Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 113 - 92: Daoist Priest Fan’s "Heroism" and "Righteousness"? Sinister Shadows Attack!! (Please Subscribe) _2
How to vanquish gods and Buddhas—these few words reverberated incessantly in Monk Zhi Kong’s mind.
Such bold and blasphemous utterances against the gods and Buddhas.
He remembered it was this Taoist Priest who had spoken them.
Moreover, he had said it right in front of the City Lord God himself, and yet the City Lord God of Yinghe Prefecture hadn’t become angry with the Taoist Priest. Instead, he had earnestly answered this outrageous question.
Reflecting upon the scene at the time...
Made everyone tremble with awe!
Why would such an irreverent Taoist Priest be so esteemed by the City Lord God?
Previously.
Monk Zhi Kong hadn’t known.
He couldn’t make sense of it.
Now.
He vaguely understood.
He had figured it out.
"Chivalry," Monk Zhi Kong murmured slowly, uttering these two words, "This humble monk has seen a sense of chivalry in that Taoist Priest! Those cultivators who were waylaid and killed by the Black Robed Heretics had no actual connection with the Taoist Priest."
"Yet... this Taoist Priest didn’t care about any connection, nor did he care whether those he saved were Taoists or monks."
"This! This is the essence of chivalry! This! This is righteousness!"
"Amitabha Buddha!"
The mutterings he had to himself—all were overheard by Fan Wu.
A twitch formed at the corner of Fan Wu’s mouth.
Chivalry?
Righteousness?
Why was he unaware that he embodied such a spirit?
Truth be told.
Fan Wu didn’t think himself that noble; all he sought were Free Attribute Points.
That was all.
This monk.
Was overthinking!
By now, the sky was also swiftly darkening. Unwittingly... clearing out these Black Robed Heretics had taken such a long time, perhaps because there were many of them, and they shared so little among themselves.
Fan Wu looked toward the setting sun.
He didn’t seek a place to rest but continued on his way, leading Old Blue Ox in a certain direction.
This direction.
Led to the Prefecture Government of Nanjun in the Great Zhou.
Time.
Passed.
Trekking at night was an act few dared to undertake. Fan Wu might have been one of the few daring ones.
It was already midnight.
The wind that blew past was exceptionally cold. Fan Wu was passing through a mountain forest where a main road had been carved out. The road was marked with numerous traces of wagon wheels; it must have been frequently traveled during the daytime.
But now, late at night, the only one passing through seemed to be Fan Wu.
Oh yes.
There was also a disgruntled monk.
And a woman who was not very clever.
These two... whether by happenstance, they were traveling down this road, or out of sheer cowardice, they sought to follow behind Fan Wu for safety, they hadn’t left his side for even a moment.
"Moo~"
At this moment.
Old Blue Ox suddenly let out a "moo," a bellow of a cow.
Fan Wu glanced at Old Blue Ox, patted its back, and said, "If you’re tired, let’s take a rest."
He took off the things strapped to Old Blue Ox.
One by one, all were unloaded.
It was as if Old Blue Ox understood his words. After snorting, it lay down halfway to rest.
Behind them.
Monk Zhi Kong and Yun Jiuqing both heaved sighs of relief!
For they were utterly exhausted!
Yun Jiuqing sat down under a tree, her back against its sturdy trunk, and let her body relax. She rubbed her legs, sore and aching from the journey, and muttered to herself, "Walked from evening till midnight, without a moment’s break..."
What was unbearable for her was that neither the Taoist Priest nor Old Blue Ox...
Each step they took required her to take two to barely keep up with them.
Especially since she was injured!
Were she not a cultivator, but a mere commoner...
She’d probably have collapsed from exhaustion halfway through!
"Monk, aren’t you tired?" Yun Jiuqing looked at Monk Zhi Kong, who was still standing beside her, and asked out of curiosity.
Monk Zhi Kong frowned sorrowfully and replied, "How could this humble monk rest when such a chivalrous Taoist Priest has not stopped to rest? Amitabha Buddha, this is cultivation."
Yun Jiuqing: "..."
His statement made her, the one sitting down to rest, seem somewhat spineless.
Well.
Not quite true.
At least Old Blue Ox was just like her, in need of rest.
At this time.
Monk Zhi Kong chanted a Buddhist invocation and asked, "Amitabha Buddha, while following the Taoist Priest in his acts of chivalry, this humble monk does not know the honored Taoist Priest’s name? This monk’s dharma name is Zhi Kong, from the Hanling Temple of Nanjun Prefecture Government in the Great Zhou."
"I, I, I!" Yun Jiuqing raised her hand and said, "Taoist Priest, you know my name, but I think I forgot to mention where I’m from. I am also from Nanjun Prefecture Government in the Great Zhou!"
"I know the Hanling Temple that Monk Zhi Kong mentioned. My father took me there when I was a child... From what I remember, the old abbot there is a formidable person!"
"Oh right! Monk Zhi Kong probably doesn’t know my name. I am called Yun Jiuqing!"
Nanjun Prefecture Government?
Fan Wu glanced at this clueless and displeased pair. Surprisingly, these two hailed from the very place he was heading to.
Their place of origin was precisely where he was bound.
"Qiulong Temple’s Fan Wu," he responded to the two’s introduction in a succinct manner.
"Qiulong Temple?" Monk Zhi Kong expressed puzzlement, "This humble monk seems to have never heard of such a Taoist Temple. Could it be some special hidden Taoist Temple? Indeed, such a mysterious secluded temple would give rise to a Taoist Priest with such a chivalrous heart."
