Flying Dust

Flying Dust [Fei Chen]

Chapter 31 Part 1

“If you die, won’t my internal energy for the past six months be wasted?” Lu Qing Mo’s hand rested on his shoulder, “Fei Chen, you must hold on, we still need two more days to reach Kun Yun Mount.”

 

“Hn.” Mo Fei Chen had no energy, he couldn’t even move his body, but he felt Lu Qingmo’s fingers clasping his wrist, continuously sending in his internal energy, “My sword seed can’t store up true Qi, if you continue do this for me…, in the long run, you will also run out of energy. “

 

“Isn’t what you said, ‘worry about tomorrow’s sorrows when it comes tomorrow’?” Lu Qingmo laughed lightly, as if the ink had fallen into the water and rippled, “Besides, when we became sworn brothers that day, didn’t I already agree that I’ll take care of you as a big brother, right?”

 

Mo Fei Chen closed his eyes. This time, he was unable to bring Yu Jin back, nor did he keep his promise with He Yunfeng to hide his abilities. Moreover, he had accidentally fallen into the conspiracy of Jing Shui Sect. The only real and pleasant day he had was unexpectedly when he was sitting on a small boat with Lu Qingmo, drinking wine and enjoying the beautiful moon.

 

“Lu Xiong, how did you know that something would happen to me at the Ding Chan Temple? I’m afraid that Jun Wushuang didn’t even…expect that…”

 

“That day I passed by Qiu City, someone delivered a letter to me, telling me that Jun Wushuang was the young sect master of the Jing Shui Sect. I thought at the time that you and Jun Wushuang were too close and I was worried that you would suffer loss and be in an unfavourable situation, so I asked around to see where you guys had gone.”

 

I had already suffered this loss and I had suffered it even more than once.

 

“Can I see that letter?”

 

“Yes, you can.” Lu Qingmo took the letter out of his pocket and unfolded it in front of Mo Fei Chen. It was indeed Yu Jin’s handwriting.

 

“Lu Xiong, can I ask you for one thing?”

 

“What is it?”

 

“My Shi Xiong, Yu Jin is the Left Protector of Jing Shui Sect…He is the younger brother of Leng Yufang. Originally, I wanted to persuade him to leave Jing Shui Sect…”

 

“But he can’t let go of his sister.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. I am worried that one day he will…If you can, please Lu Xiong save his life for me.”

 

“Why do you say that as if you were giving a suicide note?” Lu Qingmo curled his lips, but Mo Fei Chen could see the helplessness within it. 

 

After a day’s journey, the carriage stopped in front of a mountain.

 

“Fei Chen, I’ve thought about it, why don’t we abandon the carriage and take the mountain road instead? That way, we can reach Kun Yun Mount half a day earlier. Don’t worry, this brother won’t let you suffer, what do you think about it?”

 

Mo Fei Chen laughed, “I am the one who made Lu Xiong suffer (bear hardship), but has Lu Xiong ever made me suffer?”

 

Lu Qingmo smiled, he tied a small blanket around his chest, plus dry food and water on his waist, then he put Mo Fei Chen on his back, turned around and leapt into the forest with Qing Gong.

 

Mo Fei Chen’s two bamboo plaques hung around his waist fell down.

 

“What things have fallen?”

 

“It’s nothing, Lu Xiong, keep walking!”

 

Even without the exquisite footwork, Lu Qingmo’s Qing Gong was much higher than Mo Fei Chen’s. Everytime he turned around and landed, it was so light that Mo Fei Chen did not suffer even any bumps. He even sent his true qi into Mo Fei Chen’s wrist from time to time as he was moving.

 

Lu Qingmo’s forehead was already covered in a thin sweat. In just over two hours, he had already brought Fei Chen over two mountains.

 

“Lu Xiong, I’m tired, let’s rest for a while, is that okay?”

 

Thinking that Mo Fei Chen’s chest was probably too stuffy from the bumps, Lu Qingmo stopped and put him down slowly, leaning against a tree.

 

“Are you thirsty? Would you like to drink some water?” Lu Qingmo opened the bamboo tube. 

 

“Hn, but you must drink it first or I won’t drink it. “

 

Lu Qingmo smiled, as if a valley orchid blossomed in the faint moonlight. He put the bamboo tube to his mouth and took a sip, then picked up Mo Fei Chen to feed him.

 

After drinking the water, Lu Qingmo took off the blanket and covered Mo Fei Chen with it.

 

As if he had thought of something, Mo Fei Chen laughed out loud.

 

“What are you laughing at?”

 

“I’m laughing at how we are especially like Qiao Feng and A Zi.”

 

“What is Qiao Feng and A Zi?”

 

“That’s the name of two people, A Zi likes Qiao Feng, but Qiao Feng doesn’t like A Zi. One day, A Zi was badly injured, so Qiao Feng carried  A Zi on his back to the Changbai Mountain 1[Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology. ]to fetch ginseng to extend her life.”

 

“Then why did Qiao Feng save A Zi if he didn’t like her?”

 

“Because A Zi was his dead wife’s little sister.”

 

“Oh, that’s the opposite of us.” Lu Qing Mo reached out to Fei Chen, “We are sworn brothers and you are not even my sister-in-law. Besides that, you, this little brother, also don’t like me.”

 

Mo Fei Chen laughed, ‘He he.’

 

But he didn’t know that Lu Qingmo had only said half of what he wanted to say, the other half was for him to understand by himself.

 

In the middle of the night, he struggled to get up to pee, but found that Lu Qingmo’s fingers kept clasping him. He then realized that Lu Qingmo was afraid that he would die from lack of internal energy after sleeping, so even when he was sleeping, he kept injecting internal energy into himself.

 

Translator’s Note:

 

Btw, Qiao Feng and A Zi are characters from Demi God, Semi Devils by Jin Yong.

Lu Qingmo is really a good guy, he is the type that sacrificed a lot but did not bother to get his feelings returned by the other party. I am touched by his actions in this chapter. Actually in the next next chapter, he will be like this too. Really nice guy. 

1[Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology. ]