Liu Hei Wu had traveled the martial world for years, and he did possess a measure of chivalry.
So he accompanied the woman in searching for the little girl.
They first returned to the place where the woman had relieved herself and searched through the woods and grass. They found no suspicious traces.
The rain poured down in torrents.
The marks on the ground had already been washed away.
Thus, he could not detect the slightest clue from the spot where the little girl had been standing.
"How strange."
Liu Hei Wu looked left and right.
In theory,
there were no passersby on the official road, so the little girl did not look as though someone had taken her away. There were no dangerous areas nearby, either, so she could not have fallen off a cliff or into a pit.
Besides, the spot where the woman had relieved herself was only about ten meters from the roadside.
If anything had happened,
they should have noticed it.
Could it have been a Vicious Ghost?
No, that was not right.
If it had been a Vicious Ghost, with the two of them so close together, the woman should not have survived.
Unless...
His gaze unconsciously turned toward the distant stretch of the official road.
There was a large tree there.
Behind the tree stood a Grave Mound.
It was also the place where he had first encountered this mother and daughter.
He looked over again.
For some reason, an inexplicable chill surged through him. Even though a sobbing woman stood beside him, he felt as if he were standing alone in the pouring rain.
It was a ridiculous feeling.
It was as if a mental patient were talking to himself while believing he was having a conversation with someone.
In reality, there