Chapter 194 - 190: A Suddenly Triggered Mission

Chapter 194: Chapter 190: A Suddenly Triggered Mission

You Changming gritted his teeth and finally decided to worship the deity. ’Maybe nothing will happen after I pray,’ he thought.

He took three incense sticks from the side and kowtowed in earnest, appearing even more devout than Boss Zhu.

He hoped his piety would move the Earth God and persuade it not to bring disaster upon him.

After You Changming inserted the incense into the Incense Burner, Lin Feng glanced at the list and saw his name appear on the negative list with a score of -47.

’This man has definitely broken the law. He must be a con artist. It’s just that one is willing to cheat and the other is willing to be cheated. As long as victims like Boss Zhu don’t report it to the police, the law can’t do anything about it.’ He could only marvel at the man’s audacity. Even knowing the situation with the Earth God, he still dared to pray.

Lin Feng turned to Zhu Youcai and said, "Boss Zhu, you should be more careful in the future. Don’t get scammed.

I have other matters to attend to. You two are welcome to look around Lin Xian Village. Goodbye."

Watching Lin Feng turn and leave, Zhu Youcai was a bit confused. ’Everything was fine just a moment ago. Why the sudden change?’

’Wait, Boss Lin just told me not to get scammed. What did he mean by that?’

He turned his head to ask Master You, but suddenly, it dawned on him. His eyes locked onto Master You.

Then, he asked in a low voice, "Master You, can you smell the fragrance in here?"

"Of course! It smells wonderful, a very unique fragrance," You Changming said, even taking a deep sniff for emphasis.

Seeing his reaction, Zhu Youcai understood immediately. Master You definitely couldn’t smell the fragrance; otherwise, he wouldn’t have made such a gesture.

He had experienced the fragrance himself. It was very special, and its intensity didn’t increase just by sniffing harder.

Moreover, it had a calming effect on the mind. Just like him, ever since he had entered, his thoughts were no longer so cluttered.

Even the matter he sought Master You’s help with no longer felt so urgent after inhaling this fragrance.

Recalling what it meant if someone couldn’t smell the fragrance, Boss Zhu’s expression became unnatural. He subconsciously took a step back, distancing himself from You Changming.

He glanced at the Daoist priests sitting inside the Land God Temple and suddenly realized that introducing Master You to Boss Lin was like showing off one’s meager skills before an expert.

When it came to Feng Shui theories, how could these charlatans from the martial world possibly be more skilled than actual Daoist priests?

With so many priests in the Land God Temple, wouldn’t they have already checked for Feng Shui problems in Lin Xian Village?

As for tampering with Lin Xian Village’s Feng Shui, that was simply courting death.

"Master You, let’s head back for now."

"Alright, let’s go back. I need to think carefully if there’s a good solution."

You Changming was also afraid something might happen and was already planning to lie low and avoid Boss Zhu for a while after they parted ways.

What he didn’t know was that Boss Zhu had already grown suspicious of him.

The two of them left Lin Xian Village. When they were still a few dozen meters from the parking lot, You Changming’s foot slipped, and he fell flat on the ground, one of his legs hitting a rock.

"AHH!"

Zhu Youcai was so frightened he instantly jumped back several steps. ’It really works! Something happened right after he prayed!’ he thought.

"My leg! Boss Zhu, call 120 quickly! My leg is broken!"

The tourists on the road saw what happened and instantly gathered around.

"Mister, I saw you guys coming out of the Land God Temple from up on the mountain. Did this fellow pray to the Earth God?"

"Holy crap! Another skeptical bad guy came to pray to the Earth God. Someone call the police, quick.

Given his situation, he must have broken the law. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be this serious."

"Right, right! If it were just a moral issue, he’d only run into some bad luck, not something as serious as breaking a limb."

"Mister, you should be more careful about the friends you make in the future. It’s best to bring them to Lin Xian Village for a prayer session."

Zhu Youcai took a deep breath and still helped by calling 120. He was the one who had invited the man, so he couldn’t just ignore him now that something had happened.

The police stationed in Lin Xian Village rushed over as soon as they heard the news. This was a chance to boost their performance stats.

Especially since they heard he broke his leg right after praying, which meant the man’s problems were not minor.

Accompanied by the police, the two left Lin Xian Village. On the way, Zhu Youcai directly told the police everything about You Changming’s situation.

News about You Changming’s accident after praying to the Earth God was quickly spread online by tourists from Lin Xian Village.

Some netizens specifically compiled statistics on these incidents, and You Changming’s personal information was quickly dug up.

Looking at You Changming’s information, the first thing that came to the netizens’ minds was Feng Shui fraud.

"Haha, this guy is definitely a scammer."

"This incident teaches us that people who pretend to be spiritual masters should stay away from places where real gods exist."

"Brothers and sisters, if you ever run into a situation like this and don’t know who to believe, just take them to Lin Xian Village to pray to the Earth God."

"I agree. The only problem is that it’s too hard to get permission to enter Lin Xian Village."

"..."

This information spread online and quickly caught people’s attention.

Some bosses with similar needs, in particular, saw what happened to Zhu Youcai and You Changming and thought they could also bring people to Lin Xian Village for a prayer session in the future.

No one could have imagined how big of a blow this incident would deal to the Feng Shui community.

In particular, those who engaged in superstitious practices and swindles were all affected by this event.

When Lin Feng returned from South Mountain and heard about the situation, he just smiled.

However, he couldn’t smile when he saw a group of people sitting cross-legged not far from the Land God Temple, cultivating.

He noticed that there were an unusually large number of people like this among the tourists today.

Apparently, many people truly believed in the Spiritual Qi Revival in Lin Xian Village and thought they could practice Cultivation here.

The scene at the Barracks was even more lively than on the mountain, as news of yesterday’s events had spread online.

Many of the tourists who came were adopting a "let’s give it a try" attitude, attempting to cultivate in Lin Xian Village.

As the only place in the entire village that taught Martial Arts, it became a direct target for the tourists.

Inside the Barracks, Zhou Xing, who had just finished a performance, was surrounded by tourists the moment he stepped off the stage.

"Teacher Zhou, do you think I have the Talent for practicing Martial Arts?"

"Teacher Zhou, are you also cultivating in Lin Xian Village? Can you teach me?"

"Teach me, teach me! I can pay to learn."

"Teacher Zhou, do you know Qinggong? Can you perform it for us?"

"..."

Zhou Xing waved his hands. "Don’t crowd me! I don’t know any of those things, nor have I ever heard of them.

I’ve only learned the Long Spear and Baji Fist. If you want to learn, you can sign up online."

Inside the office, Yang Chengshu and Xue Xiaofeng watched the scene, not daring to step out.

"These tourists are crazy. They actually believe you can practice Cultivation in Lin Xian Village."

"You can’t blame them. Too many strange things happen in Lin Xian Village. If I didn’t know the boss was just an ordinary person, I’d believe it too!"

Yang Chengshu looked at his phone and said, "The first batch of trainees is full. Our training starts in three days."

"Sounds good. The training curriculum is all designed. I noticed most of the applicants changed their training program to martial arts practice last night."

The two of them couldn’t help but want to laugh when they talked about this. The applicants were clearly influenced by the news online.

Xue Xiaofeng suddenly said, "A celebrity I know heard about the situation here and wants to come give it a try.

He has to play a role in two months that requires him to be muscular. Can we take this job?"

If it were for a longer period, Xue Xiaofeng would be confident, but with only two months, he really couldn’t make any guarantees.

Yang Chengshu thought for a moment and said, "I’ll go ask Manager Hu in a bit and see what he thinks."

Letting someone in for individual training, and a celebrity at that, was a decision they couldn’t make on their own.

"Yeah, we definitely need to ask first."

Zhou Xing finally broke free from the tourists, opened the office door, and shouted, "You two couldn’t even come help me!"

"We’re not stupid. If we went out, we’d have been surrounded and interrogated by them too."

"These people actually believe what they see online."

Yang Chengshu said, "Come take a look. Today’s livestream is doing well."

The two walked over and glanced at the livestream on the computer. It was indeed doing well, with a peak of 7,600 concurrent viewers.

They had only been livestreaming for two days. If it weren’t for the fact that they were in Lin Xian Village, no one would be watching at all.

Their main purpose was to promote Martial Arts—not the fake kind, of course. They promoted real Martial Arts demonstrations.

There were no performances of smashing bricks with fists or kicking steel bars. They didn’t even have to think about the hardness of flesh versus stone and steel.

Anyone who’s taken middle school physics understands that forces are interactive. When an egg hits a rock, no matter how much force the egg has, it will still break.

Even a bullet will shatter when it hits a rock, let alone a person’s fragile Constitution.

Lin Feng had just returned to his small courtyard and hadn’t even had a chance to sit down when he heard the notification sound of a quest being triggered.

[Barracks Training Quest: A group of outsiders wants to experience the Barracks training. Make these outsiders understand the hardships of a soldier.

Quest Reward: Soldier Training Method.]

[Healer’s Benevolence Quest: Treat 100 patients using Qi Replenishing Soup.

Quest Reward: Hemostatic powder formula.]

[Four Great Cuisines: The Restaurant has master chefs of the Four Great Cuisines. Customize six signature dishes for each cuisine.

Quest Reward: One perfect dish from each of the Four Great Cuisines.]

Lin Feng stared at the quests with a puzzled expression, not understanding why they had suddenly refreshed.

He picked up his phone and started making calls. "Hello, Wan Qianqian, did something happen at the Restaurant today?"

"Huh? No, Boss. What have you heard?"

"Oh, I just ran into two tourists talking about how delicious the Restaurant’s food is. I thought you had hired a new master chef."

"No, it’s still the same chefs in the kitchen.

Wait, Boss, my senior brother just sent a message saying Master Geng Changxin had a breakthrough."

"Alright, I understand."

Lin Feng hung up the phone and didn’t make any more calls. He seemed to have a faint understanding of why the quests had appeared.

The Restaurant now had three masters. They were just one master-level Cantonese chef short of having master chefs for all Four Great Cuisines.

If his guess was correct, that person, Ni Zhonghai, must have just started his treatment.

He was just a little puzzled. Why hadn’t this quest been triggered when he was treating little Wu Yu?

’Could it be because little Wu Yu’s treatment relied mainly on Medicinal Cuisine and not the Qi Replenishing Soup?’

Shaking his head, unable to figure it out, Lin Feng decided not to dwell on it. In any case, getting quests was a good thing.

Something must have also happened at the Barracks to trigger a quest.

He checked the group chat messages and quickly found it. Not long ago, the first batch of trainees for the Barracks had been confirmed.

Lin Feng tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about this quest trigger. ’So, to trigger a quest, I have to use a building’s function.’

’That’s not right, either. Using the Houses didn’t trigger any quests. And aren’t the Well, Grain Storehouse, Farmland, and other buildings all in use?’

’Especially the Arrow Tower. A large number of tourists use it every day, but besides the initial quest, no new quests have ever refreshed.’

’It seems there are still some quest triggers that I haven’t discovered yet.’

Lin Feng recorded all the information about this quest trigger and found that the quests were indeed triggered by using certain functions of the buildings.

He looked at the panel, feeling that some buildings might just be incapable of triggering quests.

’For some buildings that haven’t triggered quests, it might be because I’m not using them correctly and haven’t utilized their functions properly.’

’Take the Arrow Tower, for example. Its purpose is to defend against external enemies, but right now, it’s nothing more than a tourist attraction in Lin Xian Village.’

’The same goes for the fence. And as for the Livestock Shed, Orchard, and Medicinal Herb Garden, I haven’t delved into their functions at all.’

’Perhaps I can try testing these things next. If I can really uncover some quests, it would be a huge benefit for me, and I could also explore the secrets of the village.’

’Also, after a building triggers one quest, I probably have to complete it before it can trigger another one.’

’And these quests are related to my village construction; they aren’t randomly generated.’

It was just like playing a game—if you don’t complete the prerequisite quests, you can’t trigger the ones that follow.