Upon reaching Fog Swamp, Lu Mingshu did nothing else but wander around every day accompanied by a local girl.
The girl had a rather odd surname, Xiao. Among the common folk, not much attention was paid to naming; her brother was called Xiao Da, so she was called Xiao Xiao, and everyone else called her Xiaoxiao.
"Miss, what are you doing?" After following Lu Mingshu around for seven or eight days, Xiaoxiao became extremely curious.
Though the lady claimed to be sightseeing, she was nothing like the other tourists. She visited a different place each day, looked around, and then, just like now, she would start drawing.
Lu Mingshu replied, "Drawing a map."
Xiaoxiao was puzzled, "But aren't maps available for sale?" In Nanze, with its complex terrain, the first thing many visitors did was to buy a map.
"Their maps are too crude, useless," Lu Mingshu said while continuing her work without pause.