Chapter 152: Ming Di: I’m On A Date With A Dog Demon! What Is Going On?
You came at just the right time?
Xiao Mi was stunned when she heard this. What kind of thing was that to say?
Chen Han hurried forward, pulled her over, and handed the scar removal cream to her. “Xiao Yu wants to test this scar removal cream. You came at the right time, help her apply it.”
He did not forget to point out the location of Xiao Yu’s scar to her.
Only then did Xiao Mi understand what was going on, but she still stared straight at Chen Han.
If she had not come, would he have personally helped Xiao Yu apply it?
“Xiao Mi Jie, did you come to find senior brother to rehearse the program?” Xiao Yu saw the new hanfu she was wearing and asked.
“Mm. To rehearse.” Xiao Mi nodded.
At the national style event, she was going to dance, and Chen Han would play the flute for her. Now, Chen Han still had not decided which piece to play.
As she spoke, she started applying the cream to Xiao Yu’s wound.
Within moments, Xiao Yu felt that icy cool and slightly numb itch of the effect, which meant the scar was healing.
She could not help saying to Xiao Mi, “Xiao Mi Jie, let me tell you, this scar removal cream is too effective. The scar on my butt will be almost gone in about two days. At that time, let senior brother make some to use as benefits for the national style event.”
This made Xiao Mi’s eyes light up.
If it really worked that well, girls with scars anywhere on their bodies would not be able to resist the temptation of this stuff.
Just then, Xiao Yu’s mobile phone ringtone sounded. She answered, and they heard her say into the phone, “The installation technician has arrived, right? I will come over now.”
After hanging up, she said, “Senior brother, before there were scalpers exploiting loopholes. After Captain Huang’s side dealt with them, they discussed with our Chen Clan, and we are going to upgrade the check-in system. I will go handle it first.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded.
He had also used the Joyous Union True Word Technique on that scalper once, making him honestly confess everything.
And that scalper was unlucky too, just made a move and was caught by Captain Huang and his people.
In an instant, there were only Chen Han and Xiao Mi left in the courtyard.
Xiao Mi looked at him with a half-smile. “If I had not come, would you have personally helped Xiao Yu apply the cream?”
Chen Han coughed and hurriedly changed the subject. “Xiao Mi, let’s talk about the performance. After all, this is our first time cooperating on a performance. We cannot just muddle through it.”
Xiao Mi did not press him. She said, “This time I will dance, and you play the flute. If you can play a new piece, that would be best. If not, one of the three from the Legend of Sword and Fairy will do. Once you decide on the piece, I will decide what dance to perform.”
“Mm, wait.” Chen Han understood what she meant. After saying that, he deliberately walked into the hall, went to the warehouse, and took out the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute that had dropped from that demonic cult rogue Ming Di.
This flute recorded four immortal melodies. Playing any of the four gave a Dream Immortal +2 attribute, as if it had the effect of hypnosis and illusion.
Listening to this music made one feel like becoming a person within the music. Hearing Legend of Sword and Fairy made one feel like they were about to ride a sword and fly away.
Chen Han came out and began to play Desolation.
The moving musical notes floated out from the flute, captivating anyone who heard them.
As one of the national style goddesses, Xiao Mi had come into contact with a lot of national style music. This Desolation was one of them.
Moreover, she had previously filmed a dance video for this song.
The dance for Desolation had previously been a trending topic, with national style internet celebrities competing to film videos of it.
But the Desolation played by Chen Han clearly gave her a different feeling, as if a scroll were unfolding. Chen Han seemed to become a majestic figure who could suppress eternity, yet just by standing there, he made one feel an unspeakable loneliness and emptiness.
That loneliness felt as if he had been forgotten by the world, making one’s heart ache.
She could not help starting to dance, performing the dance for this piece Desolation.
This time she felt her dance was extremely perfect. Every move felt as if she were in a desolate world, wanting to dance for that lonely figure.
When the flute sound stopped, Xiao Mi’s dance also ended, but she suddenly became very quiet, unable to pull herself out of that sense of loneliness.
Compared to the three pieces Chen Han had played before, this one obviously had a stronger aftereffect.
She even substituted Chen Han into it in her mind. He had terminal cancer, did not want his relatives around him to know, hid it, and bore it alone. He must be very lonely in the middle of the night, right?
Thinking of this, she subconsciously hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder.
“What is it? So sudden.” Chen Han supported the back of her head and felt that something was off with her emotions.
“Help me apply the scar removal cream.” Xiao Mi suddenly said.
“Where do you have… that was just a mole removal, it does not count as a scar.” Chen Han knew Xiao Mi very well, and he knew what scar she meant.
The location was by the foot of a little white rabbit.
Such an awkward spot. Letting him apply it, was that not basically asking him to commit a crime in broad daylight?
“Do you not want to help me apply it?” Xiao Mi gave a soft snort and repeated, “If I had not come just now, you would have helped Xiao Yu apply it, right?”
“…” Chen Han was speechless and hurriedly said, “I will, is that not fine?”
Then he leaned to Xiao Mi’s ear with a wicked grin. “So are you wearing a g-string today?”
He clearly remembered the “G-string Maniac” title task, which required him to steal five g-strings from Hundred Flowers Tribute Fairy.
“I remember. I am wearing one.” Xiao Mi rolled her eyes at him.
Previously this guy had been nagging her about g-strings. She had specially worn a new hanfu today to come rehearse the program with him because she knew what he wanted… and had deliberately worn it.
After getting his answer, Chen Han immediately smiled a bit evilly and pulled Xiao Mi into the attic.
“Go to the room first, what are you rushing for?”
“No one comes here, what is there to be afraid of?”
“You…”
“So beautiful…”
…
In the room.
Seeing Xiao Mi hurry into the bathroom to wash up, Chen Han also looked at the data on the light screen in his mind.
One billion money （ 28,588,200 / ???? billion ）. Reputation （ 1,376,000 / ???? ten thousand ）
After the upgrade, money and reputation had already been deducted. For the next upgrade, the requirements were once again shown as ????.
Only after all renovations were completed would he know the next level’s upgrade requirements.
Next, he looked at the four upgrade rewards:
Daoist Sect Characteristic: Minor Punishment as a Warning. Special Spiritual Aperture level up. Consecration Hall special blessing: daily Blessing and Peace Calming Talismans xMethod of Drawing Calming Talismans.
He could understand the special spiritual aperture level up.
After the successful upgrade, either the range of the spiritual energy rinse would expand, or the duration would increase, or the quality of spiritual energy would improve.
Whichever it was, the function of this special spiritual aperture would become greater than before, and it would definitely allow him to absorb and refine more spiritual energy every day.
In the spiritual energy desert of the real world, this was the guarantee for long-term cultivation.
As for Minor Punishment as a Warning and the daily Blessing and Peace Calming Talismans x30, these were all related to the sect residence renovation, and the specific effect would only be seen after the renovations.
Instead, the fourth reward was a jade slip that specifically contained the method of recording for the Blessing and Peace Calming Talismans, clearly related to that Consecration Hall special blessing of daily Blessing and Peace Calming Talismans.
One of the lights of renovation was very obvious over at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Seeing that Xiao Mi had not finished washing yet, he took out his mobile phone and scrolled through some videos, only to have today’s news slap him in the face as soon as he opened it.
《Tourists lost a children’s watch and called for help. Two sanitation workers spent four hours in high temperatures searching through eight tons of garbage to find it.》
“???” Chen Han blurted out subconsciously. Was that necessary?
During summer vacation, with temperatures above 35 degrees, people who did not know would think they were looking for a child’s remains.
The key thing was that some damned leader even used it for promotion, expecting people to be moved by this.
That leader even said something that sounded so nice: “If the public has demands, we will definitely do our best.”
It sounded high-sounding, but those eight tons of garbage were not being searched by him personally, and he was not the one on-site smelling that stench.
This kind of generosity with others’ sweat, using frontline workers’ blood and sweat like this, was that appropriate?
Whatever, he was not a saint and could not worry about all that.
Seeing the comment section full of curses, that leader who had used this for promotion was probably going to be in trouble.
He continued scrolling through other videos.
The following videos were all positive energy.
He was surprised to come across a video of the demonic cult rogue Ming Di.
This time the other party had co-shot a video with a female blogger playing a qin. Naturally, both of their outfits and smoky eye makeup looked demonic.
《The Chen Clan is going to hold a Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering, gathering experts from all paths to oppose the demonic path. This has forced me to specially invite a magic qin demon girl to assist. We must absolutely sabotage this Demon Suppression Assembly, otherwise it will become an even greater obstacle to rescuing the Dog Demon King Brothers.》
Chen Han could not help smiling, feeling that Ming Di was even more immersed than him in the abstract world. It was just that the name Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering was a bit casual.
The next video also let him know why Ming Di had posted this one.
The next video was exactly the national style event promotional video posted by Xiao Mi, and her video was not abstract at all. Instead, it was shot very beautifully.
As he watched the promotional video for the national style event, Xiao Mi came out, threw a g-string onto his face, and said, “I told you not to pull so hard. You did it on purpose. You broke it again.”
“I really did not do it on purpose. I apologize.” Chen Han hurriedly admitted fault sincerely. Of course it had been on purpose. If he did not tear it, how would Xiao Mi leave it behind?
If she did not leave it, how was he supposed to keep it?
He needed to collect five pieces to complete the task.
Xiao Mi snorted softly. “An apology needs an apologetic attitude. I have posted the promotional video for the national style event, and quite a few people have signed up, but the popularity is not big enough. You have a lot of abstract fans. Help me by shooting an abstract video to promote it.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded, agreeing immediately, while not forgetting to warn, “Next time do not pull so hard. You break it every time.”
After speaking, she snorted and left.
But with no support underneath, and after eating that Yellow Spirit Gourd she had grown some, she did not dare move too much, or it would be very awkward.
Having agreed to Xiao Mi’s request, Chen Han now needed to think about how to shoot this abstract promotional video.
He thought of Ming Di’s video.
The other party had taken the Chen Clan national style event as a Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering. And what was that gathering for?
In the game plot, it was held to call together righteous path experts from all over to deal with the demonic path.
So did that mean there had to be demonic cult rogues appearing?
Just like Ming Di’s video said, demonic cult rogues would appear to sabotage the gathering?
Then maybe he could have this guy Ming Di cooperate in shooting a video.
After all, the guy had been piggybacking off their popularity for a long time, and his live stream viewers had grown from a few hundred to over 5,000 online at peak.
Besides, if Ming Di only came to cooperate by reading lines, that would be too stiff, and his acting skills were probably not great.
How about using another Refined Cloud Barrier Pill?
But would these Heavy Demonic Shadows scare this demonic cult rogue Ming Di out of his wits?
Anyway, using the plot of “Ming Di leading demonic shadows to ambush him” and trying to prevent the Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering from being held, when those demonic shadow special effects appeared again, it would definitely attract people.
Thinking of this, he got up to wash and get dressed, then sent a message to Ming Di: “Come help film a promotional video for the national style event.”
On the other side, Ming Di and the magic qin demon girl were watching their collaborative video. The stats were pretty good, especially since they had gotten a lot of heat thanks to Xiao Mi’s promotional video.
“This video is pretty good.” Ming Di said with a smile. This magic qin demon girl was one of his friends. They had met back in university, and later both went into online new media and internet celebrity work.
Before becoming a demonic cult rogue, he had already co-shot videos with her.
After he piggybacked on the popularity of the Chen Clan and the Chen Family Head, his popularity had risen, at least better than most people. His live stream had once reached over 5,000 online viewers.
So, since his friend’s stats were poor, he brought her in to also play a demonic cult rogue.
Naturally, within his ability, he would help where he could.
Moreover, the Chen Clan of the Chen Family Head was a family of experts and heavenly prodigies that was growing stronger and more numerous.
He, the demonic cult rogue who had been opposing the Chen Clan, was still alone, trying to go against an entire family by himself. That did not make sense, right?
So, in order to rescue the Dog Demon King Brothers, finding a helper should not be a problem.
Just then, he received a message from the Chen Family Head. Seeing the other party’s request to help shoot the promotional video, he immediately agreed.
After all, his current popularity depended on the other party. Since the Chen Family Head was bringing him along, he naturally had to go over right away for this kind of matter.
So he told the magic qin demon girl, “I am going over to the Chen Family Head’s place. I do not yet know what his attitude is toward you, so I will not bring you this time.”
“Mm.” Zhu Xueqin nodded, understanding.
Ming Di left, asked the Chen Family Head for the location, and headed toward the Chen Clan’s back mountain.
The Chen Family Head wanted to shoot this promotional video on the mountain.
As Ming Di walked toward the back mountain, he saw a local dog barking at him from afar, was that not the Dog Demon King Brothers?
The key was what he saw next. The Dog Demon King Brothers actually walked toward the mountain and even turned back to bark at him, as if asking him to follow.
He understood that this was definitely arranged by the Chen Family Head. This local dog had been trained very smart by him.
Seeing this, he was not about to waste such good video material. As the Dog Demon King Brothers turned back and barked at him to follow, he started recording and said, “The Dog Demon King Brothers have been controlled by the Chen Family Head and branded with a beast-control talisman. I have no way to free him from it, so now we can only meet secretly in the mountain forest.”
In the video, when the Dog Demon King Brothers came to meet him again, he said to the camera, “The Dog Demon King Brothers are urging me. We do not have much time to meet in secret. Before the Chen Family Head discovers us, we must cherish the time we have together.”
Following uphill, he thought of the Chen Family Head’s demonic shadow special effects from before. His piggybacking story was that those demonic shadows were his preparations to deal with the Chen Family Head.
So he continued, “However, I have already invited demonic path friends to assist and gathered many demonic shadows. As long as we seize the chance, we can definitely besiege the Chen Family Head.”
What great video material. With the Dog Demon King Brothers cooperating, the video felt very natural.
The man and dog soon reached the woods. The dog ran ahead along the same route they had taken before to collect honey, where a faint path had already been trodden.
Before long, Ming Di followed the dog to a certain place and saw the Chen Family Head, who was clearly waiting for him.
He politely went up to greet him. “Brother, how should I cooperate with you to shoot this promotional video for the national style event?”
Hearing him, Chen Han started recording instantly, zero preparation, pointing the phone at him. “Demonic cult rogue, you really are scheming, actually using You Cai, this stupid dog, to set up an ambush for me.”
As he spoke, he also pointed the phone at You Cai for a shot.
You Cai seemed unhappy at hearing “stupid dog” and barked at the camera, appearing to cooperate perfectly with the storyline.
Ming Di was a bit dumbfounded. Why no time to prepare? With this kind of zero-frame opening, he did not even know how to cooperate, his emotions were not warmed up.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly sensed something wrong. Clouds and mist quickly appeared all around, covering this entire area.
He was instantly stunned.
What was going on?
