After being reincarnated, I cultivated immortality.

No one answered his question because they didn't know either.

The temple is not large. Apart from the tall stone statue in the center, there is only an altar with an incense burner and several plates of fruit offerings in front of the statue, as well as two prayer cushions for people to kneel and worship.

Several sticks of incense were still burning in the incense burner. The whole temple felt eerie, but it was very clean.

Looking at the empty temple, Ling Lili said, "Isn't this temple supposed to be very efficacious? Why is there no one here?"

"Let's ask the residents nearby when we go out later," Yunfan replied.

The group surveyed the entire temple but found nothing unusual, so they prepared to leave.

Han Xiaobao, who was walking at the back, looked back at the stone statue and saw that the statue's eyes seemed to blink. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but when he looked again, nothing had happened. The stone statue stood there motionless, and he thought he had just imagined it.

I stopped paying attention to the stone statue and followed my departing master.

The group arrived at the village closest to the mysterious temple, West Village.

At the village entrance, a group of children were playing a game together. Suddenly, a little girl saw a group of very good-looking older brothers and sisters and exclaimed, "Wow~ such good-looking people!"

Hearing her exclamation, the other children stopped playing and looked in the same direction. She was really beautiful, not only in appearance but also in her clothes. Especially the little girl who was about their age, with her fair skin and delicate features, was so pretty!

After the initial surprise, a sense of wariness crept in, and she merely watched the group of strangers from a distance without approaching.

Chi Yi and the others also saw them and said to Ling Lili, "Lili, you are cute and children love you. Go and ask if there is a place for you to stay."

Ling Lili replied with an air of "You have excellent taste," "Leave it to me."

After Ling Lili finished speaking, she took out a handful of candy from her storage bag. She had bought it for Han Xiaobao in Sunset City. She had bought a lot, enough for him to eat for a long time.

Ling Lili took the handful of candy and walked towards the group of children.

Ling Lili, with a smile on her face, slowly approached the children.

The children watched her nervously, their eyes filled with curiosity.

"Hello, children!" Ling Lili said softly. "I have some delicious candies here that I'd like to share with you!"

The children hesitated for a moment, but were eventually drawn to the candy.

Ling Lili handed the candy to them, and the children happily accepted it, their faces beaming with bright smiles.

"Sister, where did you come from?" a slightly bolder little boy asked.

“We’re heading to Haiyue City to visit relatives, and it’s getting dark, so we’d like to find a place to stay in the village for the night. Do you know where we can stay?” Ling Lili replied gently.

The little boy pointed to a house in the village, "That's Aunt Wang's house. She often takes in travelers who are passing through."

"Thank you, little brother." Ling Lili patted the little boy's head, then led the group toward Aunt Wang's house.

When they arrived at Aunt Wang's house, Ling Lili gently knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a kind-looking woman appeared before them.

"Excuse me, are you Aunt Wang?" Ling Lili asked politely.

"Yes, young lady, is there anything I can help you with?" Aunt Wang asked, looking at them with a puzzled expression.

"We're just passing through and would like to ask if we can stay the night?" Ling Lili explained.

Looking at the group of people in front of her, who were dressed and looked quite respectable, Aunt Wang felt they were not bad people. She smiled and nodded, "Of course, come in. But I only have four rooms available, so you'll have to squeeze in."

"It's alright. If you hadn't taken us in, we would probably have had to sleep in the wilderness," Ling Lili said gratefully.

He then took out a few more spirit stones, placed them in her hand, and said, "Thank you for making us something to eat, Auntie."

Aunt Wang's smile deepened, and she became even more welcoming to them. She led them to an empty room and then turned to prepare food.

The rest of the people stayed in the room, while Ling Lili, Yun Fan, and Jin Haoyu went to Wang Da Niang, who was picking vegetables.

Ling Lili said, "Auntie, let us help you. It must be tiring for you to cook so many dishes by yourself!"

As she spoke, she took the picked vegetables, filled a basin with water, and slowly began to wash them.

Just as Aunt Wang was about to say no, seeing that they had already started, she didn't say anything more and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble you."

The three replied, "No trouble at all."

Jin Haoyu asked in confusion, "Auntie, do you live alone?"

The four chatted about everyday things for a while before Ling Lili casually asked about the temple not far from here.

Seeing their curiosity, Aunt Wang didn't hide anything and told them, since many people knew about it and it wasn't a secret at all.

After eating the dinner prepared by Aunt Wang, Han Xiaobao ate a lot, while the others ate only a little. They had already stopped eating, so not eating wouldn't have any effect on them. They just didn't want people to think they were different from ordinary people.

As soon as they entered the village, they sensed a strange feeling, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it, so they could only try to hide it from each other.

The group had already found out that Granny Wang had lost her husband early in life, her daughter had married, and her son and daughter-in-law lived in the town with their grandchildren. Only Granny Wang couldn't bear to leave this place and lived alone in the West Village, so her son's family would come back to visit her from time to time.

With the rooms vacant, passersby would give them some money to stay for a night or two, and life was pretty good.

Chi Yi and the others waited until Granny Wang was asleep before gathering together. Just in case, they set up a barrier to prevent anyone from hearing them.

"What have you found out?" Hua Rongyi asked.

Jin Haoyu immediately began, “Aunt Wang said that the temple used to be a local earth god temple, but later the incense offerings were not very good, so it gradually fell into disrepair, until…” To emphasize the transition, he paused for a moment, but his words were interrupted.

Ling Lili continued, "Until a year ago, someone suddenly discovered that the temple had been renovated, and the stone statues and the temple's name had been changed. A passing immortal pointed out to the villagers that the temple enshrined an omnipotent god who could grant all requests. All they needed to do was burn incense and make offerings on the first and fifteenth of each month. If they had any requests, they could bring offerings and sincerely pray at midnight, and their wishes would come true..."

Bai Shu frowned slightly. "This doesn't sound like a proper temple at all!"

Jin Haoyu nodded in agreement: "When I first heard it, I also found it unbelievable. How could there be an omnipotent god who would go to pray in the middle of the night?"

Chi Yi thought for a moment and said, "There must be a problem. There's still an hour left in the zodiac. Yun Fan, you stay here and take care of Xiao Bao. The rest of us will split into two groups. Hua Rongyi, Kong Bai, and I will go to the temple to take a look. Ling Lili, Bai Shu, and Jin Haoyu will investigate the abnormalities in the village."

Yunfan objected: "Why should I stay?" He wanted to go with Lili.

Hua Rongyi spoke up to answer for Chi Yi, "Because you have a wind spirit root, you can run fast. If anything happens, take Xiao Bao and leave first, understand?"

"Oh!"