Chapter 296: Yet Another Spirit Tea! Trouble In The Dream Entering Realm?
Chen Han had just been thinking this when he heard footsteps.
Xiao Mi’s figure walked in from outside. A beautiful set of hanfu showed off her now perfect figure to the fullest.
“Do I look good?” Xiao Mi asked sweetly.
“You look great. No one looks better than you.” Chen Han naturally knew the correct answer.
“I put on an apron.” Xiao Mi leaned close to his ear and whispered, “Xiao Yu went to the county. The merit industry for planting rapeseed flowers needs someone from the Chen Clan to sign.”
This was an extremely straightforward prompt.
Chen Han also understood that this was Xiao Mi’s beauty trap.
The game system had already prompted that she currently had a wish she wanted him to help fulfill. Now the wish had not been stated yet, but the benefits came first, right?
It was just that his G-string Maniac title task had already been completed, and he really did not have any special fetish for this kind of pervy collection.
But then again, Xiao Mi’s aprons were always so sexy that he did not mind developing one more collecting habit.
“Xiao Mi, I’ve recently developed a rather deep understanding of aprons, like fabric, material, craftsmanship, and so on. Let’s go upstairs and study it carefully to see if you overpaid.” Chen Han said with a very serious face, took Xiao Mi’s hand, and led her into the attic.
Xiao Mi followed with a bright smile, seeing through his trick completely and understanding his intentions perfectly clearly.
Not long after, faint sounds of “studying fabric” came from the attic room. After a while, that “research” became very intense.
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After Chen Han was fully satisfied, he looked at Xiao Mi in his arms and teasingly asked, “Using a beauty trap on me in broad daylight, you must have something going on, right?”
A hint of shyness appeared on Xiao Mi’s face. “Chen Han, look, we haven’t gone traveling together for a long time. Shouldn’t you take me out to have some fun?”
“That’s it?” Chen Han was stunned.
The game system had specially issued a Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy wish task. He had thought it was some big wish, but it turned out she just wanted him to take her out to play?
“Mm!” Xiao Mi nodded firmly, her eyes full of expectation.
Chen Han thought for a moment and said, “I might not have time in the near future. I have to make a trip to Wudang.”
Xiao Mi immediately said, “Wudang is fine too. I’m very curious about the Feng Shui Exchange Meeting.”
“How did you know about that?” Chen Han understood now that Xiao Mi’s goal was exactly this, with a bit of roundabout wording.
Xiao Mi explained, “Earlier, in that Feng Shui group you pulled together, there were Daoist priests talking about it. I saw it.”
“Okay, let’s go together then!” Chen Han agreed to this too.
After all, there was a system task to complete.
And indeed, he had not taken Xiao Mi out to play for a long time.
The last trip had been when they just started dating.
“Then it’s settled.” Xiao Mi was delighted. She leaned close to his ear in a sweet tone. “Want to go again?”
“What do you think?”
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Two hours later, after Xiao Mi left, Chen Han also received a game task completion prompt:
【Congratulations on completing the Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy Wish task. You have obtained a Hundred Flowers Palace Gift Pack X】
Honestly, this was the easiest task Chen Han had ever completed. He had enjoyed himself with Xiao Mi twice, and the task was done just through chatting.
This was not the first time he had obtained a Hundred Flowers Palace Gift Pack. The Hundred Flowers Dew Talisman and such were all products of the Hundred Flowers Palace. It could be said that most of what he received came from the Hundred Flowers Palace.
After taking a shower, he took out this Hundred Flowers Palace Gift Pack and chose to open it.
【Congratulations, you opened a Hundred Flowers Palace Gift Pack and obtained a special medicinal tea developed by the Hundred Flowers Palace: Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea Recipe!】
Seeing another spirit tea recipe, Chen Han was very happy.
After all, the Chen Clan’s specialty products were still too few, with only Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
This task had been extremely easy to complete, and it was nice to get a recipe in passing.
It was just that he really did not understand what this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea was.
When he checked the remark information in the game warehouse, he froze for a moment.
【Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea Recipe: This is a very ordinary medicinal tea developed by the Hundred Flowers Palace. After consumption, it provides the effects of replenishing kidney essence +1, enriching blood and replenishing qi +
Two illustrations are attached to the recipe, showing the main materials and stir-frying tools for making Essence and Benefit Tea, but this recipe seems to lack remark information about the materials and stir-frying tools.
Prompt: The Hall Master of the Crafting Hall might know how to identify the materials and stir-frying tools. You can first ask him to identify the main materials and stir-frying tools.】
Only after reading the remark information did Chen Han understand what the word “essence” meant.
So “essence” meant that essence.
As for enriching blood and replenishing qi, needless to say, it was also effective in improving performance in that aspect.
If kidney essence was replenished, then naturally, that aspect would be stronger.
He had not expected that the Hundred Flowers Palace fairies had developed this kind of thing.
Whoever married a Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy would surely be very happy.
And with such effects, why call it Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea? Wouldn’t calling it virility-enhancing spirit tea be more straightforward?
Chen Han took the Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea Recipe out of the game warehouse. A moment ago he had thought the task was an easy one that casually gave him a recipe, but unexpectedly, it also dug a pit for him.
The main materials and refinement tools were unknown. With what was he supposed to refine it?
He looked at the attached illustrations.
The picture of the main material showed something already stir-fried until it was curled and black like tea leaves. Just from the image, he could not tell what the original ingredient was.
Then there was that stir-frying tool, set over a stove. Chen Han had never seen it and did not understand it.
Chen Han understood.
This was probably something like Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, where in the end his uncle would need to get this tool, build the stove, and then stir-fry it so the Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea could work.
Just like Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea; it not only required bamboo leaves picked from the Thunder Bamboo Forest as specified by the game system, but also had to be stir-fried in the crucible specially built by his uncle to have any effect.
Because of these two conditions, those who coveted Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea simply had no way to imitate it. Otherwise, even agents like Wu Ying and Chu Hao would probably have researched, tested, and tried to crack Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Do not think that just because they were agents they would not do such things. Profit is tempting, and this Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea could even build high-end connections.
Rather than having such a thing allocated at others’ discretion, it was better to hold it in their own hands and make all the decisions themselves.
It was just a pity that without those two conditions, there was no way to crack it.
Now, this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea had the effects of +1 kidney essence replenishment and +1 blood and qi replenishment. Compared with Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, which one would be more popular?
Do not be fooled by Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea having those +2 attributes while this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea only had two +1s.
As long as its effect was proven, even if Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea was sold at a higher price than Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, the rich would scramble to buy it.
There might even be more buyers.
After all, rich people like to play hard, and that puts considerable strain on that aspect of their abilities.
What are men most afraid of? Having money but not being able to perform.
What are women most afraid of? Having a rich husband or boyfriend who cannot handle them.
So, once this tea came out, many people would definitely try to crack it. But if this tea had the same restrictions as Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, that would likewise be a safeguard, making it impossible for others to crack.
With that in mind, Chen Han thought he could shoot an abstract video. He had previously been wondering what kind of video to make.
It had to be remembered that his initial abstract video about Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had brought him a lot of popularity.
Naturally, if he filmed Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea, people would say it was a repeated theme. But if he shot it as a tea with virility-enhancing effects, that would be different.
Maybe a whole group of people would say, “My friend needs this.”
So, he took out the recipe and the two illustrations, then pulled out his mobile phone and started recording. “Today, while going through family books, I accidentally discovered a recipe for Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea. The effect of this tea is actually an excellent enhancement of virility.”
“It is just that I do not recognize the main material and tool shown in the attached images, so I need to consult a Hall Elder of the Crafting Hall. He is well-informed and might know.”
After that, he recorded with his phone as he went to look for his uncle.
His uncle was surely with Fifth Uncle now, learning carving, trying to master carving skills in order to learn how to refine Feng Shui ornaments.
When he arrived at Fifth Uncle’s place, his uncle was indeed there. As soon as they saw him, his uncle stood up.
Chen Han quickly pointed the phone at his uncle and kept recording. “Now I have found the Hall Master of the Crafting Hall. I need to give him the images of the materials and tools needed for Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea to identify.”
Chen Lin was clearly stunned for a moment.
But only for a moment. Then he realized his nephew was recording a video again. Seeing the two images being handed over, he opened one and took a look. “This is a wok, used to stir-fry certain things, such as tobacco leaves. Back when there was no modern finished tobacco and no drying rooms, people would use this to stir-fry tobacco leaves dry, then cut them into strips and roll them by hand.”
Chen Han asked in surprise, “The Hall Master of the Crafting Hall is indeed knowledgeable and experienced. Please look at the other one and see what the main material is. This is the main material for making a virility-enhancing tea.”
Chen Lin naturally cooperated with the recording. He opened the main material image, then said with an awkward look, “Isn’t this chives?”
It was truly awkward. A virility-enhancing tea, and the main material was actually chives?
This…
Even Chen Han felt awkward when he heard the word “chives.”
He really had not recognized it.
Did it have to be so direct?
A virility-enhancing tea whose main material was chives?
At this moment, the game system prompt sounded:
【Congratulations, you have learned from the Hall Elder of the Crafting Hall that the main material and tool for refining Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea are Rising Yang Spirit Grass and the Spirit Essence Iron Wok.
Please have the Hall Master of the Crafting Hall construct the Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stove, and use Rising Yang Spirit Grass from the Chen Clan’s public spirit plant garden as the main material in order to stir-fry Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea!】
Seeing this game prompt, Chen Han found it was just as he had guessed, directly guaranteed by the game system.
So he said to his uncle, “Hall Master of the Crafting Hall, the Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea I am making happens to need to use the Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stove to stir-fry Rising Yang Spirit Grass. I need you to lead people to quickly forge several Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stoves.”
When Chen Lin saw that his nephew suddenly started talking about the Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stove and Rising Yang Spirit Grass, he could not help but marvel at his nephew’s abstract creativity, and immediately promised to make them as soon as possible.
In fact, not only him; the clan members around them carving bamboo product packaging also could not help but look at the patriarch.
Really, the patriarch’s brain turned fast.
It had been chives a second ago, and in the next moment it came out of his mouth as Rising Yang Spirit Grass.
Chen Han finally stopped recording, and did not forget to instruct his uncle, “Uncle, get these stoves done as soon as possible. I plan to start stir-frying this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea quickly.”
Hearing this, Chen Lin understood that this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea might be similar to Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and he could not help asking curiously, “Xiao Han, what effect does this Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea have?”
“Virility enhancement,” Chen Han explained simply.
With just those two words, his uncle instinctively stared straight at him, and all the Chen Clan members working nearby also turned to look at him in unison.
It was as if those words had magic power.
Chen Han smiled. “Uncle, I’ll leave this to you.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll get on it right away and guarantee it can be used by tomorrow.” Chen Lin immediately promised. For a man with a girlfriend, who could refuse this kind of tea?
Even if he was already very strong, who would mind being a little stronger?
Once the tea was made, just like Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, as the Hall Master of the Crafting Hall of the Chen Clan, he could drink as he wished.
After entrusting the Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stove matter to his uncle, Chen Han went to a certain place of the Chen Clan, the public spirit plant garden marked by the game system.
This public spirit plant garden was within the vegetable garden area of the family’s tourism project.
When the Chen Clan Ancient Architecture tourism had few tourists at the start, there was a vegetable picking experience in the vegetable garden, and the garden was already quite large then.
Later, as the Chen Clan developed, the vegetable picking experience was canceled, but the vegetable garden expanded greatly. A large area between the Chen Clan and the back mountain was all part of it.
And with one glance, he saw a patch of vegetation in a certain area shimmering with starlight under the sun, just like Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea before.
Others could not see this.
These were all chives, that is, Rising Yang Spirit Grass.
Chen Han checked the size of the vegetable garden. It could all be planted with chives. With the growth speed of chives, the final yield would not be less than that of current Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
It was just a pity that the spirit plant garden area was only so big. Otherwise, if they could plant freely, how great would the output of Essence and Benefit Spirit Tea be?
After inspecting the spirit plant garden, Chen Han went back to his own courtyard. He had barely sat down when Xiao Yu hurried back. “Senior brother, I have good news to tell you.”
“You’re this excited. What good news?” Chen Han asked in confusion.
Xiao Yu said quickly, “The National Games will start in a few days. Director Zheng sent some tickets. Chen Dao and Chen Linlin are going to participate in the men’s and women’s hundred meters at the National Games.”
“???” Chen Han was clearly stunned. “Junior sister, I know the National Games are going to start in a few days, but as you know, that’s only a few days away. Registration for the hundred meters should have closed three months ago. How can those two participate?”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu lowered her voice. “I don’t know the specifics. Anyway, that Director Zheng said that though the entry list is set, before the athletes’ registration inspection, if an athlete is injured, they can be replaced.”
Chen Han was puzzled. “Wouldn’t they only be allowed to replace with substitute athletes?”
Xiao Yu kept her voice low. “What if the substitutes are also injured? A provincial team cannot just leave a spot empty. Director Zheng said nothing is absolute. Working connections is all part of social dealings. When the time comes, all of Min Province’s hundred-meter team members will report injuries due to the bus collision.”
If outsiders heard this, it would definitely cause an uproar. It was simply a heartless hidden rule.
Of course, sometimes social dealings could be a positive term.
Working connections, hidden rules, causing an uproar, being heartless: all of this applied when there were no results.
But once a medal was won or a record was broken, then it would be packaged as a young newcomer stepping up in a crisis, shouldering pressure, and turning the tide.
As for those athletes forced to report injuries, they would definitely not complain. They might even want to cling to a big shot. After all, if someone who could not even secure an Olympic Games quota tried to attack someone who had a chance to break a world record, that would just be rushing to play the clown.
“Senior brother, when the time comes, as patriarch, you should go to the scene and take a look.” Xiao Yu sighed. “By then there will be a lot of matters about cooperating with the county on the rapeseed merit industry. I won’t have time to go.”
“Okay, I’ll go.” Chen Han nodded.
Calculating the time, after watching the National Games he could head to Wudang for the Exchange Meeting.
He could take Xiao Mi to one more place to have fun.
Time passed and night soon fell. Even though it was late, there were still people arriving at the Chen Clan to check in.
Chu Ruxue was one of them. This was her second visit to the Chen Clan, and this time she was accompanying her best friend.
Her best friend had just gone through a breakup. Her boyfriend went on a business trip and then came back to marry someone else.
It was simply outrageous.
Her friend had been hit so hard that she had basically fled the mortal world and become emotionally interested in Daoist Scriptures.
So she came with her best friend to the Chen Clan to relax, which fit her current mindset of reading Daoist Scriptures.
“The air here at the Chen Clan is really good, and the temperature is just right. The ancient buildings look great at night too.” Her best friend was already in a much better mood.
“Of course. I’d been here before, so I dared to bring you.” Chu Ruxue said with a bright smile. She smoothly helped her friend check in. After a tiring journey, the two just washed up and prepared to sleep, then go wild tomorrow.
This was not Chu Ruxue’s first time here. She had experienced some of the Chen Clan’s wonders, so she said to her friend, “On the way here, you saw that people of the Chen Clan can share the same dream. If you dream of your ex-boyfriend, I’ll help you beat him up.”
“Didn’t people online say that was fake?” her friend asked in doubt.
“Not necessarily.” Chu Ruxue said.
“???” her friend.
They chatted with each other, and unconsciously sleepiness crept up.
Shortly after Chu Ruxue fell asleep, she began to dream. She dreamed that she had skipped work this time to accompany her best friend, and when she returned she was fired. Then she could not repay her loans and was called to the bank to sign.
Just after she came out of the bank from signing, she was surprised to see a church ahead. She went in, was stunned, and saw her best friend.
Her best friend was on the verge of tears, looking at the groom and bride getting married up front. They were none other than her ex-boyfriend.
“Ruxue, you’re here too?” her friend asked in confusion.
“Huh?” Chu Ruxue exclaimed in surprise. “We’re really in the same dream?”
“???” Her friend was clearly dumbfounded.
What did that mean?
It was Chu Ruxue’s second time at the Chen Clan, so she was very accepting. She directly pulled her best friend and charged at the groom. “This is a dream. If we don’t hit him now, then when?”
The scene of two girls violently beating up the groom appeared, and the guests around them instantly fell into chaos.
Before long, the two girls vented their anger and walked out of the church, only to widen their eyes as soon as they stepped outside.
Knives, blood.
There was blood everywhere.
Off to the side.
A woman appeared, holding a child’s hand and taking her husband’s arm. She cried out in horror, “Ah…”
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In his room, Chen Han did not enter the Dream Entering Realm tonight. After all, those were other people’s dreams. As someone connected to the dream realm, it was fun for them to share the same dream.
But he was ultimately an outsider, a voyeur.
So, back in his room, he picked up a Primary Spirit Stone and began cultivating by running the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》, completely unaware that something major had happened in the Dream Entering Realm.
The next day, he went as usual to the special spiritual aperture to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation. After he finished and went to Uncle’s Kitchen, he saw Captain Huang in a police uniform hurriedly coming to him.
“Patriarch Chen, early this morning some tourists came to report a case. It seems something has happened.”
