I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

It's getting late.

Inside Yuelaiju.

After eating until he could eat no more, Chenxiang slumped back in his chair with a blissful expression and said sincerely:
"This meal was the best and most filling I've ever eaten in my memory."

Across the table, Qin Yao smiled slightly: "With me here, wealth and glory are just the lowest level of enjoyment for you."

"The lowest level?" Chen Xiang's eyes widened, trying to control his excitement. "Then what's the higher level?"

"It varies from person to person, but they are all basically about ideals," Qin Yao said. "Chenxiang, what is your ideal?"

"Ideals?" Chenxiang thought for a moment and said, "I hope my father will stop gambling and drinking..."

At this point, he suddenly looked out the window and said, "Godfather, my father should be waking up around this time. Could we pack some food to take back with us?"

Qin Yao smiled and said, "Of course, you can go order."

A look of gratitude appeared on Chenxiang's face, but she didn't say much. She got up and walked towards the counter...

Silently watching his retreating figure, a smile gradually appeared on Qin Yao's face.

If reality doesn't differ much from the plot of "The Legend of the Lotus Lantern," then Chenxiang of this world is the destined nemesis of Erlang Shen of this world.

Now that Chenxiang has become his protégé, he will definitely do his best to cultivate him.

With his own backing and an enhanced version of agarwood, Erlang Shen would surely receive double the surprise!
That night.

It's the first watch of the night.

Chen Xiang led Qin Yao into the Liu residence and said, "Godfather, please sit in the main room first. I will watch my father finish his meal and then go and tidy up your room."

Qin Yao waved his hand: "Go ahead and do your work, don't worry about me."

Chenxiang smiled and nodded, then quickly carried the packed dishes into the east wing, only to find her father sitting blankly by the window, staring at the crescent moon in the sky, seemingly lost in thought.

"Dad, look what I brought you: chicken, duck, and two big steamed buns."

At the window, Liu's father seemed not to hear, still staring blankly at the moon.

Chenxiang had gotten used to this, and even opened the paper package to feed the animals himself, as if he were taking care of an elderly person with dementia.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Qin Yao slowly walked to the gate and used his immortal energy to pick up the lantern.

But just as his celestial energy touched the lantern, the lantern suddenly lit up with a dazzling divine light, and then the celestial energy was completely swallowed up, just like the ocean absorbing a drop of water.

Qin Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, slowly raised his right hand, and his arm instantly lengthened as his five fingers grasped the hook at the top of the lantern.

However, just as his fingers touched the hook, he failed to grasp the object.

So, with a thought, he turned and grabbed the lantern, but it was like trying to catch the moon's reflection in water—impossible to reach.

"interesting……"

Qin Yao muttered to himself, and suddenly two golden lights shone in his eyes. He looked at the lantern, but what he saw was a world with countless laws of time and space floating in it, as brilliant as a galaxy.

"Godfather~"

After an unknown amount of time, Chenxiang suddenly appeared behind him and called out loudly.

Qin Yao blinked, the golden light in his eyes quickly fading, and turned to ask, "Has your father eaten?"

Chenxiang nodded: "What are you looking at so intently?"

Qin Yao smiled and said, "To see the mysteries of the world and the secrets of heaven and earth."

Chenxiang scratched his head: "Godfather, I don't understand."

"It's okay if you don't understand. Can you help me take this lantern down?" Qin Yao pointed to the big red lantern.

Chenxiang chuckled: "Of course, please wait a moment, I'll go find a ladder right away."

Soon after, just as Qin Yao had predicted, Chen Xiang brought a ladder, climbed up the gate, and easily took down the Lotus Lantern, without any illusion or mirage occurring...

"Godfather, here you go."

After jumping down the ladder, Chenxiang immediately handed the Lotus Lantern to Qin Yao with a bright smile on his face.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Qin Yao reached out and caught the large red lantern, firmly grasping the hook, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face.

"Godfather, let me help you tidy up the house." Chenxiang waved his hand and picked up the ladder.

"Okay, thank you," Qin Yao replied.

Chenxiang quickly replied, "Please don't say that. I should thank you much more."

Qin Yao smiled, then picked up the lantern and followed him back to the courtyard, watching him quickly tidy up a room...

Half an hour later.

In the bare and clean room, Qin Yao sat cross-legged on the bed, with a large red lantern in front of him. He placed his palm above the lantern and released a dense array of law chains, gradually pulling out a divine lamp that shone with seven-colored light, which then hovered in the air in front of him.

Unfortunately, after much exploration and research, he discovered that there was an invisible lock inside this artifact, which not only blocked his gaze from peering into the laws, but also blocked his possibility of refining the Lotus Lantern.

In response to this, he has a key to unlock it, but this key requires a large amount of filial piety points to activate, and unfortunately, his own filial piety points are insufficient.

Left with no other choice, they had to abandon the idea of ​​replicating the spacetime laws of the Lotus Lantern now and think of other ways to unlock it.

As for carrying a lantern to Heaven to report back...

That day may come, but it will certainly not be now.

The reason is simple: if we go to deliver the lantern now, we will lose the opportunity to replicate the laws of time and space, and we will also be unable to strike Erlang Shen in a powerful and effective way.

If we can't even achieve these two goals, wouldn't we be wasting this opportunity?

"Shu~"

Shortly after, just as he was putting away the Lotus Lantern, a golden ball of light suddenly appeared in the courtyard, drifted leisurely toward Chenxiang's room, and broke through the window.

Inside the room, on the bed.

Chenxiang was startled awake by the sudden bright light. Looking at the ball of light floating in the air, his face was immediately filled with astonishment.

"Don't be afraid, follow it and see who's behind this." Just then, his godfather's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Chenxiang took a deep breath, suppressed his fear, got out of bed, and walked step by step toward the ball of light.

Within the ball of light, there seemed to be an eye. Upon seeing his movement, it immediately floated out of the room through the hole in the window and lingered in the courtyard, clearly waiting for him to come out.

Chenxiang quickly put on his coat and hat, and strode out the door.

The ball of light saw him again and flew out of the courtyard with a whoosh. Chenxiang followed and ran out of Liu's residence, running further and further away until it finally arrived in an ancient forest, where it completely lost track of the light source.

"Godfather, what should I do next?" Chenxiang asked softly, looking at the dark bushes around him.

"You are now the bait; just wait for the big fish to take the bait."

Just as he expected, although he spoke very softly, his godfather's response still rang in his ears.

Chenxiang let out a soft breath, but an uncontrollable question arose in his mind: How did I become bait out of nowhere?

Not long after.

In the thicket, a young Taoist priest in blue robes, carrying a wooden stick, swiftly crept up behind Chenxiang under the cover of dense bushes and delivered a heavy blow to his back.

Just as the attack was about to hit Chenxiang, a golden light suddenly flashed across the void and struck the young Taoist priest squarely between the eyebrows with a bang, forcibly freezing him in place.

Hearing the noise, Chenxiang turned around abruptly and was startled by the little Taoist priest holding a stick. He then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the priest was frozen in place.

"Chenxiang, quickly exchange clothes with him, and then follow my instructions." High in the sky, Qin Yao transmitted his voice again.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chenxiang swiftly stripped off the other party's Taoist robe...

After half a stick of incense.

Under Qin Yao's constant guidance, Chenxiang carried the little Taoist priest to a bustling open space. Looking around, they saw countless people surrounding a pile of firewood. In front of the firewood stood a ritual platform, and behind the platform stood a Taoist priest in a yellow robe. Behind the Taoist priest was a yellow flag with four large characters written in cinnabar ink on it: "Exorcise evil and eliminate demons."

"I'm coming."

With the help of the surrounding bonfire, the villagers who were watching also saw Chenxiang carrying the little Taoist priest and came over, and they all started to chatter.

The yellow-robed Taoist nodded, but due to the dim light, he could not see the faces of the two people clearly, only their Taoist robes and hemp clothes. He then pointed to the wooden stake on the pile of wood and said, "Tie this demon to the stake."

Chenxiang did as instructed, then stepped aside. He saw the Taoist priest holding a peach wood sword, chanting some incantation, burning talismans, and breathing fire, clearly performing some kind of ritual.

After a flurry of activity, the yellow-robed Taoist priest carried his peach wood sword to the pile of firewood. With a flick of his finger from Qin Yao high in the sky, a golden light fell on the Taoist priest's head, instantly transforming the little Taoist priest in his eyes into the shape of Chenxiang.

Immediately afterwards, he released the young Taoist priest from his restraints, a playful expression on his face.

"Master, it's me, Lingyu."

Perched on the wooden stake, watching helplessly as his master approached with his sword, the young Taoist panicked and shouted loudly.

The yellow-robed Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that the other party was Chen Xiang, he couldn't help but sneer:
"You fiend, you're about to die and you still want to bewitch people? Do you really think I'm stupid? Let me tell you, today is your death day."

The young Taoist priest was terrified and hurriedly said, "Master, I really am Lingyu. If you don't believe me... your surname is Jia, your given name is Jia Zhenlong, you live in Luofengpo, and you have three wives."

The yellow-robed Taoist priest's heart skipped a beat, and he shouted, "I didn't expect you could even calculate this. This only proves that you are a monster. You must be burned to death."

"Burn him to death, burn him to death..." the onlookers echoed.

The young Taoist priest was so frightened he almost wet himself, and blurted out in a panic, "Master, I'm not a demon!"

If you still don't believe me, then I'll just have to be frank.

This time, two demons wanted to find a scapegoat to quell the trouble, so they asked you to perform a ritual to prevent the real murder case from attracting a high-ranking Taoist priest, which would be detrimental to them.

As for the scapegoat, Liu Chenxiang, who was powerless, insignificant, and ignored by everyone, was chosen..."

"Nonsense!" Before he could finish speaking, the yellow-robed Taoist priest flew into a rage and turned to say, "Burn him to death."

"You evil Taoist, take a good look at who I am!" At this moment, Chenxiang couldn't help but step forward and shout loudly.

The Taoist in the yellow robe looked in the direction of the sound and his expression suddenly froze.

How can there be two agarwood pieces?

"Master, he is Chenxiang!" the young Taoist priest cried out, his voice trembling with tears.

From the crowd, Young Master Bao stepped forward, took a close look at the figure in hemp clothing on the woodpile, and turned to say, "He is indeed not Chenxiang."

"I've seen a ghost!" The yellow-robed Taoist priest felt a sudden shiver run down his spine, and immediately turned and ran, completely disregarding the life or death of his disciple.

"So, it turns out that Taoist Jia was a fake. What do we do now?"

After watching him leave like a stray dog, someone asked.

Young Master Bao exclaimed, "Taoist Jia must have been possessed by an evil spirit, and the source of this evil magic must be agarwood."

Therefore, for everyone's safety, I suggest we re-tie Agarwood and burn it to death to prevent future trouble!

"You fart."

Chenxiang shouted angrily, "Didn't you hear me? This little Taoist priest said that those two monsters wanted to harm me. As for Taoist Jia's strange behavior, perhaps it's because God is protecting me."

“The monster is among you.” Just as Young Master Bao scoffed at this statement and was about to retort, a clear voice suddenly rang out throughout the room.

"Who?" Young Master Bao looked around and asked sharply.

"My true identity is Qin Yao, a celestial mage."

Qin Yao descended from the sky, immediately attracting countless eyes.

"Demon, why don't you quickly reveal your true form?" Before the villagers could react, Qin Yao suddenly pointed to two figures in the crowd.

The two men exchanged a glance and, without prior arrangement, turned and fled.

Qin Yao chuckled and released two chains of law with a wave of his hand, which arrived first and tightly wrapped around the waists of the two demons.

The two demons ran desperately, but were bound by chains and could only stand still. They had no choice but to reveal their true form as centipedes, which frightened the surrounding villagers into quickly hiding.

"To harm living beings is an unforgivable crime."

With a flick of his finger, Qin Yao sent two beams of light swiftly striking the two centipedes, instantly tearing the seemingly enormous centipedes to pieces.

The villagers at the scene froze on the spot, dumbfounded.

They had expected a fierce battle between humans and demons, but to their surprise, the celestial mage simply flicked his finger and blasted the two terrifying demons to pieces.

"Greetings, Celestial Master."

"Greetings, Celestial Master Qin..."

Moments later, the villagers present bowed and paid their respects, some even prostrating themselves on the ground, including the previously arrogant young master Bao.

As a result, the only one still standing in the crowd was Chenxiang.

Qin Yao smiled slightly and was about to let them get up when he suddenly sensed two faint auras rapidly approaching.

Looking up, one could see two figures, one old and one young, riding on a flying Bagua fan, landing steadily in front of the woodpile as the umbrella spun at high speed.

This scene should have been the center of attention, but because all the villagers were kneeling, only a few people were able to see it...

"Father, it seems we're too late."

Between the two, a charming young girl in an orange dress, with slender eyebrows, an oval face, and long hair tied up spoke.

Beside him, a bearded man dressed in a black and white Taoist robe, resembling the leader of the Moon Worship Cult, looked at Qin Yao and cupped his hands, saying, "I am Tian Lei, greetings, fellow Daoist."

"Greetings, Daoist Tian." Qin Yao smiled slightly.

In the time and space without him, the other person was Chenxiang's guide, helping Chenxiang embark on an extraordinary life...

"Father."

At this moment, Chenxiang quickly came to Qin Yao's side and called out softly.

Qin Yao nodded, then looked at the sea of ​​heads around him and said loudly, "Get up, everyone."

"Thank you, Master Qin." Hundreds of villagers said in unison, rising from the ground.

Seeing this, Tian Lei's face showed undisguised envy, and she secretly regretted that she had arrived a step too late!
In fact, the father and daughter had discovered the two centipede demons long ago. The reason they hadn't taken action to eliminate the demons beforehand was that they were waiting for today's ceremony, hoping to make a name for themselves in Luzhou through this ceremony.

Unexpectedly, the flying umbrella malfunctioned on the way there.

After he repaired the umbrella and rushed over with all his might, the glory that should have belonged to him fell on the Qin Celestial Master before him… (End of this chapter)