Starting as a cowherd, he sought a way to cultivate immortality.

Chen Chi put the silver token and map into his storage ring, walked to Wang Qingfeng's bedside, and said:

"If I have the chance, I will go to Lingyun Sect and give them your token."

Upon hearing this, a look of gratitude appeared in Wang Qingfeng's cloudy eyes.

"Fellow Daoist, you may leave in peace."

After saying this, Chen Chi slipped outside and called out the villager who had boldly answered his questions earlier, asking him about Wang Qingfeng.

Seeing that Chen Chi meant no harm, the villager felt relieved and told Chen Chi everything he knew.

Wang Qingfeng came to the village more than fifty years ago and has lived there ever since.

At first, the villagers were quite resistant to Wang Qingfeng, but after Wang Qingfeng saved a villager's child who had fainted from a fever, the villagers gradually accepted Wang Qingfeng.

From then on, Wang Qingfeng stayed in the village, treating sick villagers, and became increasingly respected by them.

Time flies, and the villagers who were the same age as Wang Qingfeng have all passed away, and Wang Qingfeng has become more and more silent.

Even Wang Qingfeng has succumbed to the ravages of time and is now nearing the end of his life.

"Old Wang has done a great favor for our village. Meng Fang was saved by Old Wang when he was a child. That's why he was disrespectful to the deity in his desperation."

Knowing that the villagers were pleading for the unconscious Meng Fang on the ground, Chen Chi said calmly:

"I am about to leave this place, and the Mongolian will be awake tomorrow."

As for whether he will be able to see Wang Qingfeng one last time, that depends on whether Wang Qingfeng can hold on until tomorrow.

……

After leaving the mountain village, Chen Chi headed towards Qingxuan Market, following the map left by Wang Qingfeng.

Two days later, he entered a village.

The faint smell of blood in the air caused Chen Chi's expression to change slightly.

As Chen Chi walked down the street, he saw that all the houses on both sides had their doors tightly shut, creating a desolate scene.

But the divine sense that was probed out clearly sensed that someone lived in the house.

Chen Chi arrived at the door of a house and knocked.

There was no response from inside the house.

Chen Chi shook his head slightly.

With his cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining, the door was merely for show.

But Chen Chi did not intend to break down the door; instead, he continued walking along the street.

After passing several dozen more houses, a little girl with braids rushed out of a low house and pulled Chen Chi towards her own house.

Chen Chi let the little girl pull him into the house. Looking up, he saw an old woman with a panicked expression inside.

The little girl quickly closed the door, turned around, panting heavily, her face flushed, and looked at Chen Chi.

"Don't make a sound and attract that cannibalistic madman!"

Chen Chi didn't take it to heart and smiled at the old woman:

"Don't be alarmed, sir. I mean no harm."

The old woman nodded, still holding her cane, clearly wary of Chen Chi.

"I told you not to talk, didn't you hear me!" The little girl walked over angrily and reached out to cover Chen Chi's mouth.

Chen Chi grabbed the little girl's arm and smiled:

"Don't worry, I'm here to help you get rid of that man-eating madman."

The little girl's face froze for a moment, then she became even angrier and said:

"Don't talk big! I knew I shouldn't have saved you!"

"I'm not lying to you."

Chen Chi stretched out his palm, and a wisp of pure Yang true fire appeared in his palm.

The little girl's mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were filled with shock as she stared at the flame in Chen Chi's hand.

"You...you are a Celestial Master?" the little girl asked blankly.

The old woman rushed to Chen Chi's side, trying to pull the little girl down to kneel.

"Immortal Master, save me!" the old woman cried out.

Chen Chi unleashed a burst of spiritual energy, supporting the old woman and the little girl.

"Tell me in detail about the cannibalistic madman," Chen Chi said calmly.

With tears in her eyes, the old woman said to Chen Chi:

"That madman came here two years ago and demanded that our town provide him with ten people as blood offerings every month."

The townspeople wouldn't allow it and wanted to drive him away.

But that madman possessed sorcery; with a flick of his sleeve, a black light shot out, and the town's burly men... died.

At this point, the old woman couldn't help but glance at Chen Chi, a hint of fear in her eyes.

"So, you agreed later?" Chen Chi asked slowly.

The old woman's face turned ashen, and she said in a sorrowful tone:

"What can we do if we don't agree? It wouldn't be difficult for him to kill everyone in our town."

"Our town gives him ten people every month, and he won't kill anyone else."

Chen Chi's eyes narrowed slightly.

At this rate, in just a few years, that madman will have eaten everyone in the town.

The old woman patted the little girl on the back, tears welling in her eyes.

"Xiaoling's parents were eaten by that madman last year..."

Chen Chi looked at Xiao Ling and saw that her eyes were already red.

Where is that madman now?

Before the old woman could speak, Xiao Ling immediately said:

"Today he will go to the east side of town and take away the people of our town."

Upon hearing this, Chen Chi patted Xiao Ling's head.

"Don't worry, today is that madman's death day."

……

On the hillside east of the town, five men and five women lay on the ground, bound hand and foot.

They stared blankly into the distance, awaiting their death.

A figure suddenly appeared in their line of sight, gradually approaching them.

A moment later, Chen Chi had already appeared in front of everyone.

"Hurry, that madman is coming!" a middle-aged woman on the ground shouted anxiously to Chen Chi.

Chen Chi thought for a moment, then nodded and said:

"That makes sense."

After saying that, he took out the only remaining Earth Escape Talisman from his storage ring, infused it with spiritual power, and burrowed into the ground.

Seeing Chen Chi's methods, a glimmer of hope reappeared in the lifeless eyes of the ten men.

Not long after, a man in a green robe with blood-red eyes arrived from afar in a spirit boat.

The man landed on the ground, glanced at the ten bound men, licked his lips, and smirked evilly:

"The blood food this month is quite good."

The ten people on the ground trembled, their faces drained of color from the sight of this cannibalistic madman.

"You'll die a horrible death!" a man cursed.

The man in the green robe chuckled:

"Cursing won't do any good. I'll slowly drain all the blood from your body before I devour you."

Upon hearing this, the man shuddered in fright.

The man in the green robe flicked his sleeve, and a beam of black spiritual energy shot towards the man.

"Bang!"

The black spiritual energy dissipated in front of the man, as if it had encountered a barrier.

The man in the green robe's expression changed.

"Who goes there?!"

Chen Chi emerged from the ground and with a wave of his hand shot out ten streams of spiritual energy, instantly freeing the ropes binding the five men and five women on the ground.

"You guys go first," Chen Chi said calmly.

The ten men immediately scrambled to their feet and fled desperately toward the town.

The man in green robes ignored them. He swept his divine sense over Chen Chi and then sneered.

"A mere mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator dares to meddle in other people's business."

Since you're courting death, I'll eat you; it's better than eating a hundred mortals.

Chen Chi smiled slightly.

His ability to conceal his inner energy is unmatched among cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm.

The green-robed man in front of them, who was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, naturally couldn't see through his cultivation level.

"You're only at the seventh level of Qi Refining."

The green-robed man was immediately enraged. In the next instant, he appeared behind Chen Chi, his hand flashing with black light, and a powerful spiritual energy slashed towards Chen Chi's neck.