Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 49: Better to worship me, Fan Wu, than this broken idol!_1

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Better to worship me, Fan Wu, than this broken idol!_1

[Nie Family Village Villager A —— Destiny: 55 —— Power: 1.5 —— Skills: None]

[Nie Family Village Villager B —— Destiny: 49 —— Power: 1.1 —— Skills: None]

[Old Nie Family Village Chief —— Destiny: ...]

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The villagers before him from Nie Family Village were not cultivators; even the old Village Chief, who seemed to be in his seventies, was just a longer-lived than average commoner.

He had indeed heard the old Village Chief’s warning.

If Fan Wu were an ordinary person, he would have definitely turned around and left upon hearing the old Village Chief’s advice.

This was, after all, a strange and mysterious world.

When it came to dealings with demons and devils, ordinary people would do best to stay as far away as possible.

But Fan Wu was no ordinary person.

"The thought to kill arises with a weapon in hand," this saying, to describe his current mindset, was not quite apt.

Yet it was somewhat appropriate.

Fan Wu no longer held the initial fear for the strange beings.

In his eyes, as long as he stayed away from the Heavenly Edict and The Great Revered One, there wouldn’t be much of an issue.

As for other strange occurrences... 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Let them come if they must!

He even wished to encounter them actively, because encountering such strange incidents meant that he could gain Free Attribute Points! Who wouldn’t love walking Free Attribute Points?

Fan Wu certainly loved them!

Approaching the Nie Family Village villagers while leading the Old Blue Ox.

Fan Wu could see that each villager’s face wore an expression of vigilance mixed with fear.

The aura he exuded obviously imposed a great pressure on them.

It made them very nervous.

"Taoist Priest simply happened to pass by and does not intend to stay long in Nie Family Village," Fan Wu explained to them.

The old Village Chief still insisted, "Taoist Priest might not know how dangerous this area is. It’s only poor mountain dwellers like us, who don’t know where to move to for shelter, that are still hesitating whether or not to leave this place where we’ve lived for generations."

"Households that were somewhat wealthy left months ago, with all their family members. Not to conceal from Taoist Priest, there is a Li Family Village not more than a mile away from Nie Family Village."

"Li Family Village has roughly over a hundred households; they are wealthier and each family has many children. A household has at least seven or eight members."

"The entire Li Family Village had about a thousand people; it was a large village!"

"But..."

The old Village Chief took a deep breath, his murky eyes filled with a touch of sorrow.

After a slight pause in his tone, he continued, "A few months ago, Li Family Village suddenly encountered a tragedy. They ran into a strange incident. That incident was extremely vicious; the entire population of Li Family Village... all died in one night!!"

"People from the Heavenly Edict in Bai He County came to investigate. The old man still remembers the leader was a female official named Shen Ji Yue. But they found no reason for the happening..."

"Those from the Heavenly Edict also said that our Nie Family Village would not encounter what happened in Li Family Village. But such words are just to be heard, nothing more than trying to stabilize us."

"..."

The old Village Chief recounted the strange events that had occurred nearby, one after another.

The nearby Nie Family Village villagers, even in broad daylight, couldn’t help but shiver!

Even though these villagers were aware of the incident, hearing it again still chilled their hearts.

Fan Wu nodded thoughtfully.

His gaze passed over the old Village Chief, looked beyond the crowd of villagers, and settled on the deity statue of "Lord of Fortune and Virtue" on the altar.

He did not see any Attribute Points above the head of this deity statue.

This indicated that the statue had no power of incense offerings.

The old Village Chief’s earlier ritual to beseech the gods...

Was essentially done in vain.

Utterly useless!

Their ritual of invoking the gods today might have been the villagers of Nie Family Village’s last deposit of hope and expectation.

Unfortunately...

All hopes were shattered.

"Village... Village Chief! No... It’s bad! It’s really bad!"

Just as Fan Wu was about to say something else,

a panicked and breathless voice approached from afar.

It drew everyone’s attention their way.

The elder Village Chief, seeing the comer, scolded with a stern face, "Rushing in such a panic, what kind of behavior is this? Calm your breath, then speak!"

The elder Village Chief had a not insignificant prestige in Nie Family Village

This reprimand made the villager who had just run over from Nie Family Village immediately take a few deep breaths, and after smoothing out the breath in his chest he continued anxiously, "The few people who fell ill the other day, they seem to be even worse today! Several of them have passed out!"

"What?!"

The Village Chief was instantly alarmed, slapping the back of the man’s head, he gritted his teeth and said, "With something so important, you little rascal, why didn’t you say it sooner?"

"Ah? But wasn’t it you, Village Chief, who said for me to... "

The Village Chief continued to speak, cutting him off, "What are you standing there for? Why aren’t you quickly taking this old man over to have a look?"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The villagers of Nie Family Village hurriedly ran towards a certain direction.

Because the elder Village Chief was too old to run.

A younger and stronger lad immediately picked him up on his back and sprinted away.

Before long, there were only a few people left at the head of Nie Family Village.

Fan Wu looked at their distant figures.

Thoughtfully.

Then... he turned his head and glanced at the useless deity statue of the god of fortune.

He clicked his tongue.

Fan Wu reached out and grabbed a fruit offering, unceremoniously stuffing it into his mouth.

The practiced motion made it clear, when he was in Qiulong County...

He’d done this plenty of times!

"Praying to such a useless clay statue, attempting to seek its protection... might as well pray to me. At least I can help eat the offerings, preventing them from going to waste."

Fan Wu mumbled to himself.

While munching on the fruit, he led Old Green Ox along behind the villagers of Nie Family Village.

...

It took Fan Wu about half an incense stick’s time to arrive at a place inside Nie Family Village.

He saw the group of villagers at the entrance to the village.

The villagers of Nie Family Village saw him as well.

"Are you the Taoist Priest from before?" asked a frail-looking villager, glancing up at Fan Wu and swallowing nervously before mustering the courage to say, "How did you get in?"

"Came to have a look," Fan Wu replied.

No sooner had he spoken than the door of the thatched dwelling in front opened.

The elder Village Chief, along with some villagers, stepped out with bitter expressions.

The other villagers immediately crowded around them, chattering incessantly.

"Village Chief, are they okay? It’s nothing serious, right?"

"Grandfather Village Chief, is my father still well? They say my father’s been bewitched, but what kind of illness is bewitchment? Grandfather Village Chief, you used to study medicine, so... so can you cure my father?"

"Is there still hope for the people inside?!"

"..."

The Village Chief waved his hand to signal them to quiet down, and the crowd fell silent, no longer clamoring.

"I... when I was young, indeed I studied medicine, but under these conditions..." he said with a sense of utter helplessness, "under these conditions, even I am powerless."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, striking the hearts of everyone present.

Until.

An abrupt voice rang out, "May this humble priest take a look inside?"

The Village Chief was stunned; he looked up to see the exceptionally tall Fan Wu.

"Taoist Priest, how did you get in?" The Village Chief was startled, still not having recovered.

But Fan Wu had already extended his hand to part the crowd and then stepped past the Village Chief.

He stepped into the thatched cottage. It was only then that he replied, "This humble priest has detected a strange scent."

He had smelled the scent of Free Attribute Points!

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