A Civil Servant at the City God Temple

There's a saying that's been passed down in the demon realm:

If you take a civil service job, don't take one far from home. If you take a job far from home, don't become a city god.

The City God Temple answers to Heaven above and the underworld below, while also having to manage every aspect of mortal life in between. It's an especially tough job for a newly enlightened little demon.

Jiang Yulong was a burned-out wage slave. She closed her eyes and opened them to find she'd transmigrated into an ancient-era koi spirit and inherited a dilapidated City God Temple.

She'd thought that taking human form would mean becoming a civil servant of Heaven, and at least save her five hundred years compared to other demons. But the area was surrounded by mountains and hard to reach, with bandits and ghosts lurking about. The people were poor, and the county was undeniably impoverished.

As a result, incense offerings at the City God Temple dwindled, until even the fake Taoist temple next door had more worshippers.

One day, sitting on the temple's broken tiles, Jiang Yulong pondered:

If you want to get rich, build roads first. Luckily, I've got strength and skills to spare.

So, starting out as the lowly ninth-rank City God of a tiny county, she recruited capable people, judged cases between the living and dead, boosted production and improved people's lives, and suppressed evil spirits. She rose through prefectures and provinces, her incense offerings rivaling those of Heaven, her name resounding all the way to the underworld.

Who in the land hasn't heard of City God Jiang?

The Dragon King drinks tea and discusses the Way with her, the Judge runs errands for her, the stars treat her like a brother, and divine generals share drinks with her.

The dilapidated, leaky temple of old has long since become the greatest City God Temple in the world, where the masses gather to make their wishes and the incense never stops burning.

Theme: Working at the grassroots