Chapter 171: The Chen Family Head’s Words Can’t Be Trusted Anymore!
The Daoist sect has always emphasized offerings, referring to a series of acts of devotion by Daoist believers or followers to express respect and piety toward deities and patriarchs, and to support Daoist temples and practitioners in their cultivation.
These include contributions of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.
Common examples are donating funds to repair temples, sponsoring the printing of virtuous books, hosting vegetarian feasts for the public, as well as contributing labor through volunteer service at Daoist temples.
In terms of material resources, it mainly refers to offering items to the deities. In daily practice there are the “five offerings”: incense, flowers, lamps, water, and fruits. On major festivals or celebrations, these become the “ten offerings”, adding tea, food, treasures, pearls, and clothing on the basis of the five offerings.
There is also the offering of various Daoist items or related auspicious objects.
For example, Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree are related items and auspicious objects.
Financial contributions are simpler and need little explanation.
Moreover, there are believers who, having received the favor of a certain Daoist priest or admiring a certain Daoist priest’s Daoist arts, will make separate monthly offerings to that priest to seek good fortune.
In ancient times, such offerings were even more common.
For instance, the famous richest man of the Ming dynasty, Shen Wansan, made offerings to Zhang Sanfeng, so people believed he received good fortune from Daoist Master San Feng and thus became the richest man.
So at that time, making offerings to Wudang and to Daoist Master San Feng was very popular.
To put it in realistic terms, it is like what is written in Old Master Jin’s novels: when a family that made offerings to Daoist Master San Feng was massacred, the Seven Heroes of Wudang went directly to exterminate the perpetrators.
Now, the blessing task triggered by the game system is that as long as someone on the Chen Clan’s side offers Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree, it counts as completing the Heart Reaches, Fortune Arrives task, and then the believers who provided wish power will gain even more good fortune under that Great Dao Law of punishment?
Simply put, once this task is completed, when using the same lottery mini program, the tourists who provided wish power will have a higher chance of winning.
In that case, it is truly reasonable and truly fair.
After all, the tourists who put forth wish power are themselves more pious and naturally qualified to receive extra good fortune. It is impossible for their good fortune to be the same as other tourists.
It is just that the game system treats this lottery mini program as the Great Dao Law. If one day the mini program crashes, does that mean the Great Dao is annihilated?
The more he thought about it, the less he could hold it together.
But what method is there?
Because of a traversal bug with the game system, under normal circumstances he should now be in the Shu Shan Game World.
This Great Dao Law should then be the real Great Dao Law, and it feels like he could completely take off in the game world this time.
But there is no way. In reality he can only honestly manage this lottery mini program well and handle the offerings related to Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree properly.
After all, he is still counting on the Heart Reaches, Fortune Arrives blessing to perfect the lottery mini program, so that in the future, most of the winners will be relatively pious people. That would be of great benefit to the Chen Clan, both in terms of reputation and actual interests.
Next, Chen Han also recalled some information within the Daoist sect regarding the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree.
The two woods should be peach wood and catalpa wood.
Peach wood in the Daoist sect has the function of warding off evil and averting disasters and is often used to make magical artifacts.
Catalpa wood is regarded as an auspicious wood used in building temples and similar structures, such as making wooden fish, sacred cups, offering tables, offering cases, and so on.
It is just that wooden fish have now been tainted, so the Daoist sect has basically abandoned their use.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Daoist field or related ritual activities often make use of these two kinds of wood.
There are many types of incense in the Daoist sect, associated with many legends.
The ones related to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation should be Incense of True Descent and sandalwood.
Incense of True Descent is believed to have the effects of communicating with spirits and warding off evil. In many old movies, this is the incense used for catching zombies and ghosts; once lit, it can keep ghosts and monsters away, so it is associated with demon subjugation.
This fits one of the functions of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
Sandalwood has a fragrant scent that can create a solemn and sacred atmosphere and is often used in various rituals of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
As for the one tree, it should be the Qionghua Tree.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation once reincarnated through the Qionghua Tree as a crown prince of a certain kingdom and, after experiencing tribulations, attained the Dao and was enshrined as a deity. Therefore the Qionghua Tree has a close connection with the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
So now, as long as there are people making offerings of peach wood, catalpa wood, Incense of True Descent, sandalwood, and the Qionghua Tree, the Heart Reaches, Fortune Arrives blessing task will be completed.
The problem is how to get others to offer these things. Even for someone as wealthy as Mr. Liu, if he spoke up, the other party would certainly do it, but seeking them out proactively would seem too money-minded.
So even for offerings, others have to take the initiative. Only then does it have style.
Nearby.
His junior sister and Xiao Mi were already using their mobile phones to add the lottery mini program he had set up and began actually operating it.
The two studied it very carefully. After all, they had truly put a lot of effort into this national style event.
Only after confirming there was no problem did his junior sister say, “Senior brother, this mini program you set up is fine. Then Xiao Mi Jie and I will post the promotional video.”
Saying that, she took Xiao Mi with her and left the kitchen.
At this time, the medicinal fragrance of the medicinal cuisine had begun to spread, stirring appetites.
Chen Han took out his phone to scroll through some videos, check the news online, and, in passing, see the Chen Clan’s popularity.
But as soon as he opened Douyin, the first video that popped up left him dumbfounded:
《Because I am very traditional, I lived with my ex-boyfriend for 8 years. I am very kind, so for blind dates I only ask for a bride price of 10 million!》
This was a sliced video from a matchmaking show, where a woman publicly demanded a 10-million bride price in front of countless people.
Chen Han wondered if there was something wrong with his account. Yesterday it pushed him a “fairy” who thought her husband, who brought home 50,000 to 60,000, was unworthy and wanted a divorce.
Today it pushed another “very kind” fairy who felt she deserved a 10-million bride price.
Chen Han really wanted to curse.
Could it be because he was too much of an agitator, so it was pushing this kind of video to disgust him?
Or were some factions fanning the flames, trying to deliberately create division and damage the social atmosphere?
As he was thinking, a game prompt appeared:
【Lately, the demonic forces have indeed been growing more and more prosperous. According to information transmitted back via the Spirit Shadow Mirror by various righteous people, while the Blood Demon was recovering from injuries, it drew an invasion of Outer Realm Demonic Path factions.
These Outer Realm Demonic Path factions may not be very strong in terms of strength, but they seem to have great powers of seduction. Through this seductive power they seem to influence many people, making them fall into fantasies.
Some people are clearly very ordinary, yet inexplicably imagine themselves as the number one beauty in the world who wants to enter the imperial palace and become empress. Such delusions will cause chaos in human order and allow demonic energy to grow faster.
The Shushan Immortal Alliance is somewhat worried about this wave of Outer Realm Demonic Path forces…】
“…” Chen Han stared at this sudden game prompt, confused.
Could there really be a hidden hand behind all this?
But he was powerless to do anything about it. After all, he was only the patriarch of a small family. Even the Shushan Immortal Alliance was worried and still could not come up with a solution.
Such Outer Domain demonic power was not something to engage with. He hurriedly clicked “not interested” and then went to check videos about the Chen Clan.
There really was one Chen Clan video that was extremely lively.
It was about the boy who triggered the Minor Punishment as a Warning yesterday, filmed and uploaded by a tourist.
Title: 《The Chen Family Head said that was only a public service advertisement promoting kindness and also said we must believe in science. What do you think?》
The video began with a girl’s voice: “I first followed the Chen Clan because of Xiao Mi, because I really like how she looks in hanfu. It was also because she promoted the national style event at the Chen Clan that I decided to visit, since it just happened to be my annual leave, and I even booked a week in a Feng Shui Room!”
“Let me first say, the Chen Clan Feng Shui Room is really comfortable to stay in, and this video is about the miraculous thing I encountered at the Chen Clan last night.”
“My best friend and I were originally strolling around the Chen Clan’s ancient buildings when we were suddenly drawn by a little boy crying noisily. We went over to take a look and learned that a bird had dropped poop into the little boy’s mouth.”
“This was really…”
“But what happened next gave me the creeps. The boy’s mother gave him water to rinse his mouth, but he was so unlucky he choked directly and swallowed it together with the bird poop.”
“And then, because she took out her anger on the waitress and wanted to kick her, she actually stumbled and fell to the ground herself and cried loudly.”
“The kid seemed unlucky to the extreme, but then I suddenly remembered something: the Chen Family Head had posted a video saying that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation had bestowed an immortal artifact that enveloped the Chen Clan, and anyone committing evil or committing evil at the Chen Clan would be punished.”
“With this kid so unlucky, I could not help letting my imagination run wild. The key was, at this moment the Chen Family Head appeared and directly pointed out that evildoers could not come to the Chen Clan.”
“He was implying that the little boy had done evil. Below is the original statement from the Chen Family Head…”
Chen Han saw that in the video she had edited together what he had said yesterday to the little boy’s mother.
Then came the girl’s voice of astonishment: “At the time, the child’s mother got angry and said she would sue the Chen Family Head for slander. But in the next moment she was slapped in the face by her own child, who directly confessed…”
Right after that came the boy’s arrogant self-confession in the video.
He really was an arrogant child.
The girl’s voice sounded again: “After seeing this, what do you all think? The Chen Family Head just happened to post that video, there just happened to be a child who did evil, and that child just happened to be so unlucky at the Chen Clan, and in the end mother and son even got another poop delivery from a bird.”
“I cannot help but suspect that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s punishment is to make these people become unlucky once they enter the Chen Clan…”
At the end of the video, the girl sighed again: “If this is a coincidence, then it really is too much of a coincidence. But the Chen Family Head told me, ‘Miss, believe in science. That is just a public service video promoting kindness.’ What do you think about that?”
Chen Han understood that this video had been shot by that beauty who questioned him last night.
He opened the comment section and, seeing the top liked comment, could not help laughing: “What else is there to think? The Chen Family Head called you ‘miss’, so you must be a beauty!”
He could imagine that when the girl saw this comment, the corners of her mouth must have been grinning, harder to control than an AK.
“Damn, when I saw that previous video from the Chen Family Head, I just treated it as an abstract video, but now it seems a bit unusual…”
“If… I say if, this is not a coincidence, then…”
“It should be a coincidence, right? The Chen Family Head himself said to believe in science （dog head for safety）!”
“In that previous video, weren’t there many brothers who wanted to test the law with their own bodies? Hurry up and verify it…”
“…”
Looking at the video comments, Chen Han could see that many people were already astonished and had begun to associate it with the videos he had posted before.
If a few more people came to test it with their own bodies later, then even if he kept saying “believe in science” and that it was just a public service video promoting kindness, no one would believe him anymore.
However, his stance would always be: believe in science.
Several national style girls also saw this video.
While they were watching together, they subconsciously glanced at Lobster, since she had already tested it herself.
Seeing this video now only made them more certain.
This was already the third example.
The Chen Clan really had some kind of mysterious power.
At the Chen Clan tourism police station, after finishing his patrol and resting, Huang Xin saw this video and immediately stood up.
He had witnessed many mysterious phenomena at the Chen Clan and knew that certain things truly existed there.
If they kept an eye on those unlucky people…
In Shangyuan Village.
Ming Di was now most focused on videos related to the Chen Clan, since some of them could be used to piggyback on popularity as soon as possible.
This was also his way of survival as a demonic cult rogue.
But for this “doing bad things at the Chen Clan makes you unlucky” video, he had no way to ride the heat. Was he supposed to personally go to the Chen Clan to do bad things to test it with his own body?
That would damage his character.
In the video plots he was a demonic cult rogue who did all kinds of evil, but real life and videos sometimes had to be separate.
The key was that he believed the Chen Clan had mysterious powers. If he knew and still deliberately went to do it, would that not be courting death?
However, he suddenly thought of something and subconsciously looked at a house in the village where the tourist who had fallen badly and bought iodine lived.
If that person had fallen that badly at the Chen Clan, with his phone smashed and his elbow bleeding so much…
Then he must have done something bad.
If so, maybe this incident’s popularity could be used. Thinking of this, he immediately took out his phone and opened Weixin…
At this moment.
In Shangyuan Village, a man with bandages on his hand, holding an old phone, was also watching this video, with another phone with a shattered screen lying beside him.
Seeing the video’s stats climbing, he smiled in satisfaction. Judging from the comment section, many people obviously believed in that special power of the Chen Clan.
It was not a waste of all those stealthy DOU+ boosts he had bought. As long as there were a few more incidents like this, the message that doing bad things at the Chen Clan would bring misfortune would spread.
Then things would be good…
…
In the kitchen.
After scrolling videos for a while, Chen Han went to the spirit field to check on the rapeseed flowers. The blossoms were already very dense, releasing the distinctive fragrance of rapeseed flowers.
Normally, the flowering period of rapeseed flowers is 20 to 30 days. These special rapeseed seeds given by the Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy have a growth speed +1 attribute, so the flowering period is shorter, only half as long.
The main thing is the harvest of rapeseed, since both yield +1 and oil content +
Because of growth speed +1, rapeseed can be planted twice a year. From a tourism perspective, the total flowering period is the same, just split into two.
He then checked the medicinal herbs being cultivated. Many petals had already fallen, meaning the flowering period was over, so he could continue watering them with Spirit Plant Dew to help them grow quickly.
After strolling around the Chen Clan, he went back to Uncle’s Kitchen to add water.
When he finished, he had his uncle send the wine jars for soaking spirits, as well as some medicinal herbs, to his courtyard.
The bones of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse could be used to brew wine and naturally could not be wasted.
It was just that the bones were small, so he could only brew small jars.
However, based on past experience, the Dog Demon King would continue offering Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse meat to him, so there would be more bones for brewing.
After this, the amount of bone wine should not be small.
He had already brewed medicinal wine twice, so he was very familiar with the process. Soon, a small jar of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine was prepared and sealed.
Finally, he stored this small jar of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine in the warehouse and saw the remark information:
【Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine: This is bone wine brewed from the bones of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse that lives in the Thunder Bamboo Forest. After a period of fermentation, the bone wine will have a special effect: with long-term consumption, leg muscle groups +2!】
Clearly this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Rat Bone Wine would not be ready immediately; it required time.
His mobile phone ringtone sounded. It was Mr. Liu calling. After hearing what was said on the phone, he could not help but feel some emotion at how fast this man moved.
After hanging up, he left the Chen Clan and met Mr. Liu, who was accompanied by many people. Chen Kai, the culture and tourism leader, was an old acquaintance, as was Section Chief Ma.
There were also a dozen other middle-aged men, who all acted obsequious and flattering toward Mr. Liu and Chen Kai.
“Chen Family Head!” Mr. Liu came forward with a big smile when he saw him.
Chen Kai followed closely. “Chen Family Head, we meet again.”
“Mr. Liu, Director Chen.” Chen Han greeted them with a smile. Just then, a sudden shrill siren sounded, and several police cars raced into Shangyuan Village.
Clearly something had happened.
The surrounding tourists noticed this too, and many ran over to have a look. Soon, quite a few tourists showed looks of surprise.
Could it really be like what the video said?
