Chapter 242: Completely Clueless! What Is This Terrifying Thing?
“Damn…” When Daoist Priest Chen saw in the video that the demonic shadow in the cloud mist brought its axe down on the stone and struck out a shower of sparks, he really could not help blurting out a curse.
This… this should not be real, right?
After Daoist Priest Chen finished watching the video and hurriedly came out, he found that Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and the others were all looking unsettled.
They were also watching this video of Daoist Priest Chen.
He asked subconsciously, “You all saw this video too?”
Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and the others subconsciously nodded.
“This video does not seem to be fake!”
“Also, this person is an outdoor blogger searching for bees. He should have stumbled on it by coincidence.”
“But this kind of thing…”
In fact, the Daoist sect has many demon sealing stories. For example, the Zhengyi and Quanzhen Daoist temples actually have many legends about evil beings being suppressed beneath the temples.
But legends are legends. They had never seen such things themselves, and even with their firm dao hearts, the impact at that moment was huge.
So, according to the legends, it would not be strange even if the Chen clan really was a place of demon sealing.
If it had been before, they would have mostly assumed it was special effects, but now that they knew about the Feng Shui formation matter, and it had been confirmed that their own Daoist temples truly sat within natural geography and terrain, with their ancestors having set up Feng Shui formations.
Now, do they believe in this Chen clan demon sealing or not?
At this moment, Daoist Priest Chen and the others also saw the Douyin backend prompts of people @mentioning them.
Clicking in, they saw it was a commentator blogger’s video, obviously trying to piggyback on the popularity, and the key was that this video dragged them into it as well.
“Everyone should have seen the exposed demon sealing video of the Chen family head. Many people are debating whether this is true or false. I am not here to argue that. What I want to talk about is those Daoist priests. Previously, when Daoist Priest Chen and the other Daoist priests left the Chen clan, their expressions were all serious and heavy.”
“At first, everyone thought they were depressed because they lost in the Dao discussion at the Chen clan. Now that we see the demon sealing video of the Chen family head, could it be that Daoist Priest Chen and the others learned of the demon sealing matter and were shocked? Or that they also put in great effort for the demon sealing matter, consumed heavily, and that is why they looked like that?”
“Also, could this so-called Chen clan 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 exchange meeting have just been a cover by the Daoist sect, and the real thing these Daoist priests went to do was demon sealing?”
“If this matter had not been discovered and the video posted, would it have simply passed under the name of the 《Ancient Quiet Heart Art》 exchange meeting, never to be exposed?”
“I even think that after the Chen family head saw the matter exposed, he would release videos under the name of special effects!”
Daoist Priest Chen and Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and the others looked at each other. How had they, for no good reason, been dragged in and turned into participants in the demon sealing?
They were also very confused, all right?
The key thing was that many netizens actually agreed with this, feeling that the commentator blogger’s analysis was very reasonable.
What nonsense.
“Absolutely impossible!” Daoist Priest Chen instinctively posted this comment in the comment section, then found that Daoist Priest Xuan Shi and the others also posted denials.
“No such thing.”
“We were just dejected because of the Dao discussion result.”
“We do not have that ability!”
“…”
These Daoist priests denying in unison only made the video’s popularity and discussion even higher.
Naturally, many people in Linhe County also noticed this matter.
Chu Ping immediately called Chen Kai over to ask, “Tell me… is this real?”
Chen Kai really found this hard to answer. “It should be fake. The Chen clan is hyping things up again for promotion, right?”
But as he said this, he felt uncertain. After all, he believed some things about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, at least he had experienced some.
It was just that these things could not be spoken of.
Most critically, he was puzzled as to why only the Chen clan’s Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation displayed some manifestations, while no other place did, even though so many Daoist sects worship Emperor Zhenwu and the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
So did the Chen clan have demon subjugation needs in this regard?
“Mm, it should be hype.” Chu Ping said with a resolute face, but his hand was already dialing the Chen family head’s number.
At the Chen clan, Chen Han had just finished editing the video. Seeing so many prompts @mentioning him, he clicked in and was stunned.
There had been someone hiding under a cliff not far away at that time?
What was wrong with that person, hiding there?
But from that position, if the person did not make a sound, he really would not have discovered them. Right now he did not have anything like divine sense; he could not just sweep and find anomalies.
The key point was that this person uploaded the video, and it unexpectedly became so popular, startling him into hurriedly uploading his own video: 《“Newly researched special effects, what do you all think?”》
Just after sending it, County Magistrate Chu’s call came in. As soon as the call connected, Chu Ping’s voice came through: “Chen family head, you saw the video online, right?”
Chen Han understood his intention and asked with a smile, “Haha, County Magistrate Chu, how are those special effects?”
“Uh… the special effects are very good.” Chu Ping replied, and after hanging up, Chen Kai beside him asked, “The Chen family head said special effects?”
“Mm, then it should be special effects.” Chu Ping said with uncertainty.
…
Online, as soon as Chen Han uploaded this video, things became even more lively, and trending topics about the demon sealing by the Chen family head appeared.
After continuously eating melons about the Chen clan before, Huang Tao had followed the Chen family head’s account and had now become a loyal onlooker of the Chen clan.
After watching the secretly filmed video by that bee-searching blogger, he was truly shocked. The sound of the demonic shadow in the cloud mist chopping the stone and the sparks were so real.
He had almost believed it was real and felt his worldview shaken.
Especially in that commentator blogger’s video, the other party spoke in a way that seemed well reasoned and well supported.
Those Daoist sect Daoist priests might really have gone there because of this. Otherwise, how could one explain their expressions when they left?
However, after watching the Chen family head’s video, he finally let out a sigh of relief. So it was special effects.
He thought, how could it be possible? No matter how mysterious the Chen clan was, and even with Daoist sect faith there beyond doubt.
But some demonic being appearing in reality and chopping at stone with an axe to create sparks, that impact would be too much and really hard to digest.
He had to admit that in this video, the Chen family head’s special effects had improved. That larger demonic shadow was vivid and lifelike, now even with color, clearly set up as the demonic shadow leader.
Likewise, the fact that in the video the Chen family head could easily deal with this demonic shadow leader also showed that in the abstract videos the Chen family head’s strength had increased.
After finishing the video, Huang Tao also commented, “The special effects are awesome!”
Then he thought of that commentator blogger’s previous video and immediately went over to comment: “Stop trying to stir up the crowd. The Chen family head already posted a video. It’s special effects!”
After posting his comment, he saw that many others had come to criticize that blogger.
The person involved had already said it was special effects. As someone trying to piggyback on the popularity, stop rambling nonsense.
After commenting, Huang Tao felt his thoughts clear and kept scrolling through videos. But after not even two more, he came across the commentator blogger’s new upload:
“See that, everyone? I was right, wasn’t I? The Chen family head really posted another video saying it’s special effects. This is an emergency PR move to handle the matter.”
“And those Daoist priests, all denying in unison. Does that not look like they coordinated it? That leaves only one possibility: these Daoist priests and the Chen family head are covering something up.”
“They do not want these things known by the public, but the Chen clan has already shown a bit. Think about those rumors online regarding the Chen clan.”
“If I am guessing right, the participants are not only those Daoist priests of the Daoist sect, but also an irresistible force from the higher-ups!”
“Everyone hurry and save my video. I feel it might not be around for long.”
Huang Tao was stunned again after seeing this video.
He had believed it was special effects after watching the Chen family head’s video, but seeing this new one from the commentator blogger, he felt it also sounded very reasonable.
‘????’ Huang Tao only felt like his head was about to explode.
So which one was true?
He could not understand, really could not understand.
In fact, many people online were like Huang Tao, eating melons until they confused themselves, because many people do not have strong discernment and, with insufficient information, find it hard to judge.
So on this matter they swung back and forth. For a while they felt they should believe the Chen family head, and then they felt the commentator blogger made sense. Most kept wavering.
And it was not just this matter. For example, the earlier simple issue of “covering one’s ears while stealing a bell” being changed to “covering one’s ears while stealing a bell” with a different character, why did that trigger so many parents’ complaints and social impact?
There is no need to elaborate on the reason.
The adapter said the basis for using “bell” was a story from 《“Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals: Self-Knowledge”》, about someone wanting to steal a bell, but the bell was too big to carry, so he had to destroy it first to take it away. So he covered his own ears while smashing the bell.
So then some people mocked those parents, mocking those who wondered why it was changed as ignorant of the original story.
At that point, many people realized, so that is how it was and that they had wrongfully scolded others before, that it was their own ignorance.
Later, others explained that the fixed idiom “covering one’s ears while stealing a bell” in its known form clearly appeared in the Han dynasty’s records, and in the Song dynasty it even spawned new allusions.
As for why it had always been “bell” (with that meaning) and not “bell” (with the bigger sense)?
Presumably the ancients also felt that if it was a huge bell, it would be not only self-deception, but also incredibly stupid to try smashing such a large thing to take it away. Using a small bell, aside from self-deception, could also show a kind of fluke mentality, which is more reasonable.
Most importantly, bells of that smaller type were popular in the Han dynasty, while the big bells were no longer in fashion. So the era chose the small bell, the idiom was fixed in that period, and that should be followed.
The key is, that usage has been around for two to three thousand years, so why propose changing it to a big bell now?
All of a sudden, people again felt this was very reasonable.
Indeed, why?
Of course, everyone was also willing to believe that the adapter was purely tracing back to the source, selflessly, and definitely not doing it for professional recognition, increased influence, professional honors, and so on…
Just like now, when people like Huang Tao really could not see clearly, they could only wait for the result, which was to see whether this commentator blogger’s video would really disappear.
If it really disappeared, then it would be very convincing that the Daoist priests and the Chen family head wanted to cover something up, and that there might even be an irresistible force from the higher-ups involved.
Huang Tao watched as the commentator blogger’s video stats climbed higher and higher, when suddenly he discovered the video had vanished.
This made him click into the commentator blogger’s homepage, but he could not find the video there either.
He was dumbfounded, and many others who had been wavering like him were also dumbfounded.
Could it really be that the Chen family head and the others were covering something up?
Otherwise, why would this commentator blogger’s video exposing the truth just suddenly be gone?
On the other side, the commentator blogger looked at his assistant with a proud face and said, “Watch this. I set the video to private. People online will definitely keep causing a fuss for a while, and then they will bring me another wave of traffic.”
The assistant could not help giving him a thumbs up.
So slick.
He really knew how to ride the popularity wave.
But suddenly, the commentator blogger cried out, “What the hell, what happened? Why is my account banned for a month?”
The assistant went over in confusion and saw the backend prompt that the account was banned for “inappropriate guiding remarks”!
“???”
Both of them were stunned. Had they… hit the wrong nerve by accident?
This scared them into swallowing hard.
Oh my god, this was just a joke, right?
Douyin.
After ）chapter 56）, Lu Xue had applied for a one-month ban on that commentator blogger and finally felt relieved.
With the rising heat online, as the Chen clan’s reviewer and editor, she naturally started reviewing videos. Seeing that the discussion around the Chen clan demon sealing had become increasingly absurd, she had to deal with it.
What a joke. This was already bordering on feudal superstition propaganda, and it was also linked to Daoist sect religion. Although Douyin does not forbid religious accounts from doing promotion, there is still a red line.
Now this situation was going to cross that line, so traffic had to be restricted. She did not want to invite trouble and get scolded by her leaders.
As for that commentator blogger spouting nonsense, to avoid crossing the line, it was only natural to cut him off.
Fortunately, that video’s popularity had just started; not too many people had seen it.
…
Time passed.
The next day, many people opened the app first thing to watch videos. So did Huang Tao. He especially checked the trending topics and did see those Daoist priests setting out again from Linhe County to the Chen clan.
But yesterday’s demon sealing video of the Chen family head was gone, and to his shock, the commentator blogger’s account had been banned.
This made him feel terrible. Did that mean what the other party said was all true?
This…
But most people could only see that special effects video from the Chen family head and would not think further, since the Chen family head had done many abstract videos.
However, the tourists at the Chen clan who had seen all the videos subconsciously glanced toward the back mountain early in the morning.
They felt as if they had gone through a mental storm and instinctively believed that there must be something at the Chen clan’s back mountain.
In the distance, they could see a bus driving toward the Chen clan. Inside, Chen Kai was personally accompanying the Daoist priests to the Chen clan early in the morning.
On the way, Chen Kai could not help testing the waters. “Honored Daoist priests, the special effects in the Chen family head’s video yesterday were amazing. You all saw it, right?”
Daoist Priest Chen and the others looked at him, fully aware of his intention. One by one, they smiled and said:
“Yes, the special effects in the Chen family head’s video are really awesome!”
“Mm, many movies cannot achieve that level of special effects.”
“The Chen family head is better than us; he knows how to use special effects.”
“…”
This unified line made Chen Kai feel awkward. These Daoist priests were like they had rehearsed it; he could not get anything out of them.
At the Chen clan, Chen Han had long seen the bus approaching from afar. Without hesitation, he silently used the Cloud Barrier Pill with a 1000-meter range.
A mass of mist began spreading from the Qionghua tree forest at an unbelievable speed.
The Qionghua tree forest had only recently come into bloom and was now one of the must-visit internet celebrity spots of the Chen clan. Many tourists were already there checking in and filming.
Wu Mei and Lin Hai were among them. After wearing red and receiving the Matchmaker God’s blessing yesterday, they clearly felt their feelings deepen.
At the very least, she no longer lost her temper so easily. When she was about to get angry over something trivial in the morning, she thought of how scolding the person she loved over small things was not worth it. When he saw she was about to get angry, he quickly coaxed her, knowing that loving someone meant understanding her little temper.
So, early in the morning, both were in a happy, sweet mood. They put on the Hanfu they had bought and came to the Qionghua tree forest to shoot videos.
Lin Hai held the camera and directed Wu Mei to stand under a Qionghua tree and pose, then raised the camera to take her picture.
But when he looked through the viewfinder, he suddenly saw behind his girlfriend a mass of white spreading and swelling rapidly.
This made him freeze for a moment. He subconsciously rubbed his eyes, then his eyes flew wide open as he exclaimed, “Damn…”
What was that?
Cloud Barrier Technique?
No, he had never seen the Chen family head’s Cloud Barrier Technique look this terrifying.
