Lost! Enthusiastic Villagers?

With that said, Master Yi Jie and the other two were clearly stunned for a moment. However, a Lesser Returning Pill wasn't of much help to a Cultivator like Lin Chen, who was at least fifth-tier.

Money was nothing compared to a Lesser Returning Pill. Vajra Temple had a large number of devout followers, including big shots like Wu Hongbin, so they were not lacking in wealth.

Since Lin Chen wanted to exchange it for money now, Master Yi Jie and the other two had no reason to refuse. The group went to the bottom of the Ancient Well. As Master Yi Jie and the other two were injured, Lin Chen had to send them out of the Ancient Well one by one.

Lin Chen then made a phone call to inform Xu Fei about the situation in Frost Rock Village. However, Xu Fei told him that Frost Rock Village belonged to the territory of Xuzhou, and the subsequent matters would be handled by the Demon Suppression Division of Xuzhou.

"This is Xuzhou?" Lin Chen hung up the phone and looked at Master Yi Jie and the others beside him.

Seeing this, Master Yi Jie and the others couldn't help but look at each other. They didn't know about this matter either. After all, Master Huiming was just passing through. The small town at the foot of the mountain belonged to Qingzhou, so he instinctively assumed that Frost Rock Village was also under Qingzhou's jurisdiction.

Seeing this, Lin Chen knew that Master Yi Jie and the others were also unclear about the situation. He didn't mind and directly said, "Since everything here is settled, I'll be heading back to Qingzhou first!"

"Thank you, Benefactor Lin!" Master Huiming clasped his hands together, his face full of gratitude.

Lin Chen heard this and said with a serious expression, "You're welcome. If there are such things in the future, remember to notify me. I hate evil and am most intolerant of these wicked Evil Cultivators and monstrous beasts!"

Master Huiming was stunned. He didn't want to encounter such things again. If Lin Chen hadn't been there this time, they would have lost their lives!

What about next time?

However, facing Lin Chen's enthusiasm, Master Huiming still nodded.

After watching Lin Chen leave, Master Huiming looked at Master Yi Jie and said, "Yi Jie, why did you interrupt me just now? Benefactor Lin is truly our life-saver. Even if it's a cultivation technique, we might still be able to try and obtain one."

"Senior Brother Huiming, you don't know Benefactor Lin's temper. If you had really agreed, Benefactor Lin would probably have called you the next day to ask for the cultivation technique," Master Yi Jie glanced at Master Huiming and continued, "Ordinary cultivation techniques are useless to Benefactor Lin. If it's a very precious cultivation technique, the temple would never agree."

"You've seen Benefactor Lin's personality. If you promise something and can't deliver..." Master Yi Jie said gravely.

As soon as he said this, Master Huiming gasped. Thinking of Lin Chen's ruthless methods, he couldn't help but feel a pang of fear. Since they couldn't produce a cultivation technique, repaying him with pills and money was also a viable option.

Lin Chen was unaware that because of the previous incident, Master Yi Jie dared not agree to repay him with a cultivation technique. At this moment, he was driving back to Qingzhou.

"Still haven't gotten down the mountain?" After driving for more than an hour, Lin Chen couldn't help but be surprised. Logically, he should have already gotten down the mountain by this time.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen couldn't help but suspect that he had taken the wrong road. He hurriedly opened his navigation, only to find that it had lost its signal and was no longer working.

"Let's drive to the main road first and see if there's a signal!"

A hint of helplessness flashed across Lin Chen's face. He should have turned on his navigation earlier. Now he was lost in the mountains.

Fortunately, the mountain roads were basically connected now, so he wasn't worried about not being able to get out. However, after driving for another hour, as the sky began to darken, Lin Chen was still circling on the mountain road.

"A ghost wall?"

Lin Chen stopped the car and carefully observed his surroundings. "A new car really needs some breaking in!"

It was clearly not a ghost wall, so Lin Chen could only continue driving. Fortunately, heaven helps those who help themselves. After driving for more than half an hour, lights finally appeared ahead.

"Finally, some signs of life!"

Lin Chen's face was filled with joy, and he immediately accelerated towards the lights. Ten minutes later, he finally arrived in front of an ancient-looking village.

As soon as Lin Chen got out of the car, an old man with a beautiful woman came forward, saying enthusiastically, "A distinguished guest has traveled far. Please come in quickly. Today happens to be our village's bonfire festival."

"What a coincidence?"

Lin Chen was slightly taken aback, but listening to the singing and dancing sounds from not far away, he couldn't help but nod, "Interesting!"

Led by the old man and the beautiful woman, Lin Chen arrived at the square, where more than ten young men and women in ethnic costumes were singing and dancing.

"Handsome guy, want to join us?" The beautiful woman beside the old man looked at Lin Chen.

"Sure!"

Lin Chen smiled slightly and, led by the beautiful woman, joined the singing and dancing. At the same time, a rich aroma wafted over.

By the bonfire, all sorts of delicacies had been arranged at some point. The beautiful woman who invited Lin Chen to dance smiled and said, "Handsome guy, have something to eat before you dance again?"

"What are we eating?" Lin Chen looked at the beautiful woman beside him.

"Our village's unique delicacies," the beautiful woman smiled slightly.

"Eat what?"

Lin Chen rolled his eyes at the beautiful woman and said irritably, "Forget the dancing. I'll play along with you guys. Do you expect me to eat food that's just a phantom of ghostly energy? Eat air?"

Swish~ Swish~

As soon as he said this, everyone by the bonfire immediately turned their gazes towards Lin Chen. The beautiful woman's face instantly turned grim, "You discovered it long ago?"

"Nonsense!"

Lin Chen curled his lips and looked at everyone. "It's brightly lit this late at night, and you're so hospitable to outsiders. Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Whether you're an idiot or not, since you're here, don't even think about leaving!" The beautiful woman smiled coldly. The next moment, their appearances changed. They were more than ten men, where were the beautiful women!

"Die!"

The Ghost in front of Lin Chen let out a cold cry and attacked Lin Chen's throat with a claw.

Clang~

As the sharp claws fell, a metallic sound echoed. The terrifying ghost claw actually failed to leave any trace on Lin Chen.

"Try harder, I can still take it!" Lin Chen looked at the man in front of him.

"Not good, this guy is tough. Let's go at him together!"

The man's face changed drastically. He let out a cold shout, and in an instant, over ten Ghost creatures charged at Lin Chen, clearly intending to kill him on the spot.

"Oh, you're talking tough to me now?"

Lin Chen sneered coldly, activating his Blood Qi True Flame and swinging his fists. With every punch that landed, a figure turned directly into dust.

"Killed First-order Ghost, Origin +500."

"Killed First-order Ghost, Origin +500."

"Pah, stingy ghosts!"

After killing all the Ghost creatures, Lin Chen discovered that they were basically all First-order Ghosts, with only two Second-order Ghosts. This only amounted to eight thousand Origin points.

The male Ghost beside Lin Chen immediately prostrated himself, begging for mercy, "Master, spare my life!"

Lin Chen looked at the man, his tone icy, "Tell me, what's going on? Why are there so many Ghost creatures here?"

"Master, it's like this..." The male Ghost dared not hide anything and immediately recounted the entire story.

It turned out that the male Ghost and his companions were a group of bandits. After being wiped out by the authorities, they accidentally mutated into Ghost creatures and gathered here, luring and hunting travelers.

Lin Chen looked at the male Ghost with disdain, "With just your little group, you dare to claim this mountain as your own?"