Chapter 212: And Just Like That, A Family Is Destroyed? Yet Another Cultivation Method!
（The accurate name of the Matchmaker God is the Old Man Under the Moon. The “Gong” in “Matchmaker God Gong” is an honorific. “Matchmaker God” is actually an informal form used by ordinary people for convenience. Besides, different places have different names, and some will respectfully add “Gong”. There is no need to get hung up on it.）
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Chen Xiang did not manage to book the Chen Clan Feng Shui Room, which he felt was a pity. After all, the Chen Clan Feng Shui Room had a big reputation, but there were simply too many people trying to book it.
Since he made the reservation at the last minute, he could only book a regular accommodation room in Shangyuan Village, and not even the best king-size bed room.
However, he had rushed over to handle a matter, so he did not care about that.
After completing the check-in procedures, he asked the waitress villager who had led the way, “May I have a chance to meet your boss, Ming Di?”
The waitress villager looked troubled upon hearing this. General Manager Lin usually did not meet tourists. Many tourists claimed they had business, but in fact they just wanted to take a photo with General Manager Lin, this internet celebrity.
Seeing that the other party did not agree, Chen Xiang smiled and took out 1,000 yuan in cash and handed it over. “Please, I have something important to discuss with him. I would be grateful if you could pass on the message.”
The waitress villager looked at the 1,000 yuan in hand and said, “I can help you ask General Manager Lin. As for whether he will see you or not, I do not know.”
“Alright, thank you.” Chen Xiang smiled and took out another 1,000 yuan to give to them.
Nothing more to it, he simply had money.
If a problem could be solved with money, then it was not a big problem. Giving the other party more would also make them more diligent.
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Ming Di was no longer living at the village chief’s house. With his cousin and Zhu Xueqin present, plus an assistant, they needed a bigger place.
So he had rented an entire vacant house in the village as an office.
This evening he had already finished setting up the live streaming equipment. He planned to host a group stream with Zhu Xueqin and his cousin, to promote his cousin.
After all, with the background of a retired special forces soldier, and with decent looks, having traffic would make it easier for him than for ordinary people to build a channel.
But before starting the stream, a villager working as a waiter came running over. “General Manager Lin, there is a tourist guest who wants to see you. To get me to pass on the message, he even gave me a 2,000 yuan tip!”
Ming Di was stunned at that. That was quite generous.
If this was not a real matter, then just based on the 2,000 yuan tip, even if the person only wanted him to shoot a video, he would let them. That would be a hardcore fan.
“Take me over to have a look!” Ming Di said.
The villager immediately led the way.
As soon as he stepped out of the house, he turned on his portable recording device and suddenly said, “Someone spent 2,000 spirit stones just to see me once. That feels off. Let’s go see. Maybe it is another fellow practitioner with ulterior motives!”
Xu Bin, acting as bodyguard, saw this and asked, “Cousin, how do you know there is something wrong with him?”
Ming Di shook his head. “I do not know. But it is better to be prepared, just in case. Good material is rare. If I record daily, there might be unexpected surprises.”
“Right.” Xu Bin nodded, feeling it made sense.
Ming Di soon met Chen Xiang. Chen Xiang immediately shook hands with him. “Mr. Ming Di, my name is Chen Xiang. Very glad to meet you.”
Ming Di went straight to the point. “Mr. Chen, since you spent 2,000 yuan as a tip, you must have something important.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiang did not hide anything and directly said, “I did come to Mr. Ming Di for something very important. I would like to ask you to introduce me to the Chen Family Head. I want to purchase the Chen Clan’s scar removal cream formula.”
“You can tell the Chen Family Head that the price will definitely satisfy the Chen Clan. And of course, Mr. Ming Di’s fee for his trouble will not be less than seven figures.”
Ming Di had not expected this to be his goal, and the other party seemed quite wealthy.
However, this kind of intermediary role was not easy. He would need to ask the Chen Family Head first.
Naturally, before asking, he wanted to confirm whether this person was a demonic cult rogue. If he was, then he was trying to use him to approach the Chen Family Head.
Would that not be asking for trouble?
So he also smiled and said, “Mr. Chen, I can help you visit the Chen Clan and call on the Chen Family Head tomorrow. But the Chen Family Head may not be free tomorrow morning. I can first show you around the Chen Clan.”
Once inside the Chen Clan, it would be obvious whether he was human or ghost.
Chen Xiang, unaware of what Ming Di was thinking, thanked him in satisfaction. “Thank you, Mr. Ming Di!”
He knew that for this kind of internet celebrity, some money would get things done and send them on errands.
“Mr. Chen, see you tomorrow then.” Ming Di said with a smile, then left the room. Only after going far did he look back at the room where Chen Xiang was staying.
Xu Bin frowned. “Cousin, this guy is clearly eyeing the Chen Clan’s scar removal cream. I wonder if he sincerely wants to negotiate with the Chen Family Head.”
“Once we take him for a walk around the Chen Clan tomorrow, we will know. If he has a guilty conscience, all the better,” Ming Di said, and immediately checked his portable shooting device.
If it could be used, this would be valuable material.
Thinking of that, he spoke to the lens. “There is something off about this guy. Watch me test him tomorrow. Those fellow practitioners are too stupid. I cannot let these idiots expose my identity and prevent me from rescuing the Dog Demon King brothers.”
Xu Bin laughed at that.
He had really discovered that his cousin suited this line of work. With that serious expression, he never even thought about whether the footage would be useful; he felt that just in case was worth it.
Anyone else would rather stage scenes than go to such trouble collecting and preparing material.
In his room, Chen Xiang received a call from his uncle.
As soon as it connected, his uncle asked, “Chen Xiang, how are things on your side? Chen Lin’s situation may be worse than we thought. Through our connections, the municipal bureau is going to issue a notice.”
The moment Chen Xiang arrived, his uncle called, which told him things were bad.
But he also reported good news. “Uncle, don’t worry. I have already found an intermediary channel here. Tomorrow I can meet the Chen Family Head of the Chen Clan. I believe as long as our price is high enough, they will sell the formula.”
“That is good,” Chen Shenfeng said, relieved, and promised, “Chen Lin is finished. As long as you bring back the formula, that position will be yours.”
“Thank you, Uncle.” After hanging up, Chen Xiang could not hide the joy on his face.
The era of the Xinghua Chen Clan and Liangmei Group belonging to him had arrived.
That night he was so excited he could barely sleep. When he got up the next day, he was still in high spirits, especially when he saw that Ming Di had come as promised to show him around the Chen Clan.
This proved the other party was greedy for money. A seven-figure fee, and he knew to provide attentive service.
When he saw Chen Xiang come down, Ming Di exchanged a look with his cousin, then went forward with a big smile. “Mr. Chen, I will take you around the Chen Clan. The scenery of the Chen Clan is quite nice.”
“Thank you, Mr. Ming Di.” Chen Xiang replied with a broad smile. He knew the other party was a money-minded internet celebrity, but since he still needed his help, he remained polite.
“Mr. Chen, please.” Smiling, Ming Di invited him along and led him out of Shangyuan Village.
Walking along, Chen Xiang sighed, “The air in this Chen Clan is nice. Breathing feels very smooth.”
Ming Di agreed. “Mr. Chen, not just the air, the scenery of the Chen Clan is also excellent.”
Chatting, they walked into the Chen Clan.
Once inside, seeing the ancient buildings and landscape around him, Chen Xiang could not help but praise. It was indeed beautiful and appealing.
While he was sighing in admiration, he suddenly felt he had stepped on something underfoot, slipped as if on something slick, and pitched forward.
Seeing this, both Ming Di and Xu Bin stared wide-eyed.
Damn.
They had only just entered the Chen Clan.
Fortunately they had decided to test this guy.
Chen Xiang crashed down and was stunned, his palms scraped and bleeding. He got up and angrily looked at the round pebble he had stepped on.
He was about to kick it in anger, but his foot stepped in his own blood, slipped again, and he fell backward.
This left both Ming Di and Xu Bin utterly dumbfounded.
In that instant, Ming Di pointed his portable shooting device at Chen Xiang. “How can there be such a foolish person in the demonic path? I will use you to gain further trust from the Chen Family Head.”
“???” Chen Xiang was completely confused.
He did not understand what had happened, then felt his head hit something, and he lost consciousness.
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At the special spiritual aperture, there was obvious rustling movement on the three old elm trees.
A figure could be seen darting among the branches.
Chen Han held a blade in his hand, cutting off old elm branches one by one, then storing them in the game warehouse.
These were to be shaved for bark to make red thread. As for a branch thick enough to serve as a cane for the Matchmaker God Statue, he had already selected a piece and stored it in the game warehouse.
Once he had prepared enough, he dropped down from the three old elm trees, ready to go back and make medicinal cuisine.
You Fu the three-ox and You Cai the doggy were still waiting below.
On You Fu’s head, a little white rabbit was looking around.
When Chen Han came down, You Fu voluntarily crouched by his feet, letting him climb on, then carried him back toward the Chen Clan.
By this time many tourists were moving about. Seeing this internet celebrity, they took out their phones to film.
The scene of the Chen Family Head riding an ox was one of the Chen Clan’s special sights.
Chen Han soon entered the Chen Clan, and a game prompt suddenly appeared in his mind.
【Congratulations, you have once again eliminated an attack from the demonic path Chen Clan, causing them to lose another heavenly prodigy and suffer heavy losses!】
“???” Chen Han was a bit confused. What had he done this time?
He had done nothing, yet somehow another heavenly prodigy of the demonic path Chen Clan was dealt with?
Just then he saw tourists gathered in the distance. He had You Fu walk over, and as he approached, he saw that guy Ming Di and his cousin.
In front of them lay an unconscious man, with three clusters of white light floating above his body.
This…
Chen Han was baffled. This guy was also from the demonic path Chen Clan?
Was this a joke?
His arrival also drew the tourists’ attention. They all looked at him.
Seeing him, Ming Di explained, “Brother, this guy passed out right after coming in.”
“Alright.” Chen Han nodded, knelt to make a show of examining him, and as he got up, he casually swept the three clusters of white light into the game warehouse, where he saw the remark information on the three items.
One piece was a primary spirit stone. After all, the previous demonic path Chen Clan prodigy had dropped something good.
The other two were actually another formula and a USB drive.
This pattern felt familiar.
He checked the formula’s remark information. It was called “Seven-Colored Youthful Complexion”, which could hydrate, deeply nourish, whiten, lighten spots, and more.
This was also one of Liangmei Medical’s flagship product formulas.
Seeing this, Chen Han knew it would be going online again. Once published, Liangmei would be in deep trouble. With two flagship formulas exposed, what advantage did they have left?
【Special Spirit Shadow Jade Slip: This comes from the Blood Demon Cult and records spirit shadow footage. Members of the Blood Demon Cult often use this to record targets they kill and claim rewards with it.
This Spirit Shadow Jade Slip was used by the demonic path Chen Clan prodigy Chen Xiang to record purchases of Liangmei products’ production materials, the false quality and substandard batches.
Products made with these materials would at best have no effect, and at worst cause hard-to-detect lesions in parts of the body, or even cancer!
It also records some of the Chen Clan’s violations, involving major consumer fraud, especially regarding their industrial chain operations with nightclubs.】
Reading this remark information, Chen Han really wanted to say, they truly lived up to being the demonic path Chen Clan.
Moreover, the evidence on this USB drive was enough to largely destroy Liangmei.
Previously, for the crimes of Chen Lin, Liangmei could claim it was his personal behavior and shirk responsibility. But this pointed directly at Liangmei.
He did not know why Chen Xiang had recorded these things, but once this fell into police hands, he could honestly say, “I had not even made a move yet, and you already collapsed.”
Just then, two tourism police ran over and asked what had happened.
As the person involved, Ming Di immediately explained.
Chen Han again pretended to check Chen Xiang’s condition and quietly placed the USB drive on him.
“Family Head Chen, is he alright?” one tourism police officer asked.
“He just fainted, nothing serious,” Chen Han said, then casually mounted You Fu and left.
The tourism police did not hesitate and had people from Demon Subduing Hall help carry the man. But suddenly one of them noticed a USB drive fall from the man.
He froze and immediately thought of how his captain had earned merit: it was because of a USB drive, and that case had been big. Apart from those involved, they had not been told much.
Seeing this USB drive now, he immediately had a guess.
Impossible, right?
How could someone carry criminal evidence around on them?
Unable to resist his curiosity, he told his companions, then went to get a tablet computer. His companion could hardly believe it and felt his heart pounding.
That should not be possible.
Yet he could not help feeling hopeful.
The tourism police officer did not hesitate. Back at their rest area, he plugged in the USB drive and checked the documents. After a short look, he suddenly shot to his feet.
They had gotten lucky like their captain and caught a big fish. The evidence in this USB drive was truly shocking.
He hurried out of the courtyard, went back over, and decisively took out handcuffs to cuff the unconscious man.
At this moment, Chen Xiang woke up and realized he was being handcuffed. Instinctively he demanded, “What are you doing?”
The tourism police officer sneered. “Please cooperate. From the USB drive you carried, I have already learned about Liangmei’s false-quality material procurement, the use of substandard materials, and your industrial chain operations with those nightclubs.”
As he spoke, he shook the USB drive.
Terror flashed across Chen Xiang’s face. He could not believe how such a thing was on him.
He immediately thought of Chen Lin’s situation. He had been taken down inexplicably too. He had guessed they had nailed solid evidence on him, but Chen Lin was not stupid, so how could he have carried evidence on him?
Now, seeing what was happening to himself, Chen Xiang realized there must be a mole. Definitely a mole.
Someone wanted Liangmei destroyed. Someone wanted them dead.
Thinking this, he shouted to those around, “There is a mole, damn it, there is a mole! They want us dead!”
He wanted to get the message back to let his uncle know. They could not be played like this.
This scene was captured by the surrounding tourists. Everyone could tell this was not simple. This was first-hand footage.
Many, after filming, immediately uploaded it online.
Only Ming Di stared wide-eyed, seeing nothing but surging popularity.
In Linhe County, Huang Xin had been very busy these past two days, working with Li Rui to interrogate Chen Lin. The facts were clear, and with support from police in other regions who had arrested several nurses who confessed, Chen Lin had basically admitted everything.
Because the crimes were severe and he might face the death penalty, he also spilled a lot about Liangmei, such as material issues and the industrial chain operations with nightclubs.
“It is just a pity these evidences require investigation, and we do not know how long approval will take,” Li Rui sighed.
Most importantly, once they submitted it, evidence collection would require cooperation from other regions, and most of the merit would be shared.
Just then Huang Xin’s phone rang. It was a subordinate from the Chen Clan’s side. He answered, and the report came through.
After listening, Huang Xin told Li Rui in disbelief, “The Chen Clan has caught another guy, also from Liangmei Chen Clan. He had a USB drive on him, containing evidence of Liangmei’s false materials and their industrial chain operations with nightclubs.”
“What?” Li Rui stared in disbelief.
This was like someone rushing to deliver evidence to them. And these people from Liangmei kept coming to the Chen Clan side one after another.
It felt like an invisible, terrifying force was at work.
Both men swallowed unconsciously, because they both thought of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation of the Chen Clan.
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When Chen Han returned to Uncle’s Kitchen, he first handled the medicinal cuisine and set it to stew. Then, seeing his junior sister coming to refine body tempering pills, he picked up his phone to check it.
There were many @ mentions in the Douyin backend.
He opened one. It was a video of a quarreling couple.
Title: 《“Didn’t you say we would go to the Chen Clan to verify our true love?”》
The video had a lot of likes and a trending tag, showing that the Chen Clan’s couple tour had gone viral online.
He opened the trending topic and, sure enough, there were lots of videos of couples quarreling, with heated discussion.
Chu Hao and his fiancée Lin Wanwan saw these videos.
“These people are really something,” Chu Hao said with a laugh. “Wearing couple outfits to the Chen Clan to show off their love. Show-offs never end well.”
“Look at this promotional video,” Lin Wanwan suddenly said, handing him a video.
It was a promotional video posted by the junior sister of the Chen Family Head. The Chen Clan was going to hold another consecration ceremony, this time to erect a Matchmaker God Statue.
“On the day of the Matchmaker God Statue consecration, the red thread binds fated ties at the perfect moment. We sincerely invite lovers to attend the Matchmaker God consecration ceremony. It will bring blessings and good fortune to your marriages. Couples who truly love each other and attend the ceremony will receive the Matchmaker God’s blessing!”
Chu Hao could not help laughing. “People said before that if what the Chen Clan was doing was real, they should set up a Matchmaker God Statue. It would be popular for sure. I did not expect they would actually do it.”
“But with the current situation, with so many couples showing off their love and then ending up at each other’s throats, are we sure this is for blessing marriages and not sending them off?”
As he said this, he suddenly noticed his fiancée staring straight at him, which made him frown. “Why are you staring at me like that?”
Smiling sweetly, Lin Wanwan said, “The Chen Clan Matchmaker God consecration ceremony. Dare to bet on it? If we win, we get the marriage certificate. If we lose, we talk later…”
“Who is afraid of who?” Chu Hao immediately agreed. He happened to need to go to the Chen Clan to trade for new premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea as well.
Thinking that, he continued scrolling videos and suddenly came across a shocking one. It showed a tourist being handcuffed by tourism police, shouting, “There is a mole!”
At Liangmei Medical headquarters, early in the morning, Chen Shenfeng went to his office and called Chen Xiang. He had already heard that several nurses they had taken in had confessed, and the situation was very bad.
He was prepared for a shutdown and rectification. By the time they reopened, the tightening needle market would have been taken by others, and the formula exposed.
So he planned to rely on the scar removal cream from the Linhe County Chen Clan to turn things around.
But that morning, Chen Xiang’s phone would not connect. After several attempts with no answer, he felt something was wrong.
Just then his secretary rushed in. “Boss, bad news. Our company’s Seven-Colored Youthful Complexion formula has also been exposed online.”
She handed him a video. He watched it. The formula was indeed one of Liangmei Hospital’s flagship products.
“Damn it, what is going on?” His face changed drastically. They still had not figured out how the first formula was exposed, and now another one was out.
At that moment, a young man came running in. “Dad, you sent Chen Xiang to Linhai City. He has been arrested there.”
He handed over another video.
In it, Chen Shenfeng saw Chen Xiang being handcuffed, and heard the key words from the police officer: “Please cooperate. From the USB drive you carried, I have already learned about Liangmei’s false-quality material procurement, the use of substandard materials, and your industrial chain operations with those nightclubs.”
Those words made his eyes go wide as he felt utterly drained. Why was this kind of evidence on Chen Xiang, and how had it ended up in the hands of the police there?
Was Chen Xiang a fool? Putting evidence on a USB drive and carrying it to turn himself in?
But he was sure Chen Xiang was not stupid. He immediately thought of Chen Lin, who had also been arrested as soon as he arrived, as if it had been set up.
“There is a mole, damn it, there is a mole!”
Chen Xiang’s shout played in the video, making Chen Shenfeng’s expression instantly turn ugly. He knew this was Chen Xiang trying to warn him.
He had suspected there was a mole before but had never found who it was. The investigation had found nothing.
Now that Chen Xiang was sending that warning, it meant Liangmei really had a mole, and that person meant to destroy them.
The key point was that they had been caught. With such evidence, plus the confessions of core members Chen Lin and Chen Xiang as proof…
Chen Shenfeng slumped into his chair. “If that evidence is real, our Chen Clan is in big trouble. This time we will be badly hurt. As I expected, people will soon come to take me in for investigation. Whether I come out again is uncertain.”
“Dad, what do we do?” the young man immediately asked.
Chen Shenfeng’s eyes turned vicious. “The mole must already be inside Liangmei’s upper ranks. I don’t know how they got in or who they are, but to strike this hard, they must have deep hatred.”
“Go investigate everyone connected to those we have killed since Liangmei was founded, and the friend circles of patients involved in medical accidents. Do not let anyone slide. Find them and make them pay.”
The last words were squeezed out between his teeth, showing his fury.
He had already planned how to use the Linhe County Chen Clan’s scar removal cream to make Liangmei soar, but now their splendid tower had been brought crashing down by a mole.
Just as he had guessed, by the afternoon the police arrived to invite him to cooperate with the investigation.
He was deeply unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. He and Liangmei had been living too comfortably and had failed to notice the danger approaching, perfectly falling into a trap.
He could now only hope his son would do everything to find the mole and get rid of them.
As Chen Shenfeng was put into the police car, Chen Han was right then whittling an old elm branch when a game prompt suddenly appeared in his mind.
【Because the demonic path Chen Clan’s last two sneak attacks had both failed, costing them two heavenly prodigies and many elite members, they began to suspect they had a mole in their clan.
They did not consider that they were simply too incompetent, but believed a mole had betrayed them. So they decided to first find and eliminate the mole.
The demonic path Chen Clan members retreated back to the Blood Demon Cult’s Xinghua region, and their search for the mole even caused internal strife.
Congratulations. You led your family and the allied rogue cultivators to defeat the demonic path Chen Clan and obtained a large amount of spoils. While family members were tallying the loot, a jade slip caught your attention!】
【Congratulations, you have obtained a special jade slip: Chen Clan disciple general basic qi cultivation method.】
“???” Chen Han was really confused. A clan civil war task had somehow been completed.
He had not even made a move, and the demonic path Chen Clan had lost.
It was the easiest task he had ever completed.
And importantly, this was the 《Chen Clan disciple general basic qi cultivation method》.
He immediately checked the remark information.
【《Chen Clan disciple general basic qi cultivation method》: This is a general basic cultivation method for new disciples of the Xinghua Chen Clan. It can be cultivated by both demonic path and righteous path.
Although it is far inferior to the basic qi cultivation methods of major sects, for a family head, it is sufficient as basic qi cultivation for new disciples.】
This was another cultivation method, specifically for the Chen Clan to give disciples as basic training.
So in reality, this Chen Clan could be the Linhe County Chen Clan.
He had previously hesitated over whether to teach his junior sister the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture basic qi cultivation method》. Now, with this weaker one, there was no need to struggle. He could teach this 《Chen Clan disciple general basic qi cultivation method》 to his junior sister and his uncle.
They could both count as his guardians.
