Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 423 - 158: The Bride with the Head of a Rat and Body of a Human! There’s More Than One Rat Immortal! (Ten Thousand Word - , Subscription Requested)_2
In the entire Zheng Family, from top to bottom, a state of high tension pervaded. Suddenly, a group of strange individuals appeared in front of the large family estate.
Immediately, this roused the Zheng Family members guarding the entrance to alertness.
But...
When they recognized one of these people as someone they knew, they were momentarily stunned.
Quite clearly.
They recognized Zheng Sanshi at a glance because he was the third son of the Zheng Family’s current Family Head. And indeed, it was precisely because Zheng Sanshi had attracted the attention of the Great Rat Immortal that their Zheng Family was now in deep trouble.
Oh no, this wasn’t just deep trouble anymore, but a matter of life and death, should they fail to resolve this situation.
Within a few years, it was likely that all the descendants of the Zheng Family would be congregating in the Netherworld.
"Third Young Master, have you returned?" One of the Zheng Family disciples asked timidly from a distance, not daring to approach Zheng Sanshi.
"Yes, I have returned," Zheng Sanshi nodded. He could see that these Zheng Family disciples were avoiding him like the plague.
Who wouldn’t avoid him under such circumstances?
What if, one day, the Great Rat Immortal lost interest in Zheng Sanshi and instead set its sights on someone next to him? Wouldn’t that person be terribly unlucky to have inadvertently taken his place?
Zheng Sanshi spoke, "Open the gates. I have brought back three very powerful cultivators."
Zheng Sanshi almost forgot to mention Yun Jiuqing. Fortunately, he thought himself quick-witted as he immediately corrected his speech.
Three very powerful cultivators?
Those guarding the front of the large estate were overjoyed; they scurried to open the gates without the slightest question about the credentials of Xing Fengzi, Fan Wu, and the others.
The Zheng Family no longer had the privilege of questioning other cultivators. It was extremely rare for any cultivator to be willing to help the Zheng Family.
Most cultivators, upon learning what kind of trouble the Zheng Family was in, chose to decline assistance.
They all said they couldn’t help.
Now that there were cultivators willing to lend their aid, how could they dare to question anything? If not for the hurried nature of the event, they would have even offered a generous gift, if only to welcome Fan Wu and the others with open arms.
After entering the Zheng Family’s residence, Yun Jiuqing remarked in surprise, "Your Zheng Family seems to be quite united. Logically, after causing such trouble, shouldn’t everyone be giving you the cold shoulder?"
She touched her smooth chin, "According to some storytellers, you should have been scorned by your family, subjected to sarcasm and scorn, with some considering driving you out."
Zheng Sanshi replied with a bitter smile, "When the entire family is at a moment of existential crisis, who cares about those things? Internal strife within the family doesn’t solve any problems."
"If there was infighting under such circumstances, the family would only become more chaotic."
"That makes sense!" Yun Jiuqing realized, "Indeed, those storytellers are all making it up."
Not long after.
Guided by Zheng Sanshi, Fan Wu and the others arrived at a grand hall of the Zheng Family. Inside, many members of the Zheng Family were gathered; each one of them seemed of advanced age, and it appeared that the younger generation didn’t have the privilege of entering this hall.
Even before Fan Wu and the others stepped into the hall, they could hear the murmurs from within.
It was as if a sense of anxiety floated in the air above the entire Zheng Family.
The tone of those murmurs.
Was filled with gloom and despair.
"Alas! I promised that if anyone could save our Zheng Family, we would be willing to donate half of our assets to the Three Stars Temple. But those Taoist Priests of the temple still refuse to help us. They say it’s beyond their authority to intervene in such matters."
"It can’t be helped, nor can we blame those Taoist Priests. All the Taoists of the Three Stars Temple combined probably wouldn’t stand a chance against a single Rat Immortal, let alone... a whole nest of them."
"Sanshi seemed to have run out this morning, and the family hastily sent people to look for him, but he wasn’t found. He wouldn’t have considered something drastic, would he?"
"He shouldn’t have... in my experience, that child has always been quite optimistic," replied the elder known as Old Fu.
"What should our Zheng Family do?"
"Family Head, as the linchpin of the Zheng Family, in this moment of crisis, we are all depending on... you to lead us to a way out."
"Ah, what can I do?"
"..."
At that moment, every member of the Zheng Family in the hall noticed someone had barged in without announcement.
One of the middle-aged men said with discontent, "Didn’t we say that when we elders are discussing matters, you youngsters should not... eh?"
The man paused mid-sentence, for he had caught sight of Zheng Sanshi and was taken aback. "Sanshi, you’ve come back?" he said in surprise.
Zheng Sanshi replied with a hint of bitterness, "Yes, Uncle Six." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Then, he turned to the person seated at the main seat in the hall, who bore a slight resemblance to him, and respectfully said, "Father, your unfilial son has returned."
The man seated at the main seat in the hall was none other than Zheng Sanshi’s father, the current Family Head of the Zheng Family of Zhengjian County.
