Chapter 318: Begin the Climb
Finally, after enduring countless hardships, everyone arrived at the foot of Yuxueyun Mountain. Looking at the snow-covered massif and the lofty peaks that reached into the clouds stood majestically, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim at the breathtaking beauty.
Old man Tian chose a mountain path that wasn’t too steep. Everyone then grabbed a climbing stick each and began their ascent with all their might.
At the start, Lu Yi curiously asked, "Old man Tian, do you know how high Yuxueyun Mountain is?"
"Yuxueyun Mountain has several peaks, and the lowest of them is at least five thousand meters high." Old man Tian had barely finished when everyone’s morale took a hit. Such a height was not good news.
Climbing a mountain is not like walking the same distance. Climbing a kilometer could take an entire day, whereas a fast walk could cover the distance in just over ten minutes. Moreover, climbing has to be done step by step, while you can run on a path.
Just a short way up, only about a hundred meters in, Xu Haowen’s legs began to tremble. It was just too tiring. Not to mention that they were climbing as weary troops. Even in peak condition, they probably couldn’t handle more than five hundred meters.
After all, most of the people here were not professional climbers. Unlike Su Hui and Zhuo Hang, who had undergone rigorous training, just getting this far had been a significant challenge for everyone.
It wasn’t just Xu Haowen who was tired; many people were too exhausted to go on and had to stop for a rest.
Seeing everyone struggling to go on, Gu Fan realized one thing: the danger they had encountered on this journey so far was far less than they had experienced in the foreign lands, but the difficulty of each step they took was far greater.