Chapter 101: It’s Working This Fast? Are You A Shill?
In the kitchen, Chen Han added the boiling water to the medicinal cuisine and then heard sounds from outside.
Chen Shuisheng reached the courtyard gate and set his granddaughter down from his shoulder.
Zheng Yu and Chen Xiaoyan smelled the rich medicinal fragrance drifting out, their mouths watered, and they swallowed subconsciously.
“Dad, what is this that smells so good?” Chen Xiaoyan asked without thinking.
“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t know, wait outside first.” Chen Shuisheng said directly and walked into the courtyard.
Chen Xiaoyan immediately felt aggrieved. She was at least born of the Chen Clan, so how come now she was not allowed to know anything?
Chen Han also saw Chen Shuisheng coming in. He put the lid on the stew pot. “Uncle Shuisheng, are they here?”
Chen Shuisheng quickly said, “Xiao Han, I’ll have to trouble you to take a look.”
Chen Han nodded, left the kitchen, and outside he met Uncle Shuisheng’s daughter’s family.
As for Uncle Shuisheng’s daughter, to be honest, he did not have a deep impression. Mainly there was an age gap. When he was in primary school, she seemed to be in middle school living on campus.
Chen Xiaoyan did not forget her Father’s instructions. When she saw him, she hurriedly greeted, “Greetings, Patriarch!”
Zheng Yu also showed a trace of awe. “Greetings, Chen Family Head!”
Chen Shuisheng pulled the little girl over. “Xiao Ni, call your uncle and let him check your eyes!”
“Uncle…” The little girl was clearly a bit puzzled, but still obediently called out once.
Chen Han had no idea what he was checking for, but since things had reached this point, he went through the motions, removed the covering mirror from the girl’s eye, and took a look. The girl’s eye was a bit red and swollen, without any liveliness. Clearly, the problem was not light.
“Uncle, my eye hurts!” The little girl suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Chen Xiaoyan hurriedly said, “Xiao Ni’s eyes are still afraid of light now!”
“Mm, I understand.” Chen Han nodded, then instructed Chen Shuisheng, “Uncle Shuisheng, you first take them home to rest. I will decoct some herbs here. After that, have Aunt-Grandmother prepare to do a blessing for Xiao Ni to dispel the evil qi, together with the herbs. Her eye should recover by then.”
“Alright!” Chen Shuisheng nodded, trusting Chen Han’s arrangement unconditionally.
Chen Xiaoyan and Zheng Jun exchanged a look, opened their mouths wanting to say something, but could not.
They had taken their Daughter to so many proper hospitals and found no solution. Now what did this Patriarch say?
Just drink some herbal decoction and do a blessing to dispel evil, and it will be cured?
If it had been before, they would definitely have considered this old leftovers of the past, and would never believe it.
But now, they did not dare refute, because they were truly helpless regarding their Daughter’s condition.
Moreover, if their Daughter’s symptoms really could be cured like this, it would be terrifying. Just what kind of Family was this Chen Clan?
After Uncle Shuisheng led them away, Chen Han suddenly stared blankly at a newly appeared game prompt:
【System has detected a new data packet fragment. Data packet （2） fragment collection has greatly increased…】
【Clan experts Seek Help and bring their injured-eyed granddaughter. In your preliminary examination, you discover that the girl’s injured eye was invaded by medicinal liquid tainted with demonic energy, and such medicinal liquid seems to be produced only by the Pill Sect, which specializes in alchemy..
Now that the Pill Sect’s medicinal liquid has actually been contaminated by demonic energy, it may be that the Demonic Forces’ reach has already extended into the Pill Sect. This once again makes you sense the tremendous threat of the Demonic Path. You must Know that the Pill Sect supplies many Rogue Cultivators with Pill transactions…
At present your Faction is completely powerless, and you can only secretly Follow while formulating a treatment plan for the girl. You intend to Pray for Blessings from the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation to Purify the demonic energy in her eye, combined with drug treatment, and also strengthen your defenses against the Demonic Forces!】
Chen Han was surprised. This data packet （2） was still being collected?
Previously data packet （1） had been fully collected in an instant and then successfully loaded. Now （2） was taking this long.
Or did （1） bug out and get emergency handled just to deal with him as the Player?
Then he looked at the second game prompt.
He did not find anything odd in the earlier description about the Demonic Path and the Pill Sect. After the system bugged, the Story background always got written in all kinds of strange ways, like when it made Xiao Mi refine a Magical Artifact against him, with that “scumbag die, die, die, die” description. He had been speechless.
But was this last paragraph not exactly what he had just arranged for Uncle Shuisheng’s granddaughter?
So the game system was collecting Data Packet Fragments from him, is that it?
And it even took his plan wholesale, directly using his text.
At least pay him copyright fees; then he would let it slide.
…
Chen Xiaoyan and Zheng Yu took their Daughter and followed Chen Shuisheng to his own courtyard. After entering the gate, Chen Xiaoyan could not help but ask, “Dad, is the treatment the Patriarch mentioned really effective?”
“If you are suspicious, then why did you come? Since you are here, follow the arrangement.” Chen Shuisheng now had absolute faith in Xiao Han as Patriarch, so he scolded his Daughter without hesitation.
“Oh.” Chen Xiaoyan nodded. After entering the house, she followed her Father to the Room where she was staying. Clearly they would not be able to go back today.
But as soon as she entered, she was surprised. “It’s so cool. Dad, did you turn on the air conditioner for me in advance?”
“Can’t you check if it’s on yourself?” Chen Shuisheng said with a face full of pride. Previously, when Xiao Han ordered those Potted Plants, he ordered extra, and both he and Chen Dagou got two sets.
He had personally studied and measured the Location, then arranged the Feng Shui Pattern in this Room.
Within the Chen Clan, this counted as Knowing Feng Shui, so he wanted to show off in front of his Daughter and son-in-law.
Chen Xiaoyan checked the air conditioner in the Room. It was indeed off.
“What’s going on?” Zheng Yu was also incredulous. There was no other air conditioning in the Room.
“It is the effect of the Feng Shui Pattern. Have you not heard about the Chen Clan’s Feng Shui Rooms?” Chen Shuisheng explained with a smile, very satisfied with the disbelief on his Daughter and son-in-law’s faces.
“Wasn’t the Feng Shui Room supposed to be a special Air Conditioning System…” Chen Xiaoyan trailed off. This Room was where she had lived since childhood; there was absolutely nowhere else to install any Air Conditioning System.
In other words, this really was Feng Shui?
Zheng Yu stuck his head out the window to check. After confirming, his mouth hung wide open. It really… was not air conditioning.
He thought, how could such fresh and comfortable coolness be from an air conditioner?
He had seen related Videos. Instinctively, he went over and moved the Bamboo Potted Plant.
Sure enough, as he moved the Bamboo Potted Plant, that refreshing comfort quickly faded.
He felt his Worldview had been hit hard yet again, and even started to secretly blame his Wife. The Chen Clan had so many Miraculous things, and he had never known.
If he had known, just for this Feng Shui, he would have come every New Year to build connections. His Company’s Big Boss believed in these things. Maybe he could have used it to bring the Big Boss here for fun and curry favor.
At noon, after Chen Shuisheng went to Chen Lin’s kitchen and finished eating the medicinal cuisine, he asked, “Xiao Han, I already notified Aunt over there. She told us to bring them over after the meal.”
“Mm. Then let’s rest a bit after lunch and go.” Chen Han nodded.
Xiao Yu, Xiao Mi, Chen Lin, and Chen Dagou all knew what this was for.
However, only Xiao Yu knew the inside story: to treat the eyes they needed Moon Gazing Sand. She understood her Senior Brother’s approach. People’s hearts were unpredictable now. By involving deities, not only could he achieve his goal, he could also inspire Awe in outsiders.
After all, sayings like “there are deities three feet above your head,” “better to believe they exist than not,” and “with ghosts and gods watching, one dares not act recklessly” had been passed down for generations for a reason.
After lunch and a short rest, Chen Han and the others went to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Chen Shuisheng went to bring his Daughter’s family.
Recently, incense offerings at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall had increased a lot. Tourist numbers had gone up. Although most Tourists did not respect gods and did not believe in such things, when they found a Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall here, even if they did not believe, the idea of checking in, taking photos, and posting on Moments still drove them to come in and Offer Incense.
After all, since they were already here.
So, when Chen Han arrived with his group, there were several Tourists.
The few people were very surprised to see Chen Han.
“It’s the Chen Family Head!”
“It’s him, and Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mi.”
“The three seem very close.”
Seeing three Internet Celebrities all at once, these Tourists immediately took out their Mobile Phones to shoot Videos, even more curious what the three were doing here. Were they going to film a Video?
They became even more curious.
“Aunt-Grandmother, sorry to trouble you.” When Chen Han saw Aunt-Grandmother already wearing a green Daoist Robe, he hurriedly went over to greet her.
“Praying to the gods for a junior is a good thing!” The old woman was clearly a bit pleased. After all, she had been in charge of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s incense all her life. Aside from festivals when everyone came to worship and liven things up, nobody usually requested blessings.
Now that a junior needed her, she felt needed.
Before long, Chen Shuisheng arrived with his Daughter’s family. He went to the old woman and said, “Aunt, this is my granddaughter. She has trouble with her eyes. Please offer a blessing for her.”
“Come, follow granny inside.” The old woman looked at the cute little girl kindly and took her hand into the Great Hall.
When they reached a Cushion, she said, “Kneel here. Granny will Pray for Blessings for you and ask the Heavenly Lord to bless your eyes to recover.”
Chen Han watched from the side, then placed a bowl of Grass Root Soup he had prepared on the Table. The Grass Root Soup was an Ordinary cooling drink. He would later have the little girl take it together with the Moon Gazing Sand.
Praying to the Gods and Praying for Blessings had a set procedure, divided into minor blessings and major blessings… and one also needed a Host to perform the ritual and dance the gang steps.
The Host was naturally Aunt-Grandmother. Dressed in a green Daoist Priest robe, holding a Fly Whisk, she bowed in Prayer before the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, then waved the Fly Whisk and began the blessing dance.
The little old woman, at her age, did not dance very gracefully. In the eyes of outsiders, a little girl kneeling on a Cushion and an old crone dancing a blessing beside her could easily be mistaken for a spirit medium performing a ritual.
Zheng Yu could not help asking his Wife, “Can this really work? It feels so unreliable.”
Chen Xiaoyan herself also felt it was unreliable. She knew this Aunt-Grandmother, who had always been at this Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall. During holidays in the past, many people in the Clan would follow her instructions to do many rituals.
Some of the kids, not understanding, secretly called her an old witch.
Now watching her perform a blessing for her own Daughter, she was speechless for a moment, feeling she truly did not understand her Mother’s Home at all.
The surrounding Tourists, from a few exchanged words, also roughly understood what was happening.
The little girl had an eye problem, and they were going to rely on praying to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation to cure it?
You could tell from the light-blocking cover on one of the girl’s eyes.
But this was far too unreliable.
If this worked, what would be the point of Hospitals?
Xiao Mi also noticed the Tourists filming Videos and softly asked Chen Han, “Could this cause trouble? Tourists are recording. If this gets uploaded Online and people say we are Promoting Superstition as a cure, it might cause problems. Rules are very strict about that now.”
Chen Han smiled when he heard this and whispered, “This is only the Chen Clan’s own tradition. Who said it’s for treating illness? Everyone should believe in Science.”
“Pff.” Xiao Mi understood and could not help laughing.
Right, the Chen Clan was not Promoting anything, and he was even calling on people to believe in Science. What would that have to do with the Chen Clan if others posted things?
Chen Han, however, had another purpose. In the eyes of some people, the more you hype something publicly, the less they believe it. But the more you deny and cover things up, the more they might believe.
Take rich people, for example.
They know very well that the things pushed loudly to the masses are often not the real good things. The real good stuff never needs to be promoted to Ordinary people. It is already allocated before they ever hear of it.
This Moon Gazing Sand could become such a thing.
His next level upgrade required 100 million in Funds. Besides Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, he needed other income sources.
Although the Yield of Moon Gazing Sand was tiny, if its eye disease cure effect of plus two could heal difficult eye conditions that Hospitals could not treat, imagine how much it would be worth.
In the Great Hall.
The old woman, waving the Fly Whisk, reached the final step of the blessing. She gently brushed the Fly Whisk over the girl’s head and chanted, “Heavenly Lord bless, let all evil qi be gone…”
When Aunt-Grandmother finished, Chen Han stepped forward, picked up the Grass Root Soup, and handed it to the little girl. “Xiao Ni, drink this soup.”
Seeing that her uncle had brought the soup, Xiao Ni took it and drank it. After finishing, she even licked her lips. “Uncle, the sweet soup is really tasty!”
Chen Han smiled. He had deliberately added some sugar, and had already put the Moon Gazing Sand into it. The girl had drunk it all.
Taking back the bowl, he led the little girl over to Chen Shuisheng. “Uncle Shuisheng, watch Xiao Ni’s condition for a bit. The effect will show very soon.”
Chen Xiaoyan and Zheng Yu had already stepped forward, still somewhat dazed. That was it?
The Tourists had not expected it to end like this either. Wasn’t it supposed to be eye treatment?
There had been no direct treatment step for the eye at all. Was this really Metaphysics?
Or was it the sweet soup the girl drank?
But if a single bowl of soup could cure eye problems, that would be terrifying too.
For a moment, everyone stared fixedly at the little girl.
Just then, Xiao Ni’s clear childish voice rang out. “Mom, Dad, my eye feels so comfortable, icy and cool!”
Hearing this, Chen Xiaoyan and Zheng Yu suddenly showed disbelief.
Could it be working already?
Chen Xiaoyan asked with Surprise, “Xiao Ni, let me see!”
As she spoke, she expectantly removed the light-blocking cover from the girl’s eye, and saw that the previous redness and swelling had subsided a lot.
“So… it worked this fast? That’s incredible… all those Hospitals were useless…” Zheng Yu was completely stupefied. He looked at the Chen Family Head, then at the old woman, then at the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, and swallowed.
How had his Wife’s Mother’s Home suddenly become so profoundly mysterious?
The nearby Tourists, hearing his words, also revealed stunned expressions.
Just listen to what he said.
So many Hospitals could do nothing, and then this, just now, worked?
Did he not sound exactly like a plant?
