Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The wild boar spirit sincerely felt that this was the mother of his future children. And was now pondering: Should his future piglets be given Chinese names or foreign names?
However, the boss Wei Xi was completely unaware of the heartfelt cry of his employee who had been single for many years.
The ghosts dispersed after entering the zoo, and the eldest disciple was also sent away to move around freely. While he followed the second disciple and strolled along the paths of the zoo. After visiting several exhibition halls, he lost all interest when he realized that the tempting animals inside were not edible.
The second disciple walked quietly beside him, not seeming to be interested in animals. He was dressed in black, his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly, his expression expressionless. But when Wei Xi looked at him, he could quickly notice: “What’s wrong?”
Wei Xi stared at him for a while. In his peripheral vision, he saw mostly pairs of tourists, who looked a bit like him and his apprentice, except that most of them were holding hands and walking very intimately.
It was a cloudy day and a bit cold. Wei Xi thus adjusted his coat and put his hand into his apprentice’s pocket.
Shuo Zong paused, his eyes filled with confusion, and then he felt his skin being touched by cold fingers. The fingers were very flexible, and after touching his hand, they began to drill and drill, as if they would not stop until they had drilled into the gaps between the fingers.
He was stunned for a moment but did not resist. He just smiled and opened his palms, then took the initiative to grab the other person, held his hand in his palms and squeezed them gently, then intertwined their fingers.
With his hands clenched in his pockets, Wei Xi felt that the two of them were just like the other close-knit tourists around them, and he felt inexplicably good.
His apprentice’s expression also relaxed considerably, his eyes fixed on his face. After a moment, he extended his other hand and touched his face with it, saying in a low voice, “Your hands and face are both very cold. Are you cold?”
Wei Xi shook his head, and before retracting his hand, he combed the hair that fell from his forehead: “Let’s go find a warm place to rest.”
In such weather, the only warm place was undoubtedly the indoor exhibition hall, and the nearest one was the panda hall. After the two entered, they happened to meet the demon employees who were gathered in front of the exhibition hall and commenting on the pandas.
The squirrel spirit, though timid, was quite sour, speaking incessantly: “Look at it, it’s still eating! It’s already eaten so much bamboo, and it’s even facing the outside with the back of its head. It simply doesn’t care about the tourists’ feelings at all! Is it worthy of the tickets we bought for it?”
The pheasant spirit was equally indignant. “It’s just relying on the state’s support to slack off at work and fool the people. What’s wrong with this society?”
The weasel demon, on the other hand, saw through the mundane world: “Those who are favored are fearless. Can the lives of those with connections be the same as those of us ordinary people?”
The demons were jealous and hateful, with expressions on their faces that said, “If it were me in there now, I would never be so unprofessional.” Their eyes seemed as if they wanted to rush in immediately, pull the giant panda out, and then take its place to perform the talent show.
The looks given to them by the tourists visiting the panda house were indescribable. It felt like if they weren’t so good-looking, they would have been beaten by panda fans by now.
The back of the eating panda in the exhibition hall also looked depressed, and the chewing movements were getting slower and slower…
….
Wei Xi, holding his apprentice’s pocket, saw this scene and wanted to turn around and leave, but he was spotted by his own employees. Then the squirrel spirit, who had been arguing just now, immediately shut up and came forward with the other brothers in a dejected manner: “Chairman, Minister Lu.”
It took Shuo Zong two seconds to realize that the latter address was directed at himself. He was now the Minister of Finance of Taicang Sect.
He was silent for a while before accepting the title resignedly: “…Yeah.”
The squirrel spirit was terrified of Wei Xi and didn’t dare to fart at all. His humble and submissive appearance made the depressed panda in the exhibition area not help but look back with bamboo in its mouth. The tourists around him also looked at him sideways. At this time, a middle-aged man pushed through the crowd and hurried in. Seeing the crowd moving in such a unified pace, he also took a look.
The moment he saw him, he immediately exclaimed, and quickly stepped forward to ask Wei Xi, “Is this Master Wei from the Taicang Sect?”
Wei Xi had never seen him before: “Do you know me?”
The man looked distressed, his eyes and eyebrows melancholy, as if he was hiding something worrying, but then he forced a polite smile. “I’ve worked with Mr. Qiu Guokai before, and he’s mentioned you. I was also fortunate enough to see a video of you performing a ritual for their crew. I’ve long heard of you. I’m Zhi Lixuan, the director of this zoo.”
Wei Xi shook hands with him and saw that he was hesitant. So he lowered his voice and asked, “Master Wei, you came to our zoo…did you hear something?”
Wei Xi: “What?”
Zhi Lixuan was stunned: “Isn’t it? Then what is Master Wei here for?”
Wei Xi answered as a matter of course: “Employee team building.”
Zhi Lixuan: “…”
Zhi Lixuan sweatdropped, thinking, if I remember correctly, isn’t Taicang Sect a Taoist temple? Why do Taoists also need team building? And the location wasn’t a famous mountain or a large river, but a zoo with so many tourists. How strange…
But he didn’t know much about the Taoist profession. Then he thought, maybe Taoist temples often organize team-building activities? The life of a Taoist in the new era must be different from the old concept.
So he came to his senses and immediately changed the subject: “Master Wei, you came at the perfect time. I spoke with Mr. Qiu on the phone a few days ago, and I was going to ask him to take me to see you in a few days.”
When Wei Xi heard that this was a business matter, he asked, “What happened to you?”
Zhi Lixuan looked around and sighed, “I really didn’t believe this originally, but our zoo has been very restless lately, with several incidents of animals injuring people, which has had a very negative impact. We’ve looked for many reasons, from the feed to the keepers, but we haven’t been able to solve the problem. Last time I mentioned it to Mr. Qiu, he speculated that there might be something wrong with the zoo’s feng shui and recommended that I invite you to take a look.”
Wei Xi nodded. This wasn’t that difficult, but he was a little interested in the details of the wounding that Zhi Lixuan mentioned: “How did they injure people?”
Zhi Lixuan took a deep breath and was about to speak when someone behind him suddenly called his name. He turned around and responded, “Guang Hao!”
The man who came was a dark-skinned, square-faced man. He hurried over, panting and accusing as he ran, “Why didn’t you answer the phone?!”
“I forgot it in the office.” Zhi Lixuan explained, and then introduced, “Master Wei, this is my partner Guang Hao. Guang Hao, this is Master Wei from Taicang Sect. I plan to ask Master to help us find the cause of the recent incident in the garden.”
The square-faced man was still catching his breath, but he froze when he heard his words. He glanced at Wei Xi and quickly turned back to him: “Why didn’t you discuss this with me?”
“Today, I just happened to see the master bringing the Taoist priests from the temple for team building.” Zhi Lixuan seemed to have an ordinary relationship with him and said in a light tone, “Don’t worry, Master Wei is very capable.”
The square-faced man frowned and glanced at Wei Xi: “But I’ve already…”
Zhi Lixuan was stunned.
At this time, there was a burst of noise outside. The square-faced man immediately stood up straight. Wei Xi also turned his head to look and saw several security guards rushing in quickly. They asked the tourists who were wandering in the venue to leave and stood in two rows of flesh walls at the door in an orderly manner, leaving a two-person wide empty path in the middle.
A slightly plump figure slowly emerged from the end of the empty passage. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a well-fitting Tang suit. His features were righteous, and he walked slowly, his hands behind his back, his steps neither hurried nor slow. He had the air of a hermit. Following closely behind him were several young men, seemingly his disciples.
The square-faced man had already quickly run back to greet him. He was quite polite to the man and respectfully invited him over. He said to Zhi Lixuan, “Old Zhi, come and meet Master Xia. This is the expert I specially invited!”
Zhi Lixuan said dissatisfiedly: “What did you say?”
The square-faced man said firmly, “I already made an appointment with Master Xia for a ritual a few days ago. I don’t want to bother two masters with the same thing. You should let Master Wei go back first.”
Wei Xi heard the argument between the two and figured out the current situation. Were their competitors trying to steal their business?
This colleague was so grand that he had to clear the area and make way. Even the Taoist priests from the Taoist temples who had gone with him to Maohua Mountain to perform a ritual were not so particular. Wei Xi immediately became alert.
Master Xia also glanced at him calmly, his expression calm and composed. Only when Zhi Lixuan and the square-faced man started arguing did he frown and cough and say, “There’s a demonic aura here.”
“What?” The square-faced man turned around immediately without any doubt.
Wei Xi glanced at the employees behind him inadvertently and became even more alert. The squirrel spirit and several other demons were also frightened by his sudden words, and stood behind Wei Xi in silence, not daring to move.
He turned out to be a colleague who was not easy to mess with. He actually revealed the identity of his own employee in one breath!
Wei Xi’s eyes narrowed slightly, a murderous look emanating from them, and his fingers, hanging by his side, began to rub slowly. Although Wei Dedao had repeatedly warned him, this matter concerned the fate of the sect, and he had to make an emergency decision…
The colleague’s gaze casually swept over his group and finally fell on the giant panda in the venue who was hugging and chewing bamboo.
Wei Xi: “???”
Taicang Sect employees: “???”
Giant Panda: “???”
Wei Xi was on guard but a little confused. He turned to his second disciple and asked, “Que’er, is that panda also a spirit?”
“…” The second disciple glanced at the enigmatic Master Xia and turned his eyes away calmly, “Not like that.”
Wei Xi never doubted his apprentices’ words and never questioned them after receiving their answers. However, Master Xia, upon hearing their conversation, frowned unhappily and snorted, “You ignorant child! You’re talking nonsense! How could you possibly know what a demon looks like?”
Wei Xi: “?”
The Taicang Sect employee behind Wei Xi: “…”
Shuo Zong ignored it.
The squirrel spirit and other spirits looked at this man with indescribable expressions. They followed him all the way to watch the fun. The other Taicang Sect employees who had been frightened away by Master Xia’s pomp and show and had just moved far away also moved over tentatively. The drowned ghost was the first to sway in front of the master, with all kinds of terrifying expressions on his pale face.
The disciple behind Master Xia said proudly: “There are countless monsters and demons in the world, but none of them can escape my master’s all-seeing eyes.”
Master Xia was as quiet as a chrysanthemum, smiling without saying a word.
“Chairman!” The Drowned Ghost turned around and said, standing in front of him, “This guy seems to be a charlatan.”
“What?! Charlatan?!”
The old men and women in the mediation team immediately rushed forward in indignation at the word “charlatan,” and began to curse him. The younger ghost substitutes were more sophisticated. After beating and scolding him in a daze, they simply began to climb all over him, hugging his arms, stepping on his shoulders, squatting on his head, and finally found some fun and played a human pyramid on his head.
Four ghosts were stacked shakily on top of his head, making it very high. The two squatting on his shoulders were still working hard to help Xiao Pang climb to the top. Countless colleagues with childlike innocence were waiting below. The scene was like an Indian motorcycle team about to be inspected, very spectacular.
Master Xia’s posture was as smooth as a pine tree, and his tone was calm: “It’s just evil spirits, don’t be afraid, as long as you are righteous enough, you can be immune to evil spirits.”
After he finished speaking, he probably felt a little heavy, so he stretched his cervical spine and limbs without leaving any trace, and at the same time, a trace of imperceptible doubt appeared in his eyes.
Why is it getting colder in this exhibition hall? Even his down Tang suit can’t withstand the sudden drop in temperature.
Wei Xi: “…”
Shuo Zong: “…”
Demons: “…”
The number of Arhats stacked above him had increased to five, and there were more than a hundred waiting at the bottom of the peak. Xiao Pang temporarily stood at the top and leaned over to shout at Wei Xi: “Boss! This charlatan is stealing our business! Get him! Get him!”
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