Chapter 63: Clouds and Rain

  "Want to cross the bridge? Pay up." Xi Xiao Ru said lazily.

  "No problem, is it a thousand gold coins?" The leader was a robust man in his thirties, who could ask this question, representing that he had been in contact with those returning vagrants. He quickly took out a stack of gold notes and handed them to Xiǎo Jù: "Please let the master check."

  Xiǎo Rú had something strange, this half day no team was willing to pay money, one thousand gold coins were not a small sum, but she was too lazy to check, and handed the gold ticket to Sū Táng.

  Su Tang took over the gold ticket, checked it once, and found that the number was correct, exactly one thousand, so he nodded.

  "It's all in the past." Xi Xiao Ru said.

  "Thank you, master." The robust man said respectfully and then led the warriors behind him to quickly cross the iron chain bridge.

  After waiting for a while longer and still seeing no one, Xiǎo Xiǎorú said: "Xiao San, shouldn't we head back?"

  "We can't go back." Su Tang shook his head and said.

  "What? Why?"

  "Big brother, think about it, those wandering warriors can't cross the bridge, what will they do?" Su Tang said: "They must send someone to stay near the city gate, and may even mix into the Drunken Moon Building. Once they find out we're back, they'll set off immediately!"

  "This..." Xi Xiao Ru blinked her eyes: "Makes sense."

  "Tomorrow, I guarantee that even if we wait for a whole day, we won't see another soul." Su Tang said: "Just adjust the time slightly, and you can save a thousand gold coins! There are rules above, and there must be countermeasures below..."

  "Xiao San... " Xiǎo Rú tilted her head to look at Sū Táng: "How did your brain grow like that? So many evil thoughts..."

  Su Tang smiled wryly in his heart, silly girl, I'm helping you! He cleared his throat and said, "Also, those people from earlier, didn't you suspect anything?"

  "What's wrong with them?"

  "They know we charge a toll of one thousand gold coins, so they should also know that if we round down, each of us only charges fifty gold coins." Su Tang said: "If you just make some adjustments, you can save at least half the money, why do they still come together?"

  "Why?" Xiǎo Rú asked with wide eyes.

  "One is that they are in a hurry and do not want to take the risk of being discovered by us and having a conflict." Su Tang said: "Another is that after entering Yunshui Ze, their gains should be over 10,000 gold coins. Without ten times the profit, it's impossible for them to hand over the money so readily."

  "Oh..." Xi Xiao Ru responded with a seemingly understanding yet unclear tone.

  "Are there really commissions with prices this high in Red Leaf City?" Su Tang asked, in his impression, the commissions handled by Myriad Dao Pavilion in Changshan County rarely exceeded 1,000 gold coins. Even if Red Leaf City was more prosperous than Changshan County, it was unlikely to have large-scale commissions worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

  "Xiao San, are you talking about the sky-high commission?" Zhou Qian continued: "I have an impression, just a few of them, and they don't have much to do with Yun Shui Ze."

  "Big brother, want to sneak in and see what they're really doing?" Su Tang asked with a hint of temptation.

  He is now holding onto Xiǎo Rú's thigh, but it's impossible to hold onto someone's thigh for a lifetime. Once Xiǎo Rú gets bored, he might start from scratch as an ordinary wandering warrior, so he wants to learn more about the information related to Yún Shuǐ Zé.

  This information is not something that can be obtained through communication or friendship. For example, a warrior who is familiar with a certain region will definitely hope that all other warriors familiar with the region die, so he can monopolize all the commissions in the region and absolutely won't share any information with others.

  To get familiar with Yun Shui Ze, the best way is to go in personally and take a look, and also drag his legs along, only then can his safety be guaranteed.

  "Alright!" Xiǎo Rú's eyes lit up.

  "But..." Su Tang hesitated, of course, he was intentionally doing it for Xi Xiao Ru's sake.

  "What's going on? Ah, you're such a person, just speak up quickly!"

  "Zhong Shu is not here, I'm worried that we might encounter danger in the Yunshui Ze." Su Tang said: "Besides, I also had a sudden idea and didn't make any preparations at all."

  "Uncle Zhong will find us, don't worry." Xi Xiao Ru said: "Prepare... what do you want to prepare?"

  "For example, water, food, and fire."

  "It doesn't matter, there's water everywhere in Yunshui Ze, and food... we can catch fish." Zhou Qian saw that they were going on an adventure and was delighted: "I have a lighter on me, using it tens of times is no problem."

  Su Tang smiled wryly, these little girls who thought nothing was difficult in the world, how could they know about danger?!

  "And besides, we still have over a thousand gold coins. If we really lack something, we can just buy it from others. If buying doesn't work, then we'll just rob his grandma." Xiǎo Rú said: "Haha... I didn't think making money was so simple ah, Little Three, how much did you make today in total?"

  "Sixteen hundred and fifty." Su Tang said.

  "Oh my... So if we stay for 10 days, we can earn 16,000, and that's 50,000 in a month!" Xiǎo Rú was proudly showing off her calculation skills.

  In fact, there's absolutely no way to make 50,000. Su Tang was just using this method to force that Ruan guy to show up and apologize to Xi Xiaoju. If they really had to be blocked for a month, the wandering warriors of Red Leaf City would have gone crazy long ago. They didn't dare fight the Xi family, but they could avoid them. At worst, they could just leave Red Leaf City.

  Su Tang thought it was quite interesting to have earned 1,600 gold coins and be so happy about it. The box of Pei Ling Dan he casually gave away yesterday was worth at least 3,000 gold coins. Of course, that was a case of "selling one's own land without feeling heartache", but the money today was after all his own hard-earned income.

  "Are we really going to Yunshui Ze? What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Lu Feixia shouted.

  "Alright." Su Tang nodded, then they would take it one step at a time. Since Xi Xiaoju dared to say that Master Zhong would find them, there should be some kind of connection that he didn't understand.

  "Wait a minute." Xiǎo Rú said, then she picked up the Dàzhèng sword that was placed behind the stone, walked quickly to a big tree, swung her sword to cut off a large piece of bark, and wrote another line of big characters.

  Those who cross the bridge arbitrarily will be killed without pardon, and finally add a word 'habit'.

  "If we drag on for a bit longer, we won't be able to catch up with them!" Lu Feixia urged.

  For the three of them, going on an adventure to Yunshui Ze was a big deal worth looking forward to. Their footprints were all over the streets and alleys of Hongye City, but they had never had any adventurous experiences because Uncle Zhong didn't allow it. Today was special, Uncle Zhong happened to have urgent business and had to return to Xiju for a trip, so they had the opportunity to run to Shuangtou Ridge and play a game of "Route Overlord".

  "It's okay." Su Tang said: "I remember their boot size and sole pattern, they won't get lost."

  "You still have this skill?" Xi Xiao Ru asked in surprise.

  "Hmm." Su Tang said, "I have a lot of things going on, you'll find out slowly later." Su Tang was applying eye drops, but in two or three days he would get bored and abandon him, clinging to his leg, of course the longer the better.

  However, Su Tang felt that Xi Xiao Ru was not that kind of person. He still remembered what Xi Xiao Ru had said when they became sworn brothers: What is a brother? Not asking about right or wrong, just helping him, assisting him, bringing him and protecting him, even if it means getting into big trouble.

  How outrageous is this oath?! Regardless of right or wrong, the meaning is that no matter what reason, touching my brother is not allowed.

  "Target, Yun Shui Ze, depart!" Xi Xiao Ru stretched out her hand and pointed towards the back of Double Head Ridge: "Our Tian Di Mo Tou small team has arrived!" After finishing speaking, she inserted Da Zheng's sword into its scabbard, turned around and was about to throw it to Su Tang.

  Su Tang was startled and half-squatted in his horse stance, fully focused on preparing to receive the sword. He didn't want to make a fool of himself again.

  Xiǎo Rú suddenly burst out laughing: "This sword is too heavy for you, I'll help you carry it."

  "No need, I'll take it myself." Su Tang shook his head seriously.

  "Little guy......" Xiǎo Xiǎorú furrowed her brow: "Are you afraid I'll take the sword back? Not giving it to you anymore? You... little three, you still don't understand your big brother. I've never taken back something I've given away! Don't believe me? Ask those two."

  "Ah ah, Xiao San, you really look down on your big brother." Zhou Qian said.

  "I want to exercise a bit." Su Tang said softly.

  Xiǎo Xiǎorú was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood something, nodded, and slowly handed the sword to Sū Táng. After Sū Táng took over the Dàzhèng Sword, she patted Sū Táng's shoulder with force: "Little Three, well done!"

  She recalled her own past, similar training, she had also experienced, from dragging a giant sword, struggling to move forward, to treating the giant sword as a stone lock, constantly lifting and putting it down, until now, where she could lift it with ease. She had been practicing arduously for over ten years.

  As he watched Xiǎo Rú's back, Sū Táng's eyes flashed with emotion. It was clear that Xiǎo Rú had indeed given him the Dàzhèng sword, but unfortunately, this sword would never belong to him.

  From Shuangtou Ridge to Yunshui Ze, there is only one road. Coincidentally, after walking for less than half an hour, several people encountered a group of wandering warriors who had just left Yunshui Ze. There were about twenty people in the group, and they did not know what had happened today. Suddenly seeing Xi Xiao Ru, their faces showed a few points of fear and a few points of fawning color.

  The warriors who were blocked by Xiǎo Rú on the bridge didn't even say goodbye when they left, their faces looked very bad. They were deeply angry about Xiǎo Rú's tyrannical behavior, but they dared to be angry yet not dare to speak out.

  Su Tang immediately stopped those people, he wanted to buy all the remaining necessities of life from them, everything.

  The wandering warriors were confused, but they had already approached the Double-Headed Ridge and would soon be able to return to the city. Those things were no longer useful anyway, and besides, it was Young Master Xi's people who wanted to buy them - only a fool would refuse.

  As he approached the edge of Yunshui Ze, he encountered seven or eight wandering warriors again. Su Tang bought a large number of things once more; apart from the several hundred jin heavy Da Zheng sword, there were also two large packages on his back, making it extremely difficult for him to walk.

  Xiǎo Rú looked unwell, and for the first time, she offered to help Su Táng carry the Dàzhèng Sword. This time, Su Táng did not refuse. Cultivation was indeed important, but one had to know their limits; otherwise, he would exhaust himself to death.