Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 272 Is there a monster in the fog?
Atop a mountain range with lush forests and exuding wild vitality.

A peregrine falcon, its feathers as white as snow, sparkling brightly in the sun, is performing a miraculous soaring technique, breaking through the strong wind in the sky. Its sharp round eyes seem to be able to see the finest hairs on the ground. It looks carefully below, as if trying to find out every detail.

suddenly.

The magnificent peregrine falcon suddenly discovered something.

Like a scallion pulled up from a dry land, it rushed up into the sky, then retracted its wings and dived down at a high speed.

The wind was howling like a flute.

It's so fast.

It was so fast that it left a white hurricane belt behind it.

Just for a moment.

This heroic peregrine falcon fell at a high speed in front of a cave. The cave was hidden and filled with fog.

"Click--"

Xiaobai walked on the ground, crushing the dead leaves and firewood with his sharp claws. When he saw a bonfire in front of the cave, his eyes lit up.

"There are traces of people here, could it be..."

Xiaobai felt a little excited.

It has been four days since Xu Binghu disappeared. At night, it searched towards the east of the mountain all night. Although its eyesight was sharp and it could still see things on the ground clearly even at an altitude of ten thousand meters, it was at night. No matter how good its eyesight was, it had certain limitations. The sudden heavy fog made it even more difficult to see.

Only during the day can you see some things on the ground clearly. Just now, in front of a foggy cave, you found some human traces.

Xiaobai approached the cave step by step with hope, while looking around vigilantly, moving cautiously and carefully.

There was a fog that suddenly rose in the mountains. No one knew what was going on. When I came out to look for people, my master Xu Ran had warned me that I needed to be careful, careful, and careful again in the fog!

The movement was very slow. The moment he walked into the cave, he smelled a bloody smell, accompanied by a rotten smell.

"Ok?"

There was a smell of blood, and there were traces of human fire in front of the cave. Even if there was someone in the cave, he must have been injured. Coupled with the rotten smell, if it was really Xu Binghu, the situation was not optimistic.
Although he had some guesses in his mind, Xiaobai still walked in slowly.

When it saw the figure deep in the cave, it finally let go of its worry.

On the stone wall at the deepest part of the cave, there lay a human corpse that had turned into dry bones. The body was small and it was not Xu Binghu at all.

Xu Binghu had only been missing for four days. Even if he had encountered danger, it was impossible for him to turn into dry bones in such a short time. As soon as he entered the cave, the rotten smell he smelled was the smell of dry bones.

Seeing that it was not the person he was looking for, Xiaobai immediately left the cave. Although he had a glimmer of hope, his heart was still full of worries.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker. If it continued like this, after another day, even it would not be able to see anything inside from the sky and would have to go down to the ground to search. At that time, not to mention Xu Binghu, even it would be easy for it to get lost.

In the mountains, the most taboo thing is to get lost. What if you accidentally run into the mountains?
With Xu Binghu's cultivation level, if he entered the deep mountains, let alone encountering a big monster, even if he encountered some relatively weak monsters in the deep mountains, he would be killed directly and there would be no possibility of survival.

Not to mention that in the depths, there is a snake king who covets the Dahuangbian Village and the Xu family. Even if he is still sleeping, there is also the blood-red giant tiger that he met in the mountains before. Even with its current aura, it is still no match for the blood-red giant tiger.

Once caught by the snake king's men, he might become a weapon against the Dahuangbian Village and the Xu family.

Any situation would be extremely bad for the owner Xu Ran.

The fog in the mountains was getting thicker and thicker. Even for it, visibility was only about three meters in front of its eyes. If there was an enemy standing three meters away, it would not be able to detect it at all. This was when it used the [Divine Eagle Technique]. Fortunately, Xu Ran taught it the [Wind Control Technique], which could confirm whether there was an enemy by feeling the airflow. In the fog, such advantages were infinite, and it did not have to worry too much about its own safety.

According to memory, Xiaobai suddenly disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, his figure appeared high in the sky, his eyes constantly staring at the ground, trying to find any trace of human beings.

West of the mountain.

A figure less than one meter tall appeared in the mountains, walking quickly, as if searching, carefully looking for every place where a person could hide. This person was Xu Ran who came to look for someone.

He was like a machine, with almost no expression on his face, repeating the previous action. He would find a place, go over to look for people, and if there was none, he would move on to the next place.

"The fog is getting thicker!" Xu Ran murmured.

Originally, he was also looking for someone in the sky above the mountains, just like Xiaobai, but the fog was getting thicker and thicker, blocking his vision and making it impossible to see the ground. He could only come to the ground and search on foot. Fortunately, with the [Wind Control Technique] and [Wind Smelling Technique], Xu Ran was not in any danger.

When he was looking for someone, there were indeed a few monsters who saw that he was thin and wanted to attack him from the fog, but they were all killed by a pocket flying sword in one move.

Suddenly, a huge sound of wind suddenly appeared only two meters away from Xu Ran, and then the fog suddenly dissipated. But in an instant, the place where the fog disappeared was quickly filled up, and it was even thicker, as if it was in the clouds.

At this moment, Xu Ran still had no expression on his face. His fingers slid slightly, and a pocket-sized flying sword flew out from above his head, passing through the place where the fog had just dissipated.

“Puff——”

There was a sound of blood splashing, and the bright red color streaked through the mist, leaving a brief trail.

Xu Ran continued to move on to the next place without looking back.

After Xu Ran left, the fog here dissipated briefly, leaving only the corpses of nearly ten monsters on the ground. Each corpse was killed by a sword, and there was a long scratch on the neck.

Xu Ran walked slowly. There was silence all around him, as if the fog beside him had isolated everything. There was not even the sound of leaves rustling. He could only hear his own slow breathing.

"This fog is so strange. It appeared suddenly and grew thicker over time, as if it could block out everything."

"This sudden fog might even trap some powerful monsters."

Xu Ran's face was as dark as water, and there was no emotion in his voice. However, the surroundings slowly turned into a world of white. He stretched out his hands, but could only see his shoulders, not even his palms.

Even so, Xu Ran took firm steps and headed west according to his memory. The fog in front of him could not stop him at all.

Soon, night falls.

As the sky darkened, the entire mountain, shrouded in fog, looked extremely strange, and everything in it was shrouded in an inescapable shadow.

Xu family.

"Husband--" A scream came from the room, and Lian Ji suddenly woke up from the bed, her forehead covered with cold sweat and her face full of fear. She turned around and saw that her son and Xiaobai were beside her. She was relieved at once, but soon became anxious again.

"Xiao Ran, have you found your father?"

Xu Ran and Xiaobai looked at each other and shook their heads.

When it got dark, Xu Ran and Xiaobai had already returned. The innate energy could only make Lian Ji sleep for one day. Lian Ji was already a frightened bird, and once she woke up and didn't see anyone, her mentality would collapse instantly, so the man and the falcon came back directly at night.

"I just had a dream." Lian Ji held her forehead with her hand, her eyes filled with sadness. "I dreamed of your father, trapped in a world of white, with monsters constantly biting at his body, and he kept shouting 'Help!'"

Then, he suddenly grabbed Xu Ran's arm and said in a trembling voice, "Your father is asking us to save him."

The white world, isn’t that the foggy mountain now?

Xu Ran patted Lian Ji on the back and said, "Don't worry, Mom. We will find Dad. You don't have to worry." Xiaobai also nodded.

After that, she took a bowl of steaming porridge in her little hands, scooped up a spoonful and put it to her mouth, "This is the porridge I made specially for you. Drink it so you can have the energy to wait for Dad to come back."

"Yeah!" Lian Ji drank the white porridge cooked by Xu Ran with a crying voice.

After finishing a bowl of porridge, Qi Lao's voice came from outside the door, "Xiao Ran, Lian Ji, we are here!"

When they opened the door, they found that Mr. Qi was followed by a group of people from the village, and many of them were injured.

"Grandpa Qi, is there anything wrong?" Xu Ran asked calmly, without a trace of emotion on his face.

Mr. Qi looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly recovered and said.

"Xiao Ran, this morning I gathered everyone to go into the mountains to look for someone, but the fog was getting thicker. To prevent anyone from getting lost, I tied a rope around everyone."

Having said that, Mr. Qi swallowed, as if he had thought of something horrible.

"Suddenly, a huge, bloody claw appeared from the mist and scratched the man. We had no choice but to retreat immediately."

"That's right, there really is a powerful demon in this fog. With our strength, it's impossible to go in and look for someone."

The injured villager spoke.

Xu Ran just glanced at them lightly and found that some of them were indeed injured, and there was a faint black gas on the wounds, which clearly showed that they were poisoned.

Although it was said last night that the villagers were unwilling to go out to look for people because of the thick fog, everyone was from the same village, so Old Qi still gathered everyone to go out and look for people. This was also to repay Xu Ran for selflessly giving the [Body Refining Secret Book] to all the villagers.

Xu Ran just held his hand for a moment, and a faint white breath floated to the wound of the injured person.

"There's poison on your wounds. I've already removed the hidden danger for you. Today, I'm sorry to bother all the uncles and aunts in the village. Everyone, go back and have a good rest. You don't need to go into the mountains during this period."

After saying that, he was about to take Lian Ji, who looked terrified, back to the room.

But Lian Ji stood at the door, staring at the crowd below, and asked in a trembling voice, "You said there are monsters in the fog?"

"Yes, those claws that smelled of blood had a terrifying aura. We didn't even see them, and we were all injured and poisoned."

"I've never seen a monster with that aura before. If we weren't so many people and had good luck, I'm afraid we would have been wiped out."

"This time we went into the mountains, our Dahuangbian Village was almost wiped out!"

"Although Binghu's strength is stronger than all of us, in this thick fog, where you can't see your hand in front of you, no matter how strong he is, he can't display his strength!"

"Alas! What a pity, sick tiger!"

"Binghu did so much for us, yet he ended up like this."

"Sick Tiger is so young, God is jealous of his talent!!!"

"For the past six months, Binghu has been hunting monsters in the mountains. Perhaps these monsters will take this opportunity to seek revenge."

Every villager who went into the mountains to look for people spoke in a terrified tone, as if they had just returned from hell. Many people also expressed regret. Everyone believed that Xu Binghu could not have survived in this heavy fog.

This was indeed the case. There were nearly fifty of them. Although they were not as strong as Xu Binghu, they had at least all passed the second body training. The lowest one had reached a strength of 800 kilograms, and the highest one even had 1100 kilograms.

These fifty people had no power to fight back in the thick fog, and could not see the scenery inside at all. They had a natural advantage over those monsters that could move in the fog.

Moreover, ever since the appearance of the snake demon, the villagers of the Great Wilderness Village have gathered together and entered the mountains to hunt the demon beast. Among them, the one who killed the most was Xu Binghu, and the one the demon beasts hated the most was probably Xu Binghu.

Taking all factors into consideration, in the eyes of the villagers, there is no chance of survival!
When Lian Ji heard the villagers' words, she suddenly thought of the dream she had just had. She grabbed Xu Ran's arm and cried.

"Xiao Ran, the dream I just had was real. Your father was really being torn apart by monsters in a white world."

"The mist-shrouded mountains, isn't that a white world?!"

As she cried, her body went limp. If Xu Ran and Xu Ran hadn't been supporting her, she would have probably fallen to the ground. She kept muttering "husband" and "son" and looked a little dazed.

"Mom, you are just too nervous. Dad is fine, don't worry!" Xu Ran comforted softly, and then transferred a wisp of innate energy into Lian Ji's body, trying to calm her down, but the effect was minimal.

"Yes, Sick Tiger is blessed by fate, and nothing will happen to him." After saying this, Old Qi turned and looked at the crowd behind him. "Let's go, everyone, go back. What nonsense are you talking about? Sick Tiger is stronger than all of you. Do you think you can just predict his life or death?"

Although Mr. Qi said this, the regretful expression on his face revealed his true thoughts.

In an instant, all the people gathered at the door of Xu's house dispersed.

Afterwards, Xu Ran helped Lian Ji back to the room. The innate energy did not let Lian Ji fall asleep. Xu Ran and Xiaobai stayed by her side all night, comforting her constantly.

Early the next morning.

Before daybreak, a group of people came to the entrance of Dahuangbian Village in a mighty procession. The person leading them was Wang Shan.

Compared to when they first left the village, the group of people on this trip had expanded a lot, but the extra people were all young girls. Every girl had fear on her face and her clothes were in disarray.

The shifty-eyed man following Wang Shan said, "Brother Wang, we've arrived at the Great Wilderness Village!"

(End of this chapter)