Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 738 - 211: Locust Great Immortal? The Temple on the Back Hill of the Village!_2
They just wanted to come in and see whether that dog-meat Magistrate had really died or not; they weren’t eager to encounter any monsters!
Could it be that the dog-meat Magistrate, already dead, had transformed into an evil spirit?
Why can’t his soul just pass on peacefully?
Could it be that even after becoming a ghost, he still intends to exploit them, the commoners?
"Wait... Hold on!" Just then, someone with sharper eyes urgently said, "The monster you’re talking about, is it that strange thing lying over there?"
The person who had cried out "monster" immediately replied, "Yes, yes, that’s it! If that’s not a monster, then what is it?"
When everyone turned their gaze in that direction, they indeed spotted what looked like a monster, except that this monster was covered in more blood than the Magistrate.
This was a monstrously huge creature, its body covered with snow-dyed fur, lying motionless on the ground.
The crowd could see a colossal wolf’s head that seemed to belong to the monster!
They could also see a gigantic hollow in the monster’s chest.
This kind of hollow appeared to be the very thing that had killed the monster!
But the question was, how could there be a monster in the government office?
And who had killed this monster?
"Could it have been those outsiders? The office is in total disarray; could it be the result of those outsiders battling the monster?" someone proposed this guess.
"Hiss!" A person nearby found this speculation plausible and drew in a cold breath, "If that’s the case, it’s indeed possible. After all, those outsiders were able to defeat several hundred of the Magistrate’s lackeys. It would be only natural for them to be able to kill a monster, right?"
"This monster... Why did it appear inside the government office? Could it be that the dog-meat Magistrate was in cahoots with this monster to harm us, the common people?"
"So the Magistrate... he had the support of a monster, that’s why he dared to be so arrogant?"
"Is... Is this what a monster looks like? I’ve never even seen a ghost, and now I’ve encountered a monster!"
"Yes!"
"Could those outsiders be immortals descended from the heavens? The immortals seeing our long sufferings, finally couldn’t bear it anymore?"
"Definitely immortals! How could such powerful beings be mere mortals?"
"My god, then haven’t we missed out on meeting immortals?"
"I heard they’ve already left Iron Mountain County."
"..."
When they realized that those outsiders were most likely immortals sent from heaven to save them, the commoners of Iron Mountain County were filled with both hatred and regret.
Natural, their hatred was not directed towards the immortals they imagined, but at themselves!
At the time when immortals had descended to save them, they were simply spectating?
They wished they could slap themselves in the face, berating their own lack of spirit.
If only they had been a bit more spirited yesterday, maybe they would have caught the eye of those immortals?
...
The thoughts of the commoners in Iron Three County were of little concern to Fan Wu and his companions.
They had already left Iron Mountain County early that morning.
Heading off toward their next destination.
The one leading the Green Ox was still Yun Jiuqing. But now there was someone else leading a coffin; naturally, it was Liu Feng.
To tell the truth, Liu Feng was somewhat apprehensive about leading the Destiny Coffin.
After all, he had long known the Destiny Coffin was a bizarre object.
No matter how harmless a spooky object was, at the end of the day it was still a spooky object. He felt even the rope in his hands was chilling to the bone. But to prove his worth in front of Daoist Fan Wu and demonstrate he wasn’t just a useless accessory... he just had to grit his teeth and pull the rope.
Liu Feng, enduring the bone-chilling cold in his palms, said to Fan Wu and the others, "Yesterday, I inquired around Iron Mountain County, asking about our location in the Great Yan Dynasty. It so happens that we’re in the northern portion of the Dynasty."
"Our current province is called Wankuang Province, which, as the name suggests, is rich in various minerals. If we head south from Wankuang Province for about a month and a half, we’ll reach the Imperial City of the Great Yan Dynasty!" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"En route, aside from Wankuang Province, we will have to cross two other provinces. The first one we’ll cross is called Guang’an Province, and the second one we must cross is called Zhu Yao Province."
Liu Feng lamented, "I remember a relative of the Liu Family runs our family business in Guang’an Province."
"It seems quite a coincidence that we need to cross through that place."
"Wankuang Province, Guang’an Province, Zhu Yao Province." Yun Jiuqing, while leading the Old Blue Ox, touched his chin, "Aside from the middle one, Guang’an, the others sound like they were named quite casually."
Liu Feng gave a wry smile, "These are names given by the founding Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty. Before becoming Emperor, he was a destitute farmer."
It was clear what that meant: the implication was that the founder of the Great Yan Dynasty was illiterate.
But he just happened to have a penchant for naming places within the Dynasty.
And so, that resulted in such a style.
Well!
This matched Yun Jiuqing’s impression of the Great Yan Dynasty as well because, in her memory, it was a place with quite brusque folk customs, which fit her expectations perfectly!
