Because he had changed directions, he passed by a large river this time.
Every realm and every continent had different terrains and landforms. However, there was one thing that was common — one or more mother rivers!
In small places, there were small rivers that converged into large rivers that flowed down and nurtured countless humans and mortals. Water was the most basic condition for the birth of life. It was the same everywhere!
Therefore, the Dragon God culture that controlled rivers was the most common phenomenon in the universe.
Of course, the Land of Exile also had a mother river named Jiang Shang Jiang! Just by hearing the name, one would know its position in the Land of Exile. In the entire Land of Exile, countless streams converged to form small rivers. The small rivers converged to form tributaries, and the tributaries converged to form regional rivers. In the end, it formed the large river that flowed through the Land of Exile. It was the only mother river that was recognized by everyone, Jiang Shang Jiang!
Jiang Shang Jiang ran from the north to the south of the Land of Exile. It was tens of thousands of miles long, winding and surging. Along the way, it left behind countless beautiful sceneries. There were all kinds of large waterfalls, giant lakes, and dangerous valleys. Some were magnificent, some were elegant, some were gentle, some were turbulent … The refugees were often proud. Half of the hundred sceneries of the Land of Exile were on the river! From this, one could see how important Jiang Shang Jiang was in the Land of Exile.
Lou Xiaoyi had flown in the wrong direction the last time, so he did not have the chance to see this great river. This time, he was lucky. He happened to be traveling along the river. While admiring the beautiful sceneries along the way, he also found a very strange place.
Looking down from the sky, there was a section of Jiang Shang Jiang that was tens of thousands of miles long. It was about three thousand miles long. Countless people gathered on both sides of the river. Even if they were scattered across the three thousand miles long river, he estimated that there were at least millions of people gathered there!
It was hard to imagine that there would be such a large-scale gathering in the mortal world. Fortunately, it was spread out so that there would not be any disorderly stampedes!
The largest number of people were gathered at the two ends of the river. There were hundreds of thousands of people at a certain part of the river downstream, and hundreds of thousands of people at a certain part of the river upstream. Furthermore, the number of people was still continuously converging!
What was going on? Lou Xiaoyi was interested!
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"I don't want to go! I have to stay on the boat for a few days, and there are so many boring people watching. It feels so strange! "
Huang Xiao Ya turned her head and once again rejected her mother's persuasion.
She was a budding girl, the most beautiful period of her life. There were too many fun things waiting for her, and there was also a better future calling out to her. Things like dragon boat racing were fine for her, but she was not willing to go into the real boat race!
The beautiful woman sighed and took out her trump card. "Yaya, if you don't listen to me, when your grandfather comes, it won't be up to you anymore. You'll have to eat first!"
Huang Xiao Ya turned around in a fit of pique, pretending not to hear!
Of course she wasn't called Huang Xiao Ya, that was just her nickname. Her real name was Huang Xiaoya, and it was a name given to her by her grandfather. Whether it was her real name or her nickname, she didn't like it! But there was nothing he could do. In this clan, his grandfather was the heavens. His words carried enormous weight, and no one dared to question him!
She also knew that in the end, she couldn't go against her family's wishes. In fact, it was also her grandfather's wishes. However, as an adult, she felt that she had the right to express herself, even if the end result was still obedience …
What she didn't want to go to was the once-in-a-decade dragon boat race in the land of exile!
This was not a small event, but the only festival in the entire land of exile where all the people participated, where cultivators and mortals celebrated and enjoyed both refined and common tastes!
It was known as the Dragon God Festival, and the most important, most spectacular, most intense, and most beautiful event was the dragon boat race!
Cut off the middle section of the river, three thousand miles long. Each dragon boat set off from the downstream and went against the current, competing to see which dragon boat could reach the finish line first!
The rules were very simple. With such a big scene and so many onlookers, of course, the simpler the better. If it was too complicated, it would lose its interest!
Standing on both sides of the river, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, cheering for their favorite dragon boat, releasing their emotions, relieving their pressure, and enjoying the once-in-a-decade relaxation was the most important festival in the lives of the local natives!
When did this festival start? It had been too long, and there was no way to investigate! However, there was a clear division among the participants.
In the early days of the dragon boat race, the participants were basically ordinary mortals. Tens of thousands of years ago, because of the gradual promotion of cultivation in the land of exile, more people became aware of it, so the dragon boat race also began to become a festival for cultivators and mortals to enjoy together!
This was a very common thing in the world of cultivation. There were no countries in the land of exile, and each city was autonomous. The rulers were cultivators, so it was only natural that the dragon boat race eventually evolved into a competition for cultivators!
On the contrary, it was more fun!
How many miles could ordinary mortals row in the water? Ten miles would be exhausting, and twenty miles was a big hurdle, and this was under the condition that they were going down the river!
The once-in-a-decade festival ended in a few hours. It was too disappointing to lose interest just as it started! Moreover, the distance was too short, and it couldn't accommodate too many onlookers!
The participation of cultivators fundamentally changed this situation. A hundred miles, a thousand miles, until now, three thousand miles! It was still going against the current!
The fastest dragon boat in history took five days to go against the current of three thousand miles!
Of course, this time was not the time for Foundation Establishment Jin Dan cultivators to row. If there were twenty Lou Xiaoyi on the dragon boat, it might only take two hours? They couldn't row too fast, because it was easy to fly …
If there were twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would be over in a day. There was no appreciation, fun, or linkage; after all, this was a festival that both cultivators and mortals used to have.
The rowers were all Qi cultivators!
Only they could perfectly combine competition and appreciation. For a few days, they didn't have to think about the problems of rest, urination, food supply, physical exhaustion, wind and rain. They couldn't fly, so they could only work hard to row … In five to ten days, they could row across the three thousand miles of the river to satisfy the longing of the people along the coast who had been waiting for ten years!
It was good!
Mortals celebrated the festival on the shore, bought and sold, held a lantern festival, had delicious food, juggling, romance, literary gatherings, and a series of hodgepodge, and then waited for the high tide of the dragon boat crossing.
This was a true grand event. The three thousand miles of river could allow more cities to participate! The merchants had long set up sheds, tents, and stages on both sides of the river for the consumption of the people. This was also their festival. The short Dragon God Festival was less than a month, but they could earn at least one or two years' worth of profits!
Of course, it didn't matter if they couldn't afford it. They could squat on the strange rocks and steep slopes on both sides of the river and watch the excitement of the dragon boat race!
Those places with all kinds of entertainment facilities were left to the city people and the rich!
There were more than a hundred such viewing platforms on both sides of the river. Every city had its own location. Of course, every city also had its own dragon boat!
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