Chapter 127: Mirage in the City by the Sea
Heading south, everyone embarked on the journey with a gambler’s mindset. According to Gu Fan’s plan, if they succeeded, that would be great; but if they didn’t find what they were looking for, it didn’t matter, they would leave as planned.
Looking at the ancient map, south of the Qianye Country was an area of hills and a river, but there was no such notation on the modern map. It was apparent that the hill could be a small, negligible one, and the river may no longer exist.
After a long journey, Gu Fan and his group came across the well again, which brought back unpleasant memories for Lu Yi. He had nearly fallen into it before.
Gu Fan thought that there shouldn’t be just one well, perhaps there were others along the way that had simply been hidden by the sand dunes. They were lucky to have found this well.
However, Lu Yi had a different opinion. He argued that it wasn’t good luck, but rather a fluke, given that he himself had nearly fallen into the well.
Everyone couldn’t help but laugh at this. It seemed that without Lu Yi to lighten the mood along the journey, they would not have made it to this point.
The scorching sun was testing everyone’s will. After almost twenty days, everyone was tired and wanted the journey to end soon. They finally understood why wanderers longed to settle down after a long period of drifting.
Gu Fan kept telling himself to persist for just a little longer. If they did not find anything, they could return home. They had done their best and it was not just doing their best, but going all out. Such effort was a tribute to their twelve missing classmates.
In this way, they continued heading south for two more days. They were tired, and had lost track of time, but one thing was certain - the time taken had already exceeded their expectation.
According to Ouyang Jin’s estimate, for safety reasons, if they found nothing by the next day, they would have to leave due to insufficient water supply.
There was no disagreement with this plan, even Professor Luo, who was the most unwilling to let go, concurred. Teacher Liu comforted the team, stating that at least there was some gain from this trip - they had a general idea of the location of the Qianye capital city.