An Moxue got up early and searched her space for things she could use on the mountain trip. She packed a first-aid kit, mainly containing medicine for external injuries.
I looked up what I needed to make a lasso, how to lasso a horse, how to train a horse, how to raise a horse, including the hay and feed for the horse. In the past, I rode horses all in horse farms, which is incomparable to these wild horses.
She found a compass, a military compass, and took out a rough map of the mountains. This map was something she had worked on herself, constantly improving it after arriving in Anle Village by searching for information in bookstores and scrap yards in the county.
During her last trip to the deep mountains, she saw many of her shortcomings: she was rich in theory but lacked practical experience, her endurance was insufficient, and her speed was not fast enough.
I went to the studio, found a piece of khaki cloth, cut it up, and made a pair of weighted sandbags. I filled them with sand and tied them to my legs before going into the mountains. I plan to wear them every day afterward, and I'll see results eventually.
The backpack contained a small amount of medicine, gauze, matches, a flashlight, a dagger, a spice packet, and a set of clothes.
After practicing her boxing in the space and having breakfast, An Moxue filled sandbags with sand. Seeing that Old Ma should be up by now, she went to tell him about going up the mountain. After Old Ma gave her some instructions, An Moxue returned home, changed her clothes and shoes, tied on the sandbags, put on her backpack, marked the windows and doors, and entered the forest from the back of the mountain.
An Moxue's goal in going into the mountains this time was to find horses and large animals to practice her skills, so she didn't pick any mountain products she saw after entering the mountains. She would only stop if she encountered rare medicinal herbs, such as purple lingzhi, black lingzhi, or ginseng.
They walked for a whole day. In the evening, An Moxue stopped to rest, took out a piece of beef and an apple to eat. After eating, she took out a compass and a north compass and made data records in her notebook so that if she accidentally went too far and lost her way, she could use these records to find her way back.
At first, I didn't feel much of the sandbags strapped to my legs, but starting in the afternoon, they gradually became heavier and heavier, and now they feel a little bit heavy.
After resting, they continued onward until it was completely dark. An Moxue found a tall tree, climbed up it, hid herself, and entered the space.
Upon entering the space, I removed the sandbags. My legs were a little swollen, but otherwise I felt fine. I took a hot bath, and afterwards, I felt much more comfortable. I went to the study and found some books about the mountains and landforms of the North to read. Many of them could be considered ancient texts. I read them carefully, pondered them slowly, and made comparative notes.
When I felt sleepy, I rubbed my stiff neck, glanced at my watch, and saw it was already past midnight. I heated up a cup of milk and then went to rest.
An Moxue was eager to lasso the horse, so he tried to avoid large animals along the way, minimize unnecessary trouble, and reach Hulal as quickly as possible.
An Moxue traveled during the day and rested at night, reading books and researching information. Finally, on the evening of the third day, she arrived at her destination, Hular. How did she know she had arrived?
Because there is a lake on Mount Hular called Hular Lake. This lake is located at the top of Mount Hular and was formed by a volcanic eruption. The lake water remains at a temperature of 20-30 degrees Celsius year-round and is exceptionally clear. There are no living organisms in the lake.
But Lake Hular has a beautiful legend—
Legend has it that at the beginning of creation, humanity was in chaos, with constant conflicts between tribes. The Great Shaman sent some Lesser Shamans to the human world to help reduce tribal conflicts, pray for blessings, divine, and heal the sick. Gradually, people got along better and humans developed well. However, in the Harari Mountains, the wolf tribe felt a deep sense of crisis and launched an attack on humanity. The Creator God was furious to see her carefully cultivated territory almost destroyed. She breathed fire and wiped out most of the wolf tribe. Because of her anger, a fire ignited in the mountains and forests. However, due to her anger, she suffered internal injuries and could not use magic to extinguish the fire. So she sent a young shaman named Hular to extinguish the fire. Hular did extinguish the fire, but because she was too young and her magic was limited, she died after extinguishing the fire. Later, to commemorate this shaman, people named the mountain Hular Mountain and the lake Hular Lake.
She walked slowly around the lake, thinking about the legends surrounding it. As she walked and observed, she suddenly remembered the lullabies her mother had taught her, all about the Great Shaman and the Little Shaman. One of the lullabies contained a secret code of the family's secret chamber. Whether the others also held mysteries, she would only know when she encountered them in the future. Her doubts remained unresolved, but new doubts arose.
The temperature dropped considerably by the lake. In the primeval forest, there were trees so large that it would take two or three people to encircle them. An Moxue felt deeply the insignificance of humankind. The more we understand nature, the more awe we feel for it.
That evening, she slowed down and found a spacious spot by the lake to set up a barbecue grill. On the grill, she grilled prawns, chicken wings, beef, corn, bananas, mushrooms, and green peppers, enjoying the scenery of the lake and mountains as she grilled and ate.
As the sun set and we finished eating, we tidied up and returned to our space, going to bed early.
The next day, after waking up and having breakfast, he went out of his spatial dimension to practice his boxing and began searching in the mountains and forests. In the afternoon, he found horse manure by a river, confirming that there were horses nearby.
Having located the horse's trail, An Moxue cleared a space in her spatial dimension, nailed a hitching post there, and then left the space to search along the river for any other traces of the horse.
She walked quite a distance and found not only tracks of horses, but also footprints of antelopes, deer, wild boars, and wolves. She became much more cautious and decided to observe the situation carefully before deciding whether to lasso the horse today.
After observing, he took out a wood-chopping knife from his spatial storage, found a straight and moderately sized willow tree by the riverbank, cut it down, trimmed off the branches, leaving about five meters in length, and found a two-meter-long nylon rope from his spatial storage. He then tied the rope to the thinner end of the stick with a Luban knot, and the lasso was complete.
She held it in her hand and tried it out; it felt quite comfortable. This tool could be used to lasso not only horses, but also deer, sheep, wolves, and so on.
Once the horses can be harnessed and stored in the space, they will be immobilized with a single thought, making horse training much easier in the future.
As evening approached, more and more animals appeared along the riverbank.
Horses, antelopes, roe deer, wild boars, and deer were scattered along the riverbank drinking water at different times and in different places, all in large herds.
Two herds of horses were spotted, one with over twenty horses and the other with over fifty. The adult horses in both herds were very robust, and An Moxue's eyes were filled with longing as she looked at them. Among them, she liked one horse that was pure white and another that was dark brown the most. They looked like they were full of powerful beauty, with smooth lines and glossy coats. She wanted them.
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