Chapter 1080: A Stretch of Road

Yan Furong bade a gloomy farewell to Xue Gang and Xieannie.

Xieannie is a designer who cannot resist coming to Xiantaicun to display her talents.

Otherwise she wouldn't be begging Yan Furong every day and constantly sending gifts.

After Yan Furong left, she began her own design undertaking.

Although she had the terrain and landform data of Xiantaicun provided by Yan Furong.

but she felt uneasy unless she saw it herself.

She is a high-end customer of Sky Net.

Upon arriving at a place, she has Sky Net take some 3D terrain and landform images for her.

This is Sky Net's top-tier technology, capable of quickly rendering a place in 3D.

Xieannie uses this image to make local adjustments.

The leopard, seeing this newcomer, would skulk around every day and even thought she was stealing sheep.

It specifically tailed her for several days.

After finally determining she was a lunatic, it stopped paying attention.

Xieannie didn't even realize she had been watched by a leopard for several days.

Regardless of whether Xieannie was flirting with Xue Gang in Xiantaicun,

After Yan Furong set out from Xiantaicun with a pack and a machete, everyone finally understood what road he was referring to.

Leaving Xiantaicun, they first had to face a mountain forest.

The road had been completely buried by vines and decayed branches and leaves.

Yan Furong needed to clear the road chop by chop with his machete.

Fortunately, this stretch wasn't far.

After chopping several hundred meters, he emerged from the forest.

Next, he faced a steep mountain path.

Some of the wooden railings on the mountain path had rotted.

Yan Furong inspected them, then cut away the rotten parts and re-set them into stone sockets.

Thus, he reinforced the railings as he went along.

He continued until he reached a cliff face.

This section is a man‑carved mountain road.

A moment's carelessness could send one plunging into the ravine.

The people in the Live Broadcast Room could hardly imagine how Yan Furong's ancestors managed to ascend from here to Xiantaicun.

Perhaps sensing the doubts of the Live Broadcast Room's fans, Yan Furong explained.

"Our ancestors didn't come up from here."

"They climbed up from the mountain slope on the western side."

"We opened this route because the path over there is longer, the middle section is difficult to traverse, and it has poisonous obstacles, fierce beasts, and venomous insects."

"Although this side is perilous, it shortens the distance and avoids danger."

"This cliff path is about two hundred meters long."

"After passing this stretch, the road will be much safer and wider."

Yan Furong explained while walking along the cliff.

Soon he had crossed this section.

After crossing, he shared his idea.

"Once my house is built, the next step will be to deal with this road."

"Here I will turn it into a plank road."

After walking this road, the road ahead indeed became much wider.

But after walking a stretch, a very steep stair‑like path appeared.

The steps were individual hollows chiseled into the cliff wall.

Watching Yan Furong descend, the Live Broadcast Room audience felt the danger.

No wonder those few elders didn't go; it turned out they simply couldn't manage it.

Not to mention carrying an adult—even carrying a child is extremely dangerous.

Yan Furong seemed to understand what the Live Broadcast Room viewers were thinking.

"In the past, when we left the mountains, we went in groups of a dozen or so."

"We would bring a bundle of rope."

"When leaving the mountains, the strongest, most agile person would first shoulder the rope, cross the hazardous section, then fix one end to the rock face and the other end to the opposite wall."

"Those descending would loop their own rope onto the fixed rope."

"This could save their lives in danger."

"I just forgot to show you—below we have specially installed iron rings."

After descending a distance, the Live Broadcast Room viewers saw an iron ring deeply set into the cliff wall.

Seeing the rust‑streaked iron ring, Yan Furong gave it a hard pull, but it didn't budge.

This proved nothing was wrong.

"In the future, many such safety buckles and cables will be installed on this road."

"If you want to come, bring a safety rope—it will be safer."

This cliff path is even more formidable than Mount Tai.

The people of Xiantaicun really have talent; they hard‑won a path on the sheer cliff.

After several days, the people in the Live Broadcast Room still didn't know how many dangerous sections Yan Furong had traversed.

After entering the forest, they understood why the people of Xiantaicun had to carve into the mountain wall.

Along the way, Yan Furong encountered many poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, and ferocious beasts.

The paths in the forest had long since vanished completely; Yan Furong almost again hard‑won a new path.

Compared with forest paths, the road on the rocks is not only safe but will not deteriorate for many years.

On the road, Yan Furong passed a suspended soft bridge woven from tree roots.

Without human repair, the tree's roots and branches have grown unchecked, completely blocking the bridge.

Yan Furong hacked away again, finally restoring the bridge's function.

"This whole route is dreamy; it has all kinds of bizarre roads."

"The people of Xiantaicun really put in great effort to get out of the mountain."

"The entire road is permeated with their centuries‑long effort."

"It seems like a path out of the mountain, but actually it's more like a survival path."

"Back then they must have made a huge resolve before entering this great mountain."

"Yan Furong, having a road, walked for about ten days; how long did their ancestors wander in the mountains before they found Xiantaicun?"

"Is it possible that after entering the mountain, they gradually moved deeper into the great mountain?"

"They first found a place to settle, then kept exploring, kept moving, and finally settled in Xiantaicun."

"In many places, I have seen white bones."

"Their village is not a single surname; it is likely they fled war and burrowed into the deep mountains."

"They went deeper and deeper to completely escape the war…"

Yan Furong watched as the road ahead became easier to travel.

Leisure time also increased.

Seeing the people in the Live Broadcast Room discussing his senior, he spoke out what he knew.

"It is said that long ago, the emperor practiced alchemy and cultivation, and the authorities forced the common folk to enter the mountains to collect spirit herbs."

"Spirit herbs are easy to gather; they all grow in very dangerous places."

"The mortality rate for gathering is very high."

"If the task is not completed, one will be punished, and the local officials, being even more rapacious, would seize the chance to sell the families of those who failed."

"My ancestors were forced beyond endurance, so they took their families into the mountains."

"The majority of them survived by hunting and gathering herbs."

"Entering the mountains, aside from the dangers, is actually more comfortable than living outside."

"In this way, they eventually found Xiantaicun and settled there."

"Our Xiantaicun has continued for several hundred years."

"It also has a great connection to this."

"Unthreatened by the outside world."