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After the heavy snowfall, everything was melted into a snow-white color.

Elder Chen picked up a branch that was about the size of an arm and held it tightly in his hand. After observing the surroundings, he followed behind Zhang Dazhang, feeling his way forward.

Every few steps, Old Chen would cautiously explore the deep branches, using them to probe the snow-covered paths ahead, to see if there were any snow puddles on them.

As they groped their way forward, the group's speed was greatly obstructed. After stumbling for an entire night, the team finally managed to reach the Sobbing Ghost Cliff.

Weeping Ghost Cliff, also known as the Three Circle Cliff.

Not only were the mountains on both sides of the mountain range filled with strange rocks, the shapes of the mountain peaks were also very strange. Especially the two mountain peaks that rose from the ground, they intertwined with each other, giving people the feeling of holding each other's hands.

Whenever the gale passed by, a 'wuwu' sound would sound out from the cliff. This sound was extremely similar to the sound of a baby crying. In this case, the ancestor of the Chen family Dam named this nameless cliff "Sobbing Ghost Cliff."

This place was about 30 miles away from the Chen Family Dam. When hunting in the fall and winter, the Wailing Ghost Cliff was the place where the villagers of the Chen Family Dam gathered to hunt. The terrain had become complicated and unpredictable. The hunters in Chen family dam had to be careful when they arrived at the cliff or else they would get lost and be unable to leave the cliff for a long time. Therefore, this place was called the 'Three Circles of the Cliffs'.

Although the Wailing Ghost Cliff's terrain was strange, this was a place that must be passed to reach the ancient path of Xiang Guizhou.

Only by passing the Weeping Ghost Cliff and crossing the Solitary Eagle Ridge can we reach the entrance of the ancient road in Xiangguizhou.

As the sun rose, the wind and snow grew stronger.

The sky was snow-white like feathers as they scattered down from high altitudes.

The snow soon accumulated.

After a night of uninterrupted travel, Old Chen and the others were also extremely tired.

The team immediately decided to find a safe place to stay and stare at it. However, the terrain of the Weeping Ghost Cliff was peculiar. There was no cave that could let a person avoid the wind and snow.

Feeling helpless, Elder Chen had to dig a snow-covered hole about the size of a basketball from a branch beside the tree. Then he wrapped his felt hat and coat tightly around himself and curled up into a ball to avoid the increasing snowstorm.

It was raining on the west side of the sun in the east. It was sunny on the west side, but there was clear weather on the other side.

Not long after Elder Chen's eyes were opened, his felt suit was soaked by the heavy snow.

It had been snowing a few hours ago, but now it was clear. The golden light that was emitted from the cliff did not bring the slightest bit of warmth to anyone. On the contrary, it even caused Old Chen to wake up from his cold.

Elder Chen rubbed his hands together to keep himself warm and then took advantage of the light to survey his surroundings. When he was sure everything was fine, he woke up the hunters who were sleeping in the snow.

"Dazhang, hi... "Big Zhang, wake up …"

With Old Chen's head pushing and shoving, Big Zhang the hunter and Xu Pingzi woke up one after the other.

Seeing that the two of them had woken up, Elder Chen turned around and headed towards another big tree, wanting to wake up the sleeping Little Qi and Tiger Boy. However, when Elder Chen turned his head to look at the snow, he discovered that Little Qi and Tiger Boy, who should have been sleeping soundly in the snow, were all gone.

"Hu Zi, Hu Zi …"

Elder Chen was extremely anxious, he leaned on the tree branch and shouted from the side.

However, other than the whistling of the wind, there was no other sound.

On the other side of the road, Zhang Zhang and Xu Pingzi were washing their faces with the melted snow on the dead tree. When they heard Elder Chen's shout, they also realized that something must have happened to Tiger Boy.

At this moment, the hunter, Dazhang and Xu Linzi immediately ran into the snow. By the time they reached another snowy nest, they saw Old Chen sitting there wailing in pain.

"Old Chen, Old Chen, what happened to you?"

The hunter asked.

"They're gone, they're all gone. "Little Qi is gone, Hu Zi is also gone …" Elder Chen wiped his mucus away and wailed, "Dazhang, mine..." My baby is gone. "

"Hu Zi is missing?" Big Zhang was also shocked by Old Chen's words.

It had to be known, when they decided to take a break on the spot, Tiger Boy and Little Qi had even helped them dig a snow nest, so how could the two kids disappear in just a few short moments?

Most importantly, the distance between the two snowy dimples was not far. At most, it was only forty or fifty steps. With such a short distance, if a wild beast were to attack, they would definitely be able to detect it.

However, when they were resting, they didn't hear any wild beasts' shouts, so Zhang Zhang was sure that Tiger Boy and Little Qi had left the snow nest on their own.

After listening to Dazhang's analysis, Old Chen was still anxious. After all, this was not the Chen Family Dam, but the famous Weeping Ghost Cliff. He could encounter danger here at any time.

This was the first time that Tiger Boy and Little Qi had gone hunting, so they were not familiar with this area. Now that they had disappeared for no reason, how could he not be worried?

"Old Chen, don't worry." "These two brats are usually very smart, they might have gone somewhere to pee by now, right?" Xu Pingzi comforted her.

Senior Chen nodded, feeling that what Xu Linzi said was reasonable.

It had been half a day and a night since they had set off. For such a long time, all they had to eat were cakes and snow.

This kid, Tiger Boy was usually very active, so he would often throw away food whenever he ate too much urine. Old Chen was leaning on a branch, trying to find the tracks on the snow to find out where the tiger cub had gone. However, the snow was blowing fiercely in the morning, and all the footprints around were flattened by the wind and snow.

Right now, looking at the ground, the ground was abnormally white and there were no footprints left.

The sudden disappearance of Tiger Boy and Little Qi also made Old Chen very uneasy.

Their original plan was to go along the edge of the Sobbing Ghost Cliff to the Solitary Eagle Ridge at the other side of the cliff and start their hunting plan.

One had to know that the Solitary Eagle Ridge had a primitive forest, and because of the dense vegetation, there were many species of animals that lived there.

Last year, when he and Zhang Dazhi were hunting in the autumn, they caught a wild boar that weighed over a hundred kilograms at a pass beneath the Solitary Eagle Ridge.

But now, because of the disappearance of Tiger Boy and Little Qi, Chen Duo and the others had no choice but to change their plans and move the hunting area from Solitary Eagle Ridge to here.

To be exact, it was changed to the vicinity of the snow nest. Because this was the only way, while hunting, they would be able to search for traces of Tiger Boy and Little Qi …