After leaving Qingde City, Fang Zhou returned to a life of roughing it in the wilderness.
In this era of low productivity, traveling in the wild was no good thing. Every day he had to eat dry food and drink raw water for three meals. Even when taking a dump, he had to guard against snakes in the grass biting his butt.
At night when he was cultivating, the overwhelming number of mosquitoes nearly drained him. He had to wrap himself up tightly.
In contrast, Ling Xiaoyue seemed to be out on a relaxing trip. Her clothes never got dusty, mosquitoes didn't bite her, and she didn't even need to eat or drink because she had already started fasting. Every day she just lay on the horse's back drinking, sleeping, and sunbathing, totally at ease.