Chapter 193: Digging Up A Stone Tablet Related To The Chen Clan!
Chen Han very much wanted to condemn the game system for docking his rewards.
The key issue was that even if he wanted to complain, there was no method; the final right of interpretation still belonged to the game system.
So, one had to learn to bow their head in life, especially to the game system. It was not shameful.
He immediately looked at the game warehouse to check the Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman he had obtained.
【Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman: this is a special talisman refined by the Hundred Flowers Palace. The reason the Hundred Flowers Palace can bear the name of “Hundred Flowers” is that it excels at cultivating all kinds of spiritual flowers and has developed various methods.
After this Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman is used, it can unleash a special power and bring down sweet dew that has special effects on a hundred flowers. It can make fully grown flowers bloom overnight, extend their flowering period, and make their petals more vivid in color!
Restriction: within sect residence range only! 】
Although the effect of this Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman was only described as making fully grown flowers bloom overnight and extending the flowering period, and it did not even have any attribute values like +something.
There was one thing that could be confirmed: “hundred flowers” should include all kinds of flowers within the Chen Clan, such as the Qionghua trees, orchids, offering flowers, and peach blossoms that had been planted, and even those wildflowers.
The flowering seasons of these flowers were all different. Now, this property clearly allowed these fully grown flowers of different seasons to all bloom overnight, which was rather impressive.
Then there was the extended flowering period. This effect was also quite impressive. Many beautiful flowers actually had very short blooming periods. With this property, that period could be lengthened to some degree, which meant more time for viewing.
And there was the part about petals becoming more vivid. Even without any +something attributes, it would definitely look better than ordinary flowers.
To a certain degree, this was even more impressive than spirit plant dew.
With that in mind, he walked out of the Chen Clan, left the Chen Clan grounds, and then headed toward an area to the north.
Here, he could see quite a few people from the Work Hall planting Qionghua trees.
Some of these Qionghua trees were offered by Liu Ye, and many others were offered by tourists. A large area had already been planted.
The flowers of the Qionghua tree had high ornamental value, with a unique shape and elegant colors, and were often used as landscaping plants.
After Qionghua blooms, the flowers are white, with petals clustering around the central pistil into a ball, resembling butterflies or hydrangeas. The corolla is about 3–10 millimeters in diameter, with smooth or notched petal edges. The overall form is pure and refined, with full ornamental value.
When he saw the effect of the Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman, he immediately thought of these Qionghua trees and the Qionghua potted plants along both sides of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall streets.
The blooming season for Qionghua had already passed, but with this Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman, it would not stop these Qionghua trees from blooming. Moreover, they could plant some other flowers around these Qionghua trees, and that would become another scenic flower view.
The only restriction was no seeds could be used; only fully grown flowers that had the ability to bloom.
It was a pity that this talisman only took effect within the sect residence. Otherwise, they could plant all kinds of flowers throughout Shangyuan Village, and that would truly be a world of seas of flowers.
It could only be used within the sect residence, and all areas there were activity zones, so there were not many places suitable for planting flowers.
However, the clan members’ courtyards could all be planted with flowers, and flowers and vines could be planted on the walls. Once they bloomed, they would also add character.
As for some people worrying whether planting these would cause many bugs and mosquitoes, there were already special scenic tour projects that used dedicated maintenance potions to repel insects and mosquitoes, and the scent was a light floral fragrance like floral water.
So he took out his mobile phone and called his uncle, asking him to come over.
When Chen Lin arrived and saw him, he asked, “Xiao Han, what is it? Is there a problem with the planting of these Qionghua trees?”
Chen Han shook his head and said, “No, uncle. I need you to arrange for more Qionghua trees to be planted around here, and also to plant various fully grown flowers beside the trees, in between them, and around the whole area.”
“And as for the clan members’ courtyards, have everyone try to plant flowers. On the walls, plant all kinds of climbing flowers as well. Of course, it should mainly be voluntary for the clan members.”
He did not force clan members to plant; forcing them would not be good.
But those who did not want to plant flowers would not be able to enjoy the benefits when the Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew came down. After all, courtyards with flowers and walls covered in flowered vines would definitely be more popular with tourists.
By then they could even charge dozens more for room fees.
Chen Lin nodded and followed his nephew’s request. In no time, he posted an announcement in the family group, telling the clan members to order fully grown flowers to plant in their courtyards and on their walls.
The Chen Clan people did not know why this was, but they knew Chen Lin was the Hall Master of the Crafting Hall, so such instructions definitely came from the patriarch.
The clan members did not even pry into it, and instead all asked Chen Lin how to order the flowers. The situation of clan members being unwilling to plant flowers that Chen Han had imagined did not happen.
Now the Chen Clan people were very convinced by the family’s instructions. Had they not seen how many tourists had come for the Chen Clan National Style Event?
After instructing his uncle, Chen Han went back to his courtyard to edit the video he had just recorded. He had shot many videos of searching for the demon during the National Style Event, and had not released them yet.
As for the Hundred Flowers Sweet Dew Talisman, that had to wait until the Chen Clan people had finished planting all the flowers before he used it.
He had already edited the part of the video about searching for the demon earlier, so now he only needed to edit the segment of the lobster and the Crooked Mouth Dragon King being driven into the mud puddle.
After that, he uploaded the video to Douyin with the title: 《Finally drove the demon who infiltrated the Chen Clan Demon Suppression Assembly back to the Thousand Illusions Marsh!》
At the same time, he also @Lobster and @Crooked Mouth Dragon King.
Then he headed to Uncle’s Kitchen to add water to the medicinal cuisine.
The Chen Clan was already a trending topic online with considerable popularity, so as soon as his video came out, it attracted a lot of attention.
In particular, those girls who had had the Manifestation Talisman stuck on them had posted videos before, and many people were still wondering what demon the Chen Family Head was looking for, but there had been no follow-up.
Now seeing this video, many people realized that this matter was not over yet.
Many long-time followers of Chen Han clicked in and realized they had missed some plot:
“I got news that two demonic creatures took human form and infiltrated the Chen Clan, impersonating the Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy, trying to sabotage the Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering. I, the patriarch, plan to use the Manifestation Talisman to find the demons and leave them nowhere to hide. Now I already have a suspect target!”
Seeing this, the long-time followers finally understood why the Chen Family Head had used the Manifestation Talisman on those girls to search for the demon.
So in the storyline of his video, there were two demons who had taken human form and infiltrated the Chen Clan.
Everyone had been curious before about who would be playing the roles of the two demons and was still guessing. Now they could finally know.
Next in the video, the Chen Family Head searched through one pretty girl after another as targets, sticking Manifestation Talismans on their shoulders, only to find nothing.
None of these girls were the demon he was looking for. There was even a guy in female disguise who showed up, truly shocking all the viewers.
Damn, a man more beautiful than a woman?
Really, if he did not speak and the surgery was done cleanly enough, it would not be impossible.
Finally, after the Chen Family Head had checked one girl after another, he found those National Style girls. At this point, everyone saw the talisman actually start to float up from the Chen Family Head’s hand.
When the Manifestation Talisman drifted toward Lobster, everyone realized that the good part had arrived; they even used special effects.
Sure enough, it was just as everyone thought. The talisman turned into ash on its own. In reality, such a thing could not possibly happen; it was obviously special effects.
Moreover, this time the special effects were not simple: smoke emerged from Lobster’s body, with light flashing above it, casting the form of a lobster.
These special effects were truly superb.
“…What a Lobster Demon…”
The voice of the Chen Family Head rang out, making countless people burst into laughter. They knew the Chen Family Head was abstract, but he did not need to be this abstract.
Because of her name, Lobster had become the Lobster Demon, right?
Now many people understood why Lobster had added the “Lobster Demon” suffix to her name before.
So this was the reason.
The plot was finally complete.
As for the later Crooked Mouth Flood Dragon Demon, they no longer had any strength left to complain.
It turned out that the demons the Chen Family Head was looking for were this obvious. Likewise, the smoke coming off her and the flashing lights were all very impressive special effects.
This made many people start to look forward to the Thousand Illusions Marsh mentioned in the title.
The special effects in the earlier parts were so good, so the Thousand Illusions Marsh should be spectacular as well, right? After all, such a grand name had been used.
Then, when the paddy field mud puddle appeared, everyone was confused.
So… this was the Thousand Illusions Marsh.
“Wow, after seeing the end, I really don’t know what to say. Did they run out of the special effects budget for this video?”
“I have to say, when the Chen Family Head discovered the Lobster Demon and the others, the special effects were stunning. But that final paddy field, are we sure this isn’t a joke?”
“I was just about to praise the Chen Family Head for good special effects this time, but that paddy field at the end left me speechless.”
“…”
Within a short time, the comment section became very lively, and the final scene of the paddy field mud puddle attracted the most discussion.
Who would have thought that the Thousand Illusions Marsh in the title would turn out to be like this?
After Chen Han left, Lobster, Crooked Mouth Dragon King, and the other girls also started playing in the paddy field.
Especially Lobster and Crooked Mouth Dragon King, who really did catch quite a few snails and loaches, and recorded many videos.
Since they were already down there anyway.
After they returned to their lodging, took showers, and changed clothes, they also saw in the Douyin backend that they had been @ed. They clicked in and saw Chen Han’s video.
Seeing that this video had gone viral, they did not hesitate. They immediately took out their mobile phones and edited the videos of them catching snails and loaches in the paddy field.
At this point, they definitely had to piggyback on the popularity. Catching snails and loaches was, after all, their cultivation in the Thousand Illusions Marsh.
On the other side, Chu Ping and Chen Kai had already arrived at the Chen Clan Parking Lot. After getting out of the car and entering the Chen Clan, they heard tourists around them discussing:
“The Chen Clan has 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 chanting in the morning. It’s about to start.”
“Really? Let’s go take a look too and see if it is as miraculous as people say online.”
“…”
Hearing this, Chu Ping and Chen Kai immediately led their people toward the Martial Arts Field. They also wanted to know whether the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was really that miraculous.
Moreover, some netizens had made good points. If the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 really had such effects, then the existence of that Old Daoist was also very likely.
This was even more real and tangible than the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
The two quickly arrived at the Martial Arts Field and found that a great many tourists had already gathered, each of them looking expectantly at the four Chen Clan members who were preparing.
This made them understand how popular the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was.
The chanting began at this moment. After they listened, they immediately felt their minds become empty and their thoughts unified, with no distractions.
This feeling was very comfortable.
It was actually real.
The strange sensation was truly marvelous, and combined with the Calming Talisman, it really was a double effect.
This meant the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 would definitely become one of the Chen Clan’s attractions, just as people online had said. If it was truly like this, the Chen Clan would become a holy land for creators.
Likewise, if chanting the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 alone could produce such effects, then the Old Daoist was also likely to truly exist.
When the chanting ended, Chu Ping subconsciously said, “Let’s go talk with the Chen Family Head.”
Chen Kai nodded and immediately dialed the Chen Family Head’s telephone number.
When Chen Han answered the call, he roughly knew why these two leaders were coming. It was probably also because of what was happening online.
After all, in the past few days, the Chen Clan’s online popularity had become more and more mysterious, from the Cloud Barrier Technique to the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 and the 《Chen Clan Hidden Master》.
If not for the fact that the Chen Clan was contributing to tourism in Linhe County, they might have had trouble over excessive promotion of superstition.
So, no matter what things looked like online, in his words, they always had to trust science.
Besides, it really was science. He did not know who was cosplaying that Old Daoist, and the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was just a method of hypnosis and psychological effect.
He planned to receive the two of them in his own courtyard, so he left Uncle’s Kitchen.
After he returned to his courtyard, it was not long before Chu Ping and Chen Kai entered. He immediately got up to greet them. No matter what, the two were county leaders and had given the Chen Clan a lot of help.
But as soon as they met, after only a few words of small talk, Chu Ping calmly probed, “Chen Family Head, congratulations. Today the Chen Clan is on Douyin trending again. That senior has really surprised many people.”
When Chen Han heard this, he immediately understood and said, “County Magistrate Chu, there is no such senior. We at the Chen Clan are also very confused. We don’t know which cosplay enthusiast is playing a joke on our Chen Clan.”
It seemed Chu Ping had guessed he would say this, and he smiled and said, “Chen Family Head, just now we listened to your Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》. We did not expect your Chen Clan to have such mysterious capabilities.”
Chen Han hurriedly said, “County Magistrate Chu, that is not some mysterious capability. It is just a kind of audio hypnosis and psychological effect. Isn’t there a discipline about suggestive psychology plus sensory integration and mind-body interaction theory that promotes alpha brainwave generation, allowing people to enter a relaxed state… and finally forms a closed loop of ‘sensory stimulation-psychological expectation-physiological response’?”
“So, leaders must believe in science!”
Chu Ping and Chen Kai subconsciously looked at each other. As expected, he had started talking about believing in science again.
It was exactly what they had guessed.
They just did not understand a word of what he had said.
In fact, Chen Han himself did not know what any of that really was. He had seen it online and had just made it up on the spot.
Science, sometimes, was about making others not understand it so it would seem more impressive, wasn’t it?
At this moment, Chen Kai was clearly about to ask something else when his mobile phone suddenly rang urgently. The number was from the person in charge of the Chen Clan road construction project.
Because he was paying close attention to this matter, he had specially added the person’s telephone number and told him to contact him immediately if anything came up. There could be no accidents with this road construction.
But when he heard the report from the other side, he was stunned for a moment. “What? You dug up a stone tablet related to the Chen Clan?””
