Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 31: The Chief Flag Officer of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau! Arriving at Bai He County!_1
Two days later.
Fan Wu gazed at the slightly low wall ahead and knew he had arrived at Bai He County. It was a county town that one needed to pass through on the way to the Nanjun Prefecture Government, and he needed to stop here for replenishment.
Bai He County was clearly much more bustling than Qiu Long County.
Outside the county town, there were numerous street vendors hawking their wares.
There were also some government officials dressed in uniforms maintaining various orders on the outside.
However.
The moment Fan Wu stood there...
The scene gradually quieted down.
Compared to those around him, he was just too tall. Coupled with the unintentional, beast-like aura he exuded, it made anyone who glanced at him feel terrified and intimidated.
Even though he was currently dressed in a daoist robe, at first glance, he seemed more like a murderous maniac!
The kind that kills without batting an eye.
The government officials of Bai He County, cowed by his formidable presence...
Secretly swallowed their saliva.
Eventually...
It was a young government official with a bandaged ear and bearing injuries who mustered the courage to shout, "Stop... stop! Where are you from, and... and what do you want to do in our Bai He County!??"
Fan Wu slightly turned his head and glanced at him, his gaze calm and unrippled.
"Hiss!!!"
Feeling Fan Wu’s gaze, the government official couldn’t help but take a sharp intake of breath.
He felt all the hairs on his body stand on end and his scalp tingle.
Frightened, he hurriedly took two steps backward.
As if he feared that a moment’s delay would result in having his head crushed by bare hands.
Fan Wu didn’t answer his question, seemingly pondering something on the spot.
Then, leading Old Green Ox, he began to step forward...
Approaching step by step.
His tall and robust figure seemed capable of blocking the distant dawn, casting the young government official who had just spoken into a deep shadow.
An overwhelming sense of oppression hit him, making the young official’s legs go as soft as noodles.
Terrified, the young government official kept retreating backward.
He even forgot to draw the sword at his side.
Until his back pressed against the city wall...
Was he finally unable to retreat any further.
"What... what do you want to do? This is Bai He County, and... my brothers are all here! Don’t mess around, I beg you... definitely, definitely don’t mess around!"
The trembling voice of the government official was almost with a choking sob.
He kept saying that his "brothers" were all here.
The problem was...
The remaining Bai He County government officials didn’t dare to come any closer!
"Didn’t you ask me what I am here for?" Fan Wu slightly lowered his head and looked down at the official, who barely reached his chest, and asked in a plain tone.
"No... no more questions, no more!" The official’s forehead was dripping with cold sweat as he forcibly pulled a smile, "I, when I saw Hero, knew... you must be a top-notch good person. I, just now, only... only wanted to greet Hero and ask how you were."
"No more questions?" Fan Wu frowned slightly.
He had approached because he noticed the government official’s bandaged ear and apparent injury.
He was concerned that from a distance, the man might not have heard his response properly.
There might have been a misunderstanding, and trouble could have ensued.
So he wanted to get closer and explain his intentions.
After all, there was nothing secretive about Fan Wu’s purpose.
He just happened to be passing through and planned to enter the town to buy some items and restock his supplies.
Yet for some reason, this young government official was so scared that he kept retreating, almost to the point of being utterly panicked.
This left Fan Wu speechless and compelled him to follow step by step.
And now...
No more questions?
"Utterly ridiculous." Fan Wu dropped these four words and then, leading Old Blue Ox, proceeded into Bai He County on his own accord.
Only after Fan Wu’s figure had gradually faded from sight did the official...
With his back pressed tightly against the city wall, the young government official wished he could meld himself into the wall... It was only then, like someone drained of all strength, that he plopped down on the ground.
He was absolutely terrified!
Meanwhile, the other officials outside Bai He County finally mustered up their courage one by one.
Rushing over briskly.
Among them, an older official, upon seeing that everyone was alright, exhaled slowly and said earnestly, "You lad, you’ve got quite the nerve! How dare you provoke such a ferocious creature? Earning just a mere half tael of broken silver a month, why on earth are you risking your life?!"
Just as the young official, shivering, tried to say something, a burst of dense hoofbeats could be heard in the distance.
There appeared...
An escort team bearing the "Tiger Might" escort company flag, escorting a line of horse-drawn carriages towards Bai He County.
The sharp-eyed escort masters wielding weapons...
They looked like they were not to be trifled with at all!
The weary escort masters, seeing Bai He County just ahead, all breathed sighs of relief as if unburdened of a heavy load.
"We’ve finally arrived..." Escort Master Lin had a similar reaction, his nerves having been extremely taut for the past two days, worried about encountering more strange occurrences.
If they ran into any evil spirits on the road, he felt his heart wouldn’t be able to take the shock.
Fortunately, the past two days had been uneventful.
"My lord, we have reached Bai He County. But we haven’t seen Daoist Priest Fan; he might have entered the city before us," said Escort Master Lin respectfully to Xie Jiu inside the carriage.
Xie Jiu’s voice came through, "Just deliver the goods to the Qintian Division in Bai He County."
"Yes, my lord!" responded Escort Master Lin with a nod.
As their group entered Bai He County, no one stopped them.
After all, the reputation of the "Tiger Might" escort company in Bai He County...
Was somewhat renowned.
...
At the same time.
Inside Bai He County.
Fan Wu, leading an Old Blue Ox along the road, attracted quite a few glances from passers-by.
About this... Fan Wu had long gotten used to it.
Back in Qiu Long County, he too was someone who could attract attention from thousands just by stepping out.
For those gazes around him filled with shock or trepidation, he ignored them completely.
After wandering around Bai He County for a good while...
He finally spotted a guesthouse.
It had to be said.
Bai He County was definitely much wealthier than Qiu Long County, and this guesthouse was the largest Fan Wu had seen in this world, much bigger than Ghost Inn where he stayed two nights ago.
At the entrance of the guesthouse, a lobby boy seeing Fan Wu approaching envisioned welcoming a guest with a smile.
But...
As Fan Wu got closer, the lobby boy’s head unintentionally tilted further and further back.
Until looking up required him to tilt his head back.
"Guest... sir, do you need me... me to lead this ox to the back of the guesthouse for you?" the boy asked, forcibly suppressing that unknown sense of oppression, a rigid smile on his face, and his voice barely more than a weak whisper.
"Mhm," Fan Wu replied. "Take it to the back of the guesthouse and just give it some grass to eat. There’s no need to tether it; it has human-like understanding and won’t run away."
"Yes, yes!" the lobby boy quickly nodded like a pecking chicken and scampered off to lead the Old Blue Ox,
Fan Wu withdrew his gaze.
He walked into the guesthouse.
This guesthouse had quite a few customers inside, thankfully all of them were living people, not strange creatures or the Great Revered One.
Otherwise...
Fan Wu felt this time he might have had to hack his way through a huge commotion!
"Hm?!"
However.
The attribute information above the head of one person in the guesthouse caught Fan Wu’s attention.
[Chief Flag Officer of the Qintian Division — Life: 329 — Power: 8.5 — Skills: Dragon Elephant Protection Technique, Divine Path Hundred Kills Technique, Demon Suppressing Seven Seals, Qintian Division’s 16th Edition Basic Talisman Compendium]
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