Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 445 - 161: County Town Trembles! The Great Revered One Intends to Seize the Authority of a True God! (10,000-Word Mega - , Subscription Requested)_6
Hearing this, Yun Jiuqing looked towards Fan Wu behind her.
Discovering that Daoist Priest Fan did not show any reaction at this time, Yun Jiuqing continued to ask the elder, "Haven’t you ever doubted that such a deity, unheard of before... might be different from what you imagine?"
"What do you mean, unheard of?" the elder frowned and said, "The legend of The Great Revered One, Buddha, has been circulating in this region for many years!"
"Many years?" Yun Jiuqing was taken aback.
Could it be that this group of people in front of her had believed in The Great Revered One for many years?
The elder continued, "If you people are not sincere to The Great Revered One, Buddha, then leave quickly! This region is under the protection of The Great Revered One, Buddha."
His tone was no longer enthusiastic, but filled with disdain and dislike, "We still have to build temples for The Great Revered One, Buddha! The Divine Envoy said that we must demolish all the bridges and construct all the temples within half a month."
"We don’t have the idle time to chat nonsense here with you people who don’t believe in The Great Revered One, Buddha."
Having said that.
The group of people behind the elder bypassed Fan Wu and the others and then arrived at the riverbank of Jie Zhun River.
Each of them, besides carrying torches, also brought many tools as well as a lot of planks and bricks.
Yun Jiuqing even saw a few men carefully carrying a bizarre statue on something like a rudimentary litter.
A simple glance at the bizarre statue made her feel physically uncomfortable.
Making her hastily avert her gaze.
Watching the backs of these people, observing their vigorous construction activities, Yun Jiuqing furrowed her brows and said, "Could all these people have been bewitched by The Great Revered One? The Divine Envoy they mentioned, could it be the subordinate of The Great Revered One that Rat Bride mentioned when she was in the Zheng Family mansion?"
Rat Bride hastily defended, "I... I’m not too clear about these things..."
Xing Fengzi also frowned, "They have a fervor unlike that of ordinary villagers, which is quite abnormal. And what does this so-called Divine Envoy mean by making them demolish all the bridges of this river and then build a bunch of temples?"
Xing Fengzi couldn’t understand, "These temples meant to worship an Evil God, they can’t be as simple as they appear on the surface, at least they don’t seem to be mere façade projects."
"Moreover, just now that elderly man also said that after they finish building these temples and conduct a worship ceremony, they will divert the course of this river. What are they trying to do?"
Pausing for a moment, Xing Fengzi ventured a guess, "Could they be planning to..."
"Conduct some weird and bizarre ritual?"
Both Xing Fengzi and Yun Jiuqing, at this unresolved moment, couldn’t help but concentrate their gaze on Fan Wu.
Because in both their eyes, things they couldn’t figure out, perhaps Daoist Priest Fan might know.
Facing their gaze.
The previously silent Fan Wu slowly spoke, "This is The Great Revered One, scheming to seize control over the power of the river deity in this place."
[Villager A bewitched by The Great Revered One]
[Villager B bewitched by The Great Revered One]
These were the attribute information names that Fan Wu could see at the moment from this group of people. From these few words alone, it was clear that they had indeed been bewitched by The Great Revered One.
The reason why Fan Wu had said such a thing was that he dismissed these villagers.
He directly focused his gaze on the bizarre statue which they were cautiously carrying.
That was a statue of The Great Revered One.
That appearance...
Fan Wu could not forget it.
It was too memorable!
[Miniature statue of The Great Revered One with intent to seize control over Jie Zhun River deity’s power——Life: 400——Power: 6——Skill: Bewitchment]
"Tsk," Fan Wu didn’t know what the river deity of Jie Zhun River was thinking, an Evil God was brazenly attempting to take Its divine power, and It hadn’t even shown up to stop these people?
Or could it be that the river deity was unaware of these events?
In the expressions of Xing Fengzi and Yun Jiuqing, who were dumbstruck.
Fan Wu continued, "In that case, it makes sense that they have been bewitched to carry out these acts. Demolishing bridges, diverting river waters, constructing The Great Revered One’s temples, worshiping The Great Revered One."
"All these matters seem to be targeting this river, or rather, the entity that controls it."
Fan Wu grinned, "As for the specifics, whether it is so or not, we will know once we meet this so-called ’Divine Envoy’, won’t we?"
Although there was no evidence, Fan Wu’s subconscious made him feel that the ’Divine Envoy’ mentioned by these people was no different from an evil cultist dispatched by The Great Revered One, as described by the Rat Bride.
Fan Wu chose to trust his instincts.
Then.
Fan Wu looked over at Yun Jiuqing and the others, asking them, "Taking a detour to the next bridge would mean traveling several extra miles, too far. I happen to have a faster way to cross the river, would you like to give it a try?"
Xing Fengzi had not yet snapped out of the shock from the news that "The Great Revered One desired to seize the authority of a river deity."
Yun Jiuqing, however, immediately responded, "Whatever Daoist Priest Fan wants to do is fine with us!"
Ten breaths later.
Yun Jiuqing regretted his words.
Because Daoist Priest Fan had simply grabbed the back collars of his and Xing Fengzi’s clothes, then with a sudden swing of his two muscled arms, Yun Jiuqing once again experienced what flight felt like.
Why ’once again’?
Because, following Daoist Priest Fan, she was almost always sent flying by the aftermath of battles.
She was numb to it!
"Ouch!" Yun Jiuqing nearly lost her footing upon landing, almost sitting down with a thud on the ground. Thankfully, she was quite experienced and ultimately managed to stand firm.
Thanks to his ’Power’ attribute, Xing Fengzi was already decently strong. Although he too was startled by Fan Wu’s move, he managed to land on the opposite bank of the great river in a not-so-embarrassing fashion.
Xing Fengzi was quite alarmed.
What kind of exaggerated strength was this? A casual flick of the arms had sent two people flying across the river. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
It was simply unimaginable!
As the two hurriedly turned their heads to look back at Fan Wu, they watched, eyes wide open, as he held Old Blue Ox around the neck with one hand, while his other hand was gripping the Rat Bride by the neck.
Bang!!!
The ground beneath Fan Wu’s feet suddenly collapsed, forming a huge crater, startling the followers who had been bewitched by The Great Revered One.
But as the group of followers swiftly turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound, they found that where there had been several strangers standing, there was now no one to be seen.
And on the ground, a crater...
It was so conspicuous!
On the other side.
Fan Wu, who had landed steadily without the slightest stumble, let Old Blue Ox down with one hand and released the Rat Bride’s neck with the other, muttering to himself, "It seems, something is still missing."
Fan Wu suddenly smiled widely.
From his bosom, he produced a tiny Copper Coin and aimed at the group of people on the opposite bank of the river.
Or rather...
At the idol of The Great Revered One!
With a flick of his fingers!
Whoosh!!!
The small Copper Coin shot out at an incredible speed. Under the gazes of The Great Revered One’s followers, their eyes almost popping out in panic, the coin hit the idol of The Great Revered One right in the head!
Shattering it.
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