Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The foreman who trafficked undocumented workers was escorted into a police car by the police working together, while the monsters remained perfectly fine.
The scene was so bizarrely surreal that the local Taoist priests in Xin’an were at a loss. A few Taoist priests from the capital, seeing how pitiful they were, offered some explanations. In essence, they explained that they had originally intended to catch the informants of the Xiusheng Sect but unexpectedly uncovered this criminal case.
The Xin’an Taoist priests: “Oh, oh, oh!”
So that’s how it is. Then these monsters really are victimized monsters.
After saying “oh,” his mind came to its senses, and he remained silent: “…”
Even after learning the truth, the story’s development still felt strange to them, whether it was the monsters who were tricked into working on the construction site by shady agents or the fellow cultivators who rescued them from the illegal construction site…
The Taoist priests from the capital, their faces etched with weariness, patted them on the shoulder and said, “Friends, we’re all the same. Apart from the Taicang Sect, no one would think this is normal.”
As both sides remained silent, the innocent little wild dog suddenly turned serious, abruptly turning its head to look at a van driving by the roadside. Before anyone could react, it let out a low growl and then sprinted towards the van.
As mentioned earlier, the speed of a runaway dog was absolutely astonishing, leaving humans speechless. The Taoist priests and the police were both stunned. The Taoist priests could vaguely hear the police exclaiming, “…Holy crap, there are masters among the common people! This speed is enough to compete in the Olympics!”
Taoist priests: “…”
Tuan Tuanyi showed a look of sudden realization: “That’s right, Master! Do you think it’s cheating for us to send Gou Dan’er to the Olympics?”
Upon hearing this, Wei Xi actually began to think about it seriously.
“What the hell are you guys thinking?!” The Taoist priests were speechless, but at the same time they were very nervous. The monsters’ temperaments were unpredictable. That wild dog suddenly ran out, and it looked like it was going to hurt someone!
Immediately afterward, Gou Dan actually caught up with the van. Seeing that things were not going well, the Taoist priests hurriedly took out their talismans and rushed to the scene. The police, who were also confused, also ran over to see what was going on. The Taoist priests anxiously surrounded the wild dog spirit that was fighting with the humans who got out of the van and were about to shout that the demon should not be so presumptuous!
But suddenly, shouts of alarm came from behind: “Arrest them!!”
Then, they swarmed forward, pulled out handcuffs, and cuffed the group of humans fighting the wild dog spirit.
The Taoist priests: “???”
A policeman stepped past them, helped the stray dog up, and excitedly praised him, “Thank you! This group might be the dog-stealing gang that has recently been operating in our Xin’an!”
The Taoist priests peered through the car window and discovered that the van was indeed filled with all sorts of dog-stealing tools, and two oblivious golden retrievers were lying in the trunk: “…”
The police officer pressed down on the group of dog thieves who were now wailing and howling like the foreman: “We’ve received dozens of reports from local residents, involving huge sums of money. Our city bureau has been keeping a close watch on them, but unfortunately, they’re quick and covert in their crimes, and we haven’t been able to catch them. Young man, how did you find out?”
Gou Dan went over to check on the two golden retrievers and, finding that they seemed to have just been anesthetized and passed out, smiled with relief: “I can smell them.”
It had encountered similar gangs when it was a stray and could tell what was in the car just by smelling it from afar.
The police officers exclaimed in amazement, “Really? That car was more than ten meters away from us, and you could still smell it? Your nose is amazing!”
Gou Dan: “Hehe.”
Taoist priests: “…”
How could a dog’s nose not be good?
The police officer joked, “Young man, with your talent, you’re probably even better than the smuggling dogs in our team.”
After saying that, he realized it wasn’t quite right. Who compares a person to a dog? That’s incredibly rude. Realizing his mistake, he wanted to apologize to the kind citizen.
But to everyone’s surprise, the kind-hearted citizen didn’t seem angry at all upon hearing this. Instead, he waved his hands in alarm, saying, “How could that be! How could that be! Those smuggling dogs are all of different breeds. How can I compare to them? You’re giving me too much credit!”
Police officers: “…???”
….
The police officers from the municipal bureau who specialized in religious matters and had previously registered the Taoist Association to combat cult activities were quite surprised to see them return so soon: “Master Nian, what brings you here?”
Is this progress in the crackdown on the Shrine of Life?
The Taoist priests all had a look on their faces: = =
A colleague who happened to be passing by quickly explained to him: “No, these Taoist priests acted bravely and helped us catch a construction site boss who was illegally employing undocumented workers, and they also caught a group of criminals who were stealing dogs in Xin’an. So we specially invited them back to give statements.”
The original police officer: “???”
When did the Xin’an Taoist Association start taking the route of recognizing acts of bravery and righteousness?
The Taoist priests of Xin’an were also at a loss and could only silently look at the Taoist friends from the capital. The members of the Beijing Taoist Association were even more speechless and could only silently look at the Taicang Sect.
However, the culprit, Taicang Sect, seemed completely uninvolved. Tuan Tuanyi even called out to everyone, “Masters, Taoist priests, let’s take a group photo! The Taoist associations of the two places are joining forces to crack down on illegal dog thieves. Posting it on Weibo would be such positive publicity! Maybe we can gain a lot of fans!”
Xin’an Dao Xie looked at him in a daze as he opened the beauty camera: “…Weibo promotion…attracting followers…So this is how Daoist friends in Beijing run their businesses, truly unique.”
Members of the Beijing Taoist Association: “………………”
We are not, we did not, we are also proper monks, we have been wronged.
Most of the rescued stolen dogs had collars and tags on them. The police station then called out the phone numbers on the tags to each owner to come and claim their pets. Soon, a large number of pet owners arrived, each one holding their beloved pets and shedding tears of joy.
The stray dog spirit stood to the side, watching its kind being embraced and petted by their owners without any disgust, its eyes glistening with envy: “I miss my owner so much too. I secretly went to see them later, and they got a corgi. They treat that corgi so well.”
Although it had been abandoned, it still missed its warm home, but unfortunately, there was no longer a corner for it in that home.
The stray dog spirit sadly wiped its eyes and said sullenly, “If only I had a breed, then maybe I wouldn’t have been thrown away.”
“How is this your fault! What’s wrong with a country dog?” Tuan Tuanyi grabbed it and said, “Gou Dan! Trust me, as long as you enter the Taicang Sect, even a country dog will have its day!”
….
The Xin’an Demons, led by Gou Dan, had a new boss. Under the new boss’s orders, they naturally won’t inform the Xiusheng Sect. Not only that, they also provide the Daoist Association with an unexpected piece of information—
The leader of the Xiusheng Cult has been staying in a secluded house on the mountain for the past few days, and he often invited his followers to visit the Taoist temple that was open to the public. Many birds and beasts in the mountain had encountered him.
Now the suspect’s activity area was easily locked down. The Taoist priests in the Taoist Association had originally planned to go to great lengths to work with the police to search the cult leader’s properties one by one.
All of this stemmed from the discovery of a rat spirit spying at a hot spring hotel. Tuan Tuanyi couldn’t help but exclaim to the Taoist priests traveling with him, “Master Quan may be old, but he’s still vigorous. This act of selling his body was worth it!”
Master Quan: “…”
Seeing his expression, a Taoist priest awkwardly changed the subject: “How come so many monsters have appeared in such a small place as Xin’an? Wild animals are one thing, but how come even oxen, crabs, and stray dog spirits have appeared?”
Tuan Tuanyi was quite unhappy to hear this: “What’s wrong with stray dogs? We’re all modern people now. Daoist, don’t you like eating hairy crabs? Why are you being so discriminatory?”
Taoist priests: “…”
The crowd had no choice but to explain to him that all sorts of demons and monsters had been recorded in novels throughout history, giving people the illusion that it was very common for animals to become spirits. However, as people in the industry, they knew that becoming a spirit was not such an easy thing.
Putting aside other things, the ancestral writings left by Taoist temples with their own lineages had not mentioned anything related to demons for at least a hundred years.
However, some people said: “But there have been a lot more reports of demons causing trouble in recent years. A ritual I performed a few months ago was related to this.”
After discussing it for a while, the group couldn’t come to a conclusion. When they asked the little monsters, they were even more clueless, only saying that they had also gained sentience in a muddled way.
And so, without really knowing what was going on, they were tricked into working illegally.
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