Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 765 - 216: The Wanted Daoist Priest Fan! The Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain! (Please Subscribe)_3
Was it because this man closely resembled the one described in the warrant that he felt he would likely be chopped by a sword if he did not answer the question?
Fan Wu didn’t care about how rich the psychological activities of the commoner from the Great Yan Dynasty were.
All Fan Wu’s voice continued to rise, "Where is Wuxia Mountain?!"
"It’s... to the east..." The villager from the Great Yan Dynasty pointed in a direction with a trembling hand, facing Fan Wu.
"Good, thank you," Fan Wu voiced his thanks.
Then he headed in that direction.
His demeanor appeared as though he didn’t care at all about the warrant, as if the thousand taels of silver on his head meant nothing, and he wasn’t afraid that someone might covet the price on his neck.
As Fan Wu’s figure gradually disappeared into the distance, these villagers of the Great Yan Dynasty caught in dilemma looked at each other in bewilderment.
"You’ve got some nerve, to actually speak to a thief like him!" At this time, someone remarked to the villager who had just spoken with Fan Wu.
"I... I didn’t want to talk either, but I felt like if I didn’t, I might end up like the Holy Fire Guard."
Someone else exclaimed in shock, "It was just their group that killed so many of the Holy Fire Guard? They’re really only a few people, how did they manage to do it?!"
"That being said... should we report them? The combined bounty on their heads adds up to nearly twenty-two hundred taels of silver! In a small place like Wuxia County, twenty-two hundred taels of silver could let a family live lavishly for a lifetime!"
"Do you dare to report it? These are ruthless people who dare to kill members of the Holy Fire Guard; if you go report it, you might well be headless by tomorrow."
"Gosh, the tallest one must be the thief leader, Fan Wu, right?"
"I heard they are not from the Great Yan Dynasty. Just now, listening to Fan Wu’s accent, it did indeed seem somewhat unusual."
"They roam the county town so openly, aren’t they afraid of being caught by the authorities?"
"Which of the authorities would dare to arrest such a vicious group?"
"Uh! That’s true indeed!"
"..."
Many of the villagers were tempted by the bounty in silver, but reason told them... if they sought the silver, they would most likely end up losing their lives!
And even if they didn’t lose their lives, there was no guarantee they would actually get the reward; after all, who didn’t know about the local government’s style? They might say it’s a thousand taels of silver, but in the end, they might give you just a hundred copper coins.
"Speaking of which," someone asked, puzzled, "he asked where Wuxia Mountain is, but what for? Could it be that he’s in league with the cannibal Mountain King in Wuxia Mountain?"
"How could that be possible? If they were on the same side, would he not know where the mountain is? Would he need to ask us?"
"I’ve never seen such a brazen wanted criminal before, now this is really an eye-opener."
"Shall we go to Wuxia Mountain and see what they are up to?"
"Hiss! You go if you want, I don’t want to die!"
"..."
Wuxia Mountain is located to the east of Wuxia Town, an uninhabited wilderness. Originally, there were a few scattered households settled here, but ever since a cannibal Mountain King appeared in Wuxia Mountain, no one dared to live here.
And those who used to live in this area had long ago become food in the belly of the other party! They had probably become nutrients for the earth, or maybe didn’t even qualify to become nutrients for the earth.
This area wasn’t ordinary desolation, the surrounding fields were in a state of abandonment, and one could vaguely make out... this area used to be farmland.
But because a terrifying existence was entrenched in this area, no one dared to approach this place.
The farmland... thus came to be wasted.
...
"The Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain..." Yun Jiuqing looked at the expanse of continuous mountains before her, a puzzled expression on her face as she murmured, "Such a title sounds more like a bandit in the mountains, rather than some Demons and Devils."
"Indeed," Liu Feng nodded in deep agreement, "But the villagers of Wuxia County wouldn’t make up such a lie."
"Yes!" Xing Fengzi spoke, "It seems that within these continuous mountains, there must indeed be some strange existence."
Xing Fengzi stroked his chin, "The villagers say that under normal circumstances, the other party only strikes on nights of the full moon, targeting those who wander outside on such nights and do not return home."
"Extraordinary circumstances are when someone slanders that strange existence and happens to be discovered by them. Consequently, the other party doesn’t wait for the night of the full moon, but directly targets them."
At this, Liu Feng nodded with sudden realization, "That guy is quite petty. If someone speaks ill of it, it wants revenge right away, even resorting to cannibalism!"
Speaking of which, he couldn’t help but shudder.
Cannibalism was indeed somewhat frightening. If the other party was some formidable Demon or Devil, Liu Feng thought that the few taels of flesh on his body might not even be enough to fill the gaps in its teeth.
"But now it’s broad daylight; would that so-called Mountain King come out?" Yun Jiuqing asked curiously.
