Gods of the Nation: You worship the God of Longevity, I worship the King of Hell!

Chapter 14 The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow against it!

Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Who would have thought that the person in charge of the Zhao Clan Temple would dare to use force in public?!
Lu Chen's expression changed.

It seems my hunch was right!

Today, things are definitely going to get a little out of hand.

"What's wrong, young man? Are you too excited?"

Zhao Zhihong had a beaming smile and a kind expression.

Only Lu Chen knew what kind of person this guy really was.

But the situation is stronger than people.

Lu Chen had no choice but to play along, replying indifferently, "I'm very excited."

Zhao Zhihong laughed and said, "Of course I'm excited! If I were you, I don't know how excited I would be. Young man, let me ask you one more question: Is our Zhao Clan Temple effective?!"

Lu Chen sneered, watching his performance: "Brilliant!"

Zhao Zhihong laughed loudly, "Everyone, did you see that? Our Zhao Clan Temple has always been highly regarded. It's incredibly effective at granting wishes and blessings! Some of you may not know the background of this young man. Yesterday was his first time visiting our Zhao Clan Temple to worship the God of Wealth. He only used one stick of incense and already gained 5% of the God's Serving Points!"

"what!"

Many worshippers were in uproar.

"That's right, it only took the time it takes for an incense stick to burn! However, compared to today, yesterday was nothing. As you can see, it jumped to 43% today. Isn't that a miracle, everyone?"

Zhao Zhihong raised his arms and shouted.

If you didn't know better, you'd think he was promoting Lu Chen or Jun Caishen (God of Wealth).

"Yes, that's right!"

"This is amazing! I'm going to try it later!"

"I also need to go!"

The pilgrims were eager to try it out.

Zhao Zhihong gestured for silence and smiled, "Everyone can try it! But..."

Seeing that he changed the subject, Lu Chen knew that after all that buildup, the main story was finally about to begin.

Zhao Zhihong looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, "Young man, to be honest, after you came yesterday, your situation attracted great attention from our temple. After careful discussion by our expert team, we came to a conclusion, and your performance today has completely verified that conclusion."

We all agree that there must be a predestined connection between you and the God of Wealth!

"A predestined fate?!"

These words caused another uproar among the worshippers.

Even Lu Chen frowned.

So that's the reason they came up with...

What is meant by predestined fate?

Simply put, it means that there is some kind of predestined relationship between spirits and deities from a previous life.

In this situation.

Once a spiritual person makes offerings to the relevant deity, they will naturally gain the deity's favor.

It will also greatly increase the level of serving the gods.

To put it simply, it's like having an innate "talent" in a certain area.

However, this situation is an exceptional case that cannot be replicated.

It's purely a matter of "being blessed by God"!
"Good heavens, they even came up with such a high-sounding reason to avoid me ruining their reputation."

Lu Chen sneered inwardly.

Clearly, the other party's purpose was the same as he had guessed.

They were afraid that if their popularity as a deity soared, all the worshippers would go to worship the God of Wealth Jun, thus neglecting the God of Wealth Zhao and ruining the reputation of the Zhao Clan Temple.

"Isn't that being too sensitive? Do you think I don't understand the principle that taking away someone's livelihood is like killing their parents?"

Lu Chen was speechless.

However, since they weren't targeting him, Lu Chen might as well cooperate with the temple and put on a show.

"Predestined fate? I see. No wonder my divine service level has been increasing so rapidly."

Lu Chen feigned surprise.

“Yes, young man, you must have had a deep connection with Lord Juncai in your past life, which is why you have won his special favor.” Seeing that Lu Chen was quite understanding, Zhao Zhihong released his hand from Lu Chen’s shoulder.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the pilgrims looked at each other in dismay, all of them greatly disappointed.

"I thought this deity was very powerful, but it turns out it's just a predestined connection."

"I knew it! How could an obscure deity be so effective? What a waste of time."

"Luckily I didn't buy it, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money."

"No wonder this young man is so extraordinary. It turns out he has accumulated good deeds in his previous life. No wonder I went to pray to the God of Wealth yesterday and got nothing. I wasted two thousand yuan of my money."

"Don't buy an unpopular car, and don't worship an unpopular god. This is an unshakeable truth."

Lu Chen saw that these worshippers, who were just as excited as ever, had suddenly changed their tune because of a lame excuse.

He also sneered repeatedly.

To be honest, we'd rather not have worshippers like that.

"Come on, young man, let's take a group photo to commemorate this moment. Thank you for choosing our Zhao Family Temple!"

Seeing that the threat had been nipped in the bud, Zhao Zhihong was in high spirits and asked his staff to take a set of photos.

The two stood side by side, smiling at the camera.

Zhao Zhihong's telepathic message once again entered Lu Chen's mind.

"Young man, considering your good behavior, you're welcome to come to our Zhao Clan Temple to worship other deities in the future. But not the God of Wealth!"

Lu Chen's smile froze instantly.

He didn't know how to use telepathy, so he could only whisper, "Why?"

Zhao Zhihong didn't use telepathy this time either, and whispered, "You're a smart person, you shouldn't need me to explain."

Lu Chen: "I don't understand. Even if Jun Caishen and Zhao Caishen are competitors, they are both gods worshipped in your temple. If their incense is plentiful, your temple will not suffer any loss!"

Zhao Zhihong pulled Lu Chen to take a photo from a different angle, and sneered, "Your analysis is correct, but you missed the most important point: what is our surname?"

Lu Chen was taken aback, realizing there was no room for negotiation, and too lazy to argue with him anymore: "What if I insist on coming?"

Zhao Zhihong chuckled: "Do you think I don't want you to make offerings? Can you even manage to do so?"

Lu Chen sneered: "The imperial court has clear regulations that unless a pilgrim has a bad reputation, the temple cannot prevent pilgrims from making offerings. Do you want to break the law?"

The photos have been taken.

Most of the worshippers around had already left.

Zhao Zhihong no longer tried to hide his intentions and said sarcastically, "Don't label us. Our Zhao Group operates legally and never does anything illegal or disorderly. I didn't stop you from coming to our temple to make offerings, but I have plenty of ways to make sure you can't make offerings to the God of Wealth."

Lu Chen frowned: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Zhihong: "The temple has the right to dispose of the deities as it sees fit. We can introduce new deities, and we also have the right to remove a group of deities whose incense offerings are not up to standard. If I remove the deity of the God of Wealth, how will you worship him? By the way, let me tell you something else. In the entire Jiangdu City, no, I should say the entire Jiang Province, only our Zhao Family Temple worships such an unpopular deity as the God of Wealth. If we remove him, I'm afraid you won't be able to find another place in Jiang Province where you can worship him."

Zhao Zhihong made no attempt to hide his mockery.

Lu Chen's face turned ashen; he truly hadn't expected the Zhao family to be so shameless and sensitive.

He has only communicated with Jun Caishen twice so far.

Although the speed at which the level of the servant god increased was a bit too fast.

But this alone was enough to alert the Zhao family, who even seemed determined to nip the threat in the bud.

It has to be said, the speed of this action was incredibly fast.

Isn't it said that villains are brainless?

This is ridiculously overthinking.

"Looks like I'm attracting too much attention!"

Lu Chen came to a conclusion.

To be fair, if we continue to let him develop unchecked, he will indeed become a major threat to the Zhao family.

After all, the foundation upon which the Zhao Clan Temple relies most is Zhao Gongming.

The incense offerings from Zhao Caishen alone probably account for more than 50% of the Zhao family's annual revenue.

No wonder the Zhao family reacted so strongly.

But Zhao Zhihong believed he had a brilliant plan, and Lu Chen was no exception!
You want to withdraw your spirit?

Okay, no problem!
Then this humble Taoist priest will take his leave!
　There will be another chapter later. I'm begging for data, it's too tragic, really too tragic!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)