Chapter 326: A Shocking Dragon Vein Formation! We’ve Obtained A True Formation!
Chen Han was truly shocked this time by the Feng Shui scene outlined by the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone.
Previously, whether it was the Chen Clan arranging Feng Shui formations, the Wudang Golden Summit Feng Shui formation, or even the current Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation, although the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone sketched them all as very magnificent, compared with this overwhelming colossus, they were nothing at all.
It was as if the entire city had become a Feng Shui Formation Diagram.
Its appearance was simply like the legendary giant dragon, winding above the whole city.
Moreover, unlike the usual white light used to outline Feng Shui formations, this one was a field of crimson red.
He understood. This might be a Dragon Vein Formation.
The Dragon Vein Formation was not fixed, not only hidden in towering mountains and deep forests, and certainly not existing only in famous mountains and great rivers. That was a narrow understanding of dragon veins.
A true dragon vein could also be forged from hot blood, popularity, and luck.
So, the shocking dragon vein before his eyes was crimson red, relying neither on the veins of towering mountains and forests, nor on the aura of great famous rivers.
It existed as itself.
Forged by blood, with an unbroken spine and undiminished spirit, it would remain immortal.
Suddenly confronted with such an impactful Dragon Vein Formation, Chen Han, stunned, walked forward, trying to get close to the edge of the Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation.
Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and Daoist Priest Xuan He, puzzled, followed him, with even a trace of expectation appearing in their eyes.
Could it be that the Chen Family Head had discovered something?
When Chen Han reached roughly the right spot, he did not bother with the two priests behind him. With a thought, he took out the Five Emperors Sword and tried to sense this Dragon Vein Formation.
In that instant, he felt the New Five Emperors Sword trembling in his hand, and sensed a terrifying formation. In a flash, it was as if he was standing amid towering, overwhelming waves.
He immediately stopped sensing and put the New Five Emperors Sword back into the Game Warehouse.
So terrifying.
Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and Daoist Priest Xuan He, who had followed and witnessed this scene, were completely stunned.
It was that Five Emperors Sword again.
Where exactly had the Chen Family Head placed that sword? They could not see a single flaw.
Every time they saw it, they felt shocked.
Most importantly, they were increasingly certain that this Five Emperors Sword must have a great deal to do with Feng Shui formations.
Yet they had also acquired and searched for many Five Emperors Coins, made Copper Coin Swords, and even imitated the Chen Family Head by seeking coins and crafting alternative Five Emperors Swords.
But they found no use for those swords at all, nothing special about them.
Naturally, they did not know that different Five Emperors Swords carried different luck from different dynasties, and if that luck could not be refined into one, the effect could not be activated.
If not for the Artifact Refining Furnace of the Game System, Chen Han could not have created this Five Emperors Sword either.
As for the coins, they were basically not first-issue versions, so they were useless.
And now Chen Han also understood why the Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation, though intact, could not exert its power, and why only a corner at the edge, with the Ancient Quiet Heart Art, could take effect.
Looking at the scene outlined by the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone, the Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation lay directly beneath the claws of that crimson giant dragon.
All qi and terrain were completely sealed.
How could any effect be activated like this?
If the Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation could merge into this dragon vein and become part of this greatness, it could form a “giant dragon playing with a pearl” pattern and thus activate the Feng Shui formation.
The key problem was that they were not integrated.
It must be that the Feng Shui methods had been lost. Baiyun Temple had no such capable person; otherwise, when this crimson giant dragon had just been born, they should have merged into it.
At that time, the crimson dragon’s prestige should not yet have been too great, which would have been the best moment to do this.
In ancient times this kind of thing was not rare. For instance, in the Tang dynasty, before the Sui dynasty was completely destroyed and Li Yuan had just founded the Tang, the Daoist sect figure Wang Yuanzhi in the capital had already helped fabricate the image of Lao Jun issuing a decree to grant the Li clan the mandate of heaven.
There was also a similar situation when Zhu Yuanzhang established the capital for the Ming dynasty.
Those Daoist predecessors would hold corresponding Feng Shui ceremonies once they were acknowledged by the new dynasty, to achieve this aim.
Now Baiyun Temple was also an officially recognized Daoist Temple, and one of the city’s famous scenic spots, but no Daoist priest there had such ability. The Feng Shui arts had been lost.
Thus it led to this awkward situation.
Moreover, Baiyun Temple must have lost this knowledge long ago, because ever since their Patriarch Qiu Chuji founded this place, legends said even the Patriarch’s “immortal shed body” was left here.
There were also legends about the Innate Art.
This was in no way inferior to Daoist Master San Feng’s Tai Chi Fist.
But since the Yuan dynasty, generation after generation, Baiyun Temple had been granted titles by each new dynasty, yet no related mysterious phenomena had been carried on.
This showed that as early as the Yuan dynasty it had been lost. In every later dynasty, the Feng Shui formation was suppressed like it was now, never being activated.
This was probably the same as Wudang. Daoist Master San Feng hid the key information, Wudang never discovered it, and things just stayed that way.
But one thing could also be confirmed: this perfectly preserved Feng Shui formation of Baiyun Temple absolutely surpassed Wudang Thunderfire Alchemy Peak. If activated, it might even be more powerful than Wudang Thunderfire Alchemy Peak.
Unfortunately, he did not understand the Feng Shui rituals needed for this.
And there was another important point: such a magnificent colossus was no longer something mortals could touch. Its prestige could be felt from far away. Even with the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone, he was powerless.
Perhaps if one day he obtained the Mountain-Patrolling Dragon Vein Diagram, he could use the New Five Emperors Sword to explore the attributes affecting the dragon vein and try to help the Baiyun Temple Feng Shui formation merge into this Dragon Vein Formation.
Whether it could be done or not would only be known when the time came.
Acting as if nothing had happened, Chen Han put the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone away into the Game Warehouse, and did not tell Daoist Priest Xuan Shi or Daoist Priest Xuan He about this matter.
Telling them would only increase the priests’ worries and make them anxious and conflicted, which would not be good.
So, seeing the expectant gaze of Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and Daoist Priest Xuan He, he could only say, “Two Daoist priests, my Feng Shui ability is limited. I cannot solve the problem of your Feng Shui formation for now, even with the Feng Shui Formation Diagram. But when I have the ability, I will definitely come and try.”
This was something that, once conditions were in place, he would come to try even without an invitation from the two priests.
Hearing this, the priests’ expressions clearly changed slightly. Even with the Feng Shui Formation Diagram it could not be solved?
This was undoubtedly a huge issue, and the key point was that they themselves had not noticed anything.
Most crucially, if the Chen Family Head could not handle it, then they certainly had no hope.
However, they did not continue pressing him. After all, having cultivated the Dao for so long, their mentality could still be adjusted. Since the Chen Family Head had said so, this matter could not be forced.
Otherwise, the Daoist Feng Shui would not have been lost for so long.
Fortunately, the Chen Family Head had said that once he had the ability, he would definitely come to try. That counted as a promise.
As long as they continued to interact with him in the future and stayed united by his side, he would not forget this matter.
Chen Han had no intention of staying in the capital city for long, and soon booked an evening flight ticket back.
But before leaving, he still had to complete the second condition of the intimidation task.
For this, he specifically asked Daoist Priest Xuan Shi for a favor. “Daoist Priest Xuan Shi, I must trouble you to prepare a gift box for me.”
“Alright, I will prepare it for the Chen Family Head.” Daoist Priest Xuan Shi agreed, then left to arrange it. Soon he found the gift box Chen Han wanted.
The box was decorated with Daoist Sect Eight Trigrams and yin-yang fish patterns. It was clearly a gift box that Baiyun Temple kept on hand themselves, just right for his needs.
Chen Han then took this gift box to a lounge in Baiyun Temple.
Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and Daoist Priest Xuan He did not follow him in. It was obvious the Chen Family Head was preparing some gift; spying on another’s gift would not be proper.
After opening the box, Chen Han took out two items.
They were two pieces of alloy metal.
These two metals were also something he had refined with the Artifact Refining Furnace when he was bored; both had gained special attributes.
Moreover, the special attributes of both pieces were: corrosion resistance +1, strength +1, ductility +1, high temperature resistance +
How to put it? When he refined these things, he had already intended to someday present them as a gift to the higher-ups, because they were suitable for crafting special weapons and could absolutely bring a transformation to a single category of weapons.
Most importantly, this metal was also suitable for survival in outer space, meaning it could be used as material for spacecraft.
You had to know that all major countries were currently researching such materials, with very little progress so far.
Now, using these two pieces of metal for research would definitely push this field a great step forward.
And this time the intimidation task just happened to have the condition “before leaving, send a gift that lets the other side know the Chen Clan’s strength is not only in formations.”
This special metal matched well with the Daoist Sect’s artifact refining specialty. After all, in the beginning, artifact refining was about quenching metal.
Most crucially, with everything related to Feng Shui, the higher-ups had already begun proactively contacting him and had even arranged this test. So he should also greet them properly.
This kind of thing was perfect as a greeting.
If it were not too abrupt and did not risk arousing certain suspicions, he would even have liked to take out the AK he refined last time and let the higher-ups study it.
If that thing were introduced, it could probably become the mainstream weapon of the modern army and make other rifles obsolete.
With range +1, recoil -1, and power +1, on the modern battlefield it was basically a divine artifact.
With this in mind, he placed the two pieces of metal into the gift box and sealed it again.
By evening, he was ready to head to the capital city airport to return to Linhe County.
Baiyun Temple had arranged a car for him.
Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and Daoist Priest Xuan He personally went to see him off.
Before leaving, he also went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and called Director Qiu.
Director Qiu, receiving a call from this newly appointed Grand Scholar, naturally came out immediately, but did not expect the other party to directly hand him a gift box.
“Grand Scholar Chen, this is?” Director Qiu asked in confusion.
Chen Han smiled and said, “Director Qiu, this is a gift. You should know who to hand it to. After all, weren’t you the one who helped arrange my visit to Sima Chengzhen’s residence?”
Hearing this, Director Qiu was embarrassed. So the other party had known all along.
While he was still puzzled, the car had already driven off. He could only get into his own car, make a phone call, and head toward Sima Chengzhen’s residence.
Once there, he got out with the gift box and walked inside, seeing Minister Ma leading a team carrying out tests.
Seeing them busy, he waited at the side and watched.
The people with Minister Ma were fiddling with quite a few instruments. One of them was holding a special long sword made from 05 yuan, 1 yuan, and 1 yuan coins.
Seeing this long sword, he thought of the commonly mentioned Copper Coin Sword.
At this moment, that Coin Sword was fixed on a special instrument.
Naturally, Minister Ma was leading people to re-examine Sima Chengzhen’s residence. Since the Chen Family Head had repaired the Feng Shui formation here, they had to figure out what was going on.
One person, holding an instrument, said with a face full of disbelief, “The air quality here has clearly improved a lot. For air in the capital city, this is truly excellent.”
Another added, “The temperature is also maintained in a mild and comfortable state. Just one wall away, the temperature difference is huge. The Feng Shui formation here alone has achieved this effect.”
“If we relied solely on modern technology, we would need a lot of high-tech products working together to reach this level. This Feng Shui is really remarkable.”
A bespectacled professor said with a smile, “With today’s findings, everyone should go back and write a paper.”
Minister Ma, hearing this, responded very flatly, “Paper, paper. Only things you have actually produced yourself qualify you to write papers. After all this time, you have written a pile of papers, yet they are not as good as what someone else accomplished in a very short visit.”
This made the bespectacled professor embarrassed; it was obvious he sensed the leader’s dissatisfaction.
But as an expert and professor, he still tried to defend himself. “Grand Scholar Chen is unmatched. He is an expert in this field. The Feng Shui books and Feng Shui Science started on their side.”
This was directly putting gold on Chen Han’s face, leaving Minister Ma somewhat helpless.
It seemed some people really needed to be weeded out.
Next, he walked over to the Coin Sword and asked, “Test the new situation.”
This Coin Sword had been made after they saw the Chen Family Head’s Five Emperors Sword and decided to follow his approach.
They knew the original copper coin materials of the Five Emperors Sword, and also the distinction between the Great Five Emperors and Small Five Emperors.
But after witnessing the Five Emperors Sword created by the Chen Family Head, they deduced his line of thinking and found these first-issue coins to make a Five Emperors Sword.
They did not know how to use this Five Emperors Sword, but previously the Chinese Academy of Sciences had developed a kind of micro-fluctuation instrument, which was the device currently fixing the Coin Sword in place.
Coincidentally, a genius in geographical science thought of combining these two things.
As long as the instrument used an initial fluctuation to stimulate the Coin Sword, the Coin Sword seemed to cause resonance with the surrounding geography and terrain, then respond with different strengths of feedback, from which they could judge directions.
Obviously, these first-issue coins obtained directly from the source carried the strongest luck.
Crucially, these coins were all of the same dynasty and version. Naturally they did not need to be refined together; they were inherently a unified-luck Five Emperors Sword.
If Chen Han knew this, he would definitely be full of emotion.
This was a resource at the level of fundamental principles. Even with the help of Liu Ye, that tycoon, he had only been able to collect enough Five Great Powers coins to forge one sword.
For other Daoist sects, it would be very difficult to create a Five Emperors Sword.
The instrument was soon activated and began testing. After a short while, someone reported, “The sensed fluctuations are indeed stronger, and the directions are more distinct.”
Minister Ma nodded and instructed, “Analyze the directional map in detail. See if we can use this to outline the Feng Shui Formation Diagram and whether there is any pattern we can follow.”
At this moment, Minister Ma saw Director Qiu, and greeted him with a smile. “Director Qiu, what brings you here? We must thank you for your cooperation this time.”
Director Qiu quickly said, “Minister Ma, that was my duty. In fact, there is a gift box left by the Chen Family Head for your side.”
“A gift left by the Chen Family Head?” Minister Ma was stunned, and immediately took the gift box.
The strength of the Chen Family Head had already been demonstrated to them. Now that he saw a gift left by him, he dared not take it lightly.
It might be a Feng Shui book, or something related to this Feng Shui formation.
But when he hurriedly opened the box and saw what was inside, he was instantly dumbfounded.
Inside were actually two pieces of metal.
Why would the Chen Family Head, without any apparent reason, gift two pieces of metal?
The key was that since they were from the Chen Family Head, he dared not be careless. He had a feeling that these two pieces of metal were not simple.
So he immediately took out his mobile phone and made a call.
After hanging up, he quickly left, got in a car, and headed for an official laboratory.
This laboratory was clearly no ordinary place. There were soldiers guarding the entrance. It was a confidential Metal Research Laboratory.
He went straight in on his credentials and ordered the staff to free up a team to analyze and study these two pieces of metal for him.
After handing the metals to a research person in charge, he left the laboratory, returned to his own office, and looked again at that coastal map and the drawn Sea Tower.
Then he opened an encrypted document on his computer and checked the progress made by the Feng Shui Breakthrough Section over this period.
Time passed.
The next morning, Minister Ma got up early, quickly tidied himself up, and went to a leader’s office to report on the Feng Shui breakthrough matters and the restoration of the Feng Shui formation at Sima Chengzhen’s residence.
Just as he finished his report to the leader and was returning to his own office, his mobile phone rang.
It was the number of that Metal Research Laboratory.
He answered. An anxious voice came from the other side, asking, “Minister Ma, where did the metal you sent yesterday come from? It is unbelievable, truly unbelievable…”
“What are the analysis results?” Hearing the tone on the other end, Minister Ma knew at once that the metal was not simple, and immediately asked.
The other party, full of excitement, said, “This metal is incredible. Not only is its strength excellent, its toughness is also outstanding. Furthermore, its corrosion resistance and high temperature resistance are extremely strong, surpassing our similar products by a wide margin.”
“And according to our tests, this metal has almost reached the standard required for use in space combat. This material could absolutely put us a big step ahead of other countries.”
“Standard for use in space combat” — when these words came out, Minister Ma’s face showed disbelief.
Even if it was only close.
Because he understood what that meant. It was different from satellites orbiting the earth; it meant delving into space and meeting combat requirements in extreme environments.
All countries were striving in this direction.
And now the two pieces of metal brought by the Chen Family Head had already come close to this standard. How astonishing was that?
After hanging up, Minister Ma hurried straight to that laboratory. When he arrived, he immediately sought out the person in charge of testing the metal. “Show me the test data.”
The person in charge did not dare delay and handed over the data at once.
Minister Ma quickly looked through it and grew more shocked with every page. The Chen Family Head had truly given them a great gift.
The person in charge could not help asking, “Minister Ma, where exactly did these two pieces of metal come from?”
Without thinking, Minister Ma blurted out, “They may have been refined in a Daoist alchemy furnace or Artifact Refining Furnace.”
“Huh?” The person in charge was stunned, and subconsciously pictured a Daoist alchemy furnace or Artifact Refining Furnace.
He imagined an unscientific scene of wood burning beneath the furnace and steam rising above it.
Could something like that produce this metal?
Impossible, right?
…
Near noon, there were relatively fewer cars heading to the Chen Clan, because at this time, whether in Linhe County or among tourists visiting the Chen Clan, most people were looking for a place to fill their stomachs.
Chen Han took a taxi from the train station back to the Chen Clan.
Because the road from Linhe County to the Chen Clan had been fully repaired, the pavement was smooth, the ride was more stable, and the scenery along the way was better.
“Chen Family Head, the Chen Clan’s back mountain has been under development. There should be new projects soon, right?” The driver was very excited to have picked up the Chen Family Head, and talked about this topic the whole way.
“Yes, there will be. We plan to build a camping site.” Chen Han could only answer like this. To be honest, for the opening of the back mountain, the main focus for now was ornamental value. They were still developing forest paths and laying stone.
In particular, the Three Talents Plant Ornamental Forest, the Ornamental Pine Forest, the Ornamental Bamboo Forest, and the Ornamental Plum Forest would become an ornamental garden.
With the Chen Clan’s special air and climate, combined with a good ornamental forest environment, they would certainly attract tourists, and the number of visitors to the Chen Clan would increase.
The camping site idea had been decided after he encountered campers on the mountain top last time. Since the back mountain was so vast, they could designate an area as a camping site.
Especially when the weather turned cold later, most other camping grounds would basically be shutting down. If the Chen Clan launched camping then, it would create a seasonal contrast.
Anything that offered a seasonal contrast could attract people.
However, these projects were relatively modern and could be seen elsewhere. They did not have enough unique character.
Especially, they lacked projects with the characteristics of a Daoist Sect Heritage Family.
As he was thinking this, a Game Prompt suddenly appeared in his mind:
【In this trip to the Immortal Alliance headquarters, you made those unconvinced people witness the Chen Clan’s capability, especially the Chen Clan’s attainments in formations.
Congratulations, you have obtained Formation Gift Package x1】
Seeing this Game Prompt, Chen Han knew the second condition of the intimidation task had been completed. The higher-ups should have learned the attributes of those two metals.
This was his first time receiving a Formation Gift Package, and he immediately opened it with curiosity.
The Game Prompt appeared again:
【Congratulations, you have opened a Formation Gift Package and obtained: Daoist Sect Bewildering Formation （Beginner） Jade Slip!】
The task had been to make those unconvinced people witness the Chen Clan’s attainments in formations, yet the reward was a Daoist Sect Bewildering Formation (Beginner). Wasn’t that a bit off?
Still, this was his first method for setting up formations.
It was completely different from a Feng Shui formation.
Chen Han immediately looked at the newly appeared Jade Slip in the Game Warehouse, and when he saw the Remark Information, his eyes lit up.
He had just been thinking that the back mountain’s development lacked projects with the characteristics of a Daoist Sect Heritage Family.
Now he could set one up right away.
(The chapter ends.)
