Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 418 - 157: Rat Immortal’s Daughter Gets Married! Daoist Priest Fan, Your Sword Looks Familiar! (Please Subscribe for the Mega - )_3
Zheng Sanshi hurriedly introduced, "This is the daughter of the Prefect of Nanjun Prefecture Government, Yun Jiuqing."
The daughter of the Prefect of Nanjun Prefecture?
The Taoist Priest was astonished. In Zhongjun, he had randomly encountered a young woman who was actually the daughter of the Prefect of Nanjun? Moreover, he had randomly encountered a strange man, and that man turned out to be acquainted with the daughter of the Prefect of Nanjun Prefecture; wasn’t this a bit too coincidental?
At this point.
Yun Jiuqing frowned and asked, "Why do you look so flustered, and I remember that your family is also a cultivator lineage, aren’t there some family Taoist arts? Why do you need to seek out other cultivators for help when faced with mysterious occurrences?"
"And furthermore..." Yun Jiuqing scrutinized the familiar old aquaintance, expressing surprise, "Why is there no fluctuation of mana on you?"
Zheng Sanshi gave a bitter smile and said, "My family is just a very ordinary small cultivator family, ah. The inheritance has only been for a little over three hundred years, and our foundation can’t even compare to some small Taoist Temples in the mountains."
"I also have no talent for cultivation, nor do I have the interest in pursuing it, so I didn’t inherit the family teachings. With my two elder brothers inheriting the family teachings, that’s sufficient already."
"And furthermore..."
Zheng Sanshi took a deep breath, "The trouble I’ve encountered, if it could be resolved by my own family, I wouldn’t appear to be crying for my ’daddy’ and ’mommy’, seeking the help of other cultivators."
"The entity targeting me is no simple specter; with the Zheng Family’s cultivation foundation, we are fundamentally unable to contend with such an entity, even if we were to put forth the entire family’s resources."
At this point.
His tone was incredibly bitter, "In order not to bring too much trouble to my family, to avoid those strange occurrences that have found me, I left the Zheng Family overnight in hopes of finding a powerful Immortal Master out there."
"As long as there is a powerful Immortal Master willing to resolve the matter I’m faced with, even if it means I have to serve him like an ox or horse for five years, or even ten years, I’m willing."
"Even if the Immortal Master wants a few thousand taels of silver, that’s okay, even if he wants tens of thousands of taels of silver... uh."
"Cough cough! If it’s tens of thousands of taels of silver, it might take a few more days to gather."
The Taoist Priest unobtrusively freed his Daoist Robe’s hem which had been clutched by Zheng Sanshi.
He looked at Zheng Sanshi and asked, "So, Cultivator, the mysterious incident you encountered, what exactly is it?"
"I..." Zheng Sanshi found it somewhat difficult to speak.
But after gritting his teeth, he still said, "A few months ago, in a dream, I saw two... two rats as big as humans. They stood like humans, wore clothes like humans, and... they even spoke like humans!"
"In the dream, the two rats said they had a daughter, who was twelve years old. By their custom, this age was suitable for marriage, and then they took a fancy to me."
"They hoped I would prepare the dowry in advance, which consisted of eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver, eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight jin of rice, and eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight jin of grain oil."
"They even promised... they would return a dowry of equal value, and then I would have to marry their daughter in a formal wedding ceremony."
Zheng Sanshi shuddered, "At first I thought it was just a strange dream, but to my surprise, I had the same dream the next night, and the same dream again on the third night."
"On the fourth night, their tone changed. The two rats were asking me why I wasn’t hurrying to prepare the dowry, why wasn’t I rushing to get ready for the wedding?"
"How dare I respond? I had no choice but to tell my family about these strange dreams, and they were shocked to hear it."
"Cultivator, did your family say... that you encountered the marriage proposal of a Rat Immortal as the legends describe?" the Taoist Priest suddenly interjected, asking.
Zheng Sanshi’s eyes widened, "Taoist Priest, you really are knowledgeable and capable!"
The Taoist Priest replied, "I’ve only heard about such things from my master, I never thought they really happened."
Yun Jiuqing, who overheard their conversation, spoke with doubt, "Aren’t you rather grown yourself? If two Rat Immortals are offering you a wife, shouldn’t you be happy about it?"
"The marriage of a Rat Immortal’s daughter is not so simple," the Taoist Priest shook his head and explained. "They talk about the dowry only consisting of silver, food, and oil... but in fact, the dowry includes a family’s fortune as well."
"Fortune?" Yun Jiuqing furrowed her brows.
"Yes, exactly!" Zheng Sanshi immediately jumped in, "That’s exactly how my father explained it to me. He said, once I bring the Rat Immortal’s daughter into our home, our Zheng Family’s fortune would be drained by them. Within a few years, we would be reduced to poverty; more severely, our family would suffer frequent deaths, until... until I died."
"Then, the Rat Immortal’s daughter I married would seek another person for marriage. In the end... the other household would meet the same fate as the Zheng Family!"
"And furthermore..."
Zheng Sanshi grimaced, "I’ve... I’ve seen their daughter in my dreams, those two rats didn’t adopt a human girl, their daughter is a giant rat too!"
Yun Jiuqing stared agape.
"Haven’t you sought help from the Imperial Astrology Bureau?" Yun Jiuqing scratched her head. "There should be many experts in the Imperial Astrology Bureau, right?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Zheng Sanshi lamented, "I’ve sought all whom I could... but it couldn’t be resolved, that’s why I’m so helpless."
"Hiss!" Yun Jiuqing took a sharp breath.
She began to imagine the picture of Zheng Sanshi getting married to a giant female rat and then entering the bridal chamber.
