Chapter 52
A basin deep in the mountains. A campfire was lit in the center, and a mountain of bundles was piled to one side.
A flag was hung at the very top, and each time the wind blew, the six embroidered characters for Great Tang Clan of Sichuan fluttered in the air.
“Young Master, is there any place that aches?”
A man with a stern expression posed a question to the boy sitting next to him.
The boy, Young Master Dang Gun, who had been staring blankly at the campfire, came to his senses and replied vigorously.
“Of course not, Ildok Daeju. I am quite fine.”
A vigorous answer, despite the long journey from Sichuan to this place.
Ildok Daeju smiled as he looked at Dang Gun.
‘As expected, the Young Master was born with the disposition of a great man.’
Among the escorts, there was a saying like this:
If you go on a one-day escort, you must rest for three days; if you go on a three-day escort, you must rest for ten days; and after a ten-day escort, you must rest for at least a month.
This also signified the hardship of sleeping outdoors.
If even experienced and seasoned escorts were like that, how could a boy who had just reached his fifteenth year, the age of Jihak, be any different?
‘You have endured the repetition of sleeping outdoors and traveling for over two months, even after crossing the treacherous Jiange Pass. As this is your first time in the Jianghu and you are so young, you must be quite fatigued.’
There are only three routes from Sichuan to the west of the world.
