"You said that the mayor knows about this. Do you dare to come with us to see the mayor?" Li Haoran didn't believe their lies and hoped to see a hint of fear in their expressions.
Unfortunately, no.
The four people and three ghosts waited in the dilapidated temple for a whole night. When it was almost dawn and the moon was gradually emitting a soft halo and turning into the sun, they set out for the mayor.
Guhuai Town is famous for its locust trees. Locust trees can be seen everywhere, and they are all old. The thickest old locust tree is so big that three Lu Yangs cannot hug it. The female ghost in white calls herself Xiaoqi. She said that this old locust tree has a history of thousands of years and is older than Guhuai Town.
Sophora trees are feminine in nature, and the atmosphere of the whole town is gloomy and very cool, making it a great place to escape the summer heat.
Among the small towns Lu Yang has visited, Guhuai Town is the largest.
Moreover, Guhuai Town is thriving and will become even more prosperous in the future.
After the identities of the four people were revealed to the government, the mayor quickly went out to greet them. He looked rather wealthy and smiled at everyone he met.
"I didn't expect that the Taoist priest from the Wendao Sect would come here. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person." The mayor apologized as soon as he met him, and put on a very humble attitude.
Lu Yang noticed that the mayor had reached the late stage of foundation building.
The mayor noticed the three female ghosts behind the four people, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and said politely: "My last name is Fan, and my name is Lady Fan. You can just call me Little Fan."
"The four of you please come in."
"Mayor Fan, you're too polite." Lu Yang took a sip of the tea poured by Mayor Fan and nodded slightly. Hmm, he couldn't tell what kind of tea it was.
"Mayor Fan probably knows why we came here, which is to understand the origins of these three female ghosts."
"It is indeed so." Mayor Fan hung his head. To be honest, he didn't really want to talk about this matter, but since the people from the Taoist Sect came to ask, he had no choice but to tell them.
"Does Mayor Fan know that these three female ghosts suck people's yang energy?" Lu Yang went straight to the point.
"I know. A traveler came to me to report that there was a female ghost in the dilapidated temple outside the town who was sucking people's yang energy. When I heard about it, I thought it was outrageous, so I immediately took people over to check the situation."
"It was not until I arrived at the ruined temple that I realized that Xiaoqi and the other three ghosts were not evil ghosts that would suck a person's yang energy dry in one go, but good ghosts who had no intention of harming anyone."
"At that time, Guhuai Town was not as lively as it is today. I wanted to develop the tourism industry and increase the town's income, but a bunch of locust trees alone could not attract people."
"I thought of female ghosts. I was worried about what might happen, so I checked the law. I found that the law only prohibits female ghosts from absorbing Yang energy and causing harm to people or affecting their normal lives. It does not completely prohibit female ghosts from absorbing Yang energy."
"Female ghosts sucking Yang Qi doesn't count as prostitution, which means travelers don't even have to pay."
"And the tax regulations don't say that ghosts need to pay taxes for absorbing yang energy."
"After careful consideration, I decided to use the female ghost as a gimmick to promote Guhuai Town. You know what, the effect is quite good. Many travelers come here to seek romantic encounters. The town's income is visibly growing. The local finances are improving, the county has rewards, and I am well-off. So I have successfully cultivated to the late stage of foundation building."
"Originally the county wanted to promote me, but being the mayor here, with food, drink, and spirit stones, is no better than being a handyman in the county, so I refused."
"Even if I am promoted to the county, I have to wait until I reach the Jindan stage." Mayor Fan has a clear plan for his political career.
After hearing this, the three female ghosts nodded repeatedly, indicating that they were innocent and were good ghosts.
"Wait, if this is a good thing, who was the one who asked our sect for help and said there was a female ghost here?" Meng Jingzhou wondered.
This mission was not discovered by the sect, but someone wanted to report it to the Taoist sect.
Competitor
Are there any competitors in this industry
Mayor Fan was also surprised. He thought that Lu Yang and the other two were just passing by by chance, and discovered the female ghost here, so they took the opportunity to exorcise the demon.
How could it be reported by someone
"Does Mayor Fan have any clues?"
"Not yet... By the way, can I ask what the mission says?"
"It means that there is a female ghost in Guhuai Town that sucks people's yang energy, and the scholar is weak and listless."
Mayor Fan looked strange.
"Does Mayor Fan know what's going on?"
Mayor Fan nodded and said, "Mr. Zhou has a son. Everyone calls him Xiao Zhou. Xiao Zhou's academic level is average. He took the exam for the scholar several times but failed."
"But Xiao Zhou's mother always felt that it was because Xiao Zhou was always looking for the female ghost that he was distracted by the female ghost, and he had no energy and was not serious about his studies."
"Xiao Zhou's mother came to me and hoped that I would punish the female ghost. However, Xiao Zhou's academic level is obvious to all. He is playful by nature and cannot concentrate on his studies. He has nothing to do with the female ghost at all."
"I just thought she was throwing a tantrum and ignored her. After Xiao Zhou's mother passed away, a few people attributed their children's failure to pass the imperial examinations to the female ghost, but I refuted them all."
"I didn't expect them to be so persistent and report this to the Wen Dao Sect."
Mayor Fan sighed, "Xiaoqi and the other two have done their best in this matter."
Xiao Qi, the female ghost in white, said: "We three sisters were afraid that this matter would become a big deal and let the righteous know of our existence, so we called the scholars with poor academic performance in the town to the temple and gave them lessons."
"The three of us sisters were all from a scholarly family, so we are more than capable of teaching them."
"If you study well, you will be rewarded. If you study poorly, you will not be rewarded. Under this reward and punishment mechanism, their performance has improved dramatically."
Lu Yang looked up and down at the three female ghosts. Not to mention the red-dressed female ghost whose lips were swollen like sausages.
The female ghosts in white and green were pretty, dressed coolly, and each had their own charm. Under such circumstances, how could those scholars learn from them
Oh, that’s right. If you can’t learn, there will be no reward.
"The scholars are also willing to learn in this way. Take yesterday for example. It was raining heavily the most in ten years. It was as dark as night. Xiao Zhou and his friends were still willing to brave the rain to listen to our lectures. They studied until the rain was over. Only then did Xiao Zhou and his friends leave the temple exhausted physically and mentally."
"I didn't expect that despite our efforts, we were still reported by their parents." Xiaoqi felt how difficult life was. It was not easy to live, and it was not easy to die either.
Lu Yang concluded: "So you run a private school during the day, giving lectures to students, and wander around the town at night, going to the inn to absorb Yang energy?"
"Yes."
Lu Yang and the other two felt ashamed after hearing this, as the female ghost was more hardworking than any of them.
Qin Yanyan was amazed when she heard this. So ghosts are like this
Xiao Qi continued, "Not only that, we have to hand over 70% of the Yang energy we absorb, and only 30% is ours."
"Huh? Who are you handing it over to?" Lu Yang wondered, the court didn't need Yang Qi.
"He is our boss. We all call him Lord Mi. Lord Mi also said that there are treasures left by the previous leader in Guhuai Town and asked us to pay attention to them."