Chapter 103: There Are Still Warriors Among Us!
Seeing that the game system was still collecting data packet （2）, Chen Han did not make wild guesses. He would naturally know once the game system finished loading this data packet.
After finishing the incense offering, he said goodbye to Aunt-Grandmother and left.
He glanced back and saw Aunt-Grandmother checking the candles again. He decided that in the future, when he made medicinal cuisine, he would have Uncle bring some over to her every day. Although her age was too advanced and her weakness could not handle heavy tonics, having a little was fine and could still strengthen her body.
Although the Chen Clan was a Daoist Sect Heritage Family, now it actually only had a thin shell left, just a name.
As for him, as the patriarch, he had only learned some Daoist Sect things from his father when he was young. If it came to discussing Daoist teachings, he might not even be able to argue better than those Daoist laymen cultivating at home.
Perhaps the only true cultivator in the whole Chen Clan was Aunt-Grandmother, who practically served in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall all the time.
When he returned to his room, because he no longer had any spirit stones, he had no way to continue cultivation. The spiritual energy in the air was too thin, like a trace of moisture in the desert: when you took a breath, you felt no water at all, only hot sand and air.
So he simply took out the Daoist Scripture Notation and the 《ancient Quiet Heart Art》 to study on his own. He had almost finished learning the Daoist Scripture Notation, and next he just needed to practice it until he was familiar. When he then studied the 《ancient Quiet Heart Art》, the calm mind +2 attribute could take effect.
Looking at that 《ancient Quiet Heart Art》, he thought that later this book could be placed along the sightseeing passage for display a few times. Although there were some old photographs and story introductions in the exhibition passage that spoke of the Chen Clan’s long history, there was nothing that could truly support the Chen Clan’s inner foundation.
This inner foundation was not the ancient buildings that people could see outside, nor was it his kung fu that let him leap over walls and run along eaves, but something that could stand up to investigation and verification, a foundation proven to exist.
This 《ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was exactly such a thing, as important as the 《Records of the Grand Historian》, and also solid supporting evidence for his fabricated claim that there was a Feng Shui Formation underground beneath the family.
Just like Uncle, Xiao Mi, junior sister, Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng and the others: after seeing this 《ancient Quiet Heart Art》, they firmly believed, and now, whether said much or not, the idea that there was a Feng Shui Array beneath the Chen Clan had already become their subconscious recognition.
Time passed.
The next day, Chen Han still woke up to the sound of the alarm clock.
When he got up, he checked the data. The new “Sword Control Technique is not special effects video” had stopped growing in data; this video was completely treated as an abstract video.
However, it had still brought him some new fans, bringing his total fans to 560,
Next he checked his reputation: 500,000 （537414/500,000）.
The upgrade condition had already been met; once again, it was only money that was lacking.
So the production of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea needed to be increased, and he also had to look for opportunities to raise the price of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
To do that, he first had to continue to increase the reputation of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, so it could attract more wealthy people to chase and compete for it.
He could use ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea to brew some tea and offer a cup to those who had booked rooms for accommodation.
It would not consume much, and he did not expect these people to buy it; he only needed them to spread the word.
However, the area of the Chen family’s Thunder Bamboo Forest was ultimately limited. Once the maximum yield was exceeded, it would take at least one month for the bamboo leaves to regrow, and other factors could also cause the leaves’ growth to stagnate.
If that happened, the production of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea would have to halt as well.
So in the short term, he still needed to find new ways to make money.
He thought of the few grains of Moon Gazing Sand still in the elm wood tube. The Moon Gazing Sand might bring even greater surprises than Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
There were many rich people, and even more rich people willing to spend money. Those wealthy people with eye problems would certainly be willing to spend to cure their eyes.
After washing up and going downstairs, he frowned when he reached the courtyard. There was no Moon Gazing Sand in the Moon Gazing Rabbit Hutch today, even though he went over and stared at the White Rabbit for a long time, hoping it would perform well again today.
Office work struggles: when the leader arrives, even if nothing is wrong, must you still find something to do?
He was hoping the White Rabbit would be sensible enough to squeeze out a pellet for him even if it had no droppings.
Unfortunately, the White Rabbit remained unmoved, only focused on eating its vegetables.
Sigh, this fellow had not grasped the essence of office politics.
The supply of Moon Gazing Sand was clearly unstable, so even if he wanted to sell the existing Moon Gazing Sand, it could not be sold cheaply.
On the other hand, what “Wu Hao Loves Life” had stirred up yesterday still had some benefits. At least ordinary people now knew that was a rumor, and that if a hospital could not cure the eyes, the Chen Clan also had no way.
It was best that ordinary people did not know about this matter. Even if someone mentioned it, it was best that they immediately expressed doubt. He himself would also echo the need to believe in science.
It was not that he looked down on ordinary people or anything like that, but once this matter became widely known, a lot of trouble would really arise.
For instance, those without money might come and kneel for long periods without getting up, using various tricks of moral coercion.
If it were only moral coercion, that would still be manageable. What he feared was that if he truly felt compassion and cured someone, they might turn around and report him for practicing medicine without a license, or use it as blackmail.
It was said that when “licenses” first became a requirement, many highly skilled veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctors fell into this trap, ended in discouragement, and their medical skills were never passed down.
As for whether that was true, he did not know.
But one must always guard against such things.
Moo, moo!
You Fu’s call sounded, and the cow had already crouched by his feet. He mounted the cow and headed toward the special spiritual aperture, while You Cai the doggy, having enjoyed the spiritual energy rinse before, was already impatiently leading the way ahead.
Before long, Maoshi hour passed. As the first ray of sunlight shone down, the spiritual energy rinse appeared, and Chen Han operated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》, beginning to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation.
With every spiritual energy rinse, his true qi could grow a bit. Today was the same, except that today he was also ambitious and tried to control his true qi to impact the first meridian, the Chong Meridian.
In the end, he failed. It was obviously not that easy.
He sighed, stood up, and looked around. Many things had changed compared to the beginning. The flower plant wall that Uncle and the others had made was now completely unrecognizable from its original appearance, with masses of blossoms and dense foliage.
Most importantly, those bamboo-slat fences had taken root below and sprouted new branches above. These branches were starting to grow densely, and it would not be long before they could block the line of sight.
Then this flower plant wall would completely cover the pavilion, turning the special spiritual aperture into a hidden inner world.
But the cut Mao Bamboo that had regrown with such vigorous life would very likely attract probing. Some tourists with itchy hands might not be ruled out either, especially since several spots on the plants already showed clear signs of having been snapped or picked.
So the seemingly abstract idea of building another ring of fences to protect the fences had to be carried out.
Leaving the pavilion, Chen Han returned once more to Uncle’s Kitchen to prepare medicinal cuisine with Green Feather Pheasant.
He first handled yesterday’s piece of feather.
This time he still obtained three plumes. There were now around ten plumes remaining imbued with wind attribute power. Once he had enough, he planned to try making a fan.
Maybe, as the remark information suggested, there would be an unexpected surprise.
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On the other side, Chen Xiaoyan and Zheng Yu had also gotten up early, and they heard their daughter happily shouting in the courtyard: “Big Yellow, don’t go!”
The couple leaned out from the second floor and saw their daughter in the yard tugging on the tail of a big yellow dog.
The big yellow dog was also wearing a full set of armor.
They naturally knew this dog was one of the stray dogs from the earlier dog thief video.
Those stray dogs had already been taken in by the Chen Clan, with each household assigned one to care for.
Woof woof!
A chorus of barking came from outside.
Woof woof!
The big yellow dog with its tail held by their daughter answered the dogs outside, then turned back to look at the girl, seeming a bit aggrieved, as if saying that it was not that it did not want to go out, but that it could not.
With its tail being held, it did not dare move too violently, clearly afraid of hurting the little girl.
A dog that had been a stray did not want to keep wandering. It clearly understood that if it hurt this little ancestor, the one who would suffer bad luck would be itself.
From the second floor, the couple could see that outside a group of dogs had already gathered, all wearing armor, as if they were waiting for this dog.
“Xiao Ni, Big Yellow has to go to work. Let him come back to play with you later.” Chen Shuisheng’s voice sounded. The little girl had no choice but to reluctantly let go, then she saw her parents on the second floor and immediately called out happily, “Dad, Mom, Xiao Ni’s eyes are all better.”
The couple’s faces lit up when they heard this. They immediately brought down the vision test chart and did a test for their daughter.
“They really are all better.” Chen Xiaoyan’s face was full of joy as she saw that her daughter’s left eye had completely recovered, and she finally let out a long breath of relief.
“Dad, please take us to thank the Chen family head again.” Zheng Yu was also full of emotion. Several famous physicians at various hospitals had been helpless regarding his daughter’s left eye, yet after one night at the Chen Clan, she had recovered. It was imaginable how shocked he was.
It seemed he would have to bring his daughter here to play often in the future. When she had weekends off and missed her grandfather, that would be an excellent excuse.
“Have some breakfast first, then I will take you over.” Chen Shuisheng nodded. He could clearly feel the change in his son-in-law’s attitude.
This was also what he was happy to see. After all, under the one-child policy, he had only this one daughter and always hoped for a better relationship with her family.
After breakfast, Chen Shuisheng called Chen Han on the telephone to ask.
Chen Han did not refuse, but arranged to meet in the client center reception room.
He also wanted to see the little girl’s condition and learn about the effect of Moon Gazing Sand.
Before long, Chen Han met Uncle Shuisheng and his daughter’s family in the reception room.
“Greetings, family head.” Chen Xiaoyan now greeted him very respectfully. After going through this experience, she did not dare show the slightest disrespect; she even felt that her past behavior as a child had been foolish.
Especially after later getting into a first-tier university, she felt like she was a phoenix escaping the cage, looking down on the Chen Clan and unwilling to come back often.
Only now did she realize how ridiculous that had been.
When the elders in the clan had warned the younger generation to respect the future family head, they had truly been thinking of their good.
This time, whether he chose to treat her daughter or not was just a matter of a word. If he had chosen not to, with her daughter in that state, she would truly have had no way out.
“Greetings, Chen family head.” Zheng Yu quickly expressed his thanks as well, his attitude even more sincere than his wife’s.
“No need to be so formal.” Chen Han waved a hand to both of them, then beckoned to Xiao Ni. He took a look at her eyes; externally they had already returned to normal, and the left eye was bright again.
He asked, “Xiao Ni, tell uncle, do your eyes still hurt?”
“They don’t hurt anymore, uncle!” The little girl quickly shook her head and did not forget to praise him: “Uncle is even more amazing than those doctors. No injections, just drinking sweet soup, and Xiao Ni’s eyes got better.”
Chen Han smiled, then turned to ask Chen Xiaoyan, “Sister Xiaoyan, I remember you went to a first-tier university and majored in human resources, right?”
Hearing him call her Sister Xiaoyan made her feel flattered, and she hurriedly explained, “Yes, family head. Before, I worked at a good company in the city, but because of Xiao Ni’s eye problem, I had to resign to take care of her.”
Chen Han smiled and asked, “Sister Xiaoyan, the Chen Clan is developing well now. Many clan members have been given jobs, and there is a lot to do. It is exactly when we need talent. I wonder if you would be interested in coming back home to work?”
Right now, many clan members had already been arranged into jobs by the Chen Clan. There would be more tourists later, especially after the national style event was held, and more clan members would be assigned work. By then, there would definitely be more trivial matters.
His junior sister could not manage all of it alone, and some tasks required certain educational backgrounds and work experience.
Many people in the clan simply could not handle these matters.
For example, he had his junior sister go today to get a dedicated tax card and payroll card. Since the money from the game system upgrade had been donated, that could be deducted from taxes. Procedures and such needed coordination.
There was also the payroll card issue. They needed to set a fixed date for unified salary payments. Next month they would have to pay this month’s wages, so they needed to handle all relevant procedures for working clan members and coordinate with the bank.
If you were not professional, you would not know where to start, and processing so many procedures at once without experience would likely lead to mistakes.
Uncle Shuisheng’s daughter was a fine talent and also one of their own people.
Chen Xiaoyan had not expected to be invited to work. But if she worked in the Chen Clan, her daughter would go to school in the city, and her husband also worked in the city.
Zheng Yu, however, quickly said, “Chen family head, Xiaoyan will definitely be willing.”
He seemed to know his wife’s hesitation and immediately added, “Don’t worry, dear, I will ask Mom to take our daughter to and from school every day. On Fridays, I will bring her over to the Chen Clan.”
This was an even better excuse than “missing Grandpa,” allowing him to come to the Chen Clan openly to build connections.
Thinking of his big boss’s eye condition, he tentatively asked, “Chen family head, if other people have eye problems, could we ask you to treat them?”
Chen Han instantly understood his implication; clearly someone he knew had eye issues. So he answered implicitly, “For treatment, in addition to praying for blessings, you also need expensive medicine as support. The key medicines are very rare and not always available. Whether treatment is possible depends on fate.”
This would be his standard answer in the future: the auxiliary medicines were very expensive and rare; whether he treated someone would depend on whether he wished to. If he chose to treat, then it was fate. If he chose not to, then there would be no auxiliary medicine and thus no fate.
Everything followed his own will.
Zheng Yu’s eyes lit up. He understood the implication: the Chen family head could treat outsiders, but medicine was required.
And no matter how expensive and rare the medicine might be, it still existed. His big boss had money, and with sincere attitude, his competitiveness would surely be stronger than others.
Chen Xiaoyan suddenly thought of another matter and asked Chen Han, “Family head, I previously sued the hospital. The court told us to collect evidence, but we had no way to start. We still don’t know what caused Xiao Ni’s left eye problem.”
Hearing his wife’s question, Zheng Yu also looked over, wanting to know the reason.
Chen Han recalled the earlier system prompt that spoke of an eye drop contaminated by demonic energy, so he guessed, “It should have been caused by problematic medicine or something like that.”
“How could they dare use problematic medicine on people?” Chen Xiaoyan frowned. “Then how are we supposed to collect evidence?”
Chen Han shook his head and said, “So much time has passed. There is no way now. At present there are only two possibilities: either the hospital did not know, or the hospital did know. But either way, once something goes wrong, they would definitely dispose of that batch of medicine at the first opportunity.”
“Of course, there is also the possibility of greedy opportunists. The quantity of medicine is large, and only a few are problematic. After some time, they might bring it out again. Then someone else could end up like Xiao Ni.”
“But I think the chance of that is low. No one should be that stupid, to take the gamble once and then try to gamble a second time.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiaoyan silently sighed. That meant there was nothing they could do.
Zheng Yu, however, fell deep into thought. He understood what the family head was implying, but it seemed the family head did not fully grasp humanity. The opportunistic greed of some people was the greatest of all.
They had no opportunity now, but if a second case appeared…
【You deduced that the Pill Sect might have been infiltrated by the Demonic Path, and after analyzing it with the visiting family, discovered potential weaknesses within the Pill Sect. However, the Pill Sect is powerful. Even if there is demonic infiltration, there is nothing to be done, as you are only a small but capable cultivation family.
However, the Righteous Path remains unshaken, and a warrior has secretly resolved to fight for justice, planning to keep a close watch on the weaknesses you identified in the Pill Sect and wait for the right moment to act!】
Seeing this game prompt, Chen Han looked at Zheng Yu in surprise. Among the four people present, it was obvious that he was the warrior.
So he suddenly said to him, “I can give you a telephone number. When the time comes, it will be helpful for you.”
“Huh???” Zheng Yu had been lost in thought, and when he heard this, he froze and stared blankly at the Chen family head.
Had his thoughts been seen through?
How did the Chen family head know what he was thinking?
For a moment, he subconsciously swallowed.
