I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

"The evil spirits are dead, disperse." Just as Tian Lei felt a pang of sadness, Qin Yao waved his hand and said loudly.

"Master Qin, may I ask where you live? If we encounter any evil spirits again, can we ask you for help?" a woman called out from the crowd.

Qin Yao said, "This Celestial Master has no fixed abode. As for the matter of exorcising demons, I will help whenever I have the chance to meet someone."

"If it weren't for Master Qin stepping forward today, who knows how many more people in Luzhou City would have suffered in the future."

The person who suffers could be someone else, or it could be oneself.

In this respect, Master Qin is a great benefactor to our city of Luzhou.

"I suggest that tomorrow we invite Master Qin to ride through the streets on horseback as a sign of honor and a small celebration." A man dressed in a Shu brocade robe and wearing a jade-inlaid round hat, who at first glance appeared to be either rich or noble, clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

There is no shortage of intelligent people among the public, including Young Master Bao. Many people understand that he is trying to deepen the relationship between the other party and Luzhou.

In other words, as long as this Master Qin can be kept in Luzhou, it will be a great thing for all the people of Luzhou.

Because they understood this, they all chimed in, and for a moment it felt like a "legendary tale".

However, Qin Yao didn't care about the glory of this continent or region. After all, he had already accomplished the great feat of conquering the heavens, so parading through the streets on horseback was nothing to him.

Therefore, faced with the enthusiastic and expectant requests from the crowd, he simply waved his hand and smiled, saying:
"I am a Taoist practitioner, and fame and fortune are like fleeting clouds to me. Therefore, I will simply ride through the streets on horseback and there is no need to mention it again."

Furthermore, it's getting late, so please head home quickly. Remember to travel in groups and don't go alone to avoid any unforeseen events.

"Father, look at him, how indifferent he is to fame and fortune." Hearing this, the charming young girl nudged Tian Lei's arm with her elbow and said softly.

"What do you know? Anyone who can breathe can't be without desires."

"Not caring about the fame and fortune of parading across the streets doesn't mean I don't care about other kinds of fame and fortune; it's just that I'm pursuing something higher," Tian Lei responded.

The naive girl snorted softly, "I think you're just judging others by your own standards."

“Girl, you’re too naive,” Tian Lei said, shaking her head.

While the father and daughter were whispering to each other, the crowd quickly dispersed after Qin Yao's persuasion.

Seeing this, the young Taoist priest, who was tied to the wooden stake, panicked instantly and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Someone please save me! Help me..."

"Godfather, let me help him untie the ropes," Chenxiang said softly, unable to bear it any longer.

Qin Yao asked, "Don't you hate him? He almost killed you."

Chenxiang sighed: "He was just a tool. What I should hate is the person who used this tool to harm me!"

Qin Yao chuckled and said, "That's a good answer; at least it's not repaying evil with kindness."

"Agarwood, remember this: never sympathize with the perpetrator, even if they have some real reason for their suffering."

One thing he was somewhat relieved about was that Erlang Shen in the Legend of the Lotus Lantern was not a character who endured humiliation and hardship, but rather a judge who was very selfish yet impartial to others.

In this way, the possibility of Chenxiang betraying him for the sake of their so-called uncle-nephew relationship was reduced to the lowest possible level.

“I remember, Godfather.”

Chenxiang nodded deeply, though he couldn't yet grasp the deeper meaning behind it.

Qin Yao waved his hand and said, "Go do what you want to do."

Seeing Chenxiang run off to save the person, Tian Lei quickly pulled his daughter forward, smiling broadly as he said:

"Master Qin, let me introduce you. This girl beside me is my own daughter, Tian Rui. She has a natural talent for Taoism and is exceptionally intelligent. I wonder if you have any thoughts about taking her as a disciple?"

He knew that the other party's strength far exceeded his own, and that they might even be a god or immortal.

If such a powerful person were to accept Tian Rui as a disciple, then I would surely be able to benefit from her and enjoy good fortune in the future. Just thinking about it makes me feel that my future is limitless!
Qin Yao glanced at Tian Rui, then shook his head with a smile: "I'm sorry, I have no intention of taking on any disciples."

Although the other party was the second female lead in the Legend of the Lotus Lantern, and could be considered a chosen one of heaven, he ultimately did not have a collecting obsession. Besides, the other party was not worth cultivating and was not a concept like Chenxiang!
A look of disappointment flashed across Tian Lei's face, but she quickly composed herself and asked with a smile:

"Then forget it... Speaking of which, I wonder where You is currently living? My daughter and I will be staying in Luzhou for a while, perhaps we can become neighbors with you?"

At this moment, after letting the young Taoist priest go, Chenxiang strode over to Qin Yao's side and said with a smile, "Godfather is now living in my house."

"Where do you live?" Tian Lei asked immediately.

"Master, may I speak?" Chenxiang hesitated, then turned around and asked.

Qin Yao smiled and shook his head: "Even if you don't tell them, once they know your name is Chenxiang, won't they be able to find your home?"

Chenxiang scratched his head and chuckled dryly, "Oh right... Master Tian, ​​my home is in Cuijiayuan."

Tian Lei's eyes lit up, and she said, "I'll go to Cuijiayuan tomorrow to buy a house, and we'll visit each other often in the future."

Agarwood: "..."

Can you just buy a house like that?

In other words, is becoming a Buddhist monk really that lucrative?

The next day.

As dawn broke, Liu Chenxiang's father, disheveled and staggering, walked out of the bedroom, muttering repeatedly, "Wine, I want wine..."

In the guest room, on the bed.

Qin Yao, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand and pointed, and the gate of the mansion was sealed by immortal energy.

"Oh!"

After opening the door, Liu's father rammed his head into the barrier of immortal energy and fell heavily to the ground. A glint of light suddenly flashed in his seemingly murky eyes.

But the next moment, his eyes became blurry again, and he staggered to his feet, crashing into the barrier again and again.

Qin Yao slowly walked out of the guest room and silently watched the figure that resembled a beggar.

Based on the original work, Liu Yanchang, who changed his name to Liu Yong, did not have the same dislike for the good-for-nothing with the same name as in the prequel to Lotus Lantern, but he also did not have any good feelings towards him.

It can only be said that this one is slightly better than that one, but the improvement is still extremely limited.

If he hadn't failed in his responsibilities as a father, neglecting his child for over a decade and even becoming a burden, Chenxiang wouldn't have been so desperate, to the point of placing his last hope in praying to God.

"Dad~"

Shortly after, just as Liu Yanchang was banging on the door until he was dizzy, Chen Xiang finally noticed his commotion and quickly ran out to help him up.

"Let go of me." Liu Yanchang forcefully pulled back his arm, his eyes bloodshot. "I want to drink!"

Chenxiang shook his head and said, "You can't drink anymore, your body can't take it."

"I want you to take care of it?"

Liu Yanchang pushed his son away, turned around and went into the yard, picked up a ladder and was about to climb over the wall to go out.

Chenxiang's lips twitched, and he rushed off, suddenly grabbing the other person's wrist:
"Dad, can you please stop making a scene?"
Over the years, I've been so tired, so very tired.

You gambled away all our family's assets and are now drowning in debt.

I worked from dawn till dusk, but gradually I couldn't even pay the interest. And yet, I still had to search for you all over Luzhou, repeatedly bringing you back from various places, drunk and passed away…

"Have you said enough?" Liu Yanchang interrupted.

Chenxiang pursed her lips and said, "I haven't said enough! Father, I'm begging you, can you just shut up for a second?"

"As long as you live a good life, with your godfather's guidance, I will definitely make our family's life better and better."

"Godfather...hehe, godfather."

Liu Yanchang sneered, "Your biological father isn't even dead yet, and you're already recognizing a godfather? You're really filial. Chenxiang, are you hoping I'll die soon so you can relax?"

Chenxiang suddenly opened his eyes wide. Every word of these words was like a knife, deeply piercing his soft heart.

However, Liu Yanchang was still not satisfied. He suddenly turned to look at the guest room and stared intently at Qin Yao standing at the door, saying:

"Who gave you permission to accept Chen Xiang as a foster father? Did you even ask me, his own father?"
"Let me tell you, I only have one son. If you want to take him as your adopted son, you'll have to pay me!"

"Liu Yanchang, you're even dumber than a pig," Qin Yao said calmly.

Liu Yanchang trembled, his face filled with horror: "How do you know that name?"

"I am a celestial envoy, with insight into the Three Realms and Six Paths. Since I have taken Chenxiang as my protégé, how could I not investigate his father's background?" Qin Yao said. "This investigation has uncovered many past secrets."

Hearing this, Chenxiang couldn't help but ask, "Father, have you found out who my mother is?"

"Do not say!"

Liu Yanchang, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately hissed and howled.

Qin Yao said indifferently, "Coward."

Liu Yanchang's face stiffened, his gaze fixed on Qin Yao: "Coward? You call me a coward?!"

Qin Yao said, "Yes, what is a coward if he doesn't even dare to face his past and can only drown his sorrows in alcohol?"

Liu Yanchang's lips trembled slightly, and he said fiercely:

"The heavens are tyrannical, and the heavens are blind. They separate lovers and destroy families. In particular, the Queen Mother of the West, as the supreme being in heaven, is a bastard on earth and a dog on the ground."

Seeing his almost insane appearance, Chenxiang was frightened and froze on the spot, her hands and feet turning ice cold.

"I have the talent bestowed upon me by God, I am exceptionally gifted, a dragon among men, yet she took away the love of my life. Is this fair? Why?"
It's her, it's all her fault, she's the one who committed this sin. I'm not a coward, I just... just..."

Liu Yanchang became more and more excited as he spoke, but then he got stuck.

"What are you? Tell me."

Qin Yao said, "If you don't speak, if you're speechless, I'll speak for you."

You were simply powerless, unable to resist, so you willingly degraded yourself, turning Liu Yanchang into Liu Yong, a learned scholar into a hopeless wretch, in order to defy fate.

Liu Yanchang staggered back several steps, his eyes wide with terror as if he had seen a ghost: "You, you, you..."

"What are you?"

Qin Yao angrily rebuked, "Liu Yanchang, in your entire life, who have you ever been fair to?"
Calling you a coward is giving you too much credit. To put it bluntly, well, Chenxiang is still here, so I won't say anything too harsh.

Let me tell you, what you're doing is utterly absurd and laughable. Heaven doesn't care whether you're striving for excellence or a complete failure, just as the ocean doesn't care about the squeaking of an ant.

As if a snake had been struck at its vital spot, Liu Yanchang instantly lost all his energy and collapsed to the ground.

“Godfather…” Chenxiang called out timidly.

"What, feeling sorry for him?" Qin Yao suddenly turned his head and asked coldly.

Chenxiang's heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his head and said, "He is still my father."

“Have you ever thought that a large part of the reason he became like this is because of your blind filial piety?” Qin Yao said.

Chenxiang was taken aback: "Huh?"

“Someone will carry him home when he’s completely drunk, so he can get drunk anywhere; someone will take care of his food and drink, so he dares to recklessly lose everything,” Qin Yao said.

Chen Xiang stammered, "If I don't care about him, he'll just die..."

“Death is a kind of relief,” Qin Yao said.

Agarwood: "..."

Seeing him lower his head as if he had done something wrong, Qin Yao sighed, walked over and lifted Liu Yanchang up, whispering in his ear, "The Third Holy Mother can see everything that happens in this house."

Liu Yanchang was shaken and stammered, "Really? Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Qin Yao said, "You have disappointed her too much, especially in your handling of the agarwood matter."

After saying that, he casually threw Liu Yanchang on the ground and said, "Chenxiang, let your father calm down, don't mind him."

Agarwood: "..."

Liu Yanchang: "..."

"Thank you."

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the lotus lantern in his sleeve, but only Qin Yao could hear it.

Qin Yao then responded with his spirit, "Is a simple thank you all you want?"

"what do you want?"

"I'll help you lift this wretch out of the mud and make him take on the responsibility of being a father. You give me the incantation to control the Lotus Lantern," Qin Yao thought to himself.

"The Lotus Lantern is my natal magic weapon, completely bound to my immortal soul. Even if I give you the incantation, you will not be able to activate it successfully," the Third Holy Mother said through the Lotus Lantern.

Qin Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Is there no other way?"

Deep within Mount Hua, within the seal, a woman in colorful robes, possessing an ethereal beauty, remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "There is another way..."

"The Seventh Heaven, the Qionghua Palace, the Precious Lotus Jade Pillar," Qin Yao said.

The Third Holy Mother paused for a moment, then exclaimed in astonishment, "You even know this? No, how could you know? Besides me, I'm afraid even the Queen Mother of the West wouldn't know about this!"

Qin Yao said, half-jokingly, "I am a descendant of Maoshan, and I am proficient in divination, calculation, and predicting the secrets of heaven."

"Early when I obtained this Lotus Lantern, I had already calculated that the jade lotus pillar was like an extended handle of the Lotus Lantern, or the shaft of a spear, sharing the same lineage as the Lotus Lantern."

"The Maoshan divination technique is truly terrifying," the Third Holy Mother exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.

Qin Yao thought to himself: It's fortunate that Maoshan magic is backing me up, otherwise I would not be able to gain the trust of the Third Holy Mother at all.

In fact, although he knew Maoshan divination techniques, even with the blessing of the Twelfth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, he couldn't detect the true nature of the Lotus Lantern in this realm. This information came entirely from his foresight regarding the plot.

However, while he could use Maoshan magic as an excuse to fool the Third Holy Mother, he couldn't use it to fool the Queen Mother.

After all, the Three Mao True Lords were all direct favorites of the Queen Mother, and she, as the matriarch, knew perfectly well the limits of Maoshan divination techniques! (End of Chapter)