Zhao Rong took Su Xiaoxiao along the straight horizontal line of Li Du.

Go all the way north.

After walking for three days, the sound of the rushing river filled my ears day and night.

Talk incessantly.

One day, the two of them were walking along the river.

"Zhao Lang, look!"

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly shook Zhao Rong's arm, jumping and pointing forward.

Zhao Rong raised his eyes and looked.

Above the vast river, there was a solitary mountain standing out.

The river water flows around.

This is a bit of "green" in the vast yellow river water.

Very eye-catching.

"That's Xiaogushan, one of the few mountain crossings in Lidu. Let's go."

The journey seemed short, but it took them two more days to walk.

When he got closer, Zhao Rong discovered that although Xiaogushan was isolated in the river, its surroundings were extremely lively.

The monks in strange costumes were crowded on the mountain.

The two banks were bustling with goods and ships coming and going.

It must be the current situation of the mountains in Wangquezhou that has caused Lidu, which is usually the alternative route for mountain dwellers to go out, to become several times more prosperous.

This is the case when Li Du is only suitable for one-way traffic, from south to north.

Zhao Rong looked around and took Su Xiaoxiao, who was looking around, on a boat to an isolated island in the middle of the river. After paying a fee of spirit stones, the two of them climbed up Xiaogushan Mountain.

Xiaogushan is almost the same as the mountain market that Zhao Rong had visited before, but there is one special thing: there are many water monsters that can be seen from time to time, and the endless stream of people are used to it.

Zhao Rong took Su Xiaoxiao for a purposeful stroll on the mountain, and finally, they found a shop called "Zhong Xiu Zhai" on a street in the downtown area.

Zhao Rong raised his head and glanced.

This building has red pillars and carved rafters, and red pavilions.

He walked in, went straight to the counter, and casually showed a token.

When the shopkeeper saw this, he was slightly startled. He said respectfully, "Wait a moment," and hurried upstairs.

Zhao Rong looked around the store and found many familiar spiritual objects.

From Mount Zhongnan.

When Lin Wenruo learned that he was going to board a ship in Lidu, he handed him a token.

He smiled and said that if he needed any help, he could go to the market on the mountain and find Zhong Xiu Zhai.

And if you encounter any minor troubles on Wangquezhou Mountain in the future, you can also go to Zhong Xiuzhai to try. Well, Wen Ruo seriously added at that time that if you encounter big troubles, then don't come to him and Zhong Xiuzhai, get out as far away as possible...

Zhao Rong smiled.

I don't know what Gou'er is doing now. Haha, he should be planting the rice that he harvests three times a year again, right?

Lin Wenruo briefly mentioned Zhong Xiuzhai.

This is a thousand-year-old business.

But a thousand years is not a long time for the businesses on the mountain.

Thanks to the natural resources and treasures of Mount Zhongnan, the scale of Zhongxiuzhai is considered to be mid-level among the many businesses on the mountains of Wangquezhou.

Zhao Rong estimated that it was probably similar to Qingfeng Pavilion where he bought the boat ticket, except that Zhong Xiuzhai's business did not include mountain ferry.

On the surface, it mainly sells spiritual objects for spiritual practice in Mount Zhongnan, but privately it also runs some business such as information trafficking.

Although not as big as those big businesses on the mountain of Wangquezhou, they are also quite large. Almost 80% of the mountain markets in the north of Wangque have branches.

Originally, Zhongxiuzhai was jointly owned by Chongxu Temple, the Zhongnan royal family, the Lanxi Lin family and some miscellaneous Zhongnan aristocratic families.

However, Chongxu Temple had become history in his and Lin Wenruo's hands, and was reduced to ashes in the fire.

Therefore, the shares of Chongxu Temple, the original largest owner, were divided up by the winners.

The Lanxi Lin family bit the fattest piece of meat and became the helmsman of Zhong Xiuzhai.

Just when Zhao Rong was distracted, a middle-aged fat man hurried down from upstairs, followed by a group of people.

Zhao Rong took a closer look and thought that this was probably the owner of this branch.

Sure enough, the fat shopkeeper came to Zhao Rong, hurriedly introduced his identity, then carefully took the token in Zhao Rong's hand and looked at it.

This is a private seal with someone's words engraved on it.

After taking a closer look, the fat shopkeeper confirmed that it was correct, and then he became more alert and respectfully entertained Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao.

Zhao Rong explained his purpose with a gentle smile.

I just went to several shops trying to buy boat tickets to Duyou City, but they were all sold out. So I had no choice but to come here for help.

The fat shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and smiled as he told Zhao Rong not to worry, saying that although there were a lot of passengers recently and tickets were hard to come by, tickets could still be obtained through some special channels.

So Zhao Rong and the other man stayed in Xiaogushan for a few days.

Soon, two precious boat tickets were obtained.

Seven days later.

The ship has arrived.

Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao boarded the ship on time.

This is a dragon boat, one hundred and twenty feet long and twenty-one feet wide, with dozens of decks and thousands of cabins, so it has a huge space.

Sailing on Li Du is like a mountain floating on the river.

Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao still had two adjacent rooms, just like when they first met formally on the Qingfeng Pavilion ferry, but the rooms were much larger.

Originally, Su Xiaoxiao wanted the two of them to live in the same room, but Zhao Rong hurriedly stopped this dangerous proposal that could cost someone's life.

It is better to live separately and give each of you some private space. Anyway, you are close to each other and can easily visit each other when necessary.

Otherwise, if you stay in a room all day, not only will you become unbearable, but you will also waste everything.

The little girl had a resentful look in her eyes, but after being coaxed by Zhao Rong in his arms, she reluctantly agreed.

As for the boat ticket money, the fat shopkeeper was originally prepared to help Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao pay for it, but Zhao Rong declined with a smile.

Two dragon boat tickets cost a total of sixteen low-grade spirit stones.

At first, after all the expenses along the way, Zhao Rong only had four low-grade spirit stones left.

But before Da Wei and Liu Sanbian parted ways, Liu Sanbian placed the spirit stones on his body into the Sumeru object and gave them to Zhao Rong.

So after buying the dragon boat ticket, Zhao Rong had a total of one medium-grade spirit stone and eighteen low-grade spirit stones left.

The dragon boat sets off.

In the twilight of the evening, the surging river water along Li Du slowly accelerated.

The water of Li Du flows fast and the boat moves as fast as flying.

Zhao Rong personally experienced the speed of "the light boat has passed through thousands of mountains".

On the deck at sunset.

Zhao Rong squinted and looked into the distance.

The next step is to go downstream and head north.

Destination: Duyou City.

…

On a sunny morning.

Zhao Rong was pulled out of the house by Su Xiaoxiao to enjoy the river view.

He was originally reading quietly, but Su Xiaoxiao kept knocking on the door.

Before opening the door for this stupid girl, she also agreed to come in and sit for a while, just looking at him and not disturbing him…but in the end, she was still pulled out to play by him.

The boat has been sailing for almost half a month, and I don't know why this silly girl still hasn't seen enough of the vast river.

Deck, front railing.

A pair of people hugged each other intimately.

Su Xiaoxiao leaned in Zhao Rong's arms, tilted her head back, and chirped like a lark.

Zhao Rong was dressed in a simple blue shirt, while Su Xiaoxiao was dressed like a Taoist nun when she played "Lan Yuqing" in Liangjing of the Great Wei Dynasty.

This was Zhao Rong's request.

Of course it wasn't for any bad taste, but Zhao Rong had some other considerations.

To be on the safe side, she was asked to wear the fairy cave clothes on the boat that could block her demon aura.

The two are in love.

Su Xiaoxiao, a fox girl, is sentimental and just at the age of falling in love for the first time.

Therefore, I just want to be with my lover all the time.

I am very much in love with Zhao Rong.

She didn't want him out of her sight, just as she didn't want him out of her mind, for a moment.

During the days on the boat, Su Xiaoxiao ran to Zhao Rong's room every night.

During the day, Zhao Rong had to practice and study, and he finally managed to get her away.

After a while, Su Xiaoxiao could no longer bear the feeling of emptiness and panic without him, so she tilted her head and thought of all kinds of reasons to look for him.

Her reason this time was that after reading for a while, she needed to stop and relax her eyes, combining work and rest.

But Zhao Rong had only turned two pages of the book...

Su Xiaoxiao stared at Zhao Rong with her big eyes and smiled sweetly.

"Zhao Lang, do you like me wearing this outfit and dressing up as a Taoist nun?"

Zhao Rong said seriously: "Baby looks good in anything she wears, I like them all."

"Hehe, you just know how to coax me."

Su Xiaoxiao hugged Zhao Rong's waist and buried her little head in his heart.

Biting her lip, she listened to his strong heartbeat.

Zhao Rong felt helpless.

This is too clingy.

But...it feels good.

suddenly.

Zhao Rong's expression changed and he turned around to look around.

Because he was alert enough to sense that the sound of the waves in the river around him seemed... a little louder.

At this time, Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao were on the sparsely populated deck at the stern, and he was facing the bow.

Next second.

Zhao Rong turned back as if possessed by a ghost.

Just see.

On the river not far away.

Suddenly, a pair of...bloodshot eyes appeared.

The dragon raises its head.