Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 127 - 97: The County Town Controlled by the Witch Immortal! Purity, Too Low! (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

Chapter 127: Chapter 97: The County Town Controlled by the Witch Immortal! Purity, Too Low! (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

"Are you lot just freeloading? So many people from Dawu Village ran away, leaving only the old who can’t move, and you had no clue? If this official hadn’t come to inspect, wouldn’t we have... remained oblivious even as the last of them died of old age?"

A government official from Shuize County, with a dark expression on his face, rebuked them furiously, "You’re a bunch of useless trash! If those people had escaped from Shuize County, what would you do if the inspectors from the Imperial Heavenly Office came?"

"Moreover, the people assigned to guard the nearby major roads, why is it that only you few are left? Where did the others go? Dead?"

Before the official stood several Shuize County Government Officials, heads bowed, not daring to meet the official’s gaze.

Faced with the official’s questioning, several Government Officials hesitated...

One of them replied cautiously, "Your Honor, wasn’t there a group organized earlier to intercept the Cultivators attending the City God’s birthday celebration at Yinghe Prefecture? Some who were not selected felt disgruntled and went there sneakily on their own."

"They... they weren’t acting out of self-interest; their actions were all to gather more souls to honor the Witch Immortal!"

"Utter nonsense!" The official sneered coldly, "Not acting out of self-interest? It’s nothing more than wanting to use the Cultivators’ souls to seek longevity from the Witch Immortal! Do you think this official doesn’t know what you’re all thinking?"

"Your Honor, please don’t be angry. They will return soon," another Government Official said with a placating smile. "Once they’re back, you can have them offer some Cultivator souls to you."

"Then, Your Honor, you can also order them to capture all of the escaped villagers from Dawu Village!"

"Ha!" The official scoffed even harder, "If they were merely absent without leave normally, they would indeed come back. Unfortunately, the place they went to was Yinghe Prefecture, and they can’t come back from there!"

"Do you know, among those who went to Yinghe Prefecture to intercept the Cultivators, how many could return? It’s already remarkable if even half a person out of ten makes it back!"

"Ah?" The Government Officials exclaimed in shock, "How could that be?"

"You ask this official, but whom should this official ask?" the official spoke, "I also only know a little, it’s said that those who tried to block the Cultivators from Yinghe Prefecture were all slaughtered by another group."

"However... the Witch Immortal has already sent several generals to take action, and that group of reckless fools is probably already dead."

The Government Officials sighed with relief, their faces showing gratification, "Those who dared to slaughter the followers of the Witch Immortal deserved to die!"

"Hmph!" The official intoned coldly, "One villager from Dawu Village has run away, and it has already infuriated the higher-ups. If it wasn’t for me taking the pressure, you bunch of useless things... would become offerings to the Witch Immortal!"

"Ma-many thanks, Your Honor!" The Government Officials were trembling with fear.

To become offerings to the Witch Immortal meant certain death!

They worshiped the Witch Immortal to live longer.

To let the Witch Immortal lead them on the path to immortality.

They could heartlessly take the souls of others as offerings.

But if they were about to become part of the offerings themselves...

Then they couldn’t be so heartless!

After all, the former was about taking others’ lives, whereas the latter was about their own lives!

"Hmm? Hold on!" Just as the official was about to say something, he suddenly sensed something amiss.

He quickly turned around, looking at the empty dirt road behind him.

His eyes narrowed.

Doubts flickered across his face.

"Your Honor, what’s wrong?" A Government Official asked curiously, as he didn’t understand the official’s sudden nervousness, "There doesn’t seem to be anything over there?"

"With your meager skills, naturally, you can’t see anything!" the official said sharply, "There are living people... coming to Dawu Village!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"And it seems, there’s more than one person!"

People coming to Dawu Village?

The Government Officials looked at each other in bewilderment; most of Dawu Village’s villagers had already fled, and those remaining were the elderly and infirm who couldn’t flee.

Under such circumstances, who would run back to Dawu Village?

"Eh? Your Honor, could it be possible that they are those who took it upon themselves to block the Cultivators from Yinghe Prefecture?" One Government Official suddenly had a flash of insight and spoke out, "Maybe they were lucky and didn’t fall prey to the maniacs?"

The official pondered the possibility, which existed although it wasn’t very likely.

Suddenly.

He saw several shadowy figures emerging faintly on the deserted dirt road behind them.

A green light flickered through the official’s eyes.

His brows furrowed instantly, and he instructed the Government Officials beside him, "They are a group of outsiders... though the view is very blurry, I have a vague feeling that they aren’t even from Shuize County! You, go immediately and inform the Magistrate that outsiders have invaded Shuize County."

"As for you four, stay here with this official to see what kind of demons they are. If they’re ordinary people, let them into Shuize County, only... it’s easy to come in here, but wanting to leave will be difficult."

"If they are enemies," the official’s eyes chilled, a glint of killing intent flickering as he spoke ominously, "then eliminate them and offer them up to the Witch Immortal. Ask the Witch Immortal to grant us longevity and life!"

"Yes!!!"

The few Government Officials, rubbing their hands together with excitement, their facial expressions growing more exaggerated, their skin on their faces wrinkling and surging as if the skin had been applied later on.