Chapter 174: So It’s Been Proven For Real! Wait, This Performance Act???
When Chen Han arrived at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, he saw two small trucks already parked there, with Old Master Wang directing people to unload things from them.
On them were exactly the Two Woods and Two Incenses required for the Blessing task, but he did not see the Qionghua Tree yet.
“Family head!” Aunt-grandmother saw him arrive and hurried forward to greet him.
Old Master Wang came up just as respectfully. “Chen Family Head, we meet again. Outside the Chen Clan there are still Qionghua Tree saplings. The Daoist priest said people should be arranged to plant them.”
After his eyes had been cured, this was his second visit to the Chen Clan.
The last time was to fulfill his vow.
This time, he planned to come and live here long-term, and had even asked his son in advance to reserve an independent courtyard in the Chen Clan for a long stay.
He now firmly believed that the Chen Clan was a place with a true god. He wanted to recuperate here, and even hoped to enter the Dao here as a lay Buddhist.
So, when he saw the video today about offering Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree, he decisively had his son buy these as fast as possible and send them over.
Even though he did not know what the Chen Clan’s needs were for such offerings.
Chen Han nodded. Offering the Qionghua Tree was not as simple as planting it anywhere; it had to be planted in specific positions indicated to the left and right of the direction the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation faced.
However, Old Master Wang had brought so many offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree all at once. The Daoist sect should return the favor by performing a blessing for him and granting him a Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman.
He did not need to arrange this himself. Aunt-grandmother had already said, “Family head, a devotee who makes offerings can gain good fortune. I will first arrange a round of prayer ceremony for him!”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded.
Aunt-grandmother immediately led Old Master Wang respectfully into the Great Hall, his face full of joy.
It was the Chen Clan’s Blessing ritual that had cured his eyes, and he firmly believed that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessings would bring benefits.
After a short while, Chen Lin also arrived outside the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall with several people from the Work Hall. Seeing Chen Han, he asked, “Xiao Han, aunt said they want to plant Qionghua Trees, so I specifically brought people over.”
Chen Han said directly, “The Qionghua Tree saplings are outside the Chen Clan Main Entrance. They need to be planted at special locations.”
With that, he simply took his uncle and went out of the Chen Clan. The saplings could not be planted inside the Chen Clan, since the streets and houses already had fixed positions, leaving no extra space.
So they could only plant them outside the Chen Clan, using the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall as the central coordinate, finding suitable locations for planting and then tending them regularly.
Once outside the Chen Clan, Chen Han also understood why the truck transporting the Qionghua Trees could not enter: they were being transported directly by large trucks loaded full of Qionghua Tree saplings.
Moreover, these Qionghua Trees clearly had thick branches and trunks; they were the kind that would grow very large in the future.
At this moment, many tourists were already gathered around the truck taking photos.
A tourist could be seen filming while saying, “When everyone is still wondering whether the Chen Family Head’s abstract video about offering Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree to increase good fortune is real or fake, someone has already taken action, sending offerings truck after truck.”
“You all start unloading these saplings,” Chen Lin immediately instructed the Work Hall members behind him.
He himself accompanied Chen Han on a circuit outside the Chen Clan and stopped at an open space not far from the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Chen Han instructed, “Uncle, you can plant those Qionghua Trees here.”
“Mm, leave it to me.” Chen Lin immediately assured him.
Although he did not know why the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall needed offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree, since his nephew had proposed it and someone had made the offerings, planting these Qionghua Tree saplings properly was his responsibility.
After choosing the locations, Chen Han and his uncle went back to the trucks. Many of the Qionghua Tree saplings on them had already been moved down by the Work Hall people.
Just then, they saw more trucks driving into Shangyuan Village from outside, led by a Maybach worth over eight million.
When the Maybach stopped at the Chen Clan Main Entrance, it similarly attracted the surrounding tourists. Even in first-tier big cities, such a luxury car was not often seen.
Liu Ye stepped out of the Maybach and, upon seeing Chen Han, immediately went over. “Chen Family Head, I saw your video and personally went to Qingmin City to buy several truckloads of offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree.”
Seeing that the trucks were indeed loaded with what the Chen Family Head had mentioned, Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree, the tourists around also started filming again. Now that this matter had popularity, whether posting to Moments or uploading Douyin videos, it could attract a lot of attention.
A tourist filming spoke in an exaggerated tone, “Here come several more trucks. While you are still doubting, a tycoon driving an eight-million Maybach luxury car is already sending truckloads of offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree.”
Seeing this Mr. Liu so pious, Chen Han naturally went to inspect the trucks and then noticed the Qionghua Trees at the back.
However, what Mr. Liu had sent were actually potted Qionghua Trees.
These Qionghua Trees would not grow very large. They were specially cultivated as potted plants, and could be placed along both sides of the street near the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
But moving these was a major task, so he had to call Uncle Dagou and ask him to bring the people from the Demon Subduing Hall out to help with the moving.
The Work Hall people with his uncle were clearly too busy to handle it all.
Afterward, Chen Han also took Mr. Liu over again to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, where they happened to see Old Master Wang had finished his prayer, his face full of joy as he held a Prayer for Blessings and Peace Talisman, clearly having felt something wondrous.
“Chen Family Head.” Old Master Wang greeted him again with even greater respect. After all, the calming talisman in his hand made him even more deeply aware of the Chen Clan’s mysterious power.
Chen Han returned a Daoist salute to the old master, entered the Great Hall, and told Aunt-grandmother about Mr. Liu having also sent several truckloads of offerings.
Online.
The videos about offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree were getting more and more popular.
Especially after those tourists uploaded to Douyin the videos of truckloads of offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree from Old Master Wang and Mr. Liu.
Many people who had bought tickets for the National Style Event had already decided that, when they went to the Chen Clan, they would buy one type from the Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree to bring over. Maybe it could really enhance their good fortune and increase their odds of winning prizes.
Ding Lei and her best friend He Yuan had even ordered several jin of sandalwood, which would arrive the day before the National Style Event.
They had never expected someone to act so quickly, and to deliver offerings by the truckload.
Especially the owner of that Maybach worth over eight million, who had directly sent several truckloads to the door.
Watching the video, He Yuan suddenly exclaimed in surprise, “That Maybach owner looks a bit familiar, like I’ve seen him somewhere before…”
As she spoke, she hurriedly picked up her mobile phone to investigate, found a news article, and then cried out, “Ding Lei, look, is this him?”
Puzzled, Ding Lei looked over and saw it was a business news piece, and the person interviewed in the article was that Maybach owner.
He was actually such a tycoon?
The key was, in the video he seemed to have been sitting in a wheelchair, yet now he could move around freely.
This made her ask in confusion, “Why was he in a wheelchair before?”
Saying that, she searched on her phone for “why was tycoon Liu Ye in a wheelchair.”
Moments later, when she saw what the information said, an expression of disbelief appeared on her face. Was he cured now?
Seeing her best friend’s unusual expression, He Yuan asked in confusion, “What is it?”
Ding Lei handed over her phone with the search results and explained, “This tycoon previously suffered from very serious rheumatic paralysis symptoms. That kind of illness is basically incurable. His knees were even deformed, and he could not walk normally. It was extremely difficult.”
“Previously, he had to use a wheelchair for treatment. And it also says his symptoms could not be cured, and if it got worse, he might have to sit in a wheelchair for life. He sought out many hospitals, many experts and professors, but none could cure him.”
He Yuan reacted. “And now he’s fine? In that video, his walking is completely normal.”
Full of shock, Ding Lei said, “He must be cured. The key is how. Think about the previous rumors of blessings healing illnesses at the Chen Clan, then think about how long it has been since the Chen Family Head’s video about Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree. And now he is so proactive in sending several truckloads. Connect the dots…”
“Holy crap…” He Yuan blurted out a curse, and for a moment this very pretty girl seemed like a street rogue.
Her best friend’s speculation was just too shocking.
Was it that the Chen Clan had helped this tycoon cure his illness, and now he trusted the Chen Clan completely?
They felt they could be sure of something astonishing: that the Chen Clan truly possessed very mysterious power.
Then the offerings of Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree really could increase good fortune?
If so, then was the matter of the unlucky boy being caught, and misfortune falling on people at the Chen Clan if they did bad things, actually true?
All that talk about believing in science, those benevolent public service videos, were those all nonsense from the Chen Family Head?
The two became more convinced of this and continued scrolling through videos, looking for more news about the Chen Clan online. Suddenly, another trending news item about the Chen Clan popped into their view.
《A certain man took his girlfriend to the Chen Clan for tourism and actually discovered she was cheating!》
After watching this news, Ding Lei and He Yuan stared at each other, their mouths unconsciously hanging open.
The video’s viewpoint showed a man and a woman, apparently accidentally captured by a tourist who was filming the scenery of the Chen Clan.
In the video, the woman had just entered the Chen Clan Main Entrance when the heel of her high heels suddenly broke, and she fell to the ground.
At first, the man heartily went to help her up, but as soon as she stood, the heel of her other high heel also broke, and she fell to the ground again.
This time, the man still went to help her up, but the woman’s mobile phone dropped to the ground, and the man kindly picked it up.
Because of that, the man seemed to see something on the mobile phone screen, and immediately started punching and kicking the woman.
“This…” He Yuan instinctively asked, “Ding Lei, are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
Murmuring, Ding Lei said, “Lewd and depraved. This woman must have been cheating, so as soon as she arrived at the Chen Clan she had misfortune twice in a row. There must have been chat logs with her lover on the phone, and the man saw them.”
This guess was the most reasonable.
Especially when the tourism police came and restrained the man, and he shouted angrily, “You betrayed me and still dare to come to the Chen Clan for tourism with me!” That basically nailed it.
Not only them; many people online who saw this video also speculated. After all, those who closely followed the Chen Clan could easily connect such things.
Zhao Nan was one of them.
This time, the reason he and his girlfriend bought tickets for the Chen Clan National Style Event, besides having time off approved, was mainly because he had been following the Chen Family Head.
At first, he only treated the abstract videos as entertainment. Later, he found that the Chen Family Head seemed to be hiding something real in those abstract videos.
The more he followed, the more he felt that way.
For example, the video saying that people who did bad things would have misfortune at the Chen Clan. That unlucky boy was exactly like that. Otherwise, nothing would have happened to him. But as soon as he went to the Chen Clan, he had bad luck, provoked the Chen Family Head, and ended up being arrested.
The key point was that the higher-ups had already lowered the age for criminal responsibility to twelve, and that boy had just turned twelve.
If that was not enough proof, then this new news video truly horrified him.
This woman had misfortune the moment she arrived at the Chen Clan, and then her cheating was exposed.
The crucial thing was, if this was true, he and his girlfriend had already bought tickets for the Chen Clan National Style Event. How was he supposed to go?
Seeing a message pop up on Weixin, he hurried to reply in fright, “Let’s not message each other for the next two days.”
As soon as he sent it, the door opened and his girlfriend walked in from outside carrying a bag of fruit.
He eagerly took the bag, intending to use a sudden need to work overtime as an excuse not to go to the Chen Clan.
But his girlfriend spoke first with an apologetic look. “Honey, I have something to tell you. I suddenly need to work overtime, so I might not be able to go to the Chen Clan.”
Hearing this, Zhao Nan instantly let out a sigh of relief.
Great, he did not even need to make up a lie.
Though somehow it felt a bit off.
Zhao Nan was not the only one suddenly nervous. Looking at the comment section under that news video, many people had figured something out:
“If this news is true, I suddenly feel the Chen Clan is kind of impressive.”
“Isn’t this a test for scumbags and cheaters? Everyone can bring their potential partner or boyfriend/girlfriend there and immediately know if they’re human or trash. If they don’t dare to go…”
“I am about to go to the Chen Clan with my girlfriend. I have chatted a few times with her best friend Wei; it should be fine, right?”
“…”
In the comment section, many people seemed to have discovered a method to deal with scumbag men and women, so a lot of them tagged the Chen Family Head.
Come explain this!
Chen Han naturally soon saw these tags on Douyin from his mobile phone backend, and curiously clicked.
When he saw this news video, he was momentarily stunned.
Impressive.
He had actually not thought of using this angle before.
Seeing so many people tagging him, he could only reply under a few top-liked comments in that comment section:
“Believe in science, this is only a coincidence!”
“Everyone, believe in science. Such coincidences are not that strange.”
“…”
Obviously, his replies were quickly seen by the people under that video. This time, the replies to him were a row of dog-head emojis.
What did that mean?
As he was thinking about it, there was a Weixin prompt on his phone. He had received a message from Xiao Mi, who sent over a program schedule.
It was the program schedule for the three days of the National Style Event, listing what everyone would perform.
There was also a sentence from Xiao Mi: “The program schedule is ready. Take a look and see if there are any problems. If not, we will publish it.”
Chen Han looked it over and replied, “No problem. Post it.”
After getting his answer, Xiao Mi also checked with the others. Once there were no objections, she posted it on her own Douyin account; if there were issues, they would adjust it.
Online, the news about Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree and the man discovering his girlfriend’s cheating at the Chen Clan were both very hot, and attention was focused on them. But people who had bought tickets for the Chen Clan National Style Event still cared about the performance program.
After all, the main reason they bought tickets was for the National Style performances.
Many people started reading through the acts one by one.
National Style fashion show.
Guqin performance.
Chest crushing stone act.
…
All these programs were quite normal. Aside from the chest crushing stone act, which was not seen at other National Style Events, the rest were common.
Cloud Barrier Technique performance.
This one was surprising… wait!!!
Cloud Barrier Technique???
Isn’t that special effects?
Many people looking at the Chen Clan National Style Event’s performance list were suddenly dumbfounded.
