Chapter 615: Unveiling

Daoist priest knows he can't dodge, just wants to leave quickly.

Feudal superstition isn't a major crime; besides, I'm completely following the ritual procedure.

Even the government has no reason to detain them for too long.

At worst, it's just a fine, right?

First, before the TV broadcast, let's run away and talk later.

There are many ways to earn money, but life is only one.

"Leader, we are conducting a proper ritual, a blessing."

"We are not promoting superstition."

"Daoist priests performing rituals isn't illegal, right?"

In this era, religious management is lax; if others insist on calling themselves Daoist priests, there's nothing you can do.

Because in those years, too many Daoist temples were smashed, leaving many unaffiliated Daoist priests.

It's hard for you to investigate clearly.

Moreover, this swindler, having wandered the martial world for so long, has long fabricated a background story.

He has even been using it for many years.

For a moment, everyone really felt a bit embarrassed.

The expert chuckled; he is professional.

If it were an ordinary person, they would really have fallen for your trick.

"Rituals require a Daoist temple; do you have one?"

"Wandering Daoist priests cannot perform rituals; you don't know that?"

"A swindler is a swindler, and you're still pretending."

"Moreover, performing rituals requires ritual implements; do you have any?"

"A full set of Daoist School ritual implements, do you know how many there are?"

"Now I give you a chance: bring out your abilities; if you can deceive my eyes, I won't hold these against you."

"If I see through your flaws, you'd better go to the government office and explain how much money you've cheated over the years."

The old Daoist priest knew he had encountered a master today.

Relying on that deceitful talk won't work.

He can only show his abilities, see if he can bluff these people.

If he truly has abilities, according to the principle of preferring to believe in existence rather than non-existence, it's also not good to directly label him a swindler.

At least it can buy himself some time.

"Alright, then the old Daoist will make a fool of himself."

The leader gestured for the villagers to loosen their hold on the person.

The trio hurriedly began to prepare the props.

"Master, what should we do?"

"Are we done for?"

"If I had known, I should have brought a gun."

The old Daoist priest cursed quietly.

"You guys, shut up."

Now the most important thing is to get past this first, then hurry and run away.

Among the other party, it seems there are no constables; perhaps, as that expert said, they will release them.

After the old Daoist priest prepared, he again stepped onto the altar.

This time he was nervous like never before.

He must not reveal any flaw.

The camera is pointed at him.

He must display genuine skill and perform impressively.

Make them feel wary in their hearts.

All that could be seen was him wearing a yellow Daoist robe, holding a peach wood sword in one hand and a soul‑calming bell in the other.

Dang lang lang………

The bell rang, the sword followed his steps, he walked the Eight Trigrams, his posture ethereal.

"Heavenly spirit, spirit, earth spirit, spirit………"

He chanted the incantation while waving the sword.

After finishing the incantation, he seemed to have gained divine power.

His whole presence became awe‑inspiring.

Then he lowered the bell, one hand pointing with the sword, the other holding the peach wood sword.

The sword point aimed at the talisman, the peach wood sword struck the talisman.

"Rise."

A talisman was already affixed to the peach wood sword.

Then he waved the sword point and shouted loudly.

"Qi Tian Dao………"

With a boom the talisman ignited.

"Ji Tian Dao………"

He pointed his sword finger at the candle, and the candle instantly ignited.

Then he put down the peach‑wood sword, stepped up to the altar, and lifted the incense with both hands.

Then he blew on the tip of the incense.

The incense in the old Daoist's hand instantly ignited.

Although the old Daoist had just performed these, they still look shocking now.

Chen Hong was also astonished, although she had been instilled with scientific concepts by Yang Qing for decades.

But now, seeing the other's performance, she is still shaken.

Could this not be magic?

Next, the old Daoist again performed drawing talismans in the air and sealing little ghosts…

His performance was too exciting, but he forgot that he had already exterminated a ghost once—where would there be another ghost for him to exterminate?

The village head's face grew darker as he watched, and the villagers' expressions slowly shifted from shock to embarrassment.

Now even the fool knows he has encountered a swindler.

We are all big suckers.

After the old Daoist finished his performance and relaxed, he then saw the villagers' faces.

The old Daoist's face turned pale.

"Oops, I got too carried away and actually forgot that the ghost had already been exterminated."

Although the leader already knew he was a swindler, he messed up like this and even let the fool realize he's a fool, which is totally inappropriate.

Just look at the villagers' faces and it's clear.

I wish I could beat him to death.

But things have come to this—we can only grit our teeth and go on.

"Fellow Daoist, please correct me."

If it were an ordinary person, they could really be fooled by him.

But this time the expert is a genuine expert.

He smiled and walked toward the altar.

"Today I will come to explain the technique just performed for everyone."

"Let's first look at using the sword to control talismans."

"Actually it's simple; this old Daoist, while dancing with the sword, took the opportunity to smear liquid on the blade."

"So when the sword strikes the talisman paper, it will stick to the paper."

"And what about igniting talismans out of thin air?"

"If my guess is correct, the liquid on the sword, when it contacts the ingredients on the talisman paper, will undergo a violent chemical reaction."

"What exactly is it? Please see Eternal Splendor Radio's Science Mini‑Class."

"As long as the rhythm is controlled, it's easy to make everyone think he used magic to ignite the talisman paper."

"As for the candle and incense, they should be related to what he held in his mouth and the chemical substances on the candle and incense."

"What exactly is it? Please see…………

"And there's also drawing talismans in the air and sealing little ghosts."

"Actually the little ghost was already drawn on the talisman paper; you all should have seen it just now—he kept looping the paper around the incense."

"The heat and smoke from the incense can make the thing on the talisman paper appear."

"If you don't believe me, take a blank sheet, draw a little ghost on it with a candle, then hold it over the flame—you'll easily see the little ghost appear."

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As the expert's explanation proceeded, the old Daoist's face grew uglier and uglier.

The expert even tested several prop talisman papers from the old Daoist's spare stock.

This finally sealed the old Daoist's fate as a swindler.

"We're first‑time offenders, first‑time offenders—please show us leniency."

"We're just trying to make a living; our Daoist hall was destroyed, and we want to rebuild it."

"We had no choice."

"Please have pity on us and let us go."

"We guarantee we'll never again do such heaven‑defying, reason‑defying things."

"We've kowtowed to you all—sorry, please forgive us."

The old Daoist's act of playing the victim softened many people's hearts.

Some people even opened their mouths to say something.

The expert would not be fooled by him and directly exposed the truth.

"Daoist priest, this isn't something a first‑timer could figure out."

"If I haven't miscalculated, you've been playing these tricks for at least ten years."

"Otherwise you couldn't perform them with such skill."