The conversation atop the solitary peak was, of course, unknown to Wang Anfeng; the chains and iron buckets on his body together weighed at least over two hundred pounds. The portion of the chains dragging on the ground created two distinct trails on the staircase with every step he took, evidence of their considerable weight.
Lacking inner strength, and with the mountain paths of Shaoshi Mountain being steep and towering, by the time Wang Anfeng reached the river Qinghe at the foot of the mountain, his body was drenched in sweat. The buckets were extremely large and heavy, yet strangely, their capacity was very small. Rather than buckets, they resembled two large hammers, crudely hollowed out for carrying water.
