Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 366 - 148: Testing the New Version of the City God’s Command! Mysterious Countryside Village! (10,000-Word Mega - , Request for Subscription)_5
"The goods on these carriages were all tightly covered up by that Hu old master. When I asked him about it before, he gave me a vague response. I always found him a bit odd."
The one referred to as Uncle Wang... was naturally the older-looking Escort Master beside him.
Upon hearing this, the elderly Escort Master shook his head, "Whether it’s irresponsible speculation about the employer or prying into the employer’s secrets... both are taboo in the world of escort masters. No matter what they use, as long as they give us silver, we must take care of this matter properly."
"Otherwise, our Zhenhai Escort Agency’s reputation might be completely ruined, and the one thing our line of work fears the most is a tarnished reputation. Once the reputation goes bad, business becomes difficult to conduct."
The young Escort Master could only suppress the doubts in his heart.
Because he knew Uncle Wang was right.
Perhaps...
He was just being overly suspicious?!
Therefore.
Fan Wu and Yun Jiuqing on their way to the Great Zhou Dynasty, found themselves joined by a large merchant caravan. Although this caravan wasn’t headed for the Great Zhou Imperial City, their destination was on the same route as Fan Wu’s.
In regards to this.
Fan Wu didn’t say much.
There was no need.
...
As they continued to travel together, through Yun Jiuqing’s continuous conversations with the caravan’s Escort Masters... Fan Wu, walking beside them, was forced to hear about the caravan and its Escort Masters.
The caravan’s owner was a merchant named Hu Dafu.
The man was a leading local magnate in a not-so-small county in Nanjun, fitting the description of a man of immeasurable wealth.
This Mr. Hu, before becoming wealthy, used to be a street performer, but as his performances grew bigger and better, he accrued his first pot of gold and then ventured into other businesses.
Surprisingly, his fortune flourished, and in just twenty years, he went from being a performer of modest means to a local tycoon with substantial wealth.
To Fan Wu, this man seemed to have a slight similarity to his own fraudulent master.
His swindler master was no simpleton, but indeed he utilized street performance skills, and with these tricks and deceptions, he bamboozled the people of Qiulong County.
In the end, he managed to swindle a Qiulong Temple.
He swindled a fortune worth several thousand silver.
Fan Wu also learned that these Escort Masters all came from the same agency—Zhenhai Escort Agency. The young Escort Master who had earlier come up to chat with Yun Jiuqing was the helmsman of the Zhenhai Escort Agency, named Zhen Zhiyuan.
Zhen Zhiyuan, the young Escort Master, had taken over the sizable Zhenhai Escort Agency from his late father just over a month ago.
This escort mission was also Zhen Zhiyuan’s first major task since taking charge of the Zhenhai Escort Agency.
As a result...
This first major task had encountered all sorts of strange incidents.
Fan Wu also came to know what odd occurrences they had encountered—they initially followed a familiar route on their journey. One evening, they suddenly saw the road ahead appeared to lead to a secluded mountain village.
However, since they were very familiar with this route, they knew for certain there was no such secluded mountain village there.
They immediately recognized it as something fishy!
They also tried to use talismans obtained from Taoist Temples or monasteries to ward off evil, hoping to force their way through the area.
The outcome was naturally a failure.
The talismans they took out hadn’t even been attached to their bodies when they suddenly burst into flames, burning to ash. This frightened them so much they quickly turned back, not daring to take that road.
Luckily, it seemed the strange occurrence didn’t follow them, otherwise, they wouldn’t have dared to continue on this escort mission.
After gathering to discuss the matter thoroughly, they decided to switch to a second, more familiar route... only to find they had made a grave mistake.
Because on this second route, they encountered the exact same eerie situation!
This was already the third path they had chosen. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
It was clear to see the caravan’s Escort Masters and drivers were all worn out from fatigue.
One could imagine how in these past few days, that sudden emergence of uncanny incidents had almost driven them mad.
If it weren’t for Zhen Zhiyuan, the new inheritor of Zhenhai Escort Agency, needing to successfully complete his first major escort mission to assert his authority among the veterans in the agency and to establish his reputation as a young leader...
If it weren’t for that merchant Hu Dafu insisting on delivering the goods to Guyuan County on time and flaunting a significant amount of gold and silver to motivate the Escort Masters and drivers...
It’s likely the team would have disbanded long ago!
Zhen Zhiyuan and Uncle Wang, as they conversed, also learned a bit about Fan Wu and Yun Jiuqing’s identities.
When they found out that Yun Jiuqing was a Cultivator, they were utterly dumbfounded.
Because in their minds, those Cultivators with mysterious abilities and even capable of communicating with deities were either white-haired old Taoists, hunchbacked old nuns, or monks clad in extravagant robes.
How could such people from small places have ever seen such a young Cultivator?
Clearly, Yun Jiuqing’s identity touched upon their blind spots of knowledge.
And when they learned that Fan Wu was a Taoist.
