Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 928 - 247: The Ghost’s Return! A Sword Opens the Heavens, Shaking Lingchen County!_5

The speaker... was a cultivator dressed in black clothes, appearing quite young, certainly no more than thirty years old. His attire looked rather luxurious, evidently from a prominent noble family. Only to hear... his voice continued to rise, "This is completely unreasonable, if the other party is an immortal, why is there no divine nature?"

"Whether or not there’s divine nature, who are you, a fledgling youngster, to have the qualifications to discern?" a middle-aged cultivator clad in a bear fur cloak said expressionlessly, "Perhaps that’s an extremely powerful immortal, already so formidable that divinity is elusive."

Just as this middle-aged cultivator had finished such a remark, suddenly, a companion by his side tugged at his hand. Then, hurrying over to his ear, he whispered, "Haven’t you noticed the jade pendant tied around that fellow’s waist? With his status, what he says might actually make some sense."

The middle-aged cultivator in the bear fur cloak was momentarily stunned, then he focused his gaze on the young black-clad cultivator’s waist and indeed saw a jade plaque at that spot, able to faintly make out a character etched on the plaque.

Upon recognizing what character it was, the middle-aged cultivator’s pupils abruptly contracted as he couldn’t help but cry out in shock, "Immortal... Immortal Family, Imperial City Bai Family!"

Such an exclamation caused other cultivators inside the inn to be greatly startled!

For whether it was the four characters of "Immortal Family" or "Imperial City Bai Family," either was enough to draw attention.

Imperial City Bai Family was among the top echelons of families within the Shangwu Dynasty.

Such a leading family’s heritage had nearly spanned ten thousand years!

One must realize... The Shangwu Dynasty itself had only been established for a little over nine thousand years. And yet... this Imperial City Bai Family’s lineage was almost as old as the Dynasty itself! One could imagine what kind of status such a family held. This Imperial City Bai Family was much more formidable than the Tuoba Clan of Tuoba Jundu, even though both families hailed from the Imperial City.

But there’s a huge difference between the nobility of Imperial City families. Sometimes, the gap between a top-tier family and an elite family could be as vast as heaven and earth. And the term "Immortal Family" is even more incredible! These four characters are not casually claimed. A family could not call itself that even if they had a single ancestor ascend to immortality.

Take the Fu Clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, for instance. A venerable ancestor from the Fu Clan was a small ninth-rank official in the Netherworld, barely qualifying as an immortal being. Yet, such a Great Zhou Fu Clan still did not merit the title "Immortal Family," because a mere immortal ancestor wasn’t enough!

To be called an Immortal Family, at the very least, there must be no fewer than three immortal ancestors! And this Imperial City Bai Family of the Shangwu Dynasty, it’s said that they have no fewer than five ancestors who have been conferred the title of immortal by both the Heavenly Court and the Imperial Court! That’s five immortal ancestors, five immortal backers!

Even if... all five of these immortal backers were merely Earth Deities, it would still be terrifying! For the offspring of such an elite family to turn up in a minor place like Lingchen County was indeed baffling!

"Mother of gods... It really does appear to be the Bai Family’s identity jade plaque from the Imperial City. How could such a young cultivator of noble descent appear here? He must be the least panicked among us, right?"

"I guess he truly is the least panicked. After all, in the face of danger... he could simply claim his family name, and even the Evil God would probably show some respect, right?"

"It’s said that the Bai Family has five immortal ancestors. And the current family head of the Bai Family is also a person known for good deeds and charity."

"Good gracious, you don’t mean to suggest... that this Bai Family head will also become an immortal in the future?"

"That’s hard to say, after all they have connections in high places!"

"Hiss! Thinking about it that way, the things he was saying earlier do carry quite a bit of credibility. But are you sure what he said is true? That the one contending with the Evil God isn’t an immortal after all? If not an immortal, then who could possibly contend with the Evil God? It can’t be... that the opposition is also another Evil God, right?"

"One Evil God emerging in Lingchen County is already unbelievable, how could there be another one? I reckon, could it not be a demon? The demons and the Evil God are fighting, and then, the demon slayed the Evil God? Doesn’t that seem more plausible?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Plausible my foot! Where would a demon come from? We’re not at sea, nor on Penglai Demon Island! If not an immortal, then in my opinion, our adversary... must be a very powerful cultivator!"

"Do you think there’s a chance it was the National Master himself who came here to slay this Evil God? I’ve heard the National Master in the Imperial City possesses the power of an immortal!"

"Ah? But isn’t the Imperial City... too far from here, even if the National Master had wings he couldn’t fly over!"

"How do you know he can’t fly over?"

"..."

Watching these cultivators plunge into a heated debate once again, Bai Sheng’s mouth twitched slightly. He felt these people were simply unreasonable. Anything could spark a senseless argument among them, nobody convincing anyone else. Then they’d put forward a bit of speculation, treat that guess as the truth, and expect others to believe in this conjecture as if it were fact.