Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 226 - 225 Climbing

"It’s too dangerous."

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Xia Xiao’s heart raced as she watched Gao Jiaxing and the others climb.

"You better not watch, in case you shout out loud and cause Gao Jiaxing to fall," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao nodded. She kept an eye on Gao Jiaxing, and although she trusted his skills, she couldn’t stop worrying.

"Let’s walk around this mountain and see if there are any prey. If Gao Jiaxing and the others have hunted, at least we’ll have some meat to eat," Xia Xiao said as she entered the space.

Right away, Xia Xiao went around the mountain to see if there were any new discoveries. Shitou had a very good reason; he hoped to walk more and look more in hopes of finding an energy stone.

"Gege, if you find natural treasures, I’ll dig them out and plant them in the space. That would be good," Xia Xiao said.

"But you can’t be greedy. I can’t possibly help you dig out all the natural treasures in the mountain," Shitou said.

"I’m not greedy," Xia Xiao immediately asserted.

Right then, Shitou helped Xia Xiao bring some ginseng and wild fruits into the space to plant, as the space had gotten bigger, otherwise it wouldn’t have been possible to do so.

However, it wasn’t long before Xia Xiao started to worry about Gao Jiaxing again, "Let’s go back, it’s unsettling not to watch."

"Alright."

Shitou led Xia Xiao back to the foot of the large mountain. Gao Jiaxing was still climbing, far from halfway. Liu Yuanchao was watching from below, occasionally whistling and shouting.

Xia Xiao watched nervously from below; Gao Jiaxing had run out of water, his lips were dry, his hands were bloodied from rubbing, and his shoes had worn out.

It was now noon, the sun was very strong and hot. Xia Xiao saw a lot of soldiers enduring, some would climb for a while then come down, and then climb again.

Xia Xiao’s neck was tired from looking up, and she said to Shitou, "Let’s go up to the top of the mountain, it’s too tiring at the foot of the mountain."

Xia Xiao simply went up to the top of the mountain. She wanted to help Gao Jiaxing, but she couldn’t.

Soldiers’ training was to toughen up both body and mind, a process of becoming stronger. Although Xia Xiao was anxious watching, she dared not interfere with Gao Jiaxing.

"Liu Yuanchao is starting to climb," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao then saw Liu Yuanchao begin to climb. Compared to everyone else, Liu Yuanchao clearly had more experience and seemed well-trained.

Liu Yuanchao’s pace was neither fast nor slow, and very steady, soon leaving many soldiers behind. An hour and a half later, Liu Yuanchao had caught up behind Gao Jiaxing.

Gao Jiaxing had a spirit of never admitting defeat, unwilling to let Liu Yuanchao catch up, which motivated him as well.

Half an hour later, Liu Yuanchao caught up with Gao Jiaxing, at roughly the same height. He was very tired, but still managed to smile at Gao Jiaxing and said, "You climbed too fast at the start, which is why you exhausted quickly. Can’t climb anymore?"

"You’re the instructor, you didn’t tell us," Gao Jiaxing glared at Liu Yuanchao’s smile.

Liu Yuanchao laughed and said, "That’s something you have to find out for yourself. It’s your first climb, feel it out."

Then, Liu Yuanchao provocatively said to Gao Jiaxing, "How about a competition, let’s see who can reach the top first."

"Let’s compete then," Gao Jiaxing initially expended a lot of energy, but he had mostly rested by now and immediately compared speed with Liu Yuanchao.

The presence of competition made a difference, providing motivation. Gao Jiaxing started fast, leaving everyone else behind. Now, without anyone catching up, his drive to ascend quickly had significantly decreased.

Now with Liu Yuanchao spurring him on, Gao Jiaxing raced against Liu Yuanchao, boosting his speed considerably.

Xia Xiao hadn’t really been staying at the mountaintop to suffer in the sun; sometimes she was in her space, other times she would come out to find a shade under a tree. After all, she had come these past few days to watch Gao Jiaxing, and Xia Xiao had nothing else to do but to watch them train.

Two hours later, Liu Yuanchao reached the summit before Gao Jiaxing, also exhausted and panting hard.

As soon as Xia Xiao saw Liu Yuanchao reach the top, she immediately slipped into her space, and after a while she came out again. But Xia Xiao immediately dashed back into her space—she had forgotten to remain invisible. Luckily, she reacted quickly, or she would have almost revealed herself.

At that moment, Gao Jiaxing climbed up, thirsty, hungry, tired, and dizzy from the sun. In a daze, he seemed to see Xia Xiao and called out, "Xiaoxiao."

Liu Yuanchao laughed, "You must be seeing things, Xiaoxiao can’t possibly be here."

Gao Jiaxing chuckled weakly, wiping his eyes, "Indeed, I am seeing things. I thought I saw Xiaoxiao."

Liu Yuanchao smiled and said, "You’ve made it up here; how does it feel?"

Gao Jiaxing looked around and surveyed the area from the top of the mountain, feeling a sense of dominance over the surrounding peaks.

"Very good, really good, quite thrilling," Gao Jiaxing laughed heartily and then cheered toward the mountain below.

Both Liu Yuanchao and Gao Jiaxing had made it up top, so the rock-climbing soldiers exerted themselves more vigorously, nobody wanted to be the last.

Since it was their first time here, Liu Yuanchao hadn’t timed them, planning to let everyone spend a day acclimatizing to the high mountain.

Seeing Gao Jiaxing laugh happily made Xia Xiao feel delighted. She thought of the wild rabbit in her space and released one.

"It’s a wild rabbit," Liu Yuanchao reacted immediately upon seeing it and shot at the wild rabbit.

Gao Jiaxing also quickly pulled out his gun, and with a bang, the wild rabbit was hit by two bullets and fell.

Both Liu Yuanchao and Gao Jiaxing were now happy. They were tired, hungry, and thirsty. Though they still had dry ration in their packs, hitting a wild rabbit was a delightful surprise.

"See that, we hit a wild rabbit. Anyone coming up gets a share, but if you’re late, you’ll miss out," Gao Jiaxing waved the wild rabbit toward the group of climbing soldiers below, and as you can imagine, that stirred up excitement.

Gao Jiaxing said to Liu Yuanchao, "I’ll look around for water, and pick up some wood to roast the rabbit."

Liu Yuanchao nodded and took out a dagger to process the wild rabbit while waiting for the other soldiers to make it up.

As Gao Jiaxing left, Xia Xiao followed him. She still had a goat in her space, but a goat appearing at a mountain peak didn’t seem plausible.

However, Xia Xiao quickly stopped worrying as Gao Jiaxing, carrying a gun and two water bottles, left marks while walking. They went quite a distance, and soon Xia Xiao could also hear the sound of running water. freēnovelkiss.com

Suddenly, Gao Jiaxing alertly grabbed his gun, Xia Xiao, although not far from Gao Jiaxing wasn’t too close either, dared not to call out to Shitou.

Bang bang, Xia Xiao saw Gao Jiaxing aiming his gun in a direction and firing twice, followed by a miserable cry, Xia Xiao followed him and saw a deer fallen, unable to get up.

It was indeed a deer; Gao Jiaxing’s senses were so sharp. Xia Xiao dared not to get too close to Gao Jiaxing anymore.

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