Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 425 - 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)_4
Upon saying this, Xing Fengzi asked, "I wonder if such an answer from me would disappoint the esteemed assembly?"
"Not at all! Not at all!" The Zheng Family Head expressed gratefully, "Taoist Priest Xing Fengzi is so chivalrous, and so is his master, the Heavenly Master who is so clear about the ways of the world. How could my Zheng Family be disappointed?"
To tell the truth, this gratitude and emotion were not feigned by the Zheng Family Head, but were truly sincere.
For among the other cultivators in Zhengjian County, they had chilled this Zheng Family Head’s heart who knows how many times.
Even if those cultivators did not help the Zheng Family...
There was nothing wrong with that.
But it was still somewhat disheartening.
And now... a junior Taoist Priest, seeing injustice on the road, was ready to draw his sword to help the Zheng Family regardless of his own life and safety. How could this not fill him with gratitude? How could this not move him? This made the Zheng Family Head realize that among the cultivators there were still good people!
Yet amid this gratitude, he could not help but feel a twinge of guilt, "Taoist Priest Xing Fengzi, such a being as the Rat Immortal is far too dangerous..."
If such a warm-hearted Taoist Priest were to die helping their Zheng Family.
It would weigh heavy on his conscience.
"It doesn’t matter," Xing Fengzi shook his head and interrupted what the Zheng Family Head was about to say. He seriously said, "Since I have decided to intervene, I will not regret it, nor will I cherish my life."
Xing Fengzi continued, "I think... what the laymen of the Zheng family should do is wait for the night when the Rat Immortal will come. That night will be the time when everything will become clear."
"..."
Fan Wu and the rest were temporarily housed in the Zheng Family’s mansion, and the people of the Zheng Family also took Fan Wu and his group’s advice, that is—to wait for the arrival of the Rat Immortal.
Indeed, confronting the Rat Immortal head-on was the only option now, and if they could not overcome it, then there was nothing that could be done.
Doing nothing was a sure path to death.
To confront it.
There might still be a chance of finding a way to survive.
What if... 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
What if the nest of Great Rat Immortals they encountered wasn’t as powerful as they imagined?
With this slim hope, the people of the Zheng Family started preparing for the upcoming wedding. They began to decorate the mansion with lights and banners, adorning it with festivity.
Even the lanterns hanging outside the mansion were replaced with large red lanterns.
Such actions of the Zheng Family naturally could not be hidden from the people outside.
Many of the uninformed commoners even thought that the Zheng Family truly had a joyous occasion.
And they came to offer their warm congratulations.
In response to this...
The Zheng Family’s young members... could only manage to put on a barely decent smile to deal with these well-wishers.
Only a few among the cultivators of Zhengjian County knew what the Zheng Family was actually doing.
"Sigh... The Zheng Family still gave in, they have compromised," sighed a Taoist from Zhengjian County. He wanted to give the Zheng Family a helping hand, but their Three Stars Taoist Temple was just a small temple after all.
If he chose to help the Zheng Family and come into conflict with the unknown Rat Immortal, he feared that the Three Stars Taoist Temple left to him by his ancestor...
Might very well fall in this incident.
Even... dying in the process of fighting would be entirely normal.
"Amitabha." An old monk from Zhengjian County closed his eyes and recited scripture, trying hard not to think about these matters.
For a few days ago, he too had refused the Zheng Family Head.
There was no choice.
He shared the exact same concern as the Taoists from the Three Stars Taoist Temple; if he were alone, he might have stood with the Zheng Family, but what could he do as the abbot of a temple?
He was responsible for all the monks in the temple.
He had to be accountable for their lives.
The Zhengjian County’s Heavenly Masters Office also did not intervene in this matter. Here, the Heavenly Masters Office was very calm; they were very aware of their own strength and knew that even if they got involved, it would not make any difference—it would at most just mean a few dozen more dead.
And when that time came, those extra dead would be their people from the Heavenly Masters Office.
"My lord, with the Zheng Family acting like this, I suppose they’re ready to accept reality and prepare to marry the Rat Immortal’s daughter," a member of the Heavenly Master’s Office asked the Chief Flag Officer, "If our office does not help them, the Zheng Family might be finished."
"If we help them and something else arises in Zhengjian County, it won’t be just the Zheng Family in danger. As the Heavenly Master’s Office... sometimes we must consider the bigger picture," the Chief Flag Officer sighed in response, "You should also understand that even if we intervene, it’s still a dead end. Unless the entire county is at the brink of disaster..."
"Otherwise, our Heavenly Master’s Office cannot accept a situation where the whole office is wiped out, with none left alive."
After a moment of silence, the member continued to report, "I’ve heard that there are cultivators willing to help the Zheng Family. According to the information, it seems to be two Taoist Priests and a female cultivator."
"Oh?" the Chief Flag Officer was startled and then remarked, "In this world, there are still many who are chivalrous at heart and fearless of death. I... am not like them."
"After this matter is over, our office should contribute funds to build a memorial hall for the two Taoist Priests and that female cultivator," he said.
"Yes, Chief Flag Officer," the member replied.
"..."
Time.
Soon, the day when the Rat Immortal’s daughter was to be married arrived.
