Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 758 - 215: Greatest Harvest, The Aura of Laws-Phantom Demon Venerable!_1
"Such a treasure... how could it be allowed to fall into the hands of such a vulgar buffoon?" A voice emanated leisurely from the Holy Fire Guard station in Heling County, "It is far better for such a treasure to be in the hands of an official like me than in the hands of that lowlife."
"Only I, the Chief Flag Officer of the Holy Fire Guard, would not allow such a treasure to be tarnished! Tsk..." At this point, the speaker sighed, "What a pity that the vulgar buffoon was truly too weak."
"He couldn’t even withstand a few rounds of harsh torture before giving in, and he calls himself a cultivator? How could the cultivators of the Great Yan Dynasty have such fragile bodies like his?"
"What that Little Banner Officer said wasn’t wrong. It’s the perfect excuse to label him a rebel."
"Then, killing a rebel wouldn’t cause any disturbance.
After murmuring such words to himself, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.
This was the Holy Fire Guard’s station in Heling County.
The station was extravagantly constructed, with each building looking grand and imposing, so new was the layer of paint that an unknowing observer might think they had entered the Imperial Palace of a small dynasty.
Despite the fact that the Holy Fire Guard in Heling County only numbered a few dozen people, and even if you added in some miscellaneous servants and the like, the total would barely reach around a hundred people.
Yet such a station could accommodate no less than a thousand people.
Where did the Chief Flag Officer of a mere county town get so much silver to construct such a grand station for the Holy Fire Guard?
What he has been up to can be seen just from this station of the Holy Fire Guard.
Extorting wealth from the people might just be the least of it!
The Chief Flag Officer of the Holy Fire Guard in Heling County was a rather short man, though this is relative to the people of the Great Yan Dynasty. If compared to those of the Great Zhou Dynasty, his height would be considered average.
He wore the uniform of the Holy Fire Guard and sat on a large chair covered with tiger skin, so authoritatively that an ignorant person might mistake him for the leader of a bandit gang.
His face was etched with greed and covetousness, along with an irrepressible infatuation.
All three emotions were directed towards a jade disc cradled in his arms!
He held the jade disc in his arms with extreme care, as if he were holding an infant swaddled in its blankets.
His movements were tender, as though he were afraid of chipping or scratching the jade.
Even though the jade disc had been proven to be impenetrable to blades and impervious to fire and water.
He still dared not use too much force.
"Oh, treasure! Oh, treasure! This is a supreme treasure that one might not come across in a thousand years!" He extended one hand to gently caress the smooth surface of the jade, as if touching the delicate body of a beauty, seemingly unable to stop loving and touching it.
In this state of utter intoxication, he didn’t notice the disc’s surface sprouting sharp little burrs like buds, which in the blink of an eye, scraped his palm until it was drenched in blood, the flesh blurred!
Normally, any sane person would feel the pain from their palm.
But this Chief Flag Officer of indulgent living...
Had absolutely no sensation!
He continued to gently stroke the jade disc. Although his touch wasn’t very strong, his speed increased, turning his palm even bloodier, the pervading scent of blood entering his nostrils, though he noticed nothing, as if he couldn’t smell a thing.
At that moment, a noise from outside startled the Chief Flag Officer of the Holy Fire Guard awake.
Like a child hiding his snacks, he hastily concealed the jade disc behind himself.
In that instant, his mutilated palm visibly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the skin on the palm was much grayer than before. Even the nails on his hand had turned a dark gray.
It appeared as though the blood had not circulated for a long time, giving an eerily strange impression.
"Chief Flag Officer, sir!" The commotion turned out to be a member of the Holy Fire Guard coming inside.
The Holy Fire Guard member said respectfully, "Chief Flag Officer, how should we handle Liu Weng’s corpse?"
The Holy Fire Guard Chief Flag Officer frowned, "Do I really need to teach you how to handle such trivial matters? Naturally, you should chop up the body and feed it to the dogs!"
"Oh, right."
It seemed like the Chief Flag Officer remembered something and asked with a furrowed brow, "They’ve been gone so long, haven’t they come back yet? To capture a woman of the house and some maids and house servants, how could it take this long?"
A hint of annoyance appeared on his face, "Is that guy softhearted, or... has he been bewitched by beauty and failed to act against that woman of the house?"
"Chief... Chief Flag Officer..." The Holy Fire Guard member stammered weakly, "The Little Banner Officer, sir, he’s probably not that kind of person."
