Chapter 104 Years in the Palace 12
Chapter 104 Years in the Palace 12
"Early spring?"
Liu Xingxing's voice finally felt a little better, and she could speak louder, but there was still no response from outside. Liu Xingxing immediately sensed something was wrong, so she jumped up and walked to the tent entrance by the dim candlelight inside the tent.
Just as I was about to pry open the tent flap to see what was going on, a pale hand suddenly reached in from the outside and grabbed the edge of the tent flap, as if it also wanted to pry open the tent flap and come in.
Liu Xingxing was startled and immediately moved away from the doorway, staring intently at the area around it with wary eyes.
Someone did walk in, but it wasn't Chu Chun. Liu Xingxing stared at the person's face and felt a chill run down her spine.
She actually saw a face that looked exactly like her own?!
No, to be precise, it's a face exactly like Liu Jun's!
Liu Xingxing:!!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ
However, the person was wearing bright red clothes that she had never worn before, and it was a style she had never seen before. The clothes were as red as blood, so striking that they made her feel very uncomfortable.
Her black hair was tied into several very unique little braids, each braid ending in a long red thread that reached the ground. This clashed sharply with her clothes, yet strangely harmonized, revealing a strong sense of dissonance.
"you……"
Just as Liu Xingxing was about to say something, the man's numb expression suddenly seemed to come alive. He grinned, tilted his head, and smiled, speaking softly in a voice that Liu Xingxing knew all too well:
"If you don't wake up soon, you'll be eaten alive by those beasts!"
wake up?
But she isn't...
Liu Xingxing shuddered and suddenly opened her eyes, only to be so frightened by the sight before her that she almost lost her soul.
She found herself hanging halfway up the mountain, paralyzed for no apparent reason. Every part of her body was in excruciating pain. Several vultures, larger than a person, flew over from the nearby cliff, as if waiting for her to fall before swooping down to devour her.
"Holy crap, what's going on?!"
She wasn't even dead yet, so how could her body have been dumped?
How did she end up in this state? Liu Xingxing has no memory of it at all.
Wasn't she still on the boat, vomiting uncontrollably? Where is she now?
In this place where there is no shore and no bottom, she was fortunate to have a few thick vines wrapped around her so that she wouldn't fall and be smashed into a pulp. But now she couldn't move at all.
This is extreme survival!
"What on earth happened? How could a noble concubine be thrown away like that? Ugh~"
Her left hand also seemed to be dislocated; it hurt terribly with any movement. Her hand also had some relatively fresh-looking wounds, suggesting that she had just fallen not long ago.
But it looked like it was almost noon, and the sun was high in the sky, so why wasn't anyone looking for her?
The disappearance of the Imperial Concubine is a major event!
Liu Xingxing endured the pain and tried to sit up using the vines. She felt very insecure, as if she were being suspended in mid-air in a net.
Liu Xingxing tried several times before she could barely straighten up, desperately clinging to the vines with one hand, afraid that she would fall down if she wasn't careful.
Once she had regained her balance, she had a chance to observe her surroundings. The place where she was hanging was still two feet away from the edge of the cliff, and the area she had been looking at was very steep with no footholds, although there were a few vines growing on it.
Liu Xingxing looked up and then down, and decided that the bottom was closer to her, so she immediately decided to go down.
As for how to get down, the bunch of vines wrapped around her should be long enough.
Liu Xingxing pulled on each vine one by one. Those that could be pulled were probably not the ones that had protected her life, and could be used. As for those that couldn't be pulled, she didn't force them, in case she accidentally pulled the most important one.
Of course, the thickest one she had was the most important, as it was obviously under the most stress because it was stretched the tightest.
However, Liu Xingxing only managed to pull out seven or eight vines after struggling for a long time. With one hand injured, it was indeed difficult to do anything. But that should be enough. However, just to be on the safe side, she should get two or three more in case the distance was not enough and she would fall straight down.
After laboriously pulling over a few more vines, and seeing that they were almost enough, he then painstakingly began to work by hand, using his hands, feet, and teeth to join all the vines together, then connecting the vine that was mainly bearing the weight, and finally throwing the remaining vines down the cliff. Only then was the task barely considered complete.
Seeing that the sun was much lower in the sky, it seems this series of events has taken quite a while.
He took a deep breath and glanced again at the few vultures that had been waiting for a long time not far away.
"Brother Eagle, don't wait anymore, this is goodbye forever!"
Liu Xingxing wrapped the vine around her hand twice, then pulled off the remaining vines binding her body. She could clearly feel the force in her right hand, but she could still sit, though she could feel herself drooping.
Liu Xingxing used her foot to hook the main vine and twist it around her thigh twice to hold it in place, so as to avoid getting too sore and weak from supporting herself with only one hand. Then she slid down little by little.
After half an incense stick's time, Liu Xingxing could clearly feel the shade, which meant they were almost there. Her right palm was chafed raw by the vines, and it was burning painful, so she gritted her teeth and persevered for a little longer.
Before long, her feet seemed to touch a soft layer, followed by a hard surface, and Liu Xingxing immediately burst into tears.
Because it was the first time I had done this, I didn't dare to look down, afraid that I would fall if I trembled. But now that I was sure I was standing firmly, I finally glanced at the ground.
"Waaaaah, we finally succeeded, my dear earth!"
Liu Xingxing's legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground.
So the soft, squishy thing I just touched was these fallen leaves that have accumulated over the years.
Liu Xingxing raised her trembling right hand and looked at her palm. It was indeed chafed and bleeding, with a burning pain mixed with the remnants of the vine on her hand.
"The mortal body is indeed fragile."
Unlike those who cultivate immortality, as long as there are no problems with their dantian and heart, they can reattach even missing limbs.
Now, even a small scratch hurts terribly, and there's no magic to stop the pain.
"What a miserable life!"
Liu Xingxing forced herself to stand up, looked around, and had no idea which mountain she had fallen into. The forest was tall and dense, and the sunlight rarely reached the ground. But at least she knew which way the sun was now, and she could just walk in the direction of sunrise and get out sooner or later.
With that thought in mind, Liu Xingxing got up and started to get up.
However, given her current injuries and disability, she couldn't go very far. She needed to address her injuries and the dislocated left hand first, so she walked while searching for suitable temporary accommodation.
Let's see if we can find some herbs to treat the wound.
Watching so many survival videos from modern bloggers isn't for nothing. Even if you don't have any real-world experience, it's still much better than knowing nothing at all.
You must find a dry and sheltered place to stay, and you must have a fire. If all else fails, you can make do with living in a tree, because you never know what might be lurking in the jungle at night.
However, the dislocation could be treated first, otherwise it wouldn't be good if she couldn't use one hand. Liu Xingxing gently moved her left hand, and with a determined heart, she snapped it back into place with a "crack".
"Huh, huh..."
Sweat was still dripping from his head, but thankfully his hand was back in place. After moving it around a bit, it seemed fine, so he continued looking for a way.
Fortunately, Liu Xingxing found a river, and following the river would allow her to get out of there more quickly, thus solving the water problem.
As soon as Liu Xingxing saw the water, she couldn't wait to scoop up a handful and splash it on her face.
"Phew, feel good."
I also washed the dirt off my hands.
"Ok?"
After washing it clean and waiting for the water to calm down a bit, Liu Xingxing looked at her reflection in the stream and touched her neck with great confusion.
"These are... marks from ligatures?"
There were red marks all around her neck, and they were very neat, as if they had been made by a rope.
When she woke up, she didn't see any rattan cane around her neck.
It shouldn't be caused by the rattan.
What is this red mark?
Because I was covered in wounds and in pain, I didn't notice the mark on my neck, and it didn't hurt as much as other parts of my body.
Could it be that she was harmed and ended up like this?
"Holy crap, which bastard dares to be so audacious as to harm me?!"
They're practically trying to take advantage of her illness and kill her!
Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
"You wait for me!"
NFBE