Chapter 1398 - 702: Dissatisfaction
He looked at Hu Yi and explained gently, "It was my master’s fault for handling it poorly; don’t be upset. The situation was sudden, and I left in a rush, not intentionally ignoring you."
However, Hu Yi stubbornly stood there, clearly not accepting it. Lin Beichen knew that without a satisfactory answer, she probably wouldn’t leave easily.
Considering that he still needed to cultivate the Mountain Protection Array and time was tight, Lin Beichen pondered for a moment and decided to first give Hu Yi a basic Daoist Skill to practice. He handed Hu Yi a Daoist skill manual and said, "This is a set of basic Daoist skills. After you return, study it carefully and keep its content in mind. This will greatly benefit your future studies."
Receiving the manual, Hu Yi’s face showed delight. As long as she could learn Daoism, she was willing to start anywhere. She thanked Lin Beichen and eagerly returned to her room to begin her studies.
Watching Hu Yi’s departing figure, Lin Beichen also felt relieved. He could finally calm his mind and start cultivating the Mountain Protection Array. He was filled with anticipation for this system reward, wondering just how powerful this Mountain Protection Array could be.
As for Hu Yi, ever since she got the basic Daoist skills, she’s been engrossed in cultivation all day, no longer disturbing Lin Beichen. Her focus and diligence surprised both Lin Beichen and Zhou Yi. They hadn’t expected that the usually fiery Hu Yi could settle down so seriously to study.
Whenever she encountered something she didn’t understand, Hu Yi would proactively seek help from Lin Beichen and Zhou Yi, who would patiently answer her questions, helping her better understand and master Daoism.
Lin Beichen began a closed-door cultivation of the Array, which lasted for three whole months. During this period, all matters of the Daoist Temple were handed over to Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi managed the Daoist Temple diligently, unwilling to disappoint Lin Beichen. He was determined to fulfill Lin Beichen’s instructions to let Lin Beichen focus on his cultivation and see a renewed Daoist Temple upon emerging.
Meanwhile, Hu Yi studied Daoist skills diligently every day, hoping to master all these basic skills before her master emerged so that she could then learn new content from Lin Beichen, which filled her with anticipation.
Zhou Yi daily interacted with those who came to the Daoist Temple to learn Daoism, explaining its essence to them so they could benefit from it. However, during Lin Beichen’s three-month seclusion, the Daoist Temple encountered a major event.
The town mayor was very displeased with the villagers coming daily to the Daoist Temple to study, believing that Lin Beichen was misleading and deceiving them. Unable to stop the villagers, he brazenly barged into the Daoist Temple, causing a ruckus, and drove away the villagers studying there.
Zhou Yi was very angered by this. He wanted to teach the town mayor a lesson but feared hurting the harmony, leaving him hesitating. He felt he couldn’t make the decision on this matter, so he decided to seek Lin Beichen.
Originally, Zhou Yi didn’t want to disturb Lin Beichen’s seclusion, but with this incident, he was helpless. This matter couldn’t be dragged on, or else he wouldn’t be able to explain to Lin Beichen. After all, those villagers studying Daoism were hard-won by Lin Beichen.
After careful consideration, Zhou Yi decided to relay the entire incident to Lin Beichen for him to handle.
Seeing Zhou Yi seeking him during the seclusion, Lin Beichen knew something had happened in the Daoist Temple. Otherwise, Zhou Yi wouldn’t have appeared at this time.
"What happened?" Lin Beichen asked Zhou Yi with a serious expression.
Zhou Yi hesitated a bit and, looking guiltily at Lin Beichen, said, "I failed to handle the Daoist Temple’s affairs well; the town mayor brought people here to drive away the villagers studying, causing a big commotion and leaving a bad impression."
"I can’t make a decision on this matter. The consequences are serious, so I had to come to you to see what should be done."
Hearing Zhou Yi’s words, Lin Beichen was both surprised and furious. He really hadn’t expected the town mayor to do such a thing, not just disagreeing with the villagers learning Daoism but also coming to the Daoist Temple to cause trouble and drive away the villagers; this was simply intolerable for him.
He looked angrily at Zhou Yi, "Really such a thing happened?"
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Yes, and the town mayor’s attitude was very arrogant."
Lin Beichen pondered for a while, then said to Zhou Yi, "Invite the town mayor to the Daoist Temple to see me; I’ll handle this matter. You continue with your tasks."
Zhou Yi nodded and went to invite the town mayor back.
Seeing the town mayor’s arrogant attitude, Lin Beichen was quite displeased. The town mayor looked at Lin Beichen dismissively, glaring at him, "What do you want with me?"
Lin Beichen sat down slowly and looked at the town mayor with a smile, "Nothing much, I just recently heard about something quite interesting. I heard the town mayor was seizing local girls; I wonder if this is true?"
Hearing Lin Beichen’s words, the town mayor angrily said, "Don’t falsely accuse me. If you want to frame me, it’s not going to happen!"
"Is that so? Well, mayor, take a good look at what I have here," said Lin Beichen, throwing the evidence in front of the town mayor.
Seeing this irrefutable evidence, the mayor was momentarily speechless, unable to defend himself. He began to feel fearful inside, not knowing where Lin Beichen got this evidence from.
Now, with the handle in Lin Beichen’s hands, his arrogant demeanor immediately retracted. He even promptly ran to Lin Beichen, pleadingly saying, "Daoist Lin, I sincerely apologize for offending you before."