Arc 2Clear Breeze Temple’s Growth

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple through farming, food sales, livestreams, and educational visits, while bringing in helpers and interns. The arc ended with a reporter interviewing the temple staff and Xie Kai learning that Yun Zhaozhao worked at a Daoist temple.

  • Yun Zhaozhao predicted that Aunt Xie would soon receive demolition compensation, and the visitors from her village helped Clear Breeze Temple earn a large donation income.
  • Yun Zhaozhao explored new ways to support the temple, leased idle village fields, and entrusted farming plans to Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia.
  • Daoist Chang Kong attracted customers with his cooking, while Zhang Gang agreed to help at the temple in exchange for cooking lessons.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Lin Banxia organized a children’s educational trip that led families to subscribe to rice and wheat, and Xu Fugui recruited retired friends to help with the fields.
  • Jingting accompanied Daoist Qingxin to a haunted house, where the ghost slapped him before Qingxin drove it away, and Jingting later gave his 1,000-yuan payment to Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Yun Zhaozhao recruited agricultural students, while Xiao Yao tended the temple grounds and Lin Banxia began sharing temple life online.
  • Yun Zhaozhao brought a rooster back from Grandpa Lin’s farm, named him Yunlai, and prepared for an interview after the tea plantation drew visitors and media attention.
  • Reporter Cui interviewed Yun Zhaozhao and the interns as the temple staff wore Lin Banxia’s new ruqun uniforms, and Xie Kai learned from his father that Yun Zhaozhao worked at a Daoist temple.
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Ch. 26Chapter 22

Yun Zhaozhao welcomed Xie Yu’s relatives and villagers from Ji County to Clear Breeze Temple on New Year’s Day, then stunned them by predicting Aunt Xie’s demolition compensation. She slipped away before anyone else could ask for a reading, leaving Jingting and Daoist Chang Kong wondering how she had learned fortune-telling.

  • Xie Yu’s talisman tube blind boxes drew deposits from relatives and friends after her aunt’s demolition compensation and Xu Tingting’s cousin’s husband’s lucky night fishing.
  • Yun Zhaozhao stayed at Clear Breeze Temple for New Year’s Eve, drank Daoist Chang Kong’s peach wine, and woke to a huge crowd on New Year’s Day.
  • Jingting explained that many visitors had come from Ji County, and Yun Zhaozhao guessed they were Xie Yu’s relatives and neighbors from the village slated for demolition.
  • Aunt Xie asked Daoist Chang Kong to tell her fortune, but he sent her to Yun Zhaozhao instead.
  • Yun Zhaozhao predicted that Aunt Xie had a wealthy destiny and that her demolition compensation would soon arrive, astonishing Aunt Xie and the villagers.
  • Yun Zhaozhao hurried back to the rear courtyard, while Jingting asked Daoist Chang Kong whether she had mastered fortune-telling in thirty days.

Ch. 27Chapter 27

Clear Breeze Temple earned a record income on Lunar New Year's Day, and Xie Yu returned to buy more talisman tube blind boxes. As Daoist Chang Kong prepared for rainy weather by making salted fish, Jingting began a livestream and received a request about a young woman's best friend and her family of origin.

  • Yun Zhaozhao sent Lin Banxia to help Xiaojiu sell goods while Daoist Chang Kong kept Jingting from asking about grown-up matters.
  • Yun Zhaozhao found that donations from the demolition village helped Clear Breeze Temple earn five figures and gave each worker a 1,000-yuan bonus.
  • Jingting asked Yun Zhaozhao to save his bonus, and she suggested it might someday pay for him to attend a Daoist college.
  • Xie Yu heard more stories about the talisman tube blind boxes, then returned to Clear Breeze Temple and bought a larger batch from Daoist Chang Kong.
  • Yun Zhaozhao explained to Xiaojiu why she kept the wholesale price low, then watched Daoist Chang Kong hang salted fish around the courtyard.
  • Jingting livestreamed a request to scold a young woman's best friend and realized the issue involved her family of origin, not romance.

Ch. 28Chapter 23

Jingting used a cat and salted fish to illustrate how affection was shown through actions, then Daoist Chang Kong chased him for wasting some of his fish during the livestream. The temple promoted its pastries and talisman tube blind boxes, and Xie Yu learned that a freshman’s blind box seemed to have brought her a promising romantic connection rather than better exam results.

  • Jingting handed salted fish to a white cat instead of the tabby that expected it, saying that where the fish went showed where the love was.
  • Daoist Chang Kong chased Jingting around the courtyard with a rolling pin after Jingting threw away some of his salted fish, while the livestream viewers watched and joked.
  • Daoist Chang Kong made peach blossom cakes, and Jingting told viewers they could buy the temple’s related merchandise from student agents at University A.
  • Xie Yu warned a freshman that a talisman tube blind box would not help her pass her diagnostic exams, but delivered one to her for peace of mind.
  • After the exams, the freshman told Xie Yu she had passed without earning credits but had met a boy who was interested in her after asking about the blind box.

Ch. 29Chapter 24

Lin Banxia’s grandfather visited Clear Breeze Temple and discovered why she enjoyed staying there, while the temple prepared and promoted its Peach Blossom Faces for Valentine’s Day. As sales grew and Daoist Chang Kong became overworked, Yun Zhaozhao considered hiring apprentices, but he warned that training them would only add to his burden.

  • Lin Banxia called her grandfather to help save Yun Zhaozhao’s overfertilized peach tree, and Yun invited him to stay at Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Lin Banxia’s grandfather settled into the temple, enjoyed its freedom and food, and teased Lin Banxia about gaining weight.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and the others packed Peach Blossom Faces and debated slogans, settling on Daoist Chang Kong’s poetic line while displaying Jingting’s provocative suggestion.
  • Valentine’s Day brought more young visitors, and the Peach Blossom Faces, flower trellises, and stray cats helped attract attention to Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Daoist Chang Kong gathered peach blossoms and made peach blossom honey and drinks as his food and merchandise kept him busy.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Daoist Chang Kong about recruiting apprentices, but he said training them would increase his workload before they could help.

Ch. 30Chapter 25

Yun Zhaozhao looked for ways to increase Clear Breeze Temple’s income after limiting meals because Daoist Chang Kong was exhausted. She considered renting nearby village farmland to grow crops or tea, while deciding to keep the temple’s debts as protection against people trying to take it.

  • Yun Zhaozhao limited purchases at Clear Breeze Temple, and Xu Fugui stayed for dinner only to discover Jingting’s cooking was nearly inedible until Daoist Chang Kong took over.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited Qingxin Temple to learn how it earned money, observed devotees’ donations and free meditation classes, and heard Daoist Qingxin say True Yang Temple earned far more by conducting rituals.
  • Yun Zhaozhao returned to Clear Breeze Temple and discussed possible income sources with Jingting, Daoist Chang Kong, and Lin Banxia; Daoist Chang Kong rejected rituals, while Jingting offered to perform funeral music and wailing.
  • Lin Banxia proposed using acupuncture on the deceased to test whether they could be revived, but Yun Zhaozhao dismissed the idea.
  • Yun Zhaozhao considered renting the village’s unused farmland to grow grain, wheat, or tea, and chose not to pay off Clear Breeze Temple’s debts because she viewed them as protection against claims on the temple.

Ch. 31Chapter 26

Yun Zhaozhao leased farmland for Clear Breeze Temple and put Lin Banxia’s grandfather in charge of managing it. Later, Jingting advised a girl with food allergies to scare her grandmother into taking the danger seriously, and Lin Banxia demonstrated where to prick someone with a needle.

  • Yun Zhaozhao asked villagers to lease their idle fields to Clear Breeze Temple and had Lawyer Wang draft the lease.
  • Yun Zhaozhao entrusted the rented farmland and Clear Breeze Tea plans to Lin Banxia’s grandfather, who returned to farming.
  • Jingting practiced the suona during a livestream, alarming viewers with his terrible playing while Daoist Chang Kong cooked salted fish and eggplant casserole.
  • After stopping his suona practice, Jingting took a middle-school girl’s request for help with her grandmother’s dangerous disregard for her food allergies.
  • Jingting suggested using a needle to frighten the grandmother, and Lin Banxia demonstrated how to find bloodletting points, including Yintang.

Ch. 32Chapter 27

Lin Banxia’s advice helped a little girl confront her grandmother’s repeated attempts to feed her mango, which triggered her allergy. Yun Zhaozhao later attended an employment seminar at her alma mater, where she promoted Clear Breeze Temple and left a student considering an internship.

  • The little girl followed Lin Banxia’s advice, staged a public confrontation, and prompted her father to warn her grandmother to stop provoking allergic reactions.
  • Lin Banxia told the girl not to reveal that she and Jingting had helped, explaining that her family might blame them for encouraging the needle threat.
  • Yun Zhaozhao received an invitation from Teacher Chen to speak at her alma mater’s graduate employment seminar.
  • Yun Zhaozhao introduced her work running Clear Breeze Temple and invited agriculture and culinary arts students to apply for internships.
  • A younger male student took Yun Zhaozhao’s contact information and asked whether his ordinary aptitude suited him for an internship at the temple.

Ch. 33Chapter 33

Yun Zhaozhao delivered talisman-tube blind boxes to Xu Tingting and Xie Yu at University A, where Xu Tingting argued with cafeteria worker Da Mei about Clear Breeze Temple’s cooking. Da Mei’s husband Zhang Gang then brought her to the temple to meet its chef, Daoist Chang Kong, and the chapter ended with them waiting outside the kitchen for a cooking demonstration.

  • Yun Zhaozhao delivered talisman-tube blind boxes to Xu Tingting and Xie Yu and joined them for lunch at University A.
  • Xu Tingting praised Clear Breeze Temple’s food to Da Mei, who argued that the university cafeteria’s cooking was just as good.
  • Da Mei told Zhang Gang about the dispute, and he decided to visit Clear Breeze Temple to learn from its chef.
  • Yun Zhaozhao spotted Da Mei and Zhang Gang arriving and warned Daoist Chang Kong that they might be there to challenge him.
  • Zhang Gang asked Daoist Chang Kong to teach him, but Daoist Chang Kong told the couple to wait outside the kitchen.

Ch. 34Chapter 28

Zhang Gang became a fan of Daoist Chang Kong’s cooking and arranged to learn one signature dish each month in exchange for helping at Clear Breeze Temple. Later, Daoist Chang Kong introduced lotus leaf tea and congee for weight loss, and the offerings sold well, including to viewers of Jingting’s livestream.

  • Daoist Chang Kong’s egg fried rice won over Zhang Gang, Da Mei, and the other customers at Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Zhang Gang agreed to do odd jobs at the temple four days a month for a year in exchange for Daoist Chang Kong teaching him one signature dish each month.
  • Daoist Chang Kong prepared lotus leaf congee and tea, but Jingting remained hungry until Daoist Chang Kong offered to make lotus leaf chicken.
  • Jingting caught crucian carp to grill while Daoist Chang Kong roasted lotus leaf chicken, and Xiaojiu praised the temple’s meals.
  • Daoist Chang Kong launched lotus leaf tea and congee, and the products sold well, with Jingting’s livestream viewers placing orders.

Ch. 35Chapter 29

Jingting’s livestream advice about losing weight failed to attract adult volunteers, so Mrs. Wang and Zhao Yumei arranged a two-day school trip that brought ten children to Clear Breeze Temple. Lin Banxia kept them busy with games among the orchard and medicinal herb garden, and the chapter left them eagerly searching for herbs.

  • Jingting suggested that viewers volunteer at Clear Breeze Temple to lose weight through physical work, but his offer did not recruit adults.
  • Mrs. Wang and Zhao Yumei arranged a weekend educational trip to Clear Breeze Temple, and Yun Zhaozhao accepted after Mrs. Wang offered generous payment.
  • Lin Banxia led the children to weed the orchard, where Wang Ziyu joined in after hearing that the others had found an earthworm.
  • Daoist Chang Kong’s lunch pleased the children, and Yun Zhaozhao shared photos that earned praise and interest from their parents.
  • Lin Banxia got all the children to nap by playing Buddhist chants, then organized a team treasure hunt for Chinese medicinal herbs.
  • The children found the herbs printed on Lin Banxia’s list, while she helped those who were struggling with quiet clues.

Ch. 36Chapter 30

After the children’s educational trip, Clear Breeze Temple arranged for them to transplant rice seedlings and attracted families to preorder temple-grown rice and wheat. Lin Banxia then asked to practice a height-related acupuncture technique on Jingting, while the temple’s residents watched nervously.

  • Wang Ziyu excitedly told Mrs. Wang about digging up earthworms and exploring the medicinal herb garden, easing her worries about his stay at Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao planned for Lin Banxia to take the children to Grandpa Lin’s farmland to transplant rice seedlings and proposed letting families adopt plots of rice or wheat.
  • Eleven families, including the coach driver, subscribed to rice and wheat after ten families joined the activities, making Clear Breeze Temple’s first educational trip a success.
  • Yun Zhaozhao offered Lin Banxia a wish, and Lin Banxia asked to try an acupuncture technique intended to help people grow taller.
  • Lin Banxia persuaded Jingting to let her needle his calf, and the temple residents gathered in the back courtyard to watch as she opened her medical text.

Ch. 37Chapter 31

Lin Banxia’s attempt to practice acupuncture at Clear Breeze Temple ended when Jingting fled, and Yun Zhaozhao encouraged her to pursue traditional Chinese medicine after earning money from fruit sales. Later, Xie Yu and Xu Tingting visited the temple, where Yun Zhaozhao described its growing farms and gardens before Daoist Chang Kong prepared them a seasonal feast.

  • Lin Banxia tried needling Jingting’s leg, but he stood up and ran away after she twisted the needle.
  • Yun Zhaozhao encouraged Lin Banxia to study traditional Chinese medicine once she could afford it by selling fruit.
  • Jingting reassured Yun Zhaozhao that his leg felt fine and joked that he had learned to beware of women.
  • Xie Yu and Xu Tingting visited Clear Breeze Temple to try its lotus leaf tea and congee, and Xie Yu explained how romance had helped her sell out her talisman tube blind boxes.
  • Yun Zhaozhao refused Xu Tingting’s suggestion to sell weight-loss tea and listed Clear Breeze Temple’s expanding crops, gardens, and fishpond.
  • Daoist Chang Kong cooked Xie Yu and Xu Tingting braised pig’s trotters, pork with spring bamboo shoots, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon shoots, and shepherd’s purse soup with shrimp.

Ch. 38Chapter 32

Xu Tingting and Xie Yu enjoyed a meal at Clear Breeze Temple, and Xu Fugui recruited retired friends to transplant rice seedlings in exchange for the chance to order Daoist Chang Kong’s cooking. Xu Tingting later brought the workers dumplings, while Xu Fugui and his companions continued their work in the fields.

  • Xu Tingting told Xu Fugui that Daoist Chang Kong had cooked their meal, and Yun Zhaozhao offered him the chance to order dishes if he came to Clear Breeze Temple at mealtime.
  • Xu Fugui accepted Yun Zhaozhao’s farming assignment and recruited six or seven retired friends to help transplant rice seedlings with Grandpa Lin.
  • Xie Yu and Xu Tingting learned that a University A cafeteria cook was interning at Clear Breeze Temple, and Yun Zhaozhao recalled nearly recruiting a student to become a Daoist priest.
  • Xie Yu and Xu Tingting left Clear Breeze Temple with talisman blind boxes and lotus leaf powder, and Xu Tingting went to find her father in the fields.
  • Xu Tingting brought shepherd’s purse and pork dumplings for Xu Fugui and the other workers, who ate them together beside the paddy.

Ch. 39Chapter 33

Yun Zhaozhao arranged for fish fry, loaches, and possibly softshell turtles to be added to the rice paddies to entice Xu Fugui and his friends to keep working. After dinner at Clear Breeze Temple, the group agreed to return the next morning to finish transplanting rice and help promote the temple.

  • Xu Fugui brought his group and Grandpa Lin to Clear Breeze Temple for dinner after a day of fieldwork.
  • Lin Banxia and Xiaojiu prepared peach blossom wine and pear blossom liquor while Daoist Chang Kong cooked for the visitors.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Grandpa Lin about raising fish and softshell turtles in rice paddies, then told him to buy stock for the paddies the next morning.
  • Daoist Chang Kong served a pot of small fish with cakes, stir-fried river snails, and Indian aster with dried tofu.
  • Xu Fugui and the others heard about the rice-paddy fish and turtles, agreed to return to transplant rice, and offered to help photograph the fields and tea plantation for promotion.

Ch. 40Chapter 34

Xu Fugui joined Clear Breeze Temple’s publicity efforts and then began helping Grandpa Lin in the fields, while Wang Ziyu reconsidered his future after learning that becoming a Daoist priest paid poorly and required studying. Grandpa Lin bought fish fry and a hundred chicks, planning to raise them near his rented home, and explained the plan to Xu Fugui at the rice paddies.

  • Xu Fugui eagerly discussed promoting Clear Breeze Temple with Yun Zhaozhao, while Daoist Chang Kong remembered how Yun Zhaozhao had once persuaded him to advertise the temple.
  • Teacher Li summoned Mrs. Wang over Wang Ziyu’s essay about wanting to become a Daoist priest at Clear Breeze Temple, and Mrs. Wang told him he would still need to study hard and attend university.
  • Wang Ziyu asked Lin Banxia whether priests earned 20,000 a month, and she told him the pay might not even reach 2,000; he decided becoming a lawyer sounded better.
  • Lin Banxia asked Grandpa Lin about family assets, and he told her she could inherit a hundred mu of fertile farmland.
  • Grandpa Lin bought fish fry and a hundred chicks after Yun Zhaozhao approved his plan to raise chickens on the mountain behind his rented house.
  • Grandpa Lin released the fish fry into the rice paddies and told Xu Fugui that he would raise the chicks for eggs and to sell for money.

Ch. 41Chapter 35

Xu Fugui gave up on raising chickens at Clear Breeze Temple but helped promote its tea plantation, leading Xu Tingting to discover Jingting’s popular livestream. Jingting mocked love-brained viewers and streamed Chang Kong making soup, ending with plans to show viewers Clear Breeze Mountain’s wild mushrooms.

  • Xu Fugui volunteered to raise chickens, but Yun Zhaozhao and Xu Tingting objected, so he settled for being promised future meals when the temple needed help.
  • Xu Fugui photographed Old Master Lin in the tea plantation and asked Xu Tingting to edit the picture.
  • Xu Tingting’s roommate found Jingting’s livestream, where Jingting criticized a viewer’s love-brained choices and teased Yun Zhaozhao about romance.
  • Xu Tingting and her roommate took Jingting’s love-brain quiz, which rated Xu Tingting mildly love-brained and her roommate severely so.
  • Jingting streamed Chang Kong making morel, dendrobium, and pork bone soup, then said he might livestream eating wild mushrooms from Clear Breeze Mountain.

Ch. 42Chapter 42

Yun Zhaozhao sought a new career path for Jingting after learning how Daoist Qingxin earned money by staying in stigmatized properties. She proposed that Qingxin take Jingting as a disciple and bring him along, then began explaining the idea to Jingting.

  • Xu Tingting and her roommate drank Clear Breeze Temple's lotus leaf weight-loss tea while watching Daoist Chang Kong cook on livestream.
  • Yun Zhaozhao considered how to develop Jingting's potential but could not think of a suitable job for him.
  • Yun Zhaozhao learned that Daoist Qingxin earned high fees for staying in stigmatized properties and asked whether he would take a disciple.
  • Daoist Qingxin said he would consider taking Jingting, and Yun Zhaozhao went to check whether Jingting was interested.
  • Yun Zhaozhao told Jingting about Qingxin's work and proposed that he accompany Qingxin to haunted houses.

Ch. 43Chapter 36

Jingting joined Daoist Qingxin at a haunted house and learned firsthand that ghosts were real after one slapped him. He returned to Clear Breeze Temple determined to train and grow stronger, then went back to the house with Qingxin the next evening without streaming.

  • Daoist Qingxin agreed to take Jingting to a haunted house, where Jingting started a livestream and revealed his only backup plan was a book of insults.
  • Qingxin initially tried to sleep instead of confronting the minor ghost, but Jingting’s cheering and the viewers’ presence pushed him to act.
  • The ghost slapped Jingting, leaving a handprint on his face, while Qingxin chased it out the third-floor window with his peachwood sword.
  • Jingting returned to Clear Breeze Temple impressed by Qingxin’s abilities and reconsidered his refusal to take another master.
  • Yun Zhaozhao noticed Jingting’s handprint, and he vowed to train so he could fight ghosts as well as insult them.
  • Jingting returned to the haunted house with Qingxin the next evening but did not stream because his profanity had earned him a platform suspension warning.

Ch. 44Chapter 37

Jingting helped Daoist Qingxin deal with a ghost who refused to leave because he was waiting for his mother, then returned to Clear Breeze Temple with pay and began practicing martial arts. Yun Zhaozhao failed to recruit Daoist Qingxin permanently but arranged a possible exchange of Daoists, leaving Jingting worried he would be sent away.

  • Jingting spent the haunted-house job scolding the little ghost, who explained he was waiting for his lost mother, but Daoist Qingxin eventually drove him away to reincarnate.
  • Daoist Qingxin paid Jingting 1,000 yuan, and Jingting returned to Clear Breeze Temple and gave the money to Yun Zhaozhao for safekeeping.
  • Jingting began practicing his horse stance at the temple entrance, attracting tourists who photographed him and the Clear Breeze Temple plaque.
  • Yun Zhaozhao tried to recruit Daoist Qingxin, but he declined to change lineages and proposed that the temples exchange Daoists for temporary training instead.
  • Jingting worried Yun Zhaozhao would send him away, and she reassured him that she would go herself if someone had to be sent first.

Ch. 45Chapter 38

As Clear Breeze Temple’s spring mushroom dishes and new peach desserts drew visitors, Yun Zhaozhao considered recruiting Zhang Gang and teased Xu Tingting about farm work as a way to lose weight. The chapter ended with Yun Zhaozhao learning that her counselor had recommended several agricultural-college students for internships at the temple.

  • Daoist Chang Kong gathered wild mushrooms and, with Yun Zhaozhao’s help, introduced individual mushroom hot pots while Zhang Gang assisted in the kitchen on weekends.
  • Yun Zhaozhao invited Zhang Gang to consider working at Clear Breeze Temple, and Jingting joked that Yun Zhaozhao could replace him at University A’s cafeteria.
  • Xu Tingting asked Yun Zhaozhao for more lotus leaf slimming tea, and Yun Zhaozhao suggested exercise and joked that she and her classmates could harvest crops at the temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao reflected on her lack of weight-loss anxiety and wondered whether Daoist Chang Kong’s peach-themed desserts meant he had developed romantic feelings.
  • Jingting asked Daoist Chang Kong about romance, and Daoist Chang Kong said dating cost too much money.
  • Yun Zhaozhao learned that her university counselor had recommended several third-year agricultural-college students for internships at Clear Breeze Temple.

Ch. 46Chapter 39

Xiao Yao joined Clear Breeze Temple as an intern and began planning its flower garden, while Jingting teased her about Lin Banxia’s self-taught acupuncture. The chapter ended with Xiao Yao retreating to her blanket after Lin Banxia offered to practice acupuncture on her.

  • Lin Banxia introduced the new agricultural students to Clear Breeze Temple’s orchard and herb garden, then assigned the herb and tea students to relevant work.
  • Yun Zhaozhao gave horticulture student Xiao Yao a plot in the back courtyard to grow flowers and ornamental plants.
  • Xiao Yao trained Clear Breeze Temple’s climbing roses along the wall into the character for “wind,” and Jingting joked that it suited the temple’s mental state.
  • Jingting warned Xiao Yao to keep her distance from Lin Banxia, joking about her gentle needles.
  • Lin Banxia practiced self-taught acupuncture on her own arm and offered to treat Xiao Yao, who hurriedly said she was going to sleep.

Ch. 47Chapter 40

Yun Zhaozhao let Xiao Yao cultivate the temple garden while Jingting continued training and livestreaming. After a former devotee asked Jingting to name her baby, the Clear Breeze Temple residents held a naming conference and considered several suggestions.

  • Yun Zhaozhao declined Xiao Yao’s offer to shape every tree, and Xiao Yao instead neatly pruned the temple’s potted plants.
  • Xiao Yao prepared a list of seeds for the cleared backyard plot, and Yun Zhaozhao got Lawyer Wang to reimburse the purchase.
  • Jingting gave advice to a stressed parent during his livestream, then got distracted by Daoist Chang Kong’s braised pork noodles.
  • A former devotee thanked Jingting for helping her and asked him to choose a name for her baby, offering him a red envelope.
  • Yun Zhaozhao gathered the temple residents and Xiao Yao to discuss names; Jingting and Xiao Yao suggested Xie Le and Xie Xie, Lin Banxia proposed Xie Nanxing, and Daoist Chang Kong suggested Rang or Qingxuan.

Ch. 48Chapter 41

Yun Zhaozhao brought a little rooster back to Clear Breeze Temple after visiting Grandpa Lin’s fields and chickens, and the temple residents joked about making him their fortune-telling mascot. She named him Yunlai and settled him in the backyard, where she and Xiao Yao happily cared for him.

  • Yun Zhaozhao visited Grandpa Lin to ask about his chickens, but the chicks were too small to make into paper-wrapped fried chicken.
  • Grandpa Lin suggested Yun Zhaozhao take a little rooster home, and she brought one back to Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Daoist Chang Kong, Jingting, and Yun Zhaozhao joked about using the rooster for fortune-telling and eventually making fried chicken with him.
  • Xiao Yao called Yun Zhaozhao the temple’s existing mascot, and Yun Zhaozhao realized she had meant her.
  • Yun Zhaozhao named the rooster Yunlai and asked Daoist Chang Kong to build him a chicken coop in the backyard.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Xiao Yao fed Yunlai leftovers and insects, while Lin Banxia showed no interest in him.

Ch. 49Chapter 42

Lin Banxia promoted Clear Breeze Temple’s herbs and pastoral life online, while Xu Fugui’s photographs drew visitors to Grandpa Lin’s tea plantation. Grandpa Lin redirected a reporter’s interview request to Yun Zhaozhao, who agreed to an interview and planned to bring the temple’s team along.

  • Lin Banxia and a medicinal herb research student posted a popular herb-growing thread on the university forum, prompting Yun Zhaozhao’s advisor to suggest a partnership with Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Lin Banxia launched the account I Have a Plot of Land, sharing videos and photographs of life at Clear Breeze Temple, and Jingting teased her about seeming different.
  • Visitors began coming to Grandpa Lin’s tea plantation after Xu Fugui’s photographs appeared in the local community news.
  • When a reporter asked to interview him, Grandpa Lin declined and directed the reporter to Yun Zhaozhao, describing her as the temple master who had started a business at a Daoist temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao accepted Reporter Cui’s interview request, scheduled a time, and decided to bring everyone from Clear Breeze Temple along.

Ch. 50Chapter 43

Clear Breeze Temple prepared matching staff outfits, Xiao Yao stood up to an anonymous classmate, and Reporter Cui interviewed Yun Zhaozhao and the interns before praising the temple as a dream workplace. After the interview aired, Yun Zhaozhao’s former classmates began learning that she worked at a Daoist temple, including Xie Kai, who heard it from his father.

  • Lin Banxia designed ruqun uniforms for the Clear Breeze Temple staff, and Xiao Yao happily showed hers off in the class chat.
  • After an anonymous classmate mocked Xiao Yao, Lin Banxia suggested a comeback, and Xiao Yao sent it to the group, earning support from her classmates.
  • Lin Banxia recommended that Xiao Yao listen to Jingting’s livestreams, warning that he was not as serene as he seemed.
  • Reporter Cui interviewed Yun Zhaozhao and the interns, and the temple staff wore their new outfits, including a headband forced onto Yunlai.
  • Reporter Cui enjoyed Clear Breeze Temple’s lunch and joked about working there after Jingting praised its workplace perks.
  • Yun Zhaozhao’s interview aired, and Xie Kai learned from his father that she worked at a Daoist temple.
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