Chapter 235: Can’t Learn It? Really Becoming A Dull-witted Person!
Daoist Priest Chen quickly met with the sect leader and several senior brothers. He could see smiles on their faces as they discussed the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
“I did not expect the Chen Clan would actually publish the contents of this 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.”
“Let’s hurry and work together to decipher this musical score.”
“Junior brother is here too, let’s research it together.”
Daoist Priest Chen nodded and went over to study it with them.
It was not only Wudang; other Daoist sect places were the same, all wanting to be the first to work out the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
Even the Buddhist sect was taking action. Including Certain Lin Temple, they were all studying the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》. As for them not knowing Daoist scripture notation?
Now in the internet era, many things are no longer secrets. If you want to look something up, you can search online, and there will always be some place to learn it.
There was only one person in the Buddhist sect who was an exception and did not have this drive.
That was Master Xin Yan.
Because he had personally experienced some matters related to the Chen Clan, he knew the Chen Clan possessed mysterious power.
Previously, when he followed Chairman Liu to the Chen Clan, he truly felt a bit alarmed and uneasy.
Today, when he saw that the Chen Clan had generously released the contents of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, he felt it could not be that simple. He feared that people outside who recited it and the musical score according to that content would find it useless.
If it were really that easy to learn, how could so many Daoist sect sites all have lost it, with only the Chen Clan still having this thing?
Perhaps it required special cultivation methods, and without sufficient cultivation it would not work, or perhaps this Ancient Quiet Heart Art needed the blessing of some special great power to be effective.
For example, the possibly existent Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation of the Chen Clan.
However, the people in his temple were obviously all very anxious. The important managers had already gathered around him.
“Abbot, we have obtained the Chen Clan’s Quiet Heart Art, we should study it.”
“Yes, once we have studied it thoroughly, we can also carry out this kind of scripture chanting.”
“At that time we will surely be able to welcome more patrons!”
“……”
As for whether, after mastering the Chen Clan’s Quiet Heart Art, it counted as something belonging to the Buddhist sect, that was not important.
Do they not understand the principle of changing the skin?
Master Xin Yan looked at his subordinates’ eager expressions and shook his head. “You can study it on your own.”
He did not oppose it. After all, you sometimes have to let these people hit the south wall before they realize they must turn back from a mistaken path and that some things cannot be done.
Hearing his words, those monks did not hesitate. They hurried into action, some even wearing an inexplicable confidence on their faces.
Master Xin Yan could only look helplessly at the golden statue of the Buddha inside the hall and mutter, “How am I supposed to keep believing in you?”
Then came a heavy sigh.
Having witnessed a real mysterious event, and then seeing that there was no response or echo on his own side, it was difficult.
If no one had anything, that would be one thing. But once others had it and they did not, people’s hearts would start to waver.
While the internet was in an uproar and people on both sides were acting over the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, Chen Han had already once again gone over to the artifact refining furnace.
A different worker from the work hall was now watching the stove fire here. Seeing him arrive, he immediately greeted him, “Patriarch!”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded, then used his mobile phone to record another video clip of the artifact refining furnace.
The special marriage stone would be completely quenched by tomorrow.
When the time came, the Chen Clan would gain another legend about the Matchmaker God’s blessing.
Afterwards, he discovered there were many @ mentions of him on his mobile phone, all because New City News of the province had spread the content of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, shocking the entire internet. Many people were calling him generous and praising him and the Chen Clan as noble.
Unfortunately, these people did not know that even with the content, it was useless to them. They would not be able to learn it.
They did not have the Chen Clan’s same qi manipulation formation （Feng Shui array）.
Thinking of this, he suddenly froze for a moment, showing a pensive expression.
For example, the Chen Clan’s qi manipulation formation could actually be regarded as a kind of use of geography and terrain. Calling it a Feng Shui array also made a certain amount of sense.
In modern terms, it was the application of geography and terrain, then using the magnetic field of the terrain to neutralize the negative magnetic field of people.
And the Chen Clan’s qi manipulation formation （Feng Shui array） was a reward from the game system, something whose existence was highly unreasonable. Other places definitely could not compare.
But what if, outside, there existed Feng Shui formations naturally formed by geography and terrain?
Such Feng Shui formations could be seen in many places across the land of China, and many emperors even chose such places as their tomb sites.
Although no one now still knew how to actively use Feng Shui formations, natural Feng Shui terrain would always show some special phenomena. That is why there are sayings like “nature’s miraculous craftsmanship.”
If such special places did exist, then even without being as powerful as the Chen Clan’s qi manipulation formation, might they still have some effect on the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》?
Even if this kind of natural geographical Feng Shui formation only approached the Chen Clan’s qi manipulation formation a little, it might still have some effect, right?
Thinking this way, he suddenly became a little expectant.
If such places really existed, and reciting the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 there could produce some effect, even if only one tenth or even one twentieth of the Chen Clan’s effect, it would still indirectly prove the value of the Chen Clan’s thousand-year inheritance and confirm that this 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was something from a thousand years ago.
But the possibility of this should be extremely low, right?
With that thought, Chen Han went back to his own courtyard and stopped dwelling on these uncertainties.
Once in the courtyard, he called for Chen Dagou and asked, “Uncle Dagou, have there been any conflicts outside the Chen Clan recently?”
Previously, the game system had given a task to search for the nascent soul of the evil Daoist Mao Tai. At present, the only clue was that Mao Tai liked to incite people to fight. He could only have Chen Dagou lead the Demon Subduing Hall to keep an eye out.
When Chen Dagou heard what it was about, he shook his head. “I have already arranged for people from the Demon Subduing Hall to patrol and pay attention outside. During this period, no fights have occurred.”
Chen Han nodded, feeling somewhat helpless. He did not know how to complete this task.
What if this task caused Mao Tai’s nascent soul carrying the 《Heart Light Escape Technique》 to drop?
He was extremely covetous of this escape technique.
While he was troubled, the online popularity of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 grew higher and higher. Many Daoist sect sites already had Daoist priests claiming to be studying the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
This included Longhu Mountain, where that Daoist priest blogger on Douyin had already filmed several mages from Longhu Mountain jointly studying the Ancient Quiet Heart Art.
A very elderly mage was chanting the scripture notation. Many people could tell that the intonation was the same as the Chen Clan’s Ancient Quiet Heart Art.
As a holy land of the Daoist sect, Longhu Mountain naturally had mages proficient in Daoist scripture notation.
Because the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 was too popular and unbelievable, the contemporary celestial master personally invited several elderly mages to study this Chen Clan 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
Moreover, through the combined efforts of the celestial master and these elderly mages, they actually managed to work out the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 in just half a day, and then began to recite it.
The Daoist priest blogger in charge of promotion on Douyin filmed the video. Soon, the sound of reciting the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 could be heard.
They had listened to the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 recordings online many times, and referred to the audio in the New City News video. There was absolutely no mistake in the chanting.
But after the chanting ended, the celestial master and the elderly mages all frowned. There was none of the miraculous feeling described online. It was no different from an ordinary 《Quiet Heart Art》.
The mage proficient in Daoist musical notation immediately took up the musical score of the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 and chanted it again, but still there was no effect.
This caused the celestial master and the mages to exchange glances and think of a possibility: perhaps the Chen Clan had not truly released the full contents of the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, and this so-called generosity was just for show.
But in such matters, they had no way to speak out publicly. Otherwise, the Chen Clan could bite back and say they simply had insufficient cultivation, which would be awkward.
After all, it was not their thing. Even if it had once belonged to the Daoist sect, it had nothing to do with Longhu Mountain now. If they lost it, they lost it. They could not blame others for not teaching the real version.
“What is the situation online now?” The celestial master asked the blogger Daoist priest in charge of online promotion.
The blogger Daoist priest said awkwardly, “Celestial master, the netizens are all saying the Chen Clan is magnanimous, selfless, and admirable. Now that the Chen Clan has released the contents and musical score of the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, if we of the Daoist sect still cannot learn it, then we really should just hang ourselves.”
Hearing this, the celestial master glanced at an ancient pine nearby. There was a very suitable fork to tie a rope to. Should they tie a rope there and all hang themselves?
But since the Chen Clan had not given the real content and had held something back, it would be strange if they could learn it.
He sighed and instructed, “Issue an announcement. Say that the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 is broad and profound, and that we are dull-witted and unable to comprehend it.”
These words naturally had some rhetorical finesse. The blogger Daoist priest responsible for promotion understood. He knew the Chen Clan’s teaching might be incomplete. Otherwise, how could several elderly mages fail to learn it?
He put on a show and released an announcement video.
Daoist priests on Longhu Mountain declaring themselves dull-witted and unable to comprehend the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 caused a huge sensation, since that was a holy land of the Daoist sect.
But precisely because it was a Daoist holy land, if even they were dull-witted and unable to comprehend it, then it was nothing for other Daoist sect places to admit the same. There was nothing unspeakable about it.
Everyone was smart. For a single 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, it was impossible that no one in the entire Daoist sect could learn it. That left only one possibility: the Chen Clan had not taught it fully, or had not taught the key parts.
Even if people would not say it openly, they already knew it in their hearts.
Sure enough, as time passed and night came, more and more people of the Daoist sect publicly stated that they were dull-witted and unable to comprehend this 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
Ordinary netizens might not understand the implications of this commotion. Many simply assumed that the Chen Clan had taught the art, and these Daoist people truly could not learn it, proving the netizens’ accusation that their cultivation was lacking.
However, there was one group that saw the underlying meaning. For example, some people in the Buddhist sect.
They knew of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 being miraculous, and naturally wanted to claim it for themselves, since they too had never witnessed something truly mysterious.
They had finally found something they could learn.
Now they discovered that the Chen Clan might not have taught it completely, or that it was fake. Would that not mean that all their frantic efforts were in vain?
Especially at a certain “Taishan Beidou” temple, where, because the previous abbot had been taken away, a new abbot had been installed who wanted to make a fresh start. If they could learn the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 and adapt it into a Buddhist scripture unique to them, that would be worthy of their “taishan beidou” status.
After receiving the report, the new abbot said with a smile, “Those people must be tactful and cannot say it outright, and we also cannot be too blunt, that would make us look vulgar. But there are many people who can talk about this matter. As long as we give these people some very vulgar money, what is the one thing we are least lacking?”
The people below understood at once. For such things, as long as you spend money, there will naturally be people to operate.
They would stir up public opinion and force the Chen Clan to teach the complete 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
Whether the Chen Clan would do it, they were not sure. They were just trying.
If the Chen Clan did not teach it, they would only have wasted some vulgar things. And it must be said, those vulgar things were something they really did not lack.
Lin Hannan, as a troublemaker blogger, kept many paid commenters under him. Today there was a lot of attention online around the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
He had not expected that these Daoist sect matters could actually become the main trending topic of the day, overshadowing all the celebrities and big internet influencers.
Originally, the all-female rescue team incident online was widely discussed, practically shattering people’s three views, and its popularity was about to rise. But it was directly blasted to pieces by the heat of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 and submerged by it.
Really, right now “all-female city,” “all-female planet,” “all-female street,” “all-female building” harmonious remarks were endless. Even as a troublemaker with no particular moral values, he felt shocked.
So the popularity of the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 crushing the all-female rescue team’s popularity could be considered a meritorious deed.
But Lin Hannan did not expect that in the next moment, he would receive an order of five hundred thousand targeting the Chen Clan.
This was truly unexpected.
But only an idiot would turn down money. He checked the client’s request. The client was unknown, the goal was to slander the Chen Clan: accuse the Chen Clan of seeking undeserved fame, claiming that they clearly had not fully taught the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 while pretending to be upright and righteous. Otherwise, it was impossible that no one in the Daoist sect could learn it.
Seeing the order, Lin Hannan instinctively suspected that some Daoist place had made this move, since only Daoist sect people cared about this matter.
He did not suspect people from the Buddhist sect, as this 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 had nothing to do with those bald heads.
But that was not important. If you take people’s money, you help them dispel calamities. He immediately started recording a video. “Things are very lively online regarding the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》. It must be said, the Chen Clan’s 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 is definitely miraculous, otherwise Master Wu would not have acknowledged it so much and produced that painting…”
“…Later, in a news interview, the Chen Clan exposed the contents of the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 and gained an image of being selfless and admirable, earning a great deal of reputation. But as far as I know, various Daoist sites are all learning this 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》, and it seems that not a single Daoist site has been able to master it.”
“This raises a question: are the people at these Daoist sites truly that incompetent, or has the Chen Clan simply not fully taught the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》?”
This was essentially a multiple-choice question, but the wording guided the answer toward the conclusion that the Chen Clan had not taught it fully.
He immediately uploaded this news piece to Douyin, then mobilized his paid commenters to start working, steering the trend of slandering the Chen Clan.
Moreover, after he posted the video, he discovered that he was not the only one attacking the Chen Clan. Others were also targeting the claim that the Chen Clan had not fully taught the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》.
This was quite a large operation, making him wonder which Daoist place had made the move. It had to be a Daoist holy land that was not short of money.
Given that, thinking back and forth, there were only those two places. He had no idea that his initial guess was already off.
However, just as his paid commenters began exerting their strength, a video that no one expected suddenly went viral.
When Lin Hannan saw this video, he was dumbfounded.
With this video out, did that not mean all their efforts had been in vain?
So it turned out so many people in the Daoist sect really were useless?
However, there was no way he was going to refund the money for that order. In the end, he simply deleted his own video. Earning free money felt great.
On the other side, at that “Taishan Beidou” Lin Temple, the new person in charge was also stunned when he received the news.
What is this?
Why did this news not come a bit earlier? Then they would not have spent those vulgar things. Even if those things were vulgar, no one ever dislikes having more.
The most stunned of all was Longhu Mountain.
Late at night, after finishing his meditation and preparing to rest, the celestial master was approached in haste by several elderly mages in his study room.
“What is it?” He looked at them in puzzlement.
One of the mages hurriedly handed him a video. He took it and, after one look, instantly lost his composure.
Given the announcement they had issued earlier, did this not truly make them look extremely dull-witted?
(The chapter ends here.)
