Chapter 16 (2/2)

Zhu Changling realized his plot had failed and been exposed; Zhang Wuji wanted hie his hatred In the ; he opened his mouth to shout curses, “Thief little rascal, can the fruits in this cave feed you for the rest of your life? I will die of starvation outside, but noWuji ignored hiht more fruits and had his fill

About half a day later, a sudden wisp of thick s Wuji was startled, but then he realized that Zhu Changlingthat he would force Zhang Wuji to co him He did not know that there was another world at the other end of the cave, so that it would be useless even if he burned a thousand or ten thousand piculs [1 picul = 100 catties, approxi] of pine wood But just for the fun of it, he pretended to cough loudly

“Xiao Xiongdi,” Zhu Changling called out, “Come out! I promise not to harm you in any way”

“Aahhhhh …” Zhang Wuji cried out as if he was fainting, and then he left the cave

Walking to the west for about two ‘li’, he saw a large waterfall falling heavily down frohtwater looked like a giant jade dragon in all its reen pool, but the pool did not overflow, so there h which the water drained from the pool

After enjoying the scenery for half a day, he looked down and saw his hands and feet were filthy with moss and mud, plus countless cuts and bruises frorass; thereupon he went to the edge of the pool, took out his shoes and socks, and washed his feet in the pool water

After washi+ng for a while, suddenly ‘splash!+’ a big white fish ju Wuji quickly reached out to grab He was able to touch the fish, but it slipped and fell back into the water Zhang Wuji leaned over the pool edge to look down into the water He saw about a dozen big white fish swi fish was a skill he had learned since his childhood on the Bing Huo Island, thereupon he broke two stiff branches and sharpened one end He then waited patiently by the edge of the pool As soon as another fish juth and it pierced the fish body He cheered, and then with the sharpened branch he cut the fish and cleaned its intestines Gathering some dried wood, he took out his fire blade, flint and fire cloth to build a fire and roast the fish Shortly the aroma floated everywhere As soon as the fish was cooked, he enjoyed the smooth and tender, delicious roast fish He could not re this kind of tasty fish before In just a shortfish was cleaned to its bone

The next day he caught another big white fish and roasted it He thought, “Since I a to die soon, I’d better leave the fire on, otherwise the fire cloth will be used up quickly and then it will be troublesoathered the ashes and put the partly burned firewood inside to keep it burning All household appliances on the Bing Huo Island were ho alone in the wilderness like this was not foreign to him He made a pot from clay, and spread some straw as his bed

Busily working until the evening, he rery, thereupon he picked a big fresh fruit and tossed it through the cave He was afraid if he gave Zhu Changling soht increase and perhaps he would be able to break through the hole and give hiave him any roasted fish

By the fourth day, Zhang Wuji was busy building a clay furnace when he heard soent that he rushed toward the noise He saw that a little round next to a cliff One of the monkey’s feet was crushed under a rock that it could notand fell from the steep cliff