At this point, the boats were much lighter after selling their fish, and everyone clutched their purchases tightly against their chests, terrified that the water might ruin them. Li Yu also wrapped the rice, flour, and yellow paper he had bought in oil-paper.
Entering the Narrow Pass again, it felt quite different from the journey there. Back then, everyone had been in a rush to reach the docks, sell their fish, and get their money, so the boats had flown. Now, although eager to return home, they had the leisure to appreciate the magnificent scenery of the Narrow Pass.
The Narrow Pass was flanked by soaring peaks that pierced the clouds, leaving only a narrow waterway in the middle just wide enough for small boats like Li Yu's to pass through. It was extremely cramped. Looking up from inside the boat, that narrow slit was so uniform it truly looked as though someone had cleaved the mountain in half with a single sword stroke, leaving behind only a sliver of sky. Could it really have been split open by a Cultivator's sword? Li Qiu wondered to himself.
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