The Blue Adventures

Reunion Again

After a short rest, they decided to go on their journey again, and at the end of their route they saw it, the magnificent Palace Xiao Hua talked about, it is indeed the definition of the stairway to heaven, such long stairs headed to a palace on top of it, they can't help but awe at the sight of it, they sat down for a while, admiring the sight
"Why does it feel familiar to me?" Wu Xie whisper, after taking a look for a long time, Wu Xie can't help but think that he has seen this somewhere, but can't remember where
"The mural" Xiao Ge lowly murmured, then something clicked inside of Wu Xie
"Right! The mural! Pang Zi did you still remember? The guy who is standing and looking at the Kingdom it is here" Wu Xie
Pang Zi realized it too "So it is real, that place is indeed The Kingdom, the soldier we saw on the gates really are to protect the Kingdom" his mouth gaped
"No.. no, if it is to protect the Kingdom, then where are there now?" Xia Zi
"The trees" Wu Xie whispered, they looked into each other eyes, the culture back then is surely really cruel, how can they even turn them into a tree?

"If it is really according to the mural then won't there be a bridge somewhere near?" Wu Xie take a look around and indeed find that bridge that connected one hills to another
"If that bridge is strong enough for us to cross over, won't we be the first one to arrive at the destination?" Wu Xie said worriedly
"Why are you so scared of him? That just means we are very lucky" Pang Zi excitedly say, Wu Xie eyed him suspiciously but Pang Zi just shrug it off, saying something like if we can find the exit faster, then we can get out faster. Wu Xie slowly shakes his head and looked at the faraway Palace
"Then we can take a lot of rest than we thought" Xia Zi, they will stick to their original plan and let Jin Ye and his group to get in first, that way they can avoid unnecessary struggle and if the place they are going is indeed dangerous they won't have to worry much because Jin Ye have a much more complete resources compare to them, at this time, playing safe is more wiser.

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They slowly made their way to the Palace, even though it is pretty old, the bridge can still hold their weight, even though it is very nerve-wracking and Wu Xie can feel his legs go numb and weak whenever the bridge shook,
'This is not good for my heart at all, I don't like heavy challenges like this'

They camp on the nearest hill to the Palace, hiding beneath the very dense bushes, so Jin Ye can't see them, they wait there, hunting for some food, resting, that is all they do. On the third day, they finally saw a flash beaming on the stairs, a group of people is holding their flashlight and shining it throughout their way, assuming it is Jin Ye and the others had finally gotten inside it, they plan to start the next day. they slowly walked their way there and are amazed,
"It really is the stairway to heaven, how long do you think for us to be able to climb that high?" Pang Zi, it is already so massive seen from such a far distance, now that they are seeing the actual things in front, it is much more sophisticated, Wu Xie has already sighed, thinking about what is about to happen after they successfully climb this hell long stairs

Their legs soon gave out, how the hell are Jin Ye and the others be able to climb this fast, not to mention about the lack of air, he is already quite old too, also the stairs are hard to climb, kind of slippery, and no handle to grab at all, the slope is also pretty dangerous, so they have to be careful too, but despite this, they are grateful that there is still some space to rest between the stairs that are made from natural corrosion, a little rough but at least can be used to sleep and rest

This whole journey Wu Xie has been exempted from all the work, when he wanted to help build the camp, Xia Zi suddenly interferes, when he pulled out a match to light up the woods, Xiao Hua quickly snatches it from him, when he searches around to find some wood, Xiao Ge has come back with a whole bunch of it, when he wanted to cook something, Pang Zi has already done the job, and when he just wanted to take a scroll around to be on watches, Liu Sang has given a gestured that his ears have done all the work. It is as if he is someone fragile that would die at the slightest touch. Even now he just sits down without anything to do, waiting to be served