Chapter 128 Entering the Doors of Trouble Again (2/2)

He smirked, ”If one needed an instrument to catch the demon, you would not have needed me”.

The gong ringer just wanted to bring a Daoist master back and finish his job. Since no one took up the offer, he had to pass the job notice to Sanguang Daoist.

He thought, if this guy lost a couple of limbs from the monster, and could not enter the gambling den again, that would be doing good too.

Sanguang Daoist took over the notice and followed him back to the family.

While there were wasted food rotting away in a wealthy family’s backyard, some people were seen starving to death on the streets. Sanguang Daoist compared himself with this wealthy family’s premises, now he felt quite ashamed of himself.

The main entrance had a monument set up, with the carving of some scholar’s name. The tablet on the lintel had ”Shuo Family” written on it, that reminded him of this Mister Shuo, who was the scholar from this town, and became the minister in charge of salt transportation in Qingzhou, Zhizhou of the Southern East region.

Mister Shuo was a lucky man. As he left his position from Qingzhou Magistrate, he was transferred elsewhere. During the Qinghe Rebellion, he managed to escape investigation.

While he was in Qingzhou, everything was smooth, and he got the highest grade, got promoted as Salt Logistics Minister and became rich.

Seven years ago, he retired before turning fifty and returned home. It was said that the transportation of his properties and belongings went on from day till night, without pause.

Since he was a scholar, rich and loaded with properties, even the town council minister came over to pay him frequent visits.

Sanguang Daoist even remembered that his monastery was sold to Mister Shuo, only for two hundred silvers. He thought, when he had gotten rid of this monster, maybe he could try buying the monastery back, so he would not be beaten up by his ancestors in the underworld.

That was what he wished. Only when he was at the door, the guards did not let him in.

The person with the notice managed to convince the guards to let him in.

While he was entering the building, Shen Lian followed right behind.

Shen Lian looked very sharp and presentable. The door guards immediately greeted him politely. As soon as Sanguang Daoist saw this scene, he was pissed off.

He looked at Shen Lian who was also honing a Daoist robe and looked especially posh. In actuality, Shen Lian was not wearing any posh attire, but in fact, his robe was just clean, and he had this pure aura around him, immediately escalating the quality of the robe, giving it such posh effect.

The door guard was especially observant on such things. He could see that Shen Lian looked extraordinary, beating any sons of wealthy families in town. It looked as though a filthy rich young man had entered this rustic farm town.

Even though the local farm owner’s son was equally literate, Shen Lian’s outlook still stood out in multiple levels.

Moreover, although the Empress had changed her alignment, and practiced Buddhism, there were still many Daoist monasteries around, with deep foundations. Since this place was so far and secluded, no one cared about it.

The previous Dawei Dynasty had many practitioners of Daoism, hence the saying ”Zhao family, Daoist family, all are one family”.

Therefore, Daoist cultivators were still very respected in such places, not to mention Shen Lian who dressed so clean, neat and tidily.