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The saying "All roads lead to Rome" is suitable for use in many places, and the same is true for the pilgrimage.

In Europe, all roads lead to the holy city of Santiago Compostela. Europeans can start from their doorstep and walk all the way to Santiago if they have any disagreement.

After finishing the pilgrimage in Spain, Li Shenxing went to the Netherlands to visit a friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and actually saw the familiar shell sign at the entrance of a church in a small town.

The next day, Li Shenxing and Xiaohu will leave Leon and continue to move towards their destination.

When I walked out of Leon, I clearly felt that there were more new pilgrims. Because this was the intersection of two pilgrimage roads, group of pilgrims who had just set out from Leon were walking quickly, brand new jackets, dust-free shoes, clean backpacks, rubber-headed hiking poles, and some even had cameras hanging on their chests. They looked expectant and said, "I'm here" to the world.

Facing them, Li Shenxing and the others had been away for twenty days and had a frigid face full of wind and frost, so that these energetic novices could surpass them.

When passing by the door of a shelter, Li Shenxing saw the dog walking with Camino with his owner. At this moment, it was so tired that it was lying on the ground to rest, leaving the sun on it too lazy to move.

Li Shenxing saw it once when he was on the road a few days ago. Compared to before, today, it is obvious that it is thinner this time.

Hiking nearly 30km a day is already a very challenging test for adults, let alone animals.

In fact, Li Shenxing felt very sorry for it. After all, Camino is the subjective wish of its owner. How can a dog understand the meaning of the pilgrimage? Or the owner just doesn’t want to go on the road alone and needs the company of his pets; or perhaps the owner is also worried that no one will take care of his pets at home.

In short, Li Shenxing's mood is very complicated at the moment and can't explain what it feels like.

The weather today is particularly good, the sun is particularly enthusiastic, and there is no cover on the road, which makes Li Shenxing and the others feel bad. The point is that they have not encountered water supply points on the road.

Just when the two of them were desperate, the most bizarre shop on the roadside, the most magical person and the most incredible lifestyle suddenly appeared on the roadside.

David, the legendary figure on the pilgrimage road, looks about thirty or forty years old, and dresses in a typical hippie style. Some people say that he wandered around the world when he was young, and some people say that he had been drugged and went to prison. However, after walking on the pilgrimage road, he decided to abandon all modern civilizations and lived alone on the mountain.

There is no water, no electricity, no houses, and the nearest water source is 2 kilometers in front. He always hikes to pick up water. He built two sheds, one as a kitchen and bathroom, and the other is a bedroom with only three sides, showing it to everyone passing by without reservation. The backyard is quite large, and the ground is filled with stones with some unique Indian patterns.

He chose to be a volunteer on this wilderness road, providing free water and food. A small cart filled with food on the roadside was a self-service donation. Almost every pilgrim who passed by here would stop, and even if he didn't need to replenish his supplies, he would want to chat with David, because such a special existence is really impossible to ignore!

Li Shenxing once thought from the perspective of others. If he had not met Hyo-ri and had not yet started a family, would he have the courage to make such a decision?

Well, the answer is highly likely to be no! Although he may not be able to do it, he admires those brave people very much.

"Take  what  you  want  and  pay how  much you like  if  you  have  money;  take  what  have  any  money.” The outside world is full of commercial atmosphere, but these small beauty still exists tenaciously on the road of pilgrimage.

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I walked 22km today before I arrived at the village where I settled. After all, it was so hot that I experienced such a sunny day after cloudy days.

Not far from the village, I saw the first one, which was a public shelter. At first, Li Shenxing and the others did not particularly want to stay in this shelter, but because the shelter looked pretty good, I went in and asked about the situation. Unexpectedly, the boss actually said that they could arrange a double room, and the bed was only 5 euros per bed!

There is such a good thing? Then what are you waiting for? Li Shenxing immediately took it down and stopped looking for other private shelters.

In fact, they really rarely live in public shelters because the public shelters have too large capacity. They really don’t want to grab toilets with more than 100 people early in the morning to solve their physiological problems.

But the door of the shelter looked very pleasing, otherwise Li Shenxing wouldn't have gone in to ask.

There are five floors on the shelter and two floors underground. Each floor has a shower room and a bathroom. There is a kitchen on the ground floor where you can cook your own meals. There is also a common restaurant, sunroom, clothes drying rack, and terrace. The facilities here are all very complete.

The only problem is that the shower is pressing, and the time for pressing down is very short, and the water is only about five seconds at a time, which is simply testing everyone's agility in washing their hair and taking a bath.

Think about the young ladies who usually wash their hair and take a bath for less than half an hour, I guess they will go crazy by letting them take a bath here.

After washing up, the next step is to consider the stomach issue.

A few days ago, I started to greed for Astorga's most famous dish, Cocido Maragota. I took out my phone and quickly found a restaurant with the highest ratings. Li Shenxing and Xiaohu killed them directly.

I didn’t ask them to wait for too long before I served it. Wow, it was really like the introduction said that it was all meat!

Sausage, ham, pork hand, pork belly, beef, lamb, and after the meat was finished, a large plate of gravy was served stewed with cabbage and chickpeas, followed by broth, then dessert, and finally coffee + sweet wine!

After the elimination, Li Shenxing and Xiaohu could no longer stand up, so they could only hold their bloated belly and support the wall. Today, this meal was a little more expensive, and they cost 21 euros per person, but the expensive ones were worth the money.

The food was too much, which resulted in the two of them having to go to the church to eat, and they could not immediately return to the shelter to lie down and rest.

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The two men who were suffocated by the whole meat feast at noon decided to buy some ingredients in the supermarket for dinner, and then go back to the terrace of the shelter to have a cold meal.

But what they didn't expect was that the terrace was full of people, and they saw many familiar faces along the way, French uncles, and unexpectedly saw the Korean guy who had not seen each other for more than ten days, and of course, the handsome Argentine guy and the Dutch girl. It seems that tonight will be a super lively night.

The next day, Li Shenxing and others walked together in the vast wilderness. Li Shenxing, who was slightly behind to take photos, saw them walking in a row. This scene suddenly reminded him of the group of pilgrims with their own stories in the movie "The Way", so he raised his phone and frozen the scene.

When I was watching the movie, I felt that several people with very different personalities and backgrounds were noisy along the way, but they could always stick to the end and forge deep feelings. At that time, I was very eager and hoped that I could meet them too.

Therefore, the companions on the pilgrimage are really important, especially those who are harmonious and reliable! Although walking alone is free and there is no problem with safety along the way, but after walking for a long time, I still hope that someone will talk and chat, especially when eating and drinking, I hope that there will be like-minded people sharing together. Even if I walk slowly because of the chat, I will see different scenery and have more surprises every day.

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, if you leave people, you will feel the same after seeing it too much, and you will forget it after a long time, but you will be a memory buried in your heart for people.

Although this is somewhat contradictory to what Li Shenxing said before, it is understandable.

People are still social animals after all~!

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Chapter completed!