Chapter 114: Spirit Field Renovation! Blame The Feng Shui Array Again!
（After staying up late for several nights in a row, my throat hurts badly, so I will just write this much for this chapter first!）
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Today Chen Jun also got up early. He had breakfast together with his girlfriend and his parents.
This was his first meal back in the Chen Clan. Today was also his first day working for the Chen Clan, and the first time he felt an unusual sense of anticipation here. He was about to witness a different Chen Clan.
As Chen Jun was thinking this, he heard his mom say, “Xiao Jun, I will take Xiao Xiao to the service center to report to your Aunt Yanfang. She is now the supervisor and will arrange a job for Xiao Xiao.”
Chen Duojin also looked at him and said, “I am going to pick bamboo leaves. You contact Uncle Dagou yourself to report in.”
“Mm, got it.” Chen Jun nodded. After finishing breakfast, he took out his mobile phone and contacted Uncle Dagou through Weixin, then told him to meet at the martial arts field.
When he arrived at the martial arts field, he saw the sturdily built Uncle Dagou, three old masters, and three clan uncles and elders.
Besides him, there was only one other robust young man of his age. He was Uncle Dagou’s son, Chen Dalong. It was said Uncle Dagou gave him that name hoping his son would surpass him.
“Uncle Dagou.” Chen Jun immediately greeted him.
“Xiao Jun is here too, gather up!” Chen Dagou also greeted him and then picked up his phone to contact Chen Lin and Xiao Yu’s side.
After all, for planting peach trees, he was only bringing people to cooperate and had to follow arrangements.
Chen Jun responded, then went to stand beside Chen Dalong and asked, “Dalong, when did you come back?”
The two of them were childhood friends. When they were young, they were both Brother Han’s little followers.
He played the son, and Chen Dalong played the bodyguard. The latter had been robust since childhood.
Because of his good physique, after not going to high school he got into a sports secondary school with guaranteed job placement, and was eventually assigned to a construction site, becoming a brick-carrying physique of legend.
The foreman appreciated him and directly said that someone with this kind of brick-carrying physique did not need to bother with any secondary school for job placement. He should just come straight to the construction site; start the day he arrived. A heavenly prodigy should be treated like a heavenly prodigy.
Every time they talked about it, Chen Dalong would sigh at length. As a heavenly prodigy, he felt those three years at that lousy secondary school had been completely wasted.
However, anyone who could keep their head down and work hard carrying bricks on a construction site was truly able to endure hardship. He really admired him.
“Got back last night,” Chen Dalong replied in a low voice, then asked back, “What about you?”
“I arrived yesterday evening,” Chen Jun answered, then asked curiously, “Dalong, did you know your dad knows martial arts?”
Chen Dalong froze.
He really did not know about this.
After he previously saw his own dad knock down a dog thief with just a couple of moves, he had doubted whether that was really his dad, even wondering if his dad had been possessed by someone else.
In his impression, his dad could not even beat his mom. When he lost, sometimes he even had to kneel on a washboard.
Especially since at that time he happened to be reading a novel about a martial arts master from the martial world transmigrating into the body of a greasy middle-aged man. In that story too, after the master transmigrated, he used the greasy man’s body to knock out a thief with a couple of moves.
The plot gave him a strong sense of immersion. He had even specially called his mom to ask if his dad had been acting strange, and was harshly scolded for it.
But the fact that his dad was an expert and he had never known from childhood to now, if others found out, would feel a bit embarrassing. So he just made things up: “Of course I knew. I saw him practicing before. I wanted to learn, but he refused, said our generation has nothing to do with the main family anymore, and according to the Chen Clan’s rules, we are not qualified to learn.”
“Now that Brother Han is the patriarch, he has relaxed this restriction. Maybe we will also have a chance to practice martial arts. Brother Han is Brother Han, more open-minded than those old folks.”
Hearing this, Chen Jun’s eyes lit up and he nodded firmly at once. “Exactly, Brother Han is open-minded.”
At this moment, Chen Dalong suddenly said mysteriously, “Right, let me tell you a secret. You know about the Feng Shui room, right? Put three potted plants there and the room will become cool.”
“Mm!” Hearing this, Chen Jun could not help nodding, his face full of amazement. His room did not even need an air conditioner; just place three potted plants, and it could create a Feng Shui pattern that made the room very cool and comfortable.
He had watched videos about the Feng Shui room before when he was away. At first he thought it was really an air conditioning system. Only when he returned home did he realize it was not.
Now every household in the Chen Clan used this Feng Shui pattern, but the clan publicly claimed they had installed a special air conditioning system.
Seeing how mysterious Chen Dalong looked now, it seemed this Feng Shui room had some special reason behind it.
Could it be another secret that ordinary clan members like them did not know?
Showing off, Chen Dalong lowered his voice and said, “I heard my dad accidentally let it slip that there is a Feng Shui formation under the Chen Clan. It is precisely because of this formation that we Chen Clan people can use three potted plants to create a Feng Shui pattern.”
“Huh? Really?” Chen Jun was shocked.
He truly had not known this. Even his parents did not know, and only marveled at three potted plants forming a Feng Shui array.
So it turned out the Chen Clan had an underground Feng Shui formation.
“Amazing, right?” Chen Dalong said proudly, only to notice the people from the Demon Subduing Hall all staring at him in shock. Apparently, even though he had spoken softly, he had still been heard, and they each looked suddenly enlightened.
Every household in the Chen Clan had set aside an empty room as tourist accommodation, and naturally renovated it into a Feng Shui room. The Feng Shui pattern was no secret to them, but they truly did not know it was because there was a Feng Shui array under the Chen Clan.
An old man suddenly said, “This must be true. The patriarch’s grandfather used to be a famous Feng Shui master around here. People from Shangyuan Village and even nearby villages, when someone died, they would ask him to do a Feng Shui reading. I think he mentioned this before.”
The other two old men echoed one after another:
“Seems so, I think I heard him say it!”
“I think I heard it too!”
In fact, they could not remember clearly whether he had or not. But since there really was a Feng Shui formation under the family, then he must have said it.
Seeing his son’s loose tongue, Chen Dagou glared at him, then said, “This is something we keep to ourselves. Do not talk about it outside.”
The others all nodded. Their shock at hearing about the Feng Shui array for the first time was certain.
Chen Dagou then continued, “Now that everyone is here, and you all know our Chen Clan currently has a lot going on, do your best to contribute. Today we are going to help plant peach trees. Come with me!”
The others all nodded and followed him, walking toward the back of the Chen Clan grounds.
Chen Jun and Chen Dalong quickly followed. They arrived at a plot of land that had already been plowed and leveled, about ten mu in area. It was divided into sections, with irrigation pipes laid in between, connected to a water reservoir in one corner.
They had no idea what was to be planted here. Surely it could not be that all ten mu would be planted with peach trees. You did not need such meticulous plowing and an irrigation system just for peach trees.
At this time, Xiao Yu and Chen Lin also arrived at the plot.
Chen Dagou went up to ask, “Chen Lin, I have brought the people. When do we start planting the peach trees?”
Chen Lin explained, “Wait for Xiao Han to come. He has special requirements for the placement of the peach trees. These ten mu were personally selected by him, so there must be a special purpose.”
Chen Dagou nodded. Knowing very well what Xiao Han was capable of, he understood that if there was no special purpose, Xiao Han would not have specifically instructed this.
Seeing Xiao Yu, Chen Jun and Chen Dalong went over respectfully to greet her. “Sister Xiao Yu!”
They could not help it. As children, they had been nothing but followers trailing behind Brother Han and Sister Xiao Yu, feeling completely suppressed by their aura. Of course, it was definitely not because they had seen that video of her striking the throat with one sword and the groin with another, nor because of her title, the Throat Slitting and Groin Striking Sword.
This was their beloved Sister Xiao Yu.
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In the kitchen.
After placing the Green Feather Pheasant meat into the stew pot to begin stewing, it did not take long for a medicinal fragrance to waft out. Only then did Chen Han leave Uncle’s Kitchen and head toward the ten mu plot.
When he arrived, he saw his uncle and Uncle Dagou there.
“Xiao Han!” Chen Lin and Chen Dagou stepped forward.
The other members of the Chen Clan also greeted him respectfully:
“Patriarch!”
“Patriarch!”
“……”
They had already respected this young patriarch for giving them job positions.
Later, whether from seeing him display his martial arts, or from learning about the Chen Clan’s foundation and the strength of the main family, their respect had only deepened.
“Senior brother, look, Xiao Jun and Dalong, those two brats, have come back too.” Xiao Yu did not forget to bring the two childhood tagalongs before her senior brother.
“Han… patriarch!” Chen Jun said.
“Greetings, patriarch!” said Chen Dalong.
They quickly greeted him, their faces filled with respect, and even more with the obedient conviction formed since childhood as tagalongs.
“Mm, now that you are back, stay home and do well. The Chen Clan will only get better from here on.” Chen Han smiled and nodded, patting both of them on the shoulder.
Then he looked at the others from the Demon Subduing Hall and asked Uncle Dagou, “Uncle Dagou, is the Demon Subduing Hall fully staffed?”
That clan task, aside from clearing out demonic cult rogues who had infiltrated the Chen Clan, was also to establish the Demon Subduing Hall.
The thief gang had already been arrested; some were being prosecuted, others handed over. That condition was certainly fulfilled. As for forming the Demon Subduing Hall, Uncle Dagou had recruited some people, so it should be almost done.
Chen Dagou immediately reported, “Xiao Han, there are four more people coming back today. Once they join, we will have all twelve people.”
Chen Han nodded. Twelve people were the security force the Chen Clan temporarily needed according to the requirements.
Once those four joined, that clan task should be complete. He wondered what reward would come next.
At this time Chen Lin stepped forward and said, “Xiao Han, everyone is here. Tell us what requirements there are for planting these peach trees.”
Chen Han nodded and walked into the ten mu plot. At the same time, he was already looking at the Level 1 Spirit Field Modification Card in the game warehouse.
A game prompt appeared:
【Do you want to use the Level 1 Spirit Field Modification Card（10 mu） to modify the current ten mu of land?】
Chen Han did not hesitate and directly chose yes.
In the next moment, the Level 1 Spirit Field Modification Card（10 mu） in the game warehouse turned into specks of starlight and disappeared. At the same time, he saw a kind of white light appear along the edges of the ten mu of land.
The scene was extremely stunning, like an indescribable movie special effect.
Chen Han glanced at the people around him.
His uncle, Uncle Dagou, his junior sister, and the others all had their eyes fixed on him, waiting for his instructions. Clearly, the light from the modification was visible only to him, just like the light itself: no one else could see it at all.
Next, he saw that white light stretch out like a curtain, rapidly spreading in all directions, then closing, as if forming a natural white light shield that enveloped all ten mu of land.
At the same time, he saw that along the edges of the ten mu and at various spots in the middle, clusters of light appeared one after another.
【The Level 1 Spirit Field Modification Card（10 mu） has been used. The planting positions for the Spirit Sealing Formation’s spirit-sealing plants have been marked. Please complete the construction of the Spirit Sealing Formation as soon as possible and carry out the spirit field modification!】
In other words, they first had to plant the peach trees one by one at the positions of those light clusters before the spirit field could be modified.
With that in mind, Chen Han instructed Chen Lin, “Uncle, give me a hoe. I will dig holes at the spots where we will plant the peach trees to mark them.”
Hearing this, Chen Dalong quickly grabbed a hoe and stepped forward. “Patriarch, you point out the places; I will dig the holes. I can carry bricks all day at the construction site, I have plenty of strength.”
“Mm.” Seeing his proactive little follower, Chen Han smiled and walked toward the first light cluster. “Here!”
When he reached the light cluster, perhaps because he had cultivated the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture basic qi cultivation method, he could clearly feel that the spot of the light cluster was cooler, and faint special energy was flowing there.
Chen Dalong immediately went over and used the hoe to dig a small pit there.
Then Chen Han walked to another light cluster and marked the spot, and Chen Dalong was quick to dig another pit.
The others, under Chen Dagou’s lead, went to bring in the peach trees they had ordered yesterday and placed them into the dug pits. Only Xiao Yu and Chen Lin continued to follow beside Chen Han.
After marking more than a dozen light cluster positions in succession, Chen Dalong could not help asking, “Patriarch, is there some special principle behind these positions? Is planting these peach trees also related to the Feng Shui array beneath the clan?”
His question also made Chen Lin and Xiao Yu look toward Chen Han with curiosity.
Seeing someone automatically filling in the blanks with imagination, Chen Han went along with it. “That is right, it is related to the underground Feng Shui array. I have found that the energy of the underground Feng Shui array emerges at these positions. If we use plants that can seal this energy to lock it down, we might gain unexpected benefits when planting things in this land.”
Chen Lin said in sudden realization, “No wonder you specifically chose this ten mu. So these peach trees can seal this energy?”
“Mm!” Chen Han nodded and explained, “In Daoist legends, peach trees have the effect of sealing, absorbing, and suppressing special energies. So planting peach trees at these special spots can seal the energy overflowing from the Feng Shui array.”
Chen Han was making it up, while Chen Lin and Xiao Yu showed an “I see” expression, clearly believing it completely.
Chen Dalong also perked up his ears, listening carefully and memorizing it, his face full of disbelief, feeling like his brain had grown and he had learned something incredible.
Chen Han continued walking toward the remaining light clusters, marking them one by one. After he had marked all the positions and had Chen Dalong dig all the pits, he checked the time.
The medicinal cuisine probably needed water and heat added, so he left this place to his uncle and junior sister and went back.
Looking at the marked pits, Xiao Yu already knew there were not enough mature peach trees and that more would need to be ordered.
Once all were planted, the ten mu would be surrounded and partitioned by peach trees.
Carrying a hoe, Chen Dalong was already helping out. Being the same age and childhood friends, he went to find Chen Jun. But when he came near, he saw several people surrounding Chen Jun, all with looks of amazement:
“It’s real. Get close and you are affected, step back and you are not.”
“The positions the patriarch marked are definitely not simple!”
“……”
At this moment, Chen Jun was holding a mobile phone and repeatedly experimenting. When he moved close to one of the pits he had dug, a signal interference state appeared on the phone. When he moved farther away, it returned to normal.
He had originally just wanted to take out his phone to record a video of the peach tree planting for his girlfriend, but unexpectedly discovered this miraculous phenomenon.
The others also took out their phones to try. When they moved them close to the marked pits, a signal interference state appeared on the screen. One by one, their faces were full of disbelief.
Chen Jun and the others went to another marked spot to test and found the same phenomenon.
So the spots the patriarch had marked for planting peach trees truly were not simple.
“What on earth is going on?” Chen Jun exclaimed.
“Do you want to know?” came Chen Dalong’s voice, his face full of the look of someone who knew the inside story.
