CHAPTER 497: CHAPTER 196: I CAN FLY NOW!

"Could it be that they’ve discovered me? Or maybe, in the judgment of the text, the initial crisis is unavoidable?"

Zhang Feng thought briefly and saw someone actually get up, picking up the sword hilt and knocking on the statue repeatedly.

"Big brother, do you think there might be treasure inside the statue?"

The person knocking on the statue, after a few taps, turned back and asked,

"I’ve heard many people like to hide valuables inside statues.

Because smashing a statue is considered disrespectful to heaven and earth.

There is a saying, ordinary people really don’t dare to smash a statue.

If there’s any treasure here, hehe."

"What you say makes some sense." The burly biao chief was moved by the idea and got up to start examining the statue.

At the same time.

The very frightened man said with some trepidation, "Big brother... what if the grand master truly descends... what if there really are ears against the wall..."

"What ears against the wall? What descent of the god?" One of the biao chiefs shook his head, "Don’t scare him, we brothers may not understand magic, nor are we acquainted with any magic practitioners.

But having a private chat is still feasible."

The biao chief said, examining the statue’s features closely,

"Years ago when I went to the Imperial City, I was fortunate to see three grand masters from afar.

Their appearances are different from this statue.

Besides, if the grand masters could actually perform legendary descents, it certainly wouldn’t happen on the statues of other immortals."

"Right, right! What the biao chief is saying makes sense!"

"Indeed! Grand masters have their own temples, how could they descend on other statues?"

Perhaps it was the lure of riches, or a curiosity akin to unboxing a mystery.

The crowd truly didn’t care about the mysterious deities of heaven and earth, and instead wanted to knock it open for a look.

Because many masters have said, there are no ’deities of heavens and earth’ in the universe.

If there are, it would be these grand masters and cultivators who have reached the Golden Core stage.

It’s just that the usual statues would still exist, because many people still believe there are gods and immortals in the heavens and earth.

Especially this man was a firm believer, as he saw others about to take action, he jolted and stood in front of the statue to stop them: "Big brother..."

"So much nonsense!" The biao chief saw that he explained twice, yet this man still wanted to block them, naturally he wasn’t in a good mood.

"Move aside!"

Two other guards directly grabbed the man, dragged him to the previous bonfire, and sat him down to just watch.

Of course, this was because they were being considerate as colleagues, so they were being this polite.

If it were an outsider, they would have been beaten out long ago.

One must know they are guards, frequently interacting with bandits from all over the land and various other people.

With such experiences, they clearly weren’t goody two-shoes.

If they were soft-hearted, their career would have ended long ago.

Unless someone has extraordinary strength, unafraid of any highwaymen, then any personality would do.

They could even change others’ personalities with ease.

"Smash it for me!"

As the man was dragged to the ground.

The others also picked up some stones from the ground, ready to smash it open for a look.

With their constitutions, breaking a stone statue was definitely no problem.

At this moment.

Zhang Feng saw that they were about to act, he really couldn’t stay put any longer.

He now had two choices before him.

One, reveal himself and display his super talents.

Afterward, two possibilities—either he’d be treated with respect, or considered a monster.

From another’s perspective, if they saw a baby running faster than a horse and capable of using magic, they’d instinctively become fearful and run away, report to authorities, or reactively kill the monster.

TV often talks about ’monster reincarnation’, maybe it’s someone like me.

Two, don’t go out, simply pretend to be the statue, act as if he were the grand master.

He even thought of a Daoist name, Qingshan, Ling Mountain, or the Yangshan from his previous world, take your pick.

Of course, he couldn’t pick Yangshan, or he’d likely end up in another ’adventure story’.

Zhang Feng felt there is someone else known as ’Yangshan Zhenren’.

If he jumped into a loop that prevented that person from existing in the future, it would be amusing.

In the Virtual World, Zhang Feng learned some parallel world rules, and he believed it was quite possible.

Because then, he might live as ’Yangshan’.

Considering this, Zhang Feng looked outside.

At this moment, as the few men approached under the biao chief’s orders, just as the stones were about to hit the statue, they strangely found themselves unable to move.

"What’s going on..."

"Big brother, my body isn’t obeying me..."

"The grand master... the grand master..."

Though they maintained the motion of smashing the statue, their facial expressions were utterly shocked.

"You guys... can’t move?" The biao chief instinctively took two steps forward, just about to check on his brothers, then found he couldn’t move either.

Witnessing such a strange scene,

The biao chief felt a chill in his heart, his mind short-circuited, he couldn’t even speak.

The others watching weren’t faring much better.

"Big brother... don’t scare me..."

"Big brother... he... he... the statue..."

They wanted to run, but staring at the statue which appeared even creepier under the firelight, their feet wouldn’t budge, afraid that if they ran, they might die instantly.

And Zhang Feng inside the statue wasn’t doing too well either, because trying to use Spiritual Qi to control their movements wasn’t just a contest of strength.

With his current constitution at only 18, even with the aid of Spiritual Qi, dealing with four people around 50 constitution was exceptionally difficult.

This was entirely relying on the attributes of Spiritual Qi, the ever-changing power, and human mechanics and dynamics to achieve ’Borrowing Force to Strike’.