Chapter 259 - 244: By the Heaven Official’s Blessing No Paths are Bound
"Congrats congrats!"
"Congrats, your highness!"
The newly built PuQi Shrine was bustling and lively, people going in and out, and Xie Lian traversed through several long tables that were stacked full, delivering hot, steamy bowls after bowls of noodles flowing out like water, soups with oil glistening like gold, and snow white, mouthwatering rice. He was swamped running about and still had to greet the guests, taking time out of the tasks in his hands to say, "Thank you, please have a seat!"
The PuQi Shrine that had unfortunately collapsed in a brawl had been rebuilt.
After rebuilding, the once dilapidated little shrine was now much more sumptuous, and a few new yards were even added. It wasn't actually Xie Lian or Hua Cheng who had reconstructed, but those villagers of PuQi Village. That day, when Xie Lian fled in disgrace, they rummaged through the wreckage and actually found a box full of gold bars. Naturally, it was the bunch that Quan Yi Zhen had stuffed into his donation box day after day.
Those villagers had never seen so much gold and were almost scared out of their wits. After they came to their senses, the Village Head took a part of it to rebuild PuQi Shrine, and didn't dare to touch the rest of it, keeping it safe until Xie Lian returned to give back to him.
Thus, when Xie Lian returned bringing Hua Cheng, besides the enthusiastic greetings of "Daozhang" and "Xiao Hua", what also welcomed them were a brand new Taoist shrine and a box heavy with gold bars.
Xie Lian had planned to return those gold bars to Quan Yi Zhen, but Quan Yi Zhen wouldn't have it, refusing them left and right until Hua Cheng told him: If you don't take those gold bars back, you can forget about the correct method in nurturing souls. Only then did this child settle and fixed the bad habit of blindly stuffing gold bars to people.
After making their greetings, the group of heavenly officials, with Mu Qing leading, crossed into the yard cautiously. They looked up inadvertently, and when they saw the full looks of this Taoist shrine, all their words were instantly stuck in their throats.
Gaudy.
Too gaudy!