Well, there was one more thing he should do as well while he was traveling. And that was…
Earn money!
He was f*cking poor now, if he went to a village looking for some food, unless he wanted to steal, he wouldn't even be able to buy the simplest plain white buns right now.
As for what work to do…
Well, he was in a time crunch, and he wasn't here to work, but to find leads, so maybe he should go treasure hunting or something like that?
But what sort of treasures were even available in a place like this?
He really didn't know…
Following the route he had mapped out on the scroll, Di Tou began to travel with high spirits and a vision plan for the future.
…
But just two weeks later, Di Tou's clothes were ragged and his face was dirty. Wearing a scowl on his face, he leaned against an old maple tree that grew halfway in the soil, and halfway above the river, letting his feet hang down and nip the slow moving water.