C74

In front of the black monument was a three-way intersection.

The left side of the stone tablet was connected to Weeping Ghost Cliff, and the right side was connected to the 'Xiang Guizhou Ancient Road'.

As for the small path in the middle, it led to the primeval forest in the depths of the Solitary Eagle Ridge.

Senior Chen and the others were going straight along the small path in the middle, looking for Tiger Boy and Little Qi. Although it was already winter, the forest surrounding the Solitary Eagle Ridge didn't show the slightest signs of winter. Everything was lush and verdant, showing off its boundless vitality.

The previous snowfall had been blocked off by the treetops.

There was very little snow in the forest, only a thin layer.

Senior Chen was anxious, he did not care about these things at all. Not long after they had entered the forest, Old Chen realized that there was no longer any snow around them. It was as if they had inadvertently passed through the cold winter and returned to the late autumn.

The whole forest was filled with a rotten smell. Old Chen knew that this smell was the smell of dead leaves and wild fruits falling to the ground.

Tap, tap, tap …

Old Chen held a steel fork in his hand and walked with Big Zhang, the hunters, at the front of the group. Under their feet were pine needles and dead leaves. When he stepped on it, it would make a 'whoosh' and 'whoosh' sound, as if he was stepping on water. It was as interesting.

The vegetation in the forest was extremely lush, and after walking for a short while, they saw quite a number of wild rabbits and deer scurrying in the forest. Upon seeing this, the eyes of the hunters who were searching for Tiger Boy and Little Qi lit up, and without saying a word, they pounced towards their prey.

Seeing this, even though Old Chen was helpless, he did not say anything to stop them.

After all, there was a drought in the sky this year and the harvest from the Chen Family Dam crops was pitifully small. The deadliest thing was that just as the crops were being harvested, the locusts attacked the crops once again. As a result, every household did not have much rations to eat for the winter, and that was also why they still chose to go hunting in the mountains when the snow covered the mountains.

Dong dong dong …

The silent forest was broken by the successively ringing of the Fire Rod.

The numerous birds that were resting within the forest all jumped up in alarm, flapping their wings as they fled with goo goo. In just two hours, the villagers had obtained a lot of prey. However, because they were chasing their prey, their route had also changed. They had unknowingly left the main road and arrived in the dense forest.

"Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi, are you alright?!"

A cry of alarm caught Old Chen's attention.

Old Chen rushed towards the source of the voice and found dozens of villagers surrounding the entrance of the cave, shouting out Ergou's name. From what the villagers said, Elder Chen learned that Ergou had accidentally stepped into an abandoned pit while chasing after his injured prey, causing him to fall into a hole and disappear without a trace.

"Ergou, what's wrong with you?"

Old Chen shouted a few times into the hole as well.

It was unknown if it was because the hole was too deep or because of some other reason, but after Old Chen shouted, there was no response from Ergou.

Old Chen was anxious, he did not want any more mishaps to happen to him. Therefore, he immediately took out the hemp rope and found a big tree as thick as a bowl's mouth. Then, he tied the other end of the rope to his waist and slowly fell into the hole. He wanted to make sure that Ergou, who had fallen into the hole, was safe.

As soon as Old Chen entered the pit, the hunter also slid down the hemp rope. Not long after, the two of them also slipped away.

"Xu Linzi, why did you bring your wife down as well? "This is not the Chen Family Dam, and this is not your brick bed. Hurry and get on your wife." The hunters urged.

Before Xu Linzi could say anything, a thick female voice was the first to speak, "Dazhang, do you have any objections? Can't a woman come down to see what's new? 'Besides, Ergouzi is my nephew. Can't I just come down and take a look? '

Big Zhang was also choked to the point that he had nothing to say, so he could only change the topic.

"Old Chen, what's going on inside?" Big Chang asked.

Elder Chen shook his head, indicating that he did not know either.

The crater in front of his eyes was very deep, and gave off an unspeakable smell. That smell was like the fragrance of a sunflower blooming in the fields, but this smell was very different from sunflower flowers. It was more like morning glory in March.

Sssii! *

While Elder Chen's hair was still standing on end, the hunter's big mouth had lit up the fire piston that he had brought with him. The large piece of paper was not made of dirt, but the fire piston was a common illumination tool used by the ancestors. It was a very common sight in this desolate village. It was the most commonly used and convenient lighting tool apart from candles.

With the help of the yellow light from the fire piston, Old Chen and Big Zhang looked at each other and then headed deeper into the cave. As for Xu Linzi and his wife, they followed behind the two of them like they were in a palace.

The pit was very deep, and after entering it, Old Zhao saw many forks in the wall. These forked holes were all different in size. The larger ones could accommodate one or two people while the smaller ones were only the size of a human head. These forked holes were crisscrossing in all directions, appearing extremely irregular.

Senior Chen called out to Ergou as he walked along the broadest main road with Big Zhang. After walking for several minutes, he still could not find Ergou.

"Big Zhang, we must have walked for a few hundred meters already, right? Why haven't I seen Ergou yet? Did we go the wrong way? Could Ergouzi have entered another side street? " The deeper they went, the more humid the cave became. In addition to suppressing the cramped environment, it made Old Zhao's chest feel stuffy.

"I don't think so. There are intermittent footprints of Ergou on the road we're walking on. This fellow usually has a lot of guts. Now that he has entered the pit, I think he must be curious about the scene inside the pit, so he went in by himself. As long as we follow this path, we will definitely find Ergou. "

Big Zhang comforted her before he turned his head and said, "Xu Pai Zi, it's very dark here. Your wife didn't say anything for a long time, so you should be fine, right?"

"She's fine."

Hsiu-chai answered, and then asked Dazhang for a fire piston.

Drip

Perhaps it was because he was walking deeper into the cave through the layer of soil, but the temperature inside the cave had increased instead of being as cold as it was outside.

Old Chen, who was walking at the front, could even hear the occasional ticking sounds coming from the distance.

The four of them walked for about ten minutes before the pitch-black depths of the pit suddenly lit up with bursts of light and the silhouette of a tall man. When Old Chen saw this, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of happiness, even his steps became faster …