Arc 3Summer Growth at Clear Breeze

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s summer activities, businesses, and staff while its food, herbal products, and martial arts attracted more visitors. After earning Granny’s promised reward, she accepted a new recruitment task and arranged for a short drama to film at the temple.

  • Yun Zhaozhao organized summer farmwork, egg-collecting, and flower activities with Zhang Lu coordinating the program.
  • Lin Banxia and Daoist Chang Kong made mosquito-repellent products that sold through the temple and university outlets.
  • Yun Zhaozhao let Zhu Ruiming stay for the summer after his conflict with his parents during the rice harvest.
  • Yun Zhaozhao hired Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao, whose tai chi sessions and livestreams attracted growing crowds.
  • Daoist Cen defeated Daoist Leng in a friendly match, and Embracing Bamboo Temple exchanged martial arts manuals and techniques with Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Lawyer Wang paid Yun Zhaozhao the promised million yuan and offered another million for recruiting a respected Daoist and training fifty new Daoists.
  • Yun Zhaozhao distributed staff bonuses, arranged donations to the village school, and hired employees for publicity and recruiting.
  • Tang Li recommended Clear Breeze Temple for the short drama “Subduing Demons,” and the director scheduled filming for after summer vacation.
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Ch. 51Page 51

Gu Kai visited Yun Zhaozhao at Clear Breeze Temple, hoping to rescue his former crush, but ended up pruning fruit trees and discovering that she was thriving. After learning the temple’s cafeteria earned several thousand a day, he left feeling she was far beyond his reach, while Yun Zhaozhao later checked the books and found Jingting had overstated the income.

  • Gu Kai contacted Yun Zhaozhao and arranged to visit Clear Breeze Temple, mistaking her friendly invitation for a sign of personal interest.
  • When Gu Kai arrived with a fruit basket, Yun Zhaozhao noticed his clothes were unsuitable for outdoor work, but he volunteered to help anyway.
  • Lin Banxia assigned Gu Kai to prune fruit trees alongside her and Xiao Yao, and he learned the work quickly.
  • After a plentiful meal, Gu Kai observed that everyone at the temple treated Yun Zhaozhao with respect and looked after her.
  • Jingting told Gu Kai that the cafeteria earned four or five thousand a day, leaving him convinced Yun Zhaozhao was out of his league.
  • After Gu Kai left, Yun Zhaozhao checked the account book and calculator and found the cafeteria earned only a little over half the amount Jingting had claimed.

Ch. 52Chapter 44

Yun Zhaozhao and the people at Clear Breeze Temple kept busy with farming and cooking as the weather grew hot, while Jingting received a martial arts manual from Daoist Qingxin and advised a viewer about her younger brother’s celebrity obsession. The chapter ended with Jingting calling Daoist Qingxin again after promising to handle the viewer’s problem.

  • Yun Zhaozhao forgot about Gu Kai and focused on the hard work of watering the fruit trees, tending seedlings, and transplanting flowers with Lin Banxia and Xiao Yao.
  • Daoist Chang Kong made elaborate cold noodles for everyone, and Yun Zhaozhao reflected on how Daoist Qingxin had treated Jingting kindly by sending him a martial arts manual.
  • Jingting promised Daoist Qingxin he would study martial arts, then learned the manual was meant for six-year-old beginners.
  • Jingting advised Milk Tea with Ice to redirect her younger brother’s celebrity obsession toward Wenqu Star and threatened that the deity would beat him in his sleep if he refused.
  • After the livestream, Jingting called Daoist Qingxin again, who told him that thanking him too often sounded insincere.

Ch. 53Chapter 45

Jingting enlisted Daoist Qingxin to frighten a celebrity-obsessed boy into focusing on his studies, then used the interest from struggling families to organize summer activities at Clear Breeze Temple. Registration surged, and Yun Zhaozhao and Grandpa Lin planned both harvest work and gentler activities for children under pressure.

  • Jingting persuaded Daoist Qingxin to arrange a supernatural punishment for Milk Tea with Ice’s younger brother, who became frightened and stopped causing trouble over celebrity chasing.
  • Jingting visited the boy’s fortune at Clear Breeze Temple and warned that he would be punished again if he neglected his studies, then Daoist Qingxin rewarded Jingting with an advanced martial arts manual.
  • Parents with struggling children began seeking Jingting’s help, so Yun Zhaozhao suggested a summer harvest program at Clear Breeze Temple and Jingting announced it on his livestream.
  • Many parents registered, including one with a three-year-old, so Yun Zhaozhao set a minimum age of seven and required parents to accompany children during the blade-based harvest.
  • Grandpa Lin proposed adding wheat-ear gathering and egg-collecting activities, and Yun Zhaozhao agreed that gentler outdoor activities could help children burdened by psychological pressure.

Ch. 54Chapter 46

Yun Zhaozhao organized summer study activities at Grandpa Lin’s farm and recruited Zhang Lu to plan and coordinate them. After Zhang Lu produced a detailed implementation plan, Xiao Yao proposed a flower activity and offered to bring her roommates to help.

  • Yun Zhaozhao and Jingting settled on “Summer Study Activities” and divided the registered children into groups for farmwork and egg activities.
  • Yun Zhaozhao invited Zhang Lu to a fish feast and asked her to coordinate the activities; Zhang Lu accepted after hearing the team would support her.
  • Zhang Lu wrote a detailed implementation plan, including Clear Breeze Temple red-cord gifts, and Yun Zhaozhao encouraged her to carry it out.
  • Xiao Yao proposed a flower-planting activity, and when Yun Zhaozhao worried they lacked staff, Xiao Yao offered to ask her roommates to help.

Ch. 55Chapter 47

Yun Zhaozhao and Xiao Yao arranged extra staffing for Clear Breeze Temple’s flower-viewing and flower-painting activity, while Jingting persuaded Daoist Qingxin to teach at the temple and eventually won him over with meat pies. Jingting and Daoist Chang Kong then faced the work of draining and cleaning the temple pond to harvest its fish.

  • Yun Zhaozhao agreed to add a flower-viewing and flower-painting activity after Xiao Yao found classmates and friends to help staff it.
  • Daoist Qingxin questioned Jingting about Clear Breeze Temple’s many activities, and Jingting invited him to teach the Dao there during summer break.
  • Jingting accompanied Daoist Qingxin on ghost-related work and religious rites, then tried to persuade him to join Clear Breeze Temple by describing its food.
  • Jingting brought Daoist Qingxin a meat pie, and Daoist Qingxin agreed to visit Clear Breeze Temple once every two or three months.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Daoist Chang Kong assessed the pond and planned to drain it, harvest the large fish, clean it, and add new fish fry.

Ch. 56Chapter 48

Yun Zhaozhao found a safe way to clear Clear Breeze Temple’s pond by letting worshippers and Jingting’s livestream fans donate to adopt fish, while Daoist Chang Kong cooked the remaining large fish. After helping Zhang Gang make an anniversary cake, Daoist Chang Kong looked into selling more baked goods and learned that the temple would need to buy eggs from local villagers until Grandpa Lin’s chickens began laying.

  • Yun Zhaozhao rejected Xiao Yao’s idea of holding a fish-catching activity and instead arranged donation-based fish adoptions, including releases carried out for Jingting’s livestream viewers.
  • Worshippers and Jingting’s fans helped release most of the small fish, while Daoist Chang Kong turned the larger fish into a banquet.
  • Daoist Chang Kong made crispy fish-shaped flour snacks that proved even more popular than the fish banquet.
  • Zhang Gang asked Daoist Chang Kong to help make a cake for his tenth wedding anniversary, and Daoist Chang Kong created a castle-shaped cake.
  • Daoist Chang Kong learned that Grandpa Lin’s free-range chickens were too young to lay eggs, so Grandpa Lin suggested asking villagers for eggs.
  • The vegetable-delivery auntie and her husband collected several baskets of free-range eggs and delivered them to Clear Breeze Temple the next day.

Ch. 57Chapter 49

Jingting helped Xu Tingting and Xie Yu attract customers to their university stall, where Clear Breeze Temple’s cakes and talisman tube blind boxes sold well. Photos and posts spread across University A, prompting students to plan visits to the temple, and a student later shared a photo of Jingting beneath his livestream.

  • Yun Zhaozhao visited Xu Tingting and Xie Yu’s campus stall with Jingting, who brought a livestream viewer over and drew more students to the stand.
  • Jingting stayed at the stall, helping sell cakes and talisman tube blind boxes and drawing attention on University A’s campus forum.
  • Xu Tingting and Xie Yu offered cake samples, and students who came to see Jingting became interested in buying cakes and trying the spinning-wheel game.
  • Students shared photos of Jingting, the blind boxes, and Clear Breeze Temple’s cakes, while Xu Tingting and Xie Yu posted photos of the temple and its grounds.
  • University A students began arranging trips to Clear Breeze Temple, and an attendee posted a photo of Jingting in the comments of his next livestream.

Ch. 58Chapter 50

Jingting’s attempt to help a viewer whose downstairs neighbor complained about noise was complicated by an anonymous accusation that the viewer was the real nuisance. Jingting and Daoist Qingxin went to investigate the neighbor, Mr. Wang, but the chapter ended before they learned what was happening.

  • Jingting’s viewer showed how he had soundproofed his home and changed his routine, then his downstairs neighbor came to complain after hearing ordinary footsteps.
  • Jingting confronted the neighbor and suggested that he might be ill or have encountered something evil, prompting the man to leave.
  • An anonymous viewer accused the complainant, Liu, of disturbing neighbors and staging his soundproofing to make himself look like a victim.
  • Yun Zhaozhao advised Jingting to investigate the downstairs neighbor first and then see how Liu reacted.
  • Jingting accompanied Daoist Qingxin to Mr. Wang’s home, where Jingting explained that they had come to check for something unusual.

Ch. 59Chapter 51

Jingting and Daoist Qingxin exposed a factory owner's son's wrongdoing, while Clear Breeze Temple grew livelier with visiting art students and affordable refreshments. Yun Zhaozhao counted her dwindling savings and dreamed of expanding the temple and owning homes, then admired the flowers Xiao Yao had grown in the back courtyard.

  • Jingting distracted Mr. Wang while Daoist Qingxin used a hand seal to test him, and Mr. Wang let them stay after Daoist Qingxin's touch subdued him.
  • Jingting confronted the factory owner's son, and Daoist Qingxin struck him from a distance; both sides received fifty strokes of the board.
  • Art students began visiting Clear Breeze Temple to paint, and Daoist Chang Kong sold them inexpensive sour plum drink and plum treats.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Lin Banxia to move mosquito-repelling herbs to the front courtyard, then counted her savings and considered expanding the temple and buying homes.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited the back courtyard after waking to Yunlai's crowing, praised Xiao Yao's blooming flowers, and heard that more flowers would soon bloom.

Ch. 60Chapter 52

Yun Zhaozhao arranged affordable summer housing for Xiao Yao and her classmates in the village school, then visited Grandpa Lin and learned more about Lin Banxia’s reasons for studying traditional Chinese medicine. At Clear Breeze Temple, Lin Ya discovered that Lin Banxia’s medicinal plants repelled mosquitoes, and Xiaojiu began selling them.

  • Yun Zhaozhao offered to find Xiao Yao and her classmates a nearby place to stay during summer break.
  • The village chief showed Yun Zhaozhao the village school’s empty teachers’ dormitories, and they agreed on rent of 200 yuan per person per month.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited Grandpa Lin, checked the crops, and heard how Lin Banxia’s father’s death had shaped her interest in traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Yun Zhaozhao told Grandpa Lin that Lin Banxia could study traditional Chinese medicine and return to Clear Breeze Temple afterward.
  • Lin Ya noticed the temple had fewer mosquitoes, traced the effect to Lin Banxia’s medicinal plants, and asked Xiaojiu to buy some.
  • Xiaojiu sold Lin Ya ten pots for 50 yuan each, and Yun Zhaozhao accepted Xiaojiu’s explanation that customers chose whether a price was worth paying.

Ch. 61Page 61

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s mosquito-repellent business, which brought in strong sales and new visitors. As summer activities began, Xiao Yao connected Yun Zhaozhao with Teacher Liu, who agreed to have her students help guide visitors in exchange for mosquito-repellent products.

  • Lin Banxia and Daoist Chang Kong made mosquito-repellent bracelets and herbal sachets, which Yun Zhaozhao sold through temple and university outlets.
  • The products sold especially well at the Agricultural College and Clear Breeze Temple, bringing in substantial income and spreading through parents’ recommendations.
  • Yun Zhaozhao had Lin Banxia and Daoist Chang Kong prepare herbal foot-soak packets after the mosquito-repellent products succeeded.
  • Xiao Yao moved into the village school’s teachers’ quarters with two classmates and gave Teacher Liu a bracelet and sachet to thank her for helping them settle in.
  • After trying the products, Teacher Liu asked to buy them for her students, and Xiao Yao brought her to meet Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Yun Zhaozhao offered the students mosquito-repellent products in exchange for helping guide visitors and direct traffic during Clear Breeze Temple’s summer excursions.

Ch. 62Chapter 53

Yun Zhaozhao arranged for local students to help Clear Breeze Temple's summer rice-harvesting program and promised books and school supplies for Teacher Liu's school. As the event began, Fan Youcai helped direct visitors and teach the city students, while Zhu Ruiming surprised him by working diligently in the paddies.

  • Yun Zhaozhao promised mosquito repellents and school supplies to Teacher Liu's school, and Teacher Liu recruited students to help at the village entrance.
  • Fan Youcai agreed to volunteer because Clear Breeze Temple had helped his grandmother and taught him to repay kindness.
  • Zhang Lu arrived early to organize the summer rice study program, and Fan Youcai came first to help; Grandpa Lin arranged a harvester and prepared to catch the fish in the paddies.
  • Mother Zhu brought Zhu Ruiming for five consecutive harvesting sessions and criticized him by comparing him to Fan Youcai, while Zhu Ruiming privately resented his parents' expectations.
  • Zhang Lu began the event with a rice-cutting demonstration and safety instructions, then assigned local students to guide the visitors.
  • Fan Youcai went to help Zhu Ruiming, who had already cut and neatly arranged more rice than most of the other students.

Ch. 63Chapter 54

At a Clear Breeze Temple rice-harvesting activity, Yun Zhaozhao calmed rebellious students by threatening them with Lin Banxia’s silver needles and a fabricated contract. Zhu Ruiming endured his mother’s scolding and blows, then asked Yun Zhaozhao if the temple was still accepting people, leaving both her and his mother stunned.

  • Zhang Lu asked Yun Zhaozhao for help when students began refusing to work and fighting with their parents.
  • Yun Zhaozhao used Lin Banxia’s silver needles and a made-up overnight cultivation rule to get the students back to work.
  • Zhu Ruiming continued harvesting rice while Mama Zhu criticized his enthusiasm for farmwork and struck him with rice stalks.
  • Zhang Lu and Yun Zhaozhao intervened as Mama Zhu tearfully complained about Zhu Ruiming’s declining grades.
  • Zhu Ruiming approached Yun Zhaozhao and asked whether Clear Breeze Temple was still accepting people.

Ch. 64Chapter 55

Yun Zhaozhao let Zhu Ruiming stay at Clear Breeze Temple for the summer after his father donated 100,000 yuan, then used the money to begin expanding the temple. She also organized a recruitment drive at a Taoist college and hired two new Taoist priests, Daoist Mao and Daoist Cen.

  • Zhu Ruiming insisted on staying away from home, so Mr. Zhu agreed and donated 100,000 yuan to Clear Breeze Temple; Yun Zhaozhao let him stay in the teachers' dormitory for the summer.
  • Yun Zhaozhao began the paperwork to expand Clear Breeze Temple and complete the orchard paperwork, while consulting Lawyer Wang and arranging for Daoist Qingxin to help recruit staff.
  • Yun Zhaozhao took Daoist Qingxin to a Taoist college for a recruitment presentation after preparing a notice, information on pay and benefits, and refreshments.
  • Yun Zhaozhao hired two graduating Taoist priests, Daoist Mao and Daoist Cen, to join Clear Breeze Temple.

Ch. 65Chapter 65

Yun Zhaozhao welcomed Daoist Mao and Daoist Cen to Clear Breeze Temple and organized their first days there, while preparing mosquito-repellent products to promote the temple during a summer activity. The plan drew many parents and children to the temple, where Daoist Chang Kong waited with homemade popsicles.

  • Yun Zhaozhao brought Daoist Mao and Daoist Cen to Clear Breeze Temple, where Daoist Qingxin took charge of their daily practice and Jingting joined them for martial arts training.
  • Yun Zhaozhao arranged air conditioners and a welcome feast for the new Daoists, then had Lin Banxia soak red cords in mosquito-repellent herbs for the summer program.
  • At the rice-paddy activities, Zhang Lu handed out the treated red cords after insects began bothering the children, and parents saw that the mosquito-repellent products worked.
  • Zhang Lu directed interested parents to Clear Breeze Temple instead of selling products at the activity, and most parents and children went there after collecting and painting eggs.
  • Daoist Chang Kong prepared Clear Breeze Cakes for the visitors, while Zhang Lu remarked that Yun Zhaozhao was a business genius and Grandpa Lin compared her to someone harvesting leeks.

Ch. 66Chapter 56

Bai Mengjie and her son Guo Rang spent far longer than planned at Clear Breeze Temple, enjoying its attractions, shopping, and dining. Yun Zhaozhao expanded the temple’s activities with flower painting and planting, then proposed that Daoist Qingxin bring Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao to teach tai chi and Baduanjin.

  • Bai Mengjie bought fish food and spent nearly an hour with Guo Rang feeding fish at Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Guo Rang wanted a sword-shaped popsicle, so Bai Mengjie went to the second courtyard, where she bought him ice cream and purchased handmade crafts and pastries from Xiaojiu.
  • Bai Mengjie followed Xiaojiu’s directions to the dining hall, where she and Guo Rang ate lunch before leaving the temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao launched an open flower-viewing and painting activity, offering seeds and rewards for artwork and encouraging visitors to return with flowers the next year.
  • Daoist Qingxin asked Yun Zhaozhao what Clear Breeze Temple would do next, and she invited him to bring Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao to demonstrate tai chi and Baduanjin.

Ch. 67Chapter 57

Bai Mengjie's family and grandfather became interested in Clear Breeze Temple after hearing about its goods and watching its tai chi livestreams. Meanwhile, Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao's former classmate Daoist Huaijin mocked their temple, and Daoist Cen answered by pointing out his higher pay.

  • Bai Mengjie brought Clear Breeze Temple souvenirs and pastries to her family, prompting her grandfather to search for the temple online.
  • Grandpa Bai watched Jingting livestream Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao demonstrating tai chi, then began tuning in regularly despite the temple's varied schedule.
  • Grandpa Bai visited Clear Breeze Temple with his tai chi buddies, watched the Daoists practice, and won a pot of wishbone flowers with his calligraphy.
  • Bai Mengjie warned her grandfather about Clear Breeze Temple's uncanny pull, but he revealed that he planned to return and win more prizes.
  • Daoist Huaijin messaged Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao to mock their small temple and livestreaming work.
  • Daoist Cen replied that he earned 5,000 a month plus a livestream bonus, while Daoist Huaijin said the temple offered little beyond money.

Ch. 68Chapter 58

Clear Breeze Temple’s tai chi sessions and dining hall drew growing crowds, attracting food streamer Ma Ke, who visited to try its vegetarian food. After exercising and climbing through the temple, Ma Ke reached the packed dining hall and asked Jingting for permission to livestream.

  • Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao moved the expanding tai chi sessions from Clear Breeze Temple’s courtyard to the plaza outside.
  • Food streamer Ma Ke came to Clear Breeze Temple to review its food and joined the tai chi crowd after viewers urged him to exercise.
  • Bai Mengjie spotted her grandfather practicing tai chi in Ma Ke’s livestream and realized the event was connected to Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Ma Ke climbed through the temple, rested, and reached the crowded dining hall, where he found that customers received freshly cooked dishes rather than ordering from a menu.
  • Ma Ke asked Jingting whether he could livestream in the dining hall, and Jingting agreed, saying he streamed for fun too.

Ch. 69Chapter 59

Ma Ke visited Clear Breeze Temple, where Jingting’s livestream fame and the temple’s food impressed him, and he learned that the young woman he saw was the temple master, Yun Zhaozhao. After Jingting’s irreverent remarks about young people and old temples spread, Daoist Huaijin stirred up Embracing Bamboo Temple’s Daoist Leng against Clear Breeze Temple, then pointed out how much attention the small temple was getting online.

  • Ma Ke discovered that Jingting had nearly fifty thousand followers and heard about Clear Breeze Temple’s other livestream accounts.
  • Ma Ke ate salt-and-pepper ribs and two kinds of crayfish, ordered the temple’s homemade green plum wine, and praised the food.
  • Ma Ke changed his mind about Clear Breeze Temple and told his viewers it was worth visiting for its food and peaceful setting.
  • Ma Ke saw Yun Zhaozhao and learned from Jingting that she was Clear Breeze Temple’s temple master.
  • Daoist Huaijin exaggerated Jingting’s remarks to Daoist Leng and urged him to visit Clear Breeze Temple under the pretext of exchanging ideas.
  • Daoist Leng asked whether Clear Breeze Temple was attracting attention, and Daoist Huaijin admitted that it was more famous online than Embracing Bamboo Temple.

Ch. 70Chapter 70

Clear Breeze Temple prepared for Embracing Bamboo Temple’s upcoming visit while Yun Zhaozhao dealt with a pest problem and discussed hosting an exchange. The chapter ended with Lin Banxia offering to serve the visitors either medicinal meals or carefully dosed poison, depending on their intentions.

  • Senior Brother Leng ordered Daoist Huaijin to arrange Embracing Bamboo Temple’s visit to Clear Breeze Temple the following week.
  • Daoist Cen warned Yun Zhaozhao that their visiting classmate might have ulterior motives, but Yun Zhaozhao told Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao to handle the visit one step at a time.
  • Yun Zhaozhao summoned Grandpa Lin to treat a batch of pest-stricken flowers, and Grandpa Lin found Lin Banxia studying pharmacology and thanked Yun Zhaozhao for supporting her interests.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Daoist Qingxin to choose an auspicious date for the new temple’s construction and sought his advice on hosting Embracing Bamboo Temple.
  • Lin Banxia said she would prepare strengthening medicinal meals for a friendly exchange, or nonfatal poison if Embracing Bamboo Temple came to cause trouble.

Ch. 71Chapter 60

Daoist Leng and Daoist Huaijin visited Clear Breeze Temple with fellow Daoists from Embracing Bamboo Temple to exchange views on the Dao, and they were impressed by Clear Breeze Temple’s food and popularity. Yun Zhaozhao monitored construction of the new temple and finally met the visitors at dinner.

  • Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao welcomed Daoist Leng, Daoist Huaijin, and the other visitors to Clear Breeze Temple and showed them their shared accommodations.
  • Daoist Chang Kong served the vegetarian visitors a banquet, and they praised the food after tasting it.
  • Daoist Huaijin criticized Clear Breeze Temple’s focus on its dining hall and medicinal herbs, but Daoist Cen defended its efforts to attract people and spread the Dao.
  • Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao revealed that Jingting ranked second in Daoist livestreaming, while Yun Zhaozhao’s young master ranked first.
  • Daoist Qingxin presided over the temples’ discussion of the Dao as Yun Zhaozhao checked construction of Clear Breeze Temple’s new premises.
  • Yun Zhaozhao met the Embracing Bamboo Temple Daoists at dinner, and they were surprised by how young she was.

Ch. 72Chapter 61

Daoist Leng challenged Clear Breeze Temple to spar, and Daoist Cen defeated him in a fist match while sparing him an embarrassing injury. Embracing Bamboo Temple conceded, ending the planned matches without a wider fight.

  • At dinner, Lin Banxia offered Embracing Bamboo Temple seeds and guidance for growing flowers and medicinal herbs, joking that the plants could poison anyone who provoked them.
  • Jingting teased Daoist Huaijin about a fight and suggested Lin Banxia might paralyze him with acupuncture, while Daoist Huaijin's voice had gone hoarse from discussing the Dao.
  • Daoist Leng proposed sparring after dinner, and Yun Zhaozhao checked that Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao could handle the challenge.
  • After Xiao Yao and her classmate left, Clear Breeze Temple cleared the courtyard and Daoist Cen began a fist match against Daoist Leng.
  • Daoist Cen wore Daoist Leng down, stopped his final punch just short of his face, and accepted his concession; Embracing Bamboo Temple's other Daoists then declined to fight.

Ch. 73Chapter 62

Clear Breeze Temple made peace with Embracing Bamboo Temple, expanded its sales and online popularity, and Yun Zhaozhao continued developing the temple’s agriculture and business. During a summer visit, Lawyer Wang praised her progress, prompting her to ask whether she had earned the million promised by Granny.

  • Daoist Leng changed his opinion of Clear Breeze Temple, and the two temples exchanged martial arts manuals and techniques before Embracing Bamboo Temple left on friendly terms.
  • Grandpa Lin delivered rice and dried lotus fish and handed Yun Zhaozhao the proceeds, bringing her earnings since taking over the temple to one million.
  • Jingting posted a video contrasting Daoist Cen’s tai chi lessons with his fight against Daoist Leng, drawing more visitors to watch Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao practice.
  • Yun Zhaozhao rejected Jingting’s idea of charging spectators and planned to invite the temple’s founding shareholders to sample lotus fish, while arranging tea sales to Embracing Bamboo Temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Lin Banxia to try developing pesticides, and Xiao Yao’s revived flowers attracted more visitors after she posted photographs online.
  • Lawyer Wang visited with his family, praised Yun Zhaozhao’s progress and the new temple’s construction, and Yun Zhaozhao asked whether she had fulfilled Granny’s wish and could claim the promised million.

Ch. 74Page 74

Yun Zhaozhao used Lawyer Wang’s million-yuan payment to support Clear Breeze Temple, its staff, and the village school, while Zhu Ruiming’s family helped publicize the temple’s charity work. The chapter ended with two young people referred by President Zhu arriving to handle Clear Breeze Temple’s publicity and recruiting.

  • Lawyer Wang paid Yun Zhaozhao a million yuan and offered her another million-yuan task to recruit a respected Daoist and train fifty new Daoists for Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao gave Grandpa Lin funds for the farmland and distributed bonuses to the temple staff, including Daoist Cen and Daoist Mao.
  • Yun Zhaozhao put Zhang Lu in charge of donating books to the village school, and Zhu Ruiming’s father volunteered to donate sports equipment and arrange media coverage.
  • Daoist Chang Kong’s rice paddy fish impressed Zhu Ruiming, who sent four newly hired chefs to learn how to make it.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Zhu Ruiming’s father to recommend suitable job candidates, and two young people arrived three days later to handle publicity and recruiting for Clear Breeze Temple.

Ch. 75Chapter 63

Yun Zhaozhao welcomed President Zhu’s HR and publicity staff, who helped organize Clear Breeze Temple’s recruitment plans and arrange a short-video production. The temple secured the filming location for “Subduing Demons,” with production set to begin after summer vacation.

  • Xiaojiu worried that the new HR employee would impose big-company schedules, but the HR woman only assessed the temple’s staffing and benefits.
  • Yun Zhaozhao set recruitment targets of one respected elderly Daoist and fifty Daoist trainees, and the HR woman began seeking candidates.
  • Tang Li proposed promotional short videos to improve the temple’s reputation and turn online attention into visitors.
  • Tang Li used his media contacts to recommend Clear Breeze Temple as the location for the short drama “Subduing Demons.”
  • The director approved the temple after scouting its grounds and eating at its cafeteria, then scheduled filming for after summer vacation.
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