According to Panma's son, the place his father headed before he went missing was Buffalo Head Hook. Buffalo Head Hook is quite a distance from the village, and it takes a long time to walk there. This was compounded by the rain that had fallen a few days prior, leaving the mountain paths muddy and riddled with potholes.
The villagers, however, were unfazed; they were seasoned travelers of these mountains. Our little novice, Wu Xie, was not so fortunate. The mountain paths were so steep that he stumbled every few steps. Zhang Qiling stayed by his side the entire time, terrified that Wu Xie would accidentally hurt himself again.
"Tianzhen, your luck is truly abysmal," Xiaoge remarked, reaching out with lightning reflexes to catch Wu Xie just as he stepped on a rock and nearly tumbled on a path where everyone else had walked safely.
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