Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 147 The World of Ghosts and Monsters 14

The next afternoon, after Lin Xiaoqian had sold all the roast ducks and there were no more customers in the shop, Yun Gu brought Liu Sheng and Xiao Tong to the shop.

First, he presented gifts to everyone as a token of his gratitude, and then had Liu Sheng apologize for his recklessness the previous day.

Liu Sheng was somewhat disoriented at this moment, as if he had suffered a great shock, and even his apology was somewhat absent-minded.

Yun Gu gestured for Xiao Tong to close the restaurant door, then said, "The roots of the Celestial Masters' Institute are completely rotten."

Seeing the puzzled looks on Lin Xiaoqian and the others' faces, he twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "I guess you all must come from a family of hermits who have secluded themselves in the deep mountains. I wonder if you have ever heard your elders talk about the history of the Celestial Masters' Institute."

Lin Xiaoqian and his companions were not from this world; they knew nothing about the Celestial Masters' Institute, let alone its history.

So they made up an excuse, such as the elders in the family not allowing us to inquire about matters related to the Celestial Masters' Institute, and had Yun Gu tell the story of the Celestial Masters' Institute.

Yun Gu sighed and began to recount her story.

It turns out that demons and monsters have existed in this world since ancient times. Demons and monsters bring disaster to the world, so people hope that someone can subdue them. Thus, people who suppress them appeared, and that is the Celestial Master.

The Celestial Master lineage arose from human expectations and beliefs, cultivated themselves to attain enlightenment, vanquished demons and monsters, and were revered by the world, in a continuous cycle that has endured without end.

Of course, not just anyone can become a Celestial Master. It requires certain innate qualities, much like spiritual roots in the world of cultivation. Therefore, those who can become Celestial Masters are relatively rare.

Over time, the Celestial Masters came together to establish the Celestial Master's Office to facilitate communication and exchange among themselves.

Therefore, the Celestial Masters' Office is an institution that has existed since ancient times, and its purpose is to subdue demons and save all living beings.

Regardless of the changing dynasties, the Celestial Masters' Office still exists and has many connections with successive dynasties. As a positive official institution for exorcising demons and monsters, it has stood firm for thousands of years.

But now the Celestial Masters' Temple is in trouble!

Because a new nation and a new order have emerged!

This is nothing unusual. The Celestial Masters Association has witnessed too many dynastic changes. This is just a new dynasty, and it has little to do with the Celestial Masters Association.

But the key point is that this new country is very special. Unlike previous dynasties that believed in ghosts and gods, it has a stronger belief in science.

As industry developed, large tracts of land were occupied by factories. The spirits were frightened by these hard and cold machines and gradually hid in the deep mountains and forests, never to be seen again.

The convenience of industrialization, coupled with effective governance by national leaders, has led to rapid population growth and an increase in human happiness. Even vengeful spirits have diminished, to the point that people no longer believe in the existence of ghosts and monsters.

Without ghosts and monsters, what is the purpose of the Celestial Masters' Association?

This is something the Celestial Master does not want to see.

It is important to know that in the past dynasties, the Celestial Master's Temple was held in extremely high esteem. The Celestial Master's Temple was worshipped and revered by the imperial court and the people of the world.

Now everyone is advocating science and building more powerful weapons, believing that weapons built through science can protect them, which touches on the interests of the Celestial Masters.

At the beginning of the establishment of the new country, things were fine, but as it gradually developed, the Celestial Masters suddenly found that it was becoming increasingly difficult to improve their cultivation. In the past, after a month of cultivation, their cultivation would visibly improve, but now, after half a year of seclusion, their cultivation remained unchanged.

Having lived in the world of cultivation for nearly a thousand years, Mo Ying immediately understood upon hearing this: the cultivation methods in this world were completely different from those in the world of cultivation.

Celestial Masters arose alongside the existence of demons and monsters. By eliminating demons and monsters, they gained the faith of humans. In fact, Celestial Masters were able to cultivate themselves through these mystical beliefs.

Human beings' fear of ghosts and their trust in celestial masters are the key to the celestial masters in this world being able to cultivate.

When people stop believing in ghosts and monsters, and think that the Celestial Masters are a group of swindlers who use the guise of exorcising demons to deceive and cheat, over time, the Celestial Masters will lose their faith and be unable to cultivate, and the Celestial Master lineage will soon disappear from this world.

The celestial masters of this world are not fools; they naturally discovered the root cause that prevented them from cultivating.

Faced with impending annihilation, what will the Celestial Master do to avoid disaster? Mo Ying seems to have already guessed some of it.

What Yun Gu said next confirmed his thoughts.

"To deal with this disaster, some people in the Celestial Masters' Association came up with a solution: if there are no ghosts, then create them and let them cause trouble in the human world. Then, they send Celestial Masters to deal with the ghosts, and people naturally believe in the existence of ghosts again and continue to trust the Celestial Masters. This is why there are ghost stories all over the country now." As she said this, Yun Gu's expression was extremely complicated.

Lin Xiaoqian understood what was going on after hearing this. Her thoughts on the Celestial Masters were that she understood but did not agree with it.

After all, the Celestial Master lineage, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is about to be extinct. It is understandable to try to maintain the lineage, but this method is too vicious and will bring disaster to innocent people.

"Of course, many Celestial Masters were firmly opposed. They felt that Heaven would not be so heartless as to let the Celestial Master lineage disappear. There must be other ways to ensure the continuation of the Celestial Master tradition. However, they searched for a long time but could not find a way. Moreover, they could not stop more and more people from wanting to raise ghosts. Those people who could not stand this practice left the Celestial Master's abode, went into seclusion in the mountains, and no longer cared about worldly affairs. They only sought a way to maintain the Celestial Master tradition."

This is also why many reclusive families retreat to the mountains early on, staying indoors and ignoring the ghosts that haunt the area.

At this point, Yun Gu glanced at Lin Xiaoqian and the others, clearly regarding them as the descendants of the reclusive Taoist master.

Yun Gu continued, "The establishment of a new nation was not easy. It has gone through many years of war and has not yet gained a firm foothold. Foreigners have been secretly watching, waiting for an opportunity to tear a piece of flesh from this country, and now they have actually found their chance."

Upon arriving here, Lin Xiaoqian and his companions understood that the Japanese had discovered that the Taoist priests were secretly raising ghosts to wreak havoc on the world, and were taking advantage of the chaos to fish in the waters and exploit loopholes.

No wonder the Celestial Master's Office was completely unaware of the huge commotion caused by Japan raising evil spirits on its own soil. Besides, Aunt Yun had already reported it.

There are quite a few Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, and they are not blind. Could it be that only Yun Gu discovered what the Japanese Taoist priest was doing?

They probably realized it too, but raising ghosts was exactly what they wanted.

Moreover, the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Masters' Temple are all very arrogant and look down on the methods of a small country like Japan, which is also a defeated enemy.

They assumed that the small country was simply unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to disrupt the order of the new nation, causing trouble for it.