Chapter 426
Chapter 426: A Letter On The Sea Breeze
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ever since his rebirth, or more accurately, ever since he moved from Danzhou to Jingdou, Fan Xian rode in a black carriage, wore black robes, held a black dagger, and walked in the dark . All over his body, inside and out, shone a blackness .
On the expansive blue sea, the ship was pure . The mast was tall, and the white sails were like the clean wings of a massive bird that seemed to be heading toward the white clouds on the horizon .
That cripple, Lieutenant Dan, had once tied himself to the mast and bitterly cursed about the injustices of this world to the rain and world-shaking waves .
Fan Xian was at the top of the mast at this moment, but did not have this feeling . After comparing Chen Pingping to his good friend Forrest Gump, he—wearing a light white shirt—narrowed his eyes slightly . Welcoming the morning sea, his thoughts and state of mind became as pure and joyful as a scene seen by chance .
To curse heaven and earth, to blame the gods and accuse others, to fight against the heaven and earth, to become a large "person" written with a pie and a na[JW1] , this was not the life desired by the selfish and death-fearing Fan Xian . He was greedily enjoying each moment of his rebirth . Wealth, beautiful women, and immense power were needed, and the occasional enjoyment of solitude was also needed .
After leaving Danzhou, although there were many amusing things that could be played with, each day was busy with schemes and plots, killing people, and preventing himself from being killed . It had been a long time since he enjoyed this kind of complete relaxation and emptiness of having nothing to think about
Without question, Fan Xian was the first little bourgeois in the Qing Kingdom . That mother of his was clearly of the 保尔[JW2] faction . So he was definitely not going to pass up a bourgeois opportunity like going out on the sea to enjoy the sea breeze, drink good wine like Chu Liuxiang, eat beef, and be like young master Xu in pretending he was the master of the boat . It was a pity that there were not many beauties in bikinis on this boat .
The boat broke through the waves leaving a thin, white trail on the surface of the blue sea . It seemed to narrowly pass by the red sun . On the mast, the young man waved his arms, moved his feet, and sang with his mouth . He was truly very like a monkey .
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The sea breeze in the morning was actually a bit chilly . After Fan Xian yelled loudly a few times, the corner of his shirt blown by the wind felt a bit cold . He didn't feel very well everywhere on his body . Although his inner strength had been cultivated to the point where he didn't feel the heat or the cold, this kind of wetness was still uncomfortable . Only now did he know that there would always be a price for acting cool, so he somewhat resentfully prepared to return to the deck .
He still couldn't resist looking greedily again at the seemingly boundless sea as an unnamed desire surged into his heart . This kind of desire had begun to appear in his heart from last year, but he had never been able to accurately grasp just what it was . He had once discussed it with Haitang but still not manage to dig it out from his heart .
The wide and expansive sea outside the boat created a strange feeling within his heart that could never completely relax . He furrowed his forehead and spat out a gob of spit . It flew in an arc and fell far away into the ocean and made a few extra bubbles on the sea, adding a bit more pollution .
The navy officials and Overwatch Council on the deck below looked up at the scene . Over these few days, they had become used to the occasional deranged action the imperial envoy revealed . Although it was strange for the immortal poet of a generation and a powerful official to suddenly become a monkey, and one which only stood on the top of the mast gazing into the distance, everyone thought again and figured that since all geniuses would have their own unique eccentricities, it was understandable .
Fan Xian's action of spitting was seen by many of the people on the deck . A sailor couldn't help but sigh in admiration and said, "Even his spitting is handsome . "
"Ooooo…ooooo… . " A strange cry came from the top of the mast . "I am Tarzan[JW3]! I am Tarzan!"
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The people on the deck looked at each other . The sailor who fawned earlier was indeed slightly more daring than normal people . He gathered his courage and asked the Overwatch Council official beside him, "Sir, what mountain is Mount Tai?"
The person he asked was Fan Xian's trusted aide Hong Changqing . He looked at him coldly and then turned his face away .
A wind picked up and with a gentle slap, a pair of bare feet landed firmly on the deck . A young man wearing a white unlined garment released the rope in his hand and yawned . Beside him were sailors who rushed forward to retie the rope .
Fan Xian had jumped down from the top of the mast .
Although they had seen this scene many times, many people on the deck couldn't help but be dumbstruck . How tall was this mast? How could Sir Fan junior so easily jump down?
The gaze with which Hong Changqing looked at Fan Xian was filled with worship . Everyone knew that Sir Fan junior was a rarely seen ace in the world, but they were unable to imagine that a true ace was this incredible .
Someone moved a deck chair over, and Fan Xian laid down on it like all the bones in his body had turned soft . His two feet were propped on the railing, letting the sea breeze clean his feet and feeling the sea breeze blow through his toes like the detailed and gentle massage of a lover . He sighed with contentment .
In his left hand, he held a cup of the wine that the palace treasury produced, which he slowly drank from . In his right hand, he gently held the broken skins of nuts and brought it to his mouth . The same regret once again rose in Fan Xian . If Wan'er or Sisi could be beside him, that would be good .
"Sir . " Hong Changqing stood beside him opened his mouth to speak only to stop again . In the end, he couldn't resist, he lowered his voice and aside, "What mountain is Mount Tai?"
In this world, there were many famous peaks . However, no one had ever heard of Mount Tai . Hong Changqing gently said, "Is it tonight's secret order?"
Fan Xian was startled . He couldn't resist smiling and scolded, "What Mount Tai? There is a Dong Mountain though . "
Suddenly, a sailor on the boat yelled in a high voice with a trace of excitement in his tone, "We've arrived at Dong Mountain!"
Fan Xian rose and walked with the excited officials of the Overwatch Council to the left railing of the boat, waiting for the appearance of the Dong Mountain . Fan Xian suddenly remembered for no reason that before he became sick in his previous life, he had once taken a boat the Three Gorges . As they were about to pass Goddess Peak, the travelers had also been excited like this .
At that time, Goddess Peak was hidden by clouds and rain of the Wushan county . They could only see the bedroom and did not see the goddess' naked body . It was a great pity .
Fortunately, today's weather was clear without a scrap of cloud in the sky . Dong Mountain did not hide his appearance .
The boat traveled north for a number of li, rounding its way around a patch of dark and dense beach before turning to the left with great difficulty . The people on the boat immediately felt their eyes light up . The usual scenery they had seen for many days suddenly disappeared and a mountain that stretched between heaven and earth filled everyone's eyes .
The great Dong Mountain!
It was a stone mountain . It seemed normal, but this stone mountain was enormous . It was countless meters tall, and the side facing the sea was an incomparably smooth precipice . There was not even a fine crack on the precipice . It was as smooth as a piece of jade, like a sky god had once used a mystical sword to split open this mountain .
Fan Xian looked at this scene and sucked in a cold breath . Given the power of his vision, he judged this mountain to be at least 2,000 meters tall . How could the cliff facing the sea be completely smooth? Although he was a pig when it came to geology, he knew that this marvel was rare to see .
The great Dong Mountain was actually not large . It was just tall and steep like a stone column, a very large stone column .
Since the side facing the sea was smooth, no one knew how many millennia the sea wind had battered at it without it showing any movement . There were no traces from the movement of any animal . Even those proud and untamable giant beasts were unable to build their homes on it .
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes, thinking this place was indeed marvelous . Compared to the precipice of the Xi Mountain in Northern Qi it was more beautiful and more extreme .
While the side of the Dong Mountain facing away from the sea seemed to have very fertile soil, a verdant and lush wood grew on the mountain . It created the appearance of green and abundant woods .
One side was green, and one side was white . The two sides of the great Dong Mountain used these very different colors to adorn the world and formed a harmonious feeling like a piece of green jade becoming lighter . It was extremely beautiful .
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Fan Xian couldn't resist sucking in another cold breath . He knew of the great Dong Mountain . In this world, there were two places referred to as Dong Mountain . One was in the west of Qing Kingdom, which was a small mountain . It was only because Qing Temple had a temple there and a few folk gods worshipped there, so it had some fame .
The other was on the border of the Eastern Sea, the famous great Dong Mountain known to all .
The great Dong Mountain was famous because of its marvelous structure and perfect scenery, and it produced the most flawless jade . Fan Xian remembered a year ago, during the birthday of the Northern Qi empress dowager, someone had offered delicate jade as tribute from the great Dong Mountain . After Qing Kingdom had won this piece of land during their Northern expedition, it had built another Qing Temple on Dong Mountain and strictly forbade jade mining . Thus, there was only stock jade from Dong Mountain on the market, and the price has grown more and more expensive .
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