Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 64: Mansions, Taoists, Scholars, Buffs Stacked Full_1
"It’s a long story! Years ago, when I passed through Qiulong County, I encountered a strange incident and had to battle with a powerful evil ghost. In the end, we both suffered great losses."
"Though I managed to destroy the evil ghost, I felt that my life was not going to last much longer."
Before Fan Wu could ask him why he knew about Qiulong Temple, why he knew about that impostor master...
Chen Zhuan, with an excited expression, took the initiative to continue, "At that time, I was utterly despairing, feeling that my life might as well be over."
"Just then, the Heavenly Master appeared!"
"He saved me. He claimed to be a Taoist who had cultivated for many years, but I couldn’t fathom the extent of his mana."
"All I knew was that he was a cultivator who was more formidable than I, and in Qiulong County, he was a very powerful mage."
"Many people in Qiulong County held him in great respect."
At this point, Chen Zhuan remarked with emotion, "Had it not been for that Heavenly Master saving my life, I might not be standing here."
"Thinking back on those times really makes one sigh!"
Fan Wu: "..."
You certainly couldn’t see through the depth of the "Heavenly Master."
It wasn’t because the "Heavenly Master" was strong.
It was because he had no mana at all! He wasn’t a real Taoist!
That guy was nothing but a Jianghu swindler!
Him having mana would be a surprise!
Fan Wu never expected that the impostor master had once saved a cultivator.
And now...
This cultivator had been encountered by himself.
Fate.
Indescribably wonderful!
"Taoist Priest, you are also a Taoist Priest from the Qiulong Temple, was that Heavenly Master yours?" Chen Zhuan couldn’t help but ask curiously.
"...Master." Fan Wu uttered two words.
"Ah?" Chen Zhuan’s face brightened even more: "Taoist Priest, you are actually the disciple of that Heavenly Master! Then... how is the Heavenly Master now?"
"He has passed away." Fan Wu’s answer was as always, straightforward and concise.
"Passed away?" Chen Zhuan was taken aback.
He hadn’t expected such an answer, and the joy on his face stiffened.
After pausing for a few breaths.
His face showed a hint of bitterness as he sighed, "Perhaps... this is the impermanence of life!"
Taking a moment.
Chen Zhuan composed himself and the sadness on his face receded.
He looked at Fan Wu before him and couldn’t help but ask, "Taoist Priest, did you leave Qiulong County, perhaps, to attend the City God’s birthday celebration in Yinghe Prefecture?"
"City God’s birthday celebration?" Fan Wu was perplexed.
"Ah? Taoist Priest, you don’t know about this?" Chen Zhuan began to explain, "The City Lord God of Yinghe Prefecture holds a birthday celebration every ten years. He extends invitations to various cultivators within Yinghe Prefecture, as well as to some spirits that mean no harm."
"In other words... at the City Lord God’s birthday celebration, there will be many cultivators as well as spirits present."
"There’s even the legendary, elusive Yin Envoy!"
A local City God having a birthday celebration?
Once every ten years?
And inviting cultivators from all over?
Even spirits?
Fan Wu frowned.
He genuinely didn’t know about such matters, as his swindler master was a fake Taoist who couldn’t provide him with professional knowledge in this area.
"Taoist Priest, as a disciple of the Heavenly Master, it’s a rare opportunity to attend the City Lord God’s birthday celebration. I think you should go," Chen Zhuan said. "There will surely be many powerful cultivators there, and you might just find an opportunity or something."
"If you gain favor from the City Lord God, you might even obtain a position in the underworld after you die!"
Honestly, Fan Wu did become slightly intrigued.
But his interest wasn’t in some underworld position.
It was in that "City Lord God" Chen Zhuan spoke of!
City God.
Could that be considered the ghostly deity of a region?
Also regarded as a divine being, right?
This was a real deity revealed in front of mortals, not those odd and peculiar idols!
How could this not arouse curiosity?
It’s just unknown...
With his current Life and Power attributes, whether Fan Wu was qualified to see the City God’s health bar or not?
If he could see the opponent’s health bar, did he have the capability...
To empty that health bar?
Cough cough!
As Fan Wu was lost in thought... Chen Xiaoxiao, whose height did not even match the length of Fan Wu’s leg, once again exclaimed in surprise, "Daddy, there is another demon... oh no! Someone else has come outside!"
Chen Zhuan’s gaze moved towards the temple’s main gate, while Fan Wu had already heard the noise from outside but couldn’t be bothered to pay attention.
"A scholar?" Chen Zhuan’s eyebrows raised: "And moreover, one with a darkened brow."
"Ah? A temple, a scholar, plus we know a bit of magic. Isn’t this the kind of strange tale that Scholar Sir often talks about? Next, could there appear..." Chen Xiaoxiao exclaimed in shock.
Smack!
However, before she could finish her sentence, Chen Zhuan, with a dark face, smacked the back of her head, "Don’t you be a jinx with your talk such late at night! With the City Lord God’s birthday impending, many powerful strange creatures will be stirred up; if we attract some troublesome one...
"Our father and daughter might not even make it to Yinghe Prefecture to meet the City Lord God and could possibly be slaughtered by some strange creature on the way! You, girl, having grown up looking like your father, are quite pretty."
"Maybe some creature will snatch you away to be a bandit’s handmaiden!"
Chen Xiaoxiao immediately shut her mouth.
...
A scholar in a hurried pace ran into the temple from outside.
He appeared to be about the same age as Fan Wu, but when it came to physique, there was a vast difference between him and Fan Wu.
The scholar was not particularly short, but he looked too frail, giving off the impression of being easily knocked down by the wind.
Making one wonder...
If a stronger person landed a punch on him, would he keel over on the spot?
The scholar was also carrying a bookcase, which probably wasn’t light in weight.
The running had left him panting and wheezing.
The man was completely out of breath.
"Sirs... I intended to rush to Yinghe Prefecture to meet a friend, but I encountered some strange happenings on the way, which delayed me quite a bit. As a result, I couldn’t make it to Yinghe Prefecture before dark."
The scholar asked timidly, "May I ask if I could stay here for the night? Just... just one night, and I will leave immediately after."
"This place is not our territory," Chen Zhuan scrutinized the scholar and replied indifferently: "It’s too dangerous outside at night. If you want to come in, then come in."
"Thank you so much!" The scholar heaved a great sigh of relief.
Then he scampered into the decrepit temple, finally able to escape the cold night wind within the sanctuary of the building.
It made him feel a huge sense of relief.
"Did you say you encountered some strange events?" Just then, Fan Wu, who initially had little interest in the scholar, suddenly took the initiative to ask.
The scholar then noticed that in the temple, besides the father and daughter, there was another person.
He saw Fan Wu. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
And took a sharp intake of breath!
It was his first time in life seeing someone of such a robust build.
Comparing it to his own skinny arms and legs...
The scholar suddenly felt that the arm of the burly man in front of him was as thick as his waist.
"Re... reply to the strong man, I indeed encountered some odd occurrences just now," the scholar did not dare to conceal anything.
He disclosed every single strange event he had encountered.
All of them.
...
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