60: Kill the village chief, and let the magic pupil help to form the elixir?

When Li Yan drank that cup of poisoned wine, the old village chief's face was filled with the cunning smirk of a successful schemer.

"Kid, your strength is not bad, but unfortunately, you're a bit too green!"

The old village chief's tone carried a sense of a petty person getting their way, and he pointed at Li Yan, mocking him.

"Although you are exceptionally talented, you are still too young; how can you contend with me when you are inexperienced?"

Li Yan, who had drunk the poisoned wine, still sat calmly in his chair, smiling as he asked,

"You poisoned me? If you kill me, aren't you afraid of Grandmaster's blame?"

Facing Li Yan's questioning, the old village chief arrogantly pointed his cane at Li Yan.

"The Spell you just used is not a Spell of Jingxu Sect at all."

"Furthermore, Quiet Void Taoist once instructed me that anyone without a talisman is to be treated as a servant."

"Kid, you acted very well, but you don't have the talisman given by Quiet Void Taoist."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan also understood why the old village chief had seen through his identity.

One reason was the Spell, but the Spell wasn't actually important.

What was important was the talisman; if Li Yan had entered with Quiet Void Taoist's talisman, no one would have suspected him, even if his entire body glowed with Holy Light.

However, none of this mattered, as Li Yan had already used his Divine Sense to probe the old village chief's cultivation.

The village chief was just an old man with a Ban Xue Realm fifth-layer cultivation, and his talent was extremely poor.

Seeing the old village chief's smug expression, Li Yan pulled out the blood glass treasure lotus lantern.

Upon seeing Li Yan take out the Magic Treasure, the old village chief's eyes filled with greed.

"Oh, do you want to take out a treasure to make this old man spare your life? Too late!"

"You drank poisoned wine mixed with Heart-Piercing Grass; even if you are a Blood Core Realm Cultivator, you can't withstand the poison of Heart-Piercing Grass!"

Watching the old village chief jumping around excitedly, Li Yan inexplicably wanted to laugh.

He remained silent, simply injecting Yang Si Power into the treasure lotus lamp and activating the Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique.

The blood glass treasure lotus lantern lit up with golden-red Holy Light, like scorching flames, beginning to burn the old village chief.

The old village chief's entire body felt as if it were being pricked by countless needles, the pain unbearable, and the Gu worms within him began to squirm restlessly.

He tried to run, but found his feet entangled by shadowy hands that had appeared at some unknown time.

Seeing this, the other concubines were so frightened that they fled out the door.

At this moment, the old village chief was unable to move, wanting to escape, wanting to cry for help, but it was too late.

"No... No... Impossible!"

The old village chief couldn't understand; hadn't Li Yan drunk the Heart-Piercing Grass poison? Why was he still unharmed?

But the old village chief didn't know that the Heart-Piercing Grass was a great tonic for Li Yan; drinking it was like consuming aged fine wine, causing the Qi and blood within his body to surge.

Under the golden light of the treasure lotus lamp, the old village chief's skin peeled off layer by layer, revealing the Gu worms hidden within his flesh and blood.

It seemed this old man was also a disciple or grand-disciple of Quiet Void Taoist, assigned here to guard Gu Ku Village.

Along with a scream from the old village chief, a large number of villagers were attracted.

Li Yan turned to look outside the door; the courtyard was already surrounded by a large number of villagers.

Among them were the old handyman Yao Yan and the young handyman Yao Chen, whom Li Yan recognized.

Li Yan, holding the blood glass treasure lotus lantern, raised his head and looked at the villagers gathered in the courtyard.

"The village chief has been taken down by me. Is there anyone among you who is not convinced?"

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the villagers instinctively took a few steps back.

However, the young handyman Yao Chen stepped forward, simultaneously drawing the small knife from his waist.

Oh?

Did the hot-blooded young villager want to avenge the old village chief?

With his meager Blood Condensation Realm strength, did he also want to come in and seek death?

Watching the young Yao Chen hold the small knife and take firm, unwavering steps, Li Yan raised an eyebrow.

Then he heard the youth say, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not targeting you, but him!"

With that, a fierce expression appeared on the young Yao Chen's face, and the small knife in his hand stabbed the dying old village chief.

"It was this old man who ate my mother and turned my father into a human pig."

Seeing the young handyman stab the old village chief, others gradually gained courage and began to follow suit.

Those concubines who had fled earlier also returned with hatred, pulling out their small knives one after another.

"Old beast, how dare you defile me, how dare you kill my Elder sister!"

"You clearly promised me that as long as I became your concubine, you would spare my father and not let him go to his death in the divine tomb!"

"This stab is for my younger brother's revenge!"

"For my mother's revenge!"

More and more people gathered, and Li Yan didn't even need to act.

The dying old village chief, lying on the ground, was surrounded by countless villagers who stabbed him with knives.

The old village chief, with only one breath left, continuously let out muffled groans.

He used his last strength to say with hatred, "If it weren't for my protection, you... you would have died long ago."

"A bunch of ungrateful wretches, if you leave Gu Ku Village, you will all die!"

His words were quickly drowned out by the villagers' anger.

Everyone rushed forward, eager to stab the old village chief.

Li Yan watched the almost uncontrollably frenzied crowd; the old man had already stopped breathing, his body riddled with countless daggers.

The villagers still felt it wasn't enough, and they forcibly dragged the old village chief's corpse out, hanging it by a rope on the courtyard gate.

Countless people cursed, flogged the corpse, and spat on it, releasing the anger that had been suppressed for countless years.

Everyone seemed to be possessed, punching and kicking the bloody corpse.

Li Yan watched the frenzied villagers of the cave village, silently observing from the side.

It wasn't until some people had vented their anger and sobered up from their madness that they remembered something.

The old handyman Yao Yan scurried to Li Yan's front, "Taoist Master, all the village chief's treasures belong to you, but could you please spare us some food?"

"The village has been out of food for several days; if we don't eat soon, we'll all starve to death."

Li Yan casually pointed to the village chief's granary, "Open the granary and distribute the grain."

"Thank you, Taoist Master! Thank you, Taoist Master!!!"

Yao Yan beamed with joy, immediately ordering everyone to open the village chief's granary and distribute the hoarded grain to the villagers.

As for them, Li Yan had only one request.

"Without my permission, none of you are allowed to step into the village chief's house again."

"I need to cultivate in seclusion for a while; unless there's something urgent, you understand."

The old handyman also nodded obsequiously, "Understood! We all understand!"

"Taoist Master, your cultivation is evident; no one in the village would be so foolish as to disturb you."

Saying this, the old handyman continuously waved his hand, driving everyone out of the courtyard, and thoughtfully closed the door for Li Yan.

For the villagers of Gu Ku Village, getting their hands on food and having killed the tyrant village chief, nothing else mattered.

It wasn't until all the villagers had left that Corpse Puppet Su Mo, who had been hiding in the shadows, flipped down from the rooftop and appeared before Li Yan.

"Su Mo, you guard the courtyard; if there's anything outside, let me know."

"Yes, Master."

Su Mo plunged her Evil Bone Greatsword into the ground and stood blankly in the courtyard, guarding the gate.

Only then did Li Yan return inside and look at the box containing the ancient Magic Eye.

"This item has a strong Evil Qi and is bound to have many side effects."

"Absorbing this Evil Qi might help me Core Formation and Breakthrough to the Blood Core Realm."

Li Yan carefully opened the box, and the ancient Magic Eye inside immediately lit up with a mesmerizing purple demonic light.