Xiaobai's Love in Another World

Chapter 437 Snow and Moon

How long will you use this water? Will you return the container after you're done?

If calculated based on a normal deposit, these seventy-two buckets of water are not cheap. The other party is just a young girl, and asking for such a price might make him seem heartless as a seller.

The shopkeeper added, "If you return it, I'll take half of your deposit. The normal deposit for a bucket of water is twenty yuan, but this way I'll only charge you ten yuan, and I won't charge you for delivery."

"Okay." Bai Lingshan nodded without hesitation.

Although she had prepared a six-month supply for herself, it would only amount to about a week in the human world.

Bai Lingshan hesitated for a moment before answering him, "About a week, then I'll return these buckets."

"A week?" The young woman who was doing accounting in the notebook came out of the room. She looked Bai Lingshan up and down and then brought her mouth close to the boss.

"Drinking seventy-two buckets of water in such a short time? Could there be something fishy going on?"

"Have you forgotten those dismemberment cases in the news? They used tons of water overnight to clean up the bloodstains?"

"What does this have to do with anything?" The boss didn't understand, and looked at her with completely innocent eyes.

"How can it not be a problem? There will be abnormal water meter readings when using water at home, but buying water from outside will not arouse suspicion."

The boss was very kind; he only paused for a moment before saying, "Really? Maybe it's from some factory?"

"Aren't there any men in the factory?" The young woman frowned and winked, then glanced at Bai Lingshan. "Who knows why they deliberately chose a young girl? If it's true, we won't escape punishment either."

They were talking so loudly, without any attempt to whisper. Bai Lingshan looked around awkwardly, afraid they would discover that she had overheard their conversation.

The two discussed for a few more minutes before the boss finally arrived.

"I'm sorry, there was a little trouble at the store just now. Young lady, where do you need it delivered to? I'll find someone to deliver it right away."

Bai Lingshan was shocked, and actually agreed.

As for where to send it, she just gave me any random place.

"In total..."

"One thousand four hundred," the boss interrupted, "and I'll return your seven hundred and twenty deposit after we've used up all the water."

Bai Lingshan nodded and paid for the water.

Half an hour later, there were new goods in the dark blue oil paper umbrella in her hand. She lifted it up to weigh it and found that no matter how much she put in it, it would only weigh as much as the umbrella.

"With food and drink sorted out, we can use the remaining few hundred to buy some things..."

Camping gear?

Then, I looked up at the setting sun, changed into my protective robes, and boarded the Star Coin Cart heading there.

As soon as they entered the demon realm, the demons were stunned.

Hu Cha's mind went blank: "Boss, where are your things?"

"At this."

She took out the umbrella from her hand.

The dark blue oil-paper umbrella with floral trim was the first time they had seen the prototype of an "umbrella".

"Is this the umbrella?" A demon opened its mouth wide upon seeing it and even tried to touch it.

Bai Lingshan hugged the umbrella back to her arms, not giving it a chance to "see" it.

You must always be wary of others, and demons are no exception. Who knows if it might try to take advantage of her talisman?
If she were robbed and then teleported away, she would be in big trouble.

"Little White, we're almost at the next stop. Don't forget your magic crystal."

She had only been sitting down for a few seconds when she heard the blond-haired monster say that, so Bai Lingshan had no choice but to drag the small sack back from his feet.

But then again, wouldn't a sack of magic crystals be robbed if carried openly to the Ghost Realm?

Bai Lingshan wasn't sure, so she opened her oil-paper umbrella and stuffed the bag of magic crystals inside.

With this series of actions, none of the curious kids in the demon realm could miss it.

"Boss! You're amazing!"

A compliment that came out of nowhere startled her, but she smiled and got up to stand by the doorbell.

"Am I going?" "Boss, be careful!"

The moment her feet touched the ground, a cool breeze ruffled her long hair. After surveying the surroundings, which resembled an ancient, deserted village, the two of them and the cat began their "journey."

Walking aimlessly forward, all I saw were dilapidated walls made of piled-up earth and strangely shaped old, withered trees.

The road was devoid of life, with not even a single weed in sight.

However, they did mention snow to her.

Scattered blue snowflakes are falling.

"Mianmian said that the snow here is different from the color of the human world; it is seven-colored."

But as the snow gradually increased, the color only seemed to have been tinged with blue by some colored particles.

"Is this snow?" Mirror Shadow asked, a question lingering in his eyes.

During the time Jingying was attending school in place of Bai Lingshan in the human realm, she was fortunate enough to see snow in the human world, but the snow there had nothing else besides the shape of snow.

"Color is different from temperature?"

Snowflakes evaporate instantly when they land on your fingers, while the snow there melts into water first.

Looking at the ground, where is there any trace of year-round snow? It looks more like parched land that has been dry for a long time.

"The moon here is quite large; the human world is too far removed from the moon."

Bai Lingshan also looked towards the moon.

The dark sky made the moon appear exceptionally bright.

If the moon on Earth were the size of a cake, then this moon…

"This must be ten times the size of a pancake."

"..." Mirror Image fell silent for a moment upon hearing this. "Are you hungry? How about we find somewhere to eat first?"

"..." Bai Lingshan was speechless, and stole a glance at the giant moon. "No, didn't they say that there are distinct dark zones here, and that there are some residents living here? But there isn't a single decent house along the way."

Mirror Shadow scoffed, stroking the kitten's fur as she walked: "This isn't the human realm. Humans have houses because they only have skin. Have you ever seen a lion with a house?"

"..." She had seen lions riding in cars before. "So, I guess I'll just have to find a corner to pitch a tent?"

Although the listener felt sorry for him, there was nothing they could do.

"There are houses and inns a kilometer ahead." The kitten in Mirror's arms suddenly emitted light and looked in a certain direction.

She had forgotten that Xinghu Xiaomi could sense everything in a wide area around her.

Where is the boundary between the light and dark areas?

Once she accidentally enters the dark area, she will never be able to get out.

The kitten's little head burrowed back into the mirror's embrace: "It seems that some kind of ability has hidden that barrier, and Xiao Mi can't sense it."

So what should I do...

I'm worried: "If all else fails, I'll go there first and ask around when I meet someone."

I also prayed that she wouldn't be so unlucky as to actually enter that terrible dark zone.

"You decide."

The rest of the journey was no different from that of a remote mountain village, except for the strangely colored snow falling everywhere. She thought that some man-eating ghost would suddenly appear and chase her for a while, but in the end, she was still safe and sound even after reaching the "residential area".

She wondered if the residential areas of the Ghost Realm were like those of the Spirit Kingdom, inhabited entirely by strange-looking creatures.
Bored, I glanced at the ground and noticed that there were flowers and plants on the ground that weren't there when I arrived.

Although it has blue grass and white flowers, it still represents vitality.

What did you say?

To see if people can survive here, first look at the plants and flowers they grow.

If plants thrive, people can live.

Bai Lingshan had seen this vast expanse of dense blue grass and felt exceptionally certain.