Outside the temple gate, after waiting for a while and seeing no movement from Doushi Temple, the many members of the Dragon Group couldn't help but look at Shen Qiang with disdain.

"Ha, you really boast a lot, but what good is it? Aren't you getting the cold shoulder just like us?"

"Heh, Shen Qiang is all talk, can't manage any serious business. After all his boasting, there's no reaction from Doushi Temple at all. Hmph, let's see what he says later."

"He really is the leader of demons, sitting here like a big shot, looks impressive, but isn't he just as helpless as us?"

The many members of the Dragon Group thought to themselves and looked on with disdain, but these words were kept in their hearts.

Only that middle-aged man, after waiting a while longer, saw no movement from Doushi Temple. Instead, Ye Xiaolei, Ali, Qian Shanxue, and the beautiful and mature Ke Bizhu were all around Shen Qiang, speaking softly and smiling, which inexplicably irritated him.

So he suddenly turned around, looked at Shen Qiang coldly, and said, "Shen Qiang, weren't you bragging that the monks of Doushi Temple would invite you in? But we've been waiting so long with no result, so now, either go knock on the door and ask for a meeting, or get lost."

Just as Shen Qiang took a piece of dried beef from Qian Shanxue, he smiled, "It seems my warning wasn't enough for you. Usually, people who are so arrogant in front of me don't have a good ending."

The middle-aged man sneered, "If you accomplished everything you said, I would naturally respect you. Unfortunately, Shen Qiang, you're nothing but thick-skinned! After all, I have no ability to open the mountain gate, and I don't boast about it, but you bragged so openly. Now you make the mountain gate open—make the monks of Doushi Temple welcome you!"

"Ashamed yet?" the middle-aged man mocked, "If you don't have the skill, don't act like a big shot. What did you say before? As the Family Head of Heshenghe, visiting without face? The truth is you know, the monks of Doushi Temple don't care about you at all. Kneeling and begging them to open the gate, they won't pay attention either."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang pulled the frosty-faced Qian Shanxue close.

Qian Shanxue's delicate body trembled.

Then, she neither struggled nor broke free but simply let Shen Qiang release her hand, raising her eyebrows coldly, yet before Shen Qiang could speak.

At this moment, a few Dragon Group members who seemed to have a good relationship with the middle-aged man walked over.

"You're right, no one blames you for being unskilled, but if you come out here to show off, then you're in the wrong."

"Hahaha, what a shameless guy, just a small Lieutenant with a few little demons under him and a bit of money in his pocket, going around hitting on girls, thinking he's some kind of love saint, but in reality, just a womanizing fool."

"The most embarrassing thing is, you failed to show off. Without a diamond, don't take on porcelain work. Even we couldn't open the mountain gate, who do you think you are?"

After these four spoke, they laughed out loud, and the other Dragon Group members around also cast disdainful glances at Shen Qiang, ready to watch the show.

But just at this moment.

The deep, distant sound of a bell suddenly rang from within Doushi Temple.

DONG! DONG! DONG!

This stunned everyone present, and they couldn't help but look towards Doushi Temple in surprise.

"Why are they ringing the bell? Morning class is over, and it's not yet time for evening class. Could something major be happening at Doushi Temple?" the middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise.

The Dragon Group members around, who seemed a bit knowledgeable, looked at each other in astonishment.

"The temple bell shouldn't be rung casually, it's neither morning nor evening, so maybe someone in the temple has passed away."

"Hmm, it certainly seems that way."

"No wonder they won't let us in, turns out there's something happening, so it's not our incompetence, it's the monks being busy."

But as they whispered to each other.

Accompanied by the bell sound.

The previously tightly shut mountain gate of Doushi Temple creaked open.

In an instant, all the Dragon Group members were stunned.

A young Dragon Group member exclaimed, "Look, the mountain gate of Doushi Temple is open, and it's not the side gate as usual, but the main mountain gate, which usually only opens for major Buddhist ceremonies! Could they really be here to greet Shen Qiang?"

Hearing this young Dragon Group member's words, the middle-aged man angrily stepped forward and shouted, "Impossible! I'm one of the Provincial City's Dragon Group Security Advisors. In terms of status, military rank, seniority, I'm far superior to Shen Qiang. They ignored even me, how could they possibly greet Shen Qiang?"

"Correct, something must be wrong at Doushi Temple. They certainly wouldn't open the main gate for Shen Qiang, leader of demons!"

"Buddhism and demons don't coexist. They definitely aren't greeting Shen Qiang!"

Hearing their outcries, the many Dragon Group members present looked puzzled because, when thinking carefully, they made some sense. Shen Qiang, as the King of Demons, with a bunch of demons under him, if the people of Doushi Temple didn't rush to Heshenghe to suppress demons, it was already very restrained. How could they possibly open the mountain gate to greet him?

But at this moment, Shen Qiang was just smiling because, unlike them, Shen Qiang knew very well what the monks of Doushi Temple wanted.

At this moment, the bell of Doushi Temple was still ringing.

In everyone's sight.

Three old monks in kasaya, escorted by two or three hundred monks, hurried over, yet with a neat formation.

Their speed was fast, and their steps were steady.

They quickly arrived nearby.

The middle-aged man straightened his uniform, led his confidants, and greeted them, saying in a deep voice, "Master Tong Miao, have you finally decided to talk with the Dragon Group? Then talk to me, I'm one of the leaders of the Provincial City's Dragon Group branch, a Colonel rank, and I have sufficient authority to reach an agreement with you."

Upon hearing this, the many Dragon Group members around immediately looked delighted because the monks of Doushi Temple were highly cultivated. If a real fight broke out, people would definitely die. To solve the Doushi Temple problem peacefully, only an idiot would rush into a deadly battle.

But the next scene left those who were full of expectation stunned.

At this moment, Shi Tongmiao, the supervisor of Doushi Temple, along with the many monks, completely ignored the middle-aged man.

Instead, they walked with extraordinarily solemn and respectful eyes towards Shen Qiang, who was comfortably leaning back on a redwood chair, smiling and chewing beef jerky.

"Amitabha, well met! Shi Tongmiao, the supervisor of Doushi Temple, greets benefactor Shen!"

While Tong Miao joined his palms in a gesture of respect, over two hundred monks simultaneously bowed and said respectfully, "We greet benefactor Shen."

"How is this possible! They actually ignored me and instead bowed to Shen Qiang, that demon!" The middle-aged man was stunned in place.

And as he was stunned, the many Dragon Group members around were instantly shocked.

"Heavens! Shen Qiang actually did it! Just by sitting here, nearly the entire Doushi Temple came out to meet him!"

"This can't be, I must be seeing things, dreaming. Shen Qiang is a demon! How could the monks of Doushi Temple possibly respect him so much?"

"Amazing Shen Qiang! Truly deserving of being the Dragon Group's Security Advisor! We've been here confronting them for two days and nights, unable to knock open the mountain gate of Doushi Temple, yet Shen Qiang just sits there, and they not only all come out, they even take the initiative to salute him! This is simply incredible!"

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