"Senior, the tower has been demolished!"

Ah Zhu was still drunk, and she lay back down on the bed as soon as she came back. If Xia Xiao hadn't been afraid of exposing his aura, he would have let her sleep. He was hanging around outside with a grown girl on his back, like a psychopath. If she was happier and smiled, it would be fine, but she lay on his back like a dead pig, with her hands folded, swaying from side to side, as if she was drugged by him. Along the way, Xia Xiao didn't know how many people he drove away with his eyes.

Once back at the inn, Xia Xiao relayed the situation. Hu Bugui, who had not slept all night, said:

"It doesn't matter, let's go to the next one! I have already deciphered the meaning of the patterns, they are just the fragments of the damaged sacrificial array."

Xia Xiao felt that this term was unfamiliar to him, so he asked. Hu Bugui's answers were brief, but these were the results of his investigation throughout the night.

"This talisman array will increase the magician's absorption limit and can increase his own strength more at one time. Other than that, there is nothing special about it. Because it is just fragments, it will be difficult to activate in the future. It is better for the southerners to dismantle it. Without a carrier, the power will dissipate in the rubble."

Xia Xiao nodded in front of the talisman formation, but his fear of the devil was no less than that of the darkness. Just a fragment almost made him and Ah Zhu lose their minds. Putting aside other things, it was really incredible.

"I will report back to you once we reach Dragon Palace."

The talisman in his hand turned into a pile of light and finally disappeared on the floor. This was the end of the life of a talisman. Because Xia Xiao was not a talisman master, ordinary talismans became disposable consumables. This kind of talisman used for communication could be used repeatedly. Xia Xiao only needed to fill it with vitality. But if the frame fell apart, he couldn't repair it, and it would fall apart into a pile of light spots like it was now.

Now that he had nothing to do, Xia Xiao practiced in his room, but Ah Zhu didn't wake up until the evening. Xia Xiao was afraid that Ah Zhu would delay their trip. After all, they had to walk on their own from now on and could no longer use the academy's talisman array. In other words, they didn't have as much time as it seemed. Xia Xiao also learned his lesson. Ah Zhu couldn't drink well, so he couldn't let her drink from now on.

"Hey~ Why isn't it daybreak yet? I thought I would sleep until tomorrow morning."

"It's morning already, it's just cloudy."

Xia Xiao said as he threw the backpack to Azhu.

"Where are you going again?"

"Go to the river and take a boat to the seaport."

Ah Zhu nodded and followed.

Rather than saying it was cloudy today, it was as dark as night. The sky was covered with dark clouds, layer upon layer, blocking out even a little sunlight. The rain was pouring down like a sea, and the rain kept washing over the world.

This big city was covered by rain. It was the first time that Xia Xiao had seen such heavy rain, but the people here seemed to be used to it. Heavy rain or light rain was the true nature of the South. The Liuxian Residence that collapsed yesterday was still standing there, and the courtyard behind it was crowded with many young and beautiful women. The tiles were crackling with the sound of rain, but no raindrops fell. They were just worried about Qing Ye'er.

A small leaf can be easily torn into pieces in a rainstorm, and it is possible that it will die. But they hope to be safe.

The madam yelled at them to rehearse a new song, and then asked the servants to prepare hot pot. In this weather, you have to eat hot meals, hot enough to make you cry, otherwise your heart will really turn cold.

Xia Xiao held a big red umbrella. Before he set out, he hesitated again and again, but he still took it with him. He would walk half of the wilderness with this umbrella, just to avenge Shu Shuang.

The ditch in the alley overflowed, and the fish swam to the ground, which was considered a wish of fish. Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu walked by him, wearing black clothes, which were particularly intoxicating in the rain, and exuded the air of chivalrous knights, but they were less chic and more restrained and in trouble. But no matter what, the backs of the two were still very serious, but what they said was distracting.

"Tell the truth! Did you do something to me?"

"What's the meaning?"

"My chest hurts."

Ah Zhu looked at the road ahead and rubbed her chest. It really hurt. She suspected that Xia Xiao had attacked her while she was asleep. If Xia Xiao dared to admit it, she would beat him up. If she couldn't beat him herself, she would ask her master to beat him up. But Xia Xiao answered from a tricky angle as usual, which made people slightly stunned.

“Maybe it’s developing.”

Such a good mood is best matched with silence, but Ah Zhu always breaks it with a word out of the blue. Xia Xiao is used to it. Just like when they got on the carriage at the city gate and headed to the river, he kept watching the rainstorm outside the window turn into misty rain, and Ah Zhu suddenly said:

"I haven't had breakfast yet."

Xia Xiao took out two big apples from his backpack and reached out to the car window to wash them. When Ah Zhu saw this, his ** disease came back.

"Grandma said rainwater is not clean and will give you diarrhea if you eat it. Also, why do you like apples so much? You ate two big ones when you left the academy."

“Because of peace.”

Xia Xiao took a big bite, and Ah Zhu followed suit. It was not clean, but he did not get sick. The carriage was very bumpy, and it would last for a long time. When it got off at night, Ah Zhu's butt hurt, but he could not move freely under the umbrella because it was still raining. Although it was only a light rain, Ah Zhu did not want to get wet.

The south is too humid, the air is full of water, and it takes two days for washed clothes to dry. When she was in the inn, she washed a piece of clothing and hung it in the dark, thinking it would dry as fast as in the academy, but it almost became moldy on the third day. She will never forget this profound realization.

By the river, the waves were rushing very fast. On a large rock beside the river, Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang were lying under an umbrella together, waiting for the boat to arrive.

"Aren't you afraid of the boat capsizing in such fast-flowing water?"

"As long as there are practitioners, there is no need to be afraid."

Now Xia Xiao has formed a habit. Whenever Ah Zhu asks a question, he will answer it as quickly as possible, otherwise she will ask more questions. If it is someone else, Xia Xiao will be angry with her. If a sensible person sees that he is angry, he will naturally not ask irrelevant questions. But the key is that Ah Zhu is not sensible, so he can only change this method.

"What if there's no boat tonight?"

"Then there will definitely be one tomorrow."

"What if it's still not there tomorrow?"

"Then catch some fish and grill them for you."

"Good job, really reliable. Where should we sleep?"

Xia Xiao waved his hand, and a bed made of water energy appeared. There was a halo on it, and not a drop of rain could get close to it.

"You can sleep now if you want."

Ah Zhu was not polite. He sat on it and exclaimed in admiration, saying it was very soft and elastic, like the jelly in Yu Valley.

“Very comfortable.”

"Um."

Xia Xiao's answer was very perfunctory, but Ah Zhu was used to it. Xia Xiao had always been like this. But since he prepared such a good bed for her, she just thought of it as owing him a few copper coins!

Looking across the river, Xia Xiao waited for the boat. He had inquired yesterday and knew there would definitely be a boat today, and it would be driven by a cultivator. The boat was known as the River Dragon, stable and fast. As long as he could get on it, he could wait until he reached the seaside. But it hadn't come yet, what did it mean?

Xia Xiao had better patience. When he felt a wave, he shook his arm immediately, and waves rose on the river, moving continuously like a track.

"Azhu, let's go!"

Azhu, who was half asleep, got up, rubbed his eyes, and regardless of his fear, followed Xia Xiao away from the boulder and stepped onto the water wave tracks.

"You are so amazing, how did you do it?"

"Anyone who controls water can do it!"

Ah Zhu didn't believe Xia Xiao's lies, but she was very excited. Because she could just stand on the waves, and it would move by itself and take them to where the boat was going to pass.

In the distance, boats gradually approached. The big boats had sails but no oars. However, this big boat, riding the wind and the water, could travel a hundred meters in an instant without the need for oars. It was like a dragon in the water, stirring up the waves, like a finger stretched out in the water of a basin, leaving a deep or shallow mark on the water.

The boat was getting closer and closer to Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu, but there was no intention of stopping. At this speed, it couldn't stop at all.

There was a little boy on the boat, looking through a telescope at the river surface which was gradually becoming hazy due to the night rain, but he soon became surprised. After confirming again and again, he shouted to the long-haired man beside him:

"Captain, there are two men standing on the river over there."

"Don't worry, we don't take passengers."

The long-haired man leaned on the railing, sipping strong liquor. The drizzle around him and the splashes of water in the river could not touch him. Obviously, he was the practitioner on this ship. But he was admired by dozens of crew members, and he was also shocked at this time, because two people jumped onto the boat, but he didn't notice it at all. Their breath was ghostly, as if they no longer existed.