Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 755 - 214: The Girl in the Coffin! Holy Fire Guard of the Great Flames! (9600 words~)_4
After all, who could have imagined that within the Destiny Coffin that had been following them, there was actually a woman lying inside?
For a moment.
They didn’t know how to interject.
They could only listen to Yun Jiuqing as she continued to inquire of the white-haired girl, "So inside the coffin, did you also write like this and then place the parchment in the small drawer?"
The white-haired girl nodded.
"However... what did you mean earlier when you said you were about to ’mature’?" Yun Jiuqing asked with surprise, "By ’mature,’ do you mean gaining the power to open the Destiny Coffin by yourself? And to emerge from the Destiny Coffin?"
She continued nodding.
"Then do you know who put you into this coffin? Ah, you don’t know? Do you know who you are yourself? Ah, you don’t know that either?"
Yun Jiuqing peppered her with questions and realized although the white-haired girl knew many things, once the questions pertained to herself, there was much she didn’t know.
It was like those so-called fortune-tellers, who can predict anything for others with great accuracy but claim they cannot divine their own fates.
"Do you understand why The Great Revered One, the Evil God, desires you so much?" Yun Jiuqing posed such a question.
Head bowed, the white-haired girl wrote—To Them, I am a tonic; once They devour me, They will advance further, perhaps even several levels at once.
Yun Jiuqing had an epiphany.
Was this why the Destiny Coffin always followed Daoist Priest Fan? After all, it was very safe by Daoist Priest Fan’s side. As long as it stayed close to him, it would essentially face no threats from the likes of The Great Revered One, the Evil God.
It was like clinging to a powerful protector!
"So..." Liu Feng said tentatively, "So the Destiny Coffin turned into a person? Turned into a person who cannot speak?"
Yun Jiuqing nodded, "From the current situation, it does appear to be the case."
"Ah, this..." Clearly, the event unfolding before Liu Feng touched upon his blind spot of knowledge; he had never come across such descriptions even in various books.
It couldn’t be said that a coffin had become sentient, could it? A coffin transformed into a Demons and Devils capable of assuming human form?
But that didn’t seem right either!
What kind of Demons and Devils looked so harmless, so much like a human?
Liu Feng was utterly bewildered!
"She does seem a bit different from a human," Xing Fengzi spoke, "How could ordinary people have such turbulent Yin Energy swirling around them? Even among those who follow the sinister path, there wouldn’t be such a dense concentration of Yin Energy."
"That is to say... she isn’t really human; her appearance simply closely resembles a human." Xing Fengzi paused before continuing, "She should be more akin to a kind of phantom creature."
"Phantom creature?" Liu Feng felt both confused and impressed.
Xing Fengzi said, "I’ve heard that in some deep, seldom-visited mountains, phantom creatures are born. These phantom creatures are fundamentally different from Demons and Devils. They are kinder than Demons and Devils, or shall I say... compared to Demons and Devils, these phantom creatures harbor no great malice towards humans."
"I’m not entirely certain whether the Destiny Coffin belongs to this type of existence but if it doesn’t, it would likely be something similar."
His words almost wrapped Liu Feng in knots, leading Liu Feng to retort, "Taoist Priest, how is what you’ve said any different from not saying anything at all?"
Xing Fengzi coughed, "Reasonable speculation, reasonable speculation."
In short, out of their entire group, not a single person had a clear understanding of what the Destiny Coffin was all about.
Even the Destiny Coffin itself didn’t know what it was all about.
"Why fuss over it so much?" Fan Wu finally spoke up, "Whether it’s in the form of a coffin or a person, what does it matter?"
The rest were taken aback.
But after giving it some thought, it seemed to be true. Was the Destiny Coffin human or not? What did it matter?
If a person were to emerge from the Destiny Coffin, at most, it would mean an extra mouth to feed, and what if the individual didn’t need to eat? In that case, there wouldn’t even be an extra mouth to feed.
Thinking this way, it seemed they could let go of their concerns.
Fan Wu wasn’t too concerned about any peculiar changes with the Destiny Coffin; at most, he was a bit surprised—that was all.
He had no other thoughts on the matter.
With a casual wave of his hand, Fan Wu scattered all the Yin Energy that lingered within the courtyard.
However, at that moment, there seemed to be some strange noise from outside, as if someone was charging towards the courtyard. Then there was a loud bang at the entrance.
Bang!!!
The grand doors to the courtyard crashed down, and a group of men with unfriendly expressions streamed in one after another.
Upon seeing this group, the beautiful woman in the courtyard’s eyes instantly widened.
Her expression seemed to carry a hint of gritted teeth.
Soon... the reason for her gritted teeth became clear.
Among the group that stormed into the courtyard.
The leader was a very tall man with a conspicuous scar across his face, a scar that looked as if it had been inflicted by a wild beast.
As he entered, he shouted, "Seal off this estate immediately, no one is to leave! Apprehend everyone within the courtyard, let none escape! The Holy Fire Guard is here, and whoever dares to resist will be declaring themselves an enemy of the Imperial Court!"
