I run a Taoist temple in a bizarre world.

Is Chapter 119 really that hard to eat?

Seeing the unexpected gains he had made last night, Chi Le took the opportunity to open the Qingshan Temple's control panel.

【Qingshan Temple】

Rank: Two

【建筑：大殿（耐久：18/20），山门（耐久：19/30），左偏殿（耐久：19/20），右偏殿（耐久：17/30），翠水村神龛（25/30），合流镇神龛（21/30）】

[Included Deities: Changxi Village Fude Zhengshen (Tier 1), Grass-Headed God - Guiding Souls and Ferrying Spirit Soldiers (Tier 1), Water-Dividing and River-Stabilizing General (Tier 2)]

[Number of Divine Blessings that can be included: 2/5]

[Qingshan Temple Member: Temple Keeper Chen Cheng (Unranked)]

[Capacity: 1/1]

[Number of people who can be protected at the same time: 0/20]

[Items: 36 Ghost Cores, 53 Spirit Lamp Oils, 6 Snake Scale Fruits (Tier 2), Left Hind Leg of a Black-haired Jumping Rat (Unranked)]

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[Mysterious Relics: Toad Molt (Tier 2), Spirit Nourishing Hairpin (Tier 1)]

Incense offerings: 136

[Note: New building: The Painting Immortal Wall is under construction.]

[Note: Building: The left side hall can be upgraded. After upgrading, the number of members that Qingshan Temple can accommodate increases by 1.]

[Note: All buildings in Qingshan Temple are immune to damage from low-ranking evil spirits and demons. Damage from first-ranked demons is reduced by 30%!]

[Note: For those who have not yet reached the Transcendent level, the durability consumption of functional buildings is reduced by 50%!]

[Note: Advancing the Qingshan Temple's rank to Tier 3 requires: 500 Incense Offerings, 80 Ghost Cores, 1 Dual Heart Tree's Ten-Day Heart, 1 Moonbeam Pearl from the Moon-Holding Bird, and 1 Ghost Soul from the Servant Demon.]

Compared to the period immediately following the upgrade of Qingshan Temple to the second tier.

The Qingshan Temple now has many more features.

Two shrines, the right side hall, and the new divine auspiciousness.

The new buildings and new shrines truly signify the growth of Qingshan Temple.

However, this also led to a significant increase in the daily incense offerings at Qingshan Temple.

First, Chi Le often uses the divine decree method, which requires a lot of incense.

Especially after obtaining the new divine deity [Water Divider and River Stabilizer].

This is the strongest fighter in Qingshan Temple so far. Just summoning him requires 10 points of incense, and it only allows him to exist in the strange world for two minutes.

Whether it's a battle against second-tier demons and evil spirits, or ordering these three immortals to hunt down monsters in the eerie world at night, it will consume a large amount of his [incense].

If this portion of the incense consumption could be reduced by issuing fewer decrees to the gods, then...

Therefore, the incense offerings required for the daily maintenance of the Qingshan Temple buildings are considered fixed incense offering expenses.

Every building in Qingshan Temple will consume durability during use.

The Mountain Gate appears in the Mysterious World and requires durability to be consumed.

[Right Side Hall] Helps others recover faster, but requires durability.

The shrine accepts incense offerings from the crowd and passes them to the main hall, but it consumes durability.

Protecting those who return to Qingshan Temple during the day and resisting demons and evil spirits outside the temple will consume the durability of the [Main Hall].

Once a building's durability reaches zero, that building loses all its additional effects.

For example, 【山门】.

Once its durability reaches zero, it will no longer be able to use its ability to appear in other locations in the Strange World and guide the Day Returners.

To restore the lost durability of a building, you can only replenish it by consuming [Incense].

On average, restoring one point of durability to each building requires consuming an equal amount of incense.

In general, Qingshan Temple needs to consume incense offerings for maintenance in order to continue operating normally.

Including the few points of building durability consumed earlier.

Last night alone, the total durability loss of all buildings in Qingshan Temple exceeded forty points.

In other words, it now requires a full 41 [incense points] to fully restore the durability of all the buildings in Qingshan Temple!

This is a considerable expense.

Yesterday's harvest of nearly a third of the incense offerings will be used to repair the damage to the building.

"It feels like I've finally made it through, but it also feels like I've only gotten halfway through—"

Good news! You can now earn three figures in incense offerings at Qingshan Temple every night.

Bad news: the incense offerings we just received are about to be reduced by a third.

After calming down a bit, Chi Le had a sudden thought.

On the panel at Qingshan Temple asking whether to consume incense to repair the building's durability, I selected "Yes".

Wow~

He thought he heard the sound of flowing water.

The numbers in the "Incense Offerings" column jumped rapidly.

The 41 [Incense] points seemed to have flowed away with the water, disappearing from the panel.

At the same time, this is accompanied by the consumption of [incense].

All the buildings of Qingshan Temple were covered by a layer of soft white light.

Once the white light disappeared, the buildings of Qingshan Temple had completed their durability repairs.

"Hmm—it looks a bit cleaner now?"

Chi Le held the Spirit Nourishing Hairpin in her hand, looking at the building that hadn't changed much, and said uncertainly.

squeak~

At this moment, the mountain gate of Qingshan Temple was opened.

"Ha—Master, you're back!"

A soft, sleepy voice rang out from the open mountain gate.

Chi Le looked closely and saw Chen Cheng rubbing his eyes and yawning as he stood at the open gate of Qingshan Temple.

The rising sun, having reached a certain height, gilded her with a thin layer of radiance.

It made her face look even more rosy and delicate.

The man who visited Qingshan Temple last night had just returned to the mortal world an hour ago.

Chen Cheng originally planned to rest for a while in the Right Side Hall and, as usual, practice his abilities.

Unexpectedly, the restoration effect of the [Right Side Hall] is so obvious today.

Chen Cheng felt greatly relieved and felt completely refreshed.

It was like lying on a hot summer night, when suddenly a cool night breeze took away all her heat.

In short, Chen Cheng was lulled to sleep by the [Right Side Hall].

Until Chi Le returned to Qingshan Temple.

Chen Cheng, the temple keeper of Qingshan Temple, sensed something and woke up.

As if he had thought of something, Chen Cheng made a fist with one hand and a palm with the other, slamming his fist into his palm with a loud crack.

"Oh, right, Abbot, I'm going to cook some millet porridge later. Would you like some? I'll prepare a bowl for you; it's very delicious!"

Speaking of this, Chen Cheng was no longer sleepy, his eyes lit up, full of confidence in his millet porridge cooking skills.

Millet, as well as some food and daily necessities.

These were all brought up by the people of Changxi Village, whom Chen Cheng asked to offer incense on the mountain every day.

In return, Chen Cheng would prepare money for them in advance as payment for purchasing these items, as well as a reward.

However, the people of Changxi Village generally do not accept them.

Upon hearing Chen Cheng's words, Chi Le's brows twitched. The panel disappeared from his eyes, and he walked past Chen Cheng toward Qingshan Temple.

"No, it's really delicious, even better than last time, I promise!"

Seeing that Chi Le had no intention of continuing to enjoy her cooking, Chen Cheng became anxious.

She jogged up to Chi Le, spread her arms, and blocked his way, her eyes wide open.

"Master, this time it's really different! I learned a new method from Aunt Li, to wrap delicious food—"

In the end, Chen Cheng, who was full of confidence, lost some of his momentum, but he quickly rallied again.

"Aunt Li wouldn't lie to me, she probably wouldn't—but I dare say, even if it's not that delicious, it'll still be edible!"

Looking at Chen Cheng's confident declaration, Chi Le stopped in her tracks, raised her eyebrows, and looked doubtful.

Chen Cheng couldn't see the emotions on Chi Le's face, but she could sense Chi Le's distrust of her words from the change in the mist covering Chi Le's face and the faster flow of the mist.

It seems that she was trying to regain Chi Le's trust in her, and also to vent her dissatisfaction with Chi Le's questioning of her skills.

Chen Cheng gave Chi Le a coquettish look, then lowered her voice mysteriously and said...

"Rest assured, Abbot, this time I've used a secret formula; it definitely won't be the same as last time!"

Chen Cheng gave a thumbs up, assuring Chi Le that she could rest assured.

Upon hearing this, Chi Le frowned.

She shouldn't have brought it up, because it reminded Chi Le of that "unforgettable" meal from last time.

When Chi Le visited Qingshan Temple last time, he happened to run into Chen Cheng, who had just cooked millet porridge.

At Chen Cheng's enthusiastic invitation, and also because Chi Le hadn't had breakfast yet.

He tasted Chen Cheng's cooking for the first time.

That was a "delicious" taste that makes my stomach ache just thinking about it.

"Need not."

Chi Le stepped over the threshold of the mountain gate without looking back and entered the Qingshan Temple, his attitude of not eating very firm.

Chi Yue, who was thinking of taking a short rest in the Right Side Hall, stopped in her tracks.

Looking up from the hand gripping his clothes, you see Chen Cheng's firm and serious expression.

"Give it a try, considering how hard I've worked to improve my skills!"

"Hahaha, chicken soup—no, corn porridge is here!"

Sitting on the chairs that Chen Cheng had arranged in the courtyard, Chi Le watched as Chen Cheng brought out a bowl of steaming millet porridge and placed it on the table.

The unique aroma of millet, mixed with a faint sour and salty scent, entered Chi Le's nostrils.

The porridge has a warm, lustrous color, with glistening millet grains resembling blooming flowers, and fine, unidentified brownish-amber fragments mixed in.

Is it chopped preserved radish, or something else?

Doubts swirled in Chi Le's mind, but she felt mostly at ease.

At least the taste and appearance are surprisingly good.

Chi Le scooped up a spoonful, blew on it, and put it in her mouth.

Chen Cheng looked at Chi Le nervously, anticipating his feedback.

"Master, how is it?"

No.

Chi Le simply sat there quietly, without even a change in the mist on her head.

After a long while, Chi Le put down her spoon.

"Have you been neglecting your studies lately?"

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment after receiving Chi Le's unexpected response before replying.

"No! But—I feel like no matter how much I practice lately, I'm not getting any feedback."

"The speed at which ice flowers condense can be shortened further, but the reduction time is too small, and the range of the ice flowers exploding has not been increased. Moreover, I can only condense two ice flowers at a time now, and I can't increase the number of ice flowers no matter what I do."

"Not only that, but another thought inexplicably popped into my mind: what should I do first—advance my rank?"

"And a whole bunch of weird names."

Tell me about it.

Chi Le spoke, then rose from his seat and walked toward the Right Side Hall.

As Chen Cheng pondered this, he followed in Chi Le's footsteps.

"Ten Ghost Cores, one pair of wings of a Frost Butterfly, two warm-colored winter flowers, and one sharp fang of an Ice Leopard."

"There's another set, which replaces an ice leopard's sharp fang with a leafy blade of grass."

Chen Cheng looked up at the sky, glancing back and forth, recalling the messages that surfaced in his mind.

"However, I don't understand what this means, Abbot. Do you know?"

[It seems the temple keeper is nearing the limit of the unranked stage; it's time to collect the materials for the advancement ritual.]

Based on Chen Cheng's performance, Chi Le could roughly understand Chen Cheng's current situation.

After briefly explaining the ranks of extraordinary abilities and the function of the advancement rituals to Chen Cheng, Jian Dan...

Chi Le said.

"Continue your practice. I will inform the disciples of the ritual materials."

"Oh, okay."

Since the abbot had made arrangements for him, Chen Cheng simply stopped thinking about it.

Kuai Chi took two quick steps and lay down on the rattan chair in the right side hall, enjoying the soothing feeling it offered.

Chi Le walked over and lay down on another rattan chair.

Chen Cheng obtained these two rattan chairs from Zhao Zhu through social connections.

It's very comfortable to lie on.

Chi Le decided to collect the materials needed for Chen Cheng's promotion ceremony herself.

With Chen Cheng's complete ignorance and his newfound understanding of the strange world, he was practically a complete novice in the Bit Bureau.

Chi Le didn't expect her to find the materials needed for the advancement ceremony herself.

Now, only he and Chen Cheng are alive and well in the entire Qingshan Temple. The task is to find the materials for Chen Cheng's advancement ceremony and to help her achieve that goal.

Naturally, it fell to Chi Le.

Since she was a black slave—the temple keeper—from her own Qingshan Temple, helping her advance in rank would enhance the strength of Qingshan Temple, so Chi Le didn't object.

As for Chi Le not telling Chen Cheng that he was using his identity as the abbot to collect ritual materials, but instead using the identity of a disciple of the world.

You still need to maintain your online persona.

This burden can only be passed on to the ethereal and elusive disciples of the Green Mountain Temple.

[We are severely understaffed; perhaps it's time to hire more people?]

If you find a suitable location, upgrade the left side hall to increase its capacity.

Having set up a task for someone else, Chi Le completely cleared her mind.

The accelerated recovery effect brought by the [Right Side Hall] was also gradually influencing him.

Not only did my mind find relief, but my muscles also gradually relaxed.

About five minutes later, Chi Le glanced at the sky.

The time is about right.

Chi Le stood up and walked towards the [mountain gate].

"Watch carefully."

Leaving Chen Cheng with a message, Chi Le stepped out of the designated "mountain gate."

Chen Cheng watched Chi Le walk out of the mountain gate and into the courtyard, only then did he notice that the millet porridge, which Chi Le had taken a bite of but had not touched again, was still lying peacefully on the table.

"Damn it, I haven't even asked the abbot what his thoughts are!"

Chen Cheng clenched his fist and said regretfully.

Touching the still-warm bowl and looking at the glistening millet grains inside, Chen Cheng picked up the bowl, took out a spoon, and put a spoonful into his mouth.

"It's really—"

"Is it bad?" Before Chen Cheng could even utter those three words, it was as if someone had forcefully choked him, rendering him unable to utter a single word.

He hurriedly ran to the water tank and gulped down several mouthfuls of the sweet mountain spring water.

The feeling of constriction in my throat has finally subsided considerably.

"That shouldn't be happening—next time, next time there definitely won't be a problem!"

There was no remorse in Chen Cheng's eyes for making such a bad-tasting simple millet porridge; only confidence that she would definitely make it delicious next time!

In a strange world, in Heliu Town, at Bishui Martial Arts School.

In the entire Heliu Town, the Bishui Martial Arts School occupies the second largest area after the town government office and the Qinghui Division.

Bishui Martial Arts School can be viewed as two parts: the front yard and the back yard.

The place where Chi Le took the entrance test was the front yard of Bishui Martial Arts School.

As for the backyard, only those with the permission of the martial arts master or those who are disciples of the martial arts school are allowed to enter.

At this moment, outside the closed gates of the Biyue Martial Arts School.

The place was already packed with people.

This is a group of people who passed the test to become martial arts students, waiting for the martial arts school to open.

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