People worship their ancestors: I'm just burning some paper money, how did I become a Taoist ma

Li Mu was woken up early Sunday morning by the sunlight streaming through his window.

He rolled over, picked up his phone, and glanced at it—it was 8:30 in the morning.

Today is Sunday, which is also Li Xiaoran's last day off before the college entrance examination.

Li Mu never expected that with the college entrance exam so close, this girl would actually have a day off!

In another week, this girl will be entering the examination hall to face the most important exam of her life.

Li Mu sat up, stretched, and the image of those two checks from yesterday involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Ten million.

To be honest, he still feels a bit unreal. In his previous life, he was a Taoist priest for so many years, performing rituals and consulting feng shui masters, working himself to the bone but barely making any money in a year.

That's great. I've only been in this world for a few days and I've inexplicably gained ten million.

Although five million of them were earned by his great-grandfather Yangxia, the remaining five million were real rewards.

"I need to go to the bank to cash the check," Li Mu muttered, lifting the covers and getting out of bed.

He walked out of his room, just about to go to the bathroom to wash up, when he saw Li Xiaoran already sitting on the sofa in the living room, wearing loose pajamas, sitting there in a daze.

"Up so early today?" Li Mu was a little surprised. "You rarely get a day off, why not sleep a little longer?"

Li Xiaoran glanced at him and said irritably, "Do you think I don't want to sleep? My biological clock is fixed; I wake up at a certain time and can't fall back asleep."

Li Mu smiled, said nothing more, and turned to go into the bathroom.

When he finished washing up and using the restroom, Li Xiaoran had already changed her clothes. She was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, and her ponytail was tied high. She looked much more energetic.

"Brother, take me out for some fun today." Li Xiaoran walked over and looked at him expectantly. "I've been drowning in exam papers lately. If I don't get some fresh air, I'm going to go crazy."

"Okay, let's get ready and head out." Li Mu thought for a moment, since he didn't have anything else to do today and needed to go to the bank anyway, so he nodded.

"Okay!" Li Xiaoran was so happy she almost jumped up.

……

Half an hour later, the brother and sister went out.

Li Mu rode the slightly worn electric scooter, with Li Xiaoran sitting on the back.

"Bro, when are you going to get a new, beat-up car?" Li Xiaoran shouted from behind. "It's so uncomfortable to sit in!"

"Soon, soon!" Li Mu said without turning his head. "I'll change it after you finish your college entrance exam."

"Really? You're rich now?"

Li Xiaoran jumped out of the car, looked at the bank entrance, and asked with some confusion, "What are we doing at the bank? Are we withdrawing money?"

"I need to take care of something." Li Mu locked the car and led Li Xiaoran inside.

There weren't many people in the bank. Li Mu took a number and sat down in the waiting area.

Li Xiaoran sat next to him, idly playing with her phone.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Mu's number was called over the loudspeaker.

"Let's go." Li Mu stood up and led Li Xiaoran toward the counter.

The teller was a woman in her thirties. Seeing Li Mu approach, she smiled politely and asked, "Hello, what kind of service do you need?"

Li Mu took out the two checks and his bank card from his pocket and handed them over: "Cash them."

The teller took the check, looked down at it, and the smile on her face instantly froze.

She stared wide-eyed, examining the check several times before looking up at Li Mu with a slightly surprised expression. "These two checks, five million each, ten million in total!"

"Hmm," Li Mu nodded calmly.

"Please wait a moment."

The teller immediately began the verification process.

Li Xiaoran, who was standing next to him, was stunned when he heard the words "ten million".

She slowly turned her head to look at Li Mu, her mouth agape enough to fit an egg.

"Brother... how much did she just say?" Li Xiaoran's voice trembled slightly.

"Ten million," Li Mu said calmly.

"Ten...ten million?!" Li Xiaoran exclaimed in astonishment, his eyes wide like saucers. "Where did you get ten million? Did you rob a bank? Or win the lottery?"

"Don't get agitated!" Li Mu reassured him. "Can you steal checks by robbing a bank? Use your brain."

"Where did you get this money?"

Li Mu thought for a moment, but he didn't know how to explain it.

"It's all thanks to my great-grandfather's blessing, you should understand now," Li Mu said vaguely.

"My God... Great-Grandpa really made you rich!" Li Xiaoran exclaimed excitedly, starting to buy things. "Great-Grandpa is amazing! Ten million! Bro, our family is rich now?"

Li Mu couldn't help but smile at his sister's excited expression.

After the bank teller verified that there were no problems with Li Mu's account, he immediately cashed the money and transferred ten million yuan in cash into Li Mu's account.

……

After completing the formalities and walking out of the bank, Li Xiaoran felt like she was floating.

"Brother, are we millionaires now?" she asked softly as she followed Li Mu.

"What's the use of being a millionaire? You still have to save where you can," Li Mu said casually.

"I know that. At least we don't have to worry about economic pressure for the time being!" Li Xiaoran chuckled.

"Don't think too much about it. Focus on the college entrance exam for now, and we'll talk about the rest after you finish the exam!" Li Mu said frankly.

"Understood!" Li Xiaoran nodded, then said solemnly, "Brother, I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Our class had a mock exam yesterday," Li Xiaoran said, her voice tinged with excitement. "I did really well! The last big math problem, which I couldn't even understand before, I actually solved yesterday! And after I finished, I checked it again, and I think I did it right."

Li Mu's heart stirred.

"Anything else?"

"I did well on the English test too. I understood all the reading comprehension passages, and my essay went quite smoothly. My Chinese score was a little weaker, but still much better than before. I roughly estimated my total score, and it's about 20 or 30 points higher than my best score ever!" Li Xiaoran continued, "Now that I think about it... maybe it really was our great-grandfather who blessed us!"

After listening, Li Mu understood about 70-80% of what was going on.

Great-grandfather also prayed for Li Xiaoran, and it seems that it had an effect in the unseen world.

"If I can perform exceptionally well like yesterday during the college entrance exam, I'm sure I'll get a good score!"

"Yes, he will," Li Mu said with a smile. "Your great-grandfather will bless you."

……

In the time that followed!

The two spent the afternoon shopping, had a big meal, watched a movie, and didn't go home until 4 p.m.

Li Xiaoran was genuinely happy today; she hadn't been this relaxed since entering her senior year of high school.

Just then, Li Mu's cell phone rang.

He took out his phone and saw that the caller ID was Jiang Yiling.

"Feed?" Li Mu answered the phone.

"Li Mu, are you busy?" Jiang Yiling's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm not busy, what's up?"

"I have something to tell you." Jiang Yiling paused, seemingly organizing her thoughts. "I have a friend who heard that I had a dream after paying respects to my great-grandfather, and she wants you to help her pay respects to her father as well. She's willing to pay, and asked me to ask you if that's possible."

After listening, Li Mu pondered for a moment.

He's currently unemployed and just lazing around at home anyway, so he can earn some extra money by helping people with their prayers—consider it a part-time job!

"Sure," Li Mu agreed. "When?"

"Is tomorrow okay? She said the sooner the better."

"Can."

"Okay! Thank you, Li Mu! We'll come pick you up tomorrow."

"Um"