Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 365 - 148: Testing the New Version of the City God’s Command! Mysterious Countryside Village! (10,000-Word Mega - , Request for Subscription)_4

Chapter 365: Chapter 148: Testing the New Version of the City God’s Command! Mysterious Countryside Village! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter, Request for Subscription)_4

What a sight!

Even some of the small county government officials and guards don’t necessarily have this many people, right? This merchant convoy could probably take down a small county town without walls. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Just as Yun Jiuqing’s mind was wandering, she suddenly noticed that the merchant convoy approaching them had slowly come to a halt.

Then, a man dressed like an escort master.

Rode over on a tall, imposing horse.

"Excuse me, friends, may I ask... does this road also lead to Guyuan County?" The escort master’s question was quite polite, spoken in a courteous tone.

"Guyuan County?" Yun Jiuqing looked puzzled, "How can you escorts not know the way?"

She found it a bit peculiar.

"Oh, it’s like this," the escort master explained, "We originally did not take this road. But the road we were on before experienced some rather strange occurrences. Therefore, we decided to take a different route."

"We are familiar with the second route too, and often used it for escorting. But strangely enough, we encountered weird incidents there too, and had to choose a new road yet again."

"And then, we decided to take this road, but..."

The escort master said with embarrassment, "It is rather shameful, but we have never traveled this road before and do not know if it passes through Guyuan County. If it does not pass through Guyuan County, could you tell us roughly how far it is to Guyuan County from here?"

"I wouldn’t let you friends respond for nothing. If you don’t mind, I still have some travel funds on me..."

"No need," Yun Jiuqing waved her hand; she wasn’t short of silver. She said, "Your convoy really has bad luck, encountering strange incidents on two different routes in a row."

The escort master gave a wry smile, "Isn’t it? In theory, we’ve been escorting along those two routes without any issues before, but for some reason, we’ve run into weirdness recently."

"If you follow this road, you will reach Guyuan County," Yun Jiuqing answered, "It’s a road that leads straight from Nanjun Prefecture Government to Great Zhou Imperial City. Although I’ve used this road no more than three times, I remember it passes through a county town called Guyuan County. Coincidentally, we are also going that way."

As she spoke, Yun Jiuqing curiously observed the escort master in front of her, as well as the merchant convoy behind him.

To tell the truth, many merchant convoys on the road avoided her and Daoist Priest Fan.

Yet this convoy alone dared to approach.

Was it because they relied on their numbers, relying on being fully armed, that they were not afraid?

"I see!" After hearing Yun Jiuqing’s answer, the escort master had an epiphany. He thanked her gratefully, "Thank you, miss, for the directions. It’s quite a coincidence that we are headed in the same direction."

After he finished speaking, he rode back into the midst of the convoy.

"What’s the word?" An older escort master asked the younger one as he returned to the convoy, "Does this road lead directly to Guyuan County?"

The young escort master nodded, "Yes, the young lady just said it does. If we follow this road straight, we’ll get there."

The older escort master’s gaze passed over the young one and settled on Fan Wu and Yun Jiuqing.

Although Yun Jiuqing was beautiful, she was quickly glanced over.

His gaze rested on Fan Wu, "This man, I sense, is no ordinary person... Are you sure we can trust what they say?"

On hearing this, the young escort master smiled bitterly, "We’ve reached this point, we can only trust them now, right? We’ve asked others before on the road, but as soon as they hear we’ve encountered strange occurrences twice in a row, they get too scared to even speak to us."

"Where would you find a merchant convoy or escorts that run into so much misfortune at once? Others feel it’s bad luck even to talk to us. Only that young lady was willing to answer our questions."

"Moreover..."

The young escort master paused, then continued, "They said they are also heading to Guyuan County, and since they are going the same way, they surely wouldn’t deceive us."

"..." After hearing this, the older escort master fell silent for a moment, then said, "Now that you’ve taken over your father’s escort agency, since you’ve made your decision, we who depend on you for our living must trust you with our lives."

"Let’s follow this road and try to reach Guyuan County before the night falls. As long as we don’t travel at night, we should... hopefully, not encounter any more strange occurrences."

"That..." At this point, a middle-aged man dressed like a merchant emerged from the convoy, nervously asking, "Is it clear now?"

This merchant was obviously the leader of the convoy. However, since he was dependent on these escorts for protection, he didn’t dare to speak too loudly to them.

After all, if these escorts were to suddenly quit...

It would be the merchant himself who would suffer the most.

"It’s clear now," the young escort master replied, "Please, don’t worry, Master Hu. Our Zhenhai Escort Agency will ensure you and your cargo are safely delivered to Guyuan County."

The merchant let out a sigh of relief, "That’s good..."

Watching the merchant’s retreating figure as he returned to the cabin of a carriage, the young escort master’s face, which had been slightly smiling, suddenly became a bit more solemn and doubtful, "Uncle Wang, do you think the reason we keep encountering these strange occurrences on our trips... could have something to do with Master Hu?"