If he was living in the small temple all by himself, he wouldn"t need to go out to buy food and provision every two days.

With Ling Chen"s strength, he could spend days without eating anything and he would still be fine. However, it wasn"t the case for little Mei and her mother as they were both regular mortals without any special power.

Still, Ling Chen didn"t feel like they were a bother because of that. As a matter of fact, he enjoyed going to the market with little Mei and living like a regular mortal. It was something he never got the chance to experience even with his Ling Lei and the others as they grew up too fast.

On the way to market, Little Mei held onto Ling Chen"s hand tightly as if she was afraid he would run away.

At the same time, she was also happy. She had a huge smile on her face and it looked as though she had already forgotten about all the pain and suffering she had gone through from the past several years.

Every now and then, Ling Chen would tease her which would cause her to giggle from time to time. Despite Ling Chen disguising as a monk, the two of them looked like a happy family of two.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the most bustling streets in the entire Blue Dragon City. The street was normally fifteen meters wide, but there were so many merchant stalls on each side that nearly half the s.p.a.ce was taken up, causing there to only be nine meters of walking s.p.a.ce left.

Once they arrived there, they were greeted and submerged by an incessant advertising chant.

"If your wife calls you one-minute man, the fastest man alive, come get your Tiger bone pills in our stall and show her who"s the boss. However, If she said that you are faster than the speed of light or as fast as lightning, you need the Ultimate Dragon Bone pill."

"If you want to buy True Qi Stone, Battle Technique, Beauty Pills, come check out our stall, price is negotiable."

"I have fresh demon wolves" meat, demon tigers" meat. Not only the meats are fresh, but it"s also very cheap."

"If your cultivating speed is too slow.

if you suffer from Qi deviation. If your dantian is broken, I have a legendary divine pill with me. It will solve all your problems. Quickly now, come take a look at the legendary Divine Pill here, it"s at a very good price and there"s only two left."

A street vendor loudly shouted.

Many street vendors were shouting at the top of their lungs to find buyers. Some of them displayed their items on their stall for trades while others did not say anything and only waited for the right buyers.

Furthermore, even though there many vendors that were trying to make an honest living, there were also many scammers. There were even more crooks than honest merchants, but they could only fool the inexperienced and the stupid ones.

At this moment, both Ling Chen and Little Mei have become a celebrity.

The moment they appeared, the majority of the street vendors stopped what they were doing and greeted him with a respectful expression of their faces.

"Honored Divine Monk."

"Honored Divine Monk."

"Honored Divine Monk."

As for Little Mei, no matter who saw her would immediately rush over to offer her free stuff.

No matter what she wanted to buy, she would get it for free. While some of them did that in order to thank Ling Chen for helping them, some did it just because they wanted to have a good relations.h.i.+p with Ling Chen.

Since Ling Chen didn"t accept any bribe or payment for his service, they used Little Mei as a proxy and transferred all that goodwill and bribery over to her.

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After buying everything he needed to buy in the market, Ling Chen didn"t linger there anymore as he went home along with Little Mei.

Very quickly, they arrived at the Buddha Miracle Temple. As it was still in the morning and today was also merchant caravans day, Ling Chen didn"t expect to get any patient or visit today.

However, the moment he arrived at Buddha Miracle Temple, he saw a st.u.r.dy middle-aged man waiting for him.

Aside from looking well-built, the clothes he was wearing were all intricately designed, which indicated that he was a person of wealth.

However, the thing that attracted the most attention was the aura he emitted which was akin to that of a flood dragon.

"Interesting!" Ling Chen thought inwardly as he was scanning the middle-aged man with his left eye power.

He wasn"t surprised because he felt a powerful aura coming from the middle-aged man as he was only a peak Martial Sovereign realm warrior.

In Ling Chen"s eyes, he was no different from a regular mortal or an ant. Even one of his children could effortlessly kill him without lifting a finger.

The reason he was surprised was that he had discovered a familiar energy from the middle-aged man that he hadn"t sensed for a long time.

Soul Devouring Poison!

Yep! This middle-aged had a soul-devouring poison implanted within his sea of consciousness just like the deceased Hall Masters of the Bloodbath a.s.sa.s.sination Guild.

However, compared to the soul-devouring poisons that were implanted in the Hall Masters" sea of consciousness, the one in the middle-aged"s man seemed to be more powerful and potent.

Upon Ling Chen"s arrival, the middle-aged that was sitting in front of the temple suddenly stood up and came to greet with an amiable smile on his face, saying: " My young unfilial son was rude and ignorant, so he offended the Venerable Monk. I hope you don"t take him seriously and forgive him for his rudeness."

Without an introduction, Ling Chen already knew that this middle-aged man was the father of Long Zheng.

"Amitabha. Benefactor, you are being polite. This poor monk had already forgotten all about it." Ling Chen calmly answered with a compa.s.sionate smile on his face.

"Thank You, Venerable Monk. As a father, I feel ashamed of my son"s lack of education and manners. I will do my best from now to properly educate him." Long Meng said apologetically.

If an outsider were to hear this, they would have been completely dumbfounded and would think that they were hearing things.

A character like Long Meng, a member of the Long Family, as well as one of the five captains of the Blue Dragon City Guard, was actually apologizing to a nameless little monk.

Nonetheless, while Long Meng was talking to Ling Chen, he didn"t miss the chance to sneakily scan him with his spiritual power.

Unfortunately for him, with Ling Chen"s left eye power, he was able to clearly see the extremely indiscernible spiritual force that was headed toward him.

"It seems like I"ll have to teach you a lesson. Don"t you know it"s wrong to spy on people?" Ling Chen thought inwardly as he was staring at Long Meng.

Swoos.h.!.+

The moment Long Meng"s spiritual power made contact with Ling Chen"s body, a subtle gulping sound could be heard as Ling Chen"s body suddenly emitted a powerful suction force that cleanly devoured Long Meng"s spiritual power.

Feeling his spiritual power being devoured by a terrifying suction force, Long Meng"s face suddenly turned white like a sheet of paper. He almost coughed a mouthful of blood. However, he swallowed it before it could come out.

Even though he was scared s.h.i.+tless at this moment, he didn"t dare to show it on his face. He acted as though nothing had happened.

Ling Chen also acted as nothing had happened. He just wanted to teach the little b.a.s.t.a.r.d a lesson, he didn"t plan to kill him.

"Little Mei, could go inside and check on your mother? She should be awake by now." Ling Chen smiled as he looked at Little Mei next to him.

Little Mei merely nodded her head, and obediently went inside. However, while Ling Chen was talking to Little Mei, he didn"t notice the slight change of expression on Long Meng"s face after taking a deep look at Little Mei for the first time.

"Amitabha. Benefactor, I"m sure you didn"t come all the way just to apologize for your son. So, how can I help you?" Calmy inquired Ling Chen after Little Mei went inside while staring at Long Meng.

Upon hearing Ling Chen"s questions, Long Meng didn"t dare to beat around the bush anymore as he went straight to the point. " Venerable Monk, I have long heard about your miraculous power. I have a certain problem and the reason I came here was to see whether or not you could help me."

"Are you referring to the Soul Devouring Poison in your sea of consciousness?" Nonchalantly asked Ling Chen.

The moment these words came out of Ling Chen"s mouth, Long Meng"s expression abruptly changed. He was momentarily stunned before he started voicing his praise: " Venerable Monk is indeed truly unfathomable. You were able to find out about my problem even before I tell you."

"Aside from you, only two people know about my condition. If I didn"t know any better, I"d think that you have a connection with that person."

"Now that you already know my problem, I don"t have to explain my reason for coming to see you. My life including that of my family depends on me. If even you cannot help me, I"m afraid I won"t live for much longer." He said with an anxious as well as a hopeful expression on his face.

Ling Chen was truly his last hope as no one dared to help him even if they could as they were afraid of that person.

"Amitabha. I"m afraid that this poor monk can"t help you with this problem, benefactor. It"s not that this poor monk can"t get rid of it, but doing so would make this poor monk the enemy of the person who had implanted it in your sea of consciousness." Answered Ling Chen apologetically as he placed his palms together.

It"s not that Ling Chen was afraid of the person who had implanted the Soul Devouring Poison in Long Meng"s sea of consciousness, but he didn"t want to spoil his plan and his peaceful life by needlessly making an enemy.

Not to mention he didn"t care about the life and death of Long Meng. He didn"t even know the guy. The only reason he was playing the Good Samaritan was to get some merit point or good karma in order to speed up the growth of the 7 Fruits Of Creation.

Furthermore, helping Long Meng would do him more harm than good. It wasn"t worth it.

Upon hearing Ling Chen"s answered, Long Meng didn"t get mad but smiled mysteriously instead as he said. " I am afraid it"s already too late for that Venerable Monk."

Looking at Long Meng"s face, Ling Chen suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart as he asked with a puzzled expression on his face. "Amitabha. What do you mean, Benefactor?"

"The moment you took this pair of mother and daughter in, you"ve already become an enemy of that person."