Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Wei Xi suddenly stopped and looked back.
He noticed that his second disciple also stopped to look back, and asked, “What’s wrong?”
The wind gently swirled the incense ash around his feet. Outside the Wei family’s lushly green courtyard, the towering sect stone tablet and the quaint incense burner stood quietly in place.
Wei Xi looked at it for a while, then finally frowned and shook his head: “Nothing.”
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Liandu Temple was located in a small scenic spot on the outskirts of Beijing. It was relatively remote. Due to its age, it had been classified as a cultural relic protection building. The introductory information hanging on the wall could also be seen from a long distance.
Incense here was also very prosperous. On ordinary days, you could see ordinary believers carrying tributes to burn incense on the road. Wei Xi was envious when he heard the voice on the phone. Now that he had inspected the scale of peer units, he felt that the management method of his own sect needed to be improved. When would Taicang Sect be able to attract so many people to burn incense and make offerings?
Tuan Tuanyi comforted him: “Master, we are just starting out, how can we compare with old family businesses like Liandu Temple? Didn’t you see that the introduction above said that Liandu Temple was established 200 years ago? Don’t you see that they have a house in the scenic area, and it’s such a big house. They are different. They are rich second-generations, and their father has worked hard for them. Their starting point is higher than our company.”
Wei Xi looked at the more reliable second disciple: “Is that so?”
Shuo Zong met his clear black and white eyes and was silent for a while: “…Hmm.”
Tuan Tuanyi: “Yeah, Junior Brother agrees with me too!”
Wei Xi thought to himself, so that’s how it is. According to this statement, the foundation of Kuang Zhiming’s sect was indeed much deeper than that of the boastful Wei Dedao. No wonder he could master the dual cultivation method that Wei Dedao had not even taught him.
When Kuang Zhiming came out to pick people up, he discovered that Wei Xi was looking at him with an envious look, and he couldn’t help sweating. He was speechless when he saw that Taicang Sect could turn catching ghosts into a recruitment site. How could he think of anything about himself that was worthy of the other party’s envy?
But even though his behavior was strange, the strength of Taicang Sect was there after all, so he was still polite: “Friend Wei, thank you for making this trip.”
Wei Xi agreed and followed him inside. Suddenly, he remembered something and reached out to pull out a book from Tuan Tuanyi’s backpack. “Fellow Daoist Kuang, this is the sign-in book that our sect’s HR manager mentioned to you on the phone. Although you are willing to believe us, it is related to the reputation of the sect after all, so we still have to explain it clearly to your believer. If he still has doubts, he can directly call our HR manager here to confront him face to face.”
Kuang Zhiming: “???”
Kuang Zhiming glanced at the eerie notebook in Wei Xi’s hand. Although the words “The First Employee Training Conference of Taicang Sect Co., Ltd.” were printed on the cover in a serious manner, it was obvious at a glance that it was definitely not something for human use.
Thinking of what the HR manager mentioned about climbing to the Taoist temple over the phone, the sweat on his temples started to flow faster. He couldn’t help but turn his head to look at the Tianzun enshrined beside him. The Tianzun’s deity looked ferocious behind the curling smoke, and it looked like he was glaring at him.
“No, no, no.” He quickly refused, and said in a difficult tone: “Please put away the sign-in book, this is a Taoist temple after all, and the ancestors are watching…”
Although the ancestor never appeared normally.
Just as this thought came to my mind, he heard a scream from the side: “Oh my, how come the incense is broken in half!”
Kuang Zhiming: “…”
Wei Xi saw that his face had turned green. After putting away the sign-in book, he couldn’t help but sigh: “Your Tianzun has a really bad temper. He is much more irritable than the Tianzun in our sect.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another cry of surprise: “Oh! The candle is out too!”
“…” Kuang Zhiming didn’t dare to respond. After hurriedly dealing with the restless believers, his back was soaked with sweat. Fortunately, the believers were relatively naive and they just believed as he made up an excuse that the quality of the incense and candles were poor to fool them.
….
The believer who came to request the ritual was still waiting in the quiet room. When he saw Kuang Zhiming with a pale face and a group of strangers coming in, he immediately stood up to greet them: “Master Kuang, who are they…?”
“This is Master Wei of Taicang Sect. These two are Master Wei’s disciples. They are all my fellow Taoists in the local area. They heard about your situation and came here to investigate.” Kuang Zhiming thought about how he had just apologized frantically to the ancestor to finally get the incense to burn safely. He then waved his hands exhaustedly, “They have some connection with what you asked us to do.”
When the believer first saw the appearance of Wei Xi and the others, he was a little bit disbelieving. How come the requirements for appearance were so high when becoming a Taoist priest? Then he heard Kuang Zhiming say that they had a connection with him, and he couldn’t help but ask curiously. Strangely, Kuang Zhiming refused to explain the connection between the two parties. He simply turned his head to look at the newcomers, then a tall and smiling man came out of the other team and shook hands with him. Without saying anything else, he kept repeating, “Please take care of me in the future.”
He came here to ask for help in exorcising evil spirits, so what could he do for these masters? He was completely confused, but he had to put this question aside and describe the trouble he had encountered.
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