I wish this part of the arc could be sped up a little bit. It's slightly dragging when Daoist Ling has to act this way to engender himself with the aristocracy and other upper echelons of the prefecture.
Regardless, thanks for the chapter.
Tbh it felt a lot more draggy in this arc compared to his previous mutant world arc even though he's supposed to be stronger. I've a feeling author started burning out at this point and so could only try to drag things out