Arc 7Temple Growth and New Beginnings

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s business and public profile through tours, a museum, livestream training, and a mountain tree-planting project, while Wen Xu steadily supported her and grew closer to her. The arc left Clear Breeze Temple attracting visitors and collaborators, with Yun Zhaozhao continuing to build its future alongside Wen Xu.

  • Yun Zhaozhao allowed Wen Xu to keep liking her, and their growing closeness continued as he helped her furnish his apartment and later supported her business deals.
  • Wen Xu and Yun Zhaozhao spent the New Year at Clear Breeze Temple, where he brought gifts and fireworks and joined the temple’s celebrations and annual accounting.
  • Yun Zhaozhao worked with Brother Xiao Ma to develop cultural tours, and Little Qingya guided visitors as Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse began attracting regular groups.
  • Yun Zhaozhao brought peacocks to the guesthouse and set up fortune-telling and a wishing tree, drawing publicity that made the site popular.
  • Yun Zhaozhao opened a Taoist exhibition hall, acquired donated artifacts, and organized new-media students and visiting Daoists to expand the temple’s online presence.
  • Yun Zhaozhao leased nearby woodland and organized Daoists, villagers, students, tourists, and Wen Xu’s employees to plant trees across the mountains.
  • Yun Zhaozhao used the tree-planting campaign to promote Clear Breeze Temple, while Wen Xu brought free snacks and publicly praised her.
  • Officer Xiao Deng asked Clear Breeze Temple to make an anti-fraud video, and Jingting and Daoist Chang Kong filmed it before Wen Xu repeatedly watched Yun Zhaozhao’s closing appearance.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Chapter 129

Song Qinglan delighted in the jewelry Yun Zhaozhao had given her and urged Wen Xu to pursue his love life before she and Wen Zhengrong left City A. Later, Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu shopped for furniture, where she openly acknowledged that he liked her, and they ended up at Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse for a meal.

  • Song Qinglan wore the jewelry Yun Zhaozhao had given her and showed it off to her friends, then encouraged Wen Xu to make progress in his love life before she and Wen Zhengrong departed.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited Wen Xu’s finished apartment to get ideas for her renovations, and Wen Xu took her to shop for furniture.
  • Yun Zhaozhao told Wen Xu she knew he liked her and gave him permission to keep doing so.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu bought beds and mattresses, and Wen Xu offered to let her move into his apartment, but she declined.
  • Yun Zhaozhao took Wen Xu to Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse to treat him to a meal, where the manager recommended meat-stuffed peppers and pumpkin cakes.

Ch. 152Chapter 130

After Yun Zhaozhao teased Wen Xu about their relationship, he tried to use his looks to get closer to her, but their flirtation left him flustered. He went home determined to improve his appearance for her and recruited Jingting into his new skincare routine.

  • Wen Xu learned from the guesthouse butler that Yun Zhaozhao was a face-con and decided to take better care of his looks.
  • Martial Uncle Chuli teased Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu about dating and claimed their matching steps showed they were well suited.
  • Wen Xu asked Yun Zhaozhao to photograph him, then took unflattering close-up pictures of her and leaned in to inspect her face.
  • Wen Xu stopped before their moment turned more intimate, blushed, and left the guesthouse in embarrassment.
  • Wen Xu had several dreams about Yun Zhaozhao and began using sheet masks, giving a box to Jingting and urging him to do the same.

Ch. 153Chapter 131

Wen Xu admitted he liked someone, while Yun Zhaozhao focused on earning money by having Daoist Chang Kong build furniture to sell him. Clear Breeze Temple signed a tea supply contract with President Gu, and Yun Zhaozhao invited Wen Xu to the tea plantation’s celebratory meal, where the employees gathered at a restaurant.

  • During a livestream, Wen Xu said he had no girlfriend but liked someone, and Jingting guessed that he liked Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Yun Zhaozhao bought oak and had Daoist Chang Kong make dining furniture, sofas, and a coffee table, then sold the pieces to Wen Xu for 100,000 yuan.
  • Yun Zhaozhao arranged for Chang Kong to make Wen Xu bedside tables as well, calling them a gift to hold what remained of her conscience.
  • Clear Breeze Temple signed a contract to supply President Gu’s tea factory with about 4,000 jin of black tea each year.
  • Yun Zhaozhao invited Wen Xu to the tea plantation employees’ celebratory meal, and he carefully chose an outfit before joining them at a restaurant.

Ch. 154Chapter 132

At a village banquet, Wen Xu drank on Yun Zhaozhao’s behalf, then became genuinely drunk and embarrassed himself by clinging to her. The next day he learned Yun Zhaozhao was supervising the tea harvest, and sought advice on winning over a career-focused woman, only to realize others had already noticed his feelings for her.

  • Yun Zhaozhao sat with the villagers at the banquet, and Wen Xu followed her and offered to drink in her place.
  • Wen Xu drank round after round of baijiu, then pretended to be drunk at Yun Zhaozhao’s request and leaned on her shoulder.
  • Jingting told Wen Xu the next morning that he had clung to Yun Zhaozhao and gazed at her affectionately while drunk.
  • Wen Xu learned Yun Zhaozhao had gone to supervise the tea harvest and asked Huang Xi how to win over a career-minded woman.
  • Huang Xi advised Wen Xu to show sincere affection, and he realized people around him already knew he liked Yun Zhaozhao.

Ch. 155Chapter 133

Wen Xu used his father’s business connections to help Yun Zhaozhao, while Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s training and outfitted its work with new furniture. The chapter ended with Yun Zhaozhao driving the furniture to Wen Xu, who eagerly prepared to see her.

  • Song Qinglan realized Wen Xu liked Yun Zhaozhao, and Wen Xu asked his parents to pass useful City A business connections to him first so he could help her.
  • Wen Zhengrong worried that helping Yun Zhaozhao’s business might widen the gap between her and Wen Xu, but Wen Xu welcomed the plan and joked that he was born to live off a woman.
  • Wen Zhengrong gave Wen Xu several trusted clients’ contacts, and Wen Xu personally ensured they would offer Yun Zhaozhao favorable prices.
  • Daoist Qingxin gave Yun Zhaozhao his books on talismans and ghost-catching, then agreed to teach Clear Breeze Temple’s Daoists online twice a week for generous pay.
  • Yun Zhaozhao arranged for Daoist Chang Kong and two former carpenters to make temple furniture, and Chang Kong finished the pieces in less than a month.
  • After buying a truck with her agricultural subsidy, Yun Zhaozhao drove the finished furniture to Wen Xu, who showered and put on cologne before she arrived.

Ch. 156Chapter 134

Yun Zhaozhao recruited Wen Xu to carry and assemble furniture, then secretly hired Daoist Chang Kong to finish the job. Wen Xu accompanied Yun Zhaozhao to a client meeting and helped her negotiate a better contract, leaving their relationship and business partnership continuing to grow.

  • Yun Zhaozhao had Wen Xu help carry furniture to his home and assemble it, but he struggled with the dining table and left spare screws behind.
  • Wen Xu gave Yun Zhaozhao money to arrange assembly help, and she called Daoist Chang Kong to bring food and his toolbox.
  • Daoist Chang Kong quickly assembled the furniture, and Wen Xu praised it before revealing he liked having matching furniture with Yun Zhaozhao.
  • After lunch, Yun Zhaozhao planned to meet a client to sign a contract, and Wen Xu insisted on accompanying her.
  • Wen Xu reviewed the contract and negotiated its terms, helping Yun Zhaozhao sign a deal better than she had expected.

Ch. 157Chapter 135

After signing a contract, Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu went to a movie, where Wen Xu tried to treat their outing as a date. Yun Zhaozhao planned outdoor screenings for Clear Breeze Temple and nearby villagers, and Wen Xu quietly paid to expand them into half a month of movies.

  • Wen Xu helped Yun Zhaozhao sign the contract early, and they decided to see a comedy at a cinema.
  • Yun Zhaozhao bought Wen Xu his favorite Coke after reading complaints about a classmate’s blind date in their group chat.
  • After the movie, Yun Zhaozhao messaged Tang Li to arrange outdoor screenings at Clear Breeze Temple, the village primary school, and the agricultural base.
  • Wen Xu questioned Yun Zhaozhao about her messages, realized he was acting distrustful, and apologized by affirming her freedom to make friends.
  • Wen Xu later hired and paid for half a month of outdoor movie screenings, while the villagers and temple residents credited Yun Zhaozhao and Clear Breeze Temple.

Ch. 158Chapter 136

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s staff and reputation, then joined True Yang Temple in charitable work as the temple flourished. She celebrated Wen Xu’s move to his new home with friends and discovered she and Huang Xi had plenty to talk about.

  • Wen Xu told Yun Zhaozhao not to defend his reputation, saying he was happy to be the little man behind her.
  • Yun Zhaozhao recruited graduates for the agricultural base, guesthouse, and Clear Breeze Temple, where they translated texts and painted murals.
  • Clear Breeze Temple received official honors for its role in City A, while Yun Zhaozhao put aside her goal of having the old temple designated protected cultural heritage because it was not old enough.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and True Yang Temple funded welfare homes and impoverished schools, and she bought Jingting a nearby apartment as a fallback.
  • Yun Zhaozhao, Jingting, Daoist Chang Kong, and others celebrated Wen Xu’s move; Wen Xu said he had invited few people because his parents saw moving as unimportant.
  • Daoist Chang Kong cooked without charging Wen Xu, and Yun Zhaozhao found she had plenty to discuss with Huang Xi.

Ch. 159Chapter 137

After Daoist Chang Kong accidentally revealed he had overcharged Wen Xu for a dining table, Wen Xu surprised Yun Zhaozhao by taking the news in stride and joking that she liked his family’s wealth. During an unusually cold winter, Yun Zhaozhao kept Clear Breeze Temple’s children busy with snow outings and homework, with Lin Lang organizing their tutoring.

  • Huang Xi jokingly recommended Wen Xu as a money manager, but Yun Zhaozhao refused to entrust him with her money.
  • At Wen Xu’s housewarming meal, Daoist Chang Kong got drunk and revealed that he had charged Wen Xu more than a hundred thousand for a dining table he had made himself.
  • Wen Xu admitted he had briefly been angry with Yun Zhaozhao, then explained that he was no longer upset because he believed she liked his money rather than disliking him.
  • Yun Zhaozhao told Daoist Chang Kong how calmly Wen Xu had reacted, and Daoist Chang Kong praised Wen Xu’s ability to take things in stride.
  • During an unusually cold, snowy winter, Yun Zhaozhao gave Clear Breeze Temple’s Daoists a few days off and took the children out to enjoy the snow while supervising their homework.
  • Lin Lang built a mini app to schedule tutoring for the children, impressing Tang Li with how much work Yun Zhaozhao had put him to.

Ch. 160Chapter 138

Yun Zhaozhao declined a television appearance and spent the winter at Clear Breeze Temple with Wen Xu and the Daoists, while Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia prepared to return to their hometown for the New Year. After Yun Zhaozhao briefly visited her grandmother’s grave, she returned to find a huge package of hand-knitted winter clothes sent by Wen Xu’s mother.

  • Yun Zhaozhao turned down a local television program’s invitation, preferring to stay at Clear Breeze Temple and cook with Daoist Chang Kong.
  • Wen Xu visited Clear Breeze Temple often for Yun Zhaozhao and Daoist Chang Kong’s iron-pot stews, while Daoist Chang Kong and Yun Zhaozhao joked about charging him for a future wedding feast.
  • Grandpa Lin arranged for his trained successor to take over the agricultural base and prepared to take Lin Banxia home for an extended New Year holiday.
  • Daoist Yiyezi convinced Lin Banxia that marriage could fit alongside her medical career, delighting Grandpa Lin.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited her hometown to pay respects at her grandmother’s grave, then returned to Clear Breeze Temple the same day.
  • Jingting helped Yun Zhaozhao open a huge package of knitted winter clothes, and Wen Xu explained that his mother had made and sent them.

Ch. 161Chapter 139

Yun Zhaozhao and the Daoists prepared for Lunar New Year at Clear Breeze Temple as the temple grew busy with holiday visitors and Wen Xu held his company’s annual party there. On New Year’s Eve, Jingting and the little Daoists waited eagerly for Wen Xu to arrive with his custom fireworks.

  • Yun Zhaozhao thanked Mother Wen for her handmade gifts and later sent Wen Xu homemade cured foods, learning that he planned to stay at Clear Breeze Temple for the New Year.
  • Clear Breeze Temple grew busy with educational tours, while its Daoists prepared festive decorations and performances for the children staying there.
  • Wen Xu held his company’s annual party in the temple cafeteria, where employees focused on the many cash prizes he had prepared.
  • Yun Zhaozhao suggested hosting more banquets, but Daoist Chang Kong steered their conversation toward New Year’s Eve celebrations.
  • Jingting told Yun Zhaozhao that Wen Xu would take him to see custom-made fireworks, prompting the little Daoists to wait together at the temple entrance.

Ch. 162Chapter 140

Wen Xu brought handmade gifts, red envelopes, and fireworks to Clear Breeze Temple for New Year’s Eve, where Yun Zhaozhao and the Daoists welcomed him into their celebrations. He joined in their lively preparations and learned they had organized a courtyard gala, though their temple band reminded him of its disastrous performance for him before.

  • Wen Xu made an ugly cloisonné vase as a gift for Yun Zhaozhao and brought it, fireworks, and red envelopes to Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao happily accepted the vase, especially after noticing the red envelope inside, while the little Daoists and Martial Uncle Chuli received envelopes too.
  • The little Daoists ran outside to set off the hand-held fireworks as Wen Xu watched beside Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked whether Wen Xu’s parents minded him spending New Year away from home, and he joked that they would not mind if he married into her family.
  • Wen Xu admired the temple’s lavish reunion dinner, festive clothes, and courtyard stage before Yun Zhaozhao reminded him of the temple band’s earlier performance.

Ch. 163Chapter 141

Wen Xu celebrated New Year's Eve at Clear Breeze Temple with Yun Zhaozhao, sharing food, performances, and an extravagant fireworks display. After the celebration, Yun Zhaozhao began her traditional New Year accounting, which would lead to the Daoists receiving their year-end bonuses.

  • Wen Xu enjoyed the relaxed New Year gathering, ate with the Daoists, and watched their performances alongside Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Wen Xu took the young Daoists outside and set off a large collection of fireworks, including custom fireworks shaped like gold ingots for Yun Zhaozhao.
  • Daoist Mao and Daoist Zhu took the ten young Daoists to wash up and go to bed while the others ate, drank, and cleaned up.
  • Yun Zhaozhao sat down to review Clear Breeze Temple's accounts, beginning the annual accounting session before distributing year-end bonuses.

Ch. 164Page 164

Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu spent New Year’s Eve checking accounts together, then helped Clear Breeze Temple manage the huge New Year’s Day crowds and strawberry sales. After the exhausting day, Wen Xu offered Yun Zhaozhao a heart-shaped strawberry, and their companions caught them sharing the moment.

  • Yun Zhaozhao let Wen Xu check the guesthouse ledger, and they worked together until nearly midnight while the other Daoists left.
  • Wen Xu hung up on his mother Song Qinglan’s video call and told Yun Zhaozhao it was a scam call from overseas.
  • Wen Xu helped the little Daoists pick strawberries as Yun Zhaozhao and Xiaojiu sold them to the packed New Year’s Day crowd.
  • Yun Zhaozhao had Xiaojiu play an announcement warning visitors not to damage the strawberry plants, and the crowd behaved more carefully.
  • Wen Xu brought Yun Zhaozhao a washed, heart-shaped strawberry, and Martial Uncle Chuli mimicked the gesture with Jingting as Daoist Chang Kong laughed.

Ch. 165Chapter 142

After the New Year, Yun Zhaozhao returned to running Clear Breeze Temple and planned a premium cultural tour to improve the guesthouse’s business. She secured a trial partnership with a small travel company and began working out how to promote and operate the tours.

  • Grandpa Lin and Lin Banxia returned to Clear Breeze Temple, where Grandpa Lin went straight back to work and Lin Banxia caught up on gossip with Xiaojiu.
  • Lin Banxia teased Yun Zhaozhao about Wen Xu and ate the ripe strawberries Yun Zhaozhao had saved for her, then received her New Year red envelope.
  • Yun Zhaozhao visited the Taoist Association and True Yang Temple before turning her attention to the guesthouse’s weak everyday business.
  • Yun Zhaozhao asked Tang Li to approach travel agencies about a premium cultural tour featuring university visits, Taoist temples, and stays at the guesthouse.
  • After most agencies rejected the plan or demanded too large a cut, a newly established company run by Brother Xiao Ma agreed to try it.
  • Yun Zhaozhao, Tang Li, Brother Xiao Ma, and Brother Li discussed promotion and tour options, with Yun Zhaozhao offering Clear Breeze Temple’s food, products, and sightseeing as attractions.

Ch. 166Chapter 143

Yun Zhaozhao helped Brother Xiao Ma develop a cultural tourism plan for Clear Breeze Temple and prepared Daoists to guide visitors. Brother Xiao Ma brought the first small tour group to the temple, where Little Qingya charmed the guests while Dazhuang’s parents began considering an idea about their unemployed son.

  • Brother Xiao Ma submitted a tourism proposal, and Yun Zhaozhao suggested he run two small weekend tours before the larger Qingming Festival event.
  • Yun Zhaozhao selected Daoists from three generations, including Little Qingya and Daoist Chuli, to guide visitors around Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Brother Xiao Ma brought ten local tourists to Clear Breeze Temple, and he stayed behind with the complaining Dazhuang and his parents while the others went ahead.
  • Little Qingya answered Dazhuang’s complaints about the koi and told his parents that sincere prayers were effective, improving their impression of the temple.
  • Little Qingya led the group through the Daoists’ living quarters, and Dazhuang’s parents began considering plans for their son’s employment.

Ch. 167Chapter 144

Brother Xiao Ma’s tours brought visitors to Clear Breeze Temple, where the food, souvenirs, fruit, and Prosperity Spring kept them spending. When he began offering overnight trips, Yun Zhaozhao and the others considered how to make the guesthouse more appealing, but moving Daoist Chang Kong there to improve the food would leave the temple cafeteria without him.

  • Dazhuang and the other tourists enjoyed a meal at Clear Breeze Temple’s old cafeteria, and Brother Xiao Ma promoted the temple guesthouse with brochures.
  • Little Qingya repeated the temple master’s claim that Clear Breeze Temple could take the whole pie, prompting the tourists to imagine the temple’s huge appetite.
  • Brother Xiao Ma brought short-trip groups to Clear Breeze Temple nearly every week, where visitors bought temple-made souvenirs and fruit and tossed coins into Prosperity Spring.
  • In April, Brother Xiao Ma began offering two-day, one-night trips, but advance cancellations and a lack of evening activities made the overnight tours harder to organize.
  • Jingting suggested entertainment at the guesthouse, while Yun Zhaozhao proposed tea and stories; Brother Li explained that successful nearby guesthouses offered food or entertainment.
  • Yun Zhaozhao considered moving Daoist Chang Kong to Clear Breeze Guesthouse to attract guests with his cooking, but worried that the temple cafeteria would lose its cook.

Ch. 168Chapter 145

Yun Zhaozhao borrowed two peacocks from True Yang Temple and brought them to Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse, where they delighted guests and became a publicity opportunity. While inspecting the busy guesthouse, she watched Wen Xu help at the front desk and considered adding fortune-telling as a guesthouse attraction.

  • Daoist Chuli suggested that Yun Zhaozhao use True Yang Temple’s two young peacocks at the guesthouse, and Daoist Jingyang agreed to lend them to her.
  • Yun Zhaozhao had the peacocks settled at the guesthouse, where Brother Xiao Ma’s tour group admired them and heard his flattering explanation of their significance.
  • Wen Xu visited the guesthouse with Yun Zhaozhao, helped answer calls at the front desk, and joked with Brother Xiao Ma about peacocks spreading their tails.
  • Yun Zhaozhao arranged for guests to photograph the peacocks for Weibo publicity and named them Little Green and Little White after rejecting Wen Xu’s suggestion of Zhaozhao and Mumu.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Xu ate dinner at the guesthouse and watched guests socialize, while Yun Zhaozhao considered whether to offer fortune-telling there.

Ch. 169Chapter 146

Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse grew popular through its wishing tree, peacocks, and Martial Uncle Chuli’s fortune-telling, helping Brother Xiao Ma’s travel studio thrive. After Clear Breeze Temple received a city award, Yun Zhaozhao learned that its supposed debts had been a lie and decided to invest in storefront properties so she could become a landlady.

  • Martial Uncle Chuli entertained guesthouse visitors with improvised fortune-telling, while Yun Zhaozhao and Xiao Li set up a wishing tree that attracted guests and online attention.
  • A photo of Little Green and Little White spreading their tails beneath the wishing tree made the guesthouse a popular destination, benefiting Brother Xiao Ma’s travel studio.
  • Brother Xiao Ma asked Xiao Li how he could thank Yun Zhaozhao, and Xiao Li suggested getting her onto trending searches.
  • Clear Breeze Temple received a City A government award as the most influential Taoist temple, and Jingting hung its plaque by the main entrance.
  • Yun Zhaozhao called Lawyer Wang to settle the temple’s old debts, but he revealed that Grandma had invented them to persuade Yun Zhaozhao to take over the temple.
  • Yun Zhaozhao decided that she wanted to buy storefront properties and become a landlady.

Ch. 170Chapter 147

Yun Zhaozhao bought four storefronts and opened a Taoist culture museum at Clear Breeze Temple, which gained a full collection after a wealthy collector donated his artifacts. The museum drew more visitors, and tour guide Brother Xiao Ma began considering a long-term job at the temple.

  • Yun Zhaozhao bought two storefronts in her residential complex and two more in a busy area after consulting the Taoist Association president’s acquaintances.
  • Yun Zhaozhao and Tang Li discussed the risks of her investment, and Tang Li suggested the storefronts could serve as her dowry.
  • Yun Zhaozhao opened a Taoist exhibition hall at Clear Breeze Temple and arranged its donated artifacts with help from Martial Uncle Chuli.
  • Yun Zhaozhao declined Martial Uncle Chuli’s offer to seek more exhibits from True Yang Temple, leaving some displays empty and planning to publicize the museum.
  • Mr. Qian donated his Taoist collection to Clear Breeze Temple, and Yun Zhaozhao offered him a silk banner in recognition.
  • Visitors enjoyed the museum, and Brother Xiao Ma began wanting to work at Clear Breeze Temple long-term.

Ch. 171Chapter 148

Wen Xu brought Yun Zhaozhao gifts from his parents and arranged for his father’s friends to donate collectibles to Clear Breeze Temple. As the temple expanded its educational and livestreaming work, visiting Daoists arrived to learn from it, leaving Yun Zhaozhao planning to hire professional video creators to train them.

  • Wen Xu brought Yun Zhaozhao a suitcase of souvenirs from his parents, and she struggled to refuse the gifts.
  • Wen Xu told his mother he had accepted the souvenirs on Yun Zhaozhao’s behalf and asked his father to find collectibles for Clear Breeze Temple’s exhibition hall.
  • Wen Xu’s father later gave Yun Zhaozhao a seal called the Heaven-Overturning Seal, which she displayed with the temple’s other collectibles.
  • Yun Zhaozhao had Daoists and new-media college students manage Clear Breeze Temple’s educational accounts, which gained a growing following.
  • Other temples sent young, handsome Daoists to Clear Breeze Temple to study its livestreaming success, attracting excited female worshippers.
  • Yun Zhaozhao decided to hire professional video creators to teach the visiting Daoists how to livestream rather than leave their training to Jingting.

Ch. 172Chapter 149

Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s activities by arranging livestream training for visiting Daoists and organizing a plan to lease nearby mountain woodland for afforestation. The Daoists began planting trees with local villagers, while the project aimed to turn the surrounding bare slopes into forests.

  • Yun Zhaozhao persuaded Jingting to help hire internet streamers to teach the visiting Daoists how to livestream, and Wen Xu rushed to the temple after misunderstanding Jingting’s explanation.
  • Wen Xu helped hire two streamers, and Yun Zhaozhao set up rear-courtyard rooms for training the twenty Daoists in two groups.
  • Daoist Chang Kong made Jingting study in the evenings by threatening to stop cooking for him, while Wen Xu began calling Yun Zhaozhao each night to ask if she was coming to her new house.
  • Yun Zhaozhao decided to lease nearby mountain woodland and offered the Daoists larger bonuses for taking responsibility for parts of the tree-planting plan.
  • Yun Zhaozhao signed the woodland leases with the village chief’s support, had Lin Banxia buy saplings, and sent the Daoists and villagers to plant trees across the surrounding mountains.

Ch. 173Chapter 150

Yun Zhaozhao organized a successful tree-planting effort at Clear Breeze Temple by recruiting tourists, worshippers, students, and Wen Xu’s company employees. As Wen Xu livestreamed the work, his obvious admiration for Yun Zhaozhao became clear to viewers and fellow Daoist priests.

  • Yun Zhaozhao persuaded Brother Xiao Ma to bring tourists to a tree-planting camp, where visitors dug holes while Daoist priests and villagers handled the saplings.
  • Yun Zhaozhao had Tang Li post a notice offering visitors a free sapling and a blessing, drawing eager volunteers, and the village primary school also joined the planting effort.
  • Wen Xu brought his employees to plant trees and livestreamed, while viewers speculated about his connection to Clear Breeze Temple.
  • Wen Xu briefly showed Yun Zhaozhao on camera, and viewers praised her beauty as he called it one of her least significant strengths.
  • Yun Zhaozhao served free pastries, tea, and fruit at the planting site and promoted Clear Breeze Temple’s food, while Wen Xu watched admiringly.

Ch. 174Chapter 151

Yun Zhaozhao led Clear Breeze Temple and nearby villagers in planting trees, while Chairman Jiang tried and failed to persuade her to become his successor. After a report featuring the temple’s handsome Daoists drew attention and donations, Yun used the money to buy more saplings, and Wen Xu brought his company’s snacks to the planting effort.

  • Wen Xu suggested selling his company’s chicken snacks at the tree-planting event, and Yun Zhaozhao approved the idea.
  • Chairman Jiang invited a reporter to cover the planting and asked Yun Zhaozhao to succeed him as chairman of the Taoist Association, but she refused because she planned to retire at twenty-eight.
  • Chairman Jiang joined the planting effort, and Reporter Cui photographed the handsome Daoists for his report.
  • After Reporter Cui’s story attracted attention, Yun refused a donation explicitly labeled for reforestation until Martial Uncle Chuli advised the donor to call it incense money instead.
  • Yun recorded the donation and used it to buy more saplings, while Wen Xu personally brought free snacks from his factory for the tree planters.

Ch. 175Chapter 175

Clear Breeze Temple helped Officer Xiao Deng film an anti-fraud video, with Jingting and Daoist Chang Kong taking the lead while Yun Zhaozhao appeared in the final shot. After the video went online, Wen Xu watched it to see Yun Zhaozhao and sent it to President Wen, who joked that only Wen Xu could scam him.

  • At the tree-planting site, Jingting asked Wen Xu why a rich man like him stayed faithful, and Wen Xu credited his father and family upbringing.
  • Officer Xiao Deng asked Yun Zhaozhao and Clear Breeze Temple to make an anti-fraud video, and she assigned Jingting and Daoist Chang Kong to film it.
  • Jingting brought professional filming equipment and crew, impressing Officer Xiao Deng with the temple’s media experience.
  • After filming, Yun Zhaozhao invited Officer Xiao Deng and his colleagues to dinner, where Daoist Chang Kong cooked and Officer Xiao Deng praised the meal.
  • Jingting sent the finished video to Wen Xu, who watched Yun Zhaozhao’s closing appearance repeatedly and forwarded the video to President Wen.
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