Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 51: Eight generations of bad luck, and I ran into you two again
It was unclear whether the Village Chief had run out of options and decided to grit his teeth and take a gamble, hoping to treat a dead horse as if it were still alive.
He received an iron can handed to him by Fan Wu.
Then, he arranged for some of the young and strong lads in the village to do as Fan Wu had instructed.
The villagers of Nie Family Village were immediately thrown into a frenzy.
They carefully took the ashes from the incense burner as if they were cradling some miraculous panacea, then meticulously applied the ashes on the poisoned patients with gentle strokes.
However, the moment the sore-ridden skin of the poisoned individuals came into contact with the incense burner ashes—
It was as if red-hot iron had been placed upon the skin, instantly making a "sizzling" sound, and the skin even began to emit white smoke!
The sight left the crowd of Nie Family Village villagers dumbstruck.
Uncertain whether to continue.
"Continue."
It wasn’t until Fan Wu uttered the two frosty words that they snapped out of their daze and hurriedly proceeded to apply more.
After application was complete, they began mixing the incense burner ashes with water, forcing the poisoned victims to drink the concoction.
Unable to drink?
Then they’d take a bamboo tube and put it into the poisoned one’s mouth.
They’d force the ash-laden water down!
Unable to drink or not, they had to drink!
"Village Chief, the...the Taoist Priest, it’s...it’s done," said a villager of Nie Family Village timidly.
Although this was Nie Family Village.
Fan Wu was the outsider.
Yet, when the villager spoke, he dared not look directly at Fan Wu,
As if Fan Wu, the outsider, was somehow the one who made decisions for Nie Family Village.
The old Village Chief didn’t pay any attention to the speaking villager.
Having studied medical texts in his youth, he was intently observing the condition of every poisoned person.
After the application of the incense ashes and the ingestion of the ash water, the conditions of the poisoned were truly horrifying! They looked as though they were in a furnace, their skin emitting a faint white smoke.
A peculiar black mist was also spewing out of their mouths and noses, and the temperature inside the thatched cottage seemed to have dropped a few degrees, chilling to the bone.
Quite an eerie sensation!
The anxious Village Chief feared that if the poisoned didn’t pull through, they would kick the bucket with a twitch of their legs— such a frightening scene was unprecedented in his many years of practice.
Suddenly.
The Village Chief seemed to have noticed something; he grabbed a poisoned person’s hand. The next moment, he felt as if he was holding a pot of boiling water, the heat making his skin tremble uncontrollably.
But he didn’t let go, and instead, enduring the pain, he carefully examined the poisoned person’s fingernails.
After a moment’s inspection.
His eyes lit up.
Struggling to contain the sudden surge of excitement in his heart, the Village Chief—despite being well over seventy—exclaimed with youthful exuberance, "It’s fading...fading! Taoist Priest, the nails! The color is fading!!!"
The fingernails of these villagers of Nie Family Village poisoned with rigidity, which were black as if painted with ink, were indeed fading in color.
Although still dark, they were not as pitch-black as before.
The ashes from the incense burner dedicated to the True Martial Great Emperor did indeed have a wide range of effects!
Not only could they cause significant harm to strange creatures, but they could also neutralize the rigidity poison.
They could also be used to exorcise and ward off evil spirits.
Truly a universal remedy!
"Taoist Priest, you are our great benefactor here in Nie Family Village!"
The old Village Chief was so moved to tears.
Turning around, he suddenly knelt before Fan Wu, his face a mix of excitement and gratitude, "I...truly don’t know how to repay you, Taoist Priest."
Honestly, Fan Wu didn’t feel as if he had done anything to shorten his lifespan by having a man in his seventies kneel before him.
Because in his attribute panel, his [Life] attribute...
Had not shown any sign of a downward trend; his [Life] attribute was still fixed at 94+.
He didn’t feel embarrassed either.
He had saved more than a dozen people from Nie Family Village.
Being thanked by others.
What was there to be embarrassed about?
Fan Wu spoke, "I may have saved you for a moment, but that doesn’t mean I can save you for a lifetime. If you do not find out where this rigidity poison comes from, then in the future, many more in Nie Family Village may become infected with this poison."
"It’d be best if you report this ’stiff poison’ matter to the Qintian Division in Bai He County. Those guys might be somewhat weak, but when it comes to dealing with such matters, they should be fairly professional."
Just after Fan Wu had finished these words, a shout suddenly came from outside.
It was a cry from a villager of Nie Family Village.
—"Village Chief! Village Chief! The Qintian Division... they’ve come back! They say they’ve found some clues! They want to meet with you, Village Chief! I, I’ve brought them here!"
Fan Wu: "?"
Oh, this?
Who would have thought things could coincide to such an extent?
Fan Wu had at first thought he was hallucinating.
Not until the old Village Chief, who had been kneeling on the ground, shakily stood up and said to the outside, "Let them come here, I am here."
So, it wasn’t a hallucination.
Damn!
How could this be?!
The followers of The Great Revered One are like clingy chewing gum, so is this Qintian Division like sticky plasters?
And whether it was chewing gum or sticky plasters, both were stuck to him.
This is too fucked up!
Fan Wu knew that even if he tried to back away now, it would be no use, for with his incredibly sharp hearing, he could clearly hear the familiar voices of conversation outside.
"Flag-bearer Sir, look... isn’t that Green Ox, Daoist Priest Fan’s ox, up ahead?"
"I see it."
"To think that Daoist Priest Fan is also in Nie Family Village, this is no mere coincidence! Daoist Priest Fan is of vast supernatural abilities, perhaps he too detected something, and that’s why he came to Nie Family Village."
"Indeed."
"..."
These were the voices of two people talking.
The more talkative one was Xie Jiu.
The less talkative one was Shen Ji Yue.
Fan Wu sighed silently to himself, what did he detect? He was just passing through Nie Family Village, saw these villagers with sallow complexions and thin figures in such hardship, and couldn’t help but lend a hand.
However, with this help,
A problem arose.
Yes.
It was definitely not for the Free Attribute Points he might receive.
Definitely.
...
The Qintian Division people walked into the thatched cottage, making the already small space feel incredibly crammed.
There were a dozen people lying on the ground and several more standing.
It was difficult even to move around.
When Shen Ji Yue and the others came in, the first thing they saw wasn’t the people lying on the ground, but Fan Wu, whose demeanor and stature stood out far too much.
"Daoist Priest Fan, long time no see!" Shen Ji Yue greeted with a respectful bow, "I never thought I’d see Daoist Priest Fan again here, such an extreme coincidence indeed!"
Yeah!
These past few days must have been the unluckiest in eight generations, to run into you two again.
"Taoist Priest, you and this Qintian Division Lord are acquainted?" the old Village Chief asked in surprise.
"We’ve met a few times," Fan Wu responded with golden brevity.
Shen Ji Yue, on the other hand, patiently explained, "A few days ago, due to some incidents, Daoist Priest Fan saved my life and helped our Qintian Division to protect a special item. He is the benefactor of the entire Bai He County Qintian Division."
The Village Chief nodded somewhat understandingly, "I see!"
Then, moved, he said, "Taoist Priest has just now saved the people of our Nie Family Village as well, he is indeed our village’s great benefactor!"
After that.
He relayed what had just happened to the curious Shen Ji Yue and Xie Jiu.
This made the two from the Qintian Division suddenly realize.
Then, when they looked at Fan Wu,
their eyes filled with even more respect!
...
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