Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 799 - 223: Shaking Zhu Yao City! Worthy of Being Called the Terrestrial Sword Immortal!_3
Zhu Yao City’s Governor looked up into the distance, his brow deeply furrowed, his face a mix of anxiety and bewilderment, "And why does it feel like, all the commotion has died down? The battle... is it over?"
Although he did not specifically know what had occurred, he could vaguely guess...
There must have been some incredibly powerful being, clashing with a terrifying demon!
He did not know who or what that being was, or if they were even human. He also had no idea if they were friend or foe. What if it was two demons fighting each other?
In his mind, one worst-case scenario after another surfaced, causing the Governor of Zhu Yao City to swallow hard.
He felt that if all those worst-case scenarios in his mind came true, then not only he might lose his life and his black gauze cap.
His family might also be implicated!
Even his clan members!
With these thoughts, the Governor of Zhu Yao City couldn’t help but shudder. If, because of this incident... he were to be punished by the extermination of three or even nine generations of his family... he wouldn’t even have a place to plead his innocence!
After all, he felt that the appearance of that demon had little to do with him...
Uh...
Perhaps?
He did not know how long he had been waiting inside the office. The anxious mood made him drink cup after cup of tea. The tea leaves he would usually hesitate to use were now all thrown into the pot, and he guzzled the tea as if it were plain water.
As he was anxiously waiting and felt his bladder becoming full, a voice finally called out from outside.
"Governor, Governor, they are back!"
Such a call made the Governor of Zhu Yao City suddenly stand up, his eyes almost shining.
He no longer bothered with subtlety and did not ask someone else to bring those people over; instead, he went in person.
He ran all the way.
Upon reaching the outside of the office.
"Greetings, Governor!" The group outside the office had not expected the Governor to come out personally. They hurriedly greeted him with the utmost respect.
"Never mind all that, what exactly happened?" The Governor of Zhu Yao City turned to the Daoist Officers he had sent to investigate, and then he saw that these men were in pitiful condition.
The men were covered in bandages, and it was clear that blood was still seeping through in places.
Two of them had legs that were twisted at unnatural angles, clearly broken.
The Governor of Zhu Yao City was stunned.
He had simply asked them to quickly check the situation and report back to him promptly if there were any developments.
But looking at them now... they seemed as if they had gotten into a brawl with demons themselves?
One of the Daoist Officers lying on a stretcher, with a pained expression, went on to recount everything they had witnessed along the way.
He spoke so vividly, with every little detail so exact, as if he was the one who had slain the demon.
The retelling left the Governor of Zhu Yao City, as well as the surrounding officials, completely dumbfounded.
The Governor’s eyes grew wider and wider as he listened, almost popping out of his head, incredulously regarding the fiercely articulate Daoist Officer before him.
Hearing something beyond belief, he cut off the other’s speech, "Stop!!"
The Governor of Zhu Yao City asked in disbelief, "You’re saying the one who fought against that demon is Qiulong Temple’s Fan Wu, the very same fugitive wanted by the Imperial Court with a bounty of a thousand silver on his head?"
The bandage-wrapped Daoist Officer, after swallowing nervously, timidly replied, "We also heard the name Qiulong Temple’s Fan Wu when that demon was yelling."
The Governor of Zhu Yao City pressed on, "Are you sure... you didn’t mishear it?"
The bandaged Daoist Officer, not understanding why the Governor was so agitated, continued, "What the others and I heard was exactly the same."
The other injured Daoist Officers who had been brought back with him all nodded; they had indeed heard the same thing.
Now it was the Governor of Zhu Yao City’s turn to be lost in endless thought.
The atmosphere... fell into a painful and awkward silence.
Until a minor official timidly broke the silence, "My lord, didn’t we inform the Holy Fire Guard earlier? They should already be watching this man, right?" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
The Governor of Zhu Yao City: "..."
Dammit!!
Who knew that the wanted criminal would be so formidable? If this is true... wouldn’t their actions have gravely offended him?!
This is someone who could even slay demons. Offending such a person, how is that any different from being interrogated by the Imperial Court?
The key point is, those were all orders issued by him.
The face of the Governor of Zhu Yao City turned green.
No!
It definitely wasn’t his fault; it had to be some damn fool’s fault for provoking such a fearsome person! If someone from the Imperial Court hadn’t put out a bounty for that Qiu Long fugitive, how would he have ever given out all these orders?
