Cross the Moque and the ground garrison in the north of Huangliang, and then cross the numerous green mountains.
You may trek through some unknown rivers, pass through some unknown streams, and pass through some small villages.
It is probably within the territory of Baihe.
After passing through a certain cliff, and walking out from the bottom of the cliff, the world suddenly became clear, and a rather dreamy river appeared in front of us.
Muyun River.
The name Baihe also comes from this.
Of course, this is not the reason why the water of this great river that comes from nowhere is white.
It's because no matter what the wind and rain in the world are like, there are always many white mists flowing like milk lingering quietly on this quiet flowing river.
From a distance, it looks like a big river coming from the clouds in the sky to the earth.
Therefore it is called Muyun River.
The section of human land that this river runs through is the entire territory of Baihe.
There was a girl wearing a long blue and white dress, leaning on a branch covered with mud, and carrying a heavy baggage. When she walked across the cliff to here, her eyes widened suddenly.
It turns out that the stories I heard when I was a child are true.
The girl walked towards the river in a daze.
Then he put down the branch in his hand, squatted down, lowered his head and looked carefully for a long time with his eyes open, but he still couldn't see where the extremely clear river and the milky color floating on the surface were. Starting to layer.
The girl has been walking for a long time today, and the dusk behind her is gradually spreading over the world, so even the mist above the river is filled with a lot of faint orange light.
The whole world is as brilliant as one.
The girl didn't know what she was thinking of. She was squatting by the river and laughing alone. She probably made a mental note of something she wanted to do with her lover in the future.
For example, take a walk together by the Muyun River at dusk.
Look at the combination of dusk and cloud.
Look at the sunset melting gold.
Look at the water-like mist on the river, hazily blending the upper and lower world into one.
The girl must be thinking about something like this.
So he smiled happily, put his baggage aside, bowed his head into the extremely clear water from the river, and washed his face cleanly.
Then I took off my shoes and socks again, planning to soak my feet in the water after walking all day.
I just stepped on the pebbles on the river bank with my bare feet, but I hesitated.
Will the people of Baihe allow someone to wash their feet here?
The girl sat down, stepped on the cobblestones with one foot, raised the other foot, tilted her head and thought very seriously.
After thinking for a long time, the girl remembered the roads she had asked about while walking along. The people in the village did not specifically remind them of what not to do here.
That should mean there won't be any taboos.
The girl thought so, then she lifted up the hem of her blue and white skirt a little, and soaked her feet in it comfortably.
It wasn't until dusk really fell on the world that the girl took her feet out. She didn't bother to put on shoes at all. She just took off her shoes and socks, stepped on the sand and gravel on the river bank with her bare feet, and walked forward unhurriedly.
The water of Muyun River is extremely clear, more like ancient spring water. There is no muddy sediment in the river, and the sand and gravel on the river bank are naturally cleaner than anything else.
The girl walked barefoot all the way, and it was still clean, but sometimes it was stained with some fallen leaves.
The sunshine in late spring is not strong, so the pebbles and fine sandstones that have been exposed to the sun for a day have some warmth, and when occasionally turned over, they feel an extremely comfortable coolness.
This gradually relieved the girl's fatigue after a long day's walking.
As I kept walking forward, some raindrops slowly fell. It was always rainy in Huangliang, so it came and went as it came. The girl was not surprised, so she stopped, opened the baggage she was carrying, and found a bamboo hat inside - it was probably because of this thing that the baggage was so big.
The girl put the bamboo hat up, and when she was about to tie it, she found that the string had broken at some point, so she worried that it would be blown away by the wind, so she held the bamboo hat with one hand and continued walking forward.
Although there was a sudden drizzle in the world, the dusk did not sink. Instead, it diffused in the rain. It looked like someone had soaked a glass of orange water.
Then the raindrops turned into wisps of slanting light.
Falling precariously in front of him.
The girl held her bamboo hat and looked at the twilight rain beside the river of white milk with a smile.
It's just that it's getting late, so it's natural to find a place to rest.
So the girl gradually walked faster.
Then, by the river in front, I saw a woman wearing a long black dress, holding a maple-colored umbrella, tilting her head and looking at the sky.
After walking for so long, the girl finally saw someone, but she was also a little happy. She let go of her hand holding the bamboo hat and waved to the woman. She was about to say hello and ask for the way out, but the way was not revealed yet. First he exclaimed.
It turns out that a gust of wind just happened to blow over.
So the girl held the bamboo hat all the way, and when she raised her hand to shake it, it was blown over by the gust of wind, and then fell into the river.
"ah......"
The girl didn't ask anything. She stood blankly in the rain and looked at the bamboo hat that fell into the river.
Of course the girl would not jump into the river and fish out the bamboo hat.
Because the girl doesn't know how to swim.
The woman in black clothes over there finally turned her head and looked at the girl who didn't know where she came from with curiosity.
The girl finally turned around blankly, looked at the woman in black dress not far away, and then trotted over with the bundle in her arms.
"Want me to help pick it up?"
The woman in black skirt looked at the girl and asked.
The girl shook her head and said softly: "Ah, it's okay. It's too dangerous to go into the river. It'll be fine when it stops raining... Well... I can hold it under your umbrella first." Can you hide from the rain?"
The woman in the black skirt nodded and gave way to the side. The girl did not come in first, but shook her head not far outside the umbrella, and then walked into the bottom of the umbrella and whispered: "Thank you, my name is Li Qinghua." ,May I have your name?"
The woman in black skirt looked at Li Qinghua for a long time and said softly: "Sihuai."
Li Qinghua tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "I miss you and miss you. There must be someone you can't forget."
The woman in the black dress turned back, looked at the Muyun River under the dusk and drizzle, smiled softly, and said nothing.
Li Qinghua did not continue to ask stupidly.
The woman in the black dress turned back, looked at Li Qinghua and asked, "Where are you going?"
Li Qinghua thought for a moment, pointed forward, and said, "I don't know yet, but it's getting dark, and I want to find a place to rest for the night."
The woman in black skirt nodded, and the two of them walked forward along the Muyun River.
Li Qinghua walked all the way and realized that the woman in the black skirt was not wearing shoes. Fortunately, she was walking by a clean river. It was still raining. It might be better if she didn't wear shoes. She just left the river bank after a while and walked on Naturally you will need a pair of shoes when you are on the road.
So while walking, Li Qinghua rummaged with one hand in the baggage he was carrying on his back. After rummaging for a long time, he finally found out a pair of small cloth shoes that were a little old but very clean. He folded them in his hand and handed them to the woman in the black skirt. In front of you.
The woman in black skirt stopped and looked at Li Qinghua strangely.
Li Qinghua was stunned for a moment, then she patted her head with her shoes and said sorry. Then she rummaged through the bag for a long time, and then pulled out a pair of floral socks.
Then he handed the shoes and socks to the woman in the black skirt.
"Sorry, I forgot to find a pair of socks for you."
The woman in the black skirt was stunned for a long time before taking the shoes and socks from Li Qinghua's hand and looking up and down in her hand for a long time.
"Thank you."
Li Qinghua blushed a little when she saw the woman in black skirt looking like this, and said with shame: "Just don't dislike it. I have never made my own shoes and socks before. I only learned it later. It's possible to do it." It’s really not good.”
The woman in the black dress shook her head and said seriously: "No, it's just that I have never worn anything like this before."
Li Qinghua was stunned, looking at the woman in black skirt in a daze, and forgot to move forward.
"Then you used to walk around barefoot like this?"
"Yes."
"No one has ever thought of giving you a pair of shoes and socks?"
The woman in the black dress thought for a while and said: "I don't know, it hasn't happened before - maybe it has. I had a black footprint on someone's clothes before. I guess he might want to give me a pair of such things. But I guess he wouldn’t dare.”
Li Qinghua nodded and said, "That's true, after all, it's a bit too frivolous."
The woman in the black dress didn't explain anything. She just looked at Li Qinghua's feet and found that she wasn't wearing them either. She took off her shoes and socks in her hands.
"Why don't you wear it?"
Li Qinghua smiled and said, "Wear it later. Wearing it now will make it wet."
"Oh, I'll wear it later too."
"Uh-huh!"
The two of them walked barefoot, and the rain gradually stopped. The Muyun River in front of them turned a corner and headed towards the other end of the green mountain. Li Qinghua stopped with some confusion.
The woman in black skirt looked at her and said, "What's wrong?"
Li Qinghua smiled sheepishly and said, "I don't know the road, so I don't know where to go."
"where are you going?"
"Qinse Valley." Li Qinghua said, but she was afraid that the woman in black skirt didn't know, so she explained: "I heard that it is a valley on the other side of Yaofeng. The mountain wind blows like a harp, and the stream wind blows like a harp, so it is called Qinser Valley.”
The woman in the black dress nodded and said, "Then we can just keep moving forward."
"Along the river?"
"Along the river."
The woman in the black dress continued to walk forward as she spoke, but found that Li Qinghua did not follow her, so she turned back to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Qinghua pointed at the gradually darkening sky and said softly: "It's already dark and it's not safe to travel at night. Let's find a place to rest nearby first."
The woman in the black skirt looked around. There was a rock not far from the river, which looked like it could provide shelter from the wind and rain, so she pointed there and said, "Is it okay there?"
Li Qinghua looked over there, smiled, and said, "That's okay."
The rock was only about twenty steps away from the river bank. The sand and gravel along the river were paved all the way, so there was no need to worry about getting anything dirty. The two walked towards the rock and Li Qinghua sat down on the gravel. , then opened the bag, dug out two large cakes, stuffed one into his mouth, and then handed the other to the woman in black skirt who was watching. Then he took out a bamboo kettle from inside and placed it between the two of them.
The woman in the black skirt also sat down, but instead of sitting with her legs stretched out like Li Qinghua, she sat with her knees bent, put the umbrella on her shoulder, looked at Li Qinghua, and lowered her head to take a decent bite of the cake.
Li Qinghua stared at this scene blankly, seeming to understand something. She took a sip of water and swallowed the cake in her mouth. She looked at the woman in the black skirt and said in shock: "Are you... not a human being?"
The woman in black skirt gnawed on the cake and nodded calmly.
Only then were the doubts in Li Qinghua's heart answered.
"No wonder you haven't even worn shoes." Li Qinghua said thoughtfully, "So what kind of monster are you?"
The woman in the black skirt was stunned for a moment, taking a bite of sesame seed cake, and turned to look at Li Qinghua, but she quickly came to her senses, nodded and said, "I am... an umbrella."
"No wonder."
Li Qinghua did not continue to ask further. After all, she also knew that some demon tribes like to hide demon registrations. Except for records in official organizations, they are registered directly as human beings elsewhere.
While thinking about it, Li Qinghua finished the cake in two or three mouthfuls, took a sip of water, and put the bamboo tube into the hand of the woman in black skirt.
When the woman in the black skirt was still thinking about what she was going to do, she saw Li Qinghua taking away the pair of floral socks that had been given to her from her arms, hugging her legs into his arms, and smiling. He said: "It's okay, I'll teach you how to put on socks first."
The woman in the black skirt fell silent, but did not resist. She just wriggled her toes restlessly.
Li Qinghua held the bare feet of the woman in the black skirt and gently put them into the floral socks. Then she fiddled with them until they were nice and straight, and then she nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay." Li Qinghua put down the woman's foot in the black skirt, then returned the other sock to her and said, "It's very simple. You can try it on yourself later by putting on the other sock." .”
"Oh." The woman in the black skirt tilted her head and ate the cake, then moved her toes back and forth in her socks.
Li Qinghua looked on with satisfaction.
The woman in the black skirt didn't finish chewing the cake. She just followed Li Qinghua's previous example and took the cake in her mouth. Then she leaned over and unskillfully reached for her bare feet with her socks. She looked very clumsy. It took me a long time to successfully put on the little floral sock.
Li Qinghua smiled on the side, and then put on her socks herself.
The same floral socks, but the colors are a little different.
The woman in the black skirt tilted her head, gnawing on the cake, and her feet dangling curiously.
Li Qinghua looked at her with a smile on her face. She looked at her for a while, looking at the increasingly dark sky, and then she remembered that she hadn't lit a bonfire yet.
So he hurriedly put on his shoes and stood up. He looked at the woman in the black skirt and said, "I'll go find some dry firewood first. I'll light a fire at night so that I won't catch cold easily."
The woman in black skirt nodded, and Li Qinghua walked towards the cliff beyond the river bank.
The woman in the black skirt was still studying her pair of socks. After a long time, she realized that Li Qinghua hadn't come back yet. She was about to stand up and look for it when some rustling sounds came from the distance.
Li Qinghua dragged a large bunch of dry branches over the river beach, dragged them to the stone, folded them carefully and put them aside, and then went back to find some thicker tree trunks.
Burning it overnight shouldn't be a problem.
Fortunately, the rain didn't last long, so these dry firewood were not considered wet and could be burned for a while.
The woman in black skirt was under the rock, watching Li Qinghua lighting a fire with flint.
The fire gradually lit up, and the originally dark riverside became a little brighter again.
Li Qinghua spread the picked weeds on the rocks, and then sat down on the straw mat with the two women in black skirts.
The warmth of the flame gradually dissipated the chill in the night wind.
Li Qinghua turned to look at the woman in black skirt and asked curiously: "By the way, why are you here? Or have you always been here?"
The woman in black skirt thought for a while and said, "I want to go there too."
The woman in the black skirt just said which way it was, but did not stretch out her hand to point out the direction, but Li Qinghua knew that it probably looked like the south.
"So that's it, then we can walk there together." Li Qinghua said with a smile.
The woman in black skirt was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "Let's forget it."
Li Qinghua looked at the woman in black skirt with some disappointment and said, "Okay then."
The woman in the black skirt turned to look at Li Qinghua, thinking she would ask why.
But Li Qinghua really just said, okay, and then said nothing more.
The woman in the black skirt thought for a long time, looked at Li Qinghua and explained: "Because sometimes I have to go to places that you may not be able to go to."
Li Qinghua said softly: "Where?"
The woman in black skirt said slowly: "Heaven."
Li Qinghua's eyes widened, but then she remembered that the woman next to her was a monster, so she smiled and said, "Ah...that sounds really good, but it's a pity that I can't go."
The woman in the black skirt looked at Li Qinghua's appearance, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I will take you to the sky? You don't need to wear socks there."
Li Qinghua looked up at the night sky and said softly: "But it seems to be really high."
As soon as Li Qinghua finished speaking, the world was suddenly changing.
Until everything turns into flowing light, becoming more and more graceful and long in sight.
Li Qinghua stared blankly at everything in front of her, turned to look at the woman in black skirt and asked softly: "What is this?"
Li Qinghua pointed at the infinitely extending light in the blue-purple background.
The woman in black skirt said softly: "This is the Milky Way, the Milky Way seen in the world."
Li Qinghua opened her eyes wide and carefully leaned forward, raising her hands to hold the flowing light, but then her hands passed directly through them.
The woman in the black dress looked at her quietly, then raised her hand. A lot of Styx power gathered in her palm, but a stream of light fell directly into her hand and turned into a gleaming bracelet.
"Let me give you something too."
The woman in the black skirt tied the galaxy bracelet to Li Qinghua's wrist.
Li Qinghua stood in the night sky blankly, looking at the flowing chain on her wrist.
"So I'm wearing a galaxy?"
The woman in black skirt said softly: "Yes."
