Chapter 209: Chen Clan Under The Blood Demon Cult Attacks!
《I want to know if the Chen Family Head’s video is an advertisement? If not, please note that it is not an advertisement, so as not to mislead people!》
《I have been in cosmetic surgery for ten years, and I can responsibly say that what the Chen Family Head made is an abstract video, it cannot be taken seriously!》
《…》
Chen Han saw this targeted negative flow that appeared just as he expected, and when he clicked in, it was some cosmetic surgery bloggers and beauty-industry bloggers.
These were product-promotion, sales-focused internet celebrities, nothing that needed special attention.
What surprised him was that a PhD bearing a medical professional title had also posted a video, and one of the videos was quite popular.
《Many people @ me, asking me to talk about the new video posted by the internet celebrity Chen Family Head. Actually, using a slightly more scientific principle, for such large-area burns, recovery requires gradual progress from aspects such as subcutaneous tissue, muscles, nerve cells, and so on…
In addition, aloe vera, olive oil, and pollen do not contain elements that treat burns, let alone being casually mixed like that. Besides, this respected family head’s videos are all mainly set in an abstract cultivation world, so why would anyone take them as real?》
When Chen Han saw this kind of science popularization video from PhDs and professors, he habitually clicked like and commented: Right, everyone should believe in science.
But just as he finished commenting, the game system suddenly displayed a prompt:
【The matter of you refining Spirit Flower Paste, this holy medicine for healing injuries, to help a fellow practitioner has already spread. Many fellow practitioners are very surprised at the Chen Clan’s current strength.
But a fellow practitioner on good terms has suddenly sent back news that the Blood Demon Cult claims to have the Chen Clan joining them, and it is heard that this Chen Clan comes from the Xinghua area, specializing in some demonic technique that treats external disfigurement.
More news has come from fellow practitioners infiltrating the demonic path that this Chen Clan of the Blood Demon Cult has already set its sights on Spirit Flower Paste, this holy medicine for healing injuries.
Perhaps because the Chen Clan’s reputation has risen greatly, and the Blood Demon Cult cannot spare forces while facing the Shushan Immortal Alliance, they are also inclined to send a clan to engage the Chen Clan in a direct clash.
Facing the incoming attack from this demonic-path Chen Clan may be a major challenge for your clan!】
Chen Han saw this game prompt and frowned slightly.
Given the current situation, plus this game prompt, it was not hard for him to guess that in reality someone was also eyeing the Scar Removal Cream.
As he was thinking, he discovered clues from the account of this medical PhD he had just liked.
《Liangmei Medical Aesthetic Hospital》
“???” Just now, Chen Han had found this PhD’s science popularization quite reasonable, yet it turned out he was a researcher hired by this hospital’s research institute.
A PhD from this kind of medical company had to be heavily discounted in credibility.
Thoughtful, he checked among the other medical PhDs, beauty, and beauty-industry bloggers who had posted videos, and he really did discover something.
Many of them seemed to be connected with this Liangmei Medical Aesthetic Hospital, either hired, or in cooperation, or with other relationships.
This should be connected to that clan of the demonic cult.
He immediately investigated this Liangmei Medical Aesthetic Hospital and found that this hospital was anything but simple. It was a private medical group, one of the largest pieces of capital in the domestic cosmetic surgery hospital field.
Its business spanned various industries of beauty and plastic surgery, with assets as high as 23 billion.
The key point was that behind Liangmei Medical there really was the Chen Clan; it was a family enterprise, and this Chen Clan was also one of the major families in the Xinghua region.
No wonder.
The medical industry in the Xinghua region, and the fake-branded foot equipment industry, were famous nationwide.
Chen Han further checked this Liangmei Medical Group and found that its negative news was indeed extremely extensive.
For example, a certain girl spent several million on medical aesthetics but ended up disfigured, and among more than 20 doctors, 14 did not possess physician qualifications.
There was also a lady who suffered cardiac arrest while under anesthesia for cosmetic surgery, with suspicion that there was a problem with the anesthetic, and then it came out that this anesthetist’s license had actually been revoked.
In addition, quite a few exposed special industries were also linked to Liangmei Medical, such as the group’s hospitals cooperating with some nightclubs to harm young girls.
Nightclubs used sales pitches to persuade those girls to improve their image, then took them to get loans for cosmetic surgery. Once these girls fell into the trap for the sake of beauty, they were forced to be bound to the nightclubs and completely fall into degradation.
Many girls were actually tricked into the nightclubs, but once they signed for beauty, with loans of tens of thousands or 100,000, that was simply beyond what their families could help repay, and they did not even dare to tell their families.
In the end, they were left to be slaughtered.
So, it makes sense that daughters should be well provided for and taken to see the world. Those who end up in nightclubs and get tricked by them are almost all from poor families or lacking in experience, wanting to change their lives through becoming beautiful.
“Draining blood and marrow, this really is the demonic path. No wonder they are classified as the Blood Demon Cult, direct lineage of the blood demon!” Chen Han could not help feeling emotional. Presumably the Xinghua Chen Clan was already planning something regarding the Scar Removal Cream?
It was just a pity that in the game plot, this Xinghua Chen Clan was a powerful clan under the Blood Demon Cult banner, qualified to engage his Chen Clan in spells and direct confrontation.
But in reality, on what grounds would this Xinghua Chen Clan dare?
Could they withstand Hemorrhoid Infliction, or withstand Bite Teeth?
Or could they withstand Refine Yin Transform Yang, or withstand the Sword Control Technique?
Or say, could they withstand an old daoist who wielded the Sword Control Technique and existed only in photos?
In reality, the only advantage of this so-called demonic-path Chen Clan was merely assets of 23 billion.
Sorry, but he believed that as long as it earned the Chen Clan some favors owed, even without that pious Mr. Liu taking action, Ms. Liao of the Weikai Group or that Mr. Wang could easily flay several layers off this so-called demonic-path Chen Clan.
With sufficient evidence, even the authorities in Linhe County would be willing to take them down.
So come on, for the sake of the game task, he hoped this demonic-path Chen Clan would come faster.
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Online discussion about that pill-refining video of the Chen Family Head gradually subsided as various science popularization posts appeared, especially after his proactive “correct, we must believe in science” like and comment were exposed.
Now, aside from some fans of the Chen Family Head or those who had personally visited the Chen Clan and had firsthand experience, everyone believed this video was purely an abstract video.
Moreover, the video was indeed excessively abstract.
This naturally allowed Chen Shenfeng to breathe a sigh of relief. As the current helmsman of Liangmei Medical and the current person in charge of the Xinghua Chen Clan, he now had to consider the plight faced by the entire medical group.
First, due to the long-standing negative news, it was difficult for business to expand significantly. Second, with the decline of the real economy, even the nightclub and various venue businesses were doing poorly.
With the rise of live streaming, beauty filters had become a roadblock. Many nightclub girls, once they turned on beauty mode and filters, openly became streamers and that worked far better than plastic surgery.
Think of those female streamers; many have tattoos, and without investigation, it is clear that most came from the nightclub scene. Even among those internet celebrities with several million fans who now seem glamorous, many of their short videos are circulating online.
The arrival of AI saved them, as now any scandal can be dismissed with “AI face swap,” and they say it has already been reported to the police, and that ends it.
A very refined young man wearing glasses walked in and reported, “Uncle, the online situation has already been suppressed. Now everyone believes that the Chen Family Head’s video is an abstract video, and they will not think of the Scar Removal Cream.”
Chen Shenfeng nodded, very satisfied, and said, “Chen Lin, since you were the one who discovered this Scar Removal Cream, and you are the one handling matters online, you will make a trip to the Chen Clan. See if you can obtain the formula for the Scar Removal Cream from them. Our Chen Clan has already encountered a bottleneck, and this thing may help us escape the current situation.”
“Okay, uncle!” Chen Lin nodded, accepted this matter, and left the office.
At the same time, his face showed excitement and fighting spirit.
Their Xinghua Chen Clan had indeed fallen into a bottleneck, and the Scar Removal Cream from the Linhe County Chen Clan could truly become the breakthrough for their own Chen Clan.
He had learned about the Scar Removal Cream by accident, mainly because a girl he knew had won a Scar Removal Cream as a prize from the Chen Clan.
When chatting and hearing about it, he had her bring the Scar Removal Cream back.
After the company tested it, they found the effect of that Scar Removal Cream to be absolutely terrifyingly good. If they could produce this product, Liangmei Medical Group would have a solid product that could directly break through the bottleneck and ascend.
However, after they brought it for testing, they discovered that one of the materials could not be identified. Comparing it with existing production materials used in skincare and cosmetics, they could not match it to anything known.
So, they had to start with the formula in the hands of the Linhe County Chen Clan.
And he was quite confident about this.
First, the Chen Clan had not put this product into mass production. Second, they had only given some out as prizes during a national style event, and afterward there had been no news.
This all indicated that the Scar Removal Cream was extremely difficult to make. Perhaps that undetectable ingredient was very rare, leaving them with no way to produce it even if they wanted to.
Otherwise, with such a good thing, no matter how they produced and developed it, it would bring huge benefits.
The only explanation for this situation was that the materials were rare and lacking, so the formula in the Chen Clan’s hands was often just waste.
But their Xinghua Chen Clan was different. They were not some hick family from a small village under a small county.
Even if the other side spared no effort in promoting themselves as a Daoist Sect Heritage Family and constantly putting out mysterious legends, anyone with a brain knew it was fake, making them look even more like bumpkins.
Moreover, he firmly believed that they were pushing their publicity so hard in order to make money.
Therefore, as long as their Xinghua Chen Clan offered a price the other side could not refuse, obtaining the formula would be easy. After all, keeping the formula in their hands did not let it play a very big role.
Once they got the formula, Liangmei Medical had its own laboratory. Once they knew what that undetectable ingredient was, they could analyze and research it through experiments and scientific methods, and even find substitutes.
If they succeeded, his status in the group and family would increase significantly.
Thinking along these lines, Chen Lin had already arranged for someone to book a flight ticket to Qingmin City, and he arrived in Qingmin City that afternoon.
Because there was a Liangmei Hospital in Qingmin City, he had long notified people there to arrange a car to pick him up and then take him to Linhe County.
By evening, he entered Linhe County.
…
At the Chen Clan, the Qionghua Tree woods were packed with tourists. After these Qionghua Trees had all bloomed overnight, this place had become the Chen Clan’s new internet-famous check-in spot.
Many tourists came specifically for this sea of Qionghua flowers, and if they did not take a selfie video here, they considered the trip wasted.
Moreover, when tourists arrived, they were amazed to find that the Chen Clan’s air quality was unbelievably good, which was definitely an unexpected surprise.
For Liu Ye, this was also a surprise. He had donated a mountain to the Chen Clan as a merit industry and had also rented a mountain not far from the Chen Clan to develop a high-end resort villa.
But he had never imagined that, after the Chen Family Head erected that stone tablet, overnight it would affect the Chen Clan’s air quality, and he too could benefit from this.
In the mountain, when Liu Ye came again today, he was full of astonishment as he breathed the surrounding air. Chen Kai personally led people to accompany him, and the culture and tourism staff also brought detection instruments, acting like errand runners.
But this errand was one Chen Kai was happy to run. Once this tycoon’s resort villa was completed, it would bring far greater benefits to culture and tourism than several of Linhe County’s other scenic spots.
“Today the air AQI here has reached 29, and it is still trending downward,” a culture and tourism staff member reported.
Chen Kai said with congratulations, “Mr. Liu, congratulations. As the air quality continues to improve, it will definitely be a huge selling point once the resort villa is built.”
Liu Ye nodded. He naturally understood this.
So, after saying a word of thanks to Director Chen, he hurried back to the Chen Clan and, upon seeing his secretary, asked, “Is everything ready?”
“Boss, it’s all prepared. Here are the documents.” The secretary immediately handed over a document.
Without hesitation, Liu Ye dialed the telephone number of the Chen Family Head.
When he received the call, Chen Han was puzzled why this tycoon was suddenly calling, but when the other side said it was something important, he told him that he was in the courtyard.
Shortly after, he saw Mr. Liu enter the courtyard, and upon meeting, Mr. Liu immediately handed over a document. “Chen Family Head, I specially came to disturb you for the matter of the resort villa I am building. This is the document for 30% of the shares.”
Chen Han was surprised as to why he was offering shares again, but he did not immediately accept it.
Liu Ye quickly said, “After you erected that stone tablet to improve the Chen Clan’s air quality, the location of my resort villa also benefited. I am very grateful, so I am following the example of Shangyuan Village. Thirty percent counts as the Chen Clan investing resources as shares.”
Air counts as a resource, right?
So, calling it resource-based shareholding was not wrong, right?
Chen Han more or less guessed that it was the Dust Removal Formation’s 30-square-kilometer range that affected Mr. Liu’s resort villa, so the other side came with these documents.
He did not refuse and accepted the document, because he understood that in this situation, the other party would expect him to accept it to feel at ease enjoying the changes in air quality.
If he did not accept, the other side would overthink it, and might even keep pestering him with it until he did accept.
So, the result would be the same sooner or later. Once he understood the reason, there was no need to create extra trouble and waste his own time.
Once he saw the Chen Family Head accept it, Liu Ye also let out a sigh of relief, and then took the chance to invite him, “Chen Family Head, I wonder if you are free now? Let’s go see the location of the resort villa together?”
“Mm!” Chen Han nodded and did not refuse, and left the Chen Clan with Liu Ye.
To reach the mountain he had rented for the resort villa, they needed to pass through a piece of land that had already been developed and leveled. The land had been made very flat and orderly, and the uneven parts had basically all been filled in.
In the car, Liu Ye did not forget to introduce, “Chen Family Head, this land is the rapeseed planting land. The land on the Shangyuan Village side is basically ready, and they have already started developing the land outside Shangyuan Village.”
Chen Han nodded. This rapeseed project was also one of the Chen Clan’s merit industries and was handed over to Mr. Liu, funded by him, with him holding only 30% of the shares.
Given how he handled things, this was clearly done very beautifully. After all, when he heard about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream, he was more excited than anyone.
But he obviously did not know the true depth behind the rapeseed, and this 30% would definitely not cause him any loss.
Soon, Chen Han and the other party arrived at the mountain forest where the resort villa would be built. After inspecting the surrounding location, it was clear that the site for the villa had been designed by professional designers and was excellent in all aspects: location, windows, wind exposure, views… all were very good.
Liu Ye also introduced the design concepts and some details about the villa. Only when it was getting dark did they return together to the Chen Clan.
But just as they entered the Chen Clan, they saw an area surrounded by many tourists. It clearly looked like something had happened that attracted their attention.
Instinctively, Chen Han stepped forward and saw a refined man with glasses lying on the ground after a fall. This man was quite handsome.
Just from the way he had fallen, Chen Han could judge that this was probably a hypocritical scumbag, which had triggered Minor Punishment as a Warning.
And for someone to trigger Minor Punishment as a Warning and fall this miserably, he certainly was not a good person.
As he was thinking this, he saw the refined man struggle to his feet, only for his heel to slip again, and he crashed heavily to the ground once more. The key point was that this time he directly passed out.
What happened next was even more unexpected to Chen Han. Two clusters of white light suddenly emerged from the man’s body and floated up.
“???” Chen Han!
This was two items exploding out of nowhere?
