Chapter 125 - 123: Daoists and Monks Are Coming

Chapter 125: Chapter 123: Daoists and Monks Are Coming

Overnight, the stream of people coming to burn incense and pray for blessings had somehow grown even larger.

When Lin Feng got up in the morning, he saw his father standing at the village entrance, video-chatting with his mother.

"Look at this, it’s packed with people. Even if you came, you wouldn’t be able to burn any incense or pray. You should just stay home and come over when the crowds die down."

"How can there be so many people?"

"Besides the tourists from out of town, all the locals from the surrounding areas have shown up. I heard there are over a hundred thousand people.

When I got up this morning, I even received a text from the local authorities telling us residents not to compete with the tourists for space and to wait until the crowds thin out before coming to burn incense."

"I got that message too. I just never expected there would be this many people."

Lin Feng walked over and said, "Mom, you don’t need to come. I’ve already paid my respects.

Besides, I’m the one who built this Land God Temple. The Earth God will definitely bless our family."

"Alright then. I’ll bring your sister over to pay her respects when I have time."

"Mom, the Earth God isn’t in charge of academics."

"It’s fine. A little prayer never hurts."

After the video call ended, Lin Dongyue said, "Xiaofeng, in the greenhouses, some of the first vegetables we planted are almost ready to be harvested."

"Got it. The Restaurant is about to open anyway, so we can supply it with them."

"By the way, I’ve already sourced the fruit trees we need to buy. What medicinal herbs should we plant?"

"Let’s plant Bupleurum, Mint, and Aconite. We’ll start with those."

"Alright, I’ll get some people to come over and start planting."

’Before the Medicinal Herb Garden and the Orchard are converted into official village structures, they won’t receive any special bonuses. For now, we just have to plant them normally.’

’Anyway, given the conditions in Lin Xian Village, as long as the plants don’t freeze to death, there shouldn’t be any problems.’

While they were eating breakfast, Feng Ziling told him that some people from the Taoist community had arrived in Wuyuan County last night.

However, because of the special situation in Lin Xian Village right now, the government hadn’t allowed them to come over yet.

"My master said that even some Buddhist monks heard the news and rushed over."

"Hmm? The Land God Temple isn’t a Taoist structure, so why are monks showing up?"

’These days, there aren’t many temples with real monks left. Most of them just treat it like a day job, then drive home at night to be with their wives.’

"They’re a bunch of petty opportunists who reek of money now. Of course they’d come here to try and get a piece of the action.

They probably also want to see if they can turn the Land God Temple into a Buddhist one."

"Let’s not worry about them. Did your master say what the people from your Taoist community are thinking?"

"My master said they want to come see what this manifestation of the Earth God is all about. Also, it seems there are orders from above."

Lin Feng understood. ’This is basically an official investigation team. Science can’t explain it, so they’re seeing if these guys have an explanation for it all.’

Lin Feng welcomed their arrival. If some of them could be convinced to stay, it would solve his problem of having a shortage of specialized talent.

Right now, the Land God Temple only had Daoist Qi, which was definitely not enough.

Even if Feng Ziling went to help, they would be overwhelmed. There were simply too many tourists.

Even if the number of tourists decreased in the future, the number of people wanting to come and worship each day wouldn’t be small.

Just look at Wudang Mountain and the Shaolin Temple, not to mention that the Land God Temple had real, tangible effects.

Just then, Huang Yi walked over and said, "Boss, that Huaiyang cuisine chef, Geng Changxin, is coming today. When are you going to test his dishes?"

"Around noon. Have him make a few of his signature dishes. By the way, when is that Sichuan cuisine chef coming?"

"Chen Yuyuan is still dealing with matters at his own shop. He’ll come over once he’s finished. However, I can’t be sure if he’ll decide to stay."

"That’s fine. If he doesn’t want to stay, we’ll find someone else. Have you decided when the Restaurant will open?"

"In two days. We have most of the staff we need. We can slowly scout for the rest after we open."

"Alright. That works out perfectly, since a batch of vegetables from the greenhouses is about to be ready."

No sooner had Huang Yi left than Hu Zhiming came running over. "Brother Lin, the investigators over at the cave just told me their work is done. We can start development."

"That’s great news! First, get a crew together to go and clear out the terraced fields on South Mountain. See what condition the old tea trees are in."

"Okay, I’ll send someone to check on it shortly. But as for construction, we’ll probably have to wait until this wave of tourists is over."

"Fine. The construction can wait a few days. For now, have someone draw up a design for the cave."

’It’s true that we can’t start any major work right now. Even the house construction has been put on hold because of the tourists.’

’Vehicles for transporting materials can’t get in at all. Fortunately, the road construction project on West Mountain is a huge undertaking, so most of the workers are busy over there for now.’

Another project was the fence he had ordered. He wanted to enclose all the land he had leased.

This was also a massive project. Not only did they have to clear the weeds, but they also had to build stone-paved paths. Luckily, those foreigners had sent him a pile of cash.

Now that he wasn’t short on money, if all these projects started at once, they probably wouldn’t be finished until the second half of next year.

Speaking of those foreigners, Zhou Jun had given him a lot of information about them recently.

He’d heard that group wanted to get their hands on his Jade Grapes and had even paid someone to steal a Jade Grapevine.

The thief, however, was likely unaware of the situation and had mistaken the grapevines planted by the two professors for Jade Grape Seedlings, stealing quite a few of them.

’I hope they take good care of the grapevine seedlings they stole. I just wonder what their faces will look like when the grapes finally grow.’

Because of this incident, he had the entire grape-growing area fenced off to prevent anyone else from getting in and causing trouble.

Of course, even if that group didn’t know the seedlings they stole were fakes, they would still have their eyes on the Jade Grapes in Lin Xian Village.

However, having been burned once with the Medicinal Tea, they were being much more cautious this time and hadn’t approached him directly.

After leaving the courtyard, Lin Feng went over to the main square to take a look. The situation was even worse than yesterday.

"Lin Feng!"

"Uncle Ma, how are things down the mountain?"

Ma Dehua replied with a look of lingering fear, "There are too many people. Thank goodness we have support from the county, or Mountain Ridge Town would be in total chaos.

You have no idea. Since yesterday, Mountain Ridge Town has been swarming with people."

"Have there been any problems?"

"None so far. The entire town has been mobilized to serve the tourists.

I never would have thought a single Land God Temple could attract so many people. Our entire Mountain Ridge Town doesn’t even have this many residents."

"Well, with tourists coming from all over the country, of course there are a lot!"

"I can’t chat anymore. I have to get back to my patrol."

Hu Xia ran over, holding a phone. "Lin Feng, a few celebrities contacted me. They want to come visit."

"Celebrities? What are they coming here for? To worship and pray for blessings, too?"

"No. Do you remember that guy Chen Yong from last time? The one who was spreading rumors online."

"Yeah, I remember. The guy’s a bit of an idiot."

"That singer is the one leading the group this time. He mainly wants to come and apologize for that incident, and while he’s at it, he wants to order some Medicinal Tea from us.

He said the Medicinal Tea is a huge help for singers."

Lin Feng quickly understood what was going on. ’The Medicinal Tea has a soothing effect on the lungs.’

’Singing also damages the throat, and the tea’s anti-inflammatory properties would have a certain healing effect.’

"Tell them not to come right now. I’m worried that if news gets out, their fans will come swarming over too."

’The situation in Lin Xian Village is already chaotic enough. The thought of attracting a bunch of obsessed fans is terrifying.’

"Alright, I’ll call and tell them to come back some other time."

After receiving the call in his hotel, Chen Yong looked frustrated. It seemed he had really picked a bad time to come.

"Guys, Lin Xian Village can’t receive us right now. They told us to come back another time."

"What? Didn’t you tell them who we are?"

"I did. They said that because of who we are, it would definitely cause a panic if we were recognized."

Hearing this made them feel a little better.

They had seen the videos online. Lin Xian Village really was overflowing with people, and there were a lot of elderly folks in the crowd.

"In that case, let’s head back for now and come again when we have the chance. As for the Medicinal Tea, we can have someone negotiate with them later."

"Alright."

They had mainly come to accompany Chen Yong. They just hadn’t expected to run into a situation like this. It was a shame they wouldn’t get the chance to go and pay their respects to the Earth God.