Chapter 315: Investigating The Chen Clan! Is This Space Material?
【Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll: this is a special family cave dwelling construction scroll. In the Shu Shan Swordsman Game, when players use this scroll, they can build a special family cave dwelling within their own sect residence area. After successful construction, it can activate a spiritual energy +1 attribute!
Construction requirements: A sufficiently secluded and beautiful spiritual place. Use 50 primary spirit stones to initiate cave dwelling construction and complete spiritual energy activation. Sufficient special space materials. （Space materials can drop from dungeons and BOSSes）.
Upgrade requirements: Level 2 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll. （There is a chance to drop by eliminating other factions’ cave dwellings）. 】
When Chen Han saw the first half of the remark information, he only felt the game system was very considerate. He had just obtained a Family Heritage Stone Tablet, which needed to be erected inside a family cave dwelling and nourished by spiritual energy.
Wasn’t this level 1 family cave dwelling construction scroll perfectly meeting the requirements?
You tell me, is this game system considerate or not?
But after seeing the latter half of the remarks, he felt the game system was making things difficult again.
For a sufficiently secluded spiritual spot, he felt the cliff stone platform and the cave behind it in front of him would do. Standing on the platform and looking around, there were towering mountains and forests, with beautiful scenery.
Second, 50 primary spirit stones, that was no problem either; he had plenty in his game warehouse.
But wasn’t requiring enough space materials a bit excessive?
In reality, where was he supposed to find space materials?
The key point was that the game system also very “considerately” stated they could drop from dungeon maps and BOSSes, but the damn system had bugged out. Had it looked at what kind of dungeon maps it had given him?
Where was he supposed to farm that stuff?
There was also the upgrade requirement needing a level 2 family cave dwelling construction scroll, with a kind reminder that eliminating other factions’ cave dwellings could drop it.
Where in reality was he supposed to find other factions’ cave dwellings?
The once-considerate game system had suddenly turned malicious.
It had given him a cake he could see but not eat. Wasn’t that just messing with him?
And he was helpless about it.
Moreover, thinking it through carefully, although the game system had bugged, it had never given a problem with no solution. There had to be something he had overlooked somewhere, which might be the key to these conditions.
He just could not think of it for the moment.
“Xiao Han, I didn’t expect there would be such a place down here.” Uncle Shuisheng’s voice sounded from behind; they could see he had also climbed down using a vine.
He must have found it on the mountain top as a force point.
After eating medicinal cuisine for so long, constantly doing martial arts training, and now having successfully cultivated and drawn true qi into his dantian, this kind of thing was easy for Uncle Shuisheng.
But Chen Han frowned slightly.
He had just been focused on looking at the level 1 family grotto-heaven construction scroll, and it seemed there had been no prompt that the task to eliminate and destroy the thief demon bees had been completed.
Thinking of this, he directly instructed Uncle Shuisheng, “There should still be beehives. Look around, so they don’t come out again later and cause trouble.”
Earlier he had regretted destroying all the thief demon bee hives, thinking whether there might have been a chance to try raising them.
Uncle Shuisheng nodded, and the two of them started searching around.
In the end, Chen Han was right. They found two beehives on the side of the rock wall. They should have split off not long ago, as they were not very big.
Seeing this, Chen Han said to Uncle Shuisheng, “Uncle Shuisheng, these thief bees are even more untamed. See if you can have people tame and raise them. These two hives are just right for a trial.”
Uncle Shuisheng nodded. “Mm, I’ll have people send tools up so we can take them back and try.”
With that, he took out his mobile phone and made contact.
Chen Han handed the matter over to Uncle Shuisheng, then returned to the mountain top and went down the mountain.
As soon as he arrived outside the Chen Clan main entrance, he was met with a surprising scene.
That former devious guest, Wu Yan, had actually put up a sign over by the parking lot: “Consultation on Chen Clan Dreamscape related information, please add contact: …”
And there were many tourists gathered around him.
He had already started his business?
Chen Han smiled at this and went back into the Chen Clan, returned to his own courtyard, and began cultivating until a game prompt appeared:
【Congratulations, you have completed the family task of destroying the thief demon bee hives and obtained a pill formula helpful for family development: Beauty Pill Formula x1】
Seeing this, Chen Han immediately looked toward the game warehouse.
Sure enough, there was one more formula.
【Beauty Pill Formula: this is a very effective beauty pill formula. With royal jelly as the main ingredient, combined with donkey-hide gelatin, goji berries, angelica, saffron… and other materials, and refined using the spirit fire stove and spirit pressure cooker, the produced beauty pills can have beauty +2 and whitening +2 attributes.】
Seeing this remark information, he did not hesitate to choose to use it. As soon as he used the formula, related information poured into his mind.
It was all detailed information about the Beauty Pill.
No wonder it was said that this Beauty Pill could help the Chen Clan develop. Two +2 attributes, and specifically beauty +2 and whitening +How great was the allure of that for women?
Beauty +2, wasn’t that more effective than countless cosmetic injections?
The key was whitening +As the saying goes, “fair skin covers three flaws.” Even if many girls’ appearance was not that pretty, as long as their skin was a bit fairer, they would look beautiful.
The key here was whitening +2, not ghastly pale or sickly pale. It was fair with the “beauty” included.
More importantly, the whitening would surely be for all the skin that should be fair, without that kind of contrast where the face is heavily powdered white but from the neck down it is all dark yellow skin.
Thinking of this, he called his junior sister, planning to entrust her with purchasing the materials for the Beauty Pill.
After that, he would also give the formula to his junior sister and have her be responsible for refining the Beauty Pills.
Presumably, she would also be very happy with this kind of pill.
In the future, the Beauty Pills could be used as favors, could be sold, or put into the lottery mini program as prizes.
Of course, they could also be used as rewards for clan members; even as coming-of-age gifts for the family’s little girls, they could be given a few Beauty Pills.
Before adulthood, study came first, and there was no need to focus too much on appearance. After adulthood, it was different; a few Beauty Pills would at least ensure they were not ugly.
If their features were already good, their looks would definitely stand out.
In contrast, the royal jelly might not be put up for sale anymore.
But when he called, his junior sister did not answer. She was probably busy.
At this time, in the martial arts field, a devilish piece of music had already started playing.
It was 《bad guy》.
They could see Xiao Yu in the martial arts field energetically playing this piece, her face full of excitement.
She found she was simply a genius. She could not learn other music scores and always made mistakes, but this 《bad guy》 she learned very quickly, mastering it in one night.
As she played, many hanfu girls around her could not help wildly dancing.
Leading them, of course, was Xiao Mi.
The other girls were tourists.
After all, with two hanfu internet celebrities appearing here, they naturally came up to take photos with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi. Then Xiao Yu played 《bad guy》, and those hanfu girls could not help but start dancing.
Their bodies were completely out of their control.
Tourists around who heard the music were also drawn over; they too could not help but twist their bodies, and their memories started to revive as well.
Back then there had been that viral video online of the Chen Family Head playing music and the whole audience dancing wildly.
Many people, seeing the uninhibited dancing of the tourists in that video, had felt a little envious.
Under the pressure of real life, many people simply could not let themselves go like that.
But later, the Chen Clan seemed to have stopped such activities, which was a pity.
Now, seeing Xiao Yu playing, and so many hanfu girls dancing, quite a few more girls joined in, and their male companions naturally could not help but start twisting too.
In such a lively atmosphere, it was easy for people to follow the crowd and go with the flow.
That was right, everyone thought it was just the atmosphere.
No one realized this was the effect of the magic qin.
When the piece ended, the tourists who had danced so happily felt a sense of loss, but Xiao Yu was very excited. Having just played it herself, she felt the magic of this qin.
Afterwards, she hurriedly pulled Xiao Mi back. Too many people had come.
Back in their own courtyard, she picked up her mobile phone and discovered that her senior brother had called.
She called back at once. “Senior brother, I didn’t see just now. What is it?”
Chen Han spoke directly into the phone. “I’ll send you a Weixin message. You go buy those medicinal herbs. Later I’ll teach you an alchemy formula.”
“Okay, senior brother.” Xiao Yu immediately agreed happily.
She really wanted to learn these things.
After lunch, the whole Chen Clan family group became lively.
Because the group had announced that the clan genealogy was being confirmed and everyone needed to re-enter the genealogy.
So all households needed to confirm their own family members’ names, identities, and seniority clearly in advance, so that when they registered in the Ancestral Hall, they would not report anything wrong.
If someone was working outside and not working inside the clan, they had to be informed too. Even if they did not work in the clan now, they were still members of the clan and needed to come back and be entered into the genealogy.
Of course, if they felt it did not matter, the family would not indulge them. Even if they lived in the Chen Clan in the future, their descendants’ generation would no longer be considered Chen Clan people.
After this round of entering the genealogy, if they wanted to be added again, it would not be so easy.
As for being unable to return from work or unable to get leave?
They could judge that themselves. If there was something truly important, it was not impossible to take a few days off. It all depended on how seriously they treated it.
If they really had significant matters on hand and truly could not come, they still had to report it clearly in advance or they would not be accommodated.
The Chen Clan was not the same anymore.
This matter of entering the genealogy was absolutely something countless people outside envied.
If they could be entered into the genealogy and still did not cherish it, then they could get lost.
In the Ancestral Hall.
Chen Lin was in charge of this matter. He called a few peers in the family to help. Each held a mobile phone, calling Chen Clan members who were still outside one by one.
Most of the Chen Clan members had already returned to work in the Chen Clan, especially those who had previously done odd jobs with low incomes.
Quite a few who used to have higher education and good jobs had also come back.
After all, the Chen Clan’s salary was not low anymore, and working at home was easy and relaxed.
Naturally, several younger members who had just graduated from university were also interning in the family.
Now that the family’s merit industry was getting bigger and bigger, just the craftsmanship production factory funded by Liao Shuang and the upcoming rapeseed flower planting project required many people to follow up.
Chen Xiaoyan was also leading a team, busy nonstop.
As for some others, whose incomes were indeed higher, earning twenty to thirty thousand a month in big cities and even having girlfriends, they definitely would not easily return to the Chen Clan.
Chen Ke was one of them.
He worked as sales in a company, currently making more than forty thousand a month, though it was exhausting and he drank until he wanted to vomit at social events.
But people fighting in big cities usually had a refusal-to-lose character, so he wanted to fight hard before forty.
If by forty he really could not become a top person, he would go back and lie flat.
This also made him think of his family.
The Chen Clan was very famous online now.
There were even a lot of miraculous rumors inside the family.
As for those, he had never returned to see them and was half in doubt.
However, the Chen Clan was indeed a very good fallback for him. According to the recruitment standards, if he went back he would have no problem getting a ten thousand base salary plus bonuses and full attendance.
In addition, the rental income from the family house, and his parents’ salaries after returning, would allow them a very comfortable life.
So when he received the call about going back to be entered into the genealogy, he took leave without hesitation.
He was not stupid; getting into that genealogy was a guarantee for the future.
Chen Lin made two calls in a row and the clan members’ attitude was very good; they promised to return.
When he saw one particular name, his brows furrowed.
This person was the same generation as Xiao Han. Starting with this person’s father’s generation, their branch had moved out.
His own father and that person’s grandfather had been cousins, but after a quarrel they never contacted each other again. Their family only occasionally came back to tidy the old house.
This year they had only come back once at the beginning of the year.
They still had to be notified for this genealogy.
But that family was doing business in Quan City and doing quite well. By this generation, they rarely came back to the Chen Clan and had little sense of identity with it.
If they did not cooperate this time, the family probably would not tolerate them.
The Chen Clan was truly different now.
Chen Lin directly called. On the other end, a puzzled voice answered, “Hello, you are?”
The other party had not saved his number. Chen Lin awkwardly said, “Chen Yong, this is Chen Lin from the family. I’m calling because the family is revising the genealogy. Everyone needs to be entered, so I hope you can come back once.”
On the other side.
Chen Yong was very surprised to receive this call in his office.
He had, of course, seen news related to the Chen Clan, exaggerated to a mythical degree, but he scoffed at it. It was not like he did not know what the Chen Clan was really like.
Back then his grandfather had quarreled with that cousin because the other side was doing Feng Shui superstition, tricking people, which led to the conflict.
After that, they had always disliked each other. As times changed and science dispelled more and more superstition, his family looked down even more on the other side’s superstition.
He had not expected that the descendants of that cousin would also be engaging in such superstitious promotion.
However, this Chen Han was much smarter than his grandfather. He had latched onto that super tycoon, Liu Ye, gotten himself a purple-robed Daoist identity, and even had people create that Feng Shui book.
That Feng Shui book was simple, easy to understand, and very impressive, but he did not believe that Chen Han and that female internet celebrity had participated in making it.
He knew exactly whether the Chen Clan had that kind of ability.
If they had, his father would have invested in the Chen Clan long ago. Why would it be Chen Han’s father in charge?
They had tried to get his father to invest back then.
His father had been very dismissive.
The other side talked about using Chen Clan kung fu for promotion and such, but in the end there were only a few moves.
But now things were different. Relying on Liu Ye, the Chen Clan had developed, so now it was a good time to invest.
Most importantly, Chen Han and the rest of the family had no business sense whatsoever.
The way they were developing now was downright embarrassing, not even having proper facilities for a well-known scenic spot.
There was no big mall, and they even let Shangyuan Village people run supermarkets and bed and breakfasts.
Wasn’t that a joke?
The straightforward approach would have been to expropriate Shangyuan Village’s land from the start, build hotels, and build shopping facilities for the scenic spot, selling higher-end goods.
In a flash, Chen Yong came up with many ways to make money.
But the clan members were satisfied with their salaries.
If he took charge, he could raise the clan members’ salaries by another 50%.
Of course, he himself would earn much more.
As a member of the Chen Clan, this entry into the genealogy was an opportunity.
He could raise these ideas openly then, and those clan members should know whom to support.
So Chen Yong spoke hypocritically to Chen Lin. “Uncle Lin, I’ll come back. But this time, I want to talk with the uncles and elders, and with Chen Han… I’m a bit older, so I’ll call him Xiao Han. I want to discuss investment.”
“That is, I think the Chen Clan’s current management is wrong. I can help everyone earn more with better plans, but I will need certain management rights.”
Chen Lin was clearly stunned.
What the hell was he talking about?
Had he lost his mind?
But there were already voices on the other side; someone had obviously come in.
Indeed, Chen Yong’s secretary had come to report on company matters. He spoke into the phone, “Uncle Lin, something came up on my side. I’ll hang up now. I’ll come back for the genealogy.”
After hanging up, he showed a strange smile.
Opportunity delivered to his door.
After hearing the secretary’s report, he told the secretary, “Tell finance to reserve some funds during this time. I have big plans.”
In the Chen Clan.
After Chen Lin hung up, he frowned slightly.
He had already talked to his nephew about these issues. The Chen Clan had such problems indeed. Truly ridiculous.
Who did this person think he was, trying to interfere in Chen Clan affairs? It showed he had no idea about the Chen Clan’s actual situation.
Someone who was not even in the family group, how much sense of identity could he have with the family?
Chen Lin felt this needed to be reported to his nephew. He left the Ancestral Hall, found his nephew, and explained the situation.
Chen Han did not care at all, smiling. “Uncle, why bother about such trivial matters? At worst we let him experience the Heavenly Lord’s might. Sometimes it is quite frustrating when there is no chance for a ‘kill the chicken to warn the monkeys’ example.”
Seeing that his nephew did not mind, Chen Lin stopped dwelling on it and went back to work on the genealogy.
In the afternoon, the internet became lively again because of the Chen Clan.
First was the new video of the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese going into “battle.”
Not only did on-site tourists trigger memories upon seeing these geese, but people online did too.
Back then, the Chen Family Head had used these Lion Head Geese to draw a lot of traffic. Seeing them again was rare.
Most importantly, there was news from the Chen Clan that from now on there would be Lion Head Goose performances every day, and everyone could participate in filming videos. This made many tourists planning to visit the Chen Clan very excited.
Then there was the video of Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi leading a dancing session in the Chen Clan martial arts field.
The devilish music of 《bad guy》 and the devilish dance were very attention-grabbing. News also spread that Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi would occasionally lead live dance sessions with everyone.
For many people, that was very interesting, especially those planning to go to the Chen Clan in hanfu. Being able to dance and film videos with two hanfu internet celebrities was something to look forward to.
For a while, the Chen Clan seemed even more fun in many people’s eyes.
But compared to the third matter, these two were rather ordinary.
The third matter was somewhat mind-blowing and even made it onto the trending search.
The video opened with a shot of a sign at the Chen Clan parking lot: “Consultation on Chen Clan Dreamscape related information, please add contact: …”
After watching the video, everyone felt crazy.
Previously, people online had mentioned the Chen Clan Dreamscape, claiming that tourists could dream together and enter a miraculous place in their dreams.
But this had long been exposed online as false, not real at all.
Now there was actually a tour guide doing Chen Clan Dreamscape consultations. And this tour guide was that young man whom the Chen Family Head had once educated toward goodness.
Back then, the news of the Chen Family Head guiding people towards goodness had been very popular.
Now this young man, called Wu Yan, was telling tourists he knew how to enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape and that he could take them there, asking those who wanted to consult to add his contact.
The key point was that many tourists stated they had already followed Wu Yan into the Chen Clan Dreamscape.
How could such news not draw attention?
Douyin, bearing pressure, had not banned this video as superstitious propaganda, which was already very lenient.
The key thing was that within this topic, some videos were spreading the claim that the Old Daoist Priest Chen was inside the light gate of the Chen Clan Dreamscape, so others could not find him.
Right, that light gate had also been mentioned online before and likewise dismissed.
No one had expected that rumor to be used again.
But using this light gate as a pretext was one thing; the key was that the old Daoist priest supposedly used Doubao AI to build an Immortal Valley and made an NPC inside to brew tea for visiting tourists.
Was that acceptable?
Was it?
Everyone who watched the video wanted to complain.
If the Old Daoist Priest Chen was really over 200 years old, he should have an immortal-like demeanor, sitting in meditation. Playing on a mobile phone with Doubao AI, did that make sense?
It was absurd beyond measure; this tour guide Wu Yan seemed a bit stupid, with no sense of logic at all.
However, that seemed to be why Douyin had not blocked the news, because no one would believe it. And it even helped promote their app.
What a great advertisement effect.
Chen Han, however, laughed.
This former devious guest was quite useful.
With such heat, regardless of whether people online believed it, many tourists coming to the Chen Clan would definitely want to try, and even believers would not be able to resist.
He felt that today’s wish power would increase by a large margin.
And tonight, the Dream Entering Realm would definitely be very lively. He might as well go inside and have a look.
At the Chen Clan parking lot, it was indeed very lively.
A crowd of believing tourists surrounded Wu Yan, asking questions.
He kept adding contacts.
Many half-believing, skeptical tourists stood on the sidelines watching, many filming with their phones.
Naturally, there were also people secretly watching Wu Yan.
In one car, three people were watching him.
One clearly in charge instructed, “Our purpose in coming to the Chen Clan this time is only one thing: to probe the Chen Clan’s true situation. In a while, you two go blend in with those tourists, follow Wu Yan, and see whether this Chen Clan Dreamscape is real or fake.”
The other two looked at Wu Yan.
One of them asked, “Wouldn’t directly probing Chen Clan people be more efficient? This guy looks like a smooth talker and a con man.”
The one in charge reminded them, “Do not act rashly. The Thunder Fire Refining Golden Summit has been restored. We might still need the Chen Clan’s help at any time.”
“And it is certain the Chen Clan has real kung fu. I heard Wudang can now cultivate real Tai Chi Fist too, also related to Feng Shui formations.”
“If you probe Chen Clan people directly and run into an expert, you may not be their match. So we can only investigate indirectly.”
The two nodded, got out of the car, and headed toward Wu Yan.
On the other side, Ming Di was with his cousin Xu Bin at a spot by the Shangyuan Village entrance, with a clear view of where Wu Yan was.
“Cousin, do you think what he says is true?” Xu Bin asked in surprise.
Ming Di replied, “It should be true. That is why we had Xueqin put makeup on you, so you could blend in and investigate.”
Hearing this, Xu Bin did not hesitate and headed straight toward Wu Yan.
Zhu Xueqin’s makeup skills were excellent; no one recognized him as the protector expert who had once been beside the demonic cult rogue Ming Di.
“Guide Wu, I want to ask too. Let me add your Weixin,” Xu Bin shouted loudly, squeezing into the crowd.
But in that instant, he sensed something was off.
Two other people were squeezing in as well, very smoothly.
He sensed a familiar trace of scent from them.
Those two were also surprised when they glanced at Xu Bin. They likewise realized the other might be the same kind of person as themselves, at least formerly.
The three exchanged a casual look, felt no malice, and then all diligently questioned Wu Yan.
Seeing how eager the three were, Wu Yan added all three on Weixin and told them to wait in the back. Once there were enough people, he would pull them into a group and tell them what to do.
In fact, as soon as he pulled these people into a group, they became potential customers.
He could then pull those who successfully entered the Chen Clan Dreamscape into another group; they would all be his future business base.
Soon, Wu Yan led a group to his bus. There were too many people to fit, so some had to stand outside.
He then added people into a Weixin group one by one.
After Xu Bin entered the group, he found he could not speak; posting was restricted.
Then Wu Yan sent a message in the group:
“Everyone who made it into this group believes in me, Wu Yan. I will now tell you how to enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape. You need to offer incense in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and receive the Heavenly Lord’s Blessing.”
“When you receive the Heavenly Lord’s Blessing, you will feel warm all over. Then as long as you dream within the Chen Clan area, you can enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape.”
“As for how to dream, I will help you.”
“As for how to enter the light gate of the Chen Clan Dreamscape and see the Immortal Valley built by the Old Daoist Priest Chen, you just need to offer incense twice in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and receive the blessing twice.”
“So in a while, everyone will come with me to the Chen Clan Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall to offer incense. Tourists who are blessed, remember to report to me. I will help you dream better tonight.”
Seeing this, Xu Bin roughly understood.
So after Wu Yan got off the bus and led people into the Chen Clan, Xu Bin slipped away and found his cousin Ming Di, showing him the message.
After reading it, Ming Di laughed. “It is actually this simple? It is just that making people fall asleep and dream is a bit tricky.”
They both knew about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessing and had each received it multiple times.
In the Chen Family Head’s video plot, he was a demonic cult rogue. In reality, he was a pious believer of the Heavenly Lord. Nothing wrong with that.
And this being the condition to enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape was entirely plausible.
Xu Bin responded, “That should not be a problem. In my days as a scout in the special forces, I learned to prepare a special medicine…”
“That is good,” Ming Di said, and directly posted in the Shangyuan Village group: “Everyone who is free, come gather at my place. Tonight we will visit the Chen Clan Dreamscape together so we can better introduce it to lodging tourists.”
As the biggest beneficiaries of tourism to the Chen Clan, Shangyuan Village villagers were almost all believers of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. Knowing that the Heavenly Lord would bless them, many went to offer incense every day.
This message shocked the villagers, and the group became lively.
They had seen the news videos about the Chen Clan Dreamscape, but were unsure if it was true. Now that Ming Di said this, it meant the news was definitely true.
On the other side, the two who had come to investigate the Chen Clan soon followed Wu Yan to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and offered incense with him.
While they were in line, they saw that most of the tourists brought by Wu Yan looked dejected or frowning. They clearly did not feel any blessing.
The two also observed that among the other tourists offering incense around them, most likewise did not receive blessings, and some complained.
“Everything online was a bluff.”
“Yeah, what blessing?”
“I didn’t feel anything. I can’t believe I bought it.”
“…”
Hearing this, the two felt they had probably guessed right.
The so-called Chen Clan Dreamscape was just a scam gimmick.
After they themselves offered incense and nothing happened, they were even more convinced.
They figured Wu Yan would tell those who did not feel blessed that they were not pious enough, and then get a few shills to claim they were blessed.
The routine was simple and old.
A tourist asked, “Guide Wu, we did not feel blessed. Is there any condition required?”
Wu Yan immediately explained, “That is because you are not pious enough.”
At that moment, two of the tourists Wu Yan had brought stepped forward excitedly.
“Guide Wu, I received the blessing.”
“I felt it too. Warm and comfortable.”
The two investigators looked at each other silently.
What a coincidence.
This confirmed they were absolutely right.
The key point was that this scamming method was so old-fashioned, yet so many people believed it.
No wonder anti-fraud apps seemed useless.
They lost interest in further infiltration and left the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
Back in the car, their superior immediately asked, “How is it?”
They answered at once:
“What else? It is just a scam, tricks plus old-fashioned shills, and the excuse of ‘not pious’ so no one can argue back!”
“Yeah, nothing happened when we offered incense. Same for almost everyone. Only a few, and you know what that means.”
Their superior suddenly asked, “But could it be that you really are not pious enough?”
The two were speechless.
One said, “If that’s the case, sir, get some pious people instead. Let the higher-ups choose for you.”
The other chimed in, “Yeah, I do not know myself if I am pious. Find someone who knows.”
The superior was even more speechless.
How was he supposed to approach leadership with this?
The word “pious” involved belief.
If he believed the two were not pious enough, that meant he believed in the so-called superstition online, putting his stance in question, even if it was just to investigate.
And if he asked his leaders to send two “pious” people, who would dare call themselves pious?
If someone was “pious” to this, they would not be loyal to their own beliefs.
It was a bit of a deadlock.
He could only open his phone and type his report: “We have dispatched our most elite personnel to investigate. Preliminary judgment: online information is false. This is a tour guide privately deceiving tourists…”
Then he instructed the two, “That’s it for now. We are heading back.”
…
Time passed.
Night fell quickly. Wu Yan had long been waiting with a group on his bus. This time, he had also rented other buses because too many people had registered.
To his surprise, another bus pulled up next to his, a forty-plus seater. He saw the internet celebrity Ming Di lead people onto it.
In that instant, he felt that a competitor had appeared.
After they were seated, Xu Bin brought out a certain medicine, sharing it with the Shangyuan Village people. It could help them fall asleep and have chaotic, vivid dreams.
After showering and changing, Chen Han checked the wish power prompt records in his mind. Today’s wish power had clearly increased much more.
He sat down cross-legged to cultivate 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture advanced qi cultivation method》. When the Dream Entering Realm option appeared in his mind, he chose to enter it directly.
Tonight, Wu Yan should be able to bring many people in.
Sure enough, before long he saw an area where a cluster of dreamscapes appeared, with all kinds of dreams.
Soon after, Wu Yan emerged again holding a tour guide flag, followed by a group of shocked tourists.
“We really came in.”
“This is amazing.”
“…”
Suddenly, on the other side, another cluster of dreamscapes appeared, meaning another group had arrived together.
Moments later, he was surprised by the arrivals.
Ming Di, Village Chief Guo, and the villagers of Shangyuan Village.
The demonic cult rogue really was a demonic cult rogue; he had already figured out the pattern.
The villagers were also stunned.
“Ming Di, we really came in.”
“Haha, this is incredible.”
“…”
Compared with these two large groups, the few scattered tourists who came in seemed a bit confused.
Soon, both Ming Di’s group and Wu Yan’s tourists were drawn by a glow and all headed toward the light gate.
Then many who had contributed at least 2 points of wish power were sucked in, such as the Shangyuan Village villagers, who basically all met the requirement.
Wu Yan and the tourists he had brought in the previous night were also sucked in again.
Soon, all of them appeared in the Immortal Valley.
The tourists Wu Yan brought were completely ecstatic, especially after drinking the tea bestowed by the NPC old Daoist priest.
The Old Daoist Priest Chen had really made an NPC here.
“Everyone, follow me. I’ll take you to see the Doubao AI-generated mark,” Wu Yan said after everyone had drunk tea, leading them forward.
Seeing this, Ming Di led the villagers along too. Soon, everyone saw the Doubao AI-generated marker.
It left everyone shocked; they had just witnessed how cultivation could keep up with the times.
Utterly abstract.
The key point was that everything was real.
Watching Wu Yan and Ming Di get sucked into the light gate, the Chen Clan Dreamscape itself showed many others’ eyes filled with longing.
They really went in.
This meant everything Guide Wu had said was true. If they offered incense once more tomorrow and received the blessing again, they could enter the light gate too.
After watching for a while, Chen Han exited the Dream Entering Realm. With what had happened today, the Dream Entering Realm tourism would definitely become more and more popular.
Especially with the villagers of Shangyuan Village being able to come in large numbers, they would surely explain everything in detail to tourists.
Most importantly, would tourists who had entered once only come once?
After entering the Dream Entering Realm the first time, they would want to pass through the light gate.
After entering the light gate and drinking a cup of Immortal Tea, feeling such comfort, they would certainly want a second cup; if not immediately, then soon.
With such intensity, the speed and amount of wish power growth would soon be beyond imagination.
After leaving the Dream Entering Realm, Chen Han went to another room and looked at the Special Soul Summoning Banner. Who would have thought this computer-like banner was so miraculous, containing such a wondrous dreamscape?
This made him think again of the level 1 family cave dwelling construction scroll. It required space materials; this Special Soul Summoning Banner contained the Dream Entering Realm and a special dream realm. Could it count as material?
He tried taking the level 1 family cave dwelling construction scroll out of the game warehouse and sticking it onto the computer, but unfortunately, the game system showed no reaction.
He sighed.
The conditions set by the game system were really maddening.
As Chen Han pondered, he was about to put the level 1 family cave dwelling construction scroll back into the game warehouse. But when he looked at the items inside, he froze.
Then he looked at the computer-shaped Special Soul Summoning Banner, then back at the game warehouse.
Everything was already so abstract. Could this also be abstracted?
If it worked, the family cave dwelling could be built.
What if?
