Several more years passed without incident, and Miss Hao's reputation for kindness became known in every household of Changsheng Town. Yet just a few days ago—on the third day after Miss Hao met Daoist Master Xiao—her mood suddenly turned strange. First, she panicked and had a maid summon Steward Hao, saying all sorts of incomprehensible things. Then, after Steward Hao left, she seemed to go mad. Not only did she weep bitterly, she also screamed hysterically. Especially yesterday, Miss Hao stopped eating altogether and refused to let anyone enter her embroidered tower. The food sent up before had all been thrown back out, and even the household guards who tried to force their way in were knocked unconscious by something inexplicable in the tower and tossed back out as well.
Steward Hao paced before the embroidered tower for an entire day and night. He exhausted every possible method, yet could neither enter the tower nor see his daughter. Left with no other choice, he had to seek another way. And just then, divine miracles had appeared one after another at Jiangchao Temple. Steward Hao immediately sent Hao Yulong to Jiangchao Temple to invite Xiao Jian over to subdue the demon. Yet because he had to preserve his dignity and Miss Hao's reputation, he did not dare make too much of a spectacle.
After hearing Hao Yulong out, Xiao Jian found it rather strange. He looked at the lights in the embroidered tower, then at Hao Yulong, and said in a low voice, "Steward Hao, what you've said... has truly muddled this poor Daoist! A kind heart is a good thing. Even True Person Xiao and Sea God Lord would bless it! But what does taking in little animals have to do with the young lady's embroidered tower and her present