The next morning, Zhao Lin arrived at a river valley on the southern foot of Ancient Rock Mountain.
The river was frozen solid and covered in white snow. On one side was a large camphor pine forest; on the other, the terrain rolled with hills covered in waist-high grass and shrubs.
Having guarded the mountain for over a year, Zhao Lin knew every blade of grass and every tree like the back of his hand. He knew a flock of wild pheasants nested in this area.
He walked to a high point in the valley and surveyed the area below for a moment. He chose a slope near a thicket of shrubs as his ambush spot and began to dig a snow shelter.
He had learned this technique of digging a snow shelter from Zhou Pao.
When Hunters went into the mountains in winter, they had to track animal prints all over the mountainside. Often, they couldn't leave the mountains for ten days or even half a month.
In the icy, snow-covered wilderness, finding a place to rest at night was a major problem.
