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Across ten years, apart from spending a lot of time with Xiaolongnu, no one else ever entered Jiang Nan's heart.

He had witnessed thousands of years of human change in the book and knew the fate of everyone.

He knew everything about Guo Jing's honesty and naivety, Hua Zheng's unrequited love, Mu Nianci's tragic fate, Yang Kang's obsession, Huang Yaoshi's versatility, Hong Qigong's justice, Zhou Botong's pure heart, Emperor Yideng's Buddhist compassion, Ouyang Feng's ruthlessness and treachery... He knew all the heroes and heroines, their loves and hates, their joys and sorrows, their ups and downs.

I also know the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the rise, prosperity, cruelty, and fall of the northern grassland tribes under Genghis Khan's leadership!

Jiangnan felt that people were trapped by their current grudges, obsessed with fame and fortune in the martial arts world, love and hate, and national righteousness.

He alone was a stranger in a foreign land, detached from this world, and no one understood his sorrows.

Only the little dragon girl he raised could connect with him on a cognitive level.

People live in the vibrant and passionate present moment, with clear-cut love and hate, and full of youthful vigor.

Jiangnan carries the weight of modern times, yet is separated by a long millennium of history.

Having witnessed the myriad aspects of life in the world, I still feel a lingering sense of alienation in my heart.

Unable to truly integrate into the world of martial arts, unable to let go of the mortal world of their past lives, and unable to indulge in the pleasures of this world.

Knowing the trajectory of fate, Jiangnan saw through the coldness and warmth of human nature, and had no desire to fight for grudges or get involved in worldly affairs.

While others are bustling and noisy, he always walks alone in the world, indifferent, growing distant year by year, forever an outsider.

In short, there is still an invisible barrier between Jiangnan and the ancient world of Shooting the Condor Heroes!

Jiangnan has always refused to fully integrate into the world!

Therefore, his obsession was to find familiar characters from the story. Ideally, he'd encounter Huang Rong, after all, she's the female lead!

Through Huang Rong, one can come into contact with other characters who have left their mark on the Legend of the Condor Heroes.

The interplay between worldly involvement and detachment is forged within stories, where joy and sorrow unfold...

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Before heading south, Jiangnan combined divination and astrology to determine the direction of their journey.

The journey south was not boring. Every day, I would cast a divination, and regardless of whether it was accurate or not, I would travel in the direction determined by stargazing at night!

Along the way, Xiaolongnu would ask questions whenever she saw something new or interesting, and Jiangnan would patiently answer them for her! Of course, if she didn't know, Jiangnan would simply say he didn't know, and they would guess the answer together, or ask passersby for help!

On this day, a year after leaving Zhongnan Mountain, a little beggar suddenly appeared in front of the oxcart and stopped it.

The little beggar's voice was hoarse and low, tinged with timidity and caution.

"Sir, could you please have a ride? I've lived in the south and know the way. I can show you the way and give you something to eat so you won't starve."

Upon hearing this, Jiangnan looked up and examined her closely. He had already noticed the little beggar, who had been following the oxcart for quite some time, but seeing that she hadn't done anything rash, Jiangnan didn't interfere.

  

The road is wide open, anyone can walk it! Jiangnan isn't so domineering as to forbid others from sharing the road.

Jiangnan looked the little beggar up and down and thought she was short and dirty, just like a beggar, but her eyes were bright, like two black grapes.

Is she Huang Rong?!

However, Jiangnan felt that this was unrealistic!

Although he was still looking for Huang Rong, hoping to run into her by chance, the world is vast and unpredictable, how could two people meet so easily? Especially since they were strangers.

Although Jiangnan had given up hope, she still felt she needed to give herself something to look forward to!

On a whim, Jiangnan asked, "Can you drive?"

"Yes, I can drive!" The little beggar nodded repeatedly, and Jiangnan could vaguely hear the joy in his voice.

"Get in the car!" Jiang Nan gave her the head of the car, no longer trying to figure out if she was Huang Rong.

We're all unfortunate souls; we meet in the world of martial arts, why bother getting to know each other?

Jiang Nan turned around and went into the carriage to be with Xiao Longnv.

Jiang Nan wasn't sure if the little beggar was Huang Rong, but it didn't matter. He wouldn't dare say his martial arts were the best in the world, but they were definitely at the level of the Five Greats. Even if this little beggar was Hong Qigong, he wouldn't be a threat to him!

At noon, Jiangnan stopped the oxcart, lit a fire, set up a pot, and cooked a meal. He directed the little beggar to gather some firewood and also made her a meal as payment for her labor!

"If you're going to keep hitchhiking, you'll have to wash yourself up once you get to the front," Jiangnan said casually to the little beggar after lunch.

The little beggar looked up at him; this was the first request Jiang Nan had made of her since they started hitchhiking.

"Yes, sir!"

After lunch, the oxcart continued on its way.

As the sun sets in the west, the setting sun paints the desolate wilderness with its last rays. The official road leading south gradually becomes deserted, with few people around and no villages or shops in sight.

As dusk slowly descended, the distant mountains were shrouded in twilight, and mist permeated the forest, making it no longer convenient to travel through the night.

Jiangnan and Xiaolongnu had gotten used to spending the night in the wild along the way.

Park the RV on the edge of the wilderness, away from the main road.

We let the ox roam freely, fed it some grass, and let it roam around and eat grass.

We secured the RV and released the bee colony to collect honey. The bees provided honey without interruption along the way, thanks to the colony.

He took out a long shirt and underwear from the storage compartment of the RV, and also took out a bar of homemade soap, and handed them to the little beggar.

"There's a river over there. Go take a bath, change into new clothes, and come back with a new quilt!"

The cotton in the quilt was sourced from seeds found in Jiangnan, cultivated and propagated in the Zhongnan Mountains, and then hand-processed and sewn after several autumn harvests.

Jiangnan did this partly as a test, to see how lucky he was, whether he would run into a little beggar who turned out to be Huang Rong!

Ultimately, I was still unwilling to accept it!

Another reason was to take in this seemingly clever little beggar. On the one hand, someone would be driving, saving him the trouble; on the other hand, it would give the beggar a chance to change his way of life, which would be considered a good deed for the day!

Of course, the main reason was that Jiangnan, after observing the little beggar for a day, concluded that he had no bad habits, was fairly well-behaved, and didn't have any ill intentions towards them; he was just a little curious about the RV! It's a normal reaction, nothing unusual!

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the little beggar returned wearing a loose blue robe.

After taking a bath, it was impossible to tell whether the little beggar was male or female, and Jiangnan was too embarrassed to ask any further questions!

I don't know if she was still wearing makeup, but I couldn't tell she was a beauty. However, her ears were quite exquisite, and her black hair was like a waterfall!

Jiangnan opened the mechanism in the driver's seat of the oxcart, turning it into a small compartment. He then laid out bedding, and it became a small bed, enough for the little beggar to sleep on.

Jiang Nan helped Xiaolongnu complete her usual bedtime training, not caring that the little beggar was watching. After finishing her homework, he told Xiaolongnu some mythological stories. After lulling the little girl to sleep, Jiang Nan also slowly fell asleep.

And so, the days flew by on their journey south. Jiangnan learned his name from the little beggar boy: Hong Shiyi.

Jiangnan didn't know if the name was real or fake, but he didn't care; it was just a form of address! It was convenient for addressing people, though.

I guess the little beggar told me his name because he didn't want to be called "little beggar" or "little beggar" in Jiangnan!

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Six-year-old Xiaolongnu's cheeks were still chubby, a little thinner than when she was five. Her figure was slender, and her aloof and otherworldly temperament was becoming more and more prominent. Her skin was fair and clean, and she had grown taller. She was wearing a plain white dress.

Fortunately, the RV came with all the clothes we needed, so we didn't have to go out and buy new clothes for Xiaolongnu.

Jiang Nan found it fun to be a little child, but that fun didn't last long, as Xiaolongnu was getting older. So Jiang Nan would often take the opportunity to tease her, draw her portrait, and carve some wooden figures of her in different poses as keepsakes.

Jiangnan would often hold Xiaolongnu in his arms, telling her stories or reciting scriptures to her.

Jiangnan felt like he was holding a doll; she was so chubby and felt so good to touch! Her round face was also incredibly soft to pinch!

They're so hard to appease when they're angry! Sigh! Women are all hard to appease! Whether they're strong women, gentle women, or even little girls, they're all difficult to coax!

A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea; the ancients were right!

Fortunately, Jiangnan, with his maxed-out woodworking skills, recreated many toys from his past life, such as Lego bricks, tangrams, and more. He also made many toys with characteristics of this era, such as wooden statues resembling acupuncture bronze figures... small wooden animals, such as rabbits, oxen, horses, donkeys, tigers, lions, monkeys, piglets, roosters, magpies, crows, eagles... wooden spinning tops, wooden interlocking locks, wooden Luban locks, wooden whistles...

Every time Little Dragon Girl played with her toys, the little beggar would watch from the side, his eyes fixed on her intently.

Jiangnan found it amusing, and while practicing his carving, he also carved some dolls for her!

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Whether it was because they had lived together for a long time, the allure of the toys was too great, or he was moved by the wood carvings of Jiangnan, one day after Hong Shiyi had hitchhiked for half a year, he dropped his disguise and revealed his identity—Huang Rong.

Jiang Nan was somewhat surprised. First, he was shocked that Huang Rong had actually delivered herself to his doorstep! Second, he was surprised that Huang Rong's disguise skills were so superb that he hadn't noticed any flaws after living together for half a year! Third, he was surprised that Huang Rong would actually expose herself!

But thinking about it, he wasn't so surprised anymore; it was both reasonable and unexpected!

First of all, the design of the ox-drawn RV in Jiangnan is quite eye-catching when it travels on the official road. Although it was designed to avoid attracting attention, the RV is still too big in terms of overall size for the sake of comfort.

Because of this RV, it attracted a lot of attention and was often targeted for robbery. Jiangnan also used a machete to attack people quite a few times. However, he never lacked money, because people always came to deliver it.

Huang Rong had run away from home in a fit of pique. Being a naive young woman, and at an age when she was curious about everything, she would naturally come over to watch anything interesting or novel!

Secondly, although the journey through Jiangnan was arranged according to the divination results, it generally headed towards the Jiangnan area closest to Peach Blossom Island, greatly increasing the probability of encountering Huang Rong along the way. Therefore, meeting Huang Rong was foreseeable.

However, regardless of the process, the result was that Jiangnan was still very happy to have a chance encounter with Huang Rong.

"You said your real name is Huang Rong! Then the cooking job is yours!"

Huang Rong is clever and quick-witted. Hearing Jiang Nan's words, she seemed to understand him quite well! Otherwise, why would she immediately entrust the cooking to Huang Rong upon hearing her name?! This goes beyond mere carelessness!

For the past six months, she had found this man to be very mysterious: "He cooks very well, just as well as her; his martial arts skills are not obvious, but from the way he dealt with bandits and malicious spies, she knew that his martial arts skills were not low, but as for how high, she could not judge... The enemy's martial arts skills were too low to show his level of martial arts skills."

Now Huang Rong found him even more mysterious!

"Just because they know my name, they put me in charge of cooking? This isn't just a matter of trust!"

It was as if he already knew that Huang Rong could cook, and that she could cook well.

"But how is that possible? I've never seen him, and I've never left Peach Blossom Island since I was a child. My father wouldn't go around saying that his daughter is good at cooking, and the mute servants on the island wouldn't dare to say such things."

Jiang Nan saw Huang Rong's puzzled expression, but he smiled without saying a word, pretending not to see it. This attitude infuriated Huang Rong.

Jiangnan would never tell Huang Rong, "Those are all things I read in books; I believe in your cooking skills even more than you do in person!"

Jiangnan thought that if Huang Rong really came to dig deeper, he would just blame it all on divination skills!

Asking is divination, it's a calculation!

Anyway, he believed that no one else could guess the reason besides this answer!

That answer is the correct version!