In the valley.
After forcing himself to calm down, Ren Ye began thinking of a way to "leap across" the gorge.
The gorge stretched across his path in both directions, but its width was not actually all that outrageous. From where Ren Ye stood to the cliff opposite, it was only about eleven or twelve meters.
Yet that small distance was enough to kill him. Trying to clear it with a running jump on his own strength was nothing but a pipe dream.
The only way to "leap" across successfully was to use everything available to rebuild a "floating bridge" that could support one person and give him something to push off from.
After thinking it over carefully, Ren Ye decided to try. He approached the cliff, wrapped one arm around the Bronze Pillar to steady himself, and tried pulling the ropes hanging down the cliff face with his other hand.
After the floating bridge broke, half of it still hung against the cliff face, with some ropes and planks attached.
Ren Ye's feet stood less than a palm's width from the edge. Fighting the cold wind blowing down the mountain, he was already swaying precariously.
One careless move now, and he would plunge into the gorge and be smashed to pieces.
Smack!
Trying not to look into the bottomless gorge, Ren Ye reached out, grabbed a rope, and heaved upward.
Clatter, clatter!
The ropes hanging against the cliff rose a little, then quickly dropped again.
"Fuck, that's heavy." Ren Ye widened his eyes and pulled again, only to feel a stabbing pain in his palm, as though he had grabbed steel nails.
"Hiss!"
He sucked in a sharp breath and instinctively drew his hand into his sleeve, pulling his body back a little as well.
The bridge ropes, still