Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 30: Quadruple Realm, the Waters of the Divine Trickster World are Deeper than Imagined_1
"Moo~" A call from Old Blue Ox brought back the shocked crowd to their senses.
An escort master looked at Fan Wu’s retreating figure and couldn’t help but draw in a deep breath.
Fighting back his fear, he whispered, "No wonder that high official from the Heavenly Delegation was so polite to him at first. When I saw him earlier, I mistakenly thought he was just a highway robber..."
At this point, he considered a possibility and swallowed hard, "Could it be that the Taoist Priest will hold a grudge for this matter and set his sights on me?"
At that moment, he felt a chill around his neck.
He truly feared that Daoist Priest Fan might give his neck a singular strike.
If struck by such a Taoist Priest capable of killing ghosts as if slaughtering chickens, he probably wouldn’t even have the chance to become a malevolent ghost, right?
Perhaps... he might not even get the opportunity to be reincarnated in the Netherworld?
Hiss!!!
"Don’t worry! With abilities like that, how could he be so petty?" An older escort master patted his shoulder and said comfortingly.
"I wonder if that Taoist Priest takes apprentices. If I could learn just one or two moves, maybe, I could be called a master myself."
"With your clumsy look, you want to learn from a master? You don’t even deserve to visit Gou Lan!"
"Hey, are you looking down on me?!"
"Ts, if you’re so confident, why don’t you go and try to become an apprentice?"
"Ah... cough cough!"
The escort masters whispered among themselves, their voices very low as if afraid of disturbing Fan Wu.
Little did they know, Fan Wu heard every word they said.
With his exceptionally sharp hearing at this stage, even if their heartbeat quickened slightly...
Fan Wu could detect it.
Fan Wu could tell from the tone of these escort masters’ discussions that they were laced with a tinge of panic.
This hint of panic didn’t seem to stem from ghosts or spirits but from facing him, Fan Wu.
That is to say...
In the eyes of these escort masters, Fan Wu might be even scarier than ghosts?
Forget about it.
Facing the fearful discussions of these escort masters, Fan Wu let it go in one ear and out the other.
He didn’t take it to heart at all.
He couldn’t be bothered to care.
At this time... he had already picked up the scabbard of the Demon-slaying Sword.
After gently wiping the sword blade...
He sheathed the sword. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
He then went over to Old Blue Ox and took out a fresh inner lining and a Daoist Robe from the pack it was carrying.
He put them on.
Then, Fan Wu noticed that Xie Jiu, the Little Banner Officer of the Heavenly Delegation, was walking over.
He didn’t want to initiate a conversation with Xie Jiu because he always felt that people from the Heavenly Delegation equaled trouble.
But Xie Jiu spoke first.
In a tone both admiring and wistful, he said, "Daoist Friend Fan, your cultivation now must be nearing the realm of ’Divine Spirit Return to Void’, isn’t it?"
Fan Wu: "?"
What is Divine Spirit Return to Void?
Sorry.
Not familiar!
Hearing Xie Jiu use a term that seemed to belong to Daoist cultivation, Fan Wu was completely clueless.
The scriptures his swindler master had him study every day were all made up.
How could Fan Wu possibly know about these professional cultivation terms?
Seeing Fan Wu’s expressionless face and lack of response...
Xie Jiu thought he might have said something wrong.
Thinking back on Fan Wu’s formidable actions earlier—tearing apart evil ghosts and shattering ghostly figures...
Xie Jiu was startled.
He immediately said with an embarrassed smile, "It was impertinent of me to ask about such private matters, which one naturally shouldn’t inquire about."
"Um, sir..." Lin, the head of the escorts, also gathered his courage to follow and tentatively asked in a low voice, "Should we leave this place and find a spot to settle down?"
Although it seemed that all the strange entities had already been dealt with by this tall and sturdy Taoist Priest...
Lin, the head escort, still felt it was very unsafe to stay here.
He feared that a few more evil ghosts might pop up out of nowhere.
So much so that he still hadn’t relaxed, and looked a bit tense.
After all, for him, assisting the Qintian Division in transporting the escort, there could be no slip-ups.
If there were any slip-ups, he could forget about being an Escort Head for the rest of his life...
Even whether he could be an ordinary Escort Master was questionable.
The question from Escort Head Lin allowed Xie Jiu to breathe a slight sigh of relief, providing him an opportunity to change the subject.
"Hmm," he turned to Escort Head Lin and replied, "This place is indeed not safe to stay for long, let’s keep moving!"
"Yes, Sir!" Escort Head Lin nodded.
Then, unable to contain his curiosity and feeling a bit embarrassed, Escort Head Lin scratched the back of his head and hesitantly asked, "Sir, what did you mean by ’Cultivating Qi into Spirit’ just now?"
Escort Head Lin was very curious about such things.
If he knew a bit about the matters of cultivators, he would have plenty of bragging rights in the future.
Xie Jiu casually responded, "It’s a cultivator’s realm, I guess. Transforming Essence into Qi, Qi into Spirit, Divine Spirit Return to Void, Void Refinement to Dao Fusion, these four realms represent different levels of strength."
He laughed and said, "As for me, a Little Banner Officer of the Qintian Division, it sounds impressive, but I am only at the level of Transforming Essence into Qi. And even within that realm, I’m just average!"
"Hiss!!" Escort Head Lin took in a breath of cold air.
In his eyes, Xie Jiu, the Little Banner Officer of the Qintian Division, was already a big shot, and also a very powerful one at that!
Yet this superior candidly admitted that his strength was only a very basic and average level?
In that case... what level were those even more formidable cultivators?
After this question flashed through his mind.
Escort Head Lin couldn’t help but cast his gaze toward Fan Wu ahead.
This Taoist Priest must be even more formidable than Sir Xie Jiu, right?
Escort Head Lin found that when he was close to Fan Wu.
He actually dared not look up and meet his gaze!
He couldn’t help it.
The oppressive feeling that Fan Wu gave off...
Was too great!
On the other hand, Fan Wu completely ignored Escort Head Lin because at that moment, Fan Wu keenly caught a piece of information in Xie Jiu’s words that he did not previously know—the realm of cultivation!!
Transforming Essence into Qi.
Transforming Qi into Spirit.
Divine Spirit Return to Void.
Void Refinement to Dao Fusion.
Are these the universally recognized realms for those cultivators in the supernatural world?
Fan Wu had seen Xie Jiu’s methods of killing ghosts.
Compared to the Abbot of Jinlong Temple in Qiulong County, or the white-bearded Taoist Priest Yang Yizi, or the heretic Xuan Shizi...
Xie Jiu was obviously more formidable.
So, a Little Banner Officer of the Qintian Division is only at the realm of Transforming Essence into Qi?
It seems that the waters of this supernatural world...
Are really deep indeed!
Shaking his head.
Fan Wu brushed aside the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind and touched Old Green Ox’s neck, signaling that it was time to continue the journey through the night.
He clearly did not want to linger here.
To avoid encountering several of those "creatures" from The Great Revered One after a while.
Old Green Ox was very human-like, and even the eerie occurrences just now hadn’t scared it into running off.
After a "moo,"
Old Green Ox, with luggage on its back, followed Fan Wu along the overgrown dirt road, continuing the journey.
Seeing this,
The Escort Masters of the Huwei Escort Agency, although fearing Fan Wu’s formidable martial prowess, also feared encountering the strange beings like before.
So they hurriedly urged their horses forward, trying to keep up with Fan Wu.
They had no choice, in the eyes of this group of people, Fan Wu was a powerful figure.
Following behind a strong figure...
Was somewhat safer, after all.
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