Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 92 Double the Joy in the Treasurer's Town

The temple fee, also known as a donation, is a reward for Ao Peng's protection of the Five Immortals, and is paid monthly.

When I watched "Journey to the West" before, Ao Peng was young and didn't understand how a rat spirit could have incense tablets for Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and Nezha, the Third Prince, in his home.

Now that I'm older, I understand many things better. Even in the brightest places, shadows will still be cast.

In modern times, the term "half-way fee" has naturally taken on a different form, but it has never disappeared.

Of course, Ao Peng still needed to clearly define the rules of the temple. First of all, it was fine for the five immortals under his command to collect incense offerings. Even if there were some karmic consequences, he believed he could handle them. The money he received for burning incense and worshipping Buddha was not for nothing.

But if they take someone's life, Ao Peng will not let them off the hook!

As a leader, he only needed to state his thoughts, and Xiao Zuanfeng quickly wrote them down. After returning, he would find the person in charge of the court to draft a legal provision and then upload it to Ao Peng for review.

Ao Peng shared some of his key points, which basically boiled down to one thing: be a good deity, not a bad one, because bad deities should be swept into the dustbin of history!

Having finished discussing the legislation, and taking advantage of Ao Peng's good mood, Xiao Zuanfeng quickly brought up another matter: "General, currently, none of the disciples under your command have yet become martial arts practitioners, but many of them have already reached a sufficient level of cultivation and wish to inquire about this matter with you."

The so-called "disciples of the spirit mediums" are the earthly agents recruited by the Five Immortals themselves.

The reason this could not be done before was that the vast majority of the Five Immortals were trapped in the intermediate realm, and only a very few lucky ones could reach the human world.

However, with Ao Peng as a transit point, the Five Immortals can directly enter the human world and naturally recruit their own shamanic disciples.

This reminded Ao Peng of something.

The teacher once said that for ordinary people to enter the intermediate state and obtain the qualification to play the game, the most important thing is to establish a huge causal connection with the underworld. The cause and effect of life and death is the most direct connection. Therefore, ordinary people who have experienced ghosts and monsters can basically obtain the qualification to play the game.

The practice of shamanic disciples is also a direct and significant causal connection. In fact, according to folk legends, some shamanic disciples can influence several generations through bloodline inheritance.

Furthermore, the system of the old-fashioned games relies on the Five Immortals' "clever and resourceful" characteristics to help ordinary people's souls reach the intermediate state, which shows that the Five Immortals are indeed capable of helping people reach the intermediate state.

Ao Peng nodded and said, "I will take this matter to heart. Once we have selected a suitable person, we will have you accept him as your disciple."

Then Ao Peng asked a few more questions about the layout of the halls. Xiao Zuanfeng was prepared and answered them all properly. In this question and answer, they passed through the narrow path and arrived at Shoucai Town.

[My wealthy heir, you've survived a thrilling battle and reaped immense rewards. Now is the time for you to enjoy life!]

Ao Peng rolled his eyes. The system notification was familiar, but it had changed from sarcastic to manipulative, clearly indicating ill intentions!

[You resisted the temptations of beauty in Joyful Town, and I still remember the kindness of the welcoming goddess. It's a pity you, heartless man, skinned her alive and sewed her a garment. Wearing that skin, your heart must be cold, right? Since you, this fickle lover, don't appreciate beauty, then you must try the pleasures of Treasurer Town!]

Like Joyful Town, Treasure Town was originally just an ordinary small town. However, it was strategically located, nestled between the mainland and the South Seas, guarding a vital waterway. At the end of the old era, a large number of foreigners occupied the town, bringing with them different faiths and wealth from all directions. Human bone dice, skinning dominoes—if you can't imagine it, they won't let you gamble here!

[A small investment can yield a huge return; becoming rich overnight is not just a dream. Perhaps you, a wealthy heir, should try your luck today!]

The surrounding mist dissipated, revealing a bustling town.

Although it's still a town, Ao Peng clearly felt that it was much more prosperous than Huanxi Town. In the real world, it was probably similar to a gambling city.

Although it was just a small seaside town, due to various reasons in the previous era, it was able to connect with the rest of the world to a limited extent, and thus enjoyed the benefits of the first to get rich.

The sky here remains gray, and the sun is never seen.

However, one after another, buildings with covered walkways rose up from the ground, and long bridges and covered walkways crisscrossed them, all adorned with colorful lights, illuminating the surrounding area for dozens of miles like a fairyland.

High-rise buildings cluster together, and on each carved eave, there are either golden toads swallowing the moon or bats embracing wealth. However, the colorful light from the upper levels is all swallowed up by these golden toads and bats, casting huge, mottled shadows on the lower levels, making this earthly paradise seem as dark as a ghostly realm.

On the lower streets, Ao Peng actually saw rows of retro steam cars. The gamblers, dressed in fine clothes, would leave the casino, get into the steam cars, and drive around recklessly. If they ran over someone, they would laugh loudly and scatter some incense money to settle the matter.

"What a decadent and extravagant place!"

Ao Peng sighed.

Just as his fairy sedan chair stopped at the intersection and he was sighing, he suddenly heard a piercing horn.

Several steam-powered cars stopped behind him, wanting to pass.

It wasn't that the drivers of these steam cars suddenly knew the traffic rules; it was simply that Ao Peng's divine sedan chair looked formidable. Although it was just a retro sedan chair, it was as tall as a building and carried by dozens of sedan chair bearers dressed in ancient clothes. This was much more expensive than any steam car.

Hearing the horn, Ao Peng turned to look at Xiao Zuanfeng and shouted, "Charge!"

Little Drill grinned smugly, revealing its snow-white fangs, and sang loudly, "General, raise your stance! All living beings, retreat!"

Dozens of gray fairies stirred up a gloomy wind, carrying the fairy sedan chair, and suddenly turned around, speeding backward.

Bang bang bang.

These steam-powered carts were no match for the divine sedan chair; they were crushed to pieces and returned to their original paper-mache form. The people inside were further pulverized by the eerie wind.

You have run over and killed a high-stakes gambler. You have received 1000 incense offerings.

You have run over and killed a high-stakes gambler. You have received 1500 incense offerings.

These high rollers were all extremely wealthy, even tempting Ao Peng to greed. However, when he came to Shoucai Town, he used the Gray Immortal's divination to tell his fortune!

In this town of wealth, don't be greedy!

The incense offerings came far too easily; it's not in line with the system's usual practices at all.

So he didn't take the incense sticks; instead, he turned them all into paper money and, imitating the gamblers, scattered it outwards.

The moment he scattered the incense money, Ao Peng vaguely sensed some growth and change in his spiritual attributes, though it wasn't obvious yet.

This further piqued Ao Peng's curiosity, and he quickly instructed Little Drill Wind, "If you encounter any steam-powered cars, ram them all the way!"

Others might feel good hitting people with their luxury cars, but Ao Peng just crashes into luxury cars – isn't that double the fun?