Chapter Summaries

Yun Zhaozhao and Clear Breeze Temple won the rotating Five-Good Taoist Temple banner and celebrated with a team-building prize draw. After Tang Li traced online smears to Cloud Peach Temple, Yun Zhaozhao confronted its master, who was soon scolded by Daoist Jingyang as well.

• Yun Zhaozhao relaxed while Tang Li and the Clear Breeze Temple Daoists prepared their bid for the Five-Good Taoist Temple award.
• Tang Li wrote an article about Daoist Qiuting’s story, and it was published in City A’s biggest newspaper.
• Clear Breeze Temple won the rotating Five-Good Taoist Temple banner and used the cash prize to hold a team-building event.
• Tang Li traced anonymous online smears against Clear Breeze Temple to Cloud Peach Temple.
• Yun Zhaozhao called Cloud Peach Temple’s master to taunt him, and Daoist Jingyang scolded him less than two days later.

After Cloud Peach Temple backed off from provoking Clear Breeze Temple, Yun Zhaozhao agreed to bring Daoist Qingxin in to train the temple’s fighters. Daoist Qingxin arrived with Daoist Baiyun, who began assessing the selected daoists by defeating them, while Wen Xu realized he was falling for Yun Zhaozhao and resolved to earn more money for her.

• Daoist Jingyang explained that Martial Uncle Chuli had scolded him over Cloud Peach Temple’s smear campaign, and Cloud Peach Temple’s abbot then ordered his followers not to provoke Clear Breeze Temple or Yun Zhaozhao.
• Jingting convinced Yun Zhaozhao that Clear Breeze Temple needed martial arts training, and she told him to offer Daoist Qingxin triple his usual pay to teach fist and sword techniques.
• Jingting told Wen Xu that he had knelt and begged Daoist Qingxin, who agreed to teach at Clear Breeze Temple.
• Wen Xu realized he was becoming infatuated with Yun Zhaozhao and decided to focus on making money for her through their co-branded products.
• Daoist Qingxin arrived with Daoist Baiyun, who tested the temple’s twenty selected daoists by beating them all on his first day.

Yun Zhaozhao’s invitation to Daoist Baiyun strengthened Clear Breeze Temple’s reputation and brought its teachers and residents closer together through training, better benefits, and lively promotions. The chapter ended with Yun Zhaozhao reflecting that the temple’s ten young Daoists could grow into a generation far more capable than their elders.

• Cloud Peach Temple’s abbot worried that Clear Breeze Temple might retaliate, but he could neither expose the smear campaign nor risk fighting it with True Yang Temple’s support behind Clear Breeze Temple.
• Daoist Baiyun and Daoist Qingxin settled into Clear Breeze Temple, where Baiyun admired its food, comfortable living conditions, freedom, and Yun Zhaozhao’s management.
• After Daoist Chang Kong explained that Daoist Zhu wanted prize money to support his family, Yun Zhaozhao raised salaries, gave rewards, and helped Daoists’ relatives find work, increasing their dedication to the temple.
• Yun Zhaozhao’s red envelopes attracted followers to Jingting’s livestream, while Wen Xu adopted the tactic and promoted his products through influencer videos that joked about Clear Breeze Temple’s chicken feet chasing demons.
• Daoist Baiyun began teaching martial arts to Clear Breeze Temple’s ten young Daoists, and Daoist Qingxin taught them fortune-telling, talisman drawing, and feng shui as Yun Zhaozhao predicted they would surpass their elders.

Yun Zhaozhao saw the agricultural base’s workers become more compliant as Clear Breeze Temple’s strength grew, and she covered for Grandpa Lin while he returned home to begin building his house. She bought an apartment of her own as the temple’s Taoist Medicine Clinic continued drawing crowds.

• Clear Breeze Temple’s martial arts practice intimidated nearby villagers, and the agricultural base’s workers stopped complaining as Yun Zhaozhao hired more young people.
• Grandpa Lin told Yun Zhaozhao that his permits were approved and asked the temple’s Daoists to choose an auspicious day for his house construction.
• Yun Zhaozhao gave Grandpa Lin a week off to oversee the foundations and stayed at the agricultural base to manage things in his absence.
• Wen Xu bought an apartment near the complex Yun Zhaozhao had chosen, prompting her to put down a deposit on her own two-bedroom apartment over the weekend.
• Lin Banxia organized the rear-courtyard Daoists to plant more medicinal herbs as the popular Taoist Medicine Clinic continued attracting long queues.

Yun Zhaozhao supported Clear Breeze Temple’s clinic, considered renovations, and agreed to Daoist Baiyun entering the temple’s Daoists in a martial arts competition. When she learned Cloud Peach Temple would compete too, the Daoists turned their training into a chance for revenge.

• Lin Banxia learned acupuncture alongside Daoist Yiyezi and showed little fear of inserting needles under Daoist Qiuting’s guidance.
• Yun Zhaozhao explained that the clinic served the temple as well as earning money through treatment and medicinal herbs, while Daoist Qingxin suggested adding fortune-telling and talisman services.
• Wen Xu offered to pay for furniture for both himself and Yun Zhaozhao, prompting her to browse increasingly expensive options for her apartment.
• Daoist Baiyun asked to enter Clear Breeze Temple’s Daoists in a martial arts competition, and Yun Zhaozhao agreed despite expecting them to lose.
• Clear Breeze Temple’s Daoists learned that Cloud Peach Temple would compete and began training harder, determined to use the event to get revenge.

Clear Breeze Temple and Cloud Peach Temple prepared to face each other in the martial arts tournament after both temples advanced to the second round. Yun Zhaozhao promised triple bonuses to spur her Daoists on, leaving Clear Breeze Temple determined to defeat its rival.

• Daoist Qingxin treated Clear Breeze Temple's exhausted trainees with talisman water, and Yun Zhaozhao jokingly suggested opening a haunted house for him.
• Cloud Peach Temple's master ordered Daoist Chunyu to enter the tournament and fight Clear Breeze Temple, so Chunyu assembled a team and urged them to win.
• Daoist Baiyun prepared Clear Breeze Temple's Daoists by tailoring their training to opponents' fighting styles, while Yun Zhaozhao gave them medicinal herbs and told them not to risk their lives.
• Clear Breeze Temple defeated an unknown temple in the first round, then drew Cloud Peach Temple as its second-round opponent.
• Daoist Baiyun led an overnight review of Cloud Peach Temple's martial arts videos, and Yun Zhaozhao promised triple bonuses to everyone accompanying the team if they won.

Clear Breeze Temple defeated Cloud Peach Temple in the martial arts tournament but lost in the third round, then celebrated and promoted its Daoists and products. As Daoist Qingxin prepared to leave after helping with the tournament, Yun Zhaozhao and Jingting were reluctant to see him go.

• Captain Chunyu signaled Cloud Peach Temple’s Daoists to stop resisting, and Clear Breeze Temple won their match.
• Clear Breeze Temple lost in the third round, then Yun Zhaozhao hosted a feast and paid out the promised triple bonuses.
• Daoist Baiyun praised Clear Breeze Temple’s practical Daoists, and Yun Zhaozhao arranged for Tang Li to publicize their tournament and training online.
• Daoist Xuwen told Yun Zhaozhao he had sold his fainting medicine as a remedy for carsickness, and she invited him to join the temple’s sales department.
• Yun Zhaozhao expanded the guesthouse shop with herbal sachets, while Martial Uncle Chuli continued working there more often than planned.
• Daoist Qingxin decided to leave after the tournament, and Jingting and Yun Zhaozhao were reluctant to see him go.

Daoist Qingxin agreed to write Clear Breeze Temple several Daoist manuals before leaving, and Daoist Baiyun responded to his absence by driving the temple’s Daoists through punishing extra training. As Wen Xu brought his parents to the temple, Song Qinglan immediately suspected Yun Zhaozhao was the young woman her son liked.

• Yun Zhaozhao asked Daoist Qingxin to write books on Daoist arts, and he later messaged to offer manuals on talismans, incantations, and ghost-catching.
• After Daoist Qingxin left, Daoist Baiyun’s loneliness led him to impose late-night training on the Clear Breeze Temple Daoists.
• Lin Banxia asked Jingting why Wen Xu had not visited, and Jingting explained that work and orders for their products had kept Wen Xu busy.
• Wen Xu arrived at Clear Breeze Temple with his parents, while Lin Banxia and Song Qinglan grew excited about the visit.
• Song Qinglan surveyed the young women at the temple and decided Yun Zhaozhao was the one when she saw Wen Xu straighten up at her appearance.

Wen Xu brought his parents to Clear Breeze Temple, where Song Qinglan warmly approved of Yun Zhaozhao and Wen Zhengrong admired her work. The visit ended with the family sharing dinner at the temple, while Wen Xu looked for reasons to spend more time near Yun Zhaozhao.

• Song Qinglan welcomed Yun Zhaozhao and praised her hospitality, while Wen Xu silently recalled that his mother had told him not to call home.
• Lin Banxia showed Wen Zhengrong, Song Qinglan, and Wen Xu around the temple after Yun Zhaozhao left to handle work.
• Wen Zhengrong and Song Qinglan used the temple's audio guides to tour and worship, and Lin Banxia credited Yun Zhaozhao with the temple's flourishing rear courtyard and other ventures.
• Wen Xu agreed to visit the temple more often to learn from Yun Zhaozhao and suggested delegating some of his factory work to Huang Xi.
• Yun Zhaozhao hosted the family for dinner, and Song Qinglan enjoyed the food while Wen Zhengrong asked whether the temple might open another branch.
• Wen Xu explained that the temple's head chef could not work in two locations, though the chef had trained apprentices who staffed another dining hall.

Wen Zhengrong and Song Qinglan extended their stay at Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse, where Wen Zhengrong helped Yun Zhaozhao secure a wholesale deal for Clear Breeze Tea. Yun Zhaozhao decided to thank Song Qinglan with an expensive jewelry set, despite Wen Xu trying to persuade her to buy him a gift instead.

• Wen Zhengrong realized Yun Zhaozhao focused her business ventures on supporting Clear Breeze Temple and dropped his proposal to expand the canteen chain.
• Wen Xu took Wen Zhengrong and Song Qinglan to Clear Breeze Temple’s guesthouse, where Wen Zhengrong grumbled about the accommodations but slept exceptionally well.
• Wen Zhengrong praised the guesthouse’s sleep-aid aromatherapy and extended their stay, while Song Qinglan silently recalled his complaints from the night before.
• Song Qinglan enjoyed taking photos in Clear Breeze Temple’s back garden, and Wen Zhengrong helped Yun Zhaozhao meet his tea-buying friend, President Tang.
• President Tang agreed to buy Clear Breeze Tea wholesale and quickly signed a cooperation contract with Yun Zhaozhao.
• Yun Zhaozhao asked Wen Xu what Song Qinglan liked, resisted his attempt to get a gift for himself, and bought Song Qinglan a jewelry set to express her gratitude.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.