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On the other side.
After the caravan rested, they entered the territory of Shuangyang Mountain.
Shuangyang Mountain is composed of two undulating peaks.
The road through the mountain valley is the official road leading to Dongling City.
This is also the easiest and shortest road.
If other routes are chosen, the only option is to detour around Shuangyang Mountain, making the journey more difficult.
If it were a year ago, even though the road was difficult, many caravans chose to detour.
Because a year ago, Shuangyang Mountain was controlled by Shuangfeng Village, which collected tolls along the way.
If that were the only issue, the caravans would not have chosen to detour.
The main reason was that Shuangfeng Village did not follow rules, forcibly taking women with some beauty from the caravans when they became lustful.
Sometimes, if the words were not courteous, bloodshed would occur.
