Chapter 156: A Real Talisman! Demonic Artifact: Dancing Demons 2
At the moment the talisman runes’ closed loop was completed, Chen Han clearly saw the lines of the Talisman Drawing change.
First, the color quickly shifted, gaining a sense of depth.
This was completely different from the bright look of ground cinnabar before, and clearly different from the Wasted Talismans drawn with ordinary water.
Moreover, as the talisman lines deepened in color, they also seemed to merge into the yellow paper itself.
This feeling was very strange, yet easy to see.
So, was this the reason the talisman rune drawing had succeeded?
In the special dew’s Remark Information, it said that a completed talisman drawing would have special effect Attributes.
He put this Talisman into the Warehouse to check the Remark Information:
【Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman: this is a special Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman. After receiving Blessing, wearing it will grant mind tranquility +1, sleep quality +1, mental calmness +
Restriction: the current Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman has not undergone Blessing, Attribute effects have not been activated!
Prompt: if you draw it using better Materials, there may be stronger effects!】
Chen Han was surprised when he saw the Remark Information.
The three Attributes of this Calming Talisman were impressive. For many minor mental issues, such as anxiety, insomnia, and irritability, even a +1 Attribute would be enough for a single talisman to solve most of the problem.
The key point was that nowadays there were a great many people with sleep disorders and anxiety.
It was just that it had not yet been Blessed, so the Calming Talisman’s effects had not been triggered.
They had to wait until the Special Altar at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall was renovated.
Also, talismans were a segment with a very high Status in Daoist Sects, and had almost become an important Business source for many Daoist Sects.
Openly and clearly priced.
Prices also varied based on Material, production method, and whether Consecration had been performed, roughly ranging from a few yuan to over ten thousand.
Calming Talismans made of ordinary paper Material or fabric Material were cheaper, usually a few yuan to a few dozen.
Wooden ones were generally from a few dozen to a few hundred yuan, such as peach wood Material being around 50 to 200 yuan.
Jade ones were more expensive: talisman runes on ordinary jade cost a few hundred yuan, and those made from high-quality jade like Hetian jade could reach several thousand or even over ten thousand.
Some Places even directly printed Calming Talismans, priced as low as 2 yuan each.
Lastly, Calming Talismans that had been Consecrated and empowered by a high-ranking Daoist priest would also receive an additional price boost.
As for whether these had any Effect, anyone who had bought them knew.
Especially those mass-printed ones; if those actually worked, Uncle Jiu, who catches Zombies, would be laughing, and moveable type printing would churn out piles of them.
So how much should the truly effective Calming Talismans from the Chen Clan be sold for?
After all, once the Special Altar at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall’s Renovation was completed, they could Bless 30 of them a day.
The key was that these could be taken Outside the Chen Clan and still work. That would be the chance for the Chen Clan’s name to be spread far and wide.
But thinking about it, that did not feel right. Directly saying they were for sale would be too low-class, they could not turn this into such a vulgar trade.
Besides, the fact that the Calming Talisman could receive 30 Blessings a day did not mean they had to hand out all 30 every day. Taking it slow would still be fine.
They needed to think of a good Method.
For example, making them benefits only for true Chen Clan Devotees: under the banner of giving benefits to Devotees, hold a peace and Blessing Prayer Ceremony, then hand out talismans and bestow Calming Talismans.
And up to now, those who truly counted as Devotees of the Chen Clan were only Old Master Wang and Mr. Liu.
Although Daoist Sect members would also address ordinary people and ordinary Tourists as Devotees, that was just a form of address; internally and externally, it was not the same.
It was not because those people had money.
It was because it was impossible to give something to everyone who came. Modern people tend to flatter those above and trample those below: when they need you, they put on a pitiful act to gain sympathy; when they do not, they tell you to get lost.
At the very least, you had to be a Believer first.
But this was only an idea and could be thought through in more detail later.
Next, he took out that Calming Talisman again. Now he could be sure that only when the drawing succeeded would that deepening color and the miraculous state of the cinnabar runes seeming to merge into the paper appear.
With this assumption, he started drawing talismans again. This time he intentionally made a stroke incorrectly, and indeed did not see any change appear on the Talisman.
He put it into the Warehouse and saw the Remark Information again:
【this is a Wasted Talisman with errors in the Talisman Drawing, which has no special effects!】
In that case, once he handed this Method of Drawing Talismans over to Aunt-Grandmother or others in the Clan, they too would be able to determine whether the drawing had succeeded.
Thinking that, he drew two more successful ones in a row. After putting them into the Warehouse and checking the Remark Information, he took out his Mobile Phone, went Online, ordered some higher-grade cinnabar, and also ordered a few pieces of jade.
The Remark Information’s Prompt said that using better Materials to draw this Calming Talisman would result in better Attributes, and might even reach +
Crucially, talismans drawn on yellow paper versus jade looked like they were on completely different tiers.
After placing the orders, Chen Han drew more than a dozen Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talismans, using up all the cinnabar mixed with Water from Heaven. Only then did he go to Uncle’s Kitchen, took out the Green Feather Pheasant Meat from the Warehouse, and began to prepare Medicinal Cuisine.
He had just lit the fire to begin Stewing when Uncle Dagou called: “Xiao Han, those Thief Bees are back again.”
Hearing this, Chen Han immediately headed to the Spirit Beast Hall. Monsters were attacking, which was a great time to kill monsters for Item Drops.
He used the Beast Taming Flute to control the Lion Head Geese and led them to the Bee Box. After another round of brutal fighting, the invading Thief Demon Bees that had entered the Chen Clan fled in panic.
It was just that the Items Dropped were not very interesting to him.
Spirit Flower Pollen x
With so many of those dropping, all it did was increase his stock to make more Scar Removal Cream.
It would not sell well for long.
But it could be used as Rewards during Activities. Once its Effect spread, as long as the Chen Clan held Activities and used it as a benefit, it would surely attract many people.
He casually put away the drops into the Warehouse. Chen Dagou led people to deal with the Thief Bees on the ground that were not yet dead and to put up new sheds. After all, with future splitting of the hives, every time it would be x2, seven splits a year, and the numbers would become huge.
So it was best to build the sheds early, so they would not be in a panic when the time came.
Chen Han watched for a while, then played the Beast Taming Flute and led the Lion Head Geese back to the Spirit Beast Hall, and put the Spirit Beast Flute back into the Warehouse again.
After leaving the Spirit Beast Hall and walking only a short distance, he was surprised to see two figures. They were actually Ming Di, whom he had just scared up on the Mountain.
The man’s Mentality was really good. He was already cheerfully bringing a Girl into the Chen Clan to film Videos today. That girl should be the magic qin demoness, right?
She was holding a small Guqin in her hand.
But these two Demonic Cult Rogues were entering the Chen Clan so openly?
It felt a bit like they did not take the Chen Clan seriously.
“Today, I, along with the magic qin demoness in disguise, infiltrated the Chen Clan to scout out the exact situation of the Chen Clan’s 《Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering》.” Ming Di was filming the Video around the Chen Clan and also made sure to film himself and Zhu Xueqin.
Those abstract, cringe-inducing words made Zhu Xueqin, who had just stepped over, feel embarrassed. Many people in the Chen Clan had gone through this stage.
She even blushed a little. After all, she used to play classical Guqin, going from a classical beauty playing Guqin to an abstract-spirited Girl. She needed time to adjust.
Ming Di also noticed Chen Han at this moment and quickly came up to greet him. “Bro, I didn’t tell anyone about the secret on the Mountain.”
Mainly because even if he said it, no one would believe him.
When he mentioned Online that maybe it was not Special Effects, people replied, “Yes yes yes, it was all created by you Demonic Cult Rogues with your Demonic Shadows.”
When he told Zhu Xueqin, “What if that was not Special Effects?” she responded, “Alright, stop getting too deep into character.”
What could he do about that?
Chen Han looked at him with a smiling expression. “What secret did you not tell others? Do we have a secret?”
“That…” Ming Di quickly tried to Prompt him, as if to get him to remember.
“What?” Chen Han asked again.
“…” Ming Di was stunned.
Seriously, bro, are you really going to play dumb this hard?
Acting like you do not know anything.
It was Zhu Xueqin’s first time meeting the Chen Family Head in person, or rather, her first time seeing him in real life. She hurriedly gave a bright greeting: “Hello, Chen Family Head. I am Zhu Xueqin. Right now I am filming an abstract series with Ming Di, I am the magic qin demoness!”
By filming this type of Video with Ming Di, she was essentially riding his Popularity. She had to greet him. Seeing that he did not object, she felt relieved.
Chen Han asked, “What kind of Video are you filming now?”
Ming Di explained, “We are filming about infiltrating the Chen Clan to probe for news about the 《Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering》.”
Chen Han said with a smile, “Then now that you have been discovered by the Chen Family Head, aren’t you going to run?”
Zhu Xueqin was clearly stunned.
Ming Di had already aimed his phone Lens at Chen Han. “Chen Family Head, even if we are discovered after infiltrating, don’t get cocky. We will be back.”
With that, he pulled Zhu Xueqin and ran toward Outside the Chen Clan. While running, he did not forget to keep his phone pointed in Chen Han’s direction.
Chen Han had to admit, this Demonic Cult Rogue was very quick-witted and sharp.
But then, to Chen Han’s surprise, a Game Prompt appeared in his mind:
【while patrolling within the Family Region, you discovered Demonic Cult Rogues and the magic qin demoness infiltrating the Family. You defeated both, but they escaped using demonic energy escape techniques. However, the magic qin demoness dropped a Demonic Artifact!】
A cluster of glistening White Light appeared before Chen Han, and he could see that inside the White Light was a Guqin.
This could happen?
There was no way to describe how he felt. He had just been strolling around and suddenly picked up something.
All he could say was that Ming Di really was a good man.
But why was it another Demonic Artifact?
It was one thing that the forging talismans were from the Demonic Path, and the Skills forged from them were Demonic Sect methods. Now even the Treasures were Demonic Artifacts?
Was this righteous Patriarch somehow fated with the Demonic Path?
He hoped not.
Acting as if nothing had happened, he put the item into the Warehouse and checked the Remark Information:
【magic qin （chaos）: this is a Demonic Artifact, produced by a special Demonic Path Refinement method. Although it does not have great power, playing the four Outer Realm Demonic Melodies inscribed on the Guqin by the magic qin demoness can affect the brains of those listening at the Scene and produce a special chaos effect: dancing demons +
Extract the four Outer Realm Demonic Melodies?】
Sure enough, this Prompt was just like the jade bamboo demonic flute that Ming Di had dropped before, except that previously, that Demonic Cult Rogue Ming Di had dropped four Immortal Melodies.
Now what the magic qin demoness dropped were entirely Demonic Melodies.
And Outer Realm Demonic Melodies at that, which already sounded unusual.
He chose “yes” immediately. In an instant, four streams of information poured into his mind, including the pieces themselves and their performance requirements.
But as soon as he saw which four pieces they were, he was stunned.
The four pieces were 《bad guy》, 《la la la》, 《apt》, and 《beat it》.
No wonder they were called Outer Realm Demonic Melodies.
They really were from the Outer Realm.
Foreign songs.
And these four songs truly were demonic.
For example, 《bad guy》: in the “Empty City Stratagem” of Zhuge Liang, what he was playing on the tower was this piece.
As a poem bears witness: “The horse named Dilu races fast, Zhuge strokes the strings to bad guy!”
In an unofficial version, Zhuge Liang sat with a Guqin on the tower, dancing with the music of bad guy and teasing Sima Yi, and in the end the enemy army was not one hundred fifty thousand, but one hundred fifty thousand and two, as the left and right Attendants tied Zhuge up first.
Anyway, combining Outer Realm Demonic Melodies with local Demonic Artifacts resulted in powerful effects and the collapse of ritual and music, （chapter end Outer Realm Demonic Melody video）.
According to the system’s twisted logic, previously the Immortal Melodies were the four most popular Videos shot by the Demonic Cult Rogue Ming Di. So these four Outer Realm Demonic Melodies should also be his hottest ones.
Clicking on Zhu Xueqin’s Douyin Account, he indeed saw that her four most popular Videos were the ones where she wore ancient-style clothing to perform these Outer Realm Demonic Melodies.
Chen Han had a rough idea what dancing demons +2 meant.
It should be a kind of mental state attack.
Because in the comments of these Outer Realm Demonic Melody Videos, there were inevitably lines like “people of our country do not dance to foreign beats” and “spend a fortune and gain it back again, I am DJ Li Taibai!”
These songs made people unable to resist dancing along, especially groups of Girls in Hanfu, who would be called “national style rockers” when they danced.
Under the spiritual attack of dancing demons +2, people nearby would hear the music and be unable to resist starting wild dancing?
Just like how under dream immortal +2, many who listened to the four songs could not help but feel as if they were riding a sword into the sky.
The key difference was that dream immortal +2 was about desire.
Dancing demons +2 required taking action.
And after their dancing demons session, people still would not realize they had been mentally attacked. They would just think he played so well that they could not control themselves and burst into a wild dance.
The key question was, if he played the Guqin and people all around started wild dancing, what kind of scene would that be?
It really would be dancing demons.
This Demonic Path attack was really… he wanted to see it.
With that thought, he hurried back to his Courtyard, took the magic qin （chaos） out of the Game Warehouse, and found it was a large Guqin, 163 cm long.
He slung the big Guqin over his shoulder, which actually did look imposing, then walked straight toward the Martial Arts Field, where Xiao Mi and the Junior Sister had helped set up a Performance Stage.
It was also near the Tourist Service Center, where there were the most Tourists.
An Attribute like dancing demons should be used where there were more people, to really bring out the word “demons” in “dancing demons.”
Carrying such a long Guqin on his shoulder as he headed toward the Martial Arts Field naturally drew a lot of attention from Tourists, who took out their Mobile Phones to film him.
At the Martial Arts Field, Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi were already overseeing the setup of the Stage.
Beside Xiao Mi stood a very beautiful Girl. Xiao Mi could not help asking her, “Lobster, help me see how this Stage setup looks and give me some suggestions.”
The Girl called Lobster was a bit speechless. “Xiao Mi Jie, I came early just to take a vacation since I have no Activities right now, and you are already making me work once your National Style Event starts.”
Of course, Xiao Mi had no intention of wasting free labor. At that moment, she suddenly heard some Tourists talking:
“Isn’t that the Chen Family Head?”
“He’s carrying a Guqin. What is he going to do?”
Xiao Mi instinctively looked over and indeed saw him walking over with a Guqin on his shoulder.
Lobster was very curious. “He’s actually kind of handsome. But what is he doing? Coming here to play the Guqin?”
Xiao Yu was drawn in too, her pretty face full of surprise. She had already been surprised that Senior Brother could play the flute. Could he also play the Guqin?
She had never seen him perform before.
Chen Han did not expect to see Xiao Mi and Xiao Yu here, and he also noticed the beautiful Girl with them. She looked familiar, and in Hanfu beside Xiao Mi, she should also be some National Style Internet Celebrity.
Xiao Yu subconsciously stepped forward and asked, “Senior Brother, why are you carrying a Guqin over here?”
“To play, of course. I have been practicing a few pieces recently,” Chen Han said openly. He set the Guqin down and tuned it. Seeing that many people were already gathered around, watching Xiao Mi and the others, it was the perfect moment for a little dancing demons.
All you righteous Fellow Practitioners, come taste the power of the Demonic Artifact’s mental attack.
As he said this, he immediately began to play 《bad guy》.
As soon as the intro started, aside from Xiao Yu who filmed Martial Arts Videos, both Xiao Mi and Lobster froze for a moment, because when this song had been popular, they too had been “national style rockers” and filmed Videos.
So they were very familiar with the intro.
But in the next moment, as they listened, an odd expression appeared on their faces. It felt as if there were a force within them itching to burst out.
And it was getting stronger and stronger.
