Start as a Temple Spirit

Taoist Priest Liu walked into the courtyard that looked like a quadrangle and asked in surprise, "A courtyard of this size, I'm afraid it's not used to entertain guests, right?"

"Haha, to be honest with you, Taoist Liu, there are few visitors in Forgotten Township, so there is no place to entertain them." The old patriarch pointed to the newly built two-story tiled house and said, "This is a shelter built for refugee orphans, and it just happens to be used to entertain you."

Taoist Priest Liu laughed when he heard this and said, "The word 'cleverness' is really mysterious."

"The conditions are simple, I hope you can forgive me." Yifeng said politely.

"Mr. Yang, these conditions are very good. Along the way, we mostly lived in the wild and in thatched huts." A Taoist priest couldn't help but speak out.

"As long as you are satisfied, that's good." Yifeng welcomed Taoist Priest Liu and his party to stay.

The old patriarch asked people to prepare food.

As soon as the old man walked out of the courtyard, he saw Wangmu coming towards him and his eyes lit up.

Then, he left the task of preparing food for the Xuanxu Sect to Wangmu, and he himself became a hands-off manager.

"Chief, please don't leave yet. You haven't told me yet whether our distinguished guest wants to eat vegetarian or meat." Wangmu asked helplessly.

The old patriarch was stunned when he heard this. He had never asked about whether the man ate vegetarian or meat.

"Clan leader, we eat both meat and vegetables. As long as we can fill our stomachs, it's fine. Don't spend money." Taoist Priest Liu's friendly voice rang out from the courtyard.

"That's settled then." The old patriarch responded, and suddenly remembered something. He also passed this matter to Wangmu, who was the accompanying sailor of Xuanxu Sect.

Wangmu smiled helplessly and went to make arrangements.

As soon as the old patriarch walked into the temple courtyard, he saw a funny scene: Heizi used his claws to lift the pot and pour tea for Xiaoli to drink.

Xiaoli drank tea and described the taste of tea to Heizi.

The description was so detailed that Heizi's eyes lit up with envy, because he had no saliva.

The scene was quite harmonious and quite funny.

"Tea is for tasting, not for drinking." The old patriarch said as he walked over and sat down at his seat. He casually asked Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, how is the herb garden growing?"

Xiaoli drank the tea in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his little paw, and then replied: "It's almost done. The next batch of planting will have to wait for the second brother to breed the medicinal seedlings."

"What is the current Taoist temple like?" asked the old patriarch curiously.

The little fox immediately started to talk excitedly about how beautiful their home was.

The nuns who were cleaning the room suddenly saw a dark purple human-faced owl standing on the eaves of the opposite house, looking at them with malicious eyes.

The human-faced owl's gaze frequently fell on their buttocks.

"Ah" the timid Kundao exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Elder Liu, who was chatting with Yifeng in the corridor, looked at the female disciple and asked.

"Elder, there is a human-faced owl." The Kun Dao pointed to Heizi who was combing his wing feathers on the eaves and said in surprise.

The moment the Kundaos exclaimed, Heizi began to comb his wing feathers seriously.

"It really is a human-faced owl." Elder Liu looked at Heizi with surprise. A level five human-faced owl is really rare.

"Hmm," Wang Xi cleared his throat and explained, "This is Liangshan... Um, the human-faced owl under the tutelage of Master Miao Ling, called Heizi. Don't be afraid."

"Haha" Hearing this, Heizi looked at the six Kuns mischievously and laughed weirdly.

"Haha, Heizi is quite clever. He even knows how to scare people." Taoist Priest Liu couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw this.

"Bad Heizi." The Kun Daoists all denounced Heizi, but in their hearts they thought that Heizi was quite interesting.

"Haha" Heizi grinned triumphantly, just like a naughty boy who had successfully pulled off a prank.

Seeing this, Yifeng said helplessly: "Heizi, go ask Daniu and the others to catch some river fish and use them to entertain the guests tonight."

Temple guards and militiamen were reclaiming the land.

Heizi looked at everyone from Xuanxu Sect, then nodded his bird head and flew into the sky, turning into a black shadow that streaked across the sky and flew eastward at a very fast speed.

"The temple spirit in your village is not an ordinary spirit. It can actually cultivate a human face... um, Heizi, to level five, and even break through his potential. It's incredible." Taoist Liu said as he looked at Yifeng.

"Heizi fought for this with his life." Yifeng rarely responded without smiling.

"I can see that." Taoist Priest Liu nodded.

"Squeaky, creaky" At this moment, an ox cart came to pull the salute of everyone from Xuanxu Sect.

The courtyard became busy, and Taoist Liu suggested sitting in the temple.

Yifeng naturally agreed, he knew that serious business was about to begin.

Taoist Priest Liu gave some instructions to his disciples, then followed Yifeng to the temple.

On the way, he took the initiative to talk about the origin of Xuanxu Sect.

Xuanxu Sect is located at the southernmost part of the Ten Thousand Mountains. Their team is the vanguard, looking for villages with potential and setting up branch bases to prepare for the large number of disciples who will come to the sect for training in the later stage.

Upon hearing this, Yi Feng asked, "Master Liu, are the mainland forces going to return to the Shiwan Mountains?"

He had heard about it when he was in Jufeng City, and now it has been confirmed.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from Brother Feng." Taoist Priest Liu nodded and said, "Brother Feng, I won't hide it from you. The Shiwan Mountains will usher in a time of great strife, and a team like ours is the sect's precautionary measure."

"Elder Liu..."

"Hey, just call me Brother Liu. We are both cultivators, and using worldly names will only make us seem distant."

"Then I am being too arrogant." Yi Feng did not pretend to be hypocritical and said thoughtfully: "What kind of existence is the branch base that Brother Liu mentioned?"

"We will not get involved in your village's affairs. We only need a place to build a residential base. Of course, in return, if your village encounters a strong enemy, our sect will help you."

"Oh," Yi Feng understood, and looked at Taoist Liu and asked curiously, "Why did Brother Liu choose our Forgotten Village?"

Taoist Priest Liu pointed to his feet and said meaningfully: "There are very few temple spirits that have Taoist temples."

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Brother Liu."

"How come you're calling each other brothers in just a short while?" The old patriarch exclaimed in surprise, and the two men then realized that they had walked into the temple courtyard without realizing it.

"Chief, Chief Yi." Yifeng greeted Taoist Priest Liu and walked to the tea table and sat down.

Yifeng poured Taoist Liu a cup of tea, then sat down and told him what had just happened.

After listening to this, the old patriarch groaned and said, "Although I am the patriarch, I cannot act arbitrarily. This matter needs to be discussed, and we need to seek the advice of the temple spirits."

"Of course, but if we do this, we will have to disturb your village for a while longer."

"If it were any other sect, I would agree on the surface but send the guests away secretly. However, for the Xuanxu Sect, I sincerely welcome you."

"Haha" Taoist Priest Liu laughed heartily upon hearing this. The old patriarch's attitude was already clear.

Not long after, Wangmu brought the food, and the three old men started eating, drinking and chatting.