Chapter 169: Who Says A Daoist Sect Can’t Move With The Times?
【Congratulations, you have obtained 1 wish power!】
10,000 wish power （159/10000）.
As this female tourist offered incense, the wish power information of the sect residence increased by 1 point.
This showed that as long as tourists piously offered incense, they could also obtain wish power.
As for the other tourist, it was obvious that they were just going through the motions, probably like most tourists’ mentality: since they were here anyway, they might as well offer a stick of incense.
As for actually believing in this, impossible.
The vast majority of people had this mentality.
But that was not important. What mattered was that tourists could provide wish power, so tourists needed guidance, because the national style event was about to start, and today the Chen Clan’s tourists had exceeded 1,000 people again.
More than 5,000 people had bought tickets for the national style event, so they would definitely be able to generate quite a bit of wish power.
The question was how to guide them; that was a problem.
After Lei Wan finished offering incense, she respectfully asked the elderly female Daoist priest in front of her, “Daoist priest, my husband has suffered from chronic insomnia for a long time and is in great torment. I would like to request a Calming Talisman here. Please grant my wish.”
“Devotee, you are today’s first believer. Your piety has been felt by the Heavenly Lord,” aunt-grandmother nodded and agreed.
Seeing this, Wu Hui hurriedly said, “Daoist priest, then I would also like to request one!”
But aunt-grandmother only glanced at her and walked straight over to the altar.
Chen Han saw with his own eyes that aunt-grandmother took a Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman that had been blessed, and then took an ordinary Calming Talisman from the drawer of a nearby table.
After that, she came to stand before the two women and handed the blessed Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman to the female tourist who had provided wish power.
The other ordinary one was given to the other woman.
Seeing this scene, Chen Han could not help but admire aunt-grandmother. Her eye was truly sharp; she knew who was pious and who was not.
Over 40 years of guarding the hall had not been in vain.
Lei Wan took the Calming Talisman with great joy. In an instant, she felt that special sensation, just like the one her husband had brought back.
Her mind became calm, and the feeling of mental calmness was truly wonderful.
Wu Hui, however, curled her lips. Holding the Calming Talisman, she felt nothing at all.
She knew it would be like this. These things were all hyped up so mysteriously, but none of them were real.
Her good sister was definitely brainwashed; otherwise, how could she believe this thing had any special effect?
She had to properly persuade her sister. Her husband was, after all, a local leader with great prospects. He could not stumble on this kind of matter.
She did not know what method the Chen Clan had used to fool her sister, but it was definitely for the sake of her sister’s husband.
She was truly worrying herself sick over this sister.
However, inside the great hall, she could not directly persuade her. After all, there were many people from their side. If they turned around and accused her of insulting their faith, recorded a video, exposed it, and let people know who her sister’s husband was, that would be trouble.
If she ended up stuck with some messy accusation like undermining freedom of belief…
Nowadays, people would do anything for benefit. She could not give the Chen Clan any chance.
So she casually pulled Lei Wan and walked toward the outside of the hall, not giving the Chen Clan another chance to brainwash Lei Wan.
Lei Wan frowned slightly, quickly thanked the elderly female Daoist priest, and then followed Wu Hui out of the hall.
After they had left the great hall and gone some distance, she complained to her sister, “Wu Hui, what are you doing? That was very rude.”
Wu Hui rolled her eyes at her and said earnestly, “My dear sister, why are you worrying about politeness? Do you know you are seriously brainwashed now? Do you know how much this will affect your husband if you keep this up?”
As she spoke, she took out the Calming Talisman from just now. “Luckily I came to hang out with you, so I could pull you out of this pit in time. Look at this Calming Talisman. What special effect does it have? You’re just brainwashed. It’s psychological.”
Lei Wan instantly understood what was going on with her sister. Her talisman had no effect, so she thought the Chen Clan was lying?
That surprised her.
After all, hers did have an effect.
Could it be because Wu Hui lacked sincerity, was not pious?
Seeing that Wu Hui was about to speak again, she quickly put her own Calming Talisman into Wu Hui’s hand.
“Lei Wan, you need to under…” Wu Hui suddenly froze, the words stuck in her throat.
Then she stared at the Calming Talisman in her hand as if she had seen a ghost.
In that instant, she suddenly felt a strange sensation appear. Both her spirit and mind had an extremely comfortable, enjoyable feeling.
She had never felt this before.
“This… this…” Wu Hui looked at Lei Wan in disbelief. “Lei Wan, is… is this the effect of the Calming Talisman?”
She had not cared at first, but now that she truly felt it, her heart was pounding wildly.
“What else could it be?” Lei Wan looked at her shocked expression, the corners of her lips slightly raised.
Wu Hui hurriedly put the Calming Talisman back into Lei Wan’s hand, and in an instant that feeling disappeared again.
This was a bit scary.
But her curiosity overcame her nervousness. She quickly asked, “Lei Wan, why does yours work while mine doesn’t?”
Lei Wan said directly, “Do I even need to say it? You don’t believe, you have no pious heart. How could it work? I came with a pious heart.”
Wu Hui opened her mouth, then took the Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman from Lei Wan again. In an instant, she again felt that strange sensation.
Now she finally understood. Lei Wan was not brainwashed; the Calming Talisman was truly miraculous. Feeling this, if it were her, she would also believe.
Moreover, now she really wanted this Calming Talisman.
If she took this back and showed it off in Moments, everyone would be stunned.
Thinking this, she hurriedly said, “Lei Wan, I really want this Calming Talisman too. Come with me to request one more, okay?”
Lei Wan shook her head and said, “You. I told you before we came, but you wouldn’t believe me. Now you’ve witnessed how miraculous this Calming Talisman is, and you immediately want to go beg for one. Do you think that’s good?”
“Think about it. We both went to request talismans, but yours didn’t work and mine did. Also, I’ve heard this Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation is very efficacious. Acting arrogant first and then fawning after, aren’t you afraid of being punished?”
These words made Wu Hui shrink her neck, her face full of misery as she asked, “Then what should I do?”
Lei Wan could only say, “Come back again after some time.”
Wu Hui sighed. “That’s all I can do.”
She really regretted it now. Why had she been so confident and not believed Lei Wan before?
After all, her friend’s husband was no fool. If he could bring it home, how could he have been brainwashed?
If he were easily fooled, he would not hold that position.
She suddenly felt a bit ashamed. Her family was not as good as theirs, her status not as high, yet she had presumed she was smarter.
Lei Wan did not know her good sister’s mentality. Holding the Calming Talisman, she immediately took a photo and sent it to her husband, Chu Ping, with a message: “Hubby, I got another Calming Talisman for you from the Chen Clan!”
On the other side, Chu Ping had just finished handling a document in the county office when he received his wife’s message, and he was quite surprised.
He had obtained a Calming Talisman from the Chen Clan before and had been carrying it in his pocket ever since. The feeling was really good; his spirit and mind were in a relaxed state, making it easier for him to handle matters.
He just did not know when the Calming Talisman’s effect would end.
So his wife going to request another one surprised him.
Moreover, his wife was not in public service, so she was not restricted and could often go to the Chen Clan.
That was why “wife diplomacy” had been popular from ancient times to today. In the circles of noble ladies in ancient times, high-level ladies could stabilize their circles and factions by winning over subordinates’ wives.
Now, it could be applied in many more areas, in all aspects.
As he was thinking this, he suddenly received a call. Listening to the report on the other end, he was a bit dazed. “The Chen Clan is really doing this?”
After hanging up, he hurriedly got up and called Chen Kai, and then went together to the agriculture side.
When the two met, they both had confused expressions.
The Chen Clan was actually planning to plant rapeseed at this time, and, crucially, that Liu Dong was involved. It was Liu Dong’s assistant who had come to the county agriculture department to handle the contract procedures, contracting more than ten thousand mu of economic cultivation land.
All this because of one dream? Doing something this big?
When they heard about it last time, they had thought that even if the Chen Clan wanted to plant, they would just contract some land to test it first.
Who would have thought…
The key was, this was not something they could dissuade them from. The Chen Clan firmly believed in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream.
Judging from this situation, that Liu Dong also believed. Once someone like him decided on something, they could not persuade him, and he might even find them an eyesore.
That would only strain their relationship.
When they met, Chu Ping subconsciously asked, “Chen Kai, do you think planting rapeseed at this time can work for the Chen Clan?”
Chen Kai thought for a moment and said, “County magistrate Chu, this season is definitely wrong. If it were anyone else, I would say with certainty there is no way it would work; they would definitely lose money. But since it is the Chen Clan planting, what if it does work?”
He did not say it too bluntly, because this matter of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream…
The two seemed to reach a consensus and immediately went in to host Liu Dong’s assistant. No matter what, this was an investment of tens of millions.
For a poor small county like Linhe County, such an investment was rare. If it succeeded, how much would it drive the economy and create employment positions?
This included sowing, fertilizing, weeding, pest control, and so on. With large-scale planting, the number of positions needed would definitely not be small.
In addition, they could develop a rapeseed flower sightseeing project, which would drive catering, accommodation, tour guides, souvenir sales, and so on. That would create a lot of positions.
From what they knew, apart from those clan members who had been admitted to university or had decent jobs elsewhere, basically everyone in the Chen Clan was already employed. Now they were even recruiting from Shangyuan Village and the county.
So for any future projects of the Chen Clan, the recruitment positions would spill over and provide positions for the county.
The key was, what if the Chen Clan succeeded in planting rapeseed flowers?
Could the county learn from them?
Thinking of this, both of them began to hope the Chen Clan would succeed.
They just did not yet know how astonishing the attributes of this rapeseed would be once planted, or how great an influence it would have on all of Linhe County.
…
The newly opened supermarket in Shangyuan Village had been under renovation before.
Guo Zhen attached great importance to it, so he had been accompanying mister Lin Ming on this matter. Because it was a collective industry, they had specially taken an empty old house and renovated it.
Ming Di had previously noticed that as tourist numbers increased, the Chen Clan lacked a place where visitors could shop, and the Chen Clan tourist service center’s sales situation was worrying.
There would be even more people in the future, so opening a supermarket dedicated to selling water, snacks, bread, and so on would definitely not lose money.
He had already discussed this with Chen Xiaoyan of the Chen Clan, as the Chen Clan held 30% of the shares, and they would send a supermarket supervisor over in due course.
Although the supermarket was not fully set up yet, it had already begun selling some items. Today he was receiving goods and having villagers help stock the shelves.
At that moment, a voice asked, “Excuse me, do you sell iodine and gauze here?”
Ming Di looked over and saw a man holding a shabby mobile phone, covered in bruises from falls, with blood still flowing from his elbow, looking rather miserable as he came in to ask.
Seeing their first customer come in, Guo Zhen hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, sir, come with me!”
The man let out a sigh of relief and quickly followed. Previously, when he saw those videos of the Chen Family Head’s so-called Immortal Artifact and punishments, he had not taken them seriously. But once he entered the Chen Clan’s area, he continuously suffered bad luck.
The situation had almost scared him to death.
Fortunately, once he left the Chen Clan, it stopped.
People online, including him, had thought the Chen Family Head was just playing at being abstract. Who knew it was real?
If he told this story, no one would believe him. And crucially, he did not dare to tell it, as his identity information and online accounts were all borrowed from others.
However, if more and more people came to know that what the Chen Family Head said was actually true, then he should be quite safe here.
At that point, no one would suspect he dared to come here.
Ming Di looked at this man, thoughtful. For him to be this badly injured from falls was not normal. He had seen the video posted by the Chen Family Head.
Others might think it was just an abstract video, but he knew that the Chen Family Head often mixed some real things into the abstract.
Now, seeing this man so badly bruised, there might be something off.
So he beckoned to a villager nearby.
The villager hurried over. “Mister Lin.”
Ming Di directly instructed, “Keep an eye on this person. Don’t let him notice.”
This villager was quite quick-witted. After Ming Di invested in the village and integrated resources, he understood the importance of seizing opportunities and clinging to a powerful backer.
“Ming Di, let’s go to the Chen Clan,” came Zhu Xueqin’s voice; she was carrying her guqin.
“Alright, I’ll go get the flute,” Ming Di nodded. Because he had agreed to perform a free show for the Chen Clan at the national style event, he and Zhu Xueqin would perform a traditional-style duet. They needed to go familiarize themselves and rehearse today.
As they entered the Chen Clan, Ming Di took out his mobile phone and started recording himself and Zhu Xueqin.
He could not forget to ride the wave of popularity.
“Where there is a higher Dao, there is a higher demon. Several schemes against the Chen Clan have all failed. This time, the demoness of the Magic Qin and I have concealed our identities and infiltrated the Chen Clan’s Demon Suppression Assembly. When the time comes, with qin and flute combined, we will wreak absolute havoc at the Chen Clan’s Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering.”
When Ming Di and Zhu Xueqin arrived at the performance stage set up at the Chen Clan martial arts field, several national style girls were already rehearsing their acts.
Of course, their main role was catwalk and interaction, combined with some dance.
Just like Lobster, when she attended national style events, she mainly interacted energetically with the audience, and the audience loved filming her.
Xiao Mi and Xiao Yu saw Ming Di arrive, made some arrangements for the two of them, and then headed to Chen Han’s courtyard.
They still had to discuss the national style event rewards with Chen Han.
After all, this time there were many rewards: Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, inheritance medicinal cuisine, skincare balm, royal jelly, Calming Talismans.
They all knew these were good things.
In the courtyard, Chen Han was also thinking about how to get tourists to offer incense and provide wish power. Otherwise, whether tourists were pious or not, as long as they offered incense, there was a chance to gain wish power.
But this could not be forced; the guidance had to make tourists do it voluntarily.
As he was thinking, his junior sister and Xiao Mi came in.
“Senior brother, we have something to discuss with you,” Xiao Yu said as soon as she entered. “For the rewards provided in this national style event, we still don’t have a good method for letting tourists obtain them.”
“Originally, we wanted to use the old lucky draw method, but with so many people, that kind of draw can’t support it; it’s too troublesome. So Xiao Mi Jie came up with a method.”
Chen Han looked at Xiao Mi. “Tell me.”
Xiao Mi explained, “We can create a dedicated mini program to run the lucky draw. As long as someone has purchased a national style event ticket, they will have a chance to draw. Tourists just need to scan a code to add this mini program and can then receive rewards.”
Hearing this, Chen Han’s eyes lit up instantly. Xiao Mi had given him inspiration. Was this not the perfect way to guide tourists to offer incense?
Xiao Mi, however, asked worriedly, “I just don’t know if using this method will conflict with the rules of the Daoist sect.”
Chen Han smiled at that. “The Daoist sect values nonaction. It does not have that many rules. And who says the Daoist sect cannot keep up with the times?”
