A God Who Gets Things Done

Everyone looked toward Pan Yun. Were they supposed to bow?

Pan Yun refused. "We only came to take a look. Folks, is this place really that efficacious?"

"Of course it is! Even wishes like being allowed to go out to sea and fish came true. What wish couldn't be granted?"

The locals were delighted, smiling foolishly without stop.

But Pan Yun could not smile. She felt she had no way of fulfilling each and every wish they made.

And on this land, any "god" who was of no use would eventually be cast aside. She felt that gathering merit through a temple was impossible. This temple would soon fall into ruin.

Then should she still place the merit stone here?

Xue Shao took one look at her expression and said to the locals, "Daoist Priestess Pan is only an ordinary person now. I'm afraid she cannot fulfill every person's wish, can she?"

"That's fine. We only make wishes in passing. What if one happens to come true?"

Pan Yun perked up. "Your expectations are that low?"

They immediately began talking over one another. "We worship Daoist Priestess Pan not because we insist that she fulfill our wishes. We're thanking her for helping lift the sea ban, letting us go out and fish, and giving us a way to survive."

"Yes, yes."

Pan Yun brightened.

But Miao Zhen asked curiously, "Then why build the temple here? There are so many graves around, and it is some distance from the harbor. Isn't it inconvenient for you to come here?"

"It's convenient, very convenient. Putting it by the harbor would be inconvenient instead." Someone pointed toward the beach. "We usually set out to sea from there. Our fishing boats cannot possibly enter and leave through the harbor. Not only would the officials refuse,