Chapter 165: Report To The Heavenly Lord And Bestow An Evil-detecting Immortal Artifact?
Suddenly, a lump of bird droppings landed on his forehead. The bald man’s face instantly turned ugly and he cursed out loud, “What the hell…”
The worst part was the stench that hit his nose. No one knew what that bird had eaten.
The girl hurriedly took out some tissues to help him wipe it off, but just as she finished, she suddenly felt a wave of warmth on her own snow-white chest.
Another bird cry sounded overhead, and they could see a flock of birds flying from this side to the other.
“Ah??” The girl broke down on the spot. Getting it on her clothes was bad enough, but it even hit that spot.
How could she be this unlucky today?
Everyone around them saw it and looked at each other in disbelief.
These two were way too unlucky, right?
Chen Han was almost certain the two of them had triggered the minor punishment as a warning attribute. Their relationship was definitely improper, violating morality and the law. That was why they slipped and then got hit by bird droppings.
If someone trips multiple times in one place and then gets bird droppings on them, that is bad luck to the extreme.
The key was that this kind of misfortune posed no danger to their lives, but the psychological shadow it left would be huge. At the very least, it would be unforgettable, and their mood for this trip would be ruined to the extreme, maybe for days.
For example, that woman with the lump on her snow-white chest. For the next few days, this bald man would definitely feel no interest in this place at all.
Thinking of this, Chen Han still kindly reminded them, “You two, the Chen Clan worships the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. Filth and those who bring filth are not tolerated here. You must remember there are deities three feet above your head.”
His sudden words puzzled the people around them.
Even the bald man subconsciously asked, “What do you mean?”
Chen Han smiled and said, “Mister, sometimes bad luck does not end so quickly. If you fall again and get hurt, the tourism police might get involved and telephone your families. That would not look good.”
The faces of the bald man and the girl both changed. Clearly, they understood what he meant.
After all, each of them had a family. There was no way to explain why they came out on a trip together.
At the same time, what frightened them even more was his line about deities three feet above their heads, together with what they had just experienced.
Could it be…
The man and woman did not dare say another word. Terrified, they hurried away, not even caring about the Feng Shui Room they had booked with the Chen Clan.
In a situation like this, no one would dare stay.
Too uncanny.
But the tourists around and the few national style girls who saw this were all staring at him in shock.
Probably only Xiao Mi understood what was going on. It had to be related to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
Had those two violated some taboo?
Lobster could not help asking curiously, “Patriarch Chen, are they so unlucky because they were punished by the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation?”
Chen Han glanced at the tourists filming around the courtyard. Naturally, he could not admit it. Instead, he said with a broad smile, “Lobster, you have to believe in science. What punishment? They felt guilty in their own hearts. It is obvious they are not in a proper relationship, so when things go wrong, they get nervous.”
He had to let them know what was really going on, without admitting it outright.
“Oh come on, that is not what I was asking…” Lobster blurted out.
She wanted to ask why the two of them were so unlucky, not about improper relationships and guilty consciences.
The patriarch was clearly dodging the question.
But Chen Han cut her off with a cheerful smile and changed the subject. “Xiao Mi is done filming. Who is next?”
The girls’ attention was instantly pulled back to filming the video. Crooked Mouth Dragon King immediately said, “Me.”
“Go on up,” Chen Han said. In his mind he was already thinking about how to promote the minor punishment as a warning without making people take it too seriously, yet letting the unlucky ones who triggered the attribute suddenly realize the truth when they saw his promotion.
After all, times were different. He could not recklessly promote this online.
He needed to persuade people to believe in science.
So he still had to shoot a video in an abstract way. Everyone was used to his abstract videos anyway. At first, they definitely would not take it seriously.
But if someone triggered the minor punishment as a warning and then thought of this video, that would be different.
“Patriarch Chen, I am up here.” After Crooked Mouth Dragon King climbed up, she waved her umbrella at him in greeting.
Chen Han once more picked up the bouquet. When the filming started, he again used his strength to leap over walls and run along eaves up to the roof, then handed the flowers to Lobster and said the same lines.
When he took Lobster’s umbrella, she also naturally fell into his arms. Then it was the same pretending-to-be-cool moment. With a snap, the umbrella opened, and he held Lobster’s slender waist as they dropped down from the roof.
Just as dashing as before.
“The shooting effect is great.” The Innate Unwidowed Saint Body looked at the playback on the camera with eager anticipation. It was obvious at a glance that this video would go viral.
The patriarch’s lightness skill was amazing. His scene of holding an umbrella and landing with her in his arms was no worse than Wong Fei-hung holding Thirteenth Aunt.
She took the umbrella he had put away and became the third to climb up the bamboo ladder.
Chen Han spent some time helping each of the girls film their videos, which counted as making it up to them on Xiao Mi’s behalf.
“Senior brother, it is my turn.” Xiao Yu looked excited. “Throw me the umbrella.”
Chen Han folded the umbrella and flicked it lightly. Xiao Yu caught it in her hand.
Then he followed the routine, using his strength to leap over walls and run along eaves onto the roof, and handed the flowers to his junior sister.
But this time the junior sister’s lines changed. “Junior sister, you work hard managing the family’s affairs every day. Senior brother picked some spiritual flowers for you!”
After all, the junior sister carried the Chen Clan name, not Hundred Flowers Palace.
When he opened the umbrella and held his junior sister as they landed, she suddenly added her own move, wrapping herself fully into his arms. The pose was no longer just simple flirtation.
He could clearly feel the effect of the Yellow Spirit Gourd. His junior sister had capital now.
After they landed, she acted as if nothing had happened and ran off to the camera to watch the playback.
Chen Han sneaked a look at Xiao Mi and saw she was acting normal. She was discussing with the girls how to edit the footage and what background music to use. Only then did he feel relieved and leave his junior sister’s courtyard.
As soon as he stepped out, he received a telephone call from Chen Xiaoyan, asking where he was.
She had already arranged the morning and evening classes, and there was also Uncle Shuisheng’s application to expand the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea production positions.
She wanted him to review it. Only after he agreed and signed could the announcement be posted in the Chen Clan Family Group.
In terms of operations in the scenic spot, the Chen Clan was still rather makeshift. Many things were not standardized. But as they developed, more matters needed to be formalized, and his signature was required to proceed.
Chen Han hung up and went to Chen Xiaoyan’s office.
When she saw him arrive, she picked up two documents and handed them to him. “Patriarch, this is the staff allocation for the morning and evening classes, and this is the recruitment for expanding the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea production positions. We will first transfer clan members to the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea production positions, and then recruit for other positions from relatives or the village.”
Chen Han checked the morning and evening class allocation sheet, had no objections, and signed it.
As for Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea production, that position could not be given to outsiders. The same applied to the Demon Subduing Hall and the Work Hall, and the planting work that often involved contact with the game system. For now, those were not suitable for hiring outsiders.
Only guides, waitresses… those positions serving tourists could be opened externally.
Chen Han instructed Chen Xiaoyan on this, then added, “We do not have to recruit only from relatives and the village. We can also recruit some young people from the county to be waitresses and guides.”
“Isn’t Chen Jun’s girlfriend doing quite well? I heard she films her daily life working at the Chen Clan, which has attracted some followers. Her live streams now have twenty-some viewers, and she earns some extra income each month.”
“I believe many pretty young girls will be willing to come to the Chen Clan as waitresses and guides. Putting them in hanfu will improve the visitors’ experience and impression.”
“Got it.” Chen Xiaoyan nodded, agreeing with this point.
After all, even if they were relatives or nearby villagers, they were still not clan members. They could not let these people think they had to be hired. The Chen Clan could hire others too.
After Chen Han left, Chen Xiaoyan organized the documents, edited the information, and posted it in the family group.
In an instant, the Chen Clan Family Group became lively. First was the news of expanding Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea positions. This position paid seven thousand a month, with even more when including full attendance and bonuses.
The positions had been full before. Now that they were expanding, anyone with good physical strength wanted to try. Earning five thousand at home was already decent; seven thousand was something they could not miss.
Naturally, compared to this position, the other announcement about the morning and evening classes drew even more attention from the clan members.
Because every Chen Clan member knew about the Feng Shui Rooms, knew about the Feng Shui Array, knew about the Heavenly Lord’s Blessing, had experienced the heavenly sweet rain, and had seen the Sea of Flowers bloom overnight after the Heavenly Sweet Dew.
So the clan members who had returned to work in the clan all knew how deep the Chen Clan’s foundation was and believed they were under the protection of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
Now these morning and evening classes showed their respect for the Heavenly Lord. Naturally, no one dared to slack off.
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That night after dinner, Chen Han found he had been pulled into a new Weixin group by Xiao Mi. Inside were Lobster, Crooked Mouth Dragon King, and the other girls.
One by one, the girls posted their videos in the group.
Their edits were done.
Each had added background music to her video and created her own slow-motion moments. For example, Lobster slowed down the shot of falling into his arms and added special effects to her sweet smile.
The videos immediately took on a special vibe.
These national style girls really knew how to play.
Not long after they finished, each of them uploaded her video to Douyin. In his backstage, he also received notifications that they had tagged his account.
He went through and liked each of their videos, then started thinking about how to film the minor punishment as a warning video.
After thinking it over, he decided to keep it abstract.
He opened the mobile phone recording and stood directly in front of the lens, starting to speak. “This time, by means of the Spirit Shadow Mirror, I am meeting all fellow daoists who have come to the Chen Clan for the Demon Suppression Assembly. The main purpose is to inform everyone that the Chen Clan has received news that some people from all walks of life have mixed in among you with unknown intentions.
“So the Chen Clan has, through a special ritual, reported to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation and called down an evil-punishing immortal artifact covering the entire Chen Clan.
“As long as any of those people from all walks of life who have infiltrated the Chen Clan commit acts such as: harming others for their own benefit, licentious depravity, sowing discord, slander and defamation, greed without limit, improper conduct, lack of filial piety or loyalty… and so on, they will be punished by the immortal artifact.
“The Chen Clan’s Demon Suppression Assembly exists only to deal with demonic cult rogues. Those people from all walks of life are advised not to ruin their own futures.”
After filming the video, Chen Han watched it once himself and felt quite satisfied. Then he added some stirring background music.
Anyone who saw this video would definitely think it was just an abstract video. But if someone refused to believe, or deliberately tested the rules for some purpose,
when they triggered the minor punishment as a warning, their expressions would definitely be spectacular, maybe even scared half to death.
Thinking of this, he uploaded the video to the Patriarch Chen account with the title: Reporting to the Heavenly Lord, granting the evil-revealing immortal artifact!
Send.
After he was done, Chen Han received a Weixin notification from Chen Xiaoyan. “Patriarch, the first evening class is about to begin.”
“Got it,” Chen Han replied.
Since the morning and evening classes were established, he naturally had to pay attention. With the sect residence’s upcoming upgrade, money and reputation would not be a problem. The newly introduced wish power requirement, for now, could only come from Chen Clan members.
He put down his phone and walked toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
At the Chen Clan Parking Lot, two luxury cars pulled in.
Liu Ye got out of the first car with his assistant, and the two behind them were his bodyguards.
Coming to the Chen Clan at night was obviously because of what Patriarch Chen had said: “There is a merit industry from the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream. Come together to interpret the Heavenly Lord’s dream.”
He had even guessed that it should be the rapeseed flowers Patriarch Chen had mentioned before.
Although County Magistrate Chu and Director Chen of Linhe County did not seem optimistic about the rapeseed flowers and believed it was not the right season to plant them, Liu Ye thought differently. After all, the Chen Clan had the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
If this really came from the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream, then planting rapeseed flowers was definitely not simple. It could both strengthen his ties with the Chen Clan and show pious respect to the Heavenly Lord.
When Liu Ye entered the Chen Clan grounds, he noticed many people wearing Daoist plain clothes. They all seemed to be from the Chen Clan.
These people were all walking in the same direction, apparently toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Seeing this, he instinctively felt something significant was happening in the Chen Clan and quickly led his assistant and bodyguards toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Soon he reached the outside of the Great Hall and found many tourists gathered around, all curiously looking inside the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
So many clan members in Daoist plain clothes all heading to one place naturally drew attention. Nowadays, people loved to join the fun.
Curious as well, Liu Ye led his group to look into the Great Hall. He could see that in front of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation statue, the Chen Clan members were already seated cross-legged.
Clearly, some kind of ritual was underway.
Liu Ye became even more curious. He knew the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation truly bestowed blessings; he had personally experienced it and still carried a protective charm from the Heavenly Lord.
He soon saw a special sign placed at the entrance of the Great Hall. On it were the words: “Chen Clan members evening class time. Please keep quiet. After evening class, there will be scripture chanters reciting the Quiet Heart Art. Everyone may listen to wash away your own restlessness and gloom, to temporarily forget pressure and worries, and attain a focused and open state of mind.”
Not only did Liu Ye take note of this sign, but the tourists around did too, each finding it somewhat unbelievable.
Restlessness, gloom, pressure, worries… everyone had them. Many people came out traveling for exactly that reason, to ease these negative emotions.
Otherwise, the various negative emotions in life pressing down on you could really make a person collapse.
Now it was just Chen Clan scripture chanters chanting scriptures. Could they really make people forget pressure and worries? This was just like scenes from movies and TV dramas.
Especially those who had been to other mystic sect places and heard chanting in temples and Daoist temples before. It was nothing special, sometimes even noisy enough to make them more annoyed.
While everyone was full of doubts, there was a change in the Great Hall. An old lady led a few others out and sat cross-legged in front of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation statue. The key detail was that there was a microphone placed in front of them.
“Clan members, quiet your hearts. Evening class begins.”
Then the evening chanting began. Only the old lady and a few old men were chanting, but their voices were steady and powerful, reaching everyone.
However, this still did not show any of the special effects promised on the sign. Could it be that this chanting would not work until after the evening class ended?
(The chapter ends.)
