Xuan Xue shook her head and vanished, now all they had to do was send some disciples to inscribe formations throughout the border.
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In the village at the base of the mountain, three distinct groups of people were standing in front of the chief’s house, all groups had some very young children belonging to the age of 8 to 12.
"Wait here, I will go and bring him," the old chief entered the house and made his way to Lin Feng’s chamber.
Lin Feng, who was able to hear their exchange, stood up and came out himself to meet the chief before stepping outside. He looked toward the group of three people, they looked utterly hopeless and terrified.
The fact that they knew their children would possibly vanish tonight and there was nothing they could do was truly an agonizing feeling.
Lin Feng couldn’t fully sympathize with them, as he didn’t know how it felt, but weakness was in itself a curse, if he had been this weak with all his knowledge, then he might have ended his own life. It’s better to perish than live a cursed existence.
"Don’t worry about it, I am far more than certain that your children will be safe. For how long, I don’t know, but they will definitely survive this incident," after saying that, he went outside for a short walk.
The villagers didn’t know if it was true or not, but in this utterly hopeless situation, they were more than willing to believe in anyone right now.
"Bring the children inside," the old chief sighed and hoped that everything went well, his village had already lost all its young children, he wondered how others would feel if this young man was able to save the children.
Lin Feng walked through the village calmly, he wasn’t afraid of the perpetrator seeing him, as he appeared like a mortal even with fine robes, not to mention the perpetrator had even attacked when there were cultivators present previously.
He wasn’t even worried about being mind-controlled or placed in an illusion, it was impossible, both of these attacks used yin-related laws as a base for attack, and his yang physique could easily counter that, second was his willpower...
He doubted anything in this world was strong enough to shake his will and gain control of his mind in any way, be it control or illusions.
He walked over the entire village and found that the whole village was almost sealed, and no one could normally leave, as the fences were made of thorns.
The entrance was also newly reinforced with heavy gates, but nothing worked, as some days ago, the tragedy still struck this village.
Lin Feng looked for a while before walking out of the village. The front area was filled with fields used for farming, currently there was nothing being grown in them, but their sides were filled with vegetables.
He looked around for a while to search for any clue left behind but didn’t find anything, after searching for a few breaths, he finally turned around the mountain.
It was on the left side of the village, if he really thought as a demonic cultivator, then this was the only logical location to hide himself after taking the children away.
Lin Feng also had no doubt all the previous children were dead, the only thing this demon was after was the heart or blood of young children.
These were the only two things that mattered in most demonic cultivation techniques that required human sacrifices, so the night these children vanished was the day of their demise.
Lin Feng started walking on the path of the mountain to see if anyone would observe him or not, if the perpetrator looked at him with any malice or intent, then he would definitely sense it.
As he walked for a while, he suddenly felt something, it was a dried patch of blood, a very minuscule amount, but with his vision, he was able to spot it.
Lin Feng looked around and saw that there were one or two thorns nearby due to specific types of herbs growing on the side of the path. The ground was hard, so no deep footprints were left behind by small children, but he had a feeling that it was from one of the children.
Suddenly, he felt what he was waiting for, a silent gaze coming from somewhere on the base of the mountain. At least this proved that someone was on this mountain. Only time would tell if it was the devil cultivator he was looking for or not.
Lin Feng decided to not proceed further, this person must be coming to the village, there was one thing he couldn’t understand, how did this person find out that this village had children now?
Was he or she keeping look on every single village, it was quite possible, but doing it alone was a bit difficult unless he was wrong in assuming from the very start, and it wasn’t only a single devil cultivator but a group of devil cultivators.
The sun was already setting, so he decided to return to the village now.
When he came back, he saw that there were already many villagers standing as guards there, but they knew how futile it was.
Lin Feng didn’t ask them to go rest, even if their presence here was useless, as sentiments could affect anyone heavily, not to mention it was their children who might perish tonight.
Lin Feng made his way inside, everyone gave him a path. When he entered the room, he saw that mothers were holding their children tightly while weeping.
He went to the side and sat down along the wall of the chamber, he wanted to be present here just in case it wasn’t an illusion or mind control but something else, although the chances of something like that happening were almost nil, it was never zero.
He kept watching the children as time passed, the veil of darkness had already enveloped the entire village. The heartbeats of everyone were extremely erratic, Lin Feng could even hear the heartbeats of nearby women.
The children were quite confused initially about why they had to stay here, but after their mothers coaxed them, they fell asleep one by one, ignorance was truly bliss.
Two hours passed, nothing happened, Lin Feng kept watching calmly, the entire village was eerily silent right now.
Another hour passed without any development, now midnight was approaching, Lin Feng began thinking that they might not attack tonight when he suddenly became alert.