Zhao Qingyu nodded, agreeing with Verdant Green Maiden.
The two entered the storeroom.
Verdant Green Maiden picked up a protective charm. After examining it carefully for a moment, she applied a little force and crushed it flat.
Zhao Qingyu, standing beside her, widened her eyes at the sight.
"This..."
"A fake?"
Verdant Green Maiden picked up several more and crushed them flat as well.
Looking at the protective charms in her hand, she gave a soft laugh and said slowly, "How can things like protective charms be real or fake? No one can possibly invite a true Immortal to bless them with protection or spells. They are only meant to bring peace of mind."
"Only..."
"These people are far too greedy!"
Protective charms made from such materials should have cost only a few coins at most!
Yet they were selling them for one string of cash!
That was a thousand coins!
With profits several hundred times over, did the temple steward really have such nerve?
Verdant Green Maiden did not believe it. There had to be others behind him.
If it had been another temple, so long as they did not truly commit wicked deeds that stirred Heaven's Wrath and the resentment of the people, Verdant Green Maiden would not have interfered.
Each household swept the snow before its own door.
But these people had to be blind enough to choose her temple?
Then she had no choice but to intervene.
About half an hour later, hurried footsteps sounded again. The temple steward came walking over with a middle-aged man dressed in splendid brocade robes.
"Humph!"
"I'd like to see who dares cause trouble at Qing Xiao Jade Maiden Temple!"
The middle-aged man snorted and looked at Verdant Green Maiden and Zhao Qingyu. "You two?"
Verdant Green Maiden's gaze fell