Chapter 122 - 120: I Didn’t Smell the Fragrance

Chapter 122: Chapter 120: I Didn’t Smell the Fragrance

Because they had unexpectedly caught a criminal yesterday, the interrogation revealed he was actually a wanted con artist.

The police officers who came today stood at the entrance of the Land God Temple, watching everyone who went inside to worship.

They didn’t care whether the Earth God was real or not; as long as it helped them catch criminals, it was a good Earth God.

Unfortunately, the news had spread yesterday. Everyone knew that bad people couldn’t smell the unique fragrance, so criminals probably wouldn’t dare to come anymore.

However, they still noticed that some people’s expressions changed oddly after they went in to worship.

Whenever they spotted someone like that, they would call them over for questioning after they came out and take down their information.

Perhaps some perpetrators of cold cases were among these people.

But after questioning, they found that most were just petty thieves, not guilty of anything rising to the level of a criminal offense. They could only be reprimanded and lectured.

This made them even more curious about the Land God Temple in Lin Xian Village. It actually seemed to have the ability to distinguish between good and bad people.

As for all the supernatural stuff, they still didn’t believe in it, because this phenomenon was only happening here in Lin Xian Village.

After the situation in Lin Xian Village emerged yesterday, the higher-ups had sent people to investigate. So far, it seemed no other religious sites were experiencing anything strange.

In other words, only the Land God Temple in Lin Xian Village was special. Then again, Lin Xian Village already had other special things going for it.

The appearance of a special Land God Temple was something everyone could mentally accept.

A streamer who had just come out of the Land God Temple was holding his streaming gear, his expression a sight to behold.

"Brothers and sisters, everyone! As soon as I went in, I smelled the fragrance. It’s a very unique scent, and after smelling it, I felt so calm.

I thought they must have put something with a special scent inside, but I had my own ordinary incense stick. I even checked it before going in—no smell.

After I finished worshiping and stuck it in the Incense Burner, I leaned in for a sniff, and the fragrance was really there.

It’s a miracle! I recorded it just now, so you all should have seen it.

Can anyone explain the principle behind this?"

"It’s definitely the Incense Burner."

"I think it’s the ash you stick the incense in."

"Streamer, why don’t you go in, pull out the incense stick, and see what’s under the burner?"

"Don’t you guys try to get me in trouble. I’ll just stream from out here and see if some daredevil shows up."

The streamer stared at Sun Guiyou, who wasn’t far away. He had heard that this guy was here to debunk the whole thing.

’Rather than risk it myself, I’ll just wait and see what happens when this guy goes in,’ he thought. ’Maybe he’ll do something bold.’

Soon, it was Sun Guiyou’s turn. He also lit his incense stick outside, confirmed it had no scent, and then walked inside.

Once inside, Sun Guiyou found that he couldn’t smell the fragrance they were talking about at all. This made him even more certain it was a scam, with so many people in on it.

’This Lin Xian Village has no shame! They’ll do anything for views. I have to expose them. I have to!’

Without even bothering to worship, he spoke loudly to his streaming camera, "This is a scam. I came in and can’t smell a thing.

Now I’m going to worship, putting the incense stick in the Incense Burner... and I still can’t smell the fragrance they’re talking about."

The guy didn’t even notice the way the people behind him were looking at him. They had heard what it meant when someone couldn’t smell the fragrance.

An older woman called out to the police, "Officer! There’s someone in here who can’t smell the fragrance!"

The officer outside, hearing a woman old enough to be his mother call him "uncle," had a pained expression.

However, when he heard that the streamer who had just gone in couldn’t smell the fragrance, he immediately perked up.

They had already discovered that anyone who couldn’t smell the fragrance was definitely trouble.

"You, come out here."

Sun Guiyou had wanted to linger inside and stream a bit longer, as his viewership was skyrocketing at that moment.

Hearing the officer call him, he reluctantly walked out.

"Officer, is there a problem?"

"You said you couldn’t smell the fragrance, right?"

"That’s right, I couldn’t smell a thing. It’s all a scam. You guys should do something about this. They can’t just deceive everyone for views!"

Confirming that Sun Guiyou really couldn’t smell the fragrance, the officer’s expression turned serious.

"Come with us and cooperate with our investigation."

The other streamer nearby recorded the entire situation with Sun Guiyou.

"You all heard that, right? The debunking streamer went in and said he couldn’t smell the fragrance, but I definitely could.

I asked around earlier. People who can’t smell it are the ones with problems, unable to receive the Earth God’s protection.

They even caught a criminal here yesterday who couldn’t smell it. I heard he was a con artist. Wuyuan County even issued a public notice."

Now, his live stream chat exploded. Everyone was curious: could this be real?

Facing police questioning, Sun Guiyou completely denied ever breaking the law. The police also checked his information and confirmed he wasn’t on any wanted lists.

Nevertheless, they still recorded Sun Guiyou’s information. The few people before him in the same situation all had some problems in their lives, to varying degrees.

They were also discovering that the Land God Temple’s judgment of good and bad wasn’t based on the law, but on morality.

Some things could be immoral without being illegal.

After being questioned, Sun Guiyou was furious. He didn’t leave Lin Xian Village and started streaming right near the Land God Temple.

"This is absolutely a publicity stunt."

"Streamer, I don’t think Lin Xian Village needs any publicity stunts. It’s already super popular. They even have to control the number of tourists every day."

"Yeah, Lin Xian Village is about to launch a reservation system. You’ll have to book in advance to visit in the future."

"And their Medicinal Tea! I can vouch for it. It works wonders on coughs and some inflammation, and it’s good for your lungs."

Sun Guiyou said with a smile, "Don’t listen to what they say; watch what they do.

At the very least, the reservation system you’re talking about hasn’t appeared yet, and I don’t know anything about the Medicinal Tea here.

But none of this proves they aren’t pulling a stunt.

Look, there must be tons of curious people like me who now want to come to Lin Xian Village to test out this Land God Temple."

"Streamer, you should probably stop talking. The reservation system for Lin Xian Village just went live.

From now on, you’ll need to book in advance to visit Lin Xian Village. The system will be implemented the day after tomorrow."

Sun Guiyou saw the comments, did a quick search online, and found that a reservation system had indeed appeared on Lin Xian Village’s official website.

Furthermore, the announcement explained that due to the recent surge in tourists, especially after the Land God Temple’s emergence, the normal operations of Lin Xian Village had been severely impacted.

Therefore, starting the day after tomorrow, anyone wishing to enter Lin Xian Village would need to make a reservation in advance.

He stubbornly insisted, "This still doesn’t prove that Lin Xian Village isn’t pulling a stunt."

"Holy shit! You can book the Lin Xian Village Medicinal Tea online now! I got a reservation!"

"Haha, I got one too! I can finally buy it!"

At that, no one paid any more attention to his stream. Everyone left his channel to go snag a reservation for the Medicinal Tea.

This was because online, two cups of Lin Xian Village’s Medicinal Tea could be resold for four or five hundred yuan.

For tourists who lived nearby, that was enough to cover half their travel expenses.

Lin Feng listened to Yu Hua’s report and watched as the man continued to slander Lin Xian Village. He decided to test his reward and punishment function and discovered that the guy really had committed a crime.

He used the function on the man for the first time, curious to see how it would mete out reward and punishment.

As a result, just over ten minutes later, two police officers walked up. "Come with us. Your past has caught up with you."

"Huh?! What did I do? You must have the wrong person!"

"Arguing is useless. Don’t make us escort you out by force."

His live stream chat exploded. How did he get arrested by the police in the short time they weren’t watching?