Baby with Daoist Monarch System

Chapter 660: Chapter 268: A Slap in Elder Qi’s Face

He’s missing!!

This is not a good word!

If not under special circumstances, people won’t use the word ’missing’ to describe someone.

Xu Ran’s brow furrowed slightly.

His gaze swept over everyone, their expressions were not relaxed.

Xu Ran’s brows furrowed even tighter.

Various possibilities and responses flashed through his mind.

From their eyes, he sensed a somewhat ominous atmosphere.

”Missing? How can he be missing? No trace at all? Mysteriously vanished?”

A moment later, Xu Ran muttered, then looked at Old Qi and the others, asking, ”What on earth happened?”

The only possibility for Xu Binghu to disappear was getting lost in the Great Mountain...

Although the materials for the fourth Body Refining had been roughly gathered, he always wanted to find better bones for Xu Ran’s Body Tempering every day.

If it was due to recklessness...

”Old Qi, do you not know my father’s whereabouts?”

Jiang Che glanced toward Old Qi.

Only Old Qi knew the inside details of the disappearance.

Old Qi explained the situation with an apologetic face, ”Three days ago, we entered the Great Mountain to hunt the Snake Demon, and as a result, one Snake Demon escaped. Sick Tiger, to prevent future troubles, chased it directly and never returned!”

The main responsibility for this incident lies with Old Qi and his team. If it weren’t for their insufficient strength, needing Xu Binghu by their side all the time for real-time teaching, with Xu Binghu’s strength, he could roam the outskirts of the Great Mountain alone. If their protection had been adequate, no Snake Demon would have escaped the encirclement and the disappearance wouldn’t have happened.

”Xiao Ran, what should we do?!” Lian Ji, worried, stood by, instinctively letting Xu Ran handle the entire situation despite being a senior.

”Mom, don’t worry, I’m here.” Xu Ran first comforted Lian Ji and then looked toward Old Qi.

”Old Qi, I understand the situation now. Tonight, you all should rest first. Tomorrow morning, organize the Guard Team to go into the mountain, just search around the village outskirts. As for the other areas, Xiao Bai and I will handle it!”

”Screech----” Xiao Bai let out a long cry.

With just a few words, Xu Ran arranged everything properly. Everyone present was taller than him, but no one dared to object, given the power he held.

Lian Ji, standing by, felt her anxious heart calm down slightly upon hearing Xu Ran’s arrangements, no longer as worried as before. It seemed as though with Xu Ran’s presence, any problem could be solved.

Xiao Bai stood next to Xu Ran, its eyes sharp, looking in the direction of the Great Mountain. Slowly, the Divine Eagle Skill was initiated, as if it could see through everything in the mountain.

Suddenly, Xiao Bai’s eyes narrowed, discovering something ominous, its aura became chaotic.

Instantly, the airflow around them all converged towards Xiao Bai, and for a moment, the villagers nearby began trembling uncontrollably, unable to stop.

”Xiao Bai, calm down a bit!”

With Xu Ran’s voice, the trembling villagers quickly returned to normal, and simultaneously, a gentle and warm airflow circulated around them.

”Xiao Bai, what happened?”

Just as Xu Ran spoke, hurried voices came from the village entrance.

”Old Qi, something’s happened in the Great Mountain!”

Then a villager came running in, panicked.

Xu Binghu had just disappeared, and now something went wrong in the Great Mountain. Could the two be related? Everyone immediately became tense.

”What happened?” Old Qi’s voice also trembled slightly.

”The Great Mountain... at the edge near the deep part, it’s fogged up!!”

It’s fogged up!!

Upon hearing this news, everyone present panicked; this morning, when they searched the mountain, although they didn’t go deep inside, they had revisited the edge of the outskirts several times and encountered no fog. But now, in the evening, and precisely when Xu Binghu has gone missing, fog has appeared. It’s hard to believe there’s no connection.

Xu Ran and Xiao Bai also furrowed their brows. Among those present, if anyone knew the Great Mountain best, Xu Ran and Xiao Bai knew it second to none.

They flew over the Great Mountain daily, and if there were foggy areas, they would certainly know. There were some areas Xu Ran and the others couldn’t even explore.

Yet, no fog had appeared even in deep mountain areas, and now, there is fog; this indeed is a strange occurrence.

Villagers around them heard the news, their faces heavy, whispering among themselves.

”Why did the Great Mountain suddenly fog up? All this time, nothing like this has ever happened!”

”Something major must have happened inside the Great Mountain!!”

”For such a dense fog to appear, surely it’s the work of a Great Demon; as for Sick Tiger...”

”Sick Tiger has such bad luck. How could this big fog show up right after he went missing? Sigh...”

”No, it must be that the big fog appeared first, causing the disappearance of Sick Tiger; he might have entered the Great Demon’s territory amid the fog, perhaps...”

...

As experienced hunters, everyone knew exactly the kind of outcome dense fog in the Great Mountain entailed, let alone if this fog was mostly conjured by a Great Demon. If Lian Ji weren’t present, they would directly say that Xu Binghu faced grave danger.

Lian Ji, who had just calmed down because of Xu Ran’s appearance, now burst into tears uncontrollably upon hearing this news, unable to stop at all.

”What are you all saying?!” Old Qi’s strong voice interrupted their murmurs, ”How Sick Tiger has always been with everyone is evident; can’t you say something positive!”