Chapter 161: Passing Down The Method! An Unexpected Thing Explodes Onto The Scene!
The morning at this season, when the sun has just risen, is still very refreshing.
After a high quality sleep, waking up on such a morning makes people feel even more comfortable.
Chu Ping got up early, stretched lazily with great contentment, and only felt clear-headed and refreshed, with disbelief all over his face.
He had not had such good sleep quality for a long time.
He had also never felt this good upon getting out of bed.
After washing up and leaving the room, he saw his wife making breakfast in the kitchen, and he took out his mobile phone to check the news online.
This was also his habit. After all, in his position, news could let him understand many things, and some successful and attractive places elsewhere might provide references.
Looking through the morning news, he found reports about the Chen Clan again. First was that video from last night of the Chen Family Head riding a sword, which had gained a lot of data.
Next was that the Chen Clan National Style Event had officially begun its warm-up. National style internet celebrity guests had already arrived at the Chen Clan. The Chen Clan’s account had uploaded videos of the guests, and many tourists had also uploaded videos of the guest internet celebrities.
Especially that internet celebrity called Lobster. When tourists filmed, she would cooperate by striking poses, with very good effect. Many people filmed her, which brought data, and popularity naturally rose.
This was a good thing.
If the Chen Clan National Style Event was done well, it could bring benefits to many aspects of Linhai County. Not to mention the taxi drivers going back and forth, this alone could create income for many people.
Then there was accommodation. So many people could not be fully arranged just with Chen Clan accommodation or Shangyuan Village bed and breakfasts. The county’s hotels and guesthouses would be driven as well.
These people staying overnight needed food and drink, right? That could further drive the county’s catering.
There were many aspects of this influence.
Most crucially, on the culture and tourism side, Chen Kai had already made a plan, which was to give away tickets to county scenic spots for free at that time, such as that section of city wall the county had fabricated as the place where the Chen Clan helped the county resist chaotic troops.
The county had already had it built and carved the related story on it.
The promotion said that here people could see the glorious years when the Chen Clan helped defend the county town. The county had even invited a novelist named Guo to create a story about a Chen Clan Member being brave and fearless, using strategy to resist the chaotic army.
So, all these people attracted by the Chen Clan would receive free tickets. Would they not go take a look? Would they not want to observe those glorious years of the Chen Clan outside?
The “since we are already here” mentality is sometimes the greatest driving force.
“You are up?” His wife brought out congee and side dishes, looking at him in great surprise.
She could naturally see her husband’s condition. Obviously he had slept very well, and she immediately thought of the miraculous Calming Talisman he had.
She was also thinking of finding time to ask for such a Calming Talisman.
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At the Chen Clan, as the sun rose, the tourists also gradually woke up and began moving about within the Chen Clan.
The Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex, whether the places where Chen Clan Members lived, or the great halls, the tourist service center, and various functional buildings, all maintained their original, simple and unadorned style, without any trace of new construction or patching.
It could truly immerse people in this historical foundation and let them feel the striking beauty of ancient buildings.
Especially those watchtowers, arrow towers, and some battle relics, all seemed to be telling the tourists about battles in those chaotic times.
At the Three Old Elm Trees, when Chen Han finished cultivating and opened his eyes, his uncle and the others had already left and returned to the Chen Clan.
He looked up at the Three Old Elm Trees above. The dense, crystal-clear drops were dew infused with spiritual energy, produced by the spiritual energy rinse.
Without hesitation, he once more leapt onto the top of the pavilion to borrow strength, then leapt again. With his current strength and the lightness +2 attribute, he easily reached one of the Old Elm Trees and started collecting this dew.
He already held a very small bottle in his hand for the dew.
Today he could collect more. After drawing 30 Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talismans, he could store the bottle and the dew inside it into the game warehouse, to see how long this rootless water could be preserved.
After collecting the dew, he came down from the tree and took this rootless water to see his aunt-grandmother at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
As soon as he entered the great hall, he saw that early in the morning his aunt-grandmother was holding a talisman brush and drawing something. When he went forward to look, they were all Calming Talismans, with discarded wasted talismans beside her.
He understood that his aunt-grandmother was trying to replicate the Calming Talisman.
Moreover, judging from those talisman runes, she was drawing them very perfectly. This also showed her ability.
It was just a pity that without rootless water, these Calming Talismans could not be blessed.
“Patriarch!” His aunt-grandmother saw him come in, hurried to greet him, and then said awkwardly, “I let you see a joke. I originally wanted to try drawing this Calming Talisman, but not a single one succeeded.”
Chen Han smiled and said, “Aunt-grandmother, you are missing one thing, so of course you cannot succeed. Go prepare another set of materials for drawing talismans.”
Hearing this, she did not hesitate at all and very eagerly went into the side hall to prepare a new set of talisman drawing tools. She brought them out again. “Patriarch, it is ready.”
Chen Han nodded and picked up the cinnabar inkstone and cinnabar. He dripped the dew he had just collected into it to mix, turning the cinnabar into a thick paste.
His aunt-grandmother instinctively watched that small bottle, understanding that this should be the key to drawing the Calming Talismans.
After Chen Han finished adjusting the cinnabar, he said to her, “Aunt-grandmother, now try again.”
Her face full of curiosity, she immediately picked up the talisman brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and began drawing again.
From last night to today, she had already drawn many failed Calming Talismans. She was already very practiced. Her strokes were smooth, and soon a brand new Calming Talisman was completed.
When she finished closing the loop of the runes, the color of the cinnabar on the runes suddenly became brighter.
This made an expression of surprise appear on her face.
Yesterday when she tried drawing those Calming Talismans, she had felt that the runes she drew were somewhat different from the one the Patriarch had taken out.
Now she saw that the color was different.
The drawing had succeeded, and the key point was that after the talisman was completed, the color of the cinnabar became so bright. This was absolutely incredible to her.
She had served in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall for more than 40 years and was well-informed about talisman drawing. In the past, there had been passing Daoists lodging at the Chen Clan who would draw and gift talismans, but she had never seen such a miraculous scene.
She did not waste time and continued to draw. Several Calming Talismans in a row. Once the loops were successfully closed, the cinnabar patterns on each talisman would become brighter.
After that, she immediately placed those Calming Talismans on the altar and piously recited the Peace Chanting Spell three times.
This time, when she looked at these Calming Talismans again, she indeed saw that the runes on them had turned purple. They had been blessed.
She could not help speaking out, “It succeeded, Patriarch. When I drew them before, the runes were obviously the same. Is it because of the water you brought?”
Chen Han nodded and explained, “To let the talismans be blessed by the Heavenly Lord, you need to use rootless water to draw the runes so they can bear divine power. Rootless water is dew or rainwater that has not touched the ground.”
“So that is how it is.” His aunt-grandmother reacted in surprise.
She had read Daoist books about this before, but for a while had not recalled it, or rather had not thought of this aspect at all.
After all, she had been drawing talismans this way for more than 40 years.
Afterward, with a very pious expression, she said to Chen Han, “Thank you, Patriarch, for passing on the method. After hall wardens are recruited for the great hall, I will have people collect dew every day.”
Chen Han nodded. Naturally this kind of thing could not be done by himself. Since he had passed on the method to his aunt-grandmother, she should make the arrangements and handle it.
After understanding the reason, his aunt-grandmother, full of motivation again, began drawing Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talismans, obviously wanting to complete and bless all 30 Calming Talismans for today.
Seeing this, Chen Han poured out enough dew to mix the cinnabar, then stored that small bottle together with the remaining dew into the warehouse to see how long this rootless water could be preserved in the bottle.
After all, the game system had said that special containers could preserve rootless water for a long time. It had to be tested to know.
Leaving the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, Chen Han went to the spirit field to check the condition of the rapeseed seeds. Under the watering of Spirit Plant Dew through the night, he could already see a long section of seedlings growing out.
With the attributes of Spirit Plant Dew, plus the rapeseed flower’s inherent growth speed +1, the growth speed was incredibly fast.
This was just as Chen Han had expected. In just over ten days, they would definitely obtain a new batch of seeds. By then, the number of seeds might be enough to plant all the land in the vicinity of the Chen Clan.
As he was about to leave the spirit field, he saw that many bees were already collecting nectar from the peach blossoms on the peach trees.
These bees flew off in the direction of the family’s beekeeping area, which showed that those Giant Demonic Bees, once taken into the family, had already started normal operations.
He did not know whether the Thief Demon Bees would invade today. Almost as he was thinking this, a game prompt appeared:
【A sky-covering swarm of bees has appeared once again. They are the returning Thief Demon Bees. These idlers who only know how to loot are clearly still unwilling to give up. Please dispatch the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese to support as soon as possible!】
Chen Han really wanted to sigh that these Thief Bees were quite courteous, coming just as he thought of them.
Almost at the same time, a call from Uncle Dagou came in. “Xiao Han, those Thief Bees are here again. Hurry and bring those Lion Head Geese over.”
After hanging up, Chen Han naturally went to the Spirit Beast Hall at once. Using the Beast Taming Flute, he brought out those Lion Head Geese and headed to the beekeeping area.
Along the way, they attracted the attention of tourists all around. One after another, they happily took out their mobile phones to film.
The Chen Family Head commanding a Lion Head Goose flock to go on an expedition was a famous scene long circulated in the Chen Clan. Whether one could see it depended on luck.
Now that they saw it, it was naturally their good fortune.
“Chen Family Head, look this way.” A familiar girl’s voice sounded.
While playing the flute, Chen Han looked over and saw that the Lobster girl was filming him with her mobile phone. Next to Lobster was another girl in Hanfu, very beautiful and very familiar. She seemed to be the Crooked Mouth Dragon King.
She was obviously also one of the guests of this Chen Clan National Style Event.
Seeing the two girls filming, Chen Han directly changed the musical notes, having the Lion Head Geese form a formation, arranging themselves into an Eight Trigrams formation for the two girls to film.
After all, social niceties were necessary.
This not only surprised the two girls, but also filled the surrounding tourists with disbelief.
“Really, they are forming a formation.”
“So impressive. That Professor Wu said before that we should believe in science. Is this really the result of scientific training?”
“If Professor Wu can train a group of Lion Head Geese like this, then I will believe him.”
“…”
After cooperating with them to film the video, Chen Han led the Lion Head Geese to the beekeeping site.
Sure enough, the Thief Demon Bees and Giant Demonic Bees were once again fiercely clashing. Power from the battle was raging, sand and stones were flying everywhere, and it was extremely brutal.
Chen Han controlled the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Goose flock to join the battle. In an instant, the Giant Demonic Bees seemed to have a tacit understanding, quickly retreating back into the bee boxes and giving the battlefield to the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese.
After that, it became a one-sided massacre.
The Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese were the Chen Clan’s earliest batch of mountain-guarding spirit beasts. Under the Chen Clan’s cultivation, every one of them was strong and rich in battle experience.
These invading Thief Demon Bees were no match at all, leaving the ground covered with corpses and echoing with wretched, mournful cries, before finally fleeing in panic.
What made Chen Han feel regretful was that this time, from the Thief Demon Bees’ invasion, only one cluster of light appeared, meaning only one item dropped.
This was a bit disappointing. Had the drop rate decreased?
But when he went forward to pick up that ball of white light and clearly saw what was inside, he froze.
It was a blood-colored bee, with a trace of ferocity on its face.
He was even more surprised when he stored it in the warehouse and saw the remark information. The effect was really somewhat in the direction of rules, and he had somewhat misunderstood.
No wonder in that old adaptation of the Shu Shan series, several righteous path big shots had all fallen to this tiny thing.
