Chapter 30: The Fairy Is About To Arrive, And Everyone Is Just An Entertainer
（Some readers pointed out that magnetic fields are a modern concept and I have already revised it. In ancient Daoist sects there were several explanations for magnetic fields. Here we treat the human magnetic field as qi and the environmental magnetic field as earth qi. Readers seeing this after the revision, no need to overthink it!）
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Chen Han was puzzled. These dog demons had already fought twice. How could they have merged together again?
When in doubt, ask AI.
He took out his mobile phone and checked.
He was speechless after reading.
It turned out that dogs are social animals. Within a group they instinctively use certain fights to determine rank and order. Once the struggle has a result, they stop fighting and instead shift into relatively friendly interaction and cooperation. So in many countryside areas, you often see dogs moving around in packs.
Sometimes when a family dog is eating, an outside dog barks, and it will stop eating immediately and dash out as if answering a call, and even its owner cannot call it back.
“…” Chen Han understood. The dog demons outside the village had lost three times now, and that little earth dog in the village had already established its rank and status.
So the dog was also playing the “if you can’t beat them, join them” game.
Damn.
The key thing was, those stray dogs outside the village were really hopeless, right? That little earth dog was not even big in the pack, so how did it manage to deal with all of them?
Sure enough, the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear the ones who do not care about their own lives.
In terms of fierceness and viciousness, this little earth dog had proved itself through three pack fights, and even he had to concede.
Looking at that broken tail, it was probably the kind that would bite back hard even after having its tail bitten off.
Now that such a vicious character had leveled up and become the dog demon king, in the game plot this was really not a good thing for the family.
Chen Han sighed, then looked toward the dog demons’ battlefield. Although the dog demons had merged, this battle had still exploded out a piece of bloody dog demon meat, wrapped in a faint layer of white light, floating there.
He went straight over and stored this piece of dog demon meat in the warehouse.
Looking at the dog demon meat left in the warehouse, and unable to continue inciting dog demon infighting, this might be the last of the inventory.
He wondered if organizing clan experts to exterminate the dog demons would cause dog demon meat to drop.
He could find time to test that later.
With that in mind, Chen Han also sighed and returned to the Chen clan, going to his uncle’s courtyard.
His uncle was not there, probably out helping him with the orchid matter.
He took out a piece of dog demon meat and started processing it to make today’s medicinal cuisine.
Before, processing dog demon meat left him panting, needing to rest several times in cycles to finish a portion. Today he was still panting, but he clearly felt his condition was much better.
It was not only because his lifespan had increased a lot.
After two spiritual energy rinses, cultivating the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture basic qi cultivation method, the refined true qi also had a nourishing and strengthening effect on his body.
But the medicinal herbs stocked in his uncle’s cabinet were almost gone, so he took out his mobile phone and ordered some from an old Chinese medicinal herb shop in the county.
By noon, when the medicinal cuisine was ready, his uncle came back. “Xiao Han, as soon as I came back I could smell the medicinal fragrance of your medicinal cuisine.”
“The medicinal cuisine is just ready.” As Chen Han finished up, he also called out to his uncle, “Uncle, call junior sister, Uncle Dagou, and Uncle Shuisheng over to eat the medicinal cuisine.”
If a large stew pot of medicinal cuisine was not finished in a short time, the essence refined from the dog demon meat would dissipate and lose its effect. Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng, these two clan experts, were quite lucky.
Besides, these two uncles and elders were honest, worked hard, and supported him as patriarch. Such clan experts definitely needed to be cultivated well.
“Senior brother, every time I eat the medicinal cuisine you make, my body feels very comfortable,” Xiao Yu could not help expressing emotion.
Chen Han deliberately said, “And you still don’t believe we have a formation under the Chen clan? When I finish my research, you will be shocked.”
Naturally, he was laying some groundwork.
Basically, it was, “don’t be too surprised when the time comes; it is all recorded in the Chen clan books, and the formations are all the merit of our ancestors.”
“Senior brother, there you go again!” Xiao Yu was speechless. Senior brother really believed what was written in those ancient books.
“What formation?” Chen Lin was curious.
Xiao Yu explained, “Senior brother found an ancient quiet heart art in the Chen clan books. It says there is some kind of formation under our Chen clan, which is obviously unreliable.”
Chen Lin felt awkward. How could you really say whether it was reliable?
Anyway, the Chen clan was a Daoist sect heritage family, and there were plenty of unreliable legends.
He did not care much about this matter. Instead he said, “Xiao Han, about the orchids you asked me to prepare yesterday, the flower planting base has them ready. They will deliver in the afternoon, and we will try to get them all planted by dusk.”
As he spoke, he instinctively glanced at Xiao Yu, a look on his face that said, “I have seen through it.”
Xiao Yu clearly noticed her uncle’s gaze, and her pretty face flushed slightly.
This must be the surprise senior brother was preparing for her, right?
She looked at senior brother, her eyes turning a bit dewy. Senior brother had suddenly become romantic.
Chen Han also noticed his junior sister staring straight at him. That look felt… off.
He looked at her in confusion. “Junior sister, what is it?”
“Nothing, I just think senior brother looks very nice,” Xiao Yu said, suppressing the smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.
Senior brother definitely did not know she had already figured everything out.
Thinking of this, she did not forget to claim credit with senior brother. “Senior brother, Xiao Mi Jie will come over today and should arrive in the evening. I will go into the city this afternoon to pick her up from the airport. When Xiao Mi Jie arrives, we have to seize the opportunity to have her help promote our Chen clan. We can definitely get a trending topic out of it.”
“…” Hearing this news suddenly, Chen Han just felt it had come too fast.
The Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy was in such a hurry to wipe out the entire Chen clan?
With annihilation looming, he was a bit absent-minded as he returned to his own courtyard, until he heard noise outside.
It was his uncle bringing in a group of people.
Those people were each carrying various orchids in their arms.
“Everyone, bring the orchids in and put them here first.” His uncle instructed them. After they set down the orchids, all but one went back out to fetch more.
To fill this courtyard, of course a few orchids were not enough.
Chen Lin smiled and said, “Xiao Han, I have already spoken with the flower planting base. Their people will help plant the orchids. If you have any requirements, you can tell Master Li and the others.”
“Hello, Mr. Chen.” The remaining Master Li greeted Chen Han with a broad smile. “If you have any specific plan for the planting, you can tell us.”
Chen Han did not really have a plan. Instead he said, “Master Li, after you plant them, can you make it so people cannot tell they are newly planted, so it looks like they have been here for a long time?”
Master Li was a little puzzled.
This was his first time encountering such a request from a client.
But after thinking for a bit, he said, “We can work something out. Once we finish planting, we can cover the surface with dry old soil and make it look like it has just been recently fertilized and turned.”
“Okay, that will have to do.” Chen Han nodded.
Naturally, he did not want Xiao Mi to see that this was something he had just put together to deal with her.
As the orchids were moved in, Master Li began inspecting the courtyard, checking the soil, and then led his people to start planting.
Chen Han could not really help with this. After roughly describing the feeling he wanted, he stepped aside and began editing today’s video about inciting dog demon infighting.
The dog demons had actually merged forces, so this video would probably give a lot of people a good laugh today.
He only hoped those fellow daoists and immortal venerables would, for the sake of a laugh, give him a follow.
Time passed, and orchids were planted one after another in the courtyard.
The whole courtyard could not literally be filled completely with orchids, since enough space had to be left for activity.
How to plant in the other areas depended entirely on the design.
The plans from Master Li and his people were not especially stunning, but thanks to their rich experience, by dusk when all the orchids had been planted, a single glance showed a very eye-catching scene.
It really felt like stepping into an orchid fairyland, breathtakingly beautiful.
“Mr. Chen, see if you are satisfied. If so, please sign here,” Master Li said, taking out a slip and handing it to him.
Overall, Chen Han was very satisfied, so he readily signed.
The other party had been sincere and delivered satisfying service. Naturally he would not drag things out or deliberately make things difficult to show off his own importance. In the Daoist sect, such behavior was considered to diminish one’s own merit.
“Thank you, Mr. Chen.” Master Li handed over a business card. “If you have any issues with the orchids, you can call me to consult.”
“I will.” Chen Han nodded.
After Master Li and the flower planting base workers left, Chen Lin looked around at the orchids blooming in competition and said with a big smile, “Xiao Han, this courtyard full of orchids is really beautiful. Xiao Yu will definitely love it when she gets back.”
Chen Han said with a smile, “It does not matter if junior sister likes it. It has nothing to do with her.”
“Huh? It is not planted for Xiao Yu?” Chen Lin was clearly stunned.
“Who told you it was for junior sister?” Chen Han asked, puzzled.
“…” Chen Lin just felt things had gone wrong and suddenly wanted to slap himself. He hurriedly changed the subject. “Xiao Han, I still have some things to take care of. I will go handle them first.”
With that, he walked out as if nothing had happened, pretending he knew nothing.
Yeah, he would continue going to the county at night to drink with friends.
Chen Han did not think much of it. After happily admiring the orchid-filled courtyard again, he sat down on the reclining chair.
Flowers can soothe people’s moods. Surrounded by this courtyard of orchids, he indeed felt much better. He had already finished editing today’s video about inciting dog demon infighting, and he directly uploaded it to the Chen family head account.
The Chen family head account was approaching 500 fans. Although not many, when he updated, some fans still got the update notification.
For example, Chu Hao, who saw the prompt while scrolling through Douyin videos.
“This lunatic updated again?” Chu Hao could not help complaining. When he saw it was another video about inciting dog demons, he felt a bit bored.
Chu Hao complained, especially hearing the words of this Chen family head.
“For the safety of the family, I am racking my brains. I hope that in some future year, our descendants will remember that there was once me, this heroic family head.”
A heroic family head, seriously? You spend all day doing this dog business of picking fights with dogs. Your descendants will be ashamed to mention you.
Thinking this, he skipped ahead to the dog demon battle part. The brawl between the group of dogs really had momentum.
But after the dogs finished fighting, the video showed a shocking scene. The dogs outside the village had lost, and this time they did not run away. Instead, they directly followed the others into the village.
They had been subdued.
He had not expected that.
When he heard that “holy crap” from the Chen family head, he could not help but burst out laughing.
He could imagine the Chen family head’s astonishment. The guy must not have expected it either.
After watching the video, he opened the comment section and was amused to see that everyone was laughing at the Chen family head:
“Hahaha, I am entertained. You tried to incite dog demons and they ended up merging.”
“Dog demons: feels like there is a devil scheming against us. We cease hostilities, deal with him first. Tremble, Chen family head.”
“Fellow daoist, the dog demons have unified. Is your family about to face annihilation?”
“…”
These people were the same kind of entertainers as this Chen family head.
The telephone ringtone sounded. He answered, and a voice came from the other end. “Hello, I am from express delivery. You have a package!”
“Express delivery? What is it?” Chu Hao asked.
The other side replied, “It was sent from the Chen clan ancient architectural complex. I do not know exactly what it is.”
Chu Hao knew what it was.
Thunder Bamboo spirit tea.
Well, he was an entertainer too. He had really bought that stuff, after all the mocking in the Thunder Bamboo spirit tea video comment section.
Luckily no one knew he was the buyer.
He wanted to see what this stuff was all about.
The new book is in the first-round PK and needs read-through data.
Everyone must flip to the final page. It is already number 4 among urban new books. Thank you all.
Please do not stockpile, please do not stockpile, please do not stockpile.
Thank you all.
Also, I am asking for two tickets. Many thanks again.
Please do not stockpile, please do not stockpile.
