Chapter 147: The Shock Of The Big Shot At The Chen Clan!
“Master Xin Yan, there are also many forms of kung fu in the Buddhist sect. Is there a lightness skill that can go up to the roof like that?” Liu Ye asked Master Xin Yan beside him with a smile.
It could be seen that he was in a good mood, the good mood of seeing hope.
Master Xin Yan felt a bit awkward when he heard this: “Mr. Liu, I cultivate Buddhist dharma, not martial arts, so I am not clear about this.”
Buddhist martial arts?
In fact, they are just like that. Many people online are right.
So he could only play dumb.
Liu Ye smiled.
At his status and age, how could he not see this master’s embarrassment, and he did not continue to press.
In his heart, his expectations for the Chen Clan rose higher.
Suddenly, he saw that the Chen Family Head had updated a new video. He clicked it and immediately heard the Chen Family Head’s voice sound: “The Chen Clan has just subdued… the clan must dispatch the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Goose.”
Just from the beginning, he knew the Chen Family Head was being abstract again. Most of his videos were of this type.
Yet the other party truly had something real, such as the ability shown in this video to control the Lion Head Geese.
With so many Lion Head Geese, their movements uniform, and obeying the flute sound without exception, could this really be explained by that Professor Wu’s simple scientific explanation?
Aside from the military, in all fields, probably no one could achieve this.
However, Professor Wu’s scientific explanation sounded very reasonable. Many people believed it, and no one could produce evidence to refute him, so what he said was taken as reasonable.
Most importantly, the Chen Family Head himself endorsed Professor Wu’s explanation and urged everyone to believe in science. That made it truly puzzling.
Professor Wu called himself a science educator, yet from another angle he seemed a bit like a scapegoat.
As the video played, the scene of the Lion Head Geese flapping at the bees was somewhat interesting.
But when he watched the later part of the video, he was shocked.
Those densely packed bees actually flew neatly to the front of the Chen Family Head, and those few clearly different bees all neatly landed on the flute lifted by the Chen Family Head.
This scene was somewhat unbelievable.
Those were queen bees, right?
So was this another miracle of the Chen Family Head’s beast taming technique?
He subconsciously handed the video to Master Xin Yan. “Master, look at this video. Do these bees look like they are paying respects to the Chen Family Head?”
Master Xin Yan looked at the video, his face also full of surprise. Just as he was about to answer, he heard Liu Ye ask, “Does anyone in your Buddhist sect have such beast taming technique?”
“…” Master Xin Yan did not know how to answer, because there really was no such thing, at least he had never seen it.
In the end, he could only say, “Amitabha.”
Not answering and keeping silent was the best choice.
The car quickly reached the range of Shangyuan Village. They found many cars already parked by the roadside. The country road was not wide, plus there were many tourists, so the road conditions were a bit bad.
Of course, the main reason was still that after the Chen Clan became famous, too many locals from Linhe County came to join the fun. These people drove into the village, causing the current situation.
Otherwise, most tourists from farther away would take a high-speed train to Linhe County and then a taxi here, and it would not cause such a scene.
But this was just an objective factor. The real reason was the limitation of the road itself. This country road could no longer support the current number of visitors to the Chen Clan.
Liu Ye naturally saw the problem at a glance. “The Chen Clan’s development here seems not very thorough. The traffic is already overloaded, and with this number of tourists every day, all the surrounding mountains seem to have places that could be developed.”
Chu Hao had learned about the Chen Clan before and had his own guesses. He explained, “It seems the Chen Clan used to focus on ascetic cultivation. The older generation did not want to show their faces, so the clan members lived in poverty and had no reputation outside.”
“Now this young patriarch seeks change and wants to lead the Chen Clan members to develop, so he came out to develop and promote. Those working here now are all from the clan. The main goal is still for the clan members.”
“No wonder.” Liu Ye nodded, looking thoughtful.
He understood the Chen Clan’s actions very well. Times were different, and concepts naturally changed.
Many remarkable people among the common folk mostly had some skills. Yet many of those skills were lost because of various rules. Some knew how to adapt, and instead spread those skills through promotion so they could be passed down.
Especially those inheritances of the mystic sects, which of them were not seeking change?
Including Master Xin Yan’s temple, Wudang, Shao*… all the same, adapting to the times early to gain fame.
Some places had even turned it into a commercial model.
Outside, Master Xin Yan was highly respected. In some videos used for online promotion, viewers would praise him as a compassionate master.
But after he donated fifty million, did the other side not personally chant scriptures to ward off evil for him every day?
Most importantly, if they did not have that reputation, he would not have donated fifty million to their temple.
That was the benefit of gaining fame by adapting to the times.
By contrast, the Chen Clan clearly possessed many skills, yet had persisted until now without coming out to seek fame. It could only be said that the older generation of the Chen Clan were extremely steadfast.
This further showed that the Chen Clan was different from places like Master Xin Yan’s mystic sect establishments. Their issues could not be solved with money.
Figures in the mystic sects like Master Xin Yan, even if they truly had one part of real ability, would exaggerate it to ten parts in their promotion. There was always self-interest involved. So for his donation of fifty million, he could have Master Xin Yan chant scriptures daily to dispel evil for him.
Now the Chen Clan clearly had real abilities but still pretended they did not, and did not acknowledge them publicly. If you did not have connections or special channels, you simply would not know.
That meant this was not something money could buy.
When he saw the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex, Liu Ye admired them even more. Even though he did not care about tourism or buildings, even he had to admit that the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex was very attractive. That simple and unadorned feel hit him in the face, as if allowing one to see the beauty of ancient architecture at a glance.
So attractive, yet the Chen Clan only now sought change. That showed they were far more steadfast than those mystic sect establishments and far stronger.
At this moment, in his mind, the Chen Clan and other mystic sect establishments were on entirely different levels.
After getting out of the car and looking into the distance, he could see the three old elm trees standing tall, full of dense branches and leaves, their canopies spread wide and spectacular.
“These three old elm trees must be very ancient, right?” Liu Ye, drawn to them, asked.
Chu Hao explained, “They are quite old. It seems they can be traced back to the Tang dynasty period. Also, those three old elm trees have spirituality. As long as people enter the range of the old elms, they will feel a kind of marvelous freshness, not like ordinary shade.”
“Then tomorrow I must go have a look.” Liu Ye said this and followed Chu Hao into the Chen Clan. Besides them and Master Xin Yan, he had also brought one assistant and two bodyguards in another car.
Upon entering the Chen Clan, it was bustling, full of tourists.
Chu Hao was truly filled with emotion. Every time he came to the Chen Clan, he felt there had been a huge change.
He checked the time and said to Liu Ye, “Mr. Liu, judging by the time, the medicinal cuisine I ordered should be almost ready.”
Liu Ye nodded. In his heart he had already formed his assessment of the Chen Clan. He knew this was not a place he could handle with money alone. He needed Chu Hao to arrange things.
He was instead curious. “Xiao Chu, is the Chen Clan’s medicinal cuisine really as miraculous as you say?”
Chu Hao explained with confidence, “Mr. Liu, this medicinal cuisine is the same as the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Both are inheritances of the Chen Clan. It will definitely not disappoint you.”
As he spoke, he led Liu Ye to a detached courtyard of the Chen Clan that was open to guests.
The Chen Clan’s guest rooms were limited. Even though each Chen Clan member had contributed a room, it was still like this. In general, it was hard to book.
Even the detached courtyards, which were more expensive, were hard to book. But with his relationship with the Chen Family Head, getting a room was simple.
The Chen Clan had reserved rooms. It was impossible to make every room available for booking. They needed some rooms for emergencies.
After they entered the courtyard, Chu Hao sent a message to Xiao Yu. It was already mealtime, so he asked her to send the dishes and medicinal cuisine over.
Soon, Xiao Yu personally came, pushing a dining cart with others, including the medicinal cuisine.
Medicinal cuisine had to be delivered by her personally, since it was so rare.
After having people tidy up the dining table in the hall of the courtyard, she placed the medicinal cuisine and dishes on the table, then said to Chu Hao, “Mr. Chu, the medicinal cuisine has been delivered. If you need anything, you can instruct the waitress.”
After Xiao Yu left, Liu Ye looked at the stew pot with interest and asked, “Xiao Chu, is this the Chen Clan Inheritance Medicinal Cuisine?”
“Yes, Mr. Liu.” As Chu Hao spoke, he opened the lid of the stew pot. A rich and pleasant medicinal fragrance wafted around.
In that instant, Liu Ye could not help twitching his nose, his eyes revealing uncontrollable surprise.
Given his status, wealth, and experience, he had eaten many medicinal cuisines, including top-class ones unavailable to the general public.
But even those medicinal cuisines that cost an ordinary person several years’ salary for one meal did not have such a mouthwatering medicinal aroma.
“Mr. Liu, please have a taste.” Chu Hao filled a bowl of medicinal cuisine and handed it to Liu Ye, then looked at Master Xin Yan and remembered that he, as a monk, did not eat meat.
The master hurriedly chanted “Amitabha” once.
Silently asking forgiveness in his heart, he found himself swallowing at the smell of the medicinal cuisine, and there was clearly meat in the pot.
Sinful.
But he really could not help twitching his nose and inhaling the wonderful aroma.
Liu Ye had already picked up the bowl and started eating the medicinal cuisine. As soon as it entered his mouth, he could be sure this medicinal cuisine was definitely better than any he had eaten before.
What felt even more marvelous was that in a short time he felt a warm sensation spreading through his body, quickly flowing throughout and feeling extremely comfortable.
He even felt that his deformed knee, damaged by rheumatic paralysis symptoms, was much more comfortable.
In recent days, although the weather was good and the pain from his symptoms was not severe, the stuffy feeling in his knee was very uncomfortable, and he felt somewhat weak when walking.
Now, after just this bowl of medicinal cuisine, there was such a comfortable effect.
He could not help asking, “Xiao Chu, this Chen Clan medicinal cuisine must be hard to reserve, right?”
Chu Hao explained, “Although this medicinal cuisine costs only twenty thousand per pot, the materials are limited. The Chen Clan here cannot guarantee they have it every day. It needs to be reserved in advance, and even if you want to reserve it, they may not accept.”
Liu Ye immediately said, “Xiao Chu, can you ask for me? If the Chen Clan has this medicinal cuisine in the future, I will pay extra to book it, one hundred thousand per pot. How about that?”
“Mr. Liu, I can only help you contact them. Whether it works depends on the Chen Clan.” As Chu Hao spoke, he took out his mobile phone and called Chen Han. After the call connected, he said into the phone, “Family Head Chen, I have a Mr. Liu here. He is very fond of the Chen Clan’s medicinal cuisine and wants to reserve it. He is willing to pay one hundred thousand per pot.”
When Chen Han heard this, he knew this Mr. Liu should be that demonic path big shot.
He could not help feeling that rich people really were different, immediately multiplying the price by five.
Seeing that he did not agree immediately, Chu Hao hurriedly added, “Family Head Chen, Mr. Liu is very sincere. If possible, please grant this.”
Chen Han did in fact have more medicinal cuisine. The game warehouse had ample materials, but he still pretended to be embarrassed. After a moment he said, “Mr. Chu, since that is the case, for your sake, we will take his reservation.”
“Thank you, Family Head Chen.” Chu Hao immediately smiled. After hanging up, he said to Liu Ye, “Mr. Liu, it seems their materials are not much, but they agreed.”
“Good.” Liu Ye sighed in relief, and his mood for eating improved.
Just from Chu Hao’s words, he could tell the Chen Family Head had been a bit hesitant before finally agreeing.
This meal made Liu Ye very happy. He had quite a lot of medicinal cuisine. The warm feeling all over his body made him so comfortable he wanted to stretch lazily, then said, “Xiao Chu, shall we go now to see the Feng Shui room you mentioned?”
He was very curious about this. Online videos all said it was a special air conditioning system, and it was the Chen Clan’s own advertisement that said so.
But Xiao Chu had said when they came that it was real Feng Shui.
It was as if he understood the Chen Clan better than the Chen Clan did.
But in this matter, there was no reason for the other party to lie.
If it were a lie, once he moved in and experienced it, he could expose it immediately, and that would only make him dislike them.
And Xiao Chu was clearly a shrewd person. Otherwise, his father would not feel at ease letting him come alone; he might have come to accompany him personally.
“Please, Mr. Liu.” Chu Hao nodded and went with Liu Ye into the building and to his room.
In this season, the weather outside was a bit muggy, and even at the door of the room it still felt that way.
But the moment Liu Ye entered the room, he felt a unique fresh coolness rush over him and envelop his whole body.
He knew this was not air conditioning. If it were, he would not feel nothing at the door and then suddenly feel it inside. Besides, air conditioning coolness was not like this.
So this really was Feng Shui. He absolutely did not believe the videos about some special air conditioning system. If there really were such a special system that could make a room so comfortable and incredible, his manor would have installed it long ago. There was no way there would be no news at all.
“This really is Feng Shui.” Liu Ye’s eyes lit up. He believed in Feng Shui the most. Back then, it was a Feng Shui master who saved his life, and he would remember that all his life.
Thinking of this, he had already gone to study around the three potted plants, but he could not figure anything out. So he asked Master Xin Yan, who was also observing, “Master, can you see anything about this Feng Shui pattern?”
At this moment, Master Xin Yan was also full of shock.
Did such a thing as Feng Shui really exist?
Their Buddhist sect did not discourse on Feng Shui, but they knew it was about using geography and terrain in ancient times.
Now there were scientific explanations. Many people believed Feng Shui had nothing magical.
But the Feng Shui pattern in front of him, constructed with just three pots of plants, how could that be related to science?
He subconsciously swallowed. The Daoist sects truly had such mysterious things. Then what about the Buddhist sect? Could there also be such things?
Facing Liu Ye’s question, he could not see through it at all. In the end he could only say “Amitabha” again.
Liu Ye clearly understood that this master could not see through it either, so he did not press.
But right after, he started to worry.
The Chen Clan clearly had such Feng Shui ability yet refused to admit it and insisted on using the excuse of scientific technology. So if they told him that the Chen Clan could not treat illnesses and he should believe in science instead, then should he believe in science or not?
Perhaps because of the medicinal cuisine and having drunk Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, he slept very well that night, no longer kept awake by the deformed knee from his illness.
However, at his age, his sleep was already short. He woke up very early the next day, stretched in the courtyard, and saw the master also up early.
He invited, “Master Xin Yan, would you like to take a walk with me?”
Master Xin Yan had been planning to attend morning class, but hearing this, he could only accompany him. After all, the man had donated fifty million to the temple.
Amitabha.
They left the courtyard together. Liu Ye clearly felt that after having the medicinal cuisine last night, his legs felt better today.
This made him even more certain that the Chen Clan could treat his rheumatic paralysis symptoms. Now it depended on whether the Chen Clan was willing to treat him.
Soon, the two arrived at the three old elm trees. The ancient trees were indeed magnificent.
What surprised them was that as soon as they came close, they saw several people sitting cross-legged in the pavilion among the trees.
One of them should be the Chen Family Head.
The other three middle-aged men were Chen Clan masters. Just by sitting cross-legged in the pavilion, they were very eye-catching.
At that moment, others got up, but the Chen Family Head remained sitting there.
“Sigh, after so long, I still cannot enter samadhi.”
“Yeah, how does senior brother do it, to be in samadhi for so long?”
Chen Lin and Xiao Yu were very surprised.
But Liu Ye and Master Xin Yan were even more astonished.
Samadhi?
What a mysterious word.
In the mystic sects, it was usually only mentioned in the context of cultivation that one spoke of entering samadhi. Could it be that the people of the Chen Clan had been cultivating here just now?
As someone of the mystic sects, Master Xin Yan was naturally familiar with the term samadhi. It was a state in cultivation.
One had to reach a realm of being beyond all things, able to stay long in tranquility and peace, unaffected by any external influence.
But who could truly do that?
Unless one could really cultivate to immortality or Buddhahood and ascend in broad daylight.
Yet as he kept staring at the Chen Family Head, and time passed, seeing him still motionless and beyond all things, Master Xin Yan grew more and more shocked, his heart pounding.
Could it be that the Chen Clan truly had some cultivation method?
Then, as someone from the Buddhist sect, was it appropriate for him to have come here?
He felt a bit flustered.
