Lu Chen stared at the girl in front of him. Under the morning light, her snow-white skin and slightly red cheeks made her seem like a peach blossom that had bloomed in this world. She was charming and enchanting, emitting a dazzling radiance.
After a moment, he nodded and said: "Okay, I will bring you there."
Dingdang cheered, smiling as she pulled on Lu Chen's sleeves, her eyes emitting a bright and amiable light, smiling: "Many thanks, I knew, you are a good person!"
Lu Chen smiled, declining to comment, and said: "The Dragon Lake is in the west of Tea Mountain, we will need at least 4 hours to walk there, do you want to prepare a bit, or do you want to leave now?"
Dingdang clenched her fist, looking very excited, her mood was anxious, and said: "Let's go now!"
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Tea Mountain was not a towering mountain, looking at it from the foot of the mountain was ordinary, but as the saying goes, looking at the mountain will cause the horse to run to death, once truly walking up the mountain, the feeling was completely different. Especially the walking Lu Chen and Dingdang, both were not cultivators, and were no different from ordinary mortals, so walking up the mountain was even more strenuous.
Between the two, Lu Chen's physique was clearly much stronger than Dingdang's, along the way he walked, most of the time it was very easy, adding on to the fact that he was very familiar with the paths of Tea Mountain, bringing Dingdang through the countless crisscrossing paths like a maze, his demeanor calm and at ease.
On the other hand, although Dingdang was full of energy at the start, not even half an hour later, her face gradually became pale, beads of sweat flowed down her face, and her breathing gradually became rough. She looked as if she had never done any heavy work before, nor did she have the appearance of someone who had walked long distances.
Walking like this for a while, Lu Chen saw that Dingdang could not hold on any longer, and could only stop to let her rest for a while. Dingdang did not say anything, directly found a rock by the side of the mountain path, and sat down, gasping for breath, looking as if her whole body was about to go limp.
Lu Chen shook his head, and said to her: "You can't walk like this, why don't you go back first?"
Although Dingdang's face was pale white, but for some reason, she was extremely determined. She firmly shook her head and said: "No need, I will be fine after resting for a while."
Lu Chen shrugged and stopped talking.
The two of them rested for the time it took to drink a cup of tea before Dingdang stood up and said to Lu Chen: "Let's go."
The two of them continued to walk forward. The mountain breeze blew, and the tea trees that covered the mountains and plains rustled, like a green ocean.
Dingdang's stamina was only at this level, and for the rest of the journey, she would be so tired that she would not be able to move. Lu Chen could only stop to let her recover her stamina, and like this, time was wasted. According to Lu Chen's original plan, it would take about four hours to reach the Dragon Lake, but like this, the two of them spent more than half a day before they saw the calm lake at the top of the mountain.
Although it took a lot of time, Lu Chen seemed to be extremely patient, and from start to finish, he did not show any impatience towards Dingdang. On the contrary, Dingdang was a little embarrassed, and said "sorry" to Lu Chen a few times, but was always laughed off by Lu Chen.
But Lu Chen was also a little surprised that Dingdang was able to persevere and walk all the way to the Dragon Lake, and had a whole new level of respect for this girl. When they walked to the side of the Dragon Lake, he pointed to the calm surface of the water, and said to Dingdang: "This is the Dragon Lake."
Dingdang walked two steps forward, only to feel a cool breeze blowing over, bringing with it a moist and gentle aura, causing her to take a deep breath, and her face revealed a satisfied and happy expression.
She still wanted to walk forward, but was suddenly pulled back by Lu Chen. Dingdang was shocked, and turned her head: "What's wrong?"
Lu Chen looked at the distant Dragon Lake, and said: "Don't get too close to the lake."
Dingdang asked: "Why?"
Lu Chen said: "I heard people say that there seems to be a strange fish in the Dragon Lake, it's body is rather big, and it's a little strange, maybe it will hurt people."
Dingdang's eyes widened, and said: "What, you've seen it before?"
Lu Chen shook his head, and said: "I heard people say it, I've come here a few times, but I've never seen it before."
Dingdang could not help but laugh, and said: "Then you still believe it?"
Lu Chen laughed and shrugged his shoulders, and said: "Who knows, anyways you can see the scenery from afar, as long as you don't get too close to the lake, it'll be fine."
Dingdang nodded her head, and then looked at Lu Chen, and said: "Lu Chen, thank you for bringing me up, I'll be fine by myself, you can go back first."
Lu Chen was startled, and said in shock: "What? Then what will you do when you go back? "
Dingdang waved her hands, and said with a smile: "I'm not a child, I'll walk the way back myself. Right now I just want to stay here alone for a while, you can go back first. "
Lu Chen was silent for a moment, and then raised his head to look at the sky, and said: "It's already getting late, when you go down the mountain alone, it will most likely be dark, and at that time the mountain path will be even harder to walk, can you really do it?"
Dingdang hesitated for a moment, but her expression was still resolute, and heavily nodded her head, and said: "I'll be fine, you don't have to worry, I just want to stay here alone for a while."
Lu Chen looked at her for a moment, and then did not say anything, and only nodded his head, and said: "Alright then, you be careful." With that, he turned around and walked back the way he came.
Dingdang looked at his back figure walking away, and a complicated expression flitted across her face, it seemed to be a bit gentle, but also seemed to be a bit apologetic, but very quickly she still turned around, and once again looked at the calm lake.
Just at this time, footsteps suddenly sounded out from behind her, Dingdang turned around to look, and was immediately startled, it was Lu Chen who had returned. She saw Lu Chen walk over with large strides, and in his hand was an object, and stuffed it into Dingdang's hands.
Dingdang lowered her head to look, and saw that it was a torch, and then she heard Lu Chen lightly say: "When you go down the mountain, if it's dark and you don't know the way, then break a few pieces of firewood to use as a torch, and then wave it towards the foot of the mountain. If you're lucky, I'll see you and come up the mountain to pick you up, but if I forget about this matter, or fall asleep, then you can only blame your own bad luck. "
Dingdang's slender white fingers gently clenched, holding onto the torch in her palm, she then raised her head to look at Lu Chen, her eyes as clear as water, after a moment she suddenly smiled sweetly, nodded and said: "Alright!"
Lu Chen laughed, and turned around, not looking back, and not long after, he disappeared at the end of the mountain path.
Dingdang looked at the man's disappearing figure, a light flashed in her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking about.
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