Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 256 - 130: Witch Immortal’s Companion Creature with Attributes Over 10,000! Daoist Priest Fan’s Confidence! (Massive 10,000-Word - , Please Subscribe)_3

Chapter 256: Chapter 130: Witch Immortal’s Companion Creature with Attributes Over 10,000! Daoist Priest Fan’s Confidence! (Massive 10,000-Word Chapter, Please Subscribe)_3

[The Statue of the True Martial Great Emperor with Its Incense Plundered]

This was the name towering above this statue’s head — unbelievably, even in this modest Taoist temple, the worshipped statue was that of the True Martial Great Emperor.

Thinking about it...

It shared some origin with the one in Qiulong Temple where Fan Wu resided.

Somewhat of a connection?

Yes.

Probably.

However, one thing Fan Wu could confirm was that although both were statues of the True Martial Great Emperor, the one in Green Pine Temple was not quite the same as that in Qiulong Temple.

Fan Wu felt that the statue of the True Martial Great Emperor in Qiulong Temple was much more formidable than this one in Green Pine Temple.

After all, when he looked at the statue in Qiulong Temple, all he could see were question marks.

But when he looked at Green Pine Temple’s True Martial Great Emperor statue...

Not only could he see its name, but he could also see the statue’s "Power" and "Life" attributes.

Its "Life" attribute was left with only 100 points, and the "Power" attribute was pitifully low, at about six points.

That meant this statue would soon lose its divinity and become nothing more than a mundane clay sculpture.

As for why it had come to this...

He guessed...

It must have something to do with the Witch Immortal!

Perhaps it was the followers of the Witch Immortal who plundered the incense dedicated to Green Pine Temple’s True Martial Great Emperor statue! And this statue, wretched as it was, couldn’t even ward off the Witch Immortal’s believers.

It simply meant that Green Pine Temple.

Wasn’t quite up to the mark!

"This is the Statue of the True Martial Demon-slaying Great Emperor," Fan Wu put aside these thoughts and gave Sima Hundred Households a straightforward answer.

"Hiss! The True Martial Great Emperor?" Sima Hundred Households gasped. Being a hundred-households officer of the Imperial Observatory, he naturally knew how terrifying a deity the True Martial Great Emperor was.

Sima Hundred Households exclaimed in astonishment, "That rural Evil God dared to mess with the whiskers of the True Martial Great Emperor?"

Fan Wu said, "What wouldn’t they dare to do? Even if it meant seizing divine authority right in front of a City God’s true body, they would have the audacity to commit such an act."

The ones Fan Wu was referring to were not the Witch Immortal, but the Great Revered One, whose audacity was just as great as, or perhaps even greater than, the Witch Immortal’s.

The Witch Immortal, at least, only dared to let believers show off in front of the statues.

The Great Revered One was the Evil God bold enough to cause trouble during the City God’s birthday celebration.

With the City God of Yinghe Mansion soon to descend in person, the Great Revered One dared to covet the incense and divine rights.

It could only be said...

That none of these Evil Gods were the settling type!

Every single one of them was a lawless rogue!

Completely unrestrained!

"Have your men clean off this stuff from the statue. It’s still a divine statue, after all, and even though its divinity has dwindled to the flickering of a candle in the wind, it’s not right to let it remain in such a state — it really detracts from the image of the True Martial Great Emperor."

Fan Wu felt it was necessary to take good care of this True Martial Great Emperor statue.

After all, the True Martial Great Emperor had given him the Demon-slaying Sword, and for that, Fan Wu was quite grateful.

Without that Demon-slaying Sword, let alone coming to the Prefecture of Nanjun, he, Daoist Priest Fan, would have probably been killed by an evil spirit back in Qiulong County.

"Daoist Priest Fan is correct!" Sima Hundred Households decided to act on Fan Wu’s suggestion decisively, not even asking why Fan Wu suggested it.

Thus.

The Imperial Observatory members split into two teams: one inspected the bodies within the Taoist Temple, and the other cautiously cleaned the statue.

Sima Hundred Households, along with a Chief Flag Officer, interrogated the only survivor in Green Pine Temple.

That was the Taoist of Green Pine Temple who practiced evil magic.

"Eh?"

Just then, an officer of the Imperial Observatory, using various tools to carefully clean the True Martial Great Emperor statue while making sure the black viscous fluid on it didn’t touch his skin, seemed to notice something amiss.

He was cleaning the head of the statue.

But when he had cleaned the black viscous fluid from over the statue’s eyes, revealing the eyes of the True Martial Great Emperor...

He voiced his confused alarm, "Is it just my imagination? Did the statue’s eyes just move?"

"Moved?" A colleague frowned, "I didn’t see anything just now."

Another person firmly stated, "We should still be cautious and vigilant. Stop the cleaning for now and see if there’s any issue."

The members of the Imperial Observatory preferred to err on the side of caution.

After so many years of service, they wouldn’t ignore any odd occurrences...

Even if it might just be an illusion.

They would treat it seriously.

They moved a bit away from the statue, finding what they considered a safe distance, and then...

One of the Imperial Observatory members scrutinized the True Martial Great Emperor statue, now cleaned of half the black fluid.

He murmured in uncertainty, "It seems, really, it was just my imagination... Huh?!"

Suddenly!

He was shocked to see the statue of the True Martial Great Emperor seemingly trembling!

No!

It wasn’t correct!

It wasn’t the True Martial Great Emperor statue that trembled, but the layer of black viscous fluid on the surface of the statue that moved! The reason he felt that the statue’s eyes moved was that the black fluid in the statue’s eyes hadn’t been completely cleaned, leaving a slight residue!

"Not good!" One of the Imperial Observatory members cried out, "Chief Officer! Daoist Priest Fan! The statue is behaving strangely!!!"

"I’ve got a situation here too!" Sima Hundred Households replied without turning back, his eyes filled with vigilance, fixed on the disheveled Taoist before him.