Chapter 18
The road to Luoyang was anything but smooth.
Whooshhhh—
It had been about ten days since I left Huangshan. Due to the torrential downpour, I was stuck in a remote mountain village, unable to make any progress. I’ve encountered storms like this before, but the problem this time was that the downpour caused the bridges to break and flooded the fords.
With my lightness skill, I might be able to jump over the vast muddy water. But even if I could cross dozens of stretches of muddy water, there were too many terrains that had become like islands within the land. I had to consider the risk of starving to death while getting soaked.
Whooshhh—
Rumble
Lightning struck.
I murmured as I stared at the pouring rain from inside a building.
“Even with acquired fate, one is powerless against nature.”