Chapter 282: The Deeply Auspicious Kaiyuan Tongbao Coin!
Chen Han already understood the intentions of these Skull Gate people.
It was just that when he looked at the gun in the other party’s hand, he had the feeling that after a grand formation, a kindergarten kid had come to threaten him.
Compared to an army of one thousand fully armed soldiers, what they had was child’s play.
So he also smiled and asked, “Ma San, right? Who told you that with what you are holding you can threaten our Chen Clan?”
Ma San laughed when he heard this.
He guessed what this Chen Family Head was thinking and mocked, “Are you trying to say that using this kind of weapon in a domestic place like this is very low-level and extremely unwise? Are you trying to say that once a shot is fired, squads of police or even armed police will immediately come besiege us?”
“We have heard that kind of talk countless times. Some even threatened us that once we act, the army will be mobilized under the banner of anti-terrorism and so on.”
“Actually, you seem to have failed to understand one thing. Even if that happens, your life would already be gone. Is there any need to care?”
He had seen plenty of people faking toughness like this.
He had seen this kind of situation more than once.
It all came down to who dared to go further.
Hadn’t those people all chickened out before, then handed over a portion of their profits to shut our mouths?
At least, everyone he had handled before did.
Ma San smiled again and threatened, “Chen Family Head, even if you are not afraid of death, your Chen Clan’s Chen Dalong will still have to make appearances later, right?”
“Don’t be fooled by his current popularity and how he is about to become a big celebrity. Maybe any moment he could be caught up in a PC or XD scandal, then exposed and utterly ruined.”
“Of course, this is not just about Chen Dalong. The same goes for the other members of the Chen Clan. Even if you do not think for yourself, Chen Family Head, you should think for the others in the Chen Clan.”
Chen Han found this curious when he heard it. The other party had clearly misunderstood him, and still seemed to think he had control of the situation.
He smiled and asked, “Looks like you’ve done this sort of thing quite a lot. Aren’t you afraid of going down someday?”
Ma San waved a hand, utterly unconcerned. “Chen Family Head, do you think people like us are afraid of going down? I’m not afraid to tell you, I already have my flight ticket ready. At worst, if you die in this hotel today, I will immediately leave the country. Who can catch me?”
“And when they really manage to grab hold of my tail, a cleanup team will appear to take care of me and cut all ties. So be sensible, and everyone can stay out of each other’s way.”
Facing this renewed threat, Chen Han could not help laughing. “No wonder Skull Gate is classified as an evil sect. The things you do are truly sinister. It’s just a pity you picked the wrong person to provoke.”
“What?” Ma San clearly froze when he heard the words “Skull Gate.”
He had no idea what that was.
But from this Chen Family Head’s tone he could hear the contempt. The man did not take him seriously at all.
That made him furious. He raised the gun, intending to show some methods.
But just as the thought arose, he suddenly felt his palm go numb, followed immediately by an indescribable agony shooting through his nerves.
He instinctively looked at his hand and saw a ferocious, pierced-through bloody hole. Blood spurted out. The pain drilling into his nerves made him howl uncontrollably.
The faces of those cleanup team members changed drastically at this sight. They instinctively moved to act, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in their palms and stared wide-eyed in horror.
They had no idea what had pierced through their hands.
As cleanup team members, they reflexively clutched their palms and forcibly held back their screams, but the looks they turned on Chen Han were already filled with fear.
What on earth had he done?
Chen Han saw that these people did not make a sound and was slightly surprised. They were a bit tough.
Then he would see just how tough.
He used sword control technique again.
Under the terrified gazes of Ma San and the cleanup team members, toothpicks flew out from the toothpick box in his hand, floating in front of him.
In the next moment, the toothpicks seemed to vanish before their eyes. Immediately after, they felt a sharp pain from their knees and stumbled to the ground, forced to kneel.
Their knees had been pierced and shattered, blood spurting out. The pain from such injuries was unbearable and finally tore screams from their throats.
“Who… who on earth are you?” Ma San now understood how the other party had attacked: toothpicks.
What a joke.
He knew the Chen Clan had true kung fu.
But could this still be called kung fu?
The commotion here attracted people from the Chen Clan. Chen Dagou and the others hurried over. Seeing the scene inside, they quickly asked, “Xiao Han, what happened?”
“Keep an eye on them.” Chen Han gave a brief order, then took out his mobile phone and dialed Mr. Zheng.
This matter still needed him to come forward to settle. Otherwise, when the police uncles came, even just the record would be a huge hassle.
When Zheng Ruixin arrived at the hotel, he had not expected something like this to have happened.
He had notified the police uncles with jurisdiction to come with him.
Seeing the situation at the scene, he hurriedly ordered, “Restrain these people and figure out their identities. To use this kind of firearm domestically, we must find out who is behind them.”
At the same time, he felt a deep chill. In his mind resurfaced the report from Linhe County about the Chen Clan’s old Daoist priest and those videos like Asura Hell.
There was a very terrifying figure in the Chen Clan, and he was fiercely protective and vengeful.
Last time in Myanmar, that incident had happened because the organization over there targeted this Chen Family Head, and so suffered retaliation from that old Daoist priest.
He could understand it. After all, this Chen Family Head was the Chen Clan’s public face.
Targeting their public face was the greatest provocation.
Now these people had also gone after the Chen Family Head and even used this kind of weapon. That meant the old Daoist priest might act.
That would be the worst outcome.
Now that the Chen Family Head had acted, these people were only injured and still alive. Once the old Daoist priest took action, there would be no survivors.
Furthermore, the old Daoist priest clearly had some means of finding people.
If these people were still in Qingmin City when he acted and blood flowed like a river, it would be super big news. Real trouble would break out, and everyone in Qingmin City would see their careers cut off with no future prospects.
With that in mind, he hurriedly pleaded with the Chen Family Head, “Chen Family Head, I hope you can leave this matter to us, and please calm him down!”
Chen Han saw how anxious Mr. Zheng was and knew exactly why, and also understood who “him” referred to.
This was the deterrent power of the old Daoist priest’s identity.
Just then, Captain Uncle in charge of handling things frowned and reported, “Mr. Zheng, these guns are imitations, toys. Initial testing shows they do not reach the required joules.”
“Heh… heh… heh!” Ma San, enduring the pain, suddenly let out a harsh laugh. “Comrades, uncles, we… are just holding toys… playing around. That’s… not a problem, right? Now this Chen… Family Head… has injured us like this… I want to call the police…”
Though his hands and legs were in agony, he looked toward Chen Han’s direction and laughed grimly.
Things like this could go wrong at any time, and the cleanup team might kill him. So he had of course left some backup moves.
Zheng Ruixin had not expected such a twist. He stepped up and kicked Ma San, then put on gloves, picked up one of the guns, and said casually, “Who says this is a toy gun? This is clearly an illegal firearm.”
Captain Uncle was stunned, then caught on and immediately said, “Yes, this is an illegal firearm!”
He would not be so tactless. Since Mr. Zheng dared to say so, he must have his reasons.
Ma San was completely dumbfounded.
He had not expected to be framed so bluntly.
Did he not know whether it was a toy or not himself?
“You are framing me… I already have a lawyer…” Ma San shouted through gritted teeth.
Zheng Ruixin did not want to waste words. People who appeared here and were injured like this by the Chen Family Head were obviously not good people. Thorough investigation would definitely turn up problems.
Right now, the most important was still the old Daoist priest.
So he again requested, “Chen Family Head, please calm him down. If necessary, please persuade him not to make a move in Qingmin City.”
Chen Han laughed when he heard that.
He understood perfectly.
But he still put on a helpless expression and said, “Mr. Zheng, to tell the truth, we cannot contact him either. If I run into him, I will help you talk to him.”
“Thank you, Chen Family Head.” Only then did Zheng Ruixin feel slightly relieved. Those words were enough, and he did not believe the Chen Family Head truly could not contact that person.
With that, he did not linger. He had people take Ma San and the others away. First, send them to the hospital to stop the bleeding, then talk.
“Senior brother, what about us?” Xiao Yu asked as she entered.
“Go back to the Chen Clan.” Chen Han did not stay any longer and led the group away.
When they returned to the Chen Clan, Chen Dalong was spotted by tourists. The rapeseed flower sea had not completely withered, and there were still many tourists outside the Chen Clan.
Now it got worse. He was surrounded by many tourists filming videos.
The others could only leave him behind and head back to the Chen Clan on their own.
After returning to the courtyard, Chen Han did not hesitate. He put his mobile phone into the game warehouse, then took out the Thousand Illusions Mask, changed back into the old Daoist priest’s appearance, and came to the instance portal.
【You have discovered an available Demon Extermination Instance Map: “Skull Gate Demon Extermination Instance Map.” Activating transmission for the instance map requires 5 primary spirit stones. Do you wish to activate transmission?】
Chen Han did not hesitate and chose to transmit.
The teleportation gate lit up again. Runes flowed, and the radiance enveloped Chen Han, making him disappear from where he stood.
……
On the high seas, aboard a cruise ship, the burly Brother Long’s face was extremely dark.
He had just made several hundred million US dollars in a short time, which had pleased him greatly. This profit came easily and cleanly, without leaving any trouble or loose ends.
So he had sent Ma San to deal with the Chen Clan, planning to keep milking them. But who knew Ma San and that cleanup team had failed and been taken away by people from Qingmin City.
That forced him to send another cleanup team to deal with Ma San.
That cleanup team would in turn become a problem and need to be eliminated.
Fortunately, in Qingmin City he also had connections. Some high-ranking guy had bought an auction house antique for 200,
His people then bought that antique from him at an astronomical price.
Quite a few people knew about this big bargain and he had even openly gone to make a record.
But Brother Long knew exactly how that “bargain” had come about.
Every year, they arranged for certain people to use fake goods to get antiquities out of museums. Besides laundering money, giving some people the chance to pick up “bargains” was another purpose.
So having the cleanup team take care of Ma San and then leave safely was no problem.
After that they would leak evidence of Ma San’s involvement in “washing rice” and a few other crimes, just enough to make the point, and they themselves would stay safe.
Thinking this, Brother Long took out his mobile phone to make the call, but frowned when he found there was no signal.
This annoyed him. “Go check why there’s no signal yet.”
To ensure smooth reception, he had specifically installed a signal receiver on the cruise ship.
At this moment, on the ship’s deck, several burly men were patrolling with firearms in hand.
Because this was the high seas, it was easier to evade pursuit and legal sanctions from various countries. But for the same reason, it was also fertile ground for crime. Pirates, for example, could appear at any time and bite them.
So they had to keep weapons close at hand.
“Brother Long said once we finish this job, everyone gets a month off.”
“With several hundred million US dollars, we’re getting a good cut this time.”
“Brother Long is awesome. He can think up all kinds of schemes.”
“……”
As they chatted happily, they suddenly looked toward a certain spot on the deck, eyes widening in disbelief. A beam of White Light appeared there, and an old figure materialized out of thin air.
Such a bizarre scene stunned them. Instinctively, they raised their weapons and aimed.
“Who are you?”
“Hands up.”
“……”
Chen Han looked at them, and the red dots representing them appeared on the mission indicator map.
With a casual wave, several steel needles pierced their necks, taking them out.
Anyone the system marked as a red dot deserved to die.
He looked over the entire game task indicator map. There were not many red dots, only around thirty.
No wonder it was called a small demon extermination dungeon.
The map area was just this one cruise ship.
But to his surprise, eliminating these few had yielded two clusters of light.
He went over and collected them into the game warehouse. One was another spirit stone. The other really made him want to complain:
【Anonymous bank card from a certain country: this is an anonymous bank card handled at a bank in a certain country, obtained by Skull Gate disciples after hoarding wealth. It can be used for rapid funds transfer, and because of the special circumstances in that country, money entering the bank is treated as laundered in most countries in the world. The wealth on the card is unknown.】
Chen Han really wanted to ask the game system if it had run out of loot.
Still, this item fit Skull Gate’s nature perfectly. He just did not know if the laundered money on the card could be transferred directly into the domestic system.
Most countries might treat it as laundered, but that did not mean it was clean domestically. Domestic regulation was different from the rest of the world.
Chen Han did not bother with this for now and walked into the cruise ship. The largest red dot was at the center of the ship.
…
After ordering his men to check the signal, Brother Long kept his phone in hand. When the signal came back, he immediately prepared to call about Ma San.
But then a shout suddenly rang out: “Brother Long, someone has broken in…”
The voice cut off abruptly.
Brother Long froze, then roared into his walkie-talkie, “What’s going on? How did someone get in? Didn’t the lookout see anything? What are you all good for?”
A report came back, “Brother Long, we’ve been monitoring all around. No ship has appeared at all.”
“Damn it…” Brother Long grew even angrier at that report. Someone had already entered. He could see an old figure walking into the hall.
Though the man looked frail and aged, his instincts told him this old guy was dangerous.
He immediately pulled out his handgun and fired several shots at the old man. But what followed made his face turn ashen.
There was no effect at all. The crisp sound of bullets hitting the floor was jarringly loud.
“Damn…” Brother Long cursed. Then he felt a sharp pain in his throat. Air and blood surged backward wildly, and he could not make a sound.
He could see the spray of bright red blood before his eyes, then collapsed with unwillingness still in his gaze.
The others around were stunned. Some opened fire, some tried to flee, but all that awaited them was a steel needle, and they slowly collapsed.
In the end, no one survived, though they provided several white light clusters as loot.
Brother Long, the mini-map boss, was very stingy and only dropped four items.
Chen Han put them all in the game warehouse. There were some primary spirit stones and several anonymous bank cards.
Almost everything was these two types.
Even among the three items Brother Long dropped, two were spirit stones and anonymous bank cards.
The last one was a USB drive.
This small boss was truly stingy.
【Skull Gate secret roster: Skull Gate secretly amassed wealth and committed countless evils, yet remained untouched. They used money to corrupt many people in the court. This roster not only records internal members’ information and evidence of their crimes, but also accurately records the identities and related evidence of those court officials, used for blackmail.】
Having experienced the Green Snail Valley map, he roughly understood the use of this thing.
Chen Han checked the task indicator map. There were still a few red dots. Once he cleared them, the mission should be complete.
Those red dots were all hiding, clearly aware something terrible had happened on the yacht.
But with the mission map’s guidance, they could not hide. In a short while, they were all eliminated.
The game prompt appeared again:
【Congratulations, you have completed the Skull Gate Demon Extermination Instance Task. Do you wish to exit the map?】
Chen Han knew he could exit this instance at any time now.
Before leaving, he checked the cruise ship’s route. It was heading toward Little Japan and was on autopilot.
This suggested Skull Gate’s original headquarters might be over there.
If so, it would not be long before Little Japan’s people discovered this cruise ship and the Skull Gate corpses on board.
After that, he took out the USB drive and his laptop, connected it, and checked the contents.
Most of it was information and evidence on Skull Gate members, including Ma San from Qingmin City who had come after him. There were full records and evidence of his involvement in “washing rice” and various cases.
The rest of the information was equally shocking.
All scum.
Without hesitation, Chen Han used the software on his laptop to leak all this information online, both domestically and internationally.
……
After finishing all that, Chen Han chose to exit the game instance. As the light appeared, he vanished from the cruise ship.
Back in the Chen Clan attic, a game prompt appeared in his mind again:
【Congratulations on completing the Skull Gate Demon Extermination Task Instance. Calculating task instance rewards. Congratulations, you have obtained Skull Gate’s supreme treasure: “Kaiyuan Tongbao Coin of deep fortune.”】
Seeing this settlement reward and thinking of the popularity-plus-luck combined sword, Chen Han immediately checked the game warehouse.
【Kaiyuan Tongbao Coin of deep fortune: this is a special copper coin, the first Kaiyuan Tongbao mother coin produced by a prosperous imperial dynasty. It is an exceptional Five Emperors Coin. Because of one Daoist’s willful arrangement of a Hens Crowing at Dawn formation, this Kaiyuan Tongbao coin absorbed much of that dynasty’s fortune.
Although the Daoist who laid the formation suffered backlash, this Kaiyuan Tongbao coin was reforged by fortune into something extraordinary, carrying terrifying luck. It was later obtained by Skull Gate and used to accumulate wealth through its fortune.
Note: if you have sufficient materials, and use this coin as the core while activating its fortune, you can forge a terrifying sword combining popularity and luck, even capable of seeking out dragon veins.】
Chen Han was surprised. He had been planning to craft a copper coin sword and now had obtained such an item.
He knew the phrase Hens Crowing at Dawn, used to curse that only empress.
Now, according to the game system’s story, someone had set up a Hens Crowing at Dawn formation to absorb the Tang dynasty’s fortune?
They could actually do that?
He wondered whether there was a corresponding Daoist like that in reality.
Chen Han did not dwell on it. With this thing, once Mr. Liu finished purchasing the copper coins and sent them over, he could forge the popularity-plus-luck sword.
Then he checked the portal information again.
【No transmittable task instances currently available.】
【Completed instance: Green Snail Valley Demon Extermination Instance Map. Status: not yet refreshed.】
【Completed instance: Skull Gate Demon Extermination Instance Map. Status: not yet refreshed.】
Still not refreshed.
Chen Han was now a bit curious about what would happen once instances refreshed. Then he put away the Thousand Illusions Mask and returned to his normal appearance.
When he took out his mobile phone, he noticed some missed calls and promptly called back.
A voice came through immediately, “Sir, the Feng Shui stones you ordered have arrived. Since repeated calls were not answered, the Feng Shui stones have been left at the Chen Clan’s express delivery station.”
“Alright, thank you.” Hearing the Feng Shui stones had arrived, Chen Han was eager to get to work.
He made a call, and soon people from the Chen Clan Demon Subduing Hall brought the Feng Shui stones over to him.
Meanwhile, as he returned to the Chen Clan, another bombshell was dropped online, causing another nationwide sensation.
The god of hackers had made a move again and exposed earthshaking secrets.
