Chapter 422 - 213: Manifesting Sainthood in the Mountain Village

Chapter 422: Chapter 213: Manifesting Sainthood in the Mountain Village

Its gaze slowly dimmed, turning ashen as it lost consciousness completely.

"When it comes to killing power, nothing beats the Qingfeng Saber Intent!"

Chen Cheng materialized out of the gentle breeze nearby, muttering to himself.

With a flicker of movement, he quickly searched the Ghost-faced Mountain Demon’s body, but came up empty.

"Sigh... I’m used to it!" Chen Cheng couldn’t help but chuckle.

The Ghost-faced Mountain Demon stood upright, its physique similar to a human’s. No wonder Chen Cheng had subconsciously gone through the motions of searching it.

The Ghost-faced Mountain Demon’s corpse was frozen in place. The massive appendage on its lower abdomen had vanished, seemingly having retracted into its body.

Chen Cheng took out a cloth strip and wrapped it around the Ghost-faced Mountain Demon’s neck to make it easier to collect its blood later.

He then grabbed the beast by the skin around its waist and leaped down from the cliff, carrying the corpse with him.

...

「The next day.」

Chen Family Gully Village had returned to its usual tranquility.

As night fell, Chen Cheng cultivated his Qingfeng Saber Intent in a cave on the cliff across from the village.

The Qi Blood Power around him surged and roiled, sending ripples of energy throughout the entire cave.

[Qingfeng Saber Intent Cultivation Progress has increased.]

...

At midnight, Chen Cheng stopped his cultivation. He had consumed most of his Qi Blood Power, and his body was faintly feverish.

He took out a Heart and Soul the size of an egg and took a few large bites. A wave of warmth spread through him, and his Qi Blood Power quickly recovered.

However, Chen Cheng felt his entire body turn as hot as a furnace. He was as hard as iron.

This Heart and Soul was the one he had taken from the Ghost-faced Mountain Demon. The Qi Blood Power it contained was several times stronger than that of the Red-Eyed White Tiger Heart and Soul.

It also seemed to contain an immense amount of Primordial Yang Qi.

The only side effect was that every time he consumed the Heart and Soul, he would become as hard as iron for four to six hours straight.

’Being out in the world certainly provides a lot of experience, but it really interferes with my cultivation.’

Chen Cheng muttered to himself. Instead of returning to his uncle Chen An’s home, he simply lay down on a large rock and fell into a deep sleep.

However, his posture was strangely identical to that of the Ghost-faced Mountain Demon.

It wasn’t that Chen Cheng did this on purpose. It was just that, in his current state, this was the only comfortable way to sleep.

Moreover, while he slept, a great deal of Qi Blood Power would gather in that area and feed back into his body, seemingly strengthening his own Qi Blood Power.

Of course, Chen Cheng was completely unaware of these subtle, gradual changes.

...

In just two days, every Demon Beast within the borders of Qingxi Town had been completely wiped out.

Chen Cheng even ventured dozens of miles into the Great Wilderness Mountain Range but found no trace of any remaining Demon Beasts.

The demon scourge in Qingxi Town was now considered resolved.

The Demon-slaying Team finished assembling in Chen Family Gully early in the morning.

However, Lord Chen, the Purple-clothed Guard from the Demon Suppression Department, didn’t come down from his cave on the cliff until the sun was high in the sky.

Chen Cheng was genuinely startled to see the massive crowd gathered in front of the village—hundreds, perhaps even a thousand, people packed together.

These were all townspeople who had come to see them off.

The townspeople had also brought all sorts of gifts, stuffing the Demon-slaying Team’s fifty carriages to the brim.

The people sang and danced, escorting them the entire way. From Chen Family Gully to Qingxi Town, the crowd swelled until it numbered in the thousands.

Only after the Demon-slaying Team had left the territory of Qingxi Town did the people reluctantly disperse.

With the townspeople escorting them, the team couldn’t make good time, so Chen Cheng simply found a tall horse to ride.

But the great horse collapsed from exhaustion after just a few dozen miles. After all, Chen Cheng was carrying over five hundred pounds of gear. Add that to his own body weight, and what horse could possibly bear such a load?

Chen Cheng had no choice but to get into one of the carriages.

Sitting in the carriage, Chen Cheng’s eyes gleamed. His mind felt clearer and sharper than ever before.

’He Xingwen mentioned earlier that the people of Qingxi Town have erected golden statues of me all over. Could it be that I’ve gathered some of this so-called Incense and Candle Power?

I never intended to be deified, but if it clears my mind and benefits my cultivation, then I’ll just have to let it happen.

Ultimately, everything must still follow my own heart.’

Chen Cheng mused thoughtfully.