[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele":3,"chapter-the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-chapter-154":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Invincible Female Ghost Is A Bit Of A Hopeless Romantic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1706342,2180,"Chapter 154: Taking in a \"God\"!","the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-chapter-154",154,"\u003Cp>The Deity of Beauty spoke with such straightforwardness, not a single curve in her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the Deity of Beauty doing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because no matter what the Deity of Beauty said, she simply had no incense offerings on her, nor could she produce any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No amount of talking could change that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The end result would be the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that... if possible...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan still wished the Deity of Beauty could be a bit gentler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan held respect and pity for these \"deities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, these \"deities\" were once beings who sheltered a region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one cannot just talk without action; when truly encountered, action must be taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they hadn't gathered firewood for Lu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... treating them with a little gentleness wasn't wrong either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deity of Beauty was simply too blunt, speaking so directly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Deity of Beauty's words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead silence reigned outside the mountain gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those few clumps of dull gray mist seemed frozen solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those sickly green, murky yellow, and ashen white light points, which had been trembling at the Deity of Beauty's appearance—a trembling born of instinctive awe, the uncontrollable submission of a lower deity before a superior one—had now stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because they were no longer afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because... they were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan glanced sideways at the Deity of Beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lady held her chin high, her expression one of utter self-assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was straightforward and clear, not caring whether these beings believed her or not, just stating her own business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan watched quietly from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at those shadows on the verge of dispersing, he ultimately sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan wasn't a soft-hearted person, but he was sentimental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Recumbent Ox Stone Lord had protected crops, the Spring Mother had guarded water veins, and the Flower Maiden had once made those young women praying for love blush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a deity had once sheltered a piece of land, it shouldn't just silently scatter in the desolate wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in their current, extremely weakened state, they couldn't even last until they naturally dispersed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were now evil entities, incense for malevolent deities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this matter had no solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one had to suggest a way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all boiled down to the issue of incense offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Lu Yuan could secretly give them some of Zhenlong Temple's incense offerings...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan definitely wouldn't do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The malicious techniques on Gu Qingwan's body weren't fully resolved yet; every wisp of Zhenlong Temple's incense offerings belonged to her, and no one else could touch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, if giving these wild deities just a little incense could solve the problem, then Lu Yuan might consider it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the main issue was, this would only treat the symptom, not the root cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Lu Yuan gave them some of the incense originally meant for Gu Qingwan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would only let them survive a bit longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they couldn't find incense offerings and worship, they would still disperse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhenlong Temple couldn't possibly support them forever, could it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan dared to use incense offerings for Gu Qingwan because once all the malicious techniques on her body were eliminated, there would be no need to steal anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This incense was meant for the Three Pure Ones, for the Patriarch; it couldn't be stolen forever to support them, right?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know, Lu Yuan had once considered enshrining Gu Qingwan within Zhenlong Temple too,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And got a good scolding from the old man for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he couldn't do that for Gu Qingwan, it went without saying for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Deity of Beauty finished her simple and clear explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, regardless of whether these wild deities believed her or not, she turned and left directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan stood in place, looking at these utterly despairing rural wild deities before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, Lu Yuan held respect for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Lu Yuan could do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Lu Yuan actually missed the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the old man were here now, he could probably offer some good advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, the old man wasn't here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan pondered for a moment where he stood, then looked toward them, whose \"divine fire\" flickered uncertainly due to despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan took a step forward, his voice lowering a few degrees:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before you find a way to survive, you can stay here for now. Zhenlong Temple will definitely not drive you away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Zhenlong Temple's territory; no evil entity dares to run wild here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these words fell, the wild deities who had already prepared to disband and await death all looked at Lu Yuan in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gaze was like that of drowning people grabbing onto the last piece of rotten wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan rubbed his chin, his mind already beginning to calculate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can go back and ask the Patriarch again; perhaps we can erect a small deity bench for each of you along the mountain path of Qixia Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now Zhenlong Temple's incense offerings are flourishing, with a continuous stream of devotees.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When they come up the mountain to pray and ask for divination, there are always a few with big hearts who might leave behind two or three sticks of incense for you, which could also sustain your lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method was the optimal solution Lu Yuan could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn't occupy space in the main hall, wouldn't share the main deity's power of prayer, just like setting up a few convenient roadside pavilions outside the walls of a mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this matter, easy to say, was hard to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Zhenlong Temple's territory; all the incense offerings here belonged to the statues of the Three Pure Ones, to the Patriarch of the Zhenlong Temple lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To place the deity benches of other \"deities\" here required the agreement of Zhenlong Temple's Patriarch and all the founding masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might seem not difficult at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's the big deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just placing a few deity benches beside the mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If some are willing to offer them incense, then so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not like people would stop offering incense at Zhenlong Temple because of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's what one might say, but it's not that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, it's the old man's saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patriarch, and all the founding masters, are already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are not human; they are not alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They now exist only as a wisp of divine thought in this world, sustained by the continuous offerings of their disciples and descendants in later generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you can't reason with this wisp of divine thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, wouldn't Lu Yuan have long ago asked the Patriarch to descend and help remove the malicious techniques on Qingwan's body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patriarch and all the founding masters cannot be negotiated with; they only follow the rules of that wisp of divine thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Lu Yuan could only say he would go ask first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Patriarch and masters didn't agree, then Lu Yuan had no tricks either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, deities would not allow other deities to receive incense offerings on their own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This deity was a subordinate deity of a more powerful deity, then it would be permitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These wild deities came here today precisely wanting to become subordinate deities of the Deity of Beauty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, to gain the Deity of Beauty's protection; secondly, to share a wisp of the Deity of Beauty's incense offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some things aren't achievable just because you want them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the three things they wanted to accomplish today, not a single one succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to become the Deity of Beauty's subordinate deities—failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanted the Deity of Beauty's protection—the Deity of Beauty only wanted to complete a Pure Hand by self-draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted the Deity of Beauty's incense offerings...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey! The Deity of Beauty had none!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because they weren't particularly useful anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just some rural wild deities; aside from taking a share of the main deity's incense offerings, they couldn't do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they had truly become the Deity of Beauty's subordinate deities today, and the Deity of Beauty had incense offerings to share a tiny bit with them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could they do for the Deity of Beauty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan was still willing to ask the Patriarch on their behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if the Patriarch agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter wouldn't be considered fully resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because at most, they could only be given a deity bench beside Zhenlong Temple's mountain path to reside in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they couldn't enter Zhenlong Temple's main hall, and as for the incense offerings...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could only say it depended on fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to put it, there's a common saying about worshipping deities: \"Sincerity leads to efficacy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, when devotees offer incense and make wishes, they must be sincere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They absolutely cannot be coming to worship just for fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If from the bottom of their hearts they don't believe, or think, 'It'd be great if it works, if not, whatever'...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then even if such a person offers incense and makes a wish, it won't generate any power of prayer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now look at these few characters here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan really wasn't looking down on them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is something called Recumbent Ox Stone Lord, another is something called Spring Mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would worship this stuff?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, who comes to Zhenlong Temple specifically for these things??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The common people nowadays enter temples seeking promotions and wealth, worshipping to repel evil and avoid disasters, or at the very least praying for a son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would pray to a rock for favorable weather?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would pray to a spring for an unfailing water source?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these seven... Lu Yuan thought...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, perhaps only this Flower Maiden might be slightly more popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could make women a bit more beautiful, or help them find a good match...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's also the most important point...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they still do it??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they still respond to the prayers of devotees now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the question arises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could respond to devotees' prayers, how did they end up in this sorry state??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, for every cause there is an effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and effect are always a rope tied at both ends; no one can escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhenlong Temple actually wasn't a suitable place for them to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The devotees who come here to offer incense have their eyes fixed on the Three Pure Ones; who would glance at those wild, unofficial deities in the corners?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place where they originally existed was the most suitable place for them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take this Recumbent Ox Stone Lord for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was originally a rock resembling an ox beside a field, which developed spirituality after years of receiving incense offerings from villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place it should stay is that field ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only needed to perform its duties in that place!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it would have a continuous stream of incense offerings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is, it doesn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means the surrounding villagers no longer believe in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don't they believe in it anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it didn't fulfill its duties diligently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had fulfilled its duties diligently, how could its incense offerings have been cut off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it bluntly, these wild deities lost their incense offerings either because they didn't perform their duties or because they couldn't protect their territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there a possibility that in this region beyond the Great Wall, with war and chaos, the village scattered and people fled?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if the villagers all moved away because of that, it was still because it didn't fulfill its duties diligently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had diligently sheltered the area, ensuring favorable weather, where would the war and chaos come from?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to put it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the region beyond the Great Wall during the Republican era; this isn't Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could even say, even on Earth, aside from situations like entire village relocations due to demolition, it's rare for an entire village's population to completely leave, not a single one remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving a home isn't that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially an entire village moving away, leaving none behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the previous Mangniu Village; that malevolent deity was right on the back mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It caused many newborns in the surrounding villages to not survive, yet people still lived there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they could survive, people wouldn't move; otherwise, if they moved, they truly couldn't live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Recumbent Ox Stone Lord had diligently fulfilled its duties, sheltering that small area with favorable weather, the villagers wouldn't have moved away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a case of being stuck at both ends of a stubborn rope!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they managed to have their incense offerings cut off in the place originally most suitable for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they do better here??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you didn't study properly in a proper high school, you think you'll study hard at a vocational college or technical school?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there might be other reasons, truly unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That doesn't matter; we can ask about the situation later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, Lu Yuan was willing to give them a chance, to give them a deity bench to stay at beside Zhenlong Temple's mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, to prevent evil entities from targeting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Lu Yuan's words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those few clumps of dull gray mist seemed struck by lightning, abruptly freezing solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sickly green, murky yellow, and ashen white light points all stopped flashing simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very faint, very faint hum emanated from deep within the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a sound; it was the resonance of divine light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a riverbed dried up for a hundred years suddenly hearing distant thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Recumbent Ox Stone Lord's stooped figure swayed, its barely maintained human form almost scattering on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it paid no heed; those sickly green eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yuan, the light points trembling violently, shaking as if about to extinguish at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dao... Dao...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It opened its mouth, that hoarse, aged voice becoming stammering for the first time, unable to form coherent words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spring Mother's parched figure also swayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ashen white mist churned violently, like a riverbed dried for a century suddenly flooded with groundwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daoist Priest... we... we...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found she couldn't utter anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cultivation was three hundred and seventy-seven years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had guarded that mountain spring for three hundred and seventy-seven years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During drought years, when she herself was almost dried up, she still struggled to leave a mouthful of water for the villages downstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those people forgot her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgotten is forgotten; she accepted that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what she couldn't accept was silently scattering in the desolate wilderness, being snatched away like snacks by those evil entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling for three hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone was willing to take her in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it was just erecting a deity bench beside a mountain path, even if it was just picking up the two or three sticks of incense others left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was still a path to survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flower Maiden's maiden-like figure had long since dispersed until only a clump of mist remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, that clump of mist was churning madly, as if desperately trying to coalesce into human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ashen white light points flickered, bright one moment like the most vibrant flowers of spring, dim the next like frost-bitten withered stamens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining four figures also gradually reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that had been bowing now bowed even lower, so low it seemed about to bury itself in the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that had been trembling now trembled even more violently, but that trembling clearly carried a different meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those dismal light points suddenly brightened a few degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan, however, ignored their excitement and gratitude, simply pondering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't thank me yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't asked the Patriarch yet; I'm not sure if benches can be erected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And even if benches can be erected...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You all now... can you still manifest efficacy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can't even respond to a single prayer from a devotee, wouldn't you feel guilty accepting those incense offerings?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan had decided to take in \"deities\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking them in is one thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stuff can't involve deception, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If deity benches are erected beside Zhenlong Temple's mountain path, and someone comes to sincerely offer incense, then you must be effective, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This doesn't mean that if a devotee sincerely offers incense, the \"deity\" must definitely respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be pure nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people do nothing, lying on the kang bed just thinking about wealth falling on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such prayers could be fulfilled by \"deities,\" then people wouldn't need to strive anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The relationship between \"deities\" and devotees is something like this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, it's when the devotee has walked ninety-nine steps toward a goal, with only the last step remaining, the \"deity\" helps you take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you yourself don't take a single step, just want to rely on offering incense and the \"deity\" to help you walk a hundred steps,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There definitely isn't such a deity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there is, it definitely isn't a proper entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it truly helps you walk that hundred steps, who knows what else it might be after from you later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Lu Yuan needed to figure out what the situation was with these people now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if people come to offer incense and these \"deities\" can't help, wouldn't that be purely cheating people?!\u003C\u002Fp>",2944,"2026-06-06T14:45:54.833Z",1,"novelbin.me","e2b715ac89e52a25263ac7046a67ad965889a55543f61e9f8334080815b8ce32","the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-chapter-155","the-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-chapter-153",241,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-invincible-female-ghost-is-a-bit-of-a-hopele-cover.jpg"]