Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 325 - 141: Heading to the Great Zhou Imperial City! The Destiny Coffin Escapes Again! (10,000-Word Mega - , Subscription Requested)_6
Speaking of which, he lowered his voice, "Within Qiulong County, there indeed is a Qiulong Temple, and that temple is now deserted. It is said that Fan Wu was indeed a Taoist priest from Qiulong Temple."
"Moreover, among the common folks of Qiulong County, it is not Fan Wu who is the most powerful Taoist priest, there is another even more formidable one!"
"Ah?" The crowd looked at each other in surprise, "There’s someone even more powerful than him?"
Someone ventured to ask, "Could it be... Fan Wu’s master?"
"Exactly! Indeed! Within Qiulong County, Fan Wu’s master held tremendous prestige and was revered as the Elder Heavenly Master. But for some unknown reason, the Elder Heavenly Master has already passed away."
"Sigh! To have taught such a terrifying disciple, the Elder Heavenly Master must have been extraordinary! What a pity, what a pity!"
"..."
Meanwhile.
At the prefecture government office.
"As expected, the news could not be contained. With Daoist Priest Fan and his party leaving the prefecture openly, anyone with a mind to follow them would know what Daoist Priest Fan and his party are planning."
While sipping tea, the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine said, "You are so confident, letting your daughter go with them?"
Yun Shouji replied, "She is safer by Fan Wu’s side than anywhere else."
At this point. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Yun Shouji paused, then continued, "Although the Great Demon Forbidden Land is not close to the prefecture, if something unthinkable escapes from there, Nanjun Prefecture Government is likely to be the first to suffer disaster."
"Letting that headstrong girl accompany Fan Wu to the Imperial City to seek refuge with her grandfather might help her avoid greater dangers."
After thinking for a moment, the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine said, "Aren’t you afraid that your daughter, while traveling to the Imperial City with Daoist Priest Fan, will encounter dangers even more terrifying than those in the Great Demon Forbidden Land?"
Yun Shouji was taken aback, then he glared wordlessly at the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine beside him, "When have you ever spoken words of good omen? They’ve barely set out, and here you are, cursing them?"
"Cough, cough!" The Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine chuckled awkwardly.
Unfortunately, before the two could chat for long, dire news came from outside, "Thousand Household Leader! Disaster! The Destiny Coffin... The Destiny Coffin has disappeared again!!"
This was a member of the Qiantian Divine from their headquarters.
He rushed to the prefecture office.
The Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine: "???"
Why were all sorts of incidents happening one after another these days?
The Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine set down his tea cup—a unique entity like the Destiny Coffin should absolutely not vanish! He looked at the member of the Qiantian Divine before him and asked, "How did it disappear? Was it stolen by an unknown person? Or did it escape on its own? Are there any leads?"
The Qiantian Divine member hastily replied, "It seems... it seems that the Destiny Coffin ran off on its own! We don’t know what happened, but ever since it was taken by The Great Revered One, its power seems to have grown somewhat stronger than before."
"It forcefully broke through the seal of the talismans and shattered the gates of the room that held it. It moved so fast that we couldn’t react in time. In the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace!"
"Currently..."
The voice of the Qiantian Divine member weakened, "We have yet to find any leads, but it’s broad daylight... I think... we should be able to find some clues soon."
The Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine took a deep breath.
He spoke gravely, "Order all members of the Qiantian Divine who are free and not preoccupied with other pressing matters to set out and search for the Destiny Coffin!"
"Yes, Thousand Household Leader!"
Watching the harried departure of the Qiantian Divine member, the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine massaged his sore temples.
Then.
He heard Yun Shouji’s teasing voice, "This must be the umpteenth time the Destiny Coffin has escaped. If memory serves, it’s been more than a dozen times, hasn’t it? Why don’t you hand over the Destiny Coffin to us? Perhaps our prefecture office could help the Qiantian Divine keep it safe."
Looking at the somewhat gloating Yun Shouji, the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine’s mouth twitched, "If I hand over the Destiny Coffin to you, the Commander would skin me alive!"
"Haha!" Yun Shouji laughed, "Then you’d better pray that you can find it this time. Otherwise..."
"Tsk, tsk."
Yun Shouji lamented, "Although I’m not one of your people from the Qiantian Divine, I did know your Commander back in the day. If you’ve got any dirt that falls into that guy’s hands, I’m guessing..."
Yun Shouji looked the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine up and down, "Your skinny frame, I’m afraid, might not hold up!"
The face of the Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Divine turned dark.
...
Nanjun, Prefecture Government.
In a very ordinary alley unknown to all, there was a carpenter shop that wasn’t very famous. The carpenter there was also a common craftsman with no significant skill.
On normal days, he took on jobs from neighbors, only occasionally getting big jobs from major clients.
Today.
He had received a job so huge that his legs were shaking!
"Ghost... ghost... grandfather ghost! Grandmother ghost! I’m just a carpenter, I’ve never harmed anyone, I just went to Gou Lan yesterday, there’s not much yang energy on me to absorb."
The carpenter was all snot and tears, "Even the meat on my body is spoiled ah!"
In front of the carpenter.
A large red coffin that radiated a dense yin energy looked extremely eerie and terrifying; the coffin moved gently at a faint frequency, emitting series of very subtle sounds.
The yin energy inside the carpenter’s shop grew increasingly dense.
It even whipped up a penetrating cold breeze.
Frightened, having never seen anything grandiose, the carpenter wet himself on the spot, the area under him already damp.
He really wanted to run...
But the strange coffin in front of him had blocked the door, and now his legs were so weak he couldn’t even stand up, let alone run out...
Whether he could walk.
Was a question.
Suddenly!
Sounds as if mechanisms were turning came from atop the coffin, and then a small drawer popped out from the side of the eerie coffin.
With fear, the carpenter discovered that inside the drawer lay a piece of sheepskin parchment, on which there seemed to be some writing?
"Ghost... grandfather ghost, grandmother ghost! Are... Are you asking me to have a look?"
The coffin gently trembled, clashing against the ground with thumping sounds as if responding to the carpenter’s question.
The sheepskin from the drawer fell to the ground, and the drawer that had popped out retracted back in.
Shaking, the carpenter picked up the sheepskin.
Then he saw written on it in bloody letters—a vertical line of text—"Fix several sturdy large wheels for me, I will give you two hours."
Carpenter: "...What?!!"
Evening.
Exhausted and listless, the carpenter looked at the silver note in his hand. He had never imagined that one day he would get a big job from a ghost and even receive a silver note from a ghost’s hand.
However.
Looking at the now-empty carpenter shop, the carpenter murmured to himself, "Grandfather ghost, grandmother ghost... this three hundred taels of silver note you gave me, it seems... it seems to be from the previous dynasty! In the current Great Zhou Dynasty, it... it’s unusable!!"
"..."
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