Myriad Paths

Dalu Country, White Snake Prefecture, and Shewei County.

White Snake Prefecture is located next to Lizhou. Similar to how Lizhou was named after Lishui, White Snake Prefecture was named after White Snake Mountain.

It is a tall mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles. Because it is so high, the top of the mountain is covered with snow, like a white snake meandering on the ground, so it is named White Snake Mountain.

The entire White Snake Prefecture is divided into two parts by the White Snake Mountain.

Fifteen days have passed since the incident in Lizhou.

For fifteen days, Lao Ma traveled day and night, running wildly all the way. He had finally escaped from Lizhou, and he didn't have to worry about officials catching up with him.

It's just...across state lines.

This was Li Qi's first time traveling across states. Even in his original world, he had never traveled this far.

Thousands of miles away.

Calculating this, it probably took me all the way from BJ to New Delhi.

Li Qi couldn't help but sigh at how big the world is.

The earth is so damn...it's only as big as a big deer country.

As a result, Dalu Country was just a small, remote place. It was said that the entire Dalu Country was only the size of a county in Tang State. As for Wushen Mountain, there were thousands of small countries like Dalu Country.

It's unimaginable size.

According to Shen Shuibi, they were already about halfway to the distance from Luofu Empress, and it looked like they were about to arrive.

Because of this, Shen Shuibi has been very happy recently and can't wait to look at the west every day.

However, Lao Ma couldn't hold on any longer.

Running for fifteen days in a row, just eating some beets, oats and grass was definitely not enough. The old horse lost weight very quickly during these fifteen days of day and night travel, and he lost a lot of weight before his eyes.

For those who didn’t know, they thought Li Qi had prepared twenty mares for him.

Therefore, at this time, Li Qi planned to stop in Shewei County to replenish supplies, give the old horse a rest, let him replenish nutrition, gain some weight, and earn some money to replenish the money he consumed.

How to make money?

I don’t know. Let’s go to Shewei County and see.

Shewei County, as its name suggests, happens to be at the end of Baishen Mountain, which is the edge of Baishen Mountain, adjacent to Lizhou. The endless white snow on Baishen Mountain melts here, rolls down the hillside, and then turns into mountains and rivers, which happen to meet As one, they became the source of Lishui.

"Li Qi, do we really have to stop here..." Shen Shuibi's face was depressed and bitter. She wanted to fly to the empress immediately, and felt very painful that Li Qi had to stop for at least seven or eight days to revise his plan.

"Miss Shen... there's nothing we can do about it. Look at the old horse like this, can he still run?" Li Qi patted the old horse's belly, but instead of the previous snapping sound, there was a knock. On the bones, there is a dull feeling.

Lao Ma snorted, his eye sockets sunken, he turned around and looked at Shen Shuibi bitterly.

Shen Shuibi was speechless now.

Even Long Ju couldn't bear it after traveling day and night for fifteen consecutive days. He had lost at least two hundred kilograms. Who could withstand this?

"Okay..." Shen Shuibi lowered his head and had no choice but to agree.

Now that everything has been decided, Li Qi rode his old horse into the city.

This time, because he had already arrived in White Snake State and mainly wanted to fatten up his old horse, he rode there directly.

Anyway, Lizhou is thousands of miles away from here, so what happened in Lizhou has nothing to do with here.

However, although Li Qi was well prepared, he was shocked before he even entered the city.

She holds a sword at her waist, rides a dragon colt, and behind her hangs a dust-free beauty looking around. Although she is not very luxurious, just a commoner from a middle-class family, she still has a certain air of magnanimity.

In fact, his temperament is all supported by Long Ju and Shen Shuibi.

No matter who you put on it, he will be magnanimous.

The only advantage is that it is clean, unlike someone who has been in the wild for more than ten days.

It's normal. Li Qi needs to find water sources every day to practice. He soaks in water for three hours a day and it's hard to get dirty.

At the same time, he was reluctant to wear good clothes in the wild. He always wore coarse cloth clothes. He only turned out his good clothes and wore them before entering the city. At first glance, they looked new, and they looked like that.

All in all, this group of people is quite bluffing.

There was a big pannier hanging on the back of the old horse, which looked awkward, but there was nothing we could do.

There is no room for rings, mustard bags, etc. There are no backpacks, and there is no place to put luggage!

However, that's probably all. Although there is an eyesore on the back, this scene of riding a dragon colt, wearing a long sword, and accompanied by a beautiful woman, is so outstanding in a county town.

Even when Li Qi walked to the city gate, no one dared to stop him.

It was Li Qi who took the initiative to dismount and pay for the examination, and then the soldiers guarding the city nodded and bowed their heads to Li Qi.

Li Qi felt this differential treatment and couldn't help but sigh.

It's very strange. It's obvious that they have no benefit at all from trying to please Li Qi. They just need to do official business, but they still have to nod and bow.

On ordinary days, just like when Li Qi was in Lizhou, he wore coarse clothes and had dark skin. It was clear that making things difficult for Li Qi would not do any good, but they just liked to find something to do.

This person is like this, it's hard to explain clearly.

All in all, things are easy to handle. Li Qi still has ten dollars on him, so there is no need to stay in a bad inn. As soon as he comes, he finds a hotel with stables and pays a thousand dollars in advance to give him the best. Food, beans, beets, oats, even wild products and fruits are all arranged.

Thank you for your hard work, old brother, you still have to keep him fat and eat something good.

Seeing that Li Qi was generous and the horse was tall and powerful and had a good attitude, the store arranged for a groom to take care of it and wash the old horse's body.

Li Qi looked wealthy, but his heart was bleeding.

Raising horses is really expensive.

A dragon horse like Lao Ma is said to be worth a thousand pieces of gold. A serious piece of gold, according to modern luxury cars, would at least start with a Bugatti Veyron. The annual maintenance fee must be more than 100,000 yuan, right?

However, as long as he does not show the ability of Yun Qi, he is just an ordinary spirit horse instead of a dragon colt. He is just taller and will not be targeted.

To put it into perspective, Lao Ma was really having a hard time following him, and could only eat mundane things. He should have been eating treasures from heaven and earth.

Fortunately, every time Li Qi looked for a water source, he could mix some pure water qi and eat it to make up for his consumption of cloud qi. It wouldn't be too miserable, but he couldn't keep up with the physical exertion.

After all, the water at the root of the mountain can rise to the clouds, and the cloud itself is formed by the water vapor at the root of the mountain, so it will not weaken him to the point where he cannot walk on the clouds.

According to Shen Shuibi, "Shuowen" says: "Clouds are the energy of mountains and rivers, and they follow the rain."

After settling the old horse, Li Qize took Shen Shuibi upstairs to get a room.

(The wind and frost of heaven and earth are gone, the weather of the universe is harmonious, new years are added to the calendar, and the old mountains and rivers are filled with spring!)

(I wish you all a happy New Year, celebrate the New Year and new things, and wish you all a happy New Year!)