Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 764 - 216: The Wanted Daoist Priest Fan! The Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain! (Please Subscribe)_2
It’s completely impossible!
"We’re wanted?" Compared to Liu Feng, whose face was pale as a sheet, Yun Jiuqing was actually very excited, "My bounty is actually a whole two hundred taels of silver! That’s already the same as those famous bandits, right?!"
Being pursued by the Imperial Court of a Dynasty was indeed a big deal they had never encountered before.
Yun Jiuqing was not worried at all, instead, she felt quite happy.
After all, how many people would ever have such an opportunity in their lifetime?
Then she continued to grumble, "The Holy Fire Guards of Heling County really have no shame. Daoist Priest Fan has already spared some people whose crimes didn’t warrant death, and yet they still put a bounty on us."
"To think that I, a humble Taoist, have actually become a wanted criminal within the Great Yan Dynasty. Have mercy, have mercy... This, too, may be an unusual form of experience. Everything is fate," Xing Fengzi had no strong feelings about this matter, as he could accept anything that came his way.
The Destiny Coffin lying within the coffin was even more silent, for she could not speak at all.
Seeing their indifferent reactions, Liu Feng scratched his head, wondering if his own reaction was a bit too intense.
But then he thought, he needed to live within the Great Yan Dynasty!
As for Daoist Fan Wu and the others, there was no need for them to settle within the Great Yan Dynasty, they were just passing through the Dynasty.
In other words, for Daoist Fan Wu and the others, it was like being barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes.
Ah, this!
Just as Liu Feng was about to suggest... perhaps they should leave the county town to avoid being discovered by the local officials.
The discussion amongst a group of townspeople gathered around a wall caught his attention.
"I wonder who’s more powerful, these thieves or the Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain," blurted out a citizen of the Great Yan Dynasty.
As soon as these words were spoken, the previously bustling crowd of townspeople suddenly fell silent as chickens.
It was as if a strange fear started to spread among them.
"Pah, pah, pah!" An elder hastily spat thrice on the ground and scolded, "In broad daylight... Why bring up such matters?"
"That being is taboo! I heard that a family behind the county was cursed just for mocking the Mountain King. When the neighbors broke in, they found the family turned into a pile of dry bones, not a morsel of flesh left behind!"
"That Mountain King eats people!!"
"These thieves probably can’t match up to the Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain, right? Rumors say that the Mountain King is a powerful demon or devil. On nights when the moon is full, it descends the mountain to hunt for prey. It’s said that whoever dares to be out on a full moon night will be abducted."
"Hiss... Do we even need rumors? Isn’t that a known fact? The Imperial Court dispatched the Holy Fire Guards to take down the Mountain King, but not a single one of the dozens who went returned."
"But that Mountain King is quite particular; it doesn’t bother those who stay indoors on the night of the full moon."
"What kind of demon or devil has such considerations? Maybe it’s just a whim!"
"You’re discussing this here, aren’t you afraid of being kidnapped by it?"
"Speak wisely! Speak wisely!!"
"..."
Hearing such hushed conversations, Liu Feng was taken aback.
Mountain King?
Demons and Devils?
Eating humans?
These keywords sounded mysterious and eerie. Could it be there were truly strange happenings within Wuxia County? If he wasn’t mistaken, Daoist Priest Fan would be interested in this, right?
As it turned out, Liu Feng guessed right. After hearing the townspeople’s conversation, Fan Wu walked straight towards them without hesitation.
Fan Wu didn’t care at all whether the wall ahead of him had posted on it the wanted poster featuring his own face.
He asked the townspeople, "What is this Mountain King of Wuxia County? Is it a demon or devil? Or some mysterious creature? Or perhaps an evil spirit?"
This sudden question stood out remarkably amidst the murmurs.
Some citizens of the Great Yan Dynasty turned their heads back in astonishment.
Upon looking, they were all stunned.
They examined Fan Wu, tall and sturdy, and glanced back at the wanted posters on the wall with surprise in their eyes, looking between Fan Wu and the posters repeatedly.
A look of fear slowly crept over the faces of the townspeople!
No one had expected that a terrifying criminal from the wanted posters would appear right in front of them!
Although the portraits on the wanted posters were abstract, the personal characteristics described matched perfectly with the man before them.
Hiss!
Could it really be such a coincidence?!
"We... we also don’t know exactly what that Mountain King is..." A citizen of the Great Yan Dynasty closest to Fan Wu felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.
This sense of oppression instinctively made him answer, "We only know... it’s something terrifying."
"The authorities once tallied how many people from the surrounding counties have disappeared over the years. I remember it’s about a thousand... Half of them were locals, half were passing merchants," he continued.
After these words, the citizen of the Great Yan Dynasty came back to his senses.
He was a little puzzled as to why he had so obediently answered this man’s questions.
