Heaven's Shadow

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

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Numerous emotions flicker across Hong Chuans face. In the end, he sighs and says, I didnt expect that it would end up like this. Allow me to thank Brother Lu for saving my life!

Lu Chen grins. He waves his hands to gesture that it was a small matter and asks, Right, Brother Hong, I remember that when you left yesterday, you were heading for the Mourning Ghost Chasm right? Why did you suddenly appear unconscious on the lake?

Hong Chuan hesitates for a moment before shaking his head with a bitter smile on it, Theres quite a long story to it. Yesterday, when I was at the back of the mountain, I intended to head to the depression. However

Perhaps it is due to the gratitude he feels towards Lu Chen for saving his life, he didnt hide a single thing from him and tells him what he met with yesterday.

It seem that when Hong Chuan is ascending the tea mountain yesterday, due to it being his first time there and not to mention the Spirit Tea Trees are planted densely in a complex manner around the mountain, making it similar to a labyrinth, Hong Chuan got lost. Anyway, since he casually picked a path up the mountain in the start, so he simply chose the roads that lead to the top.

However, when he was halfway up the mountain, he found something amiss. There are always a few paths before him and he would always choose the one which leads to the top of the mountain. However, as he walked, he somehow found himself walking on the wrong direction Instead of leading to the east foothill, he suddenly found himself on the path that leads to the west.

Thus, Hong Chuan starts to panic and returns back on the path he came from. However, the more panicked he got, the more mistakes he made. As he got more and more lost, the sky turned dark.

When the sun sets, the entire tea mountain is submerged into darkness. It is difficult to even ascertain which road is the path. Although Hong Chuan brought along a , due to the strong mountainous wind, the fire is unable to illuminate too far a distance. As he walked and walked, he found himself standing before a lake in the mountains.

At this point, Lu Chen bursts in laughter, That is to say, you accidentally reached the Dragon Lake.

Dragon Lake? Hong Chuan asks curiously.

Lu Chen nods his head, Thats right. The names were passed down within the village since ancient times. The name of the lake on top of the mountains is Dragon Lake while the pool at the foot of the mountains is Dragon Pool. It is said that the both body of water on the top and at the foot of the mountain are connected. Of course, it is up to you to believe it.New novel chapters are published on

After that, Hong Chuan only remembers himself staggering and falling into the lake. The icy cold currents wash through him and afterwards, nothing else. By the time he awoke, he was already in this straw cottage.

After hearing Hong Chuans words, Lu Chen is silent for a moment. His eyebrows knit tightly together, as though he is contemplating something.

Taking a look at him, Hong Chuan asks him, Brother Lu, based on your words, you found and saved me at the Dragon Pool at the bottom of the hill?

Lu Chen nods his head, Indeed, while I was walking around in the night, I noticed some movements at the pool. In the end, I found you floating on the surface of the water. There is indeed no way I could have gone to the Dragon Lake on the top of the mountain to save you

Halfway through his words, he suddenly stops. Then, he says, That Could it be that the legends are true, that the Dragon Lake and Dragon Pool are connected by a secret waterway?

Alright, I know I translated the pool as lake for the water at the bottom of the hill previously. Will edit the rest to reflect so.

I get that pool isnt really appropriate (after all the water is connected to a stream at the lake at the top), but I really cant find a better word so just bear with it.

ancient Heavenly Dragon Tribe capable of soaring in the skies and many mystical arts

TL: The author used an idiom to describe the Heavenly Dragon Tribe () which could mean soaring in the skies through propagating clouds or possessing supernatural abilities (and an irrational state of mind, but it doesnt apply in this context). So, it could mean either one or both of them, but I just wrote both of it down anyway.

I also get that it sounds weird that if it is a foothill, why would one lake be higher than the other. The phrase the author used is which does mean foothill. Literally, it refers to the part where the slope of a mountain is adjoined to flat land, so the flat land may not necessarily mean ground level. If I had to guess, perhaps the west foothill might be a valley on higher grounds than the Dragon Pool? (At here, I realised my usage of foothill isnt appropriate also T_T)

Also, technically, the difference between (Lake) and (Pool) for the Chinese character is probably just their depth (With pool being the deeper one apparently). There are many different explanations also like some say lake is closer to the sea etc, but it doesnt really apply here and in real life, there are exceptions here and there as well.