The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Even though he felt that the disappearance of children in the city was suspicious, the issue at the border was more urgent.

Lu Xiuyuan originally wanted to leave the city and rush to the Miao village immediately, wanting to wait until the border crisis was resolved before intervening in the affairs of the city.

But Bai Yiyao said that after leaving the city, they would still have to travel a long mountain road, and it would soon be dark. It would be dangerous and inconvenient to travel on the mountain road at night, so he suggested that they spend one night in the city.

A few people thought the same thing, so they found an inn that was still open and stayed in its room.

Witchcraft was prevalent in the Miao area, so they did not dare to eat anything in the city. They just quickly ate some dry food they brought with them and went back to their rooms to rest.

At night, Lu Xiuyuan and his wife and Chanmu Qu Xiaoyou were unable to sleep because of something on their minds, so they simply went to the street together, taking a walk while trying to find clues about the missing child.

The night was as cool as water, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse, with cool breezes blowing gently. Except for one or two dogs barking, the deserted streets were silent, and the doors and windows of every house were closed, like a dead city.

"What kind of method can make living children disappear out of thin air?" Xia Younan muttered as he walked, looking around with his big eyes rolling.

"No matter what, it's definitely not the work of evil spirits." Qu Xiaoyou responded coldly.

"There's someone over there!" Zenmu suddenly called out, motioning them to look to the front right.

I saw the door of a house in front of me on the right was opened by a small hand, and then a child of six or seven years old walked out of the door.

Perhaps to prevent the child from getting lost, a big wolfhound was tied in front of the door.

Hearing the noise, the big wolf dog opened its eyes vigilantly and looked, but when it saw it was its little master, it stopped barking and instead wagged its tail, then lay down and closed its eyes again.

The child walked out of the door and closed it, then walked straight towards the city gate.

Seeing this, Lu Xiuyuan and the other three looked at each other, and then followed tacitly.

The child walked extremely fast, almost jogging.

What was puzzling was that he seemed to be asleep, not looking at the road at all. He tripped over stones on the road several times, but stood up swiftly and continued walking, as if he didn't feel any pain.

There must be something wrong!

Lu Xiuyuan and others noticed his abnormality, and immediately became alert, ready to rescue him at any time.

He was just a little boy of six or seven years old, but he walked quickly for nearly half an hour without looking tired at all, and his pace did not slow down at all until he was out of the city gate.

After leaving the city, he seemed to have a fixed goal and walked along a path for a while, and finally came to a river.

It was late at night, in the wilderness, the quiet river surface glowed coldly under the moonlight. The hoarse and shrill cries of unknown insects in the grass added a sense of weirdness to the night.

"Children aged six or seven are the most timid. How dare he come here alone? What does he want to do?" Xia Younan muttered worriedly.

Lu Xiuyuan stared at the child who was approaching the river, his nerves were tense and he was ready to take action at any time.

The child walked straight to somewhere on the river beach. When they got closer, they found that there was a small boat floating on the river near the shore.

The child was running towards the direction of the boat.

Lu Xiuyuan's face changed. He looked at the spacious river channel, then at the dark mountains across the river. He knew that he could not let him go any further.

"Go and stop him! Once he gets on the boat, we won't be able to follow him anymore!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Xiaoyou and the others quickly used their Qinggong skills to chase after the child and grabbed his slender arm before he stepped into the boat.

"Whose child are you from? What are you doing here alone so late at night?" Xia Younan asked impatiently, but fell silent when she saw his face clearly.

In the bright moonlight, she saw that the child's face was dark and his expression was dull. His eyes were wide open, but there was no focus in his pupils, like a blind person.

If he hadn't been standing there upright, several people would have thought he was dead.

In this gloomy night, looking at such a strange face, Xia Younan felt a chill all over his body.

"Kid, what are you doing here?" Qu Xiaoyou walked up and squatted in front of the child, asking with a serious expression.

The child ignored their questions and stood there straight, without blinking, his expression still dull.

"There's something wrong with this kid." Lu Xiuyuan said, and after thinking for a while, he suggested, "Let's take him back and return him to his family first. We'll question him when he wakes up."

"Okay." Qu Xiaoyou agreed and reached out to hug the child.

Suddenly, a shrill roar came from the other side of the river. The roar was extremely strange, sometimes like a wolf, sometimes like a tiger, extremely terrifying.

Several people were startled and immediately looked towards the source of the sound.

However, the night was too dark, and the mountains on the opposite side of the river looked like giants lying in the darkness. No human figures or other objects could be seen at all.

"This is the roar of the monster that the old man mentioned!" Lu Xiuyuan suddenly thought of what the old man said today and reminded him.

Before the others could respond, the child suddenly moved. His eyes turned red and his expression became ferocious. He struggled hard in Qu Xiaoyou's arms like a little beast.

While struggling, his upper body leaned towards the small boat on the shore, obviously wanting to get on the boat to cross the river.

"Let's hold him tight and don't let him break free!" Lu Xiuyuan ordered urgently, and several people took action to stop the little boy from struggling.

There was a terrifying murderous look in the little boy's eyes. He grinned and bared his teeth, and kept roaring like a wild beast.

"What's wrong with you? Don't move!" Qu Xiaoyou, who was closest to him, used all her strength to hold him down.

The roar in the distance continued, one wave louder than the other, and the strange and miserable sound made people's eardrums hurt.

The child struggled more violently as the roar continued, thrashing around with his hands and feet. Lu Xiuyuan and the other adults could hardly catch him.

"Ouch!" Qu Xiaoyou suddenly screamed. It turned out that the child was unable to struggle and became angry, so he took advantage of Qu Xiaoyou's unpreparedness and bit her arm hard.

Chanmu was startled and squeezed the child's cheeks hard, forcing the child to open his mouth. Only then was Qu Xiaoyou freed.

"Xiao You!" Xia Younan was startled and hurried to check her injuries. "How are you? Are you okay?"

Qu Xiaoyou was a martial artist, so she naturally didn't care about the pain. She shook her head to indicate that she was fine and continued to control the restless child in her arms.

The annoying roar continued, and the child seemed to have endless energy and kept struggling.

"He seems to be controlled by that strange roar!" Lu Xiuyuan discovered something fishy and covered the child's ears with his hands.

Sure enough! As soon as his ears were covered, the child immediately stopped struggling and returned to his original wooden state.

"What the hell is going on? Who is behind this?" Xia Younan looked towards the other side of the river again, his eyebrows raised in anger.

Lu Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and said, "The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and there is a river between us, so it is impossible for us to check.

"Let's send the child back first. When he wakes up, we can ask him what's going on."

Afterwards, Xia Younan covered the child's ears, while Lu Xiuyuan picked up the child and returned to the city along the same route.