Chapter 168: This Is Real Too? It Really Works!
In the video, Yang Mi saw that Chen Family Head was solemnly saying that he had reported to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, and that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation had bestowed an Immortal Artifact. Anyone in the Chen Clan who engaged in behavior that harmed others for personal gain, licentious depravity, sowing discord, slander and defamation, greed, misconduct, or being unfilial or disloyal, and so on, would be punished by the Immortal Artifact.
Sometimes Yang Mi really could not understand this Chen Family Head.
This man was undoubtedly capable and competent. Take the currently viral video of descending while holding an umbrella as an example: even someone like Huo Jianhua, who had a lot of Wire Fu combat experience, could not match him.
But at other times he was far too abstract. Like this video, it was abstract beyond all limits.
This so-called Heavenly Lord bestowing an Immortal Artifact was something that anyone with a normal brain could see was pure abstraction, impossible to be real.
Still, he had made his name through abstract videos, so being abstract was normal.
“Boss Yang, it is your scene,” the director’s voice sounded.
She put down her mobile phone and walked over.
Because the topic of the purple umbrella descent was very hot online, this video of Chen Han about the Heavenly Lord bestowing an Immortal Artifact naturally got seen by many people as well.
However, almost everyone who saw it also regarded it as a purely abstract video.
It was just that this abstract video was clearly linked with the Chen Clan National Style Event, which was very lively, and the number of likes and comments was constantly increasing.
On the other side, Lobster, Crooked Mouth Dragon King, Little Celestial… these national style girls also came across this video.
But their thoughts were clearly different from those of the people online, because they remembered what had happened in the afternoon.
When they were filming videos that afternoon, that man and woman were just miserably unlucky. A flock of birds flew overhead and managed to drop on both of them repeatedly.
There was almost no probability for that.
“Do you think what Chen Family Head says in this new video could actually be real?” Innate Unwidowed Saint Body asked curiously.
The girls, hearing this, all subconsciously lifted their heads to look at the sky above. It was empty; there was nothing.
Lobster girl subconsciously said, “It must be fake. How could something like that exist?”
But Crooked Mouth Dragon King said, “If it is impossible, then test the law with your own body.”
Lobster snorted delicately. “Fine, I will. Let me tell you, Yaxi is not only crooked-mouthed and treated as Crooked Mouth Dragon King, she is also flat. She even used padding before…”
“Lobster, you are talking nonsense…” Crooked Mouth Dragon King had not expected that her so-called test would be slandering her, and she glared angrily at her.
Besides, how was she flat?
They were only a bit small.
She was not so vain as to use padding for that.
Lobster pretended not to see this and said, “See? I just tested it with my own body. This counts as slander and defamation, right? Nothing happened at all.”
As she spoke, she picked up another cup of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea that Xiao Yu had poured, and took a sip. But this time, after one mouthful of tea, she suddenly choked, coughing hard twice.
Because she coughed so violently, her knee slammed against the table and chair with a loud thud, hurting so much that tears almost came out.
When she came back to her senses, she was dumbfounded.
Not only her; the other girls were also staring blankly at her.
This…
“Lobster, you are not acting, are you?” Little Celestial blurted out.
The other girls also looked at Lobster.
Lobster lifted her Hanfu skirt and looked aggrievedly at her knee. “It is all bruised. How is this acting?”
At that, the girls all subconsciously swallowed.
It felt strangely familiar.
Nobody believed it when Chen Family Head said he had not used Wire Fu. Nobody believed it when Chen Family Head said the Heavenly Lord had bestowed an Immortal Artifact and that there would be punishment.
But now… it seemed to be real.
What kind of family had they gotten involved with?
They all subconsciously moved a bit farther away from Lobster.
Lobster herself almost wanted to cry.
What kind of stupid thing had she done, actually testing it with her own body? She did not dare move at all now. She even looked up at the sky, afraid a flock of birds would fly by and reward her with something.
…
Late at night, Chen Han checked the numbers on the Minor Punishment as a Warning video. With that level of popularity online, it had already reached 170,000 likes.
At this pace, it would have no problem eventually breaking 500,000 likes.
He looked through the comments, and as he had expected, no one believed the claims in the video. Everyone treated it as a purely abstract video.
“I booked tickets for the Chen Clan National Style Event. After seeing this video by Chen Family Head, I am suddenly worried I will be punished.”
“Chen Family Head, every time you get on a trending topic, you always reward yourself with an abstract video.”
“Haha, one thing I admire about Chen Family Head is that he can talk nonsense straight-faced to the lens.”
“I am definitely going to the Chen Clan to steal something.”
“Then I must bring my girlfriend’s best friend to test it with our own bodies.”
“…”
You could only say that the ignorant were fearless, especially since many comments even said they wanted to test it with their own bodies.
Chen Han just hoped that when these people really came, they would not regret it.
With that in mind, he planned to scroll some videos and then cultivate.
But as soon as he opened the first video, Douyin recommended another negative energy video, and this one had over 300,000 likes and was already viral.
The video showed a 35-year-old housewife consulting the emotional blogger Da Bing. She said her husband had no sense of romance, only went to and from work, and apart from handing over 50,000 to 60,000 in salary to her every month, she felt he was not worthy of her and really wanted a divorce.
Da Bing said, “You are just too idle. The moment you leave, someone else will fill your place.”
Crucially, she even got upset after hearing that.
Chen Han was speechless. He really wanted to know how to block these negative videos that Douyin recommended.
If this woman was not a shill hired by Da Bing to stir up conflict, then she really was idle to the extreme.
A man could hand over 50,000 to 60,000 in salary on time, and she still felt her husband was not worthy of her. What kind of heaven-defying fairy did she think she was?
After the divorce, it might very well be her best friends or sisters who took her place.
Still, he felt it was very likely that to a large degree she was a shill Da Bing had found. Otherwise, how could there be such a foolish woman?
Chen Han immediately lost interest in watching more videos. He put down his mobile phone, took out a Primary Spirit Stone, and began to cultivate.
He did not get up until the alarm clock rang the next day.
Today his luck was quite good. As soon as he got up, he saw three points of starlight in the Moon Gazing Rabbit Hutch. He walked over, and the little white rabbit very cooperatively lifted its rear and contributed another one.
Another full attendance income. Rare indeed.
Chen Han picked up the little white rabbit and headed to the Special Spiritual Aperture to cultivate.
When he finished and opened his eyes, his uncle and the others had already left, but he discovered that there was already a row of wish power notifications in his mind.
This should be from the clan members finishing morning class at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and offering incense, which provided him with wish power.
He checked the data: 10,000 wish power（158/10000）.
Having clan members use morning and evening classes to farm wish power was indeed feasible; it was just that the growth was still too slow.
So he still had to see whether tourists could provide wish power.
If pious tourists offering incense could also do that, then he needed to think of a method to guide them, which would definitely bring a lot of extra wish power.
Thinking of this, Chen Han took out an empty glass bottle and then went to the Three Old Elm Trees to collect some Rootless Water.
Rootless Water could not be stored in a glass bottle; it would lose effectiveness after one night. Since Talisman Drawing for the Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman required Rootless Water, he needed to collect it every day.
However, when he arrived at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, he saw that Aunt-Grandmother was already drawing Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talismans.
As he arrived, he happened to see her complete one Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman. As she sealed the circle, the cinnabar on the Calming Talisman immediately became more vivid in color.
That meant it had succeeded.
Aunt-Grandmother saw him and said in surprise, “Patriarch, I had them go early this morning to collect dew. They went to the Spirit Field peach trees to collect it, to grind the cinnabar. The Talisman Drawing for the Calming Talisman was successful.”
Chen Han nodded. In that case, he did not need to collect dew himself. The Great Hall side could be self-sufficient and bestow 30 Calming Talismans every day.
Seeing Aunt-Grandmother successfully draw several Calming Talismans in a row, he also saw a few Hall Wardens practicing chanting scriptures.
After all, for all kinds of rituals in the future, they would have to chant various scripture texts together.
The four of them were naturally very enthusiastic, especially since they knew the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation really would grant blessings. For their own work, they now felt a sense of sanctity.
And there was also a monthly 7,000 offering. Was that not better than working themselves to death?
……
A car pulled into the Chen Clan Parking Lot.
Lei Wan got out and took the arm of the friend next to her as they walked into the Chen Clan.
Her friend could not help complaining, “Lei Wan, I finally came to hang out with you and you brought me here to ask for a Calming Talisman? With County Magistrate Chu’s status, this stance is wrong for you as his wife.”
Lei Wan said mysteriously, “Wu Hui, I told you, the Chen Clan’s Calming Talisman is not simple. County Magistrate Chu’s insomnia symptoms were more effectively treated by a Calming Talisman from the Chen Clan than by decoctions, and I even feel it works better than sleeping pills, without any side effects.”
Wu Hui found this hard to believe. “Lei Wan, are you sure you are not joking?”
“Do I need to joke with you?” Lei Wan did not explain much more. She took Wu Hui into the Chen Clan, asked a Chen Clan guide a question, and then headed toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Because of his status, her husband could not come personally to request such a talisman, but she was different. She held no position and was only a teacher. As long as she was not in an educational institution, there were no restrictions on her going to offer incense and request a talisman.
She did not know how long her husband’s Calming Talisman would remain effective, so of course she wanted to get a spare. Her friend did not believe in this kind of thing, but once she experienced the miraculous effect, she would definitely be stunned.
“These ancient buildings of the Chen Clan are really beautiful. They really make you feel as if you are in ancient times,” Wu Hui said as she walked, praising them.
At that moment, the two suddenly heard an “ouch,” and saw a man slip and fall to the ground.
This drew the attention of the surrounding tourists. They all looked over, and to everyone’s astonishment, when the man got up, his mobile phone fell from his own breast pocket. Without noticing, he stepped directly on it.
Crack.
Realizing what happened, he looked down at the phone under his foot, and his expression turned extremely ugly.
“This guy is really unlucky,” Wu Hui whispered to Lei Wan.
Just then, they saw the man bend down to pick up his phone, and with a ripping sound, it seemed his pants had split.
The moment he picked the phone up, he hurriedly clutched at his pants with a bitter expression. Seeing many tourists looking his way, he muttered to himself and rushed toward the exit of the Chen Clan.
“This is actually real, what kind of joke is this?”
He had barely taken a few steps when he stumbled and fell again. This time the phone flew out once more, bounced twice on the ground, and the screen looked completely destroyed.
The tourists around all gaped in astonishment. It was normal for someone to be a bit unlucky, but continuous misfortune like this was not normal.
Especially those who heard the man’s muttering all subconsciously thought of something.
Could it be?
Was Chen Family Head’s video not supposed to be purely abstract?
Lei Wan thought of it too. After learning how miraculous the Calming Talisman her husband brought back was, she had started paying attention to the Chen Clan.
The scenery here was beautiful, and as her friend had praised, the ancient buildings were well preserved and very eye-catching.
But what truly amazed people were the mysterious things surrounding that Chen Family Head. Those things had always been questioned, but when Chen Family Head said he believed in science, those skeptics were satisfied.
She, however, could not figure out how to use scientific explanation for this Calming Talisman.
She had of course seen Chen Family Head’s video yesterday, where he said that anyone who did those certain things within the Chen Clan would be punished.
Chen Family Head even specifically reminded people of all trades not to come, but no one believed it. There were even many comments saying they wanted to test it with their own bodies.
“See that unlucky guy?” Lei Wan thought, and whispered to Wu Hui.
“Yeah, he really is unlucky,” Wu Hui said doubtfully.
Without explaining more, Lei Wan took out her phone and played yesterday’s video from Chen Family Head for her.
Wu Hui took the phone suspiciously, watched the video, and then subconsciously looked at the man stumbling out in embarrassment.
She said incredulously, “Lei Wan, do not scare me. This is just a coincidence. Are you taking it seriously? Sometimes people are just unlucky. They can choke on cold water.”
“Why would I scare you?” Lei Wan took back her phone and walked straight toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Her friend still did not believe. It seemed she would have to wait until they obtained a Calming Talisman.
Lei Wan soon brought Wu Hui to the outside of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, where they could hear scripture chanting from inside.
Chen Han had just watched Aunt-Grandmother chant the Peace Chanting Spell three times to bless a batch of Calming Talismans when he saw the two women enter.
There were not many tourists coming to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall so early in the morning.
As Lei Wan and Wu Hui entered the Great Hall, they saw Chen Family Head inside as well; he was actually here.
An older female Daoist priest walked over. “Ladies, please come here to receive your incense sticks.”
Lei Wan nodded and took Wu Hui over to get the incense sticks, then scanned 20 yuan on the QR Code there.
QR Code payments were also a way for the Daoist Sect to keep up with the times. Now the Mystic Sect used them as well. Some merit boxes at mystic places did not even accept cash, only QR Code payments.
Aunt-Grandmother had the two women come to the cushions, then began guiding them through offering incense, worshipping, and the rest of the procedure.
Because she already knew how miraculous the Chen Clan was, Lei Wan followed the guidance very piously, coming before the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. Wu Hui was more casual, treating it like visiting a scenic spot.
She had been to Wudang and Shaolin; it was similar there too. Those places were talked about as very mystical, but in reality they were just like this.
“Devotees, may the Heavenly Lord bless you,” Aunt-Grandmother said, finishing the guidance with a Daoist salute and a blessing.
“Thank you, Daoist priest,” Lei Wan replied politely with a bow of her own, then placed the incense on the incense burner.
In that instant, a look of surprise appeared on Chen Han’s face as he instinctively glanced at the light screen in his mind.
It really worked.
