Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 733 - 442: Sunrise in the East_2

Yang Sheng wasn’t at all surprised. "We have a classmate named Huang Yuzhu who can pack even more in his bag."

"Remember the megaphone Cui Yu used during the dragon boat race? It was pulled out of Huang Yuzhu’s bag."

The thought of that dragon boat race and how upset their class was because Cui Yu lost pervaded Tang Fu’s mind.

But now, having eaten Jiang Ning’s fire pot meal, Tang Fu decided to bury the hatchet.

The originally cold mountaintop had been made warm by the fire pot meal, and Yang Sheng even took off his military coat to sit on as a cushion.

Xue Yuantong tasted the watermelon, it was crisp, sweet, and juicy. Although it wasn’t the special melon brought by Jiang Ning, it was still delicious.

Eating fire pot on the summit of Taishan with Jiang Ning was something Xue Yuantong had never imagined.

She sat beside Jiang Ning, leisurely eating her melon.

The night was beautiful.

Lowering her head, Xue Yuantong looked at the lights of thousands of homes in Tai City.

Raising her head, she saw the vast expanse of stars.

Beside her was Jiang Ning, the person who treated her the best.

...

As time passed, a blush of dawn broke on the horizon. The tourists, whose mouths had been ravaged by the tomato pot, felt slightly rejuvenated.

They had climbed Taishan at night, enduring exhaustion, the cold wind, hunger, and there were even those few damn people eating a fire pot—wasn’t all of this endurance for the sunrise?

Many took out their phones and cameras to capture the moment.

Any change in the sky brought about exclamations from the people.

The reddening skies lasted for a long time; at first, it was just a swath of red, and gradually, all the clouds on the horizon were dyed red.

As the minutes ticked by, the sky was still slightly dark.

"It’s so slow, if I were the sun, I’d leap out immediately for everyone to see," Tang Fu complained.

The eastern sky had been bright for a while, yet the sun stubbornly refused to show itself.

They heard Jiang Ning say, "Here it comes."

In the next second, the sun burst through the barriers, suddenly blooming in brilliance, a ray of gold light emerged from the east, illuminating the sunrise watchers.

The sky turned suddenly bright, and a wave of warmth enveloped the people.

The sun was resplendent and radiant, casting golden light.

Xue Yuantong turned her head to look at the crowd; standing a bit higher, she saw the hair of all the visitors gleaming golden as if dyed.

People took out their devices to capture the sunrise, including Yang Sheng and Tang Fu.

People cheered and were filled with vibrant excitement, filled with anticipation.

Turning around, Xue Yuantong saw the light fall upon Jiang Ning, making his tall figure shimmer in gold and delineating his features in sharp relief.

He looked even more handsome than when she would steal glances at him while he slept!

Because he slept with his eyes closed, Xue Yuantong couldn’t see his eyes, but now they were filled with the light of dawn.

For a moment, Xue Yuantong couldn’t care less about the scenery, and she just covertly watched him.

Until she saw her own reflection in Jiang Ning’s eyes and quickly averted her gaze in panic.

...

Huang Zhongfei raised his camera, seriously capturing the sunrise, while Jiang Yanan and Dong Qingfeng also used their phones to capture the moment.

Jiang Yanan recorded a video of the sunrise, planning to connect to Wi-Fi when she got back and post it on QQ Space to show off her filming technique, after all, it wasn’t often she climbed a mountain.

For her, this was a very rare experience.

She turned to share with her best friends and exclaimed excitedly,

"It’s so beautiful, so beautiful, the all-night climb was totally worth it now."

She had never seen such a beautiful sunrise, and Jiang Yanan could boast about it for a long time.

She spoke excitedly at length, only to realize that Yu Wen was standing still, not moving to take a photo at all, clearly without any intention of doing so.

"Yu Wen, why aren’t you taking pictures?" Jiang Yanan was surprised. "Is the sunrise not beautiful?"

Yu Wen playfully responded, "The sunrise is very beautiful, but there’s something even more beautiful than the sunrise."

Jiang Yanan: "?"

Yu Wen gestured towards the class leader; the class leader was watching the sunrise, but Yu Wen was watching the class leader.

Her voice was loud, yet it was as if the class leader hadn’t heard her. Yu Wen felt that such a romantic moment shouldn’t be wasted.

She racked her brains, using all of her knowledge, and transformed into a classical poetess, softly reciting:

"Your eyes shine brighter than the sun,

Your presence warmer than its burn,

"And your smile, it’s like a sun explosion!

It completely melts me!!"

Yu Wen repeated the verse twice for the class president to hear clearly, with great emotion and intonation, her face enraptured as if performing a recitation.

The tourists snapping pictures of the sunrise were all embarrassed and turned to look at her.

People tend to blindly overestimate their talents, and far from feeling embarrassed, Yu Wen was actually quite pleased with herself and decided to make this original poem her QQ signature.

To commemorate her and the class president’s climb to the top of Taishan and watching the sunrise.

...

After watching the sunrise, the tourists on the mountain didn’t linger and began to leave.

Jiang Ning carried a bag of trash and threw it into the bin; upon seeing him, some tourists greeted him kindly.

It was, after all, a rare experience.

Yang Sheng and the others returned their military coats, and Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong took a leisurely stroll; they weren’t very worn out.

Especially for Xue Yuantong, the biggest burden was feeling a bit stuffed from eating too much hot pot.

Last night, Dan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan planned to walk around Taishan on foot this morning, but now they were so tired they didn’t speak.

Everyone unanimously agreed to take the cable car down the mountain.

There are two cable cars down the mountain, one for South Heavenly Gate and one for Taohua Valley—the former requires queuing, the latter does not, so they made their way to the cable car station together.

It’s a distance from the summit to the cable car, and Yu Wen dragged her heavy legs laboriously downward, making for a path that left everyone feeling both sour and refreshed.

Yu Wen complained, "I thought the cable car was on top of the mountain, I didn’t expect it to be such a long walk."

Dong Qingfeng, wiping sweat from his brow, said, "The cable car doesn’t go down the mountain, it just takes us to Taohua Valley, we still have to take a bus down."

"It’s such a hassle!" Yu Wen was tired.

Xue Yuantong was still excitedly curious, asking all sorts of questions, "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, have you ever taken a cable car?"

"No," Jiang Ning replied.

Xue Yuantong continued, "Is it safe to take a cable car? It won’t just snap, will it?"

The thought of that scenario made her uncontrollably scared; if it really happened, she might die alongside Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning assured her, "It won’t snap."

Huang Zhongfei added, "Indeed, it won’t snap. Taishan gets a lot of visitors, and the cable car is inspected regularly. The chance of an accident happening is very, very small."

Xue Yuantong felt considerably relieved.

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile; even if it were to break, he could easily protect Xue Yuantong.

As they entered the cable car station, the ticket was 80 yuan each, which made Dan Kaiquan inwardly cringe at the price.

People boarded the cable cars in batches; Huang Zhongfei and their group of eight went together, but Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong were left over and boarded with strangers.

The cable car, unlike a bus, wouldn’t stop when it arrived; it was in continuous motion.

Jiang Ning grabbed Xue Yuantong’s wrist and swiftly got into the car, and once all eight passengers were seated, the doors closed and the car began sliding smoothly along the cable.

Looking out the window, Xue Yuantong surveyed the heights hundreds of meters below, scaring her into recoiling—if she fell from this height, it would certainly end her life.

Jiang Ning saw her timid and unimposing figure and found it amusing; suddenly, the cable car jolted sharply, and Xue Yuantong almost screamed out loud.

It turned out to be the normal operation of the cable car.

The ride wasn’t long, and soon they arrived at Taohua Valley; Dong Qingfeng had left a message saying they were waiting outside.

After exiting Taohua Valley, Jiang Ning scanned with his Divine Sense and found Dong Qingfeng and the others.

Clear mountain springs murmured beside the path outside in the woods.

Guo Kunnan said, "I’ve heard that spring water is sweet and refreshing."

Huang Zhongfei indicated he wasn’t sure.

Guo Kunnan tested the spring water with his hand: "Damn, it’s so cold."

"Can we drink this?" Dan Kaiquan asked.

Guo Kunnan provided a reasoned answer, "The bottled water you drink, ’Farmer’s Spring’, isn’t that mountain spring water?"

After saying this, he scooped a mouthful and savored it.

Yang Sheng asked him how it tasted.

Guo Kunnan was full of praise, "Cool and refreshing, rich in minerals, truly a gift from nature."

His words enticed Yu Wen, who also scooped up a mouthful to try.

Yang Sheng climbed some twenty meters up the mountain and shouted, "Come up here and look!"

When Guo Kunnan ran over, he saw a group of people washing their feet in the upstream of the spring water.