391: Chapter 388: Mysterious Girl [Please Subscribe] 391: Chapter 388: Mysterious Girl [Please Subscribe] “Heh heh, what’s there to be afraid of?
Do you really think I’d fear an Indian like you?”
Facing the challenge from the Indian Guli, Li Chen squeezed out a sneer between his teeth.
“I’m standing right here.
If you can touch even once, I’ll concede defeat!”
Guli was a very proud Indian who had always looked down on Huaxia people.
How could he tolerate such provocation?
“Hmph, you Huaxia people really are so arrogant and ignorant.
Today, I’ll let you witness the prowess of us Indian n!”
Before his words even settled, he made all his joints crackle, his huge fists as large as clay pots—a clear indication that he had practiced Muay Thai or sothing similar.
“You weakling from Huaxia, die!”
With a roaring shout, he suddenly raised his fist and launched it towards Li Chen’s face.
“Boom!”
His punch did not land on Li Chen but instead crashed into the Protective Gang Qi.
Invisible and colorless, yet solid as a rock.
Guli’s punch fractured his own fingers, leaving him in such pain that he grimaced like a monkey.
“Now it’s my turn to make a move!”
As Li Chen spoke, he even gave a grin, revealing eight neat little white teeth, the epito of harmlessness.
But as his smile faded, he counterattacked with a resounding slap, striking fiercely.
“Slap!”
The Indian Guli was hit on the left cheek by the slap, sending him flying out and crashing against the cliff face, leaving a clear human imprint.
Li Chen walked over and flipped him over with the tip of his foot, “Mr.
Guli, just now you called a Huaxia weakling, but now you’re even worse than .
Aren’t you saying that you’re not even a weakling?”
“I…”
Before Guli could finish speaking, Li Chen coldly cut him off, “What ‘I’ and what ‘you’.
You accepted the bet, suffer the loss.
Crawl around in a circle on the ground and bark like a dog!”
Left with no choice, the Indian Guli had to shafully crawl back and forth on the ground like a dog, eliciting hearty laughter from everyone.
After this sowhat discordant episode, Guli had lost all face to stay in the climbing team and slinked away that very night.
Team leader Jack walked up, giving Li Chen a thumbs-up, and said in stiff Chinese with an Arican accent, “Mr.
Li Chen, appearances can be deceiving, the sea is imasurable.
I apologize for my earlier behavior, and welco you to join our team conquering Mount Everest!”
Li Chen nodded slightly, smiling and asking, “Do you have a detailed topographic map here?”
Before Jack could answer, Livia ca over, bubbling with laughter, “Of course, we do.
Not only do we have one, but we also have the world’s most detailed map of Mount Everest!”
Li Chen asked, “May I take a look?”
Livia made an “OK” gesture, saying, “Follow , the map’s in my tent!”
The main routes for climbing Mount Everest are the southern slope within Nepal and the northern slope within Huaxia.
From a topographic and technical angle, it’s evidently easier to ascend from Everest’s southern slope.
However, this group of brainless climbers, in pursuit of so-called extre challenges, had stubbornly chosen the more difficult northern slope.
The easiest season to climb Mount Everest is naturally mid to late May in the sumr.
At this ti, there are fewer snowstorms on the climbing routes, and the rainy season has yet to start, followed by the dry season after the rainy season: September and October.
There are those who choose to climb Mount Everest in the winter, but few reach the summit, with the vast majority perishing in the snowstorms.
Li Chen even wondered if these people’s heads were filled with water.
In this season, choosing the northern slope to climb was nearly no different from seeking death.
Seeing that Li Chen had nothing on his hands, Livia curiously asked, “Li Chen, where’s your mountaineering backpack?”
Li Chen withdrew his gaze from the map, shrugged, and said, “I lost it!”
“Lost it?”
Livia’s eyes widened in shock.
A climber without a backpack was like a soldier going into battle without a gun, completely incomprehensible.
Li Chen nodded and said, “Yep, lost it!”
Seeing Li Chen was so nonchalant about it, Livia didn’t say anything more.
“Then I’ll go down to Uncle Amu’s and buy another one.
Our conquest of Mount Everest all depends on that thing to save our lives!”
Li Chen smiled faintly and said, “Alright, thanks for the trouble!”
Uncle Amu was a local indigenous person, running a general store that specialized in selling mountaineering equipnt, sleeping bags, and high-energy compressed food among other items.
Under Livia’s guidance, Li Chen purchased equipnt such as a windproof jacket, special mountaineering boots, and a sleeping bag.
These items might not look impressive, but they were genuinely not cheap—after a twenty percent discount, they still cost twenty-five thousand dollars.
If it weren’t for the clarity and brightness of Livia’s eyes, Li Chen would have suspected that he was being swindled.
Just as Livia and Li Chen were about to leave, two people ca their way.
The one in the lead was a young man who bore so resemblance to Uncle Amu.
Following him was a graceful, curvaceous young woman.
However, her face was veiled, making it impossible to discern her features.
The young man ignored the presence of Livia and Li Chen, running straight to Uncle Amu, gasping heavily and saying, “Dad, this lady wants to climb Mount Everest and needs a guide!”
Uncle Amu glanced at the veiled girl, his expression showing so surprise.
“Alang, what are you ssing around for?”
“Dad, I’m not ssing around, this lady truly wishes to climb Mount Everest.”
As he spoke, Alang, the young man in question, pulled Uncle Amu aside, lowering his voice saying, “Dad, if we find her a guide, she’ll pay us this much!”
Uncle Amu looked at the palm his son Alang extended and asked tentatively, “Fifty thousand?”
Alang shook his head and said, “No, five hundred thousand!”
Hearing the number “five hundred thousand,” Uncle Amu too was taken aback.
Although his store made a high profit, the number of custors was very limited, and many climbers brought their own climbing gear, not needing to purchase from his store.
Besides, he had to pay a hefty tax to the local governnt.
Making a hundred or eighty thousand in a year was considered very good.
This five hundred thousand was equivalent to five years of their net inco, so it was no wonder it tempted him.
After hesitating for a mont, Uncle Amu decided to take on the deal.
“Young lady, we have a limited number of guides here.
Could you consider climbing Mount Everest with other people?”
When he ntioned “other people,” Uncle Amu pointed at Li Chen and Livia.
The veiled girl followed the direction he was pointing and caught Li Chen’s gaze mid-air.
Seeing those eyes as deep as Crescent Lake, Li Chen’s heart was startled.
The girl exuded the aura of Miao Territory witchcraft.
Although she had concealed her True Yuan, Li Chen could still intuitively determine: this seemingly fragile girl was even stronger than Wui Batian, the Wu Family Head.
Strange, what is she doing here?
Could she also be after the thousand-year-old snow lotus at the top of Mount Everest?
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