Chapter 137: Chapter 136: Truly, you are a good disciple of mine.
Translator: 549690339
Real world!
Qingping Mountain.
The setting sun shone on the earth and illuminated the room through the window.
“Phew-”
Xuanqing opened his eyes and took a deep breath. With his current cultivation, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to hold his breath for several years.
As soon as he returned, he turned on his phone. It’s worth mentioning that before entering the game, he would turn off his phone to save battery life.
Turn on the phone.
A series of messages were opened and examined, some sent by the Twelve Youth Guanzhu, some sent by Yang Ying, and some sent by Elder Jingde.
Having thought about it,
he called Yang Ying to come to Qingping Mountain.
An hour later,
Yang Ying entered the room, holding a file bag containing various reports and plans from this period.
She knew that the Daoist priest would always ask her to report the situation after each closed-door cultivation, so she would always prepare these materials in advance.
“Daoist priest, you’ve come out of seclusion!”
“Mhm, tell me about the current situation at Qingping Temple.”
Yang Ying nodded and took out the file bag, then began to report on the development of the temple during this period.
“Twelve branches have been operating since May… averaging 800 visits per day.”
“As for expenses, the total is 130 million… 46 million of which was used to buy land… building construction… flood disaster reconstruction cost…”
“The income for this month is 110,000… selling food makes up the majority, incense candles…”
With Yang Ying’s report,
Xuanqing got a general understanding of the temple’s situation.
As expected,
all twelve branches were up and running, no wonder they had accumulated 200,000 incense offerings so quickly, allowing them to be promoted to the Seventh rank of Daoist Immortal Officers in the game world.
However,
it was a little surprising how much money had been spent.
From Yang Ying’s remarks, it was learned that over 130 million had been spent so far.
It’s not that he questioned how much had been spent, after all, the area of a well-functioning Taoist temple is quite large. In addition, the land in the city was not cheap due to it being in the city rather than in the remote countryside.
Moreover, the construction of the temple and public welfare activities after the disasters were quite costly. So, spending over 100 million was considered normal.
He was just wondering where all this money came from.
“Yang Ying, where did all the money come from in the company account?” Xuanqing asked.
“It was… Daoist Jingde!”
Yang Ying’s face showed a touch of surprise, “Just as the company was running out of money, the government office was urging us to pay the last installment for the land. It happened that Daoist Jingde saw this.”
“Then… without saying a word, he transferred five billion to our company and told me that if we ever need money, we can ask directly from Changling Pharmaceutical Factory through their public account.”
Speaking of this,
she was also quite surprised by this matter. One was that she never expected the elderly Taoist priest from the last temple dedication to be the owner of a large pharmaceutical factory. What was even more unexpected was how good his relationship with her own Daoist priest was. Without even seeing him, 5 billion was transferred right away.
Upon hearing this,
so it was Elder Jingde?
Xuanqing nodded thoughtfully.
Probably after tasting the rejuvenating effect of the ginseng fruit last time, Jingde felt somewhat indebted. In addition, besides money, he didn’t have much else, so he made such a move.
“Alright, you don’t have to worry about what happened with Daoist Jingde.”
Xuanqing waved his hand and then instructed, “Next, 1 have some tasks for you to handle.”
“Okay, just tell me, I’ll remember.”
Yang Ying quickly took out a pen and a notepad.
She knew that the trust she gained from the Daoist priest was not because of her outstanding abilities.
It was just because she was diligent in her work, had a proper attitude, and could control her tongue without causing any trouble for the Daoist priest.
He was a person who hated trouble, and she had figured this out after a long period of interaction.
As expected,
Xuanqing saw Yang Ying taking out the notepad and pen immediately, and nodded in satisfaction. As the saying goes, better a bad pen than a good memory.
“Go to the market and buy some seeds of economic crops such as sweet potatoes, hybrid rice, and cotton. The quantity should be enough for about 20,000 mu of planting land.”
“Then acquire an agricultural company with a hybrid technology research institute. You don’t have to worry about finances.”
“In addition, from now on, all the temples under the banner shall provide free food to visiting laymen, and organize public welfare activities at least once a month.”
At this point, he paused momentarily.
Xuanqing said solemnly, “As long as it can promote the goodness of Taoism and make the people respect Taoism more, I will not care how much money I spend!”
Upon hearing this,
“Daoist priest, 1 understand!”
Yang Ying’s heart jolted, and she quickly nodded in agreement.
“Mhm. You can go and get busy!” Xuanqing slightly nodded, waved his hand to signal Yang Ying to leave.
It must be said that,
ever since recruiting Yang Ying, by only paying her a small salary, she had saved him a lot of time and trouble.
After seeing off Yang Ying,
Xuanqing pondered a question.
Having now achieved the rank of Heavenly Immortal, even a nuclear bomb blast could no longer harm him,
should he be a little more aggressive with gathering incense offerings under these circumstances?
That’s right…incense offerings?
Speaking of incense offerings, he suddenly remembered that the twelve branches had begun operations while he was still in the game world. He had not even installed the Gathering Qi Beads, so had not the incense offerings inside been wasted?
“First, ask Huai Qingyun how many Gathering Qi Beads he has refined!”
With this thought in mind,
he sent a message to Huai Qingyun through the Immortal Official Record.
It’s a lot more convenient to use the Immortal Official Record for messaging subordinate gods than using a phone, at least no need to worry about signal problems.
A short while later,
Huai Qingyun entered the room.
In fact,
after Yang Ying arrived at Qingping Mountain, Huai Qingyun already knew that the young master had finished his cultivation. However, without instructions from the young master, he dared not take the initiative to disturb him.
“Young master-” Huai Qingyun bowed respectfully.
“Mhm, how is the Mountain God doing, are you getting used to it?” Xuanqing nodded slightly and asked in a condensed voice.
“I wasn’t used to it at first, always forgetting to manage the leylines. Now I’m used to it, a few days ago 1 even saved an incense guest who fell off a cliff.” Huai Qingyun scratched his head and laughed heartily.
Upon hearing this,
Xuanqing nodded in relief, and then asked, “How many Gathering Qi Beads have you refined?”
“I didn’t slack off. After managing the leylines every day, 1 would seriously refine the Gathering Qi Beads. I’ve refined over 200 beads. The jade materials you gave me are almost used up.”
With that,
Huai Qingyun remembered something and hurriedly said:
“By the way, young master, Sister Yang Ying told me that there are so many incense guests at the twelve branches that I was worried about wasting the incense offerings, so I installed one Gathering Qi Bead in each temple.”
“However, one of the temples is too far from my main body, so I… couldn’t walk there, so I only installed eleven Gathering Qi Beads..”
