Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 424 - 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)_3
"Coming back is good," the Family Head of the Zhengs didn’t blame Zheng Sanshi with a word, he laid his eyes on the few people behind Zheng Sanshi.
There was no helping it... the people behind his son were too eye-catching.
It was very difficult to ignore them.
The Family Head of the Zhengs saw a very burly swordsman, a somewhat lean but distinguished-looking Taoist, a very beautiful-looking girl, and... and a strange person tied to the back of an ox.
Such a combination was extremely eye-catching.
It made it impossible to ignore them.
"Sanshi, are these... your friends?" the Family Head of the Zhengs noticed that the good-looking girl, as well as the lean little Taoist, and even the strange person tied to the back of an ox, seemed to have faint fluctuations of mana about them.
He was very surprised.
And very shocked.
"Yes!" Zheng Sanshi immediately answered excitedly, "These are noble people I met on the road. This is Daoist Fan Wu from Qiulong Temple, this is Xing Fengzi from Di Zu Guan, and this is Yun Jiuqing, the daughter of the prefect of Nanjun."
Zheng Sanshi tactfully did not reveal the identity of His Highness the Prince of Nanjun, because he also knew that His Highness, tied to the back of the ox, held an identity far too special.
He felt that even if he disclosed it, there would hardly be a few people who would believe in the identity of His Highness the Prince of Nanjun.
"They are all willing to make a move to help our Zhengjian County’s Zheng Family solve this big trouble!"
Zheng Sanshi spoke with force and conviction.
His words made everyone present stunned.
What? There were still people willing to help the Zheng Family at this time?
A group of Zheng Family elders looked at each other in dismay.
They could all see the incredulous look in each other’s eyes. Within that incredulousness, there was also a hint of joy.
Even the relatively steady Family Head of the Zhengs couldn’t help but get excited.
The current situation didn’t allow him not to be excited, after all, the Zheng Family was in a state of helplessness.
No matter who it was that was willing to offer a helping hand to the Zheng Family, they couldn’t refuse!
A crisis that touched upon the life and death of the family...
They couldn’t afford to refuse.
"So it turns out that everyone is a distinguished guest!" The Family Head of the Zhengs didn’t say another word and put on a warm smile. Although it was unclear how much sincerity there truly was in that warm smile, at least he had made the effort on the surface.
The Family Head of the Zhengs continued, "Sanshi, how can you let the guests just stand here? Quick, quick, quick! Bring out some chairs, and make sure they’re the best chairs!"
And so...
Fan Wu, Xing Fengzi, and Yun Jiuqing, who were not of the Zheng clan, took seats in the great hall of the Zheng Family.
As for Old Blue Ox, he was kept outside.
There was no helping it.
Letting an ox walk into this great hall was indeed somewhat inappropriate.
However, the Family Head of the Zhengs naturally couldn’t ignore Old Blue Ox; he ordered people to serve the ox well, giving it the best fodder.
At this time, even an ox, in his eyes, was a distinguished guest, a valuable ox for the Zheng Family.
Sitting in the great hall.
Fan Wu and the others inevitably... became the focus of everyone’s attention, pairs of eyes, either eager or hopeful, fell upon them.
It was as if they treated Fan Wu and the others, who had just arrived, as the saviors of their entire clan.
"That..." The Family Head of the Zhengs asked with a voice full of hope, "The distinguished guests must be aware of the situation our Zheng Family is currently in, right?"
He asked this because he was worried his son might have hoodwinked these Cultivators into coming.
"We are aware," Xing Fengzi nodded, "Before bringing us here, Scholar Zheng had already described some of his experiences over the past few months. We also know that he has been troubled by the Rat Immortal lately, and that on the night of the next day... the Rat Immortal is to marry off his daughter."
Whew!
When Xing Fengzi gave such an answer, all the people of the Zheng Family breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that it wasn’t Zheng Sanshi who had hoodwinked these Cultivators into coming, but that these Cultivators were already aware of the situation the Zheng Family was in and were still willing to lend the Zheng Family a hand.
What did that imply?
It suggested that these Cultivators, were either chivalrous at heart, or truly confident that they could handle the situation. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Whichever of the two reasons it was, it was all good for them... having any help at all was excellent.
Right now, they didn’t want to miss any opportunity.
Any straw that might save their lives.
They wanted to grasp at it.
"Then... may I ask, dear guests and fellow Taoists, do you by chance have some special method to deal with the Great Rat Immortal?" the Family Head of the Zhengs asked tentatively, filled with hope.
"Not at the moment," Xing Fengzi answered candidly, "As a Taoist, I simply cannot stand to see those Rat Immortals wreaking havoc on the common people. Before descending the mountain, my master told me that if I come across injustices in the mundane world, I should intervene when possible."
"Even at the cost of my own life, it is of no great consequence. My master said so, and that’s also what I believe in."
"Whether or not we have the power to confront the Rat Immortal, as long as our conscience is clear... that’s what matters."
