Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 982 - 260: Fan Wu Ascends to the Immortal Realm, Approaches the Heavenly Court!_2
Should they be reincarnated as oxen, horses, chickens, or dogs? That would be a merely an insult to the oxen, to the horses, to the chickens, and to the dogs. Letting their souls scatter and their bodies disintegrate along with their spirits, that’s the correct course of action. Fan Wu felt that there was nothing wrong with his approach.
"All the bandits in the mountains are dead. You all can come out now. If you still bear hatred for the bandits in your hearts... feel free to go and have a look." Looking into those numb eyes, Fan Wu patiently spoke, "I’ve opened the door for you. Whether you wish to leave or not, the choice is yours."
It turned out that these captive women still harbored hatred toward the bandits. Although they had grown numb, the hatred in their hearts drove them to painstakingly rise and step outside. They indeed saw bodies strewn all over the ground.
Suddenly... their greatest enemies had all turned into corpses. The group of women were bewildered and at a loss. They had thought their lives would continue in a dazed suffering, only to find someone had rescued them.
And this person had not just saved them, but also avenged their hatred, leaving those who had harmed them as corpses! The familiar bodies on the ground served as solid proof, irrefutable evidence!
Sobs and tears broke out once again, along with those kids who Fan Wu had previously silenced—now they all cried as well. This time, Fan Wu did not stop them, letting them cry.
When they had nearly cried themselves out, Fan Wu addressed the group, "I have forged a path through mountains and split rocks on my way here. You can simply follow this road to leave."
"It would be best to take these children with you." After these words, Fan Wu seemed to recall something. He drew the Demon-slaying Sword and casually struck a bandit’s weapon not far beneath his feet.
The weapon was a long saber, which, upon being hit by the striking edge of the Demon-slaying Sword, instantly snapped! Fan Wu picked up the broken saber and handed it to one of the women, "Carry this saber with you, and the wandering spirits and wild ghosts on the road will not trouble you."
This was Fan Wu’s tactful way of saying that the broken saber carried a wisp of the Demon-slaying Sword’s aura, as well as his own aura, and was imbued with a towering sword spirit! These three intertwined factors...
Turned the broken saber into a powerful tool for driving away ghosts! Not to mention ordinary spirits and wild ghosts, even if a Ghost General were to sense such an aura...
It would likely choose to give them a wide berth and not to provoke this group of people. This was also a form of protection that Fan Wu was granting them.
While the aura of the broken saber remained, if there were any spirits or wild ghosts that sought to trouble this group, they would, at the very least, have to be... of the Ghost King level!
Fan Wu felt that even within the Shangwu Dynasty, Ghost Kings of such a rank were not common enough to be found on the streets. Thus, a broken saber should be more than sufficient for their needs.
The group of women saved by Fan Wu thanked him profusely, overflowing with gratitude, and then, following Fan Wu’s advice, they left that place of unfortunate happenings.
Sensing that the women, along with the children, had left the bandit’s lair, Fan Wu returned to the temple.
"Immortal Jiao?" Fan Wu surveyed the idol within the temple, which actually had no attribute information, meaning it was just an ordinary statue.
But if those children were meant to be presented to Immortal Jiao, surely there must be some channel through which the offerings would reach him, right?
It surely couldn’t be that a high Immortal would descend to the mortal world just to collect a few children?
Fan Wu stomped his foot on the ground, and the entire temple began to shake violently, the ground collapsing beneath him.
He then fell into a cavern below the temple, as the ground collapsed.
This was a natural cavern, but there were also signs of man-made excavation.
Fan Wu could see a multitude of talisman scripts densely packed on the cavern walls, ancient and mysterious.
He could also see that at the very center of the cavern, there was an immense altar placed.
Such an altar... naturally contained strong elements of the East, surrounded by Soul Banners.
At the very center of the altar was a gigantic Yin Yang Fish Diagram, and around it, numerous talismans hung.
Clearly, none of these items were crafted by the bandits themselves, but by a very powerful entity.
Perhaps the creator was not human at all, but a true divine being!
Maybe, it was through such an altar...
that the bandits within this den had been able to send the abducted boys and girls to the so-called Immortal Jiao?
"Interesting..."
A hint of a smile appeared on Fan Wu’s face because he felt there was a lot of potential in such an altar. If this altar could possibly transport the children to that so-called Immortal Jiao, then was there a chance it could do the same for him, Fan Wu? Yes! Fan Wu intended to use this altar for a reverse transport. If it worked as he hoped, there might indeed be a chance to be directly transported to the presence of Immortal Jiao!
Without hesitation, Fan Wu immediately set into action and stepped onto the altar. Although he did not know how to activate it, once on the altar, he faintly sensed a mysterious and profound aura swirling around him. Such an aura made it extremely difficult for Fan Wu to ignore. He also noticed dried traces of blood in the crevices of the Yin Yang Fish Diagram beneath his feet.
These bloodstains didn’t seem fresh but weren’t particularly old either, as if someone, a month ago, had let blood flow into the crevices of the diagram. Was blood needed to activate it? Could anyone’s blood work, or did it require blood from a specific person? The only cultivator in the entire bandit lair was their leader.
"Could it be..." Fan Wu immediately went back and dragged the corpse of the bandit leader over. Fortunately, the blood in this body had not yet completely dried up. Fan Wu tossed the body onto the Yin Yang Fish Diagram and could see the leader’s blood continuously flowing into the crevices.
When the crevices of the Yin Yang Fish Diagram came into contact with a substantial amount of the leader’s blood, suddenly the entire altar was shaken by it! Such a tremor made the mystical aura surrounding the altar grow even subtler.
As this subtle aura reached a peak state, Fan Wu casually kicked the body of the bandit leader, sending it flying off the altar.
In that instant, the altar lit up with a blindingly bright light.
This light completely enveloped Fan Wu...
Fan Wu could clearly feel a force enveloping his entire body, but he knew it wasn’t a trap or a danger, as he felt no sense of threat. In the blink of an eye, he found the view in front of his eyes turned entirely white.
And the next moment! He vanished from above the altar.
When he appeared again, he had already reached a distant location through transportation.
And the place he was transported to... was not any location in the world of mortals.
This place was not the human world!
"Huh..."
Breathing in an atmosphere utterly different from the mortal realm and perceiving that subtle sensation, Fan Wu’s eyes opened wide as he uttered four words: "Immortal Realm, Heavenly Court!"
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