After finishing speaking, Yuqin actually jumped off the horse and leapt down the cliff beside her.
Cheng Mo was startled and called out: “Miss Yuqin!” Before he could react, he stretched out his hand to grab her, and his body also fell down the cliff.
Cheng Mo managed to catch Yuqin’s hand, but couldn’t stop the downward trajectory. He didn’t have any weapons or tools on his body, so he could only grab the cliff wall beside him with his bare hands. His fingers dug a few deep marks in the cliff, and blood leaked from his chaffed fingers, and finally stopped the downward fall with great difficulty.
Cheng Mo was still holding Yuqin with his other hand, dangling in the air. Worried he couldn’t hold on much longer, he lowered his head to look for a place to land. After looking for a long time, he found a half-moon shaped stone platform on the mountain wall not far from his body.
So, using a lot of force on his hands and feet, he pushed on the mountain wall, turning over while hugging Yuqin and dropped onto the protruding stone platform.
They rolled when they landed. Though neither of them was injured, when Cheng Mo lowered his head, he realized that Yuqin had fainted. He softly called out to her but couldn’t wake her up. Cheng Mo could only carry her.
This stone platform was close to a deep and low cave in the mountain wall. Cheng Mo looked up and saw that it would be impossible to climb back to the mountain road, so he could only walk into the cave with Yuqin in his arms.
The cave was narrow and dim, and Cheng Mo had to crouch on the ground to pass in several places, plus carrying Yuqin in his hands, it was quite inconvenient. Cheng Mo didn’t know if there was a dead end ahead, so he simply put Yuqin down, letting her lean against the cave wall, and move on by himself. After walking for a while, he saw that the cave was gradually getting bigger, and the view before his eyes expanded. When he reached the innermost point, he was already at the belly of the mountain. This is a large, deep and open cave. The bottom is probably five or six feet away from the ceiling of the cave. There is a small hole at the top, and light came in from the hole, so the scenery inside the cave was clearly visible. Cheng Mo saw a man kneeling on the ground in the middle of the cave, all four limbs fastened by a fine iron chain, the other ends of the chains extending into the cave wall.
The man’s whole body was dirty and dark, and his whole body was almost naked with only rags around his waist. His hair and beard that had not been maintained for a long time was loose, almost completely covering his face. He sat quietly, as if no longer alive or dead.
Cheng Mo was startled, and slowly walked towards him, but suddenly heard that person ask, “Who?”
The voice was low and hoarse, and the pronunciation was a little strange, as if it had been a long time since he had spoken.
Then Cheng Mo saw a pair of bright eyes under the cover of his beard and hair. Those eyes were not dull and gloomy under the erosion of the years in this cave, but looked like stars, showing bright light. At that moment, Cheng Mo almost saw an illusion, as if the entire gloomy cave was brightened by these eyes.
“Who are you?” Cheng Mo asked.
The man was silent, and only after a long time did he laughingly let out a hmph, as if he didn’t also couldn’t remember, and asked: “Who am I?”
Cheng Mo again walked a few steps forward slowly, looking at the deep cave and the man’s fine iron chains on his hands and feet, before thinking of the Shaolin Temple on top of the mountain. Suddenly his heart skipped a beat, suddenly thought of something, Cheng Mo almost couldn’t conceal the tremor in his heart, and asked: “Are you Hui Ji gege?”
The man’s sharp eyes suddenly locked onto Cheng Mo, and his voice became gloomy, “Who are you?”
Cheng Mo was just randomly guessing, but he didn’t expect that this person was really Hui Ji. For a while, he didn’t know whether to be frightened or happy, and he was not even sure whether Hui Jing still remembered him.
Cheng Mo recalled his first visit with his father to Shaolin Temple when he was fourteen. At that time, Hui Ji was only sixteen years old. He was a senior disciple of Shaolin’s Zen Master Yong Ji, and was hailed as the most brilliant disciple of Shaolin in a century. Hui Ji had a very high level of comprehension, and he has broken through the Shaolin’s Eighteen Bronze Men at a young age. He was even more familiar with the Shaolin martial arts. Even Nian Bei and Nian Yuan at the time were not the opponents of this little junior. [tl: Eighteen Bronze Men are legendary figures that are popular in wuxia novels. In popular literature, they are eighteen gatekeepers for the Shaolin temple, and they look literally to be made of bronze or gold]
Cheng Mo had heard of Hui Ji’s name a long time ago, and was still amazed when he first saw him. The young man in white monk clothes was elegant and handsome, with picturesque appearance. He stood quietly on one side, prompting Cheng Mo to keep peeking. .
Cheng Mo stood in front of Hui Ji, and sighed in relief. At that time, he had not yet come under the mentorship of the old man Qingsong to learn martial arts. He had little reputation in Jianghu, and only his father who was Wulin Alliance leader was worth mentioning. Although Cheng Mo yearned for Hui Ji, he did not dare to get close. [tl: yearned not in a romantic way, more of a “I want to be friends with this person”. Cheng Mo thought that he was below Hui Ji’s notice at that time]
When he was young, the Old Alliance Leader Cheng visited Shaolin and stayed there for more than a month to study from the exquisite Shaolin martial arts. Although Cheng Mo was steady since childhood, he sometimes would feel bored and snuck to play in the mountains.
Once, in the forest behind the mountain, Cheng Mo saw a baby bird falling on the ground, he felt sympathy and wanted to send the bird back to the tree, so he tucked his clothes into the waist of his pants and climbed up the big tree. It’s a pity that after climbing halfway, he felt sore in the legs. With the bird in his hands, Cheng Mo fell from the tree with a surprised cry.
It was precisely at that time Cheng Mo closed his eyes prepared to fall flat on his back, but suddenly heard a rustling of clothes behind him. Someone held him by his waist, carrying him to the ground.
Cheng Mo opened his eyes and saw Hui Ji’s bright eyes. He immediately exclaimed with joy: “Hui Ji gege!” When the words had already been spoken, Cheng Mo felt he was being impulsive again and quickly changed his words: “Hui Ji shifu.”[tl: to differentiate master (like master of a trade) and master as in shifu, I’ve decided to use the pinyin version]
After finishing speaking, Yuqin actually jumped off the horse and leapt down the cliff beside her.
Cheng Mo was startled and called out: “Miss Yuqin!” Before he could react, he stretched out his hand to grab her, and his body also fell down the cliff.
Cheng Mo managed to catch Yuqin’s hand, but couldn’t stop the downward trajectory. He didn’t have any weapons or tools on his body, so he could only grab the cliff wall beside him with his bare hands. His fingers dug a few deep marks in the cliff, and blood leaked from his chaffed fingers, and finally stopped the downward fall with great difficulty.
Cheng Mo was still holding Yuqin with his other hand, dangling in the air. Worried he couldn’t hold on much longer, he lowered his head to look for a place to land. After looking for a long time, he found a half-moon shaped stone platform on the mountain wall not far from his body.
So, using a lot of force on his hands and feet, he pushed on the mountain wall, turning over while hugging Yuqin and dropped onto the protruding stone platform.
They rolled when they landed. Though neither of them was injured, when Cheng Mo lowered his head, he realized that Yuqin had fainted. He softly called out to her but couldn’t wake her up. Cheng Mo could only carry her.
This stone platform was close to a deep and low cave in the mountain wall. Cheng Mo looked up and saw that it would be impossible to climb back to the mountain road, so he could only walk into the cave with Yuqin in his arms.
The cave was narrow and dim, and Cheng Mo had to crouch on the ground to pass in several places, plus carrying Yuqin in his hands, it was quite inconvenient. Cheng Mo didn’t know if there was a dead end ahead, so he simply put Yuqin down, letting her lean against the cave wall, and move on by himself. After walking for a while, he saw that the cave was gradually getting bigger, and the view before his eyes expanded. When he reached the innermost point, he was already at the belly of the mountain. This is a large, deep and open cave. The bottom is probably five or six feet away from the ceiling of the cave. There is a small hole at the top, and light came in from the hole, so the scenery inside the cave was clearly visible. Cheng Mo saw a man kneeling on the ground in the middle of the cave, all four limbs fastened by a fine iron chain, the other ends of the chains extending into the cave wall.
The man’s whole body was dirty and dark, and his whole body was almost naked with only rags around his waist. His hair and beard that had not been maintained for a long time was loose, almost completely covering his face. He sat quietly, as if no longer alive or dead.
Cheng Mo was startled, and slowly walked towards him, but suddenly heard that person ask, “Who?”
The voice was low and hoarse, and the pronunciation was a little strange, as if it had been a long time since he had spoken.
Then Cheng Mo saw a pair of bright eyes under the cover of his beard and hair. Those eyes were not dull and gloomy under the erosion of the years in this cave, but looked like stars, showing bright light. At that moment, Cheng Mo almost saw an illusion, as if the entire gloomy cave was brightened by these eyes.
“Who are you?” Cheng Mo asked.
The man was silent, and only after a long time did he laughingly let out a hmph, as if he didn’t also couldn’t remember, and asked: “Who am I?”
Cheng Mo again walked a few steps forward slowly, looking at the deep cave and the man’s fine iron chains on his hands and feet, before thinking of the Shaolin Temple on top of the mountain. Suddenly his heart skipped a beat, suddenly thought of something, Cheng Mo almost couldn’t conceal the tremor in his heart, and asked: “Are you Hui Ji gege?”
The man’s sharp eyes suddenly locked onto Cheng Mo, and his voice became gloomy, “Who are you?”
Cheng Mo was just randomly guessing, but he didn’t expect that this person was really Hui Ji. For a while, he didn’t know whether to be frightened or happy, and he was not even sure whether Hui Jing still remembered him.
Cheng Mo recalled his first visit with his father to Shaolin Temple when he was fourteen. At that time, Hui Ji was only sixteen years old. He was a senior disciple of Shaolin’s Zen Master Yong Ji, and was hailed as the most brilliant disciple of Shaolin in a century. Hui Ji had a very high level of comprehension, and he has broken through the Shaolin’s Eighteen Bronze Men at a young age. He was even more familiar with the Shaolin martial arts. Even Nian Bei and Nian Yuan at the time were not the opponents of this little junior. [tl: Eighteen Bronze Men are legendary figures that are popular in wuxia novels. In popular literature, they are eighteen gatekeepers for the Shaolin temple, and they look literally to be made of bronze or gold]
Cheng Mo had heard of Hui Ji’s name a long time ago, and was still amazed when he first saw him. The young man in white monk clothes was elegant and handsome, with picturesque appearance. He stood quietly on one side, prompting Cheng Mo to keep peeking. .
Cheng Mo stood in front of Hui Ji, and sighed in relief. At that time, he had not yet come under the mentorship of the old man Qingsong to learn martial arts. He had little reputation in Jianghu, and only his father who was Wulin Alliance leader was worth mentioning. Although Cheng Mo yearned for Hui Ji, he did not dare to get close. [tl: yearned not in a romantic way, more of a “I want to be friends with this person”. Cheng Mo thought that he was below Hui Ji’s notice at that time]
When he was young, the Old Alliance Leader Cheng visited Shaolin and stayed there for more than a month to study from the exquisite Shaolin martial arts. Although Cheng Mo was steady since childhood, he sometimes would feel bored and snuck to play in the mountains.
Once, in the forest behind the mountain, Cheng Mo saw a baby bird falling on the ground, he felt sympathy and wanted to send the bird back to the tree, so he tucked his clothes into the waist of his pants and climbed up the big tree. It’s a pity that after climbing halfway, he felt sore in the legs. With the bird in his hands, Cheng Mo fell from the tree with a surprised cry.
It was precisely at that time Cheng Mo closed his eyes prepared to fall flat on his back, but suddenly heard a rustling of clothes behind him. Someone held him by his waist, carrying him to the ground.
Cheng Mo opened his eyes and saw Hui Ji’s bright eyes. He immediately exclaimed with joy: “Hui Ji gege!” When the words had already been spoken, Cheng Mo felt he was being impulsive again and quickly changed his words: “Hui Ji shifu.”[tl: to differentiate master (like master of a trade) and master as in shifu, I’ve decided to use the pinyin version]
