Xu Hao listened to the girl's story with a smile and said, "Dirty stuff and the like are just used to scare people, but since he was injured by the vibration, it means he isn't a fraudster and must have some real skills, just not fully mastered."
"Nevertheless, his willingness to help, taking only the money for traveling expenses, shows that his intentions are good at heart, just lacking in power. It's possible that his senior fellow apprentice could really break the Formation here."
Xu Hao understood why the Taoist didn't mention the Formation but talked about dirty things instead. Compared to the tales of dirty things, concepts like the Formation were too mystical for many people to understand, and it was simpler to fob people off with tales of dirty things.
There are many folk legends about dirty things, but stories about Formations are far fewer. Perhaps the storytellers do this on purpose, not wanting ordinary people to get involved with the ways of Formations.
The notion of souls of dirty things is nebulous—who has truly seen such a thing?
It's all just hearsay, one person's word of mouth becoming another's mistaken belief.
But the way of Formations is something that truly exists, drawing on the power of Heaven and Earth, the energy of yin and yang, the essence of the Five Elements, the splendor of the sun and moon...
The girl inquired doubtfully, "Isn't Superman supposed to believe in the power of science? Why do you sound so superstitious in what you say?"
Xu Hao laughed, "Even if I were Superman, I would still be Huaya's Superman. The things passed down by our ancestors aren't all falsehoods. There's a lot you've not encountered, so you shouldn't speak carelessly." Themostup-to-dateversionison*.
"Humph! You're only two years older than me, and yet you're trying to school me," the girl pouted, feeling indignant.
Xu Hao smiled, "Talking about it isn't as good as going and dealing with it. Take me to your orphanage. I might be able to help solve the supernatural occurrences there."
After much thought, the girl finally agreed, "Fine then, I'll take you there. But aren't you going to get someone to fix your car door?"
Xu Hao was driving an ordinary Audi, costing a hundred thousand or so, but the girl didn't know much about cars and just knew that it should be quite expensive.
Xu Hao shook his head slightly and said, "There's no need to fix it. I'll just throw it away and buy a new one."
The girl was dumbfounded at once and exclaimed incredulously, "You... you're being wasteful! Wasting is like committing a crime!"
Xu Hao immediately laughed, "Don't get so worked up. A hundred thousand for a car is nothing, it's not expensive."
"You... you... you..."
The girl pointed at Xu Hao, too agitated to find the words, and after a long time managed to squeeze out, "That's too wasteful!"
She looked at the car somewhat apprehensively and then spoke to Xu Hao with extreme caution, "If... if you don't want it anymore, let me take it to sell for scrap metal?"
Her tone was so tentative, as if she was afraid to upset Xu Hao with any carelessness.
Suddenly, Xu Hao felt something soft inside him stirred and he smiled, "I'll sell it for you, and you can have the money."
The girl nodded vigorously and then shook her head, "I'll record it in our orphanage's ledger. When I have money, I will definitely pay you back."
Even in her extreme financial hardship, the girl still possessed a pride that ordinary people couldn't comprehend and would never have. She firmly believed that she could repay those sponsorship funds.
Though, almost all of those sponsors had never expected a return.
The girl, with a smile beaming across her face at Xu Hao's affirmative response, quickly led him to the entrance of a dilapidated courtyard.
Seven or eight older children were waiting at the gate for something, while a dozen or so four or five-year-old children were playing in the courtyard.
An old lady with white hair was sitting in a wheelchair at the entrance, but she seemed to be in poor spirits, her eyes mostly closed.
When the children saw Xiao Lan return carrying Little Yang, they all came running up, shouting, "Old Dean, Sister Xiao Lan is back! Little Yang is back too!"
Xu Hao committed the name to memory.
Lan signifies a kind and beautiful person. The girl who willingly looked after so many children here indeed deserved the name.
Seeing the children, Xiao Lan's smile grew even brighter. She said, "Go back into the courtyard, we have a guest."
"Is it this big brother?"
"Who is this big brother, Sister Xiao Lan?"
"Could it be another one of Sister Xiao Lan's suitors?"
The children chattered away, and when one suggested that Xu Hao might be Xiao Lan's suitor, they immediately showed great hostility towards him.
The old lady also opened her eyes and asked Xiao Lan, "Who is this young man, Xiao Lan?"
Xiao Lan quickly told the old dean everything that had happened, and the children heard it too, instantly losing any hostility towards Xu Hao.
The old lady quickly smiled and said, "So he is Little Yang's savior, please come inside."
Xiao Lan introduced them, "Superman Big Brother, this is our dean."
"Old Dean, now you're the new dean," the old dean added.