Chapter 264: Teleporting To Green Snail Valley’s Demon-slaying Map!
Before long, the toilet door in front of Chen Han was covered by those special patterns, and the entire door was shrouded in a layer of white light.
However, the renovation was not over. After the special patterns covered the entire toilet door, they began to merge into the door at a very slow speed.
It seemed this merging would take time; it was not something that could be completed in a short moment.
While Chen Han was waiting, his mobile phone ringtone sounded. It was his junior sister calling, asking why he had not come over for medicinal cuisine yet.
He left this room first, locked the door, and then went to Uncle’s kitchen.
When he arrived, Xiao Yu and his uncle and the others were already there.
“Senior brother, why are you so late today?” Xiao Yu, seeing her senior brother arrive and greeting him to sit down, did not forget to ask.
Chen Han answered honestly: “Over at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, I sincerely offered incense and prayed to the Heavenly Lord. Now I can feel the Heavenly Lord’s blessing. With long-term blessings, the negative effects can be eliminated, bringing good health and longevity.”
For Xiao Yu and his uncle, they did not worry much about health. They ate medicinal cuisine and practiced martial arts every day, and now they were cultivating. Today they had all successfully guided true qi into their dantians and established circulation.
They were healthier than anyone.
But the attraction of longevity was still very great. Even knowing successful cultivation would increase lifespan, having an extra guarantee was no loss.
Wasn’t double insurance a good thing?
They were cultivating at such an age, and they only had one daily period of overflowing energy from the Feng Shui formation to cultivate. Who knew what level they could ultimately reach? Longevity meant more time to cultivate.
Chen Han turned to ask his uncle, “Uncle, the back mountain development has started, right?”
Chen Lin nodded. “Initial work has already begun. We have also started recruiting workers from Shangyuan Village and the county. When the blueprints designed by the designer come out, development will proceed at full speed. Most of the Work Hall people will be sent over as supervisors.”
Chen Han nodded. Such a large development could not be handled by just the Chen Clan Work Hall people. They had to recruit from outside, and in considerable numbers.
Since that was the case, the Chen Clan Work Hall staff naturally did not need to do the manual work themselves; acting as supervisors was enough.
The Work Hall members were experienced in this area, so there was no problem with them supervising.
Chen Han nodded, not forgetting the serious matter, and instructed, “Uncle, I have compiled the Feng Shui books, so I plan to try arranging a Feng Shui formation myself. I need you to help me plant three kinds of plants on the mountain: pine, bamboo, and plum.”
These Three Talents Plant were a requirement for upgrading the sect residence, and he had decided to tie it into the Feng Shui formation.
As soon as he said this, everyone at the table was drawn in.
“Xiao Han, how many do you want to plant?” Chen Lin asked in astonishment.
He naturally knew the two Feng Shui books his nephew had compiled, which combined all the Feng Shui books collected from so many Daoist priests of the Daoist sect.
But he could not understand those two Feng Shui books at all; Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng were also baffled.
Still, hearing that his nephew wanted to arrange a Feng Shui formation, he was very surprised.
After all, many aspects of the Chen Clan now relied on that underground Feng Shui formation.
Now his nephew actually wanted to arrange a Feng Shui formation himself. How could that not be surprising?
Planting pine, bamboo, and plum should be for altering the terrain, or for functions similar to sealing energy like the spirit field over there, right?
Chen Han continued to instruct, “Uncle, first lead people to plant them. Pine, bamboo, and plum are also very good ornamental plants, so treat it as building an ornamental forest. Have the designer plan it as well. As for how large the area should be, I will inform you when it is enough.”
“Mm, I understand.” Chen Lin nodded in agreement and did not press further.
After finishing the medicinal cuisine at noon, everyone at the table was very curious about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessings and all suggested going together to the Great Hall to offer incense.
Chen Han was pulled along by his junior sister to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall. He did not expect that after his uncle and junior sister offered incense, they also felt the sensation of blessing.
Their strength was greater, so the feeling was not as intense as it was for ordinary people.
But when his junior sister and the others tried offering incense continuously, it brought him an unexpected surprise.
【You have gained 1 point of wish power1】
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【You have gained 1 point of wish power1】
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【You have gained 1 point of wish power1】
In Chen Han’s mind, prompts of increased wish power appeared one after another. After his junior sister and the others offered incense, they provided wish power.
Moreover, on the second incense, there was still wish power.
Then the third time… the fourth time… the fifth time!
Previously, of the others who offered incense, only Aunt-Grandmother could provide 4 points of wish power. Now his junior sister and his uncle and the others provided 5 points of wish power.
Only on the sixth time did they no longer provide wish power.
That was 1 point more than Aunt-Grandmother.
Speaking of piety, Chen Han believed his junior sister and the others were definitely not as devout as Aunt-Grandmother, so the amount of wish power provided might be related not only to devotion, but also to strength.
So later, after Chen Dalong, Chen Dao, and Chen Linlin experimented with practicing the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》, this kung fu could also be passed on to clan members.
Start with the Demon Subduing Hall first, so that the wish power provided by clan members could slowly increase.
Some might say this kung fu should not be spread easily, or it would not be cherished.
In fact, that was not a real problem.
First, now the Chen Clan already had two levels of basic cultivation qi methods, so there was no need to be overly concerned with the martial arts methods.
Second, cultivation required the aid of Body Tempering Pills.
Body Tempering Pills were only provided by the family. You could not get them just because you wanted them, and they had to be exchanged through contributions to the family. So the stronger someone became through practicing the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》, the more they would cherish it.
Because this strength was something they had worked hard to earn.
While Chen Han was making plans in his mind, the news that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall of the Chen Clan could bestow blessings that could be felt had already spread.
There were even villagers who, while serving visitors, began introducing how effective the Chen Clan’s Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation was, and that one could feel the blessing.
This was the first time Tang Wan and her husband had come to visit the Chen Clan. Because of her poor health, she rarely went out. This time she came only because she had heard how effective the Chen Clan’s Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation was and wanted to come offer incense.
After all, even Liu Ye, Chairman Liu, believed in the Chen Clan and it was said his previous illness had been cured by them.
So the Chen Clan must have something miraculous.
However, once she entered the Chen Clan’s area, she was genuinely surprised by the air quality. Breathing here was extremely comfortable.
“This way, please.” A villager from Shangyuan Village led the way to a house.
Tang Wan was drawn to a little child and a Chinese rural dog puppy in the courtyard.
The little child was about three years old, and the dog was also small. One child and one dog were sitting right next to each other, playing happily.
This reminded her of a saying: “Child and young dog share their joy; deny that parting exists in this world!”
After all, a dog’s lifespan is just over ten years. When the child grows up and their feelings are at their strongest, the dog is already nearing old age. That separation is the most painful.
Imagine coming home happily during your high school vacation and suddenly discovering that the dog who had accompanied you for more than ten years is lying motionless. What kind of feeling would that be?
Tang Wan was led to a window-side seat on the second floor. Although they had not booked a Chen Clan Feng Shui Room, it was obvious that the houses in Shangyuan Village were very well renovated, carefully designed, fashionable yet simple, and did not seem abrupt among the old rural houses.
She could not help but praise, “The houses in your village are designed very well.”
The villager smiled and explained, “Chairman Lin specifically hired people to design and renovate them. By the way, online everyone calls Chairman Lin ‘Demonic Cult Rogue Ming Di’.”
Clearly, the villager strongly approved of Ming Di, so he was all smiles when introducing him.
Tang Wan had seen videos online and knew of this internet celebrity Ming Di. From the decoration, she could tell this internet celebrity had good taste.
Before leaving, the villager reminded them, “You two, the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation worshiped by the Chen Clan is very effective. As long as you sincerely offer incense in your heart, you can feel the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessing. It is very comfortable when blessed. People of the Chen Clan say that with long-term blessings, you can gain good health and longevity.”
This left Tang Wan and her husband slightly stunned.
She had come this time precisely because the Chen Clan’s Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation was said to be very effective, and she wanted to offer incense here.
But effective or not, the villager’s words sounded a bit exaggerated.
However, she still wanted to try. Because of her health problems, even trying to conceive required caution. So after placing their luggage, she and her husband went out and headed to the Chen Clan.
On the way, she discovered many tourists had the same purpose as she did.
“The people in Shangyuan Village made it sound so miraculous. Who knows if it’s true or not!”
“How could it be that effective? Offering incense and getting blessed on the spot? And you can feel it?”
“Feels a bit like a scam, right? After all, who can say for sure whether you’re devout or not? As long as they want, they can say you’re not devout.”
Hearing this, Tang Wan was very surprised. It seemed that the people of Shangyuan Village were saying the same thing to many tourists.
Soon, the couple arrived at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and found it truly bustling. The hall was full of tourists.
When she and her husband were receiving their incense, they saw many people who had finished offering incense coming down with frowns, some even whispering complaints to those beside them:
“These villagers are not honest. They lied to us!”
“Yeah, there was no feeling at all, yet they said we could feel the blessing.”
“Forget it, just treat it as sightseeing and checking in. Are we going to report them for lying that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation is effective?”
“……”
Tang Wan and her husband exchanged a glance. It was obvious that those who went up before them had not felt any blessing.
“Seems fake,” her husband whispered.
“Whether it’s real or fake, we will still pray for the deity’s protection, for my health to improve, and for me to be able to conceive a baby,” Tang Wan whispered, very firm.
“Mm.” Her husband nodded.
When they went forward, they followed the instructions of the Chen Clan hall warden and began offering incense, placing the incense into the incense burner.
At that moment, the couple subconsciously looked at each other, secretly even a bit excited.
They really felt it.
That instant of warm current washing through them made their state better and their bodies lighter.
Her husband could see that Tang Wan’s complexion had become much rosier.
If they could be blessed like this frequently, then what the villagers said about health and longevity was not a lie.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation was truly this effective.
The couple became more devout and even considered whether they should buy a house here and come stay regularly so they could offer incense and pray for blessings nearby.
They had no idea about the housing prices.
Just as they walked out, they heard new tourists who had just finished offering incense quietly complaining:
“There was no blessing at all. I did not feel anything!”
“Me neither.”
This made the couple even more thankful, clearly realizing that these people were not devout enough.
There is a saying: “If you do not knock on heaven’s door, there is no response. If you do not burn incense of faith, there is no acceptance. Without devotion, there is no manifestation.”
Even deities know not to give any benefits to others for nothing. If you are not devout, even a true deity right in front of you has no affinity with you.
Human nature never cherishes things obtained for free and even mocks you as foolish.
Tang Wan even turned back and bowed to the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. She had understood this in the past, but now that she had been enlightened by a deity, her feeling was deeper.
As for what was happening in Shangyuan Village, Chen Han naturally knew. Tourists offering incense at the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall had clearly increased.
At night, the wish power gained in one day was close to one thousand.
However, after a whole day, the renovation of the instance portal was still not completed. Chen Han could only take out primary spirit stones and run the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》 to cultivate.
It was not until the next morning, after Chen Han had handled the medicinal cuisine stewing in Uncle’s kitchen, that he suddenly received a game prompt:
【Congratulations, the instance portal renovation is complete!】
It was a simple prompt, but the information for the sect residence now included an instance portal entry.
Instance portal: this is a special portal that can directly teleport players to the dungeon location, and after completing the dungeon, players can exit through the instance portal and return to their original position.
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The remark information was no different from the dungeon teleportation array in the game.
After receiving the information, Chen Han did not hesitate and went straight back to his attic, into that room, to stand in front of the toilet door.
But the toilet door he saw made him pause, because it was utterly ordinary, just the original toilet door, nothing special.
This was not right.
During the renovation with the instance portal renovation blueprint, the door had made quite a spectacle. Whether it was being enveloped in white light or filled with surging runes, it had been full of mysterious color.
Now…
But when his palm touched the toilet door, white light began to emerge on its surface, completely covering the door, and mysterious runes started to move across it.
It really gave off a sense of detaching from reality, full of mystery.
At the same time, another game prompt appeared:
【Instance teleportation array activation requirements: Dungeon map. The corresponding number of spirit stones to activate the teleportation function.】
Seeing this prompt, Chen Han took out the Green Snail Valley Demon Extermination Instance Map from the game warehouse.
This time, another prompt appeared:
【Current dungeon map “Green Snail Valley Demon Extermination Map” requires 5 primary spirit stones to activate the teleportation array’s teleportation function!】
Chen Han knew that with just 5 primary spirit stones, he could teleport to the edge area of that triangular region.
He had 5 primary spirit stones. After several drops with bonus rates, he still had 21 primary spirit stones in his warehouse.
However, he did not immediately activate the teleportation array, instead putting the demon extermination map back into the game warehouse.
He had made a plan before: the weapon had been upgraded, the Spirit Jade Ball had been upgraded, but his strength had not improved enough.
He would first open up one more of the Ren and Du meridians.
It was not that he was timid, but this would be his first time facing modern weapons on a large scale, so being cautious was only right.
Over the next few days, Chen Han almost ignored Chen Clan affairs; aside from cultivating, he did nothing else.
But outside the Chen Clan, things were changing dramatically day by day. The entire place was completely surrounded by lush green, due to the special growth speed of the rapeseed flowers, which drew attention again.
Previously, the Chen Clan had appeared on Douyin trending topics for planting rapeseed flowers in this season, but many people had not paid much attention.
Now it was different. As more tourists came, some discovered that these rapeseed flowers were growing very fast. How long had it been since the Chen Clan planted them?
And as the rapeseed flowers attracted attention, tourists were shooting videos and uploading them to Douyin every day. Netizens were shocked to find that the rapeseed flowers at the Chen Clan looked different every single day.
Their daily growth speed was incomparable to normal rapeseed flowers.
The secret behind the rapid growth of the Chen Clan’s rapeseed flowers could no longer be concealed.
This drew more and more attention.
Liu Ye naturally already knew about this.
As the online popularity rose, his secretary specifically reported, “Chairman Liu, that rapeseed flower sea has gone completely viral online. The growth speed is indeed unbelievable. In a few days, all the rapeseed flowers may be in bloom. This is not a normal rapeseed growth rate.”
With deep emotion, Liu Ye said, “The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s dream message told them to plant rapeseed. These rapeseed flowers must have been blessed by the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. Is this still a secret at the Chen Clan?”
The secretary nodded, then said with some difficulty, “Chairman Liu, the main thing is that reporters want to do interviews. We cannot exactly tell them it is the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessing.”
Liu Ye said directly, “Then tell them to believe in science, and forget about the interviews.”
In Linhe County, in a laboratory, Bao Jing once again dissected the element that affected the growth speed of the rapeseed flowers, preserving it in ten Petri dishes.
After discovering last time in the capital that taking it away only left air, he had been studying the cause these days, and he had discovered something incredible.
“Teacher, people online have already noticed that the rapeseed flowers of the Chen Clan are growing faster,” a student came in to remind him.
“That is normal. With that growth speed, anyone with eyes can see something is off,” Bao Jing nodded. He directly ordered the student to bring the newly prepared Petri dishes. “The car and the equipment instruments are ready. We will go verify it on-site.”
Several students nodded immediately. Carrying the Petri dishes, they followed Bao Jing out, where a research vehicle was already prepared outside. It had taken great effort to borrow it from another laboratory.
There were five sets of specialized experimental observation devices installed in the car.
After getting in, Bao Jing had the driver start the car, and he and the students used the equipment to observe the special element in the Petri dishes.
The driver had already been instructed and followed a specific route, heading straight out and then onto the highway.
Bao Jing and the students observed carefully. Along the way, for over an hour, that special element did not change at all.
Only when they left the road section of Linhe County did a student exclaim, “Teacher, the element has started decreasing sharply!”
Bao Jing and the other students saw it too, so it explained why, when they had reached the capital previously, only air remained. And as they continued, they found that the farther they went from Linhe County, the less of the special element there was.
When the special element completely disappeared, Bao Jing reached an astonishing conclusion: this special element could not leave Linhe County. It could only remain intact within Linhe County, and once outside it, it started diminishing.
This instinctively made him think of the Legends from the Chen Clan.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation had blessed these rapeseed flowers. Perhaps it was not about leaving Linhe County that made the element disappear, but leaving the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s domain?
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Chen Han knew nothing of Bao Jing’s experiment. He had been cultivating constantly these days, and hard work paid off: before noon that day, he felt it was time to open the Ren and Du meridians.
In his room, Chen Han sat cross-legged, running the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》, controlling all his true qi in his body and using Xiao Mi’s method of compressed, point-to-surface true qi to directly impact the Ren meridian.
Through inner vision, he could see the true qi speeding through the Ren meridian, blasting through one obstruction of impurities after another, finally breaking through and entering a new circulation.
In that instant, through inner vision, Chen Han could clearly see his true qi surge like crashing waves, quickly becoming thicker. At the same time, it became more substantial, already starting to take on a viscous quality.
Naturally, after opening one more of the Ren and Du meridians, his aura clearly rose by a large margin.
“Whew!” Chen Han exhaled in relief. Now he could go complete the Green Snail Valley demon extermination task.
However, before that, he familiarized himself with his enhanced strength, then left the courtyard specifically to appear where there were many tourists, even cooperating in photos.
This was to create an alibi. After all, the old Daoist priest was about to carry out a massacre. It had to be proven that he was still at the Chen Clan and could not be in both places at once.
What did the old Daoist’s slaughter have to do with him, the Chen Family Head?
On his way back to his own courtyard, he happened to meet Huang Xin, this tourism police captain.
“Chen Family Head.” Seeing him, Huang Xin came up to greet him. He had not seen him these past few days and had wanted to ask about Su Yu and the others.
The bureau already knew those people were connected to overseas forces and even knew which organization, and recently the bureau had sent an undercover agent there to investigate.
Yes, the bureau had sent an undercover agent. The main reason was that among the people arrested last time, too many from the Qingmin Region were peripheral members, including many from Linhe County, which made the county lose face.
Moreover, similar cases had occurred repeatedly, which made the county feel utterly slapped in the face.
What he was more curious about was that the organization over there was targeting the Chen Clan, yet the Chen Clan seemed to have no reaction.
Last time when someone tried to kidnap a Chen Clan devotee, the old Daoist priest had divined that the kidnappers’ weapons were purchased from those people, and had gone down the mountain to eliminate evil.
This time those people were targeting them directly. The old Daoist priest could not possibly remain indifferent.
He really wanted to ask if that Daoist priest of the Chen Clan was no longer at the Chen Clan, and had already gone out, maybe even found their location.
After all, the Chen Clan was known for its divination.
But he felt it would be impolite to probe like that, so he forcibly held back and did not ask.
“Captain Huang, what a coincidence!” Chen Han greeted him with a smile, chatted a bit, and then headed to his courtyard.
This was perfect. Now this Captain Huang would be the best witness for his alibi.
Back at the courtyard, he went straight to the room with the instance teleportation array.
After closing the door, he walked up to the toilet door, first using the Thousand Illusions Mask to transform into the old Daoist priest’s appearance, then took out the Green Snail Valley Demon Extermination Instance Map and 5 primary spirit stones.
【Green Snail Valley demon extermination map, teleportation requirements met. Teleport to dungeon?】
This time, Chen Han did not hesitate and chose teleportation directly.
In the next moment, the Green Snail Valley demon extermination map and the 5 primary spirit stones in his hand all turned into a cluster of light and flew into the instance portal.
The entire portal instantly blazed with light. The runes upon it seemed to come alive, swimming within the radiance.
In the next moment, the teleportation array’s light enveloped Chen Han, and his figure vanished from the room.
