Capítulo 1914: Chapter 1916: Sense of Belonging
Early the next morning, the man who mistook soone else’s daughter left ten hundred-yuan bills at the Prayer Courtyard and walked away with a light step.
Soone curiously asked him about the result, and he replied expressionlessly, “The child is already dead… Please excuse .”
After hearing this, who would dare to stop him? But soone did frown in confusion, “Dead… and still donated a thousand?”
“It’s a release,” soone who knew the man’s relationship with his ex-wife explained, “He said yesterday, the woman at ho was no good, now that the daughter is dead, he can truly let everything go.”
“Alas,” soone beside him sighed, “Knowing this outco, it would’ve been better not to search for the child, going back and forth only to get such an outco… It’s better to have a thought in mind, believing she was still alive.”
Hearing this, soone else chid in, saying that child traffickers are truly vicious, sotis to avoid exposure, they casually kill the child, “They’re not even human.”
At this mont, a woman spoke up, “That’s not right, your own child… you see them alive or see their body dead!”
She was the one familiar across Zhongyi City, and she rested at the courtyard yesterday again, but this ti Gazi waived her bill.
While talking, those parents of lost children also ca out one after another. Seeing this, the woman stepped forward and asked, “Need help?”
At the Prayer Courtyard, a new phenonon gradually erged, which was the increased interaction and assistance among the prayer-goers, primarily targeting those families who lost children, with everyone willing to extend more helping hands.
It must be pointed out that children being abducted has a lot to do with the negligence of guardians, but it’s undeniable that these families with missing children mostly have poor economic conditions.
Whether it’s leaving children with elders or letting them play alone in public places, it’s because the parents have to go to work and can only reduce the ti spent with their children; families with slightly better conditions certainly have more appropriate solutions.
These people themselves are not well-off economically, facing such tragedies in the human world, naturally arouse more sympathy from others.
But on the other hand, the Prayer Courtyard was originally just a place for incense burning and wishes, and in such places, people would burn incense, kowtow, make wishes, donate, and then leave, which was the norm; interactions among followers were rare.
Followers willing to proactively communicate with each other is in itself a recognition of the courtyard, thinking that those who co and go here are trustworthy, even deep down being willing to help—this sense of recognition is very rare in today’s society.
The woman’s willingness to help others proactively is partly out of sympathy, but also because she had another dream of that mysterious voice yesterday — “You’ve helped rescue a child, your husband, if he encounters trouble, has a one in five chance of receiving my help.”
Is this collecting gem fragnts? The woman felt like she was in an online ga, but she still asked, “If I do five good deeds, can you completely save my husband once?”
Lin Heihu was quite adept at these little tricks — he spent his days as the Earth Deity like this,
So he relentlessly retorted, “Isn’t doing good deeds supposed to be a good virtue, or do you think you have the right to bargain with ?”
The woman actually had quite an outgoing personality, and upon hearing this, she quickly apologized, saying she just played too much online gas and thought it was a simple accumulation, so she asked, really didn’t an to offend you.
Lin Heihu was just trying to teach her the rules, and didn’t intend to pursue any responsibility, “As the old saying goes, ‘If intentional good deed, the good is not rewarded; if unintentional evil deed, the evil is not punished,’ but now the world is deteriorating; rewards must be given when needed, but quantifying… how should rit be quantified?”
This ti, the woman truly understood, “So whether or how much rit there is for saving a child is different!”
So she rembered that doing more good deeds is always right, so this ti she helped save two more children and, taking advantage of her influence, uncovered a gang trafficking won and children.
The case is not yet closed, and so suspects are still at large, but Lin Heihu’s reward ca in, “You have a recomndation slot for the Cancer Care Center, which can be used for soone in need, of course, they must et Luohua’s criteria… related expenses will not be waived.”
The woman was overjoyed to hear this; she was introduced by other Daoist Sects and was very aware of how precious these care center slots were, having a movable slot in her hand felt as though she had won a billion-dollar lottery.
There was soone in her circle who got cancer and was desperately seeking a slot at the care center, how prestigious it would be to offer it now!
She had no intention of cashing in the slot, just simply wanted to help a friend — gaining so goodwill wasn’t bad either.
But when she planned to give away the slot, she fretted — apparently, there wasn’t just one person who had cancer, who should she give it to?
At that mont, she realized why Luohua was so assertive: such a troubleso thing, it had to be handled strongly.
She herself was very assertive, but within her circle… there was no way to be assertive, so in the end, she could only decide — to put it off!
Why did she only have one slot? Wait and see who can’t hold on anymore, then make a choice.
Actually, these troubles are significant to her, but to Gazi or Lin Heihu, they’re trivial.
Lin Heihu is willing to look after her rely because she possesses a chivalrous heart and cares deeply and loyally for her husband—traits considered virtuous for a woman by the Earth Deity.
Another reason is the Earth Deity’s personal agenda: he is trying to nurture a few agents.
Because Feng Jun has repeatedly opposed erecting statues for him, yet the current incense offerings and faith still seem a bit inadequate to Lin Heihu, so cultivating a few agents to help spread his influence has beco quite necessary.
Whether this woman can beco a qualified agent is hard to say, but supporting soone with such a disposition is worthwhile.
To make a long story short, due to the success of previous rescues, when the Blessing Courtyard opened for the fifth ti, the number of families searching for missing children far exceeded Feng Jun’s expectation of one hundred, reaching nearly three hundred.
The guest rooms in the courtyard were directly insufficient! The total number of guest rooms in the courtyard was just over two hundred.
In fact, the previous four rescues weren’t completely successful; aside from the girl abandoned by her parents, so children had indeed died, others were maid, and not all had happy endings.
But generally speaking, almost all the children’s whereabouts were accounted for, enough to make people co from afar.
When the courtyard is closed, the ordinary people wait patiently, but on the day it opens, it becos chaotic; everyone wants to get in, claiming even a spot on the ground is acceptable.
Feng Jun felt troubled, but last ti he had anticipated the future demand explosion, so he made arrangents: families searching for missing children are only allowed entry for one hundred—the remaining hundred must be left for other supplicants.
He aims for sothing much greater; ultimately, he cannot let this place beco just a “child-snatcher courtyard.”
If successful, help the world; if poor, protect oneself… standing between the two, he can only do his small part.
But the parents of the children disagree; when there was no hope, that was fine, but now with hope, who wouldn’t want to learn their child’s whereabouts sooner?
Moreover, among the parents, there are indeed unreasonable ones, so considering themselves tough and with large entourages; hearing only a hundred families can enter, they imdiately refuse, starting to cause a scene, with the situation escalating into a group incident.
These people aren’t really standing up for all three hundred families of missing children; they’re rely attempting to assert—no matter how you choose, my family must occupy one of the hundred spots!
Gazi also anticipated that sothing might happen, so he communicated with Feng Jing; Teacher i, currently responsible for the Xiuzhen Courtyard, is not far from the Blessing Courtyard.
She donned a veil, Blinked over, and seeing the situation getting out of control, she flicked her hand and summoned over a dozen Thunderclap Talismans.
The lightning struck, bringing down several people, but there were more than a dozen causing trouble, so Teacher i picked out over a hundred Thunderclap Talismans, continuing to release them one by one.
The crowd was directly stunned; everyone said the Blessing Courtyard has mystical powers, and they believed it without a doubt, but seeing it firsthand, a veiled woman summoning lightning bolt after bolt—the visual impact was truly extraordinary.
So people got struck by lightning, got up finding no major problems, then shouted even fiercer, showing their valor. Teacher i, considering the Thunderclap Talismans of the refinent realm insufficient, then switched to Qi Refinent Realm ones!
Releasing a Qi Refinent Realm Thunderclap Talisman wasn’t sothing recovered from in a re ten seconds; no matter how fierce a person was, after being struck twice, feeling the difference, they definitely wouldn’t want a third.
As the saying goes, gathering chicken feathers to make a duster—this is how it works. A group accustod to triumph through numbers has only a few core troublemakers; once those get subdued, others dare not cause more noise.
But Teacher i didn’t stop there; after advancing to the Qi Refinent Realm, her mind and reflexes improved greatly. She struck down each noisy person, then slowly walked into the Blessing Courtyard.
Gazi raised a finger to point, speaking expressionlessly, “Those who were struck by lightning, squat against the wall obediently. You will be marked on the blacklist… the Blessing Courtyard is willing to help believers, but does not welco troublemakers.”
Before the words were finished, two young n started running, convinced that so many people wouldn’t all be caught!
Before others could react, Gazi threw out two stones which pierced their thighs.
Another four or five were also influenced, instinctively starting to run, but unsurprisingly also ended up clutching their thighs, falling down, howling in pain.
Soone started recording with a mobile phone, intending to share it on social dia or online, but was shocked to find—there’s no network here!
Gazi looked around, slowly speaking, “No one is running? Then I’ll say a few words… First, you won’t be able to expose online for the ti being; there’s a jamr here; second, the place you’re standing on is not public land, it’s soone’s property!”
“Since it’s privately owned, entering ans accepting the owner’s arrangents, or you’ll be declared an unwelco person.”
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