My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 141 - 140: Offering Incense at the Altar

"I think I understand."

Lv Bai nodded thoughtfully: "So it’s dual patronage, you’re the Speaker, and it is too."

"Uh..."

In the main hall, Master Bai the Fourteenth paused for a moment and looked at Chang Shengtian, nodding with a slight grimace.

"You could understand it that way."

Normally, a person can only worship one Immortal.

It’s like using a public restroom.

Once you’re in a stall, if it’s uncomfortable and you want to change, you have to clean up first, stand up, and take a few steps to switch stalls.

So can a person use two stalls?

The answer is yes.

But you have to link the two stalls into a long one, and if both are willing, then naturally there’s no problem.

The same goes for worshipping two Immortals; they will simultaneously perform the Open Top ritual on Lv Bai and carry out the first marginal possession.

Chang Shengtian waved his sleeve, revealing the shadow of a Black-Scaled Great Serpent behind him.

"Kid, remember me?"

"So it’s you."

Seeing the serpent’s shadow, Lv Bai raised an eyebrow.

Chang Shengtian glanced disdainfully at Master Bai the Fourteenth.

"Just proving I chose you first, so Little Fourteen doesn’t say I bullied it."

"But you clearly wanted my life back then, right?"

Lv Bai was taken aback. So you call that favoritism?

Chang Shengtian raised his head proudly: "If you can’t handle this test, it only means I chose the wrong person."

Lv Bai nodded: "Then it makes sense."

No wonder this level of Immortal doesn’t even have an Incense Master.

What normal person could withstand such a test?

"Ahem..."

Master Bai the Fourteenth timely interrupted the conversation between the man and the snake.

"Since Chang San Zhenren has already performed the Grasp Technique for you, let’s start now to avoid missing the time."

He waved his hand, and two shrines appeared out of thin air before Lv Bai.

Open Top, which means gathering in.

According to the Open Top rules, you need to first set up the furnace and shrine, then follow the Immortal to report your name at the general manager’s place of the Four Great Sects.

Unfortunately, the process is too cumbersome, and even when Grandma Wang San was around, many Immortals simplified it as much as possible, and now that she’s no longer here, even fewer Immortals strictly follow this rule.

Chang Shengtian stood up and looked at the dim sunset outside the main hall.

"Let’s hurry up. Stop dawdling."

...

When Lv Bai came out of Master Bai the Fourteenth’s residence, it was completely dark.

The streets were empty, and there were few passersby to be seen.

"Over here."

Master Tao had been waiting outside the residence and called out to Lv Bai as soon as he saw him.

Knowing Lv Bai wasn’t a local, he showed concern.

"You probably don’t have a place to stay, right? If you don’t mind, you can rest at my place."

"Thanks," Lv Bai agreed without hesitation.

"No need to be polite, we’ll be colleagues from now on, right?"

"I guess so."

Knowing Lv Bai would become an Incense Master for Master Bai the Fourteenth, Master Tao became quite casual, revealing a lot he wouldn’t usually speak of.

Lv Bai followed Master Tao, heading east along the stone-paved streets.

Now and then, they would see a patrolling watchman ambling past, to whom Master Tao would merely nod without initiating any conversation.

"By the way, did Master Bai the Fourteenth tell you when you’ll undergo the Grasp Technique?"

In Master Tao’s memory, the process of undergoing the Grasp Technique is quite torturous and generally takes a few days; the longest he had seen was seven full days of nonsensical talk.

As for taking longer than seven days?

That indicated a lack of Talent, unsuitable for becoming an Incense Master.

Lv Bai raised his right hand, a mist of white appearing in his palm.

"I think I’m already considered an Incense Master."

Seeing this, Master Tao was dumbfounded, standing there as if petrified.

Lv Bai thought for a moment and explained, "I was previously subjected to the Grasp Technique by an Immortal."

When he managed to fend off the Black-Scaled Great Serpent, he experienced a moment of dizziness, which was actually Chang Shengtian performing the Grasp Technique on him.

Hearing this explanation, Master Tao relaxed a bit.

It seemed a more reasonable explanation to him.

Otherwise, if the whole process was completed so quickly, how terrifying would that Talent have to be?

"That’s good, that’s good."

Master Tao nodded: "I expect Fourteenth Master will assign you a region to manage in a few days. In the meantime, you can stay at my place, but don’t waste your time; you’ll need to practice Fourteenth Master’s teachings a lot."

"Are you heading back to the precinct tomorrow?"

"Heh, I’m at least a steward lord of several villages; can’t be enjoying life in the county forever, can I?"

The Incense Masters under Master Bai the Fourteenth didn’t all reside in the county.

After all, some surrounding villages were quite a distance from the county, so to ensure timely response to any issues, Incense Masters mainly stayed at various precincts, akin to Yizhuang equipped with duty houses.

Lv Bai then said, "In that case, please keep an eye on Liu Family Village."

He still found the two Fox Immortals’ reckless behavior somewhat suspicious, although the reason remained unknown. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The smile on Master Tao’s face suddenly took on an ambiguous air.

"I get it, it’s about the girl from the head of the village, right?"

Lv Bai was stunned, what’s going on in your mind?

But...

Nevermind.

...

Master Tao’s residence in the county was a house on the eastern side of town.

Though a bit neglected from being unoccupied for a long time, it wasn’t dilapidated.

It had east and west wing rooms, and the main hall presented quite well.

Master Tao had already had his three apprentices clean both wing rooms in advance.

Since he didn’t spend much time there, he casually let Lv Bai choose one to stay in.

Lv Bai pushed open the door to the west wing, finding the furnishings complete, with a brick bed built against the wall, evidently better than Xiaoli’s home.

"You’re not going to sleep right away, are you?"

Master Tao stood in the doorway holding a roast chicken wrapped in a lotus leaf in one hand, a bag of peanuts in the other, and half a jin of sweet potato liquor cradled to his chest.

...

The courtyard was small, yet even so, fitted with a stone table and stools.

Master Tao’s face was slightly flushed, his speech tinged with the scent of liquor.

"Xiao Lü, let me tell you, Old Tao, practice more, hic... Burning incense isn’t easy, the ways here will take all you’ve got to learn..."

"The world’s uneasy lately, I hear something has happened with the Incense Masters over at Duanjia Dam and Little Shixi Creek. Anyhow, Fourteenth Master values you, better to stay within the county, things aren’t stable outside..."

Lv Bai carried the drunken Master Tao to the east wing room and tossed him inside.

He returned to sit on the stone stool in the courtyard, looking up at the bright full moon, silently contemplating his next move.

His primary goal was, of course, to eliminate the Death Fighter as best as he could.

Regrettably, it was only the third round of the death duels; the Death Fighters wouldn’t think to walk around with their titles above their heads. Until the location info was published, finding a Death Fighter was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Do I just have to wait patiently?