I run a Taoist temple in a bizarre world.

An ancient, mist-shrouded mountain gate appeared on the grass.

But Chi Le did not rush to summon the land of Changxi Village.

Because the peach trees beside the stream not far away cannot be considered true "exotic peach wood".

"It's recorded in the materials provided by the Special Affairs Bureau."

"The rules governing the appearance of demons and evil spirits are subtly different."

"Demons and evil spirits appear as night falls and eerie mists spread, and disappear as the sun rises and the eerie mists recede."

"The demons will randomly appear in any location within the eerie mist."

"Evil spirits, on the other hand, have fixed places where they appear."

"The records mention a first-tier evil spirit—the Lip-Applying Demon. This evil spirit only appears in a specific dilapidated wooden house after the eerie mist has settled, repeating the action of applying rouge to its lips. As long as you don't go near this house, there will be no problem."

"Both the Fragrance-Eating Ghost and the Strange Peach Wood follow this rule."

Chi Le recalled the information she had read.

He looked at the sun near the ridgeline in the west and estimated it.

"It should be about half an hour more."

As the sun slowly set, the surroundings grew increasingly dark, and a thin, eerie mist rose from the void, making it seem as if Chi Le had acquired an old pair of glasses.

Everything around me seemed shrouded in a misty haze.

"It's coming."

But not far away, the strange peach wood appeared with the eerie mist and began to "activate".

The slender branches, resembling willow twigs, swayed even without wind.

It was as if it was beckoning Chi Le, who was not far away, to come over quickly.

boom!

The mountain gate summoned by Chi Le suddenly opened.

The landowner from Changxi Village, leaning on a cane, walked step by step out of Qingshan Temple.

Chi Le didn't speak, but pointed to the strange peach wood that was constantly waving its branches, and then returned to Qingshan Temple through the mountain gate.

The landowners of Changxi Village naturally understood what Chi Le meant.

again and again!

The curved wooden staff, with a few leaves that looked like newly sprouted tender leaves, slammed to the ground.

Earth spikes instantly sprouted from the base of a [Different Peach Wood] tree, bursting forth.

However, the reaction of the [Isochrysis wood] is also extremely rapid.

The willow-like branches lashed out like whips, striking the newly emerged thorns in the soil.

Snapped!

Click!

The sound of branches swaying and piercing the air rang out together.

The half-emerged soil spikes immediately shattered, turning into a pile of rubble.

At the same time, the [Strange Peach Wood] noticed the old man with a cane attacking it from not far away.

Several whip-like branches flew swiftly through the air towards the land of Changxi Village.

Moreover, it wasn't just this one [Strange Peach Tree] that was attacked by the land of Changxi Village that lashed out with its branches and whips at the land of Changxi Village.

Even the few [Strange Peach Trees] beside it seemed to receive a signal, and they all lashed out their branches and whips at the land of Changxi Village.

Faced with a dozen or so menacing branches and whips.

The land in Changxi Village is winding and turning.

again and again!

again and again!

again and again!

Three thick, burrowing spikes, as thick as the two thighs of an adult joined together, rose up one by one in front of Him, blocking His path.

Click!

After a cloud of smoke and ash, only one of the three earthen spikes in front of the land deity of Changxi Village remained, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Before the land in Changxi Village could recover, a new round of harsh measures followed.

"Faced with so many [Different Peach Wood] of the same rank at once, even the land of Changxi Village is finding it a bit difficult to cope."

Chi Le sighed as he watched the relentless onslaught of the [Strange Peach Wood] on the scene.

"Qingshan Temple still has too few people available."

"Currently, I don't have any extraordinary abilities; I'm just an ordinary person."

"Temple keeper Chen Cheng has only recently gained extraordinary powers. Apart from being able to summon some snowflakes around him, his physical abilities are not much different from those of an ordinary person."

"The only deity who can be commanded is the local earth god of Changxi Village..."

"There's still one spot left for Shenzhen; we should try to acquire more of Shenzhen's works if we have the chance."

[Included in Shenzhen]

[Condition 1: Qingshan Temple has surplus slots for recruiting Divine Immortals.]

[Condition Two: The deity to be included must have received offerings of incense from mortals.]

[Condition 3: Recruiting a new deity requires incense offerings and the corresponding deity crafting materials.]

The conditions that needed to be met to include Shenzhen appeared before Chi Le's eyes.

"There is an abandoned temple in Cuishui Village, and the gods and deities enshrined there must have long been worshipped by the villagers of Cuishui Village."

"This time, I'm going to Cuishui Village to find the [Fragrance-Eating Ghost], and while I'm at it, I'll see if there are any immortals or gods who meet the requirements for being included by the Divine Mirror."

Having made up his mind, Chi Le looked again at the land of Changxi Village and the battlefield of the [Strange Peach Wood].

All that could be seen was the dense, impenetrable onslaught of branches and whips that had once covered the land of Changxi Village.

It has weakened considerably.

It wasn't that the [Other Peach Wood] was tired; it's just that some of them had died.

Beside the stream not far away, several [Odd Peach Trees] had their branches pierced by thorns sprouting from the ground.

To protect the land in Changxi Village, each [Yitaomu] tree had its main trunk pierced by several thorns at different angles.

After witnessing the death of their companions, the remaining few [Other Peach Trees] lashed out at the land of Changxi Village like whips.

They didn't even leave themselves any branches for protection.

However, without the protection of branches, the [foreign peach wood] can only be fixed in place.

There was no way to avoid the rapidly rising soil spikes in Changxi Village.

Tap tap!

As the land in Changxi Village suddenly stopped moving, several thorny bushes sprouted out.

The remaining few *Ophiopogon japonicus* trees were pierced through by the soil.

The branches that stretched out to the land in front of Changxi Village softened at this moment.

Unable to maintain the posture of whipping Him any longer, He fell limply to the ground.

A kill notification appeared on the panel in front of Chi Le's eyes.

[Successfully defeated the Tier 1 evil spirit - Strange Peach Wood, and obtained 1 Strange Peach Wood branch!]

[Successfully defeated the Tier 1 Evil Spirit - Strange Peach Wood, obtaining 1 Strange Peach Wood Leaf and 1 Ghost Core!]

[Successfully defeated a Tier 1 evil spirit—Strange Peach Wood, obtained...]

[Total obtained: 4 branches of the Strange Peach Wood, 2 leaves of the Strange Peach Wood, 2 Ghost Cores!]

"I've collected enough branches of the [Odontocarpus santalinus]."

Chile's new panel display.

Current number of worshippers: 41

Thanks to the promotion by Chen Hao and Zhao Zhu.

The villagers of Changxi Village all know that they can now enter Qingshan Temple to offer incense.

In addition, Chen Cheng's role as the temple keeper inadvertently brought him closer to the villagers of Changxi Village.

Sometimes, the villagers might not want to come to Qingshan Temple today.

But when he thought of Chen Cheng working as a temple keeper on the mountain, he would make a special trip to visit him.

Since we're already here, let's take this opportunity to offer incense and pay homage to the gods.

Regardless, this has brought Chi Le a lot of worshippers these days.

"Once we accumulate enough incense offerings and obtain the Deceptive Hand of the Fragrance-Eating Demon, we can upgrade the rank of Green Mountain Temple."

As he gets closer to the goal of 100 incense offerings, Chi Le's motivation increases even more.

After returning the land in Changxi Village to Qingshan Temple, he immediately closed the mountain gate.

When the [Mountain Gate] reopens, a completely new random __cpLocation will appear.

Looking at the shadowy figure of Zhou Guiren swaying outside the door, Chi Le said.

"Go to work, go to work."