Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 770 - 217: Deities Devour Humans! Eighth Rank Righteous God of the Heavenly Court’s Department of Thunder, Tiger Immortal Officer! (10,000 characters, please subscribe)_4
Facing Fan Wu, who had managed to infiltrate deep into Wuxia Mountain all by himself, a celestial being secretly descending from the Heavenly Court actually began to harbor a slight admiration for his talent.
He even extended an olive branch to Fan Wu, stating that all Fan Wu had to do was kneel and admit his mistake sincerely.
"What’s the matter?" Seeing that Fan Wu remained silent, the Tiger Immortal Officer’s brows furrowed again, "Has this Mountain King frightened you so much that you dare not say a single word?"
Fan Wu shook his head and replied, "Taoist’s legs are quite stiff, I can’t kneel."
Without waiting for the other party to get angry, he continued, "The Taoist is just contemplating, why would a righteous god of the Heavenly Court desire to consume human flesh? Don’t all the immortal gods survive on the incense offered by the human realm? If the gods need the incense from the human realm, why then do they extend the butcher’s knife toward mortals?"
The Tiger Immortal Officer was stunned.
He had never dreamt that this impetuous invader of Wuxia Mountain would utter such words.
He was even more shocked that his true identity could be recognized at a glance by a mere mortal.
How was this possible?
You should know that on this discreet descent to the mortal realm, he had concealed his aura to the extreme. Even if an immortal god stood before him, they would not be able to identify him as a fellow immortal god.
And yet, this mortal who had suddenly burst into Wuxia Mountain could see through his disguise at a glance?
The Tiger Immortal Officer’s expression became rigid, "What nonsense are you spouting, you mad Taoist? This Mountain King is the Mountain King of Wuxia Mountain!"
He wanted to argue forcefully and irrationally.
But what he encountered was Fan Wu’s retort, "An eighth-rank Immortal Official of the Department of Thunder in the Heavenly Court, Tiger Immortal Officer... I should be correct, shouldn’t I?"
Tiger Immortal Officer: "..."
The expression on his face suddenly twisted, and in his eyes, beyond the thick disbelief, there was also a suspicious glare, "Who exactly are you, you mad Taoist?!"
The Tiger Immortal Officer did not continue to argue, nor did he continue to refute, signifying that he had indirectly admitted it.
After all, just a few brief sentences from Fan Wu had already exposed his true foundation; if he didn’t admit it, what else could he do?
To persistently claim that he was not the Tiger Immortal Officer, what difference would that make from a fool in the other’s eyes?
"Qiulong Temple, Fan Wu." Fan Wu directly revealed his name, then continued to address the other party, "The Taoist has answered so many of your questions; you should also answer the question I just asked you, right?"
The Tiger Immortal Officer had no idea what this odd Taoist Temple called Qiulong Temple was, and he’d never heard the name Fan Wu before.
He knew what the problem was that this fellow named Fan Wu was talking about.
The Tiger Immortal Officer huffed coldly, "Not all celestial beings of the Heavenly Court need to subsist on the incense of mortals. This Immortal Official is different from those gods who ascended through incense offerings! This Immortal Official ascended through his own heaven-reaching cultivation, achieving the realm required for becoming an immortal. Then, I was recruited directly by the Heavenly Court and became an immortal in the heavens in one step."
When speaking of those gods who feed on human incense, there was a strong disdain in his tone.
As if he looked down on those kinds of gods.
"As for eating humans... tsk," the Tiger Immortal Officer revealed a smirk and chuckled, "Humans can eat chickens, ducks, geese, cows—so why can’t this Immortal Official eat humans?!"
He continued, "This Immortal Official has already transcended mortal flesh and discarded the human body; I can hardly be considered human anymore."
"Indeed, humans eating humans poses some problems, but as I am no longer human, what issue is there with me eating humans?" He turned the question back on Fan Wu, "You infiltrated Wuxia Mountain, probably because the notoriety of this Immortal Official consuming humans has spread, hasn’t it?"
"You came here to act on behalf of Heaven, correct?"
"Hahaha!" the Tiger Immortal Officer laughed, "But the question is, are you truly acting on behalf of Heaven? This Immortal Official is a celestial being from above, I understand Heaven and the Dao better than you."
"Have you wondered why, despite having consumed over a thousand humans, not a single heavenly punishment or thunderbolt has struck me down? Because this Immortal Official eating humans is also part of the natural order of the world."
"My actions in the mortal realm... have not violated the natural order."
He asked, "Given that, how do you intend to act on behalf of Heaven?"
After delivering such a statement, the Tiger Immortal Officer felt extremely exhilarated!
In his view, Fan Wu was one of those Taoists who thought he was acting on behalf of heaven, believing themselves to stand at the highest moral ground, thinking all their actions were in the name of justice.
His words just now were aimed at dragging Fan Wu down from that moral high ground and trampling on him fiercely!
To let these pedantic mortals understand that all they do is merely for their own speculative sense of righteousness, not for any true heavenly mandate.
"I think you might have misunderstood something," Fan Wu responded calmly as he unlatched the Demon-slaying Sword from his back. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
As he gently drew the blade of the Demon-slaying Sword, a hint of a smile also surfaced on his face, "The Taoist doesn’t intend to ’act on behalf of Heaven’ to be honest... I’m not that idle. At the same time, I don’t possess such lofty qualities."
Fan Wu went on, "The Taoist is... purely for my own self-interest, nothing more."
The smug look on the Tiger Immortal Officer’s face slowly froze.
But soon he huffed coldly once more, "Excuses!"
Having said that, he watched Fan Wu intently, "As a mere mortal, do you intend to draw your sword against an Immortal God?"
