Chapter 297: This Dream Doesn’t Belong To The Killer! Unexpected!
Chen Han was a little puzzled when he heard what Huang Xin said. “Captain Huang, what happened?”
Huang Xin quickly explained, “Chen Family Head, this matter is a bit outrageous. A few tourists came early this morning to the tourist station to report a case. They said they had a dream last night where they all saw a murder.”
That was right, the Chen Clan currently had a huge number of tourists. Their tourism patrol team had been upgraded into a station, and because of his prior merit, he had naturally gotten what he wished for.
The station’s premises were being built over by Shangyuan Village and were not finished yet.
But once they were done, he also planned to apply with the Chen Family Head to keep a rest room detachment at the Chen Clan side to handle disputes among tourists within the Chen Clan more conveniently.
“What exactly is going on?” Chen Han was indeed surprised.
If someone dreamt such a dream, then unless they were psychologically abnormal, they must have truly seen the scene, or possibly even been the killer.
Huang Xin explained, “Those tourists all gave the same account. Someone was dissecting two corpses and using some kind of medicine to process them. The tourists also said that when the killer saw them appear, he killed himself on the spot.”
“But I feel the logic is off. If a killer dismembers bodies and gets seen, shouldn’t he kill the witnesses? How could he just kill himself without doing anything? Someone bold enough to kill and dismember shouldn’t have such a fragile psyche. And the key point is, this was just a dream…”
As he spoke, his gaze turned toward the Chen Family Head.
After all, he had also seen the things online about tourists sharing the same dream. He had already believed it before, since he knew the Chen Clan better than people online.
Now that he had these tourists’ report, he was even more convinced.
So he was very expectant.
“Let’s go see those tourists.” Chen Han said this and walked out of the courtyard.
Huang Xin understood at once. The Chen Clan truly had this miraculous aspect. He hurriedly followed.
Soon, Chen Han and Huang Xin arrived at their rest station. After entering, Chen Han had Huang Xin bring over one of the tourists who had reported the case for questioning.
Chu Ruxue had quite a thrilling night. She actually beat up that scumbag together with her best friend in the dream and saw a murder and dismemberment case with her own eyes.
This made her and her best friend certain that in the Chen Clan, they really could share the same dream.
Also, unlike normal dreams, they could still clearly remember what the dream was like after waking up.
This suddenly made them think of virtual games often talked about online. It had that kind of feeling.
Crucially, when she and her best friend met the tourists they had encountered in the dream and confirmed things through a quick conversation, they were all shocked.
One after another, they started cursing those ignorant people online who claimed this was fake, saying it was hype by that Tycoon Liu. Now it was clearly real.
So she was the one who suggested calling the police. Nobody knew what was going on with that murder and dismemberment.
At first, she was still wondering how to explain such an absurd thing, saying she saw a crime in a dream.
She had even prepared a whole series of lines.
Who knew that after she and the others had barely mentioned the matter, without even explaining, that head Huang just hurried away.
Until she was brought over again by this Station Chief Huang for questioning.
She had mentally prepared herself to go through her lines again, but then she saw that Chen Family Head.
“Tell me everything you saw last night.” Chen Han directly used the Joyous Union True Word Technique.
Before Chu Ruxue could react, she began to speak honestly.
Especially when she talked about the murder and dismemberment dream, she described it in detail. “We came out of a church, and then we saw a man holding a bloody saw knife working on a corpse. He was also pouring a lot of medicine.”
“We were all stunned. Then that killer saw us and killed himself immediately. But his face was blurred. We couldn’t see him clearly.”
When she finished and came back to her senses, she saw that the Chen Family Head had already stood up and was walking out.
Huang Xin hurried to follow, leaving a thoroughly confused Chu Ruxue behind.
“Chen Family Head, what is going on?” Huang Xin quickly asked after he came out.
“We can rule out the killer himself being the dreamer. Now we only don’t know whether it was dreamed by a psychologically abnormal person or by a witness. Most likely a witness.” From the female tourist’s description, Chen Han knew the killer was an NPC in the dream. With a blurred face, it could not be the dreamer.
And if someone had killed, then he was a killer. Once he entered the Chen Clan, it would be impossible for him not to be affected by the minor punishment as a warning.
Now there were two possibilities. If it was a psychologically abnormal person’s dream, that did not quite fit either. Such a person would not be so pious toward a deity.
So the witness was the most likely. Perhaps this matter had put them under huge pressure, causing them to entrust their spirit to the deity for comfort, but the matter kept troubling them and causing recurring nightmares.
“Then how do we find this person?” Huang Xin asked instinctively.
“Then they need to still be in the Chen Clan tonight and keep having this nightmare.” Chen Han said simply, then left, heading to uncle’s kitchen to prepare medicinal cuisine.
At noon, while eating medicinal cuisine, uncle said, “Xiao Han, yesterday I already had people add several spirit iron wok stoves over in the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea crucible room. When are you going to make the refined spirit tea?”
Xiao Yu asked in surprise when she heard this, “Senior brother, have you developed a new spirit tea again? Our Chen Clan currently only has Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Having just one well-known specialty product is a bit too few.”
“This afternoon.” Chen Han set a time.
In the afternoon, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mi, uncle, Uncle Dagou, and Uncle Shuisheng all came, all curious about this refined spirit tea.
Chen Han continued recording an abstract video, speaking into it. “The Hall Master of the Crafting Hall has already finished crafting the Spirit Essence Iron Wok Spirit Stoves. Now I am going to collect Rising Sun Spirit Grass and start refining the refined spirit tea.”
Soon, he led people to the vegetable garden and continued, “This plot of land is the Chen Clan’s spirit plant garden, full of various spirit plants. This spirit plant garden is nourished by special earth vein qi surging up, which can nurture extraordinary Rising Sun Spirit Grass.”
Finally, his video focused on that patch of chives.
Even those like Chen Dagou, who were used to his abstract style, could not help twitching at the corners of their mouths at this scene.
But they more or less understood that this vegetable garden must now be different, which was why these chives could be used to make spirit tea.
When they thought of earth vein qi surging up, they instinctively thought of an underground Feng Shui formation.
As for why it had not existed before and suddenly existed now, that might be because Xiao Han’s Feng Shui ability had improved. After all, everyone knew so many Daoist priests had come to the Chen Clan to study Feng Shui.
Naturally, it might also be the work of that Ancestor.
There could be many reasons, but no one was foolish enough to ask.
So when Chen Han stopped recording and said, “From now on this vegetable garden will be used to plant chives. The area is limited,” everyone nodded.
When Chen Han resumed recording, he had already cut quite a lot of chives. He followed uncle to the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea crucible room, went into the room across, where several newly built stoves stood, each topped with a carefully crafted wok.
At this time, the room’s windows were all open to air and dry the stoves.
Before long, Chen Lin came in and handed Chen Han some goji berries, angelica, and other medicines. These were naturally meant to adjust the flavor of the refined spirit tea.
Indeed, in the formula for the refined spirit tea, aside from the main ingredient Rising Sun Spirit Grass, everything else was for flavor adjustment. If he only stir-fried Rising Sun Spirit Grass alone, the taste really would be less than ideal, even if it had that function. Taste itself did not truly matter.
But if it tasted better, and he added more ingredients, it would seem a bit more high-end, wouldn’t it.
The attributes were granted by the game system. As long as it was chives grown in the spirit plant garden designated by the game system, and the wok was made by the hall master, others could not crack it at all.
He lit the fire and checked the temperature of the iron wok. When the temperature was about right, he poured the chives into the wok.
Stir-frying this refined spirit tea was much easier than stir-frying Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Soon, the distinctive smell of chives wafted out with the stir-frying. To be honest, apart from grilling with seasoning, this kind of simple stir-frying of chives did not smell good.
At this point, Chen Han directly added the goji berries and angelica uncle had brought. He sliced and chopped the angelica, tossed it into the wok, and continued stir-frying.
After that, the chive smell was covered, and a medicinal fragrance began to drift out.
The medicinal smell of goji berries and angelica was not unpleasant; it was actually rather mild, and was definitely good for tea.
With simple stir-frying, once the moisture in the chives was gone and they curled into a tea-like shape, the refined spirit tea was done.
Chen Shuisheng, Chen Dagou, and Chen Lin watched the entire stir-frying process intently. Seeing it finished so easily, they wondered if it was a bit too casual.
“Senior brother, that’s it?” Xiao Yu asked in surprise.
“It’s done. Uncle, Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, would you like to try it?”
Chen Han smiled. It really was finished.
And seeing uncle and the others like this, he figured the fans watching the video would find it even harder to keep a straight face.
Chen Shuisheng did not hesitate. He fetched hot water from the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea crucible across the way and started brewing.
This refined spirit tea only had two attributes. Its taste definitely was not as good as Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea; the main point was the medicinal effect.
After Chen Lin, Chen Shuisheng, and Chen Dagou finished drinking, Chen Han asked, “Uncle, Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, how do you feel?”
The three clearly felt something.
Chen Lin said, “My lower back feels a bit warm.”
Chen Dagou nodded. “Yeah, my lower back feels comfortable.”
Chen Han nodded.
You could feel the +1 attribute. Although it was not as obvious as +2, it was enough that it worked.
A pound of tea was enough to last quite a while, and drinking it would definitely bring noticeable improvement.
So Chen Han instructed, “Uncle, immediately arrange for people to plant chives. Uncle Shuisheng, recruit and arrange people as soon as possible to handle refined spirit tea stir-frying.”
Both immediately nodded.
Especially Chen Shuisheng. Though he was quite old, he understood men’s psychology. He knew the selling price of refined spirit tea definitely would not be lower than Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
So the clan could recruit another batch of high-salary positions. As for the fact that all clan members already had positions, they would transfer outstanding employees as a promotion and raise.
If the original positions lacked people and the clan had no one suitable, they would hire from outside.
After entrusting the matter, Chen Han went back to his own courtyard and started editing the videos he had filmed from yesterday to today.
After editing, he opened Douyin and uploaded it with the title 《another type of spirit tea》.
During this period, Chen Han had not posted any videos, but the online heat around the Chen Clan remained high. Although people were saying the Chen Clan was hyped up by Tycoon Liu Ye, his videos still drew many followers.
As he expected, as soon as viewers saw the words “tonifying effect” before finishing the video, many started commenting.
“I’ve had ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. I believe this new spirit tea works. My friend needs it!”
“I’ve got a deskmate who, well, used his hands too often before…”
“My younger brother really needs this. If he doesn’t drink this tea, his wife is going to cheat.”
“…”
Of course, the second bit of fun was chives turning into Rising Sun Spirit Grass. Many people could not help admiring how fast the Chen Family Head’s mind worked.
And when they saw that refined spirit tea was just chives, goji berries, and angelica casually stir-fried a bit, they really could not hold it in.
It was spirit tea, but they could also stir-fry it.
Within less than two hours, there were already videos online imitating refined spirit tea: same ingredients, same stir-frying method.
《I can also stir-fry the Chen Family Head’s refined spirit tea!》
《Chen Family Head-style refined spirit tea…》
《…》
But this also brought Chen Han quite a bit of popularity. In a short time he gained two hundred thousand fans, that is, two hundred thousand reputation.
Of course, there were also people who believed at once that this thing was real after watching the video. For example, Chu Hao, one of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea agents, who knew the Chen Clan well.
Those people online claiming Tycoon Liu was hyping the Chen Clan were talking nonsense.
When he saw the Chen Family Head’s abstract video, he immediately called Chen Family Head.
Chen Han was not surprised to receive the call.
It was definitely about refined spirit tea.
But after answering, he deliberately asked in puzzlement, “Young Master Chu, calling me today because you’re out of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea again?”
Chu Hao hurriedly asked, “Chen Family Head, I saw your video about refined spirit tea. I want to act as agent for this tea.”
Chen Han smiled. “Young Master Chu, matters in that regard are handled by my junior sister. You can contact her, I’m not clear on the specifics.”
There was no need for him to be involved. His junior sister already had plans for the key matters. He did not need to promise anyone anything that might disrupt her arrangements.
“Alright, thank you, Chen Family Head.” Chu Hao did not press. He understood and thanked him before hanging up.
Before long, Reporter Wu also called, likewise asking about refined spirit tea.
People online did not believe because they did not understand the Chen Clan and just parroted others. But those who knew the Chen Clan’s background were more anxious than anyone.
“Reporter Wu, there is refined spirit tea. Contact my junior sister. I’ve spoken to her. Once the first batch is out, we’ll definitely reserve some for you.” Chen Han gave this Reporter Wu a small promise.
After all, unlike Chu Hao, this person had helped the Chen Clan several times. Regardless of how big or small the help was, the Chen Clan acknowledged this.
So for this new spirit tea, they would naturally give him some preference.
You could call it a kind of double standard in human relations.
“Thank you, Chen Family Head.” Wu Ying also thanked him, then hung up.
Chen Han passed this matter on to his junior sister, then took out a Primary Spirit Stone and began cultivating the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》.
He had one last meridian left before all eight would be opened, so he had to seize every chance to cultivate.
By evening, Chen Han was ready to enter the Dream Entering Realm to see whether the murder dream described by the tourists would appear again.
As Chen Han walked into the room where the Special Soul Summoning Banner was placed, he did not know others were also making preparations.
For example, Huang Xin.
He was in law enforcement and knew the Chen Clan’s secrets very well. If not for his profession, he would be more pious toward the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation than most people.
Of course, he could not show it outwardly, but in his heart he firmly felt the Heavenly Lord’s call.
So, after chatting with the Chen Family Head today, he was convinced about the shared dream described by the tourists.
He was also thinking about one question: could he enter as well and see the murder dream with his own eyes?
According to the tourists, to share a dream, the first requirement was to be able to dream.
As a police officer, he had studied this field.
For example, entering rapid eye movement sleep made dreaming easier, as REM sleep mainly concentrated in that stage.
First, he needed to create a low-sleep environment, then control his brain activity before bed.
He did not know whether this would work, but it was worth a try.
Chu Ruxue and her best friend were trying as well.
Their experience calling the police today made her feel this was definitely not simple, and it seemed the Chen Family Head was involved.
So she felt that tonight the Chen Family Head might also join them in the dream.
Her and her best friend’s method of entering the dream was the simplest: to keep repeating before sleep that they wanted to dream, to dream together with everyone, just repeating it over and over.
If you think of something by day, you dream of it by night, right?
…
When Chen Han entered the Dream Entering Realm, perhaps it was too early, and for quite some time no one’s dream appeared.
After a long while, one dream appeared. It was clearly set in the countryside, inside an old house, with a family of three.
A husband, a little girl, and a wife, all happily together.
But the husband’s and little girl’s faces were somewhat blurred, unrecognizable. From this, it was clear the dreamer was the wife.
In this dream, the wife was very happy. The husband was steady and hardworking, and every night the wife would hold the child and count stars.
After a bit, he saw several tourists’ dreams appear.
As soon as some of these dreams appeared, they started to influence each other. People began dreaming together and realized they were doing so.
What surprised him was that he saw an unexpected person.
Wasn’t that Captain Huang Xin.
The other party was a public servant, yet he could come in too?
So his uniform could not block his pious heart.
Considering how long he had been in the Chen Clan and how much he knew, this was understandable.
But Huang Xin’s dream was quite ambitious.
He was in an office, and even County Magistrate Chu respectfully entered his office. He casually addressed him as “Xiao Chu.”
A soldier who doesn’t want to become a general is not a good soldier, right.
Chen Han entered Huang Xin’s dream and immediately affected it. Huang Xin froze, then looked at County Magistrate Chu before him. Remembering what he had been dreaming, he jumped in fright.
He could not let people know about this.
But when he saw the Chen Family Head behind him, his face turned awkward. “Chen Family Head?”
Chen Han smiled. “Captain Huang, Xiao Chu is still waiting for your instructions.”
“Ah…” Huang Xin hurriedly waved his hands in surrender. “Chen Family Head, this is a dream… it’s just a dream… don’t take it seriously.”
Chen Han smiled and walked out. Some tourists’ dreams had already been drawn into the Dream Entering Realm by the Special Soul Summoning Banner.
Some had entered each other’s dreams and were dreaming together; others were still alone.
Now the task was to find the murder dream mentioned by the tourists during the day, but it still had not appeared.
Huang Xin seemed to understand the Chen Family Head’s goal and followed behind him.
Chen Han, together with Huang Xin in his police uniform, naturally drew the attention of the dreaming tourists. Some clan members of the Chen Clan also hurried up to greet him.
Those tourists also understood. With the Chen Family Head appearing and a police officer present, this dream might be no simple matter, and they excitedly followed.
So the stories online about shared dreams were true. Even the Chen Family Head could enter.
This dream was too incredible.
In the end, what troubled Chen Han and Huang Xin was that they had checked all the dreams but still had not found the murder case described by the tourists.
“Chen Family Head, it doesn’t seem to be here.” Huang Xin frowned. “There’s only one last dream left, and it’s just a rural courtyard. It doesn’t match what the tourists reported.”
That was the first dream Chen Han had seen.
By now, the surrounding tourists had also realized this dream involved some kind of case.
At that moment, Chen Han was surprised to see that rural courtyard dream suddenly change. It twisted wildly, then turned into high-rise buildings and a dark alley.
Seeing this, Chen Han realized something.
Huang Xin matched it with what the reporting tourists had said, but became more puzzled. “This kind of alley and this very old architectural style are off. According to big city standards in the last ten years, this would’ve been demolished long ago.”
Right then, they saw a man with a blurred, indistinct face carrying a sack, holding a saw knife in his hand. He opened the sack, revealing a female corpse.
They watched him pick up the saw knife and begin working on the body…
A very bloody scene unfolded.
The tourists whose dreams had been drawn in all instinctively wanted to vomit.
Huang Xin frowned.
It was indeed as the reporting tourists had said. The man took out some liquid medicine and began processing the corpse.
Unable to bear it, Huang Xin drew his gun and rushed forward.
The dream was affected. The man working on the body looked up, saw the police, seemed to fall into despair, and killed himself on the spot.
Just as the tourists had described.
Chen Han entered, then looked around and finally at the end of the alley beyond, and calmly said, “The lookout lady can come in to talk. Since you’ve been having this nightmare all along, it must have been weighing on your heart for a long time.”
Hearing this, Huang Xin instinctively looked toward the end of the alley. There had been a lookout?
Those tourists who had reported the case had been frightened by the murder and dismemberment in the dream and had not noticed the real dreamer.
Footsteps sounded.
When they saw a figure with white hair, dressed in Daoist plain clothes, walk in, Huang Xin clearly froze.
This…
