Arc 8Chapters 176–186
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Yun Zhaozhao’s free public-service work brought Clear Breeze Temple widespread recognition and honors, while she settled into an easygoing life and hoped to retire early. As visiting Daoists returned home with livestreaming skills, Daoist livestreams spread across the region, and Yun Zhaozhao happily supported them online.
Yun Zhaozhao’s temple gained attention and visitors after Daoists unearthed an ancient tomb, and the resulting opportunities brought more volunteers and interest from investors. The authorities later placed a Han-dynasty Taiji Bagua Diagram stone carving in Clear Breeze Temple’s museum for safekeeping, and Yun invited Daoist Jingyang to see it.
After Clear Breeze Temple received the Taiji Bagua Diagram as its guardian treasure, Yun Zhaozhao downplayed comparisons with True Yang Temple while nearby temples tried and failed to learn from its success. Wen Xu then pitched investment near the temple to his father, and Old President Wen’s friend President Liu became interested in visiting its Daoist medical clinic for his chronic back pain.
President Liu visited Clear Breeze Temple’s Daoist clinic, hoping to find help for his chronic back pain. After eating at the temple’s vegetarian restaurant and returning to the queue, he followed Daoist Qiuting into a treatment room filled with patients covered in needles.
President Liu’s treatment at Clear Breeze Temple greatly improved his back and convinced him to consider investing nearby with Old President Wen. Yun Zhaozhao considered joining the investment before deciding to wait, while Tang Li set up a free summer childcare program for temple employees’ children.
Yun Zhaozhao expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s summer childcare efforts by partnering with a community, while the temple’s own program boosted staff morale and business. As nearby development advanced, she invested in both a villa project and a small zoo, and Wen Xu offered to support her with money that he insisted was not a loan.
Yun Zhaozhao accepted Wen Xu’s savings and invested them in Clear Breeze Temple, expanding its merchandise business and protecting its trademarks. The temple’s tea sales grew with a new flagship product, while True Yang Temple began paying for tea after its free supply dwindled.
Yun Zhaozhao supported Daoist Qiuting in trademarking and selling the clinic’s medicinal liquor and plasters online, then gathered Clear Breeze Temple’s young Daoists to brainstorm ways to attract more young visitors. The meeting ended with Sansan suggesting a monthly blessing ceremony for pets.
Yun Zhaozhao’s pet blessing ceremony helped Clear Breeze Temple build a popular membership program, while her growing closeness with Wen Xu unfolded through small domestic gestures and his secret romantic dream. The chapter ended with Yun Zhaozhao returning to the temple and watching its morning visitors and tai chi classes.
Clear Breeze Temple continued to grow as Yun Zhaozhao promoted it at a livestreamed tea event and left Wen Xu herbal medicine. The temple then competed for a place among the Provincial Top Ten Daoist Temples, climbing to fifteenth in online voting before its ranking stalled.
Yun Zhaozhao and Clear Breeze Temple rallied support from Officer Xiao Deng, True Yang Temple, other temples, and Wen Xu’s overseas friends to rise in the provincial online vote. Clear Breeze Temple finished tenth and received the “Top Ten Taoist Temples in the Province” honor, with Yun Zhaozhao celebrating alongside old friends and Wen Xu.