A leisurely life that begins with the possession of a game character

After knowing that Zhang Lan had returned, people kept coming to the door to discuss things.

The first person to come over was an old lady who worked in a nearby village. She had been setting up a stall in front of the nearby Bodhisattva temple for the past few days. Zhang Hu had mentioned her to Zhang Lan twice on WeChat.

This old lady seemed to have some magical powers. It was said that when she first set up the incense hall, she helped solve several troubles for other families in the village.

However, when this lady became pregnant and gave birth later, due to an accident, not only did she lose the baby, but she also lost the ability to get pregnant from then on.

Since then, this old lady rarely took the initiative to burn incense and read fortunes for outsiders. Even if she was approached by a family in the village who was on good terms with her, she would help to take a look unless it was really their own business.

As for those who wanted to ask for favors, she still refused. From then on, this lady gradually lost her reputation in the surrounding villages.

Recently, the old lady suddenly set up a stall in front of the temple again, selling some incense and candles, and occasionally telling other people's fortunes.

The stalls in front of the temple have now been uniformly planned. The lady specifically looked for Zhang Hu to talk to him before setting up the stall.

When Zhang Hu was a child, he accidentally became obsessed with sex while climbing a mountain and had a high fever that wouldn't go down. His father found his aunt late at night, and after the aunt burned incense and checked, Zhang Lan's fever quickly subsided.

So now the old lady came to him and said she wanted to set up a stall in front of the temple to sell things. Zhang Hu didn't say anything and directly arranged a place for her.

The old lady's surname was An. When she came to find Zhang Lan, she was carrying a basket woven from rattan. The clothes she was wearing were very clean, but they were the kind of clothes people wore in a long time ago, and there were several obvious patches on them.

But it can be clearly seen that the patch was sewn on intentionally.

Judging from her hairstyle and clothes, even if Aunt An's outfit was taken a few decades ago, it would still look natural.

After sitting down on the sofa, Aunt An stated directly the purpose of her visit, which was to hope that Zhang Lan would agree to let her seek help from the power of the Bodhisattva next to her.

These words stunned Zhang Lan, and for a moment he was unable to understand what Aunt An meant.

When many people mention the field of metaphysics, they associate it with superstition, but in fact, metaphysics is a discipline and we cannot simply draw conclusions based on the word superstition.

Our ancestors have passed it down for so many years, and there must be a reason for its existence. Under normal circumstances, many unknown things that cannot be seen with the naked eye do not mean they do not exist.

Maybe Zhang Lan would have doubted it in the past, but now, Zhang Lan knows for sure that there are some things in this world that cannot be explained by current science.

Before, Zhang Lan had also paid attention to people like Aunt Hu who opened incense halls or practiced horse spirits.

In this field, there are too many people who are famous and have done things. It cannot be said that there are no people with special abilities, but most of the time, even those who have a reputation can only solve a few problems.

Just like how Zhang Lan uses merit to display various abilities on the game panel, in this society of the Dharma Ending Age, the only way to have some functioning abilities is to rely on the merit accumulated through daily observing precepts and solving problems for others.

Moreover, most of the time, the merits accumulated are not enough to cover the cost of solving people’s problems.

Therefore, in the field of metaphysics, helping others is the ultimate goal. To put it more clearly, it is also for the purpose of accumulating more merits and blessings for yourself and your family.

Because no one knows better than those who have experienced it personally whether merit and blessings exist and whether they are useful.

In the business of exorcists, many Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, gods from above, as well as gods like Hu Huang Sandaye, Tai Nai, Hei Mama, and Jin Hua Jiaozhu, sit in the home of a disciple to see things and treat illnesses.

If you say it's all nonsense, many people will be killed with one blow. Even those who have some ability and rely on the power behind them usually do not use their own names to become famous, but use the names of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other gods and immortals to become famous. Their purpose is to cure diseases and save people, and to promote Buddhism and Taoism.

Aunt An came to find Zhang Lan because she had set up the incense temple in the name of Mother Guanyin from the very beginning. No matter what kind of existence she believed in later, in name, she was using the name of Mother Guanyin.

In fact, if it is a real immortal or Buddha, why not go to a temple or Taoist temple to offer incense? It is impossible for an individual to offer more or better incense than a temple or Taoist temple.

So Zhang Lan later speculated that, in most cases, these spirit mediums claimed to have a certain name for themselves, but it was just that they themselves had practiced related Buddhist or Taoist methods, and then used the name to practice themselves.

Among them, there are some who are truly capable and are beings who cultivate goodness. Most of the feedback they give to the spirit children under them are positive.

In simple terms, this is a good god or a good immortal. But there is a problem that such a good immortal usually has various restrictions on his disciples.

Moreover, there are all kinds of rules. Once a disciple violates the rules, in serious cases, the benevolent gods will expel the person from the temple. In minor cases, his Taoism will be greatly reduced, or his accumulated merits will be deducted.

In addition, some neutral beings or beings that lean towards the evil side are mainly for incense and merit. For those who can communicate with them, as long as they can provide incense and merit, most of the time there are no taboos.

Nowadays, many people in society just do things to fool people, charging shockingly high fees, but many people still believe them. The reason is that after paying much more than what was originally required, they always have to give an explanation.

"Auntie, how do you know those things about other people's families when you read their incense? What channels do you use?" Zhang Lan herself always treats people's illnesses and matters with simple and rough methods, and directly uses magic. As for the possibility of people with real ability to read people's minds and eliminate disasters in the Dharma-Ending Age, Zhang Lan has discussed this with others before, but everyone's answers were vague.

Now Aunt An took the initiative to say that she wanted to invite the Bodhisattva into the incense hall of the Bodhisattva temple next door, and she even came to seek Zhang Lan's consent. This reminded Zhang Lan of his previous doubts, so he asked about his doubts.

Aunt An smiled and replied, "Of course it was told to me by the immortals. I can only hear the conversations of the immortals, who pass on the information to me, and I pass it on to the people who come to see what's going on."

Zhang Lan nodded and asked, "How did the immortal know about those things in other people's families?"

"Of course, I learned about it through communication after the immortals I worshipped met the immortals in the family."

"Does everyone have his own fairy family?"

Aunt An nodded and said, "Generally speaking, everyone has a family, and they burn incense and worship gods during festivals, so most of the time, everyone has immortals in their home."