Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yun Zhaozhao and Tang Li prepared ways to promote Clear Breeze Temple during the village primary school's donation ceremony, while Tang Li also launched the temple's official Weibo account. The ceremony was set for Teachers' Day, and Yun Zhaozhao began preparing to give pupils gifts and offer them an annual free educational activity at the temple.

• Yun Zhaozhao discussed creating a library of unique books for Clear Breeze Temple, and Tang Li suggested adding handwritten Daoist scriptures and an official Weibo account.
• Jingting struggled to find something to write about until Yun Zhaozhao suggested writing about his little master, inspiring him to choose the title The Untold Stories Between My Little Master and Me.
• Yun Zhaozhao asked Tang Li to help promote Clear Breeze Temple at the donation ceremony, and he agreed despite working for Zhu Ruiming's father.
• Tang Li prepared a publicity plan recommending a calligraphy blessing, mosquito-repellent bracelets for pupils, and an annual free educational activity at Clear Breeze Temple.
• Tang Li registered Clear Breeze Temple's official Weibo account and offered visitors a free red mosquito-repellent cord for following it, then commissioned playful Daoist-themed quotes to encourage them to stay followed.

Tang Li expanded Clear Breeze Temple’s publicity, while Yun Zhaozhao completed a donation ceremony at a rural primary school and planned further promotional materials. As the students returned to school, Xiao Yao struggled to leave the garden she had planted, though Yun Zhaozhao promised to care for it.

• Tang Li posted videos and organized giveaways that increased engagement with Clear Breeze Temple’s official Weibo account.
• Yun Zhaozhao and President Zhu attended the school’s donation ceremony, where Teacher Liu hosted and thanked them on the school’s behalf.
• President Zhu spoke about health and exercise, and Yun Zhaozhao introduced the temple’s donations before giving students pastries and mosquito-repellent bracelets.
• Tang Li noticed Clear Breeze Temple lacked an official website and useful Baidu Baike information, so she organized reports and commissioned a website.
• Yun Zhaozhao asked the director of Subduing Demons to exchange the temple priests’ free extra work for promotional photographs, and the director considered using them for action scenes.
• Xiao Yao worried about leaving the garden she had planted when she returned to school, and Yun Zhaozhao promised the temple would care for it.

Yun Zhaozhao thanked the departing interns, welcomed new Daoists to Clear Breeze Temple, and visited Xu Fugui, where she reconnected with Xu Tingting. She also collected new Daoist robes and struggled to find buyers for the temple’s surplus produce, leaving its sales plans unresolved.

• Yun Zhaozhao arranged promotional photos and top internship evaluations for Xiao Yao and the other interns, who returned to school as Clear Breeze Temple supporters.
• Clear Breeze Temple hired two Daoists, and Yun Zhaozhao assigned one to Daoist Cen and one to Daoist Mao; Daoist Cen taunted Daoist Huaijin, while Senior Brother Leng defended the temple.
• Yun Zhaozhao brought wild raspberries to Xu Fugui in the hospital, and he introduced her around as Clear Breeze Temple’s director.
• Yun Zhaozhao met Xu Tingting, who joked about working at the temple, but Yun Zhaozhao encouraged her to pursue her ambitions elsewhere.
• Yun Zhaozhao collected new Daoist robes and asked market vendors about their suppliers, but she found no promising way to sell the temple’s surplus goods.

Yun Zhaozhao secured a place for Clear Breeze Temple on a school cafeteria supplier list and considered involving villagers in the farm work. When a short-drama crew arrived to film at the temple, she closed it to visitors for two days and arranged a team trip for the others.

• Yun Zhaozhao and Tang Li prepared a presentation of Clear Breeze Temple’s farm resources and internship placements, and the school added the temple to its supplier list for the following year.
• Yun Zhaozhao suggested that Grandpa Lin recruit dependable villagers for light farm work, with plans to buy their crops and poultry through Clear Breeze Temple.
• Yun Zhaozhao handed the visiting short-drama crew’s arrangements to Daoist Cen, Daoist Mao, and their disciples, who learned they would play Daoists killed by the snake-spirit heroine.
• Yun Zhaozhao closed Clear Breeze Temple for two days during filming and notified visitors through the temple’s online channels and a posted notice.
• Yun Zhaozhao offered the others a paid team-building trip or time off at home, and everyone chose the trip, including Daoist Chang Kong, who wanted to sample local food.

Yun Zhaozhao took the Clear Breeze Temple group on an outing to Banyan City, where they played in a stream and enjoyed dinner together. The trip left her imagining how to bring water to Clear Breeze Temple, though she agreed to wait until they returned before planning it.

• Yun Zhaozhao arranged train travel and rooms for the group, while Jingting stayed close to her because he felt insecure in unfamiliar surroundings.
• At the guesthouse, Yun Zhaozhao stopped Lin Banxia from using herbs to stun the stream’s fish, and everyone went to the nearby stream with nets and buckets.
• Daoist Chang Kong suggested channeling water from Clear Breeze Mountain into Clear Breeze Temple, and Yun Zhaozhao decided to discuss it with the designer after the trip.
• Grandpa Lin caught a fish with a homemade spear, and the group splashed in the stream before returning to the guesthouse.
• Yun Zhaozhao enjoyed the guesthouse owner’s lemon duck and river snail and duck feet stew and signaled Daoist Chang Kong to learn the recipes.
• Tang Li asked Yun Zhaozhao to give a speech at dinner, but she only suggested that they return for another meal.