After leaving Qianshan, Li Lianhua and Bai Buyu headed west. The two aging horses grew exhausted and needed to rest every two hours, slowing their pace to a crawl.
Fortunately, neither Li Lianhua nor Bai Buyu was in any particular rush. Making their way by fits and starts, they eventually found their path blocked by a massive, hundred-meter-wide river.
"Innkeeper, did you say the ferryman won't be coming to take people across for another two days?" Bai Buyu frowned, gazing out at the turbulent, opaque brown water. It was the rainy season in spring, and the wind off the river carried the damp chill of rain right against her face, instantly souring her mood.
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