One divination a day, a trainee celestial master

"Master Jiang." Wang Daqiang pointed to the gold bars on the table, a hint of lingering fear flashing in his eyes, "If it weren't for you, these gold bars, along with the cash in the villa's basement, would all have been stolen by that bitch and that scoundrel."

Wang Daqiang looked at Jiang Shou, his tone extremely sincere: "I know that you, Celestial Master, are a recluse, pure of heart and detached from worldly desires, and certainly do not appreciate these vulgar gold and silver objects. But I, Wang Daqiang, truly do not know how to repay your kindness in saving my whole family's lives. Please accept these five gold bars!"

"Yes! How could I not love it!!! I love it so much!!!"

Jiang Shou roared wildly in his heart, feeling like he was about to transform into a hungry, hungry mythical beast.

His mind raced, calculating the price of gold coins. Gold prices were soaring, around a thousand yuan per gram. These two thousand five hundred grams… if converted to cash, wouldn't that be close to two and a half million?!

With the calligraphy copybook worth over a million, I'm about to achieve financial freedom...

Jiang Shou felt like he could hardly breathe.

"Accept?...Accept?...Accept?"

In Jiang Shou's mind, two little figures were currently engaged in a frenzied battle. One was called "Get Rich Quick," and the other was called "Rationality."

If he nods now, these five heavy yellow croakers will be completely under the Jiang family name!

but……

Jiang Shou forcibly looked away from the dazzling golden light, and felt the Suihan Order on his chest through his clothes.

Those four lines of warning hexagrams about "seizing the creation of heaven and earth, with fortune and misfortune intertwined" were like a bucket of ice water, instantly extinguishing the raging fire of greed in his heart.

He still hasn't figured out the punishment mechanism of this broken wooden sign. This "fortune and misfortune are intertwined" divination has been hanging on his chest for some time now, constantly reminding him "not to bite anyone," meaning it hasn't bitten anyone yet.

If one's greed is not satisfied now, and one accepts this gold bar worth more than two million,

Then this tiger's tail is really about to be stepped on! If the backlash really comes, not to mention the gold bars, he might lose his hard-won opportunity to cultivate immortality and his life!

"No matter how much money you have, you have to be alive to spend it."

Jiang Shou gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed all the greed and struggle in his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, his gaze had returned to its clear state, even carrying a hint of sternness.

"Layman Wang..."

Jiang Shou looked at Wang Daqiang's expectant face, shook his head slightly, and uttered five words in an extremely firm tone: "I cannot accept this."

"Huh?" Wang Daqiang was stunned, his face full of surprise and confusion. "Master Jiang, this..."

"Take it back." Jiang Shou didn't give him a chance to continue persuading. He stood up, waved his sleeve, and looked coldly at the gold bars on the table.

"Our patriarch left instructions that we cultivators should transcend the Three Realms and be outside the Five Elements. How can we be greedy for such worldly possessions?" Jiang Shouyi said righteously. "When you came to the temple before, you already offered generous incense and even replaced the patriarch's plaque with that magnificent new one. The karmic connection we formed has been settled; how can we accept such a lavish gift from you again?"

"You should put it away quickly."

Wang Daqiang stood by the table, looking embarrassed and ashamed, at a loss for what to do. He had never seen anyone in his life try to give money and still fail.

"Master Jiang, I really feel bad about this. Please do it on behalf of our ancestral master..."

Before Wang Daqiang could persuade him further, the young Taoist priest in front of him suddenly put on a stern face.

Jiang Shou's gaze darkened slightly, and his tone became stern: "Layman Wang, if you continue to pester me like this, are you trying to disturb my Dao heart and affect my state of mind for cultivation?"

This statement carries immense weight.

The old woman was startled and quickly grabbed her son's arm, urgently urging, "Qiangzi! Put it away! The immortal master is a true sage who lives on dew and wind; how could he possibly look down on us mortals! Don't anger the immortal master anymore; if this ruins his cultivation, we'll be committing a grave sin!"

Wang Daqiang then seemed to wake up from a dream, hurriedly stuffing the five gold bars on the table back into his bag and zipping it up.

"Yes, yes, yes! It was me, Wang Daqiang, who was vulgar! I reeked of money and almost offended the immortal master's eyes!" Wang Daqiang bowed repeatedly in apology.

The mother and son looked at Jiang Shou, who stood in the side hall with his hands behind his back, dressed in a green robe, and their admiration for him grew even stronger.

This is truly a virtuous and compassionate master who has transcended worldly concerns! In this materialistic society, to not even blink an eye at millions of dollars in gold—such a state of mind is truly awe-inspiring!

……

however.

Only Jiang Shou himself knew that at this moment, his heart was bleeding madly!

"That's five big yellow croakers! My goodness..." Jiang Shou was so frustrated he wanted to cry, he was practically beating his chest and stamping his feet. He was just short of putting on a brave man's tearful act on the spot.

Just as Jiang Shou was desperately trying to figure out how to comfort his wounded young heart.

"Well……"

The winter solstice sticker I had placed in the inner pocket suddenly started to get hot without warning!

Jiang Shou was overjoyed; his heart, which had been bleeding, was instantly filled with immense anticipation.

"Just as I expected!"

Jiang Shou mentally clenched his fist. "I knew this system was taking so long to close the case. So the real criterion for 'Doing Good' is 'Doing good without asking for anything in return!'"

Previously, whether it was Zhou Guodong's incense money or the Lin couple's exorcism, they were all commercial transactions with an equivalent exchange attribute. Since they were tainted with profit, they could not be considered pure "accumulating good karma".

Today, I endured my bleeding heart and stood firm on my principles in the face of enormous temptations, saving lives for the sake of saving lives, without seeking any equivalent material gain in exchange. This is what can be called true "virtue"!

With such merits by your side, you can naturally resolve the backlash from "seizing the creation of heaven and earth"!

Feeling the increasingly hot wooden plaque in his pocket, Jiang Shou knew that he had made the right bet this time.

However, with outsiders present, he couldn't immediately take out the Suihan Token to check it.

Jiang Shou sat and drank tea with the Wang mother and son for a while. Seeing that Jiang Shou was no longer stern, the mother and son were relieved and repeatedly said that they would definitely come to offer incense to the ancestral master on every festival. Then, they tactfully took their leave and went down the mountain without disturbing the immortal master's cultivation any longer.

"Layman Wang, Grandma, take care."

Jiang Shou stood on the threshold, smiling as he watched them walk down from the pavilion halfway down the mountain.

As soon as the Mercedes turned around...

"Bang!"

Jiang Shou slammed the gate shut and rushed back to the back room like a gust of wind.

With a "click," the door was locked from the inside.

Jiang Shou couldn't wait to reach into his pocket and pull out the scalding hot Suihan Token.

I looked down.

Sure enough! The four lines of warning divination symbols on the back of the wooden plaque, concerning "treading on the tiger's tail, fortune and misfortune are intertwined," were now emitting a rich blue light!

The writing distorted and melted rapidly in the bluish light.

finally.

"Whoosh...!"

A thick, rich beam of light, faintly tinged with gold, flew from the wooden plaque toward Jiang Shou's brow and pierced deep inside!