All at once, the Li family found their way forward blocked.
The couple looked around helplessly.
"Let's go back and try another route," Mrs. Li said.
There was nothing else they could do.
They turned to retrace their steps, but as they did, they heard a muffled rumble. It came from far above them. When they looked up, all they could see was fog.
I sensed the yin energy shifting and had a bad feeling.
Wind howled as a rumble rolled down from above, and a dark cloud appeared overhead.
My body instinctively drifted toward the middle of the river, but the Li family had nowhere to hide.
A massive rock came crashing down.
My heart seemed to skip a beat. I searched carefully and sensed three clusters of yin energy sink beneath the water, then drift away with the current.
I hurried after them.
The Li family bobbed beneath the water, and I couldn't make out where they were.
The water roared. Above us, rocks kept cracking and tumbling down, and smaller pieces continued to fall, striking the surface and creating whirlpools.
A rock grazed my body, and a burning pain flared through me.
I stopped short.
Li Shi's soul had already drifted downstream, and, pulled along by him, I surged forward too.
I tilted my head back, trying my best to dodge the rocks falling from the mountain.
The fog blocked my view. I couldn't even see where the peaks were. Each time, I only caught sight of a shadow at the last moment and narrowly dodged it.
As I dodged again and again, rocks inevitably grazed my body. The pain grew worse, and my body grew heavier until my feet touched the surface of the water.
The current suddenly calmed.
The three members of the Li family