"Palace Master, you haven't been practicing recently. It's not appropriate to run down the mountain every day."
Fang Zhiyi, who had just arrived at Yunxiao Palace, was stopped by several elders who were in a threatening manner.
"Some disciples have followed your example and are now completely neglecting their focus on cultivating the chain. I heard that you, Sect Master, not only started a business selling and delivering vegetables, but also opened a restaurant among mortals?"
"Palace Master, what are you wearing? It's really inappropriate. It's a bad influence on the disciples."
Several people talked at once.
Fang Zhiyi had a terrible headache, so he simply released his own pressure to make them shut up.
"Palace Master, you can't be so willful. Recently, our Yunxiao Palace has been in frequent contact with the mortal world, and our expenses have increased a lot. We are no longer able to make ends meet."
Fang Zhiyi raised his eyebrows: "After all this talk, you just want money, right?"
The elder muttered, "Giving something else is fine. I heard that the seven major sects have exchanged a lot of treasures for your Chamber of Commerce..."
Fang Zhiyi was extremely helpless: "Next time, just say what you want to say, don't talk nonsense!"
Yue Anyao hurriedly took an elder to get the money, while the other elder took the key given by Fang Zhiyi to count the collaterals of other sects. When they came back, they were so happy that their eyes were narrowed into slits.
"Do you have anything else to say?" Fang Zhiyi looked at the other four people.
One person said, "Palace Master, I think you could set up a hot pot and barbecue restaurant on the mountain, so your disciples don't have to go down the mountain every time..."
"Okay, next one."
"Palace Master, I still feel that the current situation is inappropriate. Those who practice Taoism should let go of material desires in order to achieve the great Dao."
Fang Zhiyi looked at him and said, "Elder Wen, how long have you been in the Lianxu stage?"
Elder Wen raised his eyes and said, "One decade."
"Then you seem to be indifferent to material desires, but why haven't you made any progress?"
Elder Wen didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Fang Zhiyi put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Let's do the math. Lianxu increases your lifespan by two thousand years. If I remember correctly, you're already one thousand five hundred years old. In the remaining five thousand years, do you want to continue to give up material desires and wait for death, or accept nature and seek a breakthrough?"
A trace of confusion flashed across Elder Wen’s eyes.
"Think about it for a moment. I've asked someone to make hot pot for you to try first. Next."
"Palace Master, there are rumors outside that you and Yue Anyao are demonic cultivators."
Fang Zhiyi was a little surprised. It shouldn't be this fast? It's only been a few years.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else became serious, as this was a matter of reputation for the sect.
"Some say you deliberately allow cultivators to regain their appetites, material desires, and sexual desires. Your goal is to weaken the power of the righteous path and disintegrate the will of the disciples, so that the evil cultivators will then attack the righteous sects."
Fang Zhiyi nodded. Although the content was slightly different, it seemed that the Qihua Sect was determined to spread rumors.
"Finally, what's your question?"
Elder Kong was momentarily unresponsive. "Ah? Oh, I mean, a few demon cultivators submitted invitations, hoping to join your hot pot restaurant... I can't make the decision, so I just uploaded it. I wanted to ask your opinion, Palace Master."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
"Rumors! Which bastard spread them?"
"It must be a rumor!"
The elder who reported said, "I have asked someone to investigate, and it should have come from the Qihua Sect."
Several elders, except Elder Wen, were filled with righteous indignation: "Go and reason with them!"
"etc!"
According to the original plot, the protagonist would suppress his cultivation and sneak into the Qihua Sect, find out their inside story, and then clear himself, but now Fang Zhiyi has come.
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