Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 385 - 151: All Yin Envoys Obey Daoist Priest Fan’s Orders! Another Encounter with Head Arrestor Liu! (10,000-Word Mega - , Please Subscribe)_6

Chapter 385: Chapter 151: All Yin Envoys Obey Daoist Priest Fan’s Orders! Another Encounter with Head Arrestor Liu! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe)_6

Even if it was a gamble, it was just a bet with his subordinates, the constables, because in that situation, he couldn’t possibly lose.

Which constable would dare win his silver?

Who could have expected that his brother-in-law, doing something even he, an arrest officer of a county yamen, would not dare to do! But what’s done is done, what else could he do?

All he could do was to withdraw all of the silver he had greedily accumulated over the years.

He hurried over on horseback, sparing no expense on speed.

When Head Arrestor Liu, after enduring nights of roughing it, having made the hard journey from Qiulong County to Guyuan County, he discovered his brother-in-law already lying motionless on the sickbed!

Head Arrestor Liu’s first thought was—the gambling den that was demanding debts must have beaten his brother-in-law half to death!

However... he learned from his father-in-law that this was not the case.

Some time ago, after being scolded by his family, Head Arrestor Liu’s brother-in-law developed a rebellious streak, firmly stating he didn’t need his family’s help to pay off the debt and that he would find his own way to settle it.

And he did settle it!

But it was a whopping five hundred taels of silver! Even if Head Arrestor Liu’s father-in-law was not the sharpest tool in the shed, he knew something was off. So, he tried everything to find out where that five hundred taels of silver came from.

Head Arrestor Liu’s brother-in-law calmly replied: I already owed so much silver, if I couldn’t pay it back, I only had death to face. So, I sought help from a legendary Ghost Immortal.

Head Arrestor Liu’s father-in-law further inquired how he managed to seek help.

His brother-in-law answered: I bargained with my lifespan, and then when I woke up, there really were five hundred taels of silver beside me. But dad, don’t worry, I’ve been fine ever since, with not a single odd feeling. The lifespan thing must be phony.

The very next day, Head Arrestor Liu’s brother-in-law collapsed and became bedridden with illness.

Even...

Head Arrestor Liu’s father-in-law also felt increasingly unwell, both of his father-in-laws’ hair had turned completely white within just a few days, aging as if they each aged ten years overnight.

"At that time..." Head Arrestor Liu was panicking, hastily taking a swig of alcohol to calm himself down a little, "before I received the letter, I noticed something was off with my wife. She would say she felt very tired every day, and the white hairs on her head were proliferating."

"Back then, I still teased her that it was just because we were getting older, after all, we were already in our thirties, almost forty. It was only after I learned from my father-in-law about what my brother-in-law did."

"So, I suspect..."

Head Arrestor Liu swallowed hard, his expression betraying a hint of terror, "I suspect that the Ghost Immortal my brother-in-law sought is after more than just his own life! That so-called Ghost Immortal, with those five hundred taels, seems to want the lifespans of my entire family!"

"Of course I wouldn’t stand for that! My Liu family, and my father-in-law’s family combined, that’s more than a dozen living people! If even distant relatives who are somewhat related to us are affected too..."

"It won’t just be a dozen living people, but possibly several dozen, or even hundreds!"

At this point.

Head Arrestor Liu even grabbed a handful of his hair, "Daoist Priest Fan, you see, this lock of hair was still black a month ago, but within just a month, it has almost completely turned white!"

"I even suspect... that when the Ghost Immortal is claiming lifespans, it is not based on blood relations."

"But on kinship relations!"

Head Arrestor Liu nervously said, "In order not to have our two big families inexplicably wiped out, I reported the case to the local yamen and the Imperial Heaven Division. But the officials from the Imperial Heaven Division said the matter was too strange after inspecting it and needed to be reported to a higher authority."

"After they complete the whole reporting process, maybe I, Liu, will have already turned into a skeleton! Even... our Liu Family might inexplicably face extermination!"

"Wuwuwu... although I, Liu, have been greedy, I’ve never done anything that’s outrageous or harmful!"

Head Arrestor Liu became more agitated as he spoke.

Even people cried.

He sniffled, took a deep breath, and then bitterly continued, "Watching my two fathers-in-law and that bastard of a brother-in-law grow weaker and weaker. I asked the local Imperial Heaven Office for some lifesaving talismans."

"But the talismans from the Imperial Heaven Office couldn’t stop their lifespans from draining away. There was nothing those people could do either. The Chief Flag Officer said that if my fathers-in-law and brother-in-law continued to lose lifespan at this rate, they probably wouldn’t survive the day."

"Then, I suddenly remembered the talisman you, Daoist Priest Fan, had given me!"

"I made a talisman water with that talisman, and I forcibly made my two fathers-in-law drink it, along with my brother-in-law who remained unconscious."

"I was worried that dividing the talisman water into too many portions would weaken its effect."

"I held back and didn’t drink any."

"Then!" Head Arrestor Liu became excited, "Then Daoist Priest Fan, your talisman paper really worked! That Imperial Heaven Office Chief Flag Officer said they wouldn’t live a day, but after drinking the talisman water you provided, they have already survived for three or four days!"

"From that moment I knew, none of those Imperial Heaven Offices could be relied upon, the real Heavenly Master has to be you, Daoist Priest Fan!"

Head Arrestor Liu’s eyes brimmed with tears, "Please, Daoist Priest Fan, save our two families!"

"I... I..."

Head Arrestor Liu cautiously took out a stack of silver notes from his bosom.

Each silver note wasn’t very large in amount.

He pushed these silver notes forward toward Fan Wu, pleading sincerely, "This... this is just a little token of my gratitude. Although it is only a bit more than four hundred taels of silver, I ask that you please accept it, Daoist Priest Fan!"

Truth be told.

Fan Wu showed not the slightest interest in the four hundred taels worth of silver notes because he wasn’t the penniless man he had been a few months ago; he could truly say he wasn’t lacking in silver.

Seeing that Fan Wu was unmoved, Head Arrestor Liu’s heart suddenly lurched; he said anxiously, "I... I can offer some property deeds, too! But, but those deeds aren’t on me..."

Fan Wu reached out, grasped the stack of silver notes, and with a flick of his finger, the notes emitted a sound that would intoxicate any avaricious person.

Looking at Head Arrestor Liu who was fraught with earnest fear before him.

Fan Wu asked, "These four hundred taels of silver, did you embezzle them over the years?"

Head Arrestor Liu kept his head down, not daring to speak.

Fan Wu said, "I shall confiscate these four hundred taels. Take me to your fathers-in-law’s house to see what the situation is."

Head Arrestor Liu was startled; after he realized what was happening, his face lit up with ecstatic joy, and he quickly stood up from his stool.

He pulled the stool from behind him out of the way.

With a thud, he knelt down, his eyes welling up with moved tears, and he kowtowed, "Thank you, Daoist Priest Fan! Thank you, Daoist Priest Fan! From now on, I... upon my return to Qiulong County, I will definitely not embezzle anymore! Absolutely not!"

"Thank you, Daoist Priest Fan!"

"Thank you, Daoist Priest Fan!"

"Let’s go," Fan Wu stood up, and Yun Jiuqing next to him obediently stood as well. Fan Wu continued, "How much longer are you going to kneel? I do not like seeing people kneel, especially not before me."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

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