Li Lianhua walked along the winding mountain trail, growing somewhat breathless and exhausted in less than an hour.
He stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and leaned against a tree trunk by the roadside to rest.
Fanning himself with his sleeve, he could not help but self-mockingly mutter, "As expected, being without internal energy is truly inconvenient; walking just a few steps leaves me utterly exhausted. Why did I never feel before that this mountain path was so difficult to walk?
Chapter 65