By then, Mo Chen had explored most of Ju'an City and planned to teleport to Changshu City after finishing his Pingqiao Tofu.
Back when he had still lived in the village, before he began cultivating, Mo Chen had already discovered that he could survive without eating or drinking. Still, he could indulge his appetite from time to time.
Mo Chen lifted his bowl, drained the last of the Pingqiao Tofu soup, then turned into an alley.
In a corner where no one was watching, Mo Chen walked straight into a wall.
The instant his figure met the wall, its surface rippled like water, and he stepped right through it.
"Ma'am."
Mo Chen abruptly appeared behind a woman.
"You've been watching me for quite some time. Is there something you wish to discuss with me? You'd best tell me the truth. Don't say you just thought the tofu soup smelled good."
"Ah!"
Startled by the sound of Mo Chen emerging with Earth Escape, the woman trembled all over. She turned around and dropped to her knees with a thud.
"You really are an immortal! Honored immortal master! Please save my child!"
Mo Chen raised his palm slightly, and a gentle force lifted the woman to her feet. "I'm not an immortal, merely a cultivator. Take your time and tell me what happened."
The woman sobbed so hard she could barely speak. "Honored immortal master! Just now... just now, two villains—one in a silk robe, the other with a face full of stubble—took my child. They forced me to find you and said..."
"What did they say?"
"They said you must go alone to the place they specified, or they'll kill my child." As she spoke, she tried to kneel again.
Mo Chen's brows drew together.
The woman then produced an ordinary-looking