Five days later, Ming Zhiyuan stood on the mountain road not far from Jagged Cliff.
He had to work hard to raise his head to be able to take in the peak of the Sawtooth Cliff: "It really deserves to be called the Sawtooth Cliff!"
Jiang Liuzi walked in front panting, turned around and said to him: "Young master, don't be afraid, you will know when you get to the foot of the cliff. There is something that can pull us up.
When the little black donkey was in the previous village, Jiang Liuzi had fostered him in the home of a familiar farmer. It was difficult for him to look so thin and short, but he actually gathered all the things that the black donkey was carrying and packed them.
I carried such a huge package on my back and walked for more than ten miles to the foot of the Sawtooth Cliff.
Ming Zhiyuan looked at him doubtfully: Can you carry this big bag of stuff on your back?
Jiang Liuzi sat down on the ground, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Young Master will understand after a while."
The two rested for a while and then walked for a while to the foot of the cliff.
Ming Zhiyuan saw a hardwood stake on the cliff less than five feet away from the ground, which penetrated into the cracks in the rocks. Looking up again, there was another one less than three feet away. The wooden stakes were scattered at such high and low distances, as if they were planted.
It's the same as on the cliff, extending all the way to the top of the cliff. Next to it is a rope made of strong vines, which also hangs down from the top of the cliff.
"So that's it. After you go up there, will it go down the same way over there?" Ming Zhiyuan suddenly realized and asked.
Jiang Liuzi nodded: "Yes, it took my father and a few brothers two years to drive these hardwood nails into the cliff. In order to build this road, he even fell to death."
Old brother."
"How long have these wooden nails been used? Can they still be used?" Ming Zhiyuan asked with some worry.
"Don't worry, sir. I came here once a month ago, and I carried such a big package on my back. It's okay."
Ming Zhiyuan looked at Jiang Liuzi's short and thin appearance, then looked up at the row of scattered wooden nails. He simply couldn't imagine how Jiang Liuzi climbed up with such a large package on his back.
Ming Zhiyuan spent the eighteen years before coming to this other world eating, drinking, having fun, and enjoying all kinds of life. Since his family was destroyed, he traveled thousands of miles in despair before he came into contact with the people at the bottom of this world.
Only then did I see how they went through hardships and struggled to survive.
And such people are the majority in this world.
Yiruo's mother was terminally ill and had no money to treat her. Two generations of Jiang Liuzi's family risked their lives climbing on this cliff all year round in order to avoid a little government tax.
Ming Zhiyuan took a deep breath and said to Jiang Liuzi: "Then share some of your packages and I will help you carry some."
Jiang Liuzi looked at Ming Zhiyuan, with surprise on his sweaty face: "No, no, no, how dare you help me carry these worthless things?"
After saying that, he wiped off his sweat and said: "Don't worry, sir, I have walked this road many times, and my father took me through it when he was still in his prime.
This package looks big, but it actually doesn't weigh much. It's nothing. But the young master has never climbed a cliff like this before, so be careful and tie a rope to your body when you go up. If you lose your footing, there will be a rope to hold you.
You won’t get hurt if you fall.”
Jiang Liuzi gave a demonstration first. He took off the package on his back, tied the hanging vine rope to himself, climbed up for a while and then came down, letting Ming Zhiyuan go up first.
Ming Zhiyuan followed Jiang Liuzi's example, looping the rope around his waist a few times, tying it with a few knots, then stepped on the lowest wooden stake and started climbing up.
It was fine at the beginning and didn't feel strenuous, but the climb lasted for most of an hour, and Ming Zhiyuan's tired arms and legs were shaking.
He looked up to see how far away he was from the top of the cliff, and then looked down.
Jiang Liuzi was seen standing at the bottom of the cliff like a mouse. He put his hands in front of his mouth and shouted as loud as he could:
"Don't look down, climb up in one breath, don't rest."
Ming Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and began to climb up again.
He didn't know how long he had been climbing, but when he felt his head start to buzz, a hand finally touched the ground at the top of the cliff.
Ming Zhiyuan suddenly became determined. He pulled the rope with one hand, pushed hard on the ground with the other hand, and kicked the wooden stake under his feet with one foot. Using both hands and feet, he finally climbed to the top of the cliff.
At this time, he didn't want to move at all. He only felt that his whole body was sore and limp. His hands and feet really had no strength at all.
He lay on the top of the cliff and rested for a long time. He vaguely heard Jiang Liuzi shouting at the bottom of the cliff. He slowly sat up and climbed down the edge of the cliff and shouted:
"I'm here, you can come up." Then he untied the rope and threw it down.
Ming Zhiyuan sat on the top of the cliff for a long time. He went to the cliff several times to see Jiang Liuzi and saw that he was climbing very hard.
The huge baggage made it difficult for him to control his center of gravity in the air. He had to pause every few steps to let the baggage stop swinging, regain his center of gravity, and climb a few more steps.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, but he was still only half the distance away, Mingyuan became anxious.
Climbing in the dark, the danger level increased sharply. He shouted to Jiang Liuzi: "Tie the package to the rope, and I will help you pull it."
Jiang Liuzi looked up and saw Ming Zhiyuan's anxious face. He smiled, found a place to lean on, untied the package, and tied it to the rope. Ming Zhiyuan tied it up and started pulling hard on it.
The two worked hard together and finally got Jiang Liuzi to climb to the top of the cliff before it got completely dark.
Ming Zhiyuan dragged the package for a long time, and now he was so tired that he lay on the ground breathing heavily with Jiang Liuzi.
Jiang Liuzi rested for a while and then sat up and bowed to Ming Zhiyuan: "Thanks to the Master for helping me today, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come up."
Ming Zhiyuan waved his hand, too tired to speak. The two of them took some dry food in the dark and ate the water in the water bag.
Jiang Liuzi said that he would rest for the night and go down to the Sawtooth Cliff as soon as it gets dark tomorrow.
The two opened the package, took out some clothes, spread out two pieces of clothes and fell asleep on the spot.
When it was dark, Ming Zhiyuan heard the sound of stepping at the bottom of the cliff on the other side of the Tianyang Kingdom. Jiang Liuzi also woke up immediately.
The two of them crept over quietly and looked down from the top of the cliff. A large group of Tianyang officers and soldiers were passing by the bottom of the cliff in formation.
They looked at the top of the cliff and saw that the queue was extremely long, winding until it came out of the forest at the other end. Who knew where the other end was going?
However, the team was neat and disciplined. During the march, except for the sound of footsteps and the occasional sound of falling rocks due to the rough road conditions, no one spoke.
The first officer wearing a black iron helmet, riding on a very tall flaming horse, led the way to the other side of the mountain road. The team marched for nearly two hours before finishing.
Seeing the team slowly disappearing into the forest, Ming Zhiyuan and Jiang Liuzi let out a sigh of relief at the same time and fell to the ground.
Ming Zhiyuan asked with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't you say that no one knows this road? Why are all the officers and soldiers walking here? If we had gone down early, wouldn't we have just met?"
Jiang Liuzi heard his displeasure and quickly raised his hand to him and said:
“This road was indeed rarely used by people before, except for hunters and my father and his old smuggling brothers.
I'm really surprised why we suddenly passed by such a large group of officers and soldiers today, but it doesn't matter. After we got down, we went in the opposite direction to the officers and soldiers. It seemed that the group of officers and soldiers were heading towards the border of World of Warcraft. We were heading towards the inner city.
, we won’t encounter it.”
Jiang Liuzi suddenly came to his senses as he spoke: "Yes, yes, the officers and soldiers are going to the Warcraft defense line! That's not right. How can the officers and soldiers changing defenses take this path? They should take the main road next to Changling Market.
That’s right.”
As he talked to himself, he became confused again.