The atmosphere inside the pavilion was much more harmonious.
The moment they heard that Daoist Master Lu of Qiuhao View was an honored guest who had climbed the mountain alongside Mountain Lord Chen, the place fell silent as a cicada in winter.
Of course they found it unbelievable. Yet no matter how inconceivable it was, they had no choice but to believe it. Who would dare fabricate such a thing?
The few female cultivators who had been lounging about lazily all straightened up, their expressions turning solemn. When they looked again at the young Daoist priest, he seemed several degrees more handsome.
Like a storyteller from the secular world, the young Daoist priest began reminiscing about the past. "Though this humble Daoist and Mountain Lord Chen were not fellow townsmen, we met in our humble beginnings and forged a friendship through hardship. We struck up a friendship at first sight and became kindred spirits. To put it more elegantly, we were two youths meeting for the first time. Back then, neither Mountain Lord Chen nor I had risen to prominence. We hit it off, so we set out traveling together. Once, we spent the night in a City God Temple and, in a dream, wandered into the Department of Wealth and Success, where we met its Division Head Official, who looked like a judge in purple robes with a jade belt..."
A woman could not resist interrupting him. "There is actually a Department of Wealth and Success among the City God offices?"
There were many government offices in the Capital City God Temple of Mengliang Kingdom's capital, and fewer in the City God Temples scattered throughout its counties and prefectures, but none of them seemed to have such a department.
The women in the pavilion all shook their heads. Clearly,