Chapter 160: No Opportunity? You Wouldn’t Believe It Even If It’s Right In Front Of You!
In the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, aunt-grandmother was carefully studying the Calming Talisman.
The patriarch had said that thirty blessings could be bestowed each day. Only thirteen talismans had been blessed just now, so seventeen more could still be blessed today.
She wanted to bless the remaining seventeen and could not waste today’s blessing quota.
After taking the required materials from the side hall warehouse, she also earnestly began drawing. With her more than forty years of experience in drawing talismans, after trying a few, she basically drew them exactly the same.
At least, judging by her experience and ability, there was absolutely no difference.
So she also placed these talismans on the altar, then began piously reciting the Calming Talisman three times.
When the recitation ended, she rose and walked toward the altar. After only a moment, her brows furrowed.
These talismans had not changed, which meant they had not been blessed.
Where had something gone wrong?
She had clearly drawn them exactly the same.
…
After Chen Han and Xiao Mi left the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, he walked with Xiao Mi for a while, then she received a call from Xiao Yu and left.
He went toward the spirit field, and on the way he called uncle, telling him to go to the spirit field as well.
Here in the spirit field, the peach blossoms were even more exuberant.
Extremely gorgeous.
Because after blooming, even if Spirit Plant Dew was still applied, it had no effect on the peach trees, and the blossoms could be maintained for a period of time.
With clouds and mist shrouding the area, it was absolutely breathtaking, very popular with tourists.
So many tourists came here to film videos and check in.
It was just that a fence had been erected around, and people of the Chen Clan patrolled the area, so tourists could not enter and could only film from the outside.
When Chen Han arrived, many tourists were filming. Seeing him, they immediately pointed their mobile phones at him to record.
A bold girl even shouted to Chen Han, “Chen Family Head, will people who cause trouble in the Chen Clan really get hemorrhoids? Then does the Chen Clan have any secret remedy to treat hemorrhoids?”
Chen Han looked over somewhat helplessly. This bold girl was actually very beautiful, with a great figure, but why be so rude in public?
As if she was afraid others would not know she had hemorrhoids.
Perhaps born beautiful, with a good outer shell, she did not need to care about others’ gazes.
That was her capital.
“Give hemorrhoids a name, call it Hemorrhoid Supreme Treasure!” Chen Han replied half-jokingly, making that girl burst into laughter.
The nearby tourists could not help teasing:
“The Chen Family Head being abstract in videos is one thing, but he is this abstract in reality too?”
“Divine Hemorrhoid Supreme Treasure, seriously.”
“……”
Chen Han heard these tourists’ teasing, but although what he said just now was somewhat joking, it was not completely without reason.
In the Daoist sect there was a saying: if a person or thing is given too grand a name, they cannot bear it; it might get snuffed out, scrapped.
The name Hemorrhoid Supreme Treasure was too big. Hemorrhoids could not hold down such a name, so they would be snuffed out.
This sounded like heretical nonsense, but this saying did exist. Names could be a very mysterious thing.
In some places, elders would even tell the younger generation not to give children names that are too grand, or they would not be able to bear them and might die young.
Thinking this, Chen Han had already entered the spirit field.
He had naturally come here to plant the special rapeseed flower seeds gifted by Lobster, the Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy.
A sea of rapeseed flowers was originally a very popular project with the public. Once planted, it could give the Chen Clan another attraction.
The main point was that this crop had attributes of growth speed +1, yield +1, and oil content +Once it appeared, growing faster, yielding more, and producing more oil, it would definitely cause a sensation.
After all, domestically, imported rapeseed currently accounted for about 65% of total demand, and about 91% of that needed to be imported from Maple Country.
So when this type of rapeseed appeared, if Youcheng could seize the opportunity, it would not be impossible to fill all of Youcheng with rapeseed flowers.
That would truly bring Youcheng terrifying tourism resources.
He was also thinking, when Director Chen and County Magistrate Chu discovered the miraculous attributes of this rapeseed, and then thought of the story he made up, “the patriarch and elders dreamed of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation descending in an endless sea of rapeseed flowers,” would their jaws drop?
However, for now he needed to obtain enough of the special rapeseed flower seeds.
The reason for choosing to plant them in the spirit field was that it was secluded enough, with people watching; outsiders could not enter, so Spirit Plant Dew could be used freely to obtain rapeseed flower seeds as quickly as possible.
Under the effect of Spirit Plant Dew, and with the growth speed +1 attribute, after watering with Spirit Plant Dew for perhaps three days, the rapeseed flowers could be in full bloom.
After flowering, Spirit Plant Dew would no longer be effective, but it took only a little more than twenty days for rapeseed flowers to become rapeseed.
With growth speed +1, the rapeseed might develop in just over ten days. After a bit more time, the seeds could be harvested.
Now there was only this small packet of seeds. When the time came, the quantity of seeds would be extremely astonishing.
In the spirit field, uncle had not arrived yet. Chen Han took a look at the medicinal herbs planted for refining Body Tempering Pills.
These medicinal herbs, nourished by Spirit Plant Dew, had all blossomed.
Because of the characteristics of Spirit Plant Dew, once these herbs bloomed, the dew could no longer take effect.
But these herbs were different. After the blooming period, they could continue to grow, and at that time they could again be watered with Spirit Plant Dew.
In this way, after some time, there would be medicinal herbs of sufficient age to refine Body Tempering Pills. By then, the effect of the pills would definitely be better than now and could cultivate people within the clan more effectively.
Then the matter of specially training two or three people to participate in sports events could be put on the agenda.
If they were patient and the medicinal herbs’ age was high enough, the Body Tempering Pills refined might even be more effective than medicinal cuisine made from demonic beast meat.
Before long, uncle arrived. Chen Han got straight to the point and handed him that packet of rapeseed seeds. “Uncle, these rapeseed seeds are a bit special. Take some people and plant them first.”
“Alright, leave it to me.” Chen Lin would not ask too many questions about matters his nephew instructed. He agreed and took people to start planting.
He knew his nephew definitely had his reasons.
After entrusting the matter to uncle, Chen Han left the spirit field. Not long after returning to the courtyard, junior sister and Xiao Mi arrived together.
When junior sister saw him, she happily reported, “Senior brother, three thousand tickets for the national style event have already been booked. In another two days, surpassing five thousand tickets will definitely be no problem.”
“That’s good news!” Chen Han smiled. Here, tickets referred to the 699 tickets for the national style event, meaning that with over five thousand tickets, the ideal total price could reach 49 million.
Of course, with free admission for university students and discounts for wearing Hanfu, this number would be reduced.
However, after deducting expenses for contracting the Chen Clan venue, constructing the site, paying appearance fees for Lobster and the other national style goddesses, and various other costs, Xiao Mi definitely would not lose money.
Of course, for this type of event, Xiao Mi could not rely solely on ticket sales for profit; there would be sponsorships.
For example, the Hanfu worn by her, Xiao Yu, and the other five national style girls invited was sponsored by Hanfu companies, which also had to pay sponsorship fees.
Then there was the popularity generated by holding the event. This was her biggest gain. For an internet celebrity, the scariest thing is having no popularity. With popularity, there are plenty of ways to make money.
Naturally, for the Chen Clan, flower sea tickets, accommodation, and the restaurant could all generate income, and it was also a great opportunity to promote the Chen Clan.
Xiao Yu added, “All our available rooms for the next few days have been fully booked. The village chief has reported all the cleaned and renovated rooms in the village to us for supervision, and as for the shares contract, I’ve already signed it.”
“So many people who booked national style event tickets say they couldn’t get rooms. We can let them book in the village; otherwise they can only book in the county.”
“Mm!” Chen Han nodded.
Turning vacant houses in the village into accommodation rooms was something he had long agreed upon with the village chief. Ming Di had already invested in the village and integrated housing resources.
Previously, Ming Di had also used integrated housing resources to outplay the demonic cult rogue of the Joyful Union Sect.
But accepting the Chen Clan’s supervision was agreed upon in advance. If members of the Chen Clan discovered hygiene problems or uncleanliness, they had the right to enforce punishment.
Of course, thirty percent of the shares were donated to the Chen Clan; this was purely business.
Xiao Mi also said with a bright smile, “This Chen Clan national style event can be considered a success. Next, it depends on how well we perform. If the response is good, we can continue holding them in the future.”
Chen Han nodded. Looking at her, he could not help praising, “Xiao Mi, this event really depends a lot on you. You’re such a pretty and capable girl.”
Hearing this, Xiao Mi looked at him speechlessly. This compliment again, using the same way he handled Xiao Yu on her?
The three of them discussed for a while, then the two girls went to handle other matters. After dinner, Chen Han went to the spirit field again, transformed the water in the reservoir into Spirit Plant Dew, and watered the rapeseed seeds planted today.
In the end, Chen Han broke off a segment of peach tree branch and left the spirit field.
Back in his own courtyard, he found a knife and began whittling that peach tree branch.
He had been cultivating 《Basic Sword Control Technique》 for a long time; he could already control more than forty Thunder Bamboo Swords at once, so next he should cultivate Heavenly Sword.
He planned to carve some small wooden swords about the size of those in Young Master Void’s and Deng Tai’a’s sword boxes.
Compared to toothpicks, calling such small wooden swords “Heavenly Sword” was not a problem, right?
With Chen Han’s current physical condition, whittling a small wooden sword was effortless.
When a small wooden sword, only two fingers long and two fingers wide, was finished, Chen Han directly used 《Basic Sword Control Technique》, and the little wooden sword immediately floated above his palm.
Sure enough, it worked. Heavenly Sword was achieved.
Chen Han controlled the small wooden sword to dance over his hand. Joy grew even stronger on his face; his Sword Control Technique had made great progress.
This made him hurry back to his room, planning to film another Sword Control Technique video.
Previously, his flying toothpicks were taken as special effects, yet the video had still gained considerable popularity.
Now he could film another piece of content: Heavenly Sword of the Sword Control Technique.
He took out his mobile phone and started recording.
At the beginning, he cast his Sword Control Technique, controlling toothpicks to fly, their number rapidly increasing until it reached his limit of forty-five.
At the same time, he said to the lens, “Since the Chen Clan was repeatedly targeted by demonic cult rogues, I have diligently practiced Sword Control Technique. By now, my Sword Control Technique has made great progress. I can control forty-five Thunder Bamboo Swords at once. Flying swords crisscross, sword light flickers, sword radiance interweaves, already possessing terrifying prestige.”
“And after my Sword Control Technique broke through, I also comprehended the Heavenly Sword art. The Heavenly Sword is enormous in size, many times that of an ordinary Thunder Bamboo Sword. When it is unleashed, it can cleave heaven and earth…”
Almost in time with his words, the toothpicks scattered down, and the little wooden sword shot up, passing right through them, as if it was what had scattered the toothpicks.
So, if those toothpicks were Thunder Bamboo Swords, then this small wooden sword was the Heavenly Sword. No problem, right?
Next, he controlled the small wooden sword to fly rapidly in front of the lens, nimbly flipping and spinning.
His Sword Control Technique was becoming more and more proficient.
Moments later, the small wooden sword landed in his hand, then he stopped the recording.
This type of video was simple. Just a little trimming at the beginning and end would do, because his control was ingenious; the timing of the small wooden sword piercing through the falling toothpicks was just right, and it really had some flair.
After editing, he clicked upload. The title was directly 《Breakthrough of Sword Control Technique: Heavenly Sword!》
Just that straightforward.
But as soon as the video was uploaded, he saw the line “This video is an AI-generated video, please discern carefully” appear below, which left him speechless.
This was not even special effects, and they called it AI video?
Seriously, was his real Sword Control Technique really that fake?
He now had over two million fans, so once the video was posted, many followers saw it and began a lively discussion:
“Really hard on the Chen Family Head. While taking girls to bad BUY dancing, he still specially made an AI video to fool us.”
“Chen Family Head, your Sword Control Technique looks too fake. You didn’t even get the flight path right. Swords don’t fly like that.”
“Haha, the Chen Family Head is actually quite earnest. This shows a level-up of his strength. If only instead of toothpicks and a small wooden sword it were real Thunder Bamboo Swords and Heavenly Sword effects.”
“Honestly, I really hope the Chen Family Head’s Sword Control Technique is as real as kung fu. Then this world would be more exciting than it is now.”
“……”
Because of the popularity, this video was quickly recommended to people scrolling on Douyin.
Chu Ping saw it.
Because he had been hosting Mr. Liu, he went home rather late. After taking a bath, he lay down on the bed and scrolled videos, and came across this new video posted by the Chen Family Head.
Perhaps because he had been watching Chen Clan videos the past two days, Douyin’s recommendation function assumed he was emotionally interested in Chen Clan videos.
Honestly, seeing this Sword Control video of the Chen Family Head, he had to say the Chen Family Head was really abstract. That small wooden sword was so tiny, yet he called it Heavenly Sword.
But inexplicably, he thought, if the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation really existed, could this Chen Family Head actually know such a Sword Control Technique?
His wife came out carrying a bowl of soup. Seeing he was back, she said, “Drink this medicinal soup. It has a calming effect and helps with sleep.”
“Thank you for your hard work.” Chu Ping nodded in gratitude.
Because Linhe County was poor and hard to develop, he had not achieved much in the past two years. This put him under great pressure; he suffered insomnia every day, was mentally exhausted, and his hairline was receding fast.
His wife often boiled various sleep-aiding soups for him. It was hard work.
At this moment, he recalled the Calming Talisman given by the Chen Family Head. The other party had said that aside from calming the mind and providing mental calmness, it also had the effect of aiding sleep.
So this miraculous thing should be able to help him, right?
Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, “Honey, I won’t drink the medicinal soup tonight.”
“If you don’t drink the soup, how are you going to sleep?” his wife asked crossly.
Chu Ping said mysteriously, “I went to the Chen Clan today. That Chen Family Head gave me a real Calming Talisman. Its effect is very miraculous.”
As he spoke, he took out the Calming Talisman for his wife to see.
His wife was stunned, then teased, “How come you believe in this now? I really want to see how miraculous this Calming Talisman is. Just don’t come complaining you can’t sleep later.”
She did not believe in that so-called Calming Talisman. Things like that at best provided some psychological comfort.
Though that Chen Family Head was impressive to have persuaded her husband into believing in such things.
After all, given her husband’s position, he should not be believing in this sort of thing.
Thinking this, she went into the bathroom to shower. Anyway, if her husband could not sleep later, he would definitely drink the hot soup.
But when she came out wrapped in a bath towel, she was stunned.
She saw her husband lying there like a dead pig, breathing heavily.
Asleep?
In disbelief, she went over to check and found he really was asleep.
And sleeping very deeply.
This shocked her.
She knew how severe her husband’s insomnia was.
If he did not drink the sleep-aiding soup she prepared before, he basically could not sleep.
Even when he drank the soup, sometimes he still tossed and turned, and his sleep quality was extremely poor.
Now the Chen Family Head had only given her husband a single Calming Talisman, and it made him sleep this well?
Was that Chen Family Head really this powerful?
Instinctively, she looked to the Calming Talisman hanging around her husband’s neck. When she picked it up, she was incredulous to discover that wondrous sensation.
There really was such a miraculous feeling.
She could not help taking out her mobile phone to chat with her younger sister: “Xiao Hong, let me tell you something amazing. Your brother-in-law went to ask for a Calming Talisman, lay down, and instantly fell asleep. It works even better than the sleep-aiding medicinal soup specially prescribed for him.”
“Sis, you are a well-educated person. In this scientific era, there’s no need to joke with me like that, right?” Xiao Hong replied at once. “And given brother-in-law’s position, you can’t joke about this.”
Seeing this message, she suddenly remembered her husband’s position and quickly replied, “Not funny. Just joking. It’s not like I don’t know we must believe in science!”
At the same time, she felt emotion in her heart. There really were mysterious phenomena in this world, but not everyone had the chance to encounter them. Otherwise, even if such mysterious things were placed in front of someone and explained, they still would not believe.
