Chapter 302: My God! They Want To Start Repairing The Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak!
For the Chen Clan, in fact those bloggers who explain the Daoist sect have also discussed them a lot.
Especially since that Chen Family Head is now very famous, and many people even speculate what status he might hold within the Daoist sect.
It is just that this Daoist Priest Chen has never worn a very formal Daoist robe; at most he wears a plain robe, so many people think Daoist Priest Chen actually does not have any rank.
However, last time, when the Chen Clan and Linhe County together built Qingfeng Daoist Priest’s Palace, the Chen Family Head wore a purple robe.
At that time, someone in the group said the Chen Family Head was of purple robe rank; otherwise, how would he dare to wear a full set of purple on such an occasion?
But this claim was refuted by the group owner.
This group owner is also a senior figure among this type of bloggers. At the time, he listed many examples, told everyone the definition and style of the purple robe, and proved that the purple robe worn by the Chen Family Head was nothing.
Then what is this purple robe that Daoist Priest Chen is wearing now?
He happened to see that the “Daoist Inheritance Enthusiast” group was very lively, and the discussion unexpectedly was exactly related to the Chen Clan.
It started with someone saying that people from the Chen Clan had won the national games hundred-meter championship; then someone said the Chen Clan truly has real kung fu and is a place acknowledged by the Daoist sect to have real kung fu, so it should be a question of being orthodox Daoist lineage.
At this time the group owner came out and spoke again: “The two young men of the Chen Clan winning the national games hundred-meter championship does show that the Chen Clan indeed has real kung fu.”
“Practicing martial arts developing the body is normal, but this in a strict sense has nothing to do with the Daoist sect, and even less with whether the Chen Clan is orthodox Daoist lineage.”
“Now there is a unified standard for orthodox Daoist lineage. It is recognized by the Daoist sect and the association, awarding the title of mage, awarding the purple robes, and also certificates. That is orthodoxy.”
“The Chen Clan clearly has none of these. And that purple outfit worn by the Chen Family Head last time was not a Daoist purple robe.”
Seeing these words, Zhang Ke directly pointed his mobile phone toward the Chen Family Head and took a video, then sent it into the group.
Moments later, the group became lively again:
“Holy crap, isn’t that the Chen Family Head?”
“Isn’t that a purple robe now?”
“Definitely a purple robe; I can recognize it.”
“…”
Many people also @mentioned the group owner.
Zhang Ke could already imagine how awkward that group owner must feel now, right?
Moments later, he saw the group owner @mention him.
Group owner: Where did this video come from? Do you know that the purple robe is exclusive to Daoist mages? If you even use AI face swap with videos of other purple-robed mages, that is even more disrespectful.
Zhang Ke was speechless. He shot another video and sent it to the group. This time it included not only the Chen Family Head, but also Daoist Priest Li, Celestial Master Zhang, and those purple-robed Daoist priests.
There were even green-robed Daoist priests like Daoist Priest Xuan Shi.
Anyone in this group was basically a blogger explaining Daoist knowledge. Many would also go to local Daoist palace temples to film videos, and they had a certain understanding of the Daoist sect.
So they could see how strong the lineup in this video was.
Placed in a fantasy world, this would be a gathering of Daoist experts, enough to go slay dragons and exterminate demons.
Many people in the group @mentioned Zhang Ke, asking in astonishment:
“Is this Wudang? What is going on?”
“Daoist Priest Chen really is purple-robed. This scene can’t be faked.”
“With so many Daoist big shots gathered, what exactly is happening?”
“…”
Seeing these questions, Zhang Ke hurriedly typed with a deliberately mysterious air: “If you want to know, come watch my live stream!”
But just as he clicked send, he received a prompt: “You have been removed from this group!”
“Damn!” Zhang Ke could not help cursing.
This was retaliatory punishment.
However, he could not be bothered with it. He quickly opened his Douyin account and started a live stream, and even wrote a title: “Revealing the true identity of the Chen Family Head for you!”
The Chen Family Head and the Chen Clan already had a lot of popularity, whether it was the previous rapeseed flower incident, or the Chen Clan prodigy breaking the domestic hundred-meter record and winning the championship.
With this clickbait-style title under such popularity, he could quickly attract many people.
After starting the live stream room, he quickly pointed the lens at the Chen Family Head and those Daoist priests.
He had filmed Daoist knowledge videos for so long and accumulated some fans, and usually had more than one hundred people in his live streams.
But this time, not long after he started streaming, the live room exceeded 100 viewers and then, at a very fast speed, reached 500 online.
Then it was 1,000 people.
This made it hard for him to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
The viewers entering the live room were clearly attracted by the scene in the live feed.
“Holy crap, so many purple robes, what happened?”
“I counted; this is basically all the purple-robed Daoist priests, right?”
“Streamer, awesome. This kind of occasion is a major Daoist event, right? And you can actually get in to stream it?”
“Holy crap, that is the Chen Family Head, and he is wearing a purple robe too?”
“It really is a purple robe, same as Celestial Master Zhang and Daoist Priest Qing Wei.”
“…”
When Zhang Ke again zoomed the live camera in on the position of that Chen Family Head, the viewers clearly were boiling with excitement.
The Chen Family Head was very famous, but regarding what identity or status he held in the Daoist sect, people did not really know.
After all, when the Chen Family Head erected the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation before, he had only worn a plain Daoist robe.
That was the most ordinary Daoist robe.
Wearing such a robe on an important occasion, was that not a sign of having no status?
But what were they seeing now?
Daoist Priest Chen was in a purple Daoist robe, and he was gathered together with those purple-robed Daoist priests of the Daoist sect, exchanging greetings.
Or rather, when Daoist Priest Chen walked over, those purple-robed Daoist priests all proactively greeted him.
So the Chen Family Head was deeply hiding his strength.
Zhang Ke had indeed chosen a very good time, and with so many purple-robed Daoist priests gathered together, it was truly shocking.
So more and more people entered Zhang Ke’s live room, and in a short time it broke ten thousand concurrent viewers.
News of this gathering of purple-robed Daoist practitioners from the Daoist sect also spread at the fastest speed, and even people who usually did not pay attention to the Daoist sect knew how formidable purple-robed Daoist practitioners were.
Now, with so many purple-robed Daoist priests together, they were definitely doing something impressive.
So the conclusion: the Chen Family Head was extremely formidable.
Moreover, the Chen Family Head indeed seemed truly formidable. In the live stream, everyone could see that two purple-robed Daoist priests actually pulled the Chen Family Head into the center position.
Sharp-eyed viewers recognized them as Association President Daoist Priest Li and the Longhu Celestial Master.
The two of them pulled the Chen Family Head to the center position; how high must the Chen Family Head’s status be?
At this moment, Chen Han also felt very awkward. He had never intended to stand in the center; such things did not matter to him.
But since Daoist Priest Li and Celestial Master Zhang had pulled him into that center position, he had no choice but to stand there.
Daoist Priest Qing Wei of Wudang and Daoist Priest Chen were the hosts. They had already moved to the front before the altar table and begun performing the ritual.
Chen Han and the others just cooperated within the ritual.
Zhang Ke streamed this whole scene.
But he was really curious about what these Daoist priests were doing gathered here.
He immediately whispered to his assistant, “You stay here and keep streaming. I’ll see if I can sneak over there and hear what these Daoist priests are doing here.”
With that, he hurriedly went around along the outer wall toward that side so as not to be noticed by the Daoist priests in the square.
The assistant could only control the feed, keeping the lens always pointed at the square, watching those Daoist priests performing the ritual.
As the live stream went on, the number of viewers continued to rise.
Many people who knew Chen Han also saw it.
For example, Zheng Ruixin from Qingmin City was now constantly following the Chen Clan. Seeing the Chen Family Head wearing a purple robe and seeing those purple-robed Daoist priests ask the Chen Family Head to stand in the center position, he knew these Daoist priests were also very shrewd.
In Linhe County, Chu Ping also saw this scene.
He had long been troubled by one problem: they had always been promoting Daoist Priest Qing Feng on their side and seeking attention by comparing him to Purple Green Daoist. Would this make the Daoist association unhappy?
Now, seeing the Chen Family Head in a purple robe, he was completely at ease.
He also understood the weight of the purple robe.
In the future, they could promote as hard as they wanted.
The people of the Chen Clan naturally also saw it. Chen Lin, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng gathered together watching this live stream.
The three clearly had not expected how Chen Han had become purple-robed.
Especially Chen Lin, who understood some Daoist matters and knew his nephew logically should not be purple-robed.
But now this proved that his nephew was indeed purple-robed.
Which meant that the Chen Clan would henceforth also be officially registered as orthodox Daoist lineage?
The live stream continued, and so did the ceremony in the Wudang square.
Under Daoist Priest Qing Wei’s lead, Daoist Priest Chen and the Wudang people knelt and worshipped when reporting to the Patriarch and Emperor Zhenwu.
Chen Han and the visiting guests only performed Daoist bows.
As the ritual ended, Daoist Priest Qing Wei, full of confidence, called out to Chen Han and the others: “Thank you, fellow Daoists, for accepting the invitation to come to Wudang to participate in this feng shui exchange meeting. Of course, we at Wudang do have a selfish motive.”
“We have been researching the Leihuo Lianjinding Feng Shui Formation, attempting to repair this formation. Unfortunately, our abilities are limited, and we have no way to start. So we could only invite all of you to come and exchange ideas.”
His words made those purple-robed Daoist priests smile.
In fact, they had already guessed from Wudang’s actions. After all, Wudang Thunderfire Alchemy Peak is such a famous scenic spot, and recently it had been sealed off with tourists forbidden to go up.
But they did not mind, because through the Ancient Quiet Heart Art they had discovered that their own palace temples also had feng shui formations, although they had no clue about them either.
So, if in this trip they could figure something out from the Wudang Thunderfire Alchemy Peak feng shui formation and gain some insights and accumulation, it would also be beneficial for them.
Of course, they were very clear this matter would probably fall on the Chen Family Head.
So they had very sensibly pulled the Chen Family Head into the center position to show respect.
After all, in feng shui, the Chen Family Head could be their teacher.
Most of them had come with the intent to learn from him; at the very least, they could ask him about what they did not understand.
To put it bluntly, their so-called exchange of feng shui abilities was nonsense; they had come with the purpose of having the Chen Family Head preach.
Chen Han did not know what these Daoist priests were thinking, and even if he did, it did not matter, because there was still a Dao discussion task. He needed to use his strength at the feng shui exchange meeting to convince everyone.
The most direct method he could think of was to repair the Leihuo Lianjinding Feng Shui Formation, which was already part of his plan.
But Daoist Priest Qing Wei’s words made Zhang Ke, who had sneaked to that side outside the wall, gape in shock.
He had long been hanging around Wudang, filming Wudang videos and explaining Daoist knowledge, so he naturally knew Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit.
He had even made two special videos explaining Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit, and the numbers were very good.
So he knew the Leihuo Lianjinding Feng Shui Formation, and he also knew how miraculous the former wonders of the Golden Summit had been. But after those experts came to guide things, installing lightning rods and lightning nets, the wonder completely disappeared.
The colors of the Golden Summit likewise vanished, and it became covered in rust.
The key point was that after he filmed and uploaded videos about this and drew attention, some disciples and students of those experts and professors came out to whitewash it.
Anyway, they just said that the place had always been dangerous and that lightning strikes were an undeniable fact; if someone had been there and gotten hurt, then what, then what.
Now the lightning did not hit there anymore, did it?
The crucial thing was that there were fools who believed this.
They would not think about how the wonder had lasted for more than 600 years without problems, with countless bolts of lightning over those 600 years, yet the Golden Summit had not been struck to pieces.
Now those people came, “guided” things, the summit rusted, and the surrounding houses were instead struck and destroyed.
From old photographs you could see that the houses, which had not been affected while the lightning struck the Golden Summit, were more than half destroyed afterward.
At that time he recorded another video to lay into those whitewashers, and the numbers were even better. It was obvious that clear-eyed people knew what was going on.
Who knew those people would not play fair, directly reporting the videos and getting all his Golden Summit videos taken down.
Now what had he just heard?
So many purple-robed Daoist priests from the Daoist sect had gathered together to discuss feng shui? To repair the Leihuo Lianjinding feng shui formation?
Could the lightning on the Golden Summit and the legendary golden light reappear?
He knew it: with so many purple-robed Daoist priests gathering at Wudang, they had to be doing big things.
Once this got out, it would definitely cause an online sensation across the entire internet.
“Fellow Daoists, we at Wudang have prepared a hall for the exchange meeting. Let us go there,” Daoist Priest Qing Wei invited everyone after the ritual ended.
At this moment, Association President Daoist Priest Li suddenly picked up his phone to check it.
His phone had been vibrating for a while, but during the ritual he could not answer.
Now that it had ended, he took it out and saw it, then complained: “It is the association’s secretary-general, asking about our exchange meeting.”
Daoist Priest Qing Wei, Celestial Master Zhang, and those purple-robed Daoist priests instinctively looked over, because they knew this was an official person.
The mystic sect in the new era has new ways of survival. Establishing an association and assigning official personnel is actually for better supervision.
This is not much different from ancient times.
For example, sacrificial wine, masters of ceremony, merit officers, Daoist recorders, inspectors…
Now it is the association secretary-general.
Some things have not changed since ancient times; only the handling methods have changed.
After all, starting from Daoist predecessor Zhang Jue, many of the Daoist predecessors really did big things.
But compared with ancient times, their country is now very strong.
In this regard, they are very confident; their faith is stronger than the gods.
So management is rather relaxed, only simple supervision.
Daoist Priest Li answered the call and put it on speaker. An anxious voice came through: “President Li, what is going on with the exchange meeting at Wudang? Why have all the purple-robed Daoist priests gone there? And there is even a live stream?”
“There is no live stream?” Daoist Priest Li was stunned. They did not want their feng shui exchange meeting to be known to the outside world, so how could they be doing a live stream?
“Someone is streaming you on Douyin at Wudang,” the association secretary-general said directly.
This left the Daoist priests looking at each other.
Daoist Priest Chen immediately took out his phone and searched Douyin. Sure enough, he found someone streaming. He looked at the stream, then looked toward a certain spot and walked forward until he could see himself in the live feed.
He waved and hurriedly led people toward that place.
The association secretary-general’s doubtful voice sounded again: “President Li, with so many purple-robed Daoist priests going this time, is it really just a simple exchange meeting?”
Daoist Priest Li quickly said, “It is definitely just a simple Daoist scripture exchange meeting. We are planning to compile a new Daoist scripture.”
“Good, then,” the association secretary-general said, and hung up.
Not long after, Daoist Priest Chen caught someone, and the live streaming phone was taken.
Looking at the very high number of concurrent viewers, he could only apologize to the camera: “Everyone, we are truly sorry. Because there are certain taboos around Daoist sect events, we cannot continue the live stream.”
He then directly cut off the stream.
After that, he brought the person back in front of the others. “He came up the back path. It looks like the watchers over there did not notice.”
“Send this devotee down. Do not make things hard for him. We will strengthen the watch afterward,” Daoist Priest Qing Wei sighed and instructed.
Wudang acts with an open mind.
But guarding against gentlemen rather than petty people has been a difficult problem since ancient times.
Many things, however you guard, some petty people will look for loopholes and take advantage.
Zhang Ke’s assistant was caught, but did not give him away. Even so, Zhang Ke did not dare stay any longer; if he were caught, it would be troublesome, and he might be blacklisted and banned from entering Wudang.
With this episode resolved, Daoist Priest Qing Wei led everyone to the hall specially prepared for the feng shui exchange meeting.
Inside, they had not only prepared tea, but also Wudang’s special products, such as walnut spirit pastry, nine-steamed nine-sunned golden black sesame balls, Wudang pickled plums, and so on.
As soon as he entered the hall, Chen Han noticed that Daoist Priest Qing Wei was looking at him. Afraid this Daoist priest would pull him to sit in the main seat, he quickly found a spot on his own, sat down, and picked up a piece of walnut spirit pastry to eat.
Daoist Priest Qing Wei had indeed had that intention, but seeing this, he could only drop it, and then had people bring in Wudang’s related feng shui information, as well as topographical and geographic maps.
If they were going to discuss feng shui with Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit as the focus, these were indispensable.
One by one, the Daoist priests, including Chen Han, picked up these materials and began reading.
On the other side, Zhang Ke quickly left Wulong Palace and met the assistant who had been escorted out.
“Boss, what now? We have no way to go back in to stream,” the assistant said, feeling it was a pity. “Just now the number of viewers had exceeded fifty thousand.”
“Don’t worry. I heard some news that can blow up and shock the whole internet. Let’s go back and edit and record a video,” Zhang Ke said, pulling the assistant into the car.
Hurrying back to the studio, the first thing he did was find the footage from the earlier live stream, then edit together shots of Daoist Priest Chen in a purple robe and those purple-robed Daoist priests, making it into a video.
At the same time he recorded narration: “Everyone, look. With so many purple-robed Daoist priests gathered, they are doing something big. Everyone should have heard of the legend of Wudang Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit…”
Soon a video began spreading online at great speed and causing a sensation.
《Shocking! Purple-robed Daoist masters gather, intending to recreate a feng shui wonder!》
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