Thirty miles outside the city, in a Taoist temple, a woman of exceptional beauty was offering incense to the statues within.
The temple was somewhat dilapidated, with drafts blowing from all sides, and the statues covered in cobwebs.
Patiently, the woman cleaned the area and wiped the tablets before the statues, saying, "People nowadays are really practical. When they need you, they offer incense daily, praying incessantly. When they don't, the temple is abandoned, not a soul in sight."
The maidservant serving by her side responded, "No kidding, this place used to have a long river in front of the temple. People here built this Heavenly King Temple, hoping our Heavenly King would suppress the waters. When the river's course changed, our Heavenly King became irrelevant."
"The world is harsh, people's hearts are no longer the same!"
