Chapter 289: Chen Daoist Priest: I Completely Don’t Understand How To Arrange This!
Chen Daoist Priest’s gaze could not move away from that Five Emperors Sword. Watching the Chen Family Head take this thing out and use it felt completely different from the impact of watching an abstract video.
After all, this violated common sense. That was why the Daoist priests of the Daoist sect became so rattled and full of complaints after seeing the Chen Family Head’s video.
But now, seeing the Five Emperors Sword in the Chen Family Head’s hand, and that he was going to arrange a Feng Shui formation, he could not help thinking more deeply.
“Daoist Priest Chen.” Chen Han greeted Chen Daoist Priest with a smile.
“Family Head Chen.” Chen Daoist Priest replied with an equally beaming smile.
Seeing the Chen Family Head begin directing the members of the Chen Clan again, Chen Daoist Priest could not suppress his curiosity. He secretly took out his mobile phone, snapped a photo of the Five Emperors Sword in the Chen Family Head’s hand, and sent it to the Wudang higher-ups group.
Qingwei Daoist Priest was, of course, busy today preparing matters for the Wudang Daoist Law Exchange Meeting. This was the official label given to the association side.
After all, the Association Secretary-General still had to review it. For the officials, they had to be given a reasonable explanation, otherwise if you directly called it a “Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit Feng Shui Formation Discussion Meeting,”
who knew whether that would cause unnecessary trouble during review. And once that happened, those disciples and grand-disciples of various experts might come over offering “guidance” again.
Even if they disagreed, those experts would probably still try to use official channels.
Either way, once they came, it would be trouble.
After Qingwei Daoist Priest finished contacting the people on the association’s side, he was studying the Wudang geography map again when he saw the other junior brothers coming over and asking suspiciously, “Why are you all here?”
One Daoist priest reminded him, “Sect Leader Senior Brother, look at the photo and information the junior brother sent in the group.”
Qingwei Daoist Priest took out his mobile phone to look, and immediately saw the photo of the Chen Family Head holding that Five Emperors Sword. He was instantly drawn in.
He had watched that video before. At first, seeing the red thread was nothing special, but when he saw the red thread was woven around modern coins, even he could not stay calm.
It contradicted what he had always known.
So, like the others, he had considered it an abstract video, since that Chen Family Head always made that kind of video.
Now, seeing the Chen Family Head using this Five Emperors Sword, and with Junior Brother Chen saying the other party might be using it to arrange a Feng Shui formation, he had no choice but to ponder it deeply.
“Sect leader, do you think the Five Emperors Sword used by the Chen Family Head might really have something special?” one Daoist priest could not help asking.
Qingwei Daoist Priest nodded. “Let’s search for books related to the Five Emperors Sword and study them.”
The other Daoist priests all felt this was very reasonable.
Within the Daoist sect, the Chen Family Head could definitely be considered an authority now, especially in Feng Shui. The entire Daoist sect was currently studying the two Feng Shui books he had written.
Some Daoist priests, for a deeper understanding, had even invited university students of geography and meteorology to tutor them.
So if this Daoist Priest Chen did anything, they naturally had to study it first.
There were many descriptions of the Five Emperors Coin in Daoist writings, and different books gave different interpretations.
For example, some said it was about the Five Elements attributes, some said imperial authority, and some said popularity.
Everyone had their own argument, and all sounded plausible.
What was widely accepted, though, was that the Five Emperors Sword could restrain evil spirits, so many in the Daoist sect used to make Five Emperors Swords.
Qingwei studied and, combining this with Daoist Priest Chen’s behavior, suddenly furrowed his brow, faintly lost in thought.
According to the Five Elements attribute theory, red thread and copper coins belonged to a minor fire refining gold pattern. Then what about the red thread and modern coins?
Aren’t today’s coins made of metal?
So aren’t they also minor fire refining gold?
The “popularity” interpretation of the Five Emperors Coin said that in those emperors’ eras, the population was high, so the coins of the reigning dynasty circulated widely and absorbed massive “human popularity.”
But think: the most populous periods in ancient times only had a bit over 400 million people.
Now? 4 billion.
In terms of popularity, modern times easily win.
As Qingwei Daoist Priest thought this through, his reasoning became clearer. Then what about the imperial authority interpretation?
It said that ancient emperors were regarded as Sons of Heaven, possessing supreme power, and their authority could suppress evil forces. As coins circulating under their reign, the Five Emperors Coins carried this authority.
This interpretation reeked strongly of flattery.
Which was normal enough. Many ancient writers composed books just to flatter, especially to flatter those in power.
The Daoist sect had been passed down for so long, with countless people from dynasty to dynasty, and many Daoist experts had served emperors.
He had never thought much of it before, but now Qingwei Daoist Priest felt even the term “Son of Heaven” seemed somewhat off. It probably did not even exist at the very beginning.
So the loss of Daoist classics and errors in their meanings were also caused by those flattering Daoist “experts.”
If the author’s stance was crooked, their writings would be even more so, never mind the content inside.
With this figured out, Qingwei Daoist Priest knew the so-called imperial authority must be referring to something else. Perhaps it was still related to the emperor, possibly connected to…
fortune, the Imperial Dynasty’s fortune.
“Right…” Qingwei Daoist Priest exclaimed with sudden enlightenment.
In ancient times there was already the saying that in the imperial city ten thousand evils could not enter. The imperial city was the center of the whole country, the place of strongest fortune.
If that was so, then modern coins absolutely surpassed any ancient era. The fortune of modern Huaxia was stronger than ever in history.
“Sect Leader Senior Brother, what did you discover?” one Daoist priest asked involuntarily.
Qingwei Daoist Priest immediately explained, “In forging the Five Emperors Sword, the key should be the combination of popularity and fortune.”
“As for popularity, modern coins are definitely the highest, and as for fortune, do I even need to say it? The strongest since ancient times.”
“So the Five Emperors Sword made by the Chen Family Head may not be abstract at all, but rather stronger than the Five Emperors Sword as we understood it. And there are four other types of coins there as well, so maybe it should be called the Five…”
The other Daoist priests all reacted when they heard this.
It seemed… that really made sense…
And the reasoning felt very simple.
But why had they never thought about this before?
Or rather, had simply never thought along those lines…
Qingwei Daoist Priest sighed with emotion. “I am more and more impressed by the Chen Family Head. Perhaps our Daoist sect has been weakening and letting things be lost because we cling too rigidly to old rules.”
“Whatever the predecessors said, whatever books they wrote, we only read those books and accept those meanings, never thinking for ourselves.”
“To become a truly great person in any era, perhaps you must have this ability to jump out of fixed thinking and understand the scriptures in a way that fits the new age.”
After speaking, Qingwei murmured to himself, “Maybe, very soon, our Daoist sect will see a once-in-centuries figure emerge.”
Such a person would inevitably stand within the Daoist canon in the future and become a patriarch of a new lineage.
Like Celestial Master Zhang, like Patriarch Sanfeng, like Purple Green Daoist…
Daoist Priest Chen naturally soon received notice of the discussion results from his senior brothers in the sect and was equally astonished.
The Sect Leader Senior Brother also instructed him to follow the Chen Family Head’s actions closely and report at any time.
At that moment, he saw members of the Chen Clan lifting one of the Feng Shui Stones.
“Daoist Priest Chen, please!” Chen Han invited Daoist Priest Chen and then left the courtyard.
Daoist Priest Chen hurried to follow and walked out with them.
Chen Lin also led the Chen Clan Work Hall members carrying the Stone Tablet and followed outside.
Of the Five Elements positions in the “Gentle Breeze Comes” Feng Shui Formation Diagram, two were near the Chen Clan, one within the Chen Clan, and two on the Chen Clan’s back mountain.
When the geography and terrain of the Five Elements linked together, the entire Chen Clan, including the connected Merit Industry, would be instantly activated with the “Gentle Breeze Comes” Feng Shui formation attributes.
The Chen Clan group carried a stone out. There were carved patterns on the stone, and more importantly, the Chen Family Head and that Daoist Priest Chen were walking together, immediately attracting the attention of many tourists.
Tourists all followed along, filming.
The Chen Family Head and Daoist Priest Chen were both internet celebrities who already had popularity. Filming a video of them would definitely draw attention, not to mention it was obvious they were about to do something.
Chen Han led them straight to the first Five Elements position, marked a spot, and instructed his uncle, “Uncle, set it here, bury a third of it.”
Chen Lin nodded and ordered the Work Hall members to act. They dug a pit there and buried the Feng Shui Stone.
Finally, they covered it with a layer of cement to prevent people from tampering with it.
Although now, with the power of the internet, tourists’ behavior in scenic spots had improved for external reasons and they had more scruples—no one wanted to be exposed online and disgrace their whole family—there might still be someone with itchy hands, so this was a form of protection.
If even then someone messed with it, that would be deliberate destruction. Never mind getting toothaches, hemorrhoids, or “not being able to stand up,” he could directly control the formation to counterattack.
Then it would no longer be a small matter.
Chen Han only directed them to adjust the position a little and did not fuss further. This made Daoist Priest Chen take note, feeling there had to be some deeper method involved, so he kept watching that Feng Shui Stone closely.
What puzzled him was that even after the Feng Shui Stone was buried, nothing special occurred. It was just like erecting a simple Stone Tablet.
Not only Daoist Priest Chen, but the surrounding tourists filming were also surprised. They had expected something unusual to happen, but nothing did.
Only Chen Han, through his grip on the New Five Emperors Sword, sensed the geography and terrain. He knew that thanks to the sun and moon essence within the Feng Shui Stone, the runes carved on it had already begun to resonate with the surrounding geography and terrain.
However, such geography and terrain were usually extremely stable and gentle. Unless the formation was complete, ordinary people would not sense anything.
He once more said to Daoist Priest Chen, “Daoist Priest Chen, please.”
Daoist Priest Chen nodded and followed him back to the Chen Clan, feeling somewhat dejected. He did not believe that burying the Feng Shui Stone had no effect at all, but he truly could not detect anything.
After Chen Han and the others left, the tourists around could not contain their curiosity and came up to examine the Feng Shui Stone. Some even reached out to touch it.
But after touching for a long time, they did not discover anything special about the stone.
Only the carved patterns on it were a bit unusual.
If it were only that, it was not enough to sustain people’s interest. The tourists gradually scattered; they were all here for the rapeseed flower sea.
Now that the rapeseed flower sea was nearing its end, since they had come all this way, they had to take more videos and photos.
Chen Han brought Daoist Priest Chen back inside the Chen Clan. Before long, he came out again with another Feng Shui Stone and buried it at a spot near the Chen Clan.
The same actions again drew tourists’ attention.
Even with Daoist Priest Chen watching intently, he still could not understand. This time he also recorded a video for the sect leader to use.
Qingwei Daoist Priest received the video and invited his junior brothers to watch it. They also did not understand what was going on.
The video clearly showed that it was the Chen Clan members burying the Feng Shui Stone. Daoist Priest Chen had barely done anything. Could the Feng Shui formation really be that simple, just burying the stones?
Perhaps it was related to the runes carved on them?
Qingwei Daoist Priest felt that later they should have Junior Brother Chen sketch the runes from the Feng Shui Stones.
When Daoist Priest Chen got this message, he had already followed the Chen Family Head to the third location, where they set the third Feng Shui Stone.
After that, they began heading up the mountain. This time, the Chen Family Head had the Chen Clan members carry the last two Feng Shui Stones up together.
One Feng Shui Stone would be placed halfway up the mountain; the last one, naturally, at the earthen position on the mountain top.
By the cliff edge, under a big tree, it felt quite picturesque.
But because it was by a cliff, the ground was mainly rock, so burying this Feng Shui Stone took more effort than the other four stones.
Daoist Priest Chen had watched every step of the burying process all the way up and still could not see anything at all.
The task assigned by the Sect Leader Senior Brother could not be completed.
Finally, the Chen Clan members buried the last Feng Shui Stone.
Chen Lin came over and said, “Xiao Han, it’s done.”
“Mm!” Chen Han nodded.
With the Five Elements tablets set, the rest was to use the New Five Emperors Sword to communicate with the surrounding geography and terrain and completely activate this “Gentle Breeze Comes” Feng Shui formation.
At this moment, Daoist Priest Chen could no longer hold back his question. “Family Head Chen, I wonder if you can explain the Feng Shui formation you’ve arranged. Of course, this is because I am dull-witted. I followed and observed as you set these five Feng Shui Stones, yet I completely failed to understand.”
Chen Han smiled. “Of course I can. This Feng Shui formation is arranged using Wind Concealing Feng Shui Runes and Feng Shui Stones in coordination with the surrounding geography and terrain, locating the Five Elements positions.”
“Geography and terrain are hard for ordinary people to sense, but they do exist and can be used through Feng Shui. Feng Shui knowledge can help us locate and distinguish the geography and terrain.”
“Once we find the geography and terrain and the positions for the Feng Shui formation, we must use Feng Shui Stones, and their quality must be very good. Wudang Mysterious Stones, for example, are very good Feng Shui Stones.”
“With these Feng Shui Stones working together with specialized Feng Shui rune patterns, we can connect with the geography and terrain. Naturally, the most important thing is a special Five Emperors Sword. Beyond warding off evil, the Five Emperors Sword is a sword of combined popularity and fortune. Once it is strong enough, it can also connect to geography and terrain.”
“However, the Five Emperors Sword is very difficult to refine and should be something that can only be encountered by chance.”
This was no lie. He had refined this Five Emperors Sword using the Artifact Refining Furnace. Others wanting to make a Five Emperors Sword without such a furnace had no way to refine the fortune of the Five Emperors Coins into one.
Unless someone truly managed to gather enough Five Emperors Coins combining popularity and fortune from a single imperial dynasty, sharing the same fortune, naturally unified.
Then perhaps they could produce a Five Emperors Sword exactly as recorded in the Daoist Scriptures, with its energy activating on its own.
But that was only a record; who knew if it was real.
Daoist Priest Chen was stunned by these words.
He had already guessed the Five Emperors Sword in the Chen Family Head’s hand must be related to arranging a Feng Shui formation; so this was how it worked.
He knew that what came next would surely be the key stage of constructing the Feng Shui formation.
So, when the Chen Family Head walked toward that Feng Shui Stone, he quickly took out his mobile phone and sent a video call to the sect leader,
hoping to let the sect leader observe the formation construction process together. Perhaps it would help with their Wudang Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit formation.
Qingwei Daoist Priest was studying matters related to the Five Emperors Sword with his junior brothers. After their discoveries, they also wanted to create a Five Emperors Sword.
Since a Feng Shui formation needed a Five Emperors Sword, then if Wudang wanted to repair the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak, they would have to have one.
They only half understood Feng Shui and were nowhere near as capable as the Chen Family Head, but copying an existing answer was still within their abilities.
If you had the answer and still refused to copy it, claiming you could not, that would be an attitude problem.
When he received Junior Brother Chen’s video, he answered immediately and saw, in the video, the figures of the Chen Family Head and the Chen Clan members.
The Chen Family Head was walking toward a Feng Shui Stone.
Daoist Priest Chen quietly reminded him, “Sect Leader Senior Brother, the Chen Clan has finished setting the Feng Shui Stones and is about to construct the Feng Shui formation.”
Qingwei Daoist Priest immediately understood and, together with several junior brothers, watched silently without speaking.
This time, they had to observe carefully; this might help them later when repairing the Feng Shui formation of the Thunder Fire Alchemy Peak.
Through the video, they saw the Chen Family Head standing before the Feng Shui Stone, raising the Five Emperors Sword. In that instant, through the video, they seemed to see something actually appear on the sword.
It looked like dense snowflakes. Before they could react, the entire mobile phone screen turned completely into a snowflake pattern.
“???” Qingwei Daoist Priest froze.
The other Daoist priests were the same.
What was going on?
(This chapter is finished.)
