeatedly, like a drum.
" Dang dang, listen to me…" Zheng Zi wanted to persuade him. Zhang Zi interrupted her,"
"I'd rather walk ten steps than take a single risk! I would rather crawl like a snail, or even become a zombie here, than fall from the sky and become a meat pie!”
"Dang dang, trust me, I won't let you…"
Zhang Zi waved at Zheng Zi and said excitedly,"
"How can I believe that? Can you guarantee that? What if we glided in the wind and landed right in front of the Black Tower? Or, what if the north wind changes direction while gliding and blows us down the cliff? Or, what if we crash into the stone wall of a mountain while gliding and get smashed into pieces? What if we…sigh!" Zhang Zi didn't want to continue. A 'what if' was enough to take their lives.
"Dangdang, I saw that your hands and feet were tied up!”
"Why do you say that?"
"You've already been tied up by all kinds of 'what ifs' that you've thought of! They are like invisible ropes that bind your hands and feet! Yes, I can't guarantee that our gliding will be foolproof. I also know that taking risks may not necessarily succeed. However, when the opportunity comes, we will miss it. That is the greatest risk! Unless you're really willing to wait for death here!”
"Of course I'm unwilling!"
"When you were imprisoned in the tower house and I was tied up outside alone, I overheard the conversation between Black Tower and his men. He said that if you want to cross the Lost Valley Path and the Moon Pavilion's Wind Valley Path, you have to increase the pressure on your body, fill your empty mind, and strengthen your willpower. If we don't dare to take the risk and don't grasp this rare opportunity, I'm afraid we'll never reach the Moon Pavilion! Are you willing to die of old age here?”
"..." Zhang Zi was speechless.
"You know that Black Tower is a half-stone man. He is much stronger than us. If we don't sharpen our abilities and transform into half-stone people as soon as possible, how can we escape his demonic claws?”
"Are you saying that our gliding adventure this time can increase our endurance?”
"Yes, I am! Just now, you mentioned a lot of 'what-ifs'. Think about it. How much courage and perseverance do we have to face these' what-ifs'? If we succeed and reach the Lost Valley Path alive, I believe that our ability to withstand pressure will increase by leaps and bounds!”
"Yes! Then-why don't you give it a try!" Zhang Zi was tempted. To be honest, he didn't want to appear too cowardly in front of Zheng Zi. Since she dared to take risks as a woman, he was her pawn. No matter how afraid he was of death, he had to pretend. There was no reason for him to appear more timid than her.
"How are you going to climb up to the roof?"
" Just like the Flying Squirrel, who used the night breeze to glide from the hillside to the roof of the tower, I can also use the night breeze to 'fly' to the roof with the wings of the Roc! Dang dang, wait for me here!"
"Alright! Go!" Zhang Zi was worried for Zheng Zi, but he still agreed to let her try.
She lifted the huge paper harrier and walked towards the hillside. After a few steps, Zhang Zi suddenly called out to her,"
"Mimi-"
"What?"
"You-be careful! Tens of millions! I don't want to lose you!" Zhang Zi shouted worriedly, as if they were going to part forever.
"Got it!" Zheng Zi turned around and smiled at him, replying in a crisp voice. When she turned around, two streams of tears could not help but flow from her eyes. It was not until she walked up the hill that she raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face.
How could she not know? She knew better than anyone else that every time she used the paper harrier to " fly " in the air, she would have to face the test of life and death. No one could guarantee that it would be foolproof, and neither could she!
It was possible that she would fall to her death in front of Zhang Zi while gliding. She and he were indeed facing a life and death separation. However, once he had made up his mind, he just had to do it. This was her personality.
She stood on an open space at the top of the hill, facing the direction of the tower house. After measuring the approximate distance, she wrapped the iron ring under the paper harrier around her waist. After fixing it, she opened her arms and grabbed the two fixed bracelets at the bottom of the roc's wings. She began to run forward, running faster and faster.
She ran to the end of the slope and jumped forward like a flying squirrel, gliding towards the roof of the tower.
Zhang Zi had been looking up at the hillside. When he saw Zheng Zi gliding in the air, he nervously pressed his hands on his chest, as if he was afraid that his heart would jump out of his chest. His hands and feet were so cold that they broke out in a cold sweat. He opened his mouth wide and did not dare to breathe loudly. His eyes were fixed on Zheng Zi's paper harrier as it " flew " over his head and landed steadily on the roof.
Whoosh! Zhang Zi jumped up from the wooden block and cheered,"
"We succeeded! I succeeded!"
After a while, Zheng Zi threw down a rope with an iron ring at the bottom and shouted at Zhang Zi,"
"Dang dang---put the iron ring around your body, and I'll 'hang' you up!”
When Zhang Zi saw this familiar iron ring, he couldn't help but think of Fu Guhe's encounter with danger. It was all thanks to Zheng Zi using this iron ring to save him from Gu He. Now, she was using this iron ring to " hang " him up to the roof. This time, he was no longer afraid. He wrapped the iron ring around his waist and grabbed the rope with both hands.
Zheng Zi shook a roller lever on the roof and retracted the rope. At this moment, he was glad that he wasn't Fatty. Otherwise, Zheng wouldn't have been able to 'hang' him up.
The first thing Zhang Zi did when he reached the roof was not to untie the iron ring, but to hug Zheng Zi tightly.
The two of them, who had gone through a short life-and-death ordeal, especially cherished every minute and second they had together. Moreover, there was an even bigger life and death test waiting for them tomorrow.
Climbing the mountain is difficult to cross the road, stepping on the snow is difficult to cross the dangerous bridge. They were going to use the paper harrier to complete a long-distance glide. The risk they had to endure was self-evident.
"Dang dang, we're going to spend the night on the roof!”
"Yes! As long as I can hug you, it doesn't matter where I spend the night!”
Zheng Zi and Zhang Zi got into the net under the paper harrier. The net bag was originally made of bamboo strips. During a flying wind tribulation, Zheng Zi's body broke the bamboo strip net bag. After that, she used a strong hemp rope to weave a thick net bag that could accommodate two people.
The two of them hugged each other in the net under the paper harrier, greedily enjoying a rare and precious happiness.
Night fell. After the man and woman were entangled for a while, they got out of the paper harrier. The two of them quietly looked up at the sky. The stars were scattered and the evening wind blew gently. At this moment, it was quiet and warm.
The two of them lay on the roof, enjoying themselves while waiting for the strong north wind to arrive.
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