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“Sir, you’re checking out?”
“Yes.”
“Where will you be going this time?”
“Heading south.”
“South? Could it be that you're going to Xuzhou?” The shopkeeper, taking the key from Song You, froze in surprise.
“More or less.”
“Surely you’re not planning to cross those hundreds of li of barren mountains?” The shopkeeper frowned.
“No need for you to worry.”
“You mustn’t go, sir! That road was abandoned by the authorities years ago, and has long since become the domain of monsters and ghosts. In the past, only a few bold merchants dared to take that route. But in recent years, monsters and spirits have grown more and more numerous, and even many merchants have stopped going that way. These days, the only people who venture in are those specifically seeking encounters with them!”
The shopkeeper paused for breath, his mouth dry from speaking too quickly, then went on anxiously, “In the old days, if you wanted to take that road, that would’ve been one thing. Few went that way, true, but it wasn’t often you heard of travelers being harmed in those mountains. Yet these past two days, something strange has happened. There’s thunder in winter, thunder on sunny days, thunder without rain. The townsfolk all say it’s a sign of a great event.
“And just yesterday, we heard...
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