Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 763 - 216: The Wanted Daoist Priest Fan! The Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain! (Please Subscribe)_1
Fan Wu, breaking precedent, had stayed in Helin County for an extra two days. He watched as Liu Feng and the beautiful woman busily arranged Liu Weng’s funeral. He also witnessed how the local Magistrate, upon learning of the Holy Fire Guard’s assassination, didn’t dare utter a word, displaying an obvious sense of stifling frustration.
By the time they left the county town, it was already two days later. The journey thereafter went rather smoothly; they passed through two or three county towns without encountering any strange incidents.
Truth be told... Fan Wu didn’t actually like it when things went too smoothly, even though power could bring a level of ease he had never known before.
But... it also caused him to miss out on opportunities to gain Free Attribute Points.
It was not until Fan Wu arrived at a county town on the border of Guang’an Province and the neighboring province that this easy journey finally encountered some slight ripples.
This was a county town called Wuxia County.
The town was one of the many in Guang’an Province. After leaving this town, one would reach the border of the province of demon extermination. Originally, Fan Wu and his companions wanted to cut straight through the town before it got dark, but they encountered a small episode on the road.
Inside the county town, they saw a group of citizens gathered around a boundary wall. That wall was plastered with notice after notice. Some were posted by the authorities, and others were recruitment advertisements from various inns and business agencies.
The citizens of the Great Yan Dynasty huddled by the wall were engaged in lively discussions.
"Goodness, who was so bold as to provoke the Holy Fire Guard? Thirty-one guards were killed in Heling County, nine were severely injured, and twenty-two sustained minor injuries. Tss!" One of the Great Yan citizens took a sharp breath, his face full of shock as he exclaimed, "Killing the Holy Fire Guard in broad daylight, how is that any different from staging a rebellion?"
"I heard that even two Little Banner Officers and one Chief Flag Officer were killed, and a treasure of the Holy Fire Guard was destroyed by the thieves. And there wasn’t just one thief involved."
"It’s only normal that there was more than one person, right? If it were just one thief, wouldn’t that be outrageous? How could a single person kill so many Holy Fire Guards?"
"Doesn’t anyone feel that the Holy Fire Guards had it coming though? None of those guys were any good!"
"Shh! Are you tired of living, lad? If someone from the Holy Fire Guard hears you, your skin will be hanging on the city wall tonight!"
"The ringleader, Fan Wu. The thieves: an unknown Taoist, an unknown woman, an unknown man, an unknown girl with white hair. How come there are only five people? How could five people kill that many Holy Fire Guards?"
"It’s still better to be careful. What if they really are some vicious and ferocious murderers? If we bump into them, that would be the end."
"Indeed!"
In the posted decrees, there was a bounty notice concerning Fan Wu and the others.
It included portraits of Fan Wu, Yun Jiuqing, Xing Fengzi, and Liu Feng, and inconceivably, even the Destiny Coffin was depicted.
It was not surprising to see these portraits; after all, Fan Wu and his group hadn’t made any attempt to hide their appearances in Heling County.
Beneath the bounty notices were details about the bounties for Fan Wu and his cohorts.
As the "chief culprit," Fan Wu had a staggering bounty of 1,000 taels of silver, while the bounties of Yun Jiuqing and the others fluctuated between 100 and 300 taels.
Meanwhile, each person’s bounty notice included a list of their distinctive features.
For example, Fan Wu’s notice described him as extremely tall and burly, likely not a native of the Great Yan Dynasty, with a foreign accent, and carrying an exaggeratedly large sword.
Yun Jiuqing’s bounty notice pointed out that she too was likely not from the Great Yan Dynasty, strikingly beautiful, with a Red Jade Short Sword at her waist.
It had to be admitted, the details were quite meticulously compiled.
This made Liu Feng go pale.
"Thief, an unknown man... clad in green-black attire, likely a native of the Great Yan Dynasty, with an Imperial City accent..."
A tip-toeing Liu Feng peered over the heads of the crowd, his gaze landing on his own bounty notice.
Muttering to himself the tiny print from the notice, he involuntarily swallowed hard.
It’s over!
He was wanted by the Imperial Court!!
You see... Being a subject of the Great Yan Dynasty and wanted by his own Dynasty was like having no place to escape to heaven and no door to enter into the earth.
The only consolation was that the portrait of him on the notice wasn’t particularly accurate. Moreover, the description of his personal characteristics overlapped with too many others. Also, since his name wasn’t written on the notice and he wasn’t accustomed to giving his name, this allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
However...
Daoist Fan Wu apparently never cared about withholding his name, so his name was written on the bounty notice.
And the description of Daoist Fan Wu’s personal characteristics was just too distinct.
While in this county town, they couldn’t be recognized, could they?
Liu Feng wasn’t worried about himself being recognized since the notice gave a vague description.
His concern was for Daoist Priest Fan and the Destiny Coffin being identified!
Because the personal characteristics of these two were too obvious!
The Destiny Coffin wasn’t as much of a concern, as she usually lay within her coffin, seldom sitting up.
But Daoist Priest Fan...
One couldn’t just make the exceedingly tall Daoist Fan Wu shrink a notch, right?!
