Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

In just a few days, they were already close to the Wuzhai village.

There is only one road to enter Wuzhai, and there are three dangerous passes to cross.

First, there is the rapids and turbulent waters that flow down from the high mountains. It is extremely dangerous, with thousands of rocks scattered throughout. Without a guide, it would be extremely difficult to cross, and even if one managed to get through, one would be exhausted and unable to take any other path.

Li Xingzhi frowned as he looked at the stark white rapids and moss-covered bluestone in front of him. Although these things were not difficult for him, it would still take a lot of effort to get across.

He immediately stopped to observe the methods of the Wu tribe members. He simply couldn't believe that everyone in the Wu tribe could cross the river barefoot alone; there must be something else going on.

The beautiful woman walking in the middle had reached the stone beach. She stretched out three fingers of her right hand, gently pinched them at the corner of her mouth, and blew out a breath. A deep, resonant sound came from her mouth. Not long after, a low echo came from not far away, seemingly carrying some joy.

Before long, a giant, three-legged toad, as big as a millstone, leaped down from the bend in the river, covering several meters in a single bound, and arrived in front of them in no time.

Li Xingzhi stared in astonishment at the giant toad in front of him, and could only sigh inwardly, "The world is so vast, there are truly countless wonders!"

The toad was entirely earth-colored. Upon closer inspection, the bumps on its back resembled coins. Only the inner part of each coin emitted a faint golden light; the rest was dull and unable to spread outwards.

While Li Xingzhi was still sizing up the giant toad, the toad seemed to have also noticed the strangely dressed person.

The giant toad stared at Li Xingzhi with its two round, bulging eyes. At that moment, it seemed that only the two of them, a man and a toad, were left in the world, deeply in love, almost to the point of "holding hands and gazing at each other with tearful eyes"!

The other members of the witch clan nearby had not witnessed such a strange situation.

This toad has been here for who knows how many years. Every day, the Wu tribe members feed it snakes, insects, and rodents, while the toad carries them across this turbulent rapid. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Outsiders have come here before, but the giant toad hasn't been seen making any moves.

While the others stared blankly at the man and the toad gazing at each other so affectionately, the little girl Yue'er was getting anxious, thinking that the big toad didn't like her Brother Li!

She quickly came out and introduced him to the big toad: "Grandpa Toad, this is Yue'er's Brother Li. He saved Yue'er's life. Please don't be unwelcoming to him, okay?"

If outsiders saw this girl acting cute and charming towards a giant toad, they would surely laugh themselves to death. However, the members of the Wu tribe were aware of the toad's supernatural powers and were not surprised by the girl's charming and charming methods.

The giant toad seemed to understand the girl's words, croaking "ribbit—" before looking at Li Xingzhi with some confusion and turning away.

Although the toad was large, it could only seat three people. So the beautiful woman led Aunt Lan and Ling'er up first, intentionally placing the two lovers together. In the past few days, although the beautiful woman did not like Li Xingzhi, she seemed to have tacitly approved of the relationship between Li Xingzhi and Yue'er. She pretended not to see the tug-of-war between the young man and woman.

Once the group was comfortably seated, the giant toad leaped lightly and covered a distance of ten feet.

Perhaps because someone was sitting on him, the toad was obviously much more cautious, and his steps were extremely small. Each leap was quite rhythmic. His usually clumsy body seemed unusually light at this moment, like a 300-pound fat man dancing ballet. It was so incongruous, but in the instant he started dancing, he appeared extremely agile and elegant!

In less than fifteen minutes, the giant toad hopped back.

The toad crouched down slightly in the water, level with the rocky bank, its body slightly swollen.

Li Xingzhi pulled the girl beside him and climbed onto the toad's back.

Contrary to Li Xingzhi's expectations, the toad's back was dry and supple. He slipped off without a care, and the raised spots on its back provided a perfect spot to land. He sat down in the square hole of a large "copper coin," which was a hundred times more comfortable than any sofa cushion!

As soon as Li Xingzhi sat down, the giant toad shuddered, then turned its head to look at Li Xingzhi with nothing but confusion in its eyes.

From the moment the giant toad first saw Li Xingzhi, he felt something deeply attracting him to the little guy in front of him. He was only brought back to his senses by the girl's interruption. However, when Li Xingzhi sat on the toad, the giant toad couldn't help but feel that comfortable aura again.

Although Li Xingzhi found the giant toad's behavior somewhat strange, he didn't realize he had any connection with it and paid no attention. The girl, however, curiously glanced at Li Xingzhi and the toad a few more times.

At this moment, the giant toad had already gently leaped up!

Li Xingzhi felt a sense of weightlessness, the scenery around him suddenly changed, and then a cool water vapor rushed towards him, which made him feel very excited, but not as dangerous as he had imagined. Until the toad fell into the rapids of the river again, he was still sitting steadily on the big toad without the slightest tremor.

Seeing the boy beside her lost in thought, the girl assumed he was still amazed and delighted. She chuckled softly, saying, "Brother Li, this is so much fun! It's a pity Grandma won't let me come and play with Grandpa Toad often..."

When Li Xingzhi came to his senses and heard the girl's words, he broke out in a cold sweat—it was clearly the big toad who had gone to great lengths to take care of her, but in the girl's words, it had become that she had gone to play with the big toad.

After getting up dozens of times, the journey finally came to an end amidst the girl's clear, bell-like laughter.

The three of them were already waiting not far away.

Upon seeing the two men arrive, they took them with them and walked forward. Only the two burly men in black behind them remained unaccounted for, so Li Xingzhi didn't ask any questions.

Unbeknownst to them, a large toad was gazing at them with deep affection behind them, its gaze filled with such tenderness and reluctance that it watched them go until they disappeared from sight.

Continue walking forward, turn a few corners, pass through a shrub forest, and a stone forest will appear before you.

Li Xingzhi had seen the Stone Forest before; there was a large stone forest scenic spot there when he traveled to Kunming in his previous life. He didn't expect that this special landform, which should have appeared in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, would appear here instead.

The stone forest here wasn't as large as the ones he'd seen before, but it was much denser, and many of them were as sharp as knives and spears, seemingly ready to cut into flesh, sending chills down his spine! A large part of the stone forest lay beneath a massive cliff, its walls gnarled and dripping with water—the sound of the dripping echoed in the endless, dark cavern, and he had no idea how far it stretched…