My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 171 - 169: My Second Brother is a God

Chapter 171: Chapter 169: My Second Brother is a God

Countless fish and shrimp were instantly cooked on the spot, and Owen Bertram and Little Loach couldn’t escape either. Little Loach’s huge body was instantly electrocuted, stiffened straight in the water, and shook continuously.

Owen Bertram’s soul was directly subjected to massive damage, and it was immediately ejected from his brother’s body and returned to his own.

Owen Bertram held his head in agony, and in the spiritual cavity of his eyebrows, the Ancient Lamp Artifact floated up, releasing a trace of power to repair his soul.

The entire process lasted for nearly half a Shichen (1 hour). Owen Bertram breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness I have the Ancient Lamp Artifact; otherwise, soul damage would be the hardest to heal. I might never be able to ascend to a higher level in this life."

After recovering, Owen Bertram did not dare to linger for a moment and hurriedly possessed his brother again to check on his condition.

Little Loach lay at the bottom of the river, looking quite miserable with a few charred marks on its body, evidently caused by the baby in the water.

But the baby was nowhere to be seen. Owen Bertram checked his brother’s memories and found that after he left, the enraged Little Loach engaged in a fierce battle with the baby. Essentially, it relied on its own thick blood to resist damage. For most of the battle, his brother slammed fiercely at the enemy, only to be struck by lightning and left stiff all over. After a painstaking recovery, he charged again, only to be struck once more.

However, the baby was also trapped by the array and couldn’t escape. Eventually, Little Loach’s perseverance exhausted the baby’s thunder power and finally devoured it.

Now, Little Loach had finally achieved a satisfying result after a hard hunt. Although it was covered in scars, the benefits it gained after digestion would undoubtedly far exceed the losses of this battle.

Owen Bertram gave a bitter smile, manipulating the whiskers to retrieve the half slab of stone buried in the silt.

Since his brother’s condition was not good, the elder brother was somewhat worried, so he did not hastily withdraw his own soul and continued to look after his brother.

In the evening, he suddenly heard a distant voice floating in, "Please bless me, River God, so that I may successfully slay the ghosts tonight, save Slyvia, break Prince Henry’s ghost lair, and let the people of Pelier Town no longer suffer from the evil ghosts... "

The voice was very faint, and clearly felt as if it was "floating from afar," but it also seemed like someone was whispering softly in his ear.

Owen Bertram was startled, quickly looking around, but the water in the river was deadly still and there were no enemies approaching.

Then, that voice continued, saying that if the battle was successful tonight, he would fulfill his vow and call on the gentry to donate funds to build a golden statue for the River God.

This time, Owen Bertram noticed with astonishment that the source of the voice was the golden scale under his brother’s neck!

Moreover, the voice was directly transmitted to the soul, so if he wasn’t currently possessing his brother, he wouldn’t hear it even if he were close by.

Owen Bertram scratched his head, "Let me figure this out. What’s the situation? Someone’s praying and making a vow to the River God, why is it falling into my brother’s scale?"

If my brother is the so-called River God... it shouldn’t be coming from the scale, right?

He thought about it and decided to sink his consciousness into the golden scale. In an instant, he felt as if he was standing at an infinite height in a void. However, when he looked down, the vast land, mountains, and rivers below were all a blurry gray and indistinct.

Only three brightly lit places could be seen clearly.

The first was Yukou Town, the second was to the west of Asa County, and the third was in Pelier Town.

These three locations all had newly built River God Temples.

Additionally, some of the boats floating on the river could be seen clearly. All of these boats had statues of the River God on their bow.

Owen Bertram focused his attention on the temple in Pelier Town. In the slightly shabby little temple, he saw a young man dressed in a constable’s uniform who had just finished his prayer and was inserting three sticks of incense into the censer before the River God statue.

Judging from the remaining bamboo slips in the censer, the River God Temple in Pelier Town was not very prosperous.

The young man had already turned away, but since he made a wish to the River God, a bright light enveloped him, allowing Owen Bertram to see his actions in the town.

"Could my brother really be the River God?" Owen Bertram felt incredulous, but he took another look at the statue of the River God - what a brave and extraordinary fellow, completely different from the plump appearance of his brother.

Owen Bertram controlled his brother’s body, swimming back with difficulty to the vicinity of the outpost. His soul returned to his own body, put his brother away in the gourd, and immediately rushed back to the outpost.

As soon as Little Loach entered the gourd, Ivan became furious: Who dared to hurt my lord like this? Is there no law? Lord, please tell me who it was, and I will avenge you!

Little Loach lowered his head and fell asleep, ignoring Ivan, and leaving him with flattery directed at the cold air.

Upon entering the outpost, Owen Bertram immediately had Ethereal Devin retrieve a map to study.

Pelier Town was located at the junction of Asa County and Levi County, right on the edge of Prince Henry’s territory. However, compared to Yukou Town, Pelier Town was more remote and had a smaller population.

Initially, the town was inhabited only by descendants of the Xiao clan, but a thousand years ago, a large-scale rebellion broke out in the south of the Wood Dynasty, and thousands of refugees flooded into Pelier Town to escape the chaos and settled down there.

"The constable mentioned Prince Henry’s Ghost Lair - could it be that the place where Prince Henry raises malicious ghosts is located in Pelier Town?"

"I just happen to need someone who can investigate cases. I wonder if this constable is up for the task."

Owen Bertram considered his options and decided to send the Mechanical Dao Soldiers anyway, but he didn’t know if they would make it in time for the constable’s planned action that night.

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers took the Flying Shield and the Five-toothed Flying Sword and set off immediately.

With these two treasures accompanying them, Owen Bertram was left with only the Immortal Binding Rope, leaving him feeling somewhat vulnerable. Fortunately, he still had his brother’s Sword Pill and Fire Pill.

As night fell, a sudden cry came from inside the outpost, "What a huge Night Owl!"

Above the outpost, there was a loud gust of wind as something flew by. A military officer took a chance and shot an arrow but missed entirely.

Ethereal Devin’s voice rang out, "Stay alert and don’t waste arrows!"

Surrounded by dense forests and mountains, it wouldn’t be surprising if Night Owls turned into Demon Beasts. With a powerful cultivator stationed at the outpost, Ethereal Devin wasn’t worried in the slightest.

But when Owen Bertram opened the window, he saw an enormous bird perched on a nearby tree.

It was more than half a person’s height, and the tree it stood on was sagging under its weight.

Within a short time, the Magpie had grown so much by relying on The Scripture of All Things Responding to Spirits!

The Magpie was Owen Bertram’s puppet, completely under his control and possessing a natural "safety sense" towards Owen Bertram’s whereabouts.

No matter what it did during the day, it would always return to sleep at night.

Owen Bertram scratched his head in confusion; if this fellow continued to evolve like this, he wouldn’t be able to let it show up in the outpost anymore.

After some thought, he gave the Magpie a command: you go too.

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers rode the Flying Shield at high speed towards Pelier Town, while the Magpie spread its wings and flew; its speed wasn’t much slower.