Chapter 146 - 144: Triggering the Land God Temple Quest

Chapter 146: Chapter 144: Triggering the Land God Temple Quest

Lin Feng arrived at the Land God Temple and found Daoist Qi meditating inside.

"Daoist Qi, what’s the situation with the child who came for treatment a few days ago?"

"Ah, that child. He’s been very quiet in the temple these past few days, reading every day with his mom by his side."

Lin Feng looked inside. Near the left corner, there was a bookshelf with a small table placed beside it.

Smelling that peculiar, exotic fragrance, he thought, ’It seems the full potential of this function hasn’t been truly tapped yet.’

After leaving the Land God Temple, Lin Feng drove toward the county town. He was stopped at the main gate.

Before Lin Feng could even get out of his car, someone walked over and said a few words to the gate guard.

"Mr. Lin, you can drive straight in. Park in the lot over there."

"Thank you."

After Lin Feng’s car drove off and Secretary Song had left, the gate guard stared curiously at the vehicle that had gone in.

"Who is that guy? Driving a beat-up old van I’ve never even seen before, yet Secretary Song himself came out to greet him."

Even though he had money now, Lin Feng had never replaced his old van, though he had bought a car for his father.

The main reason was that he rarely used a car. Besides, he sometimes needed the van as cover when driving out to buy certain items.

This wasn’t Lin Feng’s first time here; he had come a few times before while handling paperwork.

He followed Secretary Song to an office. After Lin Feng entered, Secretary Song closed the door.

"You’re here. Have a seat and rest for a moment. Let me just approve this document, and then we can talk."

"Take your time."

The leader finished approving the document, looked at Lin Feng, and said, "I only found out about this because the provincial authorities called. I never imagined that exotic fragrance could also treat mental illnesses."

Lin Feng asked, "I didn’t know about this either. Sir, do you know what the child’s current condition is?"

"The provincial capital reported that if the child continues treatment for a while longer, he will likely make a full recovery."

"So what do the higher-ups want?"

"They want to ask your opinion first."

In truth, the leader wasn’t entirely clear on the specifics of the situation either, but the higher-ups were definitely taking it very seriously.

That’s why he had been in such a hurry to call Lin Feng over for questioning, so he could report the situation back up the chain.

Lin Feng thought for a moment before saying, "I’m willing to open it up for treating patients, but the problem is that the temple is tiny, and it still has to receive tourists every day.

Even if we let patients come, we wouldn’t be able to treat very many people.

By the way, didn’t those professors run an analysis? Did they find anything?"

"No. According to the test report, it’s just smoke produced by ordinary stick incense. There are no other substances in it.

If you’re willing to open it up, I’ll report the situation and see how the higher-ups want to handle it.

You don’t need to worry about that part. If they want to use it, they’ll certainly resolve any issues according to your requirements."

"Alright then. If I had known this was going to happen, I would have built the temple bigger in the first place."

After they finished discussing that matter, the leader talked with Lin Feng about some development issues for Lin Xian Village, as well as the sale of its water resources.

Lin Feng hadn’t expected the water from Lin Xian Village to have such a significant impact.

A lot of people were paying attention to this. It seemed everyone wanted to buy water from Lin Xian Village.

As things stood, since he wasn’t selling it publicly, it was difficult for anyone who wanted to buy it.

According to the leader, he needed to resolve this problem and apply to open a water plant as soon as possible.

After leaving the office, Lin Feng quickly looked at his panel. He hadn’t expected to trigger a new mission.

Inside the office just now, he hadn’t dared to open the panel, afraid his unusual expression would be noticed.

’I haven’t triggered a mission in a long time. I can’t believe it happened under these circumstances.’

[Land God Temple Mission: The Land God Temple’s new function. It has been discovered that the exotic fragrance can treat special mental illnesses. Cure 1,000 patients with mental illnesses.

Mission Reward: Affiliated Marriage Tree.]

Lin Feng was surprised. He hadn’t expected to trigger a reward for an affiliated building. If he hadn’t agreed just now, this mission likely wouldn’t have been triggered.

Another mission to treat patients. He still had the Medicine House mission for the Clearing Heat and Stopping Cough Pills, which was waiting for the medicine’s approval to be completed.

As soon as that mission got its approval, he just had to sign a contract with a hospital’s procurement department, and it would be finished quickly.

"An affiliated Marriage Tree? The Land God is stealing business from the Old Man Under the Moon and starting to manage marriages now."

He was discovering that the triggering of these construction missions seemed to require certain conditions; they weren’t completely random.

’I wonder if every building can trigger a mission?’

That was a question he would just have to experiment with and find out for himself over time.

Leaving the government building, Lin Feng drove to his family’s home in the county town.

"Chunyan, your Lin Feng is back."

"Oh my, it really is Lin Feng! The boy’s gotten even more handsome."

"Hello, Aunties. Mom."

Liu Chunyan asked, puzzled, "How do you have time to come over?"

"Mom, I had some business in town, so I thought I’d stop by and see you."

"Well, I’ll head back home then. You two catch up."

After the two of them left, the remaining women looked at Liu Chunyan with envy, thinking to themselves how capable her son was.

"How much money do you think that Lin Feng makes in a day?"

"It must be a lot. I heard from my husband that tens of thousands of people go there to tour every day."

"When my son comes back for the New Year, I’ll see if he can find a job there."

"The Lin Family has really struck it rich. I wonder how much longer they’ll live here."

Everyone fell silent at that. They had been frequently chatting with Liu Chunyan recently, precisely to build a better relationship with her.

They were all well aware that if it weren’t for her youngest daughter’s upcoming college entrance exams making it a bad time to move, the family would have probably already moved away.

Lin Feng followed his mother back into their home. Looking at the unchanged house, he wondered if he should buy a bigger one for the family.

’Of course, even if I do buy a house, it’ll have to wait until after my sister’s college entrance exams.’

"Mom, don’t go to any trouble. Just make me something simple to eat."

"Then I’ll make you your favorite, chicken and mushroom stew, and stir-fry a few vegetables."

Since her son struck it rich, Liu Chunyan had quit her job to focus on taking care of her youngest daughter, so she wasn’t as tired as she used to be.

Once their daughter got into university, the couple planned to move to Lin Xian Village to live and help their son with some things.

Lin Feng walked into his room and looked at the familiar desk, the old-fashioned wire-frame bed, and a wardrobe.

He walked over and opened the desk drawer, finding his old toys inside.

He pulled out a photo album from the bottom. It contained photos of him from before high school; he had rarely taken pictures after that.

He only had a few photos taken at his university graduation.

This was mainly due to the popularity of smartphones. Most pictures people took were stored on their phones and rarely printed out.

As Lin Feng rummaged through his old things in the room, he suddenly realized something amusing.

He used to dream about what it would be like to try out the flashy, wealth-flaunting lifestyle he saw online after getting rich.

Now that he was truly rich, especially after building Lin Xian Village, his desire for that sort of thing had diminished greatly.

It was like with sports cars. He used to be envious watching others drive them, but now he felt they were nothing special.

Compared to the wonders of Lin Xian Village, the appeal of these material desires had been infinitely reduced.

’Perhaps this is what it means for one’s pursuits to change.’

His desires now were focused on exploring Lin Xian Village and the joy of constructing those special buildings.

"What are you doing in your room? Hurry up and come help serve the food."

"Coming, coming!"

Just like his parents, their lifestyle hadn’t seemed to change much just because he had money.

His current mindset was a very good thing. If he hadn’t been able to resist temptation, Lin Xian Village would surely be a chaotic mess right now.

In the worst-case scenario, ownership of Lin Xian Village would have long since been snatched away, and he would have been driven out.

"Xiaofeng, someone wants to set you up with a girlfriend."

"Mom, forget about other people setting me up. I’ll find someone myself when the time comes. With your son’s current status, I’m not worried about finding a partner."

"Then go find one! You’re not getting any younger..."

Lin Feng couldn’t believe it. Even with his current success, he still had to come home and face his mother trying to rush him into marriage.

All that could be said was that parents all over the world were the same; they seemed to think their children only truly became adults once they found a partner.

After dinner, he hurried downstairs, ready to head back to Lin Xian Village.

After receiving his answer, the provincial capital moved quickly. The higher-ups were paying attention to this matter mainly because certain special groups needed treatment.

Unlike other illnesses, mental illnesses responded very poorly to pharmaceutical treatments.

Now a safe treatment method had been found. Even though this method couldn’t be widely popularized, as long as it could provide a cure, that was enough.

Therefore, before Lin Feng even made it back to Lin Xian Village, he received a phone call. The county was going to build a special sanatorium below Lin Xian Village to house the patients.

Lin Feng was supportive of their plan to build a sanatorium. Wu Xin and Ma Yanyan had mentioned this to him before.

He had thought it was too much trouble and hadn’t agreed then. But now that the county was going to build it, it wouldn’t negatively affect him and would even bring benefits.