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Chapter 141, Strange Man
Zaoshu Village, Huangshan District.

A village named after a jujube tree of unknown age beside the village. The older generation said that the jujube tree had already existed when their grandfathers were alive.

Originally the village was not famous, but a few decades ago, some Taoists in Taoist robes came to visit. I don’t know what they talked about, but in short, the land behind the village was contracted out for large-scale planting of jujube trees.

Time flies, and now this jujube forest has become a unique local landscape.

At this time, an electric car was driving on the newly built rural road.

This village is much richer than Changshan Village where Lu Yue had been before.

During the trip, co-pilot Lu Yue listened to the commentary of Taoist Priest Lin who was playing happy songs.

In fact, both the Taoist sect and other organizations have a great demand for raw materials for magic tools. However, due to the lack of awareness of excessive logging in the early days, some extraordinary people even experienced an era of lack of magic tools.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, over the past thousands of years, in order to follow the principles of sustainable development, some extraordinary organizations have begun to grow the raw materials for this type of magical instruments.

The jujube tree is one of them, but it usually takes a long time for it to reach a relatively mature growth state. If it is to reach the standard of a magical instrument, it will take at least decades or even hundreds or thousands of years.

This is the truth: those who plant trees will enjoy the shade.

The magical instruments planted by the older generation are for the future generations to use.

Among them are peach wood, sandalwood, rosewood, huanghuali, boxwood... and red sandalwood, but the last one is not the kind that the fathers plant trees for the next generation to enjoy the shade.

It will take at least several generations, or even more than a dozen generations.

The jujube forest in Zaoshu Village, Mucheng was contracted by the ancestors of Taoist priest Lin. After a generation of hard work, it barely reached the standard of a magical instrument.

"Master Lin, since you are Master Fang's senior brother and this is your family property, you can just tell Master Fang directly. There is no way he won't give it to you, right?" Lu Yue asked in the car.

"Junior Brother Lu, you don't know that our Daoist sect emphasizes following nature. Junior Brother Fang is not good at business, so these businesses are handed over to those below who are suitable for business. These people are not from the Daoist sect, and sometimes they have bad intentions and deceive their superiors and subordinates. This kind of thing is not uncommon. As a senior brother, I cannot pretend that I didn't see it..."

"Master Lin is indeed a man of deep friendship with his fellow disciples." Lu Yue said.

Daoist Master Lin coughed twice and said, "It's not entirely because of this reason. This plantation will be my property in the future, so I should personally supervise it."

It turns out that the nominal young master is still concerned about Master Fang’s property.

"This time the jujube forest was struck by lightning, and it is very likely to produce lightning-struck wood, which is a good thing..." Taoist Priest Lin looked expectant.

Ignoring Master Lin's muttering, Lu Yue now received a message from Captain Liu, indicating that the account book was indeed very important and that all arrests should be made according to the list, without missing a single one.

However, there are still twenty or thirty people who are missing, and some victims whose bodies have been possessed have disappeared. The details are under investigation.

Lu Yue frowned and thought, feeling that there was some secret hidden in this.

At this moment, the car slowly drove into Zaoshu Village. The driver, Lin Daochang, leaned out of the window and said, "Fellow villager, do you know where the owner of the Zaoshu orchard in the village lives?"

"Master Lin, this is your family property, don't you know where it is?" Lu Yue looked surprised.

Taoist Priest Lin blushed and said in a hoarse voice, "My family has a lot of businesses. These were all decades ago. How can I remember them so clearly?"

"Then you don't even know the boss's name?" Lu Yue asked.

Taoist Lin thought for a long time and finally remembered.

"The boss's surname is Ma. I met him once several decades ago."

"What's your name, Ma?"

Master Lin hesitated and couldn't figure it out.

"I guess the boss's surname should be Ma, and his name should be Si Ke." Lu Yue said.

Taoist Priest Lin was surprised when he heard this: "How did you know?"

"Because Boss Ma is opening the park today." Lu Yue thought of a joke on the Internet.

Taoist Lin looked confused, but he finally found out the location after asking around.

"Junior Brother Lu, just wait and see. We will go in for some tea later and ask him to take out those top-quality lightning-struck woods from the jujube forest for us to see."

"By the way, you have to stay calm later. Don't be so stunned by the sight of the top-grade lightning-struck wood that you will lose face for our sect. No matter what happens, you have to maintain your composure."

After saying this, Taoist Priest Lin got out of the car in a cool manner, put his hands behind his back, held his head high and walked towards the house with steady steps. However, not long after, Taoist Priest Lin came out cursing and looked extremely indignant.

"How can this be so absurd? You have forgotten your roots and have no conscience..."

"Master Lin, stay calm. Maintain your composure no matter what." Lu Yue said.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Lin's expression froze, and he quickly stroked his chest to calm down: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, anger can hurt your body..." "Junior Brother Lu, that guy surnamed Ma is going too far. He forgot that he came from the Taoist sect decades ago. When this jujube forest was contracted, my Taoist sect made a lot of efforts. Now he is avoiding me." Taoist Lin was heartbroken.

After learning more about the situation, Lu Yue finally found out the whole story.

This Boss Ma was once a Huoju Taoist priest from the lineage of Taoist Priest Lin. This type of Taoist priest is different from those who live in Taoist temples. They often wander among the people, can start a family and build a career, and are somewhat similar to lay disciples of Buddhism.

Several decades ago, when the Taoist sect was vigorously planting seedlings of magical instruments, some of the Huoju Taoists contributed money and effort, so the contracts were also signed by them. Therefore, from a legal point of view, those magical instrument seedling forests belong to these contractors and have no direct relationship with the Taoist sect.

Decades passed, and suddenly a "young master" appeared who wanted to pick the fruits. Especially after being struck by lightning, the value of this jujube forest increased dozens of times. When Taoist Lin went there, he ran into a wall.

People’s hearts are fickle. Perhaps when the contract was signed, the contractor was indeed inclined towards Taoism, but things are different now.

"This is ridiculous. When we contracted the land, my Taoist sect mobilized a lot of connections. Otherwise, do you think he could have been able to get the contract? Moreover, no one has dared to lay hands on this jujube forest for decades. It's all because of my Taoist sect." Taoist Priest Lin kept talking about old accounts.

Lu Yue shook his head. The relationships involved were extremely complicated. Although he had never contracted land, he could imagine the ins and outs involved.

Since the incident has already happened, from a legal point of view, the jujube forest does belong to the man named Ma. He could only comfort Taoist Lin.

If the back door doesn’t work, then go through the front door.

Let’s see what Mr. Ma means by opening the park.

Just like that, after comforting for a while, Taoist Lin, who always kept in mind the inheritance of Junior Brother Fang's property, quickly recovered and drove towards the plantation.

Halfway through, I heard a noise coming from the front.

Following the sound, I saw a villager beating a woman with a stick. The woman curled up on the ground miserably, but the villager continued to beat her without mercy.

A few elderly villagers passed by and saw the man holding a stick. They only tried to persuade him verbally, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.

I learned from other people that the two were a couple and the man was beating his wife.

"This is outrageous! No matter how big the conflict between a couple is, they can't be so cruel and seek death. Stop it!"

Taoist Priest Lin stopped the car decisively, roared and rushed forward, grabbing the stick in the man's hand. However, the man pulled him hard, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. The man looked at Taoist Priest Lin, who was meddling in other people's business, with a ferocious look and hit him with the stick.

Lu Yue was quick-witted and grabbed the stick with one hand, snatched it away, then picked up the man and threw him aside. Perhaps realizing that there were many people around, the man cursed viciously and left the scene.

Taoist Priest Lin stood up, patted his body, and began to comfort the woman directly.

"He wasn't like this before. After he went to work as a temporary worker in Boss Ma's jujube orchard, he has changed completely. Woo woo..." The woman burst into tears and poured out all the grievances in her heart.

Ten minutes later, Lu Yue learned about the conflict between the two.

As a rural couple, they got married early and were considered an old married couple. They had always gotten along very well. Because their children in the city needed money to go to school, the man heard some time ago that Mr. Ma, who was growing a jujube tree forest, was recruiting workers with a good salary of 1,000 yuan a day, including food and accommodation, so he signed up.

The job is actually very simple, just packing dates, weighing boxes and doing some odd jobs.

The dates from Zaoshu Village are very famous and are often sold well in nearby cities. It is advertised that they are supplied exclusively to Taoists. Even Taoist priests who do not leave the world often eat them, believing that they can improve health. Therefore, the sales are very good.

However, for some reason, after working as a temporary worker for a few days, the man suddenly became irritable and became addicted to gambling. Once you get addicted to this thing, you will lose everything.

What just happened was that the man was about to go gambling again and the woman stopped him.

"This is outrageous. It's fine that they don't acknowledge the help from my sect, but they even use my sect's name to make up a story that they only provide jujubes. I've never even tasted a jujube pit."

"What kind of man is this? Don't worry, I will take care of this matter!" Taoist Priest Lin was righteous and gave some legal advice, telling the woman that men who commit domestic violence are not to be tolerated and that she can directly take legal action to sue them.

Soon some villagers from the surrounding area came over and helped to comfort the woman.

Taoist Priest Lin stepped aside, calming himself down and speaking up for the woman: "Wait for me to find a lawyer. This matter cannot be delayed."

"Don't look for a lawyer yet. This matter seems strange." Lu Yue said from the side.

"What's weird?"

"Don't you think it's a little strange that an ordinary person in his forties can defeat a transcendent like you who is at the fourth level of the Divine Hidden Heaven?"

Taoist Lin was stunned. Recalling what had just happened, he did feel that something was wrong. Although he did not use any real force, with the physical fitness of a fourth-level Shenzang cultivator, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to knock him down easily.

Lu Yue glanced at the time and saw that there were still two hours before Boss Ma opened the park.

The keyword "sudden change of temperament" reminded him of the incident of possession of another's body. Lu Yue did not expect that such a thing would happen here.

So this man had an accident while working for Zaoshulin?

(End of this chapter)