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Chapter Seventy-One: Divine Lake

  ???? is a mistake, according to pinyin:

  Baidu = White Ferry

  Yixia = With Shrimp

  nèi = Hey

  yan = Flame

  ge = Brother

  guan = Pipe

  kan = Chop

  zui = Drunk

  xin = Letter

  hang = Zhang

  jie = Street

  "I don't want money, but you have to take me to find my father's body." He was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with the unique highland red flush on his cheeks. His cracked skin and messy hair couldn't block the sparkle in his eyes. His name was Gasa, son of Lamu.

  The wind rose and the cloud supported, people inquired for a long time before finding this child. Two dilapidated wooden houses, inside burning was bright red cow dung, outside temperature had approached zero already. Gasa's feet wore a pair of Liberation shoes that didn't fit, the front end had disappeared long ago. He felt somewhat awkward, his toes rubbed back and forth together ceaselessly. These people from outside bought him many things, although he hadn't eaten all day, his stomach had long since betrayed his strong self-respect.

  The wind rose and clouds stretched out, touching the child's head with his hand: "Gasa, tell me if tomorrow's sun will still rise?"

  "Agreed!"

  The wind rose and Yun smiled: "As long as we rise up, there will be hope, taking us with it, to find hope."

  Gasa had no mother, she was gone when he was very young. Mu Lu was an instructor in the local border defense detachment, and after his father's incident, he moved out of the military camp with great stubbornness. The local leaders had also taken this child outside the mountain, but he ran back by himself. Local people said that he was as stubborn and strong as his father. Gasa refused many kind intentions, every month the local government would give him living expenses according to the five-guarantee household standard until he turned 18, but Gasa never used that money. He told Feng Qiyun that his Mu Lu dad in heaven was watching over him, he was the bravest young man on Snow Mountain, and he needed to live courageously by himself.

  His home also had a horse, three cows and over ten sheep, plus this house was all the property his father left him. At such a young age he tightly grasped a hunting rifle in his hand, saying it was his father's rifle with his name on it. The fat man took a look at the rifle and said it was a good one, well-maintained to the smallest detail, the parts inside the gun were cleaner than the child's face.

  Kasang said that no one had ever really entered the valley of Glerg, not even his father, who only reached the entrance. The old men in the village said that there were gods and devils in the mountains, and it was often possible to see dark clouds gathering above the valley with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, but outside the valley, all was peaceful.

  "Old Man Buji said that those were the mountain deities and devils fighting, they had been fighting for several thousand years, never determining a winner or loser. As long as they didn't determine a winner or loser, we couldn't go in."

  Bujie is the oldest person in the village, and in the afternoon they tried to visit him, but the old man only left a sentence: "You can't harm this child" and then closed the big door.

  Cha Wenbin hesitated and said to Feng Qiyun, "That place is so dangerous, will it be too risky to let Gasa go as a guide?"

  The wind and clouds say that this place is full of glaciers and snow caves, and the seemingly flat ground may be a deep abyss of thousands of feet. Only experienced locals can distinguish these dangers, and they must have someone to guide them.

  It wasn't that he had to find this kid, but rather nobody was willing, no matter how high the price. This morning, Feng Qi Yun kept discovering that the kid was following them from behind, far away and hiding from them. The disappointment continued until noon, when Feng Qi Yun decided to have a talk with the kid. He chased, the kid ran, and in the end he failed, stepping into a snow pit intentionally set by the kid.

  Fatso said that this child is stronger than all of them, and finally they knew the story of this child and also knew that his father was the one who went missing last year. Seven corpses were found, six were recovered, but the grave has not been found until now, people at the scene found his gun, the bullets in the magazine had all been fired, but the person was gone.

  Because there was no body, Mu Luo couldn't be defined as a martyr, and Gasa couldn't enjoy the consolation money for martyrs' families. He was too proud, he knew that money was pitied him, but he wanted to take back some dignity for his father.

  At that time, they all stayed in the old forest of Northeast China and were not unfamiliar with the environment. However, the altitude here, the unpredictable weather, and those glaciers and snow caves are the most deadly. The fat man decided to ask the herdsmen to buy some equipment. He bought a pair of thick cowhide boots for Gasa, a dogskin hat, and a warm coat. He bought enough dried beef, dried cheese, and high-altitude barley wine for themselves. They purchased professional climbing ropes, trekking poles, and compasses from local geological teams. The strong light flashlight can be used as an electric baton at one end, releasing a strong current instantly. He even got a set of two-dimensional matrix walkie-talkies produced by Meisms company from abroad, although it was an old product, but better than nothing.

  As for firearms, they are everywhere in the pastoral area. Fatso won't miss such an opportunity with a wealthy boss like Wind and Cloud around. He has two five-six guns, one with a shortened barrel that can be holstered on his waist, a double-barreled shotgun, four 59-style assault hand grenades, which are imitations of early Soviet products, characterized by great power but extremely instability, often not exploding when thrown out, the eliminated ones were used by herdsmen to stuff into meat to blast wolves. The rest of the canned kerosene, matches and flint were all brought along, each person got a cowboy backpack, including Cha Wenbin.

  The next morning, Gasa entrusted the family's cattle and sheep to the herders in the village. The herders presented them with hot buttered tea as they were about to leave. Although they didn't want to go, they still admired their courage. Everyone in the village came except for Grandpa Bujie.

  Gasa has a dog, it's a mastiff, three years old, black, named Baduo. Gasa said this means brave warrior.

  The temperature difference here is particularly large. As the sun rises, the frozen earth begins to wake up. They walked northwest along a narrow riverbank. Everywhere was a small plant with purple flowers. Gasa said this is called Jiralram, meaning the grass loved by the fairy sister. There is also a legend here that in ancient times, there was a very beautiful fairy sister in the mountains who brought this beautiful grass from afar and planted it on the highland earth.

  Cha Wenbin looked at the flower and felt familiar, they also have this thing there, don't know the scientific name, ordinary people generally call it Gua Zi Er Hua, when it blooms, the purple color all over the mountain is very beautiful.

  Along the way, there are many Mani piles by the river, and some dilapidated small houses. Gasa said that those houses were built by herders, but now that something has happened, no one dares to come here anymore. He said that upstream on this river, there is a very clear lake called Shenmu Leitian Lake, which means a place where gods often play.

  According to the process, they can reach Shenmu Le before sunset today. Here, as long as there is no sun, it's not suitable for rushing on the road. Without it, they will lose their direction, and the ground under their feet will freeze. The originally exposed grassland cave may have a layer of thin ice, making it a human-eating trap.

  There are many caves here, some are just a few meters deep, while others are bottomless. Some people say that these strange underground worlds were formed by geological movements, while others claim that it's because of the principle of thermal expansion and contraction that made this land full of holes. But Kasa said it was because there was a kind of monster here that could drill holes.

  Fatso asked him what kind of monster it was, he didn't know, that's what Grandpa Buji told him. Fatso said with a heartless tone, if there really are monsters, then catch one to eat, this life has eaten many mountain and sea delicacies, most likes to eat those strange and weird things.

  It seemed that the heavens were smiling upon them, and the good weather for the entire day had somewhat eased Zhu Wenbin's mind. Half an hour before sunset, they arrived at the lake that Gasa said, where the snow-capped mountains on the lakeside were reflected in the water, and the fiery red sunset made the lake water present three magical colors: blue, white, and red, intertwined yet layered clearly. Pangzi said that this place was a pity if it wasn't fenced off to charge admission, and he would come here to find the local government to invest in developing a scenic area after he finished his business. Gasa said that Shenmu Le was Shen Lake, and the water in this lake was all sacred water flowing from the distant Gangler Canyon, which could not be desecrated.

  Fatso teased him, saying he didn't care, and soon he would go to the lake to take a bath. He took off his coat and walked towards the lake shore. In Northeast China, they often did that kind of thing. Fatso really liked winter swimming, and when he saw such a large expanse of water and beautiful scenery, he thought he had to come here alone to enjoy it.

  Kasang said no way, this lake only allows gods to swim, otherwise the monsters in the lake will destroy everything. He said that cows and sheep had come to the lake to drink water, and the herders saw with their own eyes a huge mouth swallowing those cows and sheep. The fat man said, "That's just cheating you kids", the largest fish in the highland freshwater lakes are just carp, not even as long as a forearm, he also said that he would catch a few to have for dinner.

  Gasa saw that he couldn't persuade Baozi, so he came to find Cha Wenbin who was making a fire on the side, "Brother Cha, something bad will really happen to him, please stop him quickly, God will punish him."

  But by the time Cha Wenbin put down his work and chased after him, Pangzi had already jumped into the lake with a splash. He knew that in Tibetan areas, respect for lake water came from respect for nature, but Pangzi didn't care about that. However, seeing Ye Qiu and Feng Qiyun also by the lake, Cha Wenbin said to him, "Don't worry, he's a good swimmer, I'll go call him out in a bit."

  "But..." The eyes of Gasa were full of warning, and Zha Wenbin was entangled by this kid and had to walk towards the lake. At this time, Pangzi was about ten or more meters away from the shore, and Yun was still throwing stones at him, and he was also a naughty boy.

  Looking at those two treasures, Cha Wenbin shook his head and shouted to the fat boy: "Back, don't go into the water, the lakes in the Tibetan area are not to be trifled with."

  The fat guy in the lake was swimming vigorously, he saw Zhang Wenbin talking to him, but didn't hear clearly, turned around and shouted: "What did you say? I can't hear!"

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