Chapter 124 - 122: The Shrew Mars the Beauty

Chapter 124: Chapter 122: The Shrew Mars the Beauty

At night, Lin Xian Village was brightly lit. The stream of people on the road already stretched down to the highway at the foot of the mountain.

A large number of tourists were also held back in Mountain Ridge Town, unable to come over. These were all visitors who had rushed here from surrounding cities.

Most of the public employees in all of Wuyuan County had been reassigned here, and many more personnel were even brought in from other places.

When Chen Yi got out of the car with a few friends, he saw the sea of people at the station. At first, he thought his fans had found out he was coming.

But after asking around, he learned that they were all tourists heading to Lin Xian Village to burn incense.

After Chen Yong was arrested, Yu Hui had taken over as his temporary assistant. Right now, she was checking the situation on her phone.

"Brother Chen, people online are saying the Land God Temple in Lin Xian Village had a miracle. The number of tourists there started exploding this morning."

Chen Yi watched the videos online and realized he had come at a really bad time.

"What do we do now? It seems like it’ll be difficult for us to get to Lin Xian Village."

"Why don’t we go pay our respects to this Earth God too?"

"You wish. We’d have to actually get the chance first."

Looking at the videos of Lin Xian Village that others had filmed, the long queues of people seemed even larger than during the Golden Week holiday.

"Let’s go to the hotel first, then make some calls and see if we can get into Lin Xian Village."

Another person stuck in Wuyuan County was the Huaiyang cuisine chef, Geng Changxin. He never expected that after being delayed for a few days, Lin Xian Village would blow up like this.

He had no choice but to use his connection with Wan Tiejun to contact someone inside Lin Xian Village.

A vegetable delivery truck would be coming tomorrow morning, and he could ride it into Lin Xian Village.

"Brother Geng, I’m sorry. Regular vehicles can’t drive up the mountain to Lin Xian Village right now."

"It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s my fault for being delayed. By the way, is it true that the Earth God of Lin Xian Village performed a miracle?"

Geng Changxin had heard many people talking about this, and with all the news online, he was very curious too.

Huang Yi explained, "There is something special about it. As for whether it was really the Earth God performing a miracle, I honestly don’t know either."

"It seems there really is something miraculous going on. In that case, I’ll go pay my respects tomorrow when I get there."

Thinking about going to worship the deity, Geng Changxin prepared to go downstairs and buy some incense and candles. But after asking the hotel staff, he learned that there were no incense and candles to be bought in all of Wuyuan County at the moment.

Ever since the news of the Lin Xian Village Earth God’s miracle spread yesterday, a massive number of people had gone to worship today, and the entire supply of incense and candles in Wuyuan County had been bought out.

Meanwhile, inside the Land God Temple in Lin Xian Village, the interior had been rearranged. There were so many worshippers that the small Incense Burner they’d initially set out was no longer enough.

Daoist Qi had turned the entire area in front of the statue into one large Incense Burner, yet even that felt insufficient.

The main problem was that some people brought incense sticks that were long and thick, taking up far too much space.

Lin Feng stood on the steps not far from the square, watching the endless stream of people below.

Hu Xia said with relief, "Good thing the county sent people over. Otherwise, we’d have no way to manage this."

"There are just too many people. Luckily, they leave after they’re done worshipping. If not, Lin Xian Village would be completely overrun."

At first, they didn’t control the flow, which led to Lin Xian Village being overwhelmed. It only got a little better after they started holding people back.

Now, the tourists who wanted to enter Lin Xian Village for sightseeing were all people who had purchased various tickets online.

Moreover, when the number of people exceeded ten thousand, Hu Xia had shut down the ticket purchasing portal directly.

Otherwise, even though it was nighttime, Lin Xian Village would probably still be a sea of people.

Lin Feng asked Hu Xia, "Did the county say how long this situation is expected to last?"

"We don’t know the specifics yet. I heard the train tickets to Jiangcheng City and Wuyuan County are already sold out."

"Some people have started taking buses to the neighboring city and then trying to find a transfer from there."

"This won’t work. If it keeps on like this, it’ll delay the construction progress in Lin Xian Village."

"There’s nothing we can do. We can’t just stop these tourists from coming. Wuyuan County even issued a public announcement, but it was completely useless."

"Hopefully, the videos people are shooting tonight will make those who are thinking of coming calm down a bit."

Wan Qianqian, who was standing nearby, said, "It should get much better once the appointment system is up and running."

"Actually, if we charged an entrance fee, the number of tourists would decrease."

"Forget about an entrance fee. If it weren’t for the sheer number of people, I wouldn’t even want to set up an appointment system."

Suddenly, he heard shouting from the direction of the Land God Temple. Seeing a few police officers standing there, he thought, ’They must’ve caught another criminal.’

Lin Feng and the others walked over and found that it wasn’t a criminal being arrested, but someone actually causing a scene.

"Why did you hit me? I want compensation! I want you all to go to jail!"

Lin Feng grabbed a security guard and asked, "What’s going on?"

"It was this woman’s turn to go in and burn incense. She went up and yanked out all the incense sticks that were already in the Incense Burner, claiming they would steal the blessings from her own incense."

"The people who had just offered their incense were not happy about that and started hitting her."

"If Daoist Qi hadn’t stopped them from inside and the police hadn’t arrived, a whole group of people behind them were ready to beat her up too."

Lin Feng then noticed a group of tourists being held back by the police nearby, glaring furiously at the shrew on the ground.

"You better watch your step from now on! The nerve of her, breaking the incense we offered for blessings!"

"I waited in line all day, and just when I finally finished my offering, she broke my incense! And she has the gall to scream about it!"

The police had a headache too. They looked at the woman on the ground, their moods souring. They despised people like her as well.

Lin Feng stepped forward and said, "Everyone, don’t worry. As long as you’ve made your prayers, the Earth God will bless your homes and keep you safe."

"As for those who cause trouble, no amount of worship will earn them blessings. They might even invite disaster."

"You’ve probably heard that wicked people can’t smell the fragrance when they worship, so there’s no need to worry."

"Boss, is that true?"

"It’s true. As long as your incense has been placed in the Incense Burner, that’s all that matters."

"If someone else causes trouble, it has nothing to do with you. The Earth God won’t hold you accountable."

"That’s good, that’s good."

"You shrew, just you wait for misfortune to find you!"

Hearing Lin Feng’s explanation, the woman on the ground could no longer play dead. She scrambled to her feet.

"I didn’t! I didn’t cause any trouble! It’s just... their incense was blocking mine! The Earth God wouldn’t be able to receive the offering!"

An official ran over and said, "Take them away first. Causing a scene here is wasting everyone’s time, and there are still many people waiting."

The woman’s screaming was useless. To maintain order, the police weren’t going to indulge her.

If this person caused a major incident, they would all be in trouble.

"Get a loudspeaker and put it nearby. Anyone who causes trouble will be blacklisted immediately, expelled from Lin Xian Village, and banned from re-entry."

"Yes, Boss."

Lin Feng walked into the Land God Temple and looked at Daoist Qi, who was tidying up the incense sticks.

"Daoist Qi, have there been many bizarre incidents today?"

As he spoke, he checked the reward and punishment list. No one had a negative value exceeding 50, but three more people now had positive values over 50.

One of them had reached 132. This was definitely a person of great virtue.

’It seems the police announcement made some people understand that they shouldn’t come seeking the Earth God’s blessing if they’ve committed crimes.’

After a moment of thought, he activated the reward function once for this person with the highest value.

’If no more wicked people show up, I’ll reward everyone on the good list.’

"Just that one from a moment ago. Everyone is here to pray for blessings, so of course they wouldn’t dare cause trouble in here."

"If anything happens, just call for the people outside."

Lin Feng was very happy to hear from Feng Ziling that Daoist Qi wasn’t planning on leaving. Now he wouldn’t have to find someone else to manage the Land God Temple.