Chapter 179: Really Bought It So Decisively! Even Prettier Than A Woman!
Chen Han did not care whether this task came unexpectedly or not. Since the task had appeared, he had to complete it.
Moreover, after analysis, this task included two parts.
The first was that remnants of Ci Yun Temple had infiltrated the Chen Clan Territory, and one of them was an expert wanted by the Immortal Alliance.
In the novel Legend of the Shu Shan Swordsman, Ci Yun Temple could be considered the first truly major event, and also the first large-scale melee between righteous and demonic factions.
It began when Zhou Yuncong and sixteen examination candidates traveled together to the capital, and on the way they visited Ci Yun Temple. By accident they triggered a mechanism in the temple and discovered that Abbot Zhitong had secretly set up mechanisms and was hiding women and engaging in all sorts of vile acts.
That Ci Yun Temple was simply a place full of filth.
To silence them, the abbot killed the sixteen examination candidates. Zhou Yuncong escaped by luck, met the Drunken Taoist and became his disciple, which planted the seed for the conflict between Emei Sect and Ci Yun Temple.
After that, because of the incident involving Zhou Chun and Mao Tai, many righteous and evil figures were drawn in, triggering the great destruction of Ci Yun Temple.
Among those who took part in this melee were Master Canxia, Xu Feiniang, Zhu Mei, the Green Robe Old Ancestor, the Drunken Taoist, Master Wanshi, True Person Jile, Jinchan, Monk Xiao, and so on.
It could be said the fighting then was extremely fierce.
From the game plot, the Immortal Alliance had already greatly defeated Ci Yun Temple, but some remnants escaped and were wanted by the Immortal Alliance.
Now a powerful remnant of Ci Yun Temple had infiltrated the Chen Clan’s Demon Suppression Assembly and was preparing to target the Chen Clan.
So in reality, this Ci Yun Temple remnant was likely a wanted criminal, also possibly involved in matters like hiding women, and might even be connected to some temple.
But that would make it hard to find them, since just the people who purchased National Style Event tickets numbered more than five thousand, not to mention the people who came just to join the fun.
It was impossible to check them one by one, so he had to think of a method.
The other part was that a shapeshifted demonic creature had attacked and killed a Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy and had mixed in among the Hundred Flowers Palace Fairies. Now the game system had given him two Manifestation Talismans, with which he could force the demon to reveal its true form.
He looked at the remark information for the two Manifestation Talismans that had appeared in the game warehouse.
【Manifestation Talisman（quest item）X2: These are two talisman props. They have no effect when used on ordinary people, but once used on a shapeshifted demon, they can force the target to reveal their true form on the spot!】
After reading this remark information, Chen Han knew this part of the task was much easier than the first. After all, even if he did not know who it was, he could take the two Manifestation Talismans and stick them on female tourists.
If he used filming abstract videos as an excuse, the female tourists might not feel it was impolite. Instead, they might even feel involved.
Moo, moo!~
A few cow calls suddenly sounded. From the sound, he could tell it was You Fu.
He guessed something and walked out of the courtyard again. As expected, he saw You Fu with a girl on its back. The girl held a microphone, and a few people followed behind her, one of them carrying a video camera. Judging from their work uniforms, they were from the county television station.
When Wang Ting saw the Chen Family Head come out, she immediately lifted the microphone in her hand and said, “Oh my god, what a surprise. This cow actually brought us to meet the Chen Family Head. There must be some surprise, right?”
The cameraman carrying the camera also aimed the lens in Chen Han’s direction.
Chen Han really wanted to say, of all people this cow could pick as a lucky tourist, it had to pick someone from the county television station? Did it want to appear on camera that badly?
As he was thinking this, You Fu lay down, mooed twice for Wang Ting to get off, and then actually ran in front of the cameraman. It looked into the lens and mooed at the cameraman.
As if it was telling him to hurry up and film it.
“…” Chen Han silently sighed.
This cow…
Wang Ting quickly came up to Chen Han and seized the chance to introduce herself. “Chen Family Head, I am Wang Ting, a reporter from the county television station. The county instructed us to thoroughly film and report on the Chen Clan’s National Style Event.”
“Thank you, Ms. Wang.” Chen Han smiled and introduced, “Today our Chen Clan has a hidden spirit ox blessing event. Although there are no expensive prizes, there is a bit of blessing.”
As he spoke, he lifted his right hand and an apple appeared, and lifted his left and a lotus bud appeared. “I wish you peace year after year and success with every step.”
Before Wang Ting could react, she found an apple and a lotus bud had been stuffed into her hands.
Where had he taken them from just now?
Not only she, but all the county television station staff behind her were completely confused. None of them had seen it clearly.
Even though they already knew many rumors about the Chen Family Head, only by witnessing it with their own eyes did they realize how shocking it was. The Chen Family Head was so fast.
Their eyes simply could not catch it.
By the time they reacted, Chen Han had already gone back into the courtyard again.
Seeing this, Wang Ting did not follow him in. That would be impolite. Instead, she asked the cameraman, “Did you get that just now?”
The cameraman looked at the cow and said speechlessly, “It was all this cow’s head just now.”
“…” For a moment, Wang Ting did not know what to say. She checked the time and asked one of them, “How is the effect of the video we just edited and uploaded?”
Besides the county’s task, she had another task from the station: film more footage and upload it to the station’s Douyin account.
All departments were starting accounts on Douyin now, including their county television station.
The person beside her quickly answered, “The numbers are good, because anything about the Chen Clan and the Chen Family Head is getting great popularity.”
“That’s good.” Wang Ting nodded.
At this moment, she saw the Chen Family Head come out again.
Chen Han held his mobile phone and asked the reporter, “Reporter Wang, please cooperate in filming some videos.”
Wang Ting still had not reacted. Hearing “cooperate in filming videos,” she nodded on instinct.
After all, filming a video with the Chen Family Head might bring her a lot of traffic. This was a great opportunity.
Chen Han turned on mobile phone recording and aimed it at her, saying, “We have received news that two shapeshifted demonic creatures have infiltrated the Chen Clan, impersonating Hundred Flowers Palace Fairies to sabotage the Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering. I, as the head of this clan, intend to use Manifestation Talismans to find the demons and leave them nowhere to hide. Now I already have a suspect!”
With that, a Manifestation Talisman appeared in his hand, and he stuck it on Reporter Wang’s shoulder.
Unfortunately, there was no reaction.
Wang Ting was stunned by this zero-frame abstract move. Had she just become an extra in the Chen Family Head’s abstract video?
Even though she already knew he was very abstract, seeing him act like this face-to-face, she still wondered whether the Chen Family Head did not feel even a little awkward.
“Oh? Looks like I guessed wrong. The target is not a demonic creature.” Chen Han said this, took back the Manifestation Talisman, thanked her, and turned back into the courtyard.
Wang Ting quickly asked the cameraman, “Did we get that?”
In this situation, there were quite a few side quests in this Chen Clan National Style Event.
For example, the spirit ox choosing a lucky person to deliver good fortune. Even though it was only an apple and a lotus bud, it meant getting close to the Chen Family Head, and it should be possible to ask him to film a video together.
The key thing was riding in a circle on the Chen Clan’s ox, a privilege others did not have.
And now the Chen Family Head was searching for some shapeshifted demonic creature, which also seemed very interesting.
“Yeah, got it,” the cameraman nodded.
Just then, the group saw a crowd following a middle-aged woman coming quickly from the direction of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Something seemed to have happened.
Ding Lei and her best friend He Yuan instinctively glanced at Wang Ting and the others.
This group clearly looked like reporters.
But that had nothing to do with her.
She and her best friend immediately followed the middle-aged woman to the Chen Clan’s prize redemption area.
That woman had won a Calming Talisman and was the first person to win a grand prize.
Everyone knew the Chen Clan’s Calming Talisman could be sold for twenty thousand each. Everyone wanted to see what it was like.
Soon, she followed the middle-aged woman to the reward redemption area designated by the Chen Clan.
Today, prize redemption was being handled personally by Chen Xiaoyan, who was also very surprised by these rewards.
During her time back at the Chen Clan, she had learned about Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and royal jelly, but she was not familiar with the scar removal cream and Calming Talisman.
When she actually held those Calming Talismans, she felt it was incredible that the talismans spoken of in legends were actually real.
Seeing the group of tourists surging toward her, she knew someone must have won.
Sure enough, after a moment a middle-aged woman stepped forward and said hastily, “I won a Calming Talisman. How do I redeem it?”
Smiling brightly, Chen Xiaoyan said, “Ma’am, please show your winning number.”
The middle-aged woman did not hesitate, opened the mini program on her phone, and handed it over.
Seeing no issue, Chen Xiaoyan took a lucky bag containing one Calming Talisman and handed it to the middle-aged woman.
The instant she received the Calming Talisman, the middle-aged woman’s face showed surprise. In that moment, she felt a miraculous sensation.
It was an experience she had never had before.
Instinctively she opened the lucky bag. Inside was indeed a Calming Talisman. To the naked eye, it looked like an ordinary talisman with nothing special, yet it had such a miraculous effect.
But Ding Lei saw her surprised expression and could not help asking, “Sister, is there something special about this talisman?”
Hearing the question, the middle-aged woman seemed to speak with deliberate pride. “This Calming Talisman is amazing. The moment I held it, I felt something very wondrous. My mind became very calm, and I felt relaxed. No wonder people are willing to pay twenty thousand for it. This is not an ordinary talisman at all.”
Her words stunned Ding Lei and all the tourists around. Someone could not help saying, “Really? Let me see so you can prove you’re not exaggerating.”
The middle-aged woman directly ignored that person.
Show it to them? They thought too highly of themselves.
As if she needed to prove anything to them.
Idiot.
After that, she carefully hung the lucky bag around her neck. She had no intention of selling the Calming Talisman. She did not lack twenty thousand.
Moreover, she felt a talisman this miraculous was worth more than twenty thousand.
With that in mind, she said to the tourists around her, “If anyone wins a Calming Talisman later, I’m willing to pay one thousand more than the price on the parking lot advertising board. I’ll pay twenty-one thousand to acquire it.”
She planned to buy one to take back for her husband. Her words stirred up the tourists around.
Most of them had thought of winning a Calming Talisman and then selling it for twenty thousand to make money. Now this middle-aged woman had won one and did not plan to sell it, and instead wanted to buy another.
This alone suggested that the effect of the Calming Talisman was likely as miraculous as she said, otherwise it would make no sense.
The surrounding tourists immediately grew more excited. Many were regretful, including Ding Lei, who had already drawn and not won.
Some tourists who had not drawn yet hurried toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, hoping to win.
Just then, a young man pushed his way through, holding his phone, and said to Chen Xiaoyan, “I won a portion of royal jelly.”
Chen Xiaoyan nodded, checked his phone information, and redeemed one portion of royal jelly for him.
After getting the royal jelly, the young man did not hesitate and headed straight for the Chen Clan Main Entrance.
The nearby tourists seemed to understand his purpose.
He was going to sell the royal jelly.
A girl shook her head and said, “You can tell this guy doesn’t have a girlfriend. If he did and gave this to her, she’d let him do anything in bed.”
A man beside her immediately snorted. “What kind of anything is worth more than thirty thousand?”
Many tourists hurriedly followed. This was the first person going to sell a prize, and they all wanted to see if it could really be sold.
…
In Shangyuan Village, two county buses drove in.
On the bus, Chen Kai said with a broad smile, “County Magistrate Chu, the Chen Clan National Style Event has only just started, and there are already two trending videos online. One is about the Chen Clan’s three oxen. A female tourist discovered that the Chen Clan’s oxen choose lucky people and carry them to the Chen Family Head to receive a blessing.”
“And the Chen Family Head directly uses an ancient technique to produce an apple and a lotus bud for the lucky tourist as a blessing. Now many tourists are looking for those three oxen on purpose, but the three oxen don’t carry just anyone.”
“And the other popular news video is about how the Chen Family Head punished a vendor at the cultivation market early this morning.”
As he spoke, Chen Kai handed over his phone with the video.
Chu Ping took the phone and watched. At the start was the Chen Family Head entering the cultivation market, with the stall owners greeting him respectfully.
At the same time, a female voice sounded. “Hello everyone, I am Wang Ting, a reporter from Linhe County Television Station. Today I came to the Chen Clan to report on the Chen Clan’s National Style Event, but I did not expect to see such a harmonious scene as soon as I arrived.”
“It is clear that these stall owners respect the Chen Family Head very much, and they are all vying for him to taste their products.”
“These stall owners are villagers from Shangyuan Village and the nearby villages. Because the Chen Family Head developed tourism for the Chen Clan, many tourists have been attracted, which benefits these villagers and gives them a chance to sell their own agricultural products and earn more money for their families.”
“And setting up stalls and selling in this cultivation market is completely free. The Chen Clan charges no fees. Naturally, in such a harmonious setting, there are inevitably some people who try to cheat…”
As the video played, Chu Ping saw the man selling fake preserves get exposed by the Chen Family Head with a single sentence and then taken away by the tourism police.
Here, even he could not help but admire the Chen Family Head. From the video, it was clear that the Chen Family Head had not done anything superfluous. He just picked up the preserves and took one look and knew they were fake.
Such skill was truly impressive.
Later in the video, the scene of the Chen Family Head helping the old man moved him. From the footage, it was obvious the old man’s family was struggling.
The reporter’s voice sounded again. “When I saw tourists buying the old man’s dried goods, I did not know whether they tasted good or not. But the Chen Family Head specifically promoting them, and the tourists’ support for such kindness, was truly touching.”
Chu Ping had to admit this video about the Chen Family Head was eye-catching. The Chen Family Head showed a sharp, decisive side when punishing unscrupulous merchants, and also showed kindness and compassion for the poor.
“The Chen Family Head is really kind, willing to let people from all the surrounding villages earn money through the Chen Clan,” Chen Kai could not help adding.
After interacting with him for so long, he felt the Chen Family Head was truly a very good person.
As the two chatted, the bus arrived at the parking lot. When they got off, they saw a crowd pouring out from inside the Chen Clan, with a young man at the front rushing to an LED advertising board.
Naturally they knew about the video of the rich man acquiring the Chen Clan prizes, so they went over to see what was happening.
The young man went up to the advertising board and said to the man guarding it, “I won a portion of royal jelly. I want to sell it.”
Liu Ye, the bodyguard guarding the board, took the royal jelly from him, checked it, and then reported to Assistant Sun Kong.
A moment later, he said to the young man, “Give me your bank account number. Thirty-one thousand will be transferred to you immediately.”
The young man did not hesitate and immediately gave his bank account number. The bodyguard confirmed it with him and then sent it to Sun Kong.
After a while, he said to the young man, “The money is about to arrive.”
Sure enough, the young man’s excited voice sounded. “It’s in!”
This straightforward transaction caused an even bigger sensation among the surrounding tourists. They had really bought it so readily.
This further proved that the Chen Clan’s prizes were truly good things.
…
Inside the Chen Clan, Chen Han was now recording with his phone, starting his search for the hidden demonic creatures.
“Chen Family Head, can we film a video together?” A girl was very surprised to see him.
Chen Han nodded and filmed a video with her. Then, before the girl could react, he pointed his phone at her. “I have discovered another possible target for a hidden demonic creature.”
The girl froze for a second, then cooperatively flashed a yes gesture toward his phone camera. The Chen Family Head was clearly filming an abstract video.
Chen Han, however, placed a Manifestation Talisman on the girl’s shoulder. Still no reaction at all.
Using this method, he tested more than a dozen girls in a row, especially a few obviously surgically enhanced ones. After all, if someone was impersonating a Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy, wouldn’t plastic surgery look fake?
But it still did not work, which left him puzzled. Just what was the identity of this demonic creature?
As he was thinking, he suddenly saw a beauty with a long sword, cosplaying a swordswoman, walking over.
He had to admit, she was truly beautiful, full of heroic spirit.
The girl beside him looked at her with open envy. Girls envied beauties like that.
When the beauty saw Chen Han, she looked shocked. Then a rough male voice came from her mouth. “Chen Family Head!”
“???” Chen Han’s eyes instantly widened.
What the hell?
Such a beautiful man?
Even the girl beside him stared with her mouth open in disbelief. A man looked more like a woman than she did and was even prettier?
It felt like she had suddenly suffered the greatest blow in the world.
Chen Han suddenly looked at this cross-dressing cosplayer, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.
