Chapter 316: Space Material Beyond Expectations! Is The Family Grotto-heaven Secured?
Chen Han did not hesitate. With a thought, several items appeared in his hand.
Two storage disks, four USB drives.
These were items dropped from the three previous demon extermination instances, containing the data of those exposed crimes he had uploaded online.
Whether storage disks or USB drives, they were just as the game system prompts had said, items dropped inside the dungeons.
They had storage space, so were they space materials?
That made sense, right?
Chen Han immediately took one USB drive and placed it together with the Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll.
A game prompt appeared at once:
【A special space material has been detected. It can be used by the Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll to build the cave dwelling. Absorb the special space material?】
Indeed, the game system was abstract. Sometimes you had to keep up with the system’s abstract logic.
Without hesitation, he chose yes.
In the next moment, he saw the USB drive slowly merge into the Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll, as if an ice cube were melting rapidly over a flame.
In the blink of an eye, the USB drive completely disappeared.
The Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll did not show any change, but a game prompt appeared:
【The Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll has absorbed one unit of space material. Current space material meets 10% of the construction requirement!】
Seeing this, Chen Han let the scroll absorb the other three USB drives as well.
By the end, the space material had reached 40%.
Without hesitation, he also placed one storage disk for the Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll to absorb.
【The Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll has absorbed one unit of space material. Current space material meets 60% of the construction requirement.】
One storage disk clearly provided 10% more effect than a USB drive.
But this left him troubled as he looked at the last remaining storage disk in his hand.
With that added, it should reach 80%.
But only 80%. That remaining 20% stuck there was unbearably frustrating.
After letting the scroll absorb the final storage disk, Chen Han looked at the 80% value, then hurried to the Chen Clan office area and found Chen Xiaoyan to get two new USB drives.
Because of office needs, she kept a lot of such office supplies on hand.
Taking the two USB drives back to his room, he took out the Level 1 Family Cave Dwelling Construction Scroll again, but this time the scroll had no reaction to the USB drives.
In other words, USB drives from reality were just USB drives. Only those dropped in the game dungeons could count as space materials.
But this was really maddening, stuck at 80%, unbearably uncomfortable.
He hurried to another room, looked toward the restroom door, placed his palm on it, and the instance portal information appeared.
The three demon extermination instances were all still refreshing, and he did not know when they would open again.
It seemed that, for now, this Family Grotto-Heaven could only rely on those three demon extermination instances dropping more USB drives, storage disks, and similar space materials.
However, knowing that space materials could be obtained in reality, and that only 20% more was needed to complete it, was also a good thing.
It was still better than having no hope at all.
Then he returned to his room, took out an intermediate spirit stone, and circulated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture advanced qi cultivation method》 to cultivate.
…
A night passed.
Wu Yan and Ming Di and the others woke up almost at the same time.
Then, whether it was the tourists brought by Wu Yan or the villagers brought by Ming Di, they all became noisy, faces full of joy and surprise.
The Chen Clan Dreamscape could actually be entered according to a pattern.
Ming Di hurried away with the villagers of Shangyuan Village. They were going to share this news with the tourists living in Shangyuan Village and even help those tourists who could receive the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessing enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape.
Ming Di’s plan was simpler: he needed to go back and post a video.
He had to ride this wave of popularity.
Back in his room, he turned on his mobile phone to start recording: “These past two days, the matter of the Chen Clan Dreamscape has been stirred up everywhere. I think this might be unfavorable to our Holy Cult, so I specially led people to infiltrate the Chen Clan to find out the truth. Now I fully understand what this Chen Clan Dreamscape is.”
“It is just a place created by that Chen Clan ancestor using the power of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. As long as you offer incense in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and receive a trace of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s blessing, you can enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape while you sleep and dream.”
“Furthermore, that Chen Clan ancestor even specially set up a location and created something inside called an NPC, and even left a mark that says ‘Doubao AI generated’.”
“Right now I do not know what these things mean or signify. I hope all fellow practitioners can help me investigate clearly what this Doubao AI symbol stands for.”
“I must find a way to destroy this Chen Clan dreamscape. I always feel that this dreamscape will be unfavorable to our Holy Cult.”
Ming Di watched the recorded video once. He had clearly explained how to enter the Chen Clan Dreamscape, and he had added a touch of abstraction, with the goal of destroying the Chen Clan Dreamscape. It would definitely catch eyes.
He directly chose to upload it, with the title: 《Leading a team to infiltrate the Chen Clan Dreamscape》.
Right now, at night, all the news heat was about the Chen Clan Dreamscape, so his video would definitely attract attention.
Just as he expected, many people poured into his video and were drawn in.
Among Chen Clan-related videos, apart from a few Chen Clan internet celebrities, Ming Di was the most famous. The videos he posted carried a bit of authority.
Because everyone knew this guy was rather sinister. Evil deeds inside the Chen Clan were handled by the Chen Clan, but evil deeds outside the Chen Clan seemingly fell under this demonic cult rogue’s control.
Many people had been caught by this demonic cult rogue and sent into the sewing machine factory.
Now this demonic cult rogue was also talking about the Chen Clan Dreamscape. How could that not attract people?
For a while, followers of Ming Di’s video rapidly increased, and the data on the video soared.
…
Uncle’s kitchen.
After handling the medicinal cuisine and putting it on to stew, Chen Han opened Douyin to scroll through videos and also saw Ming Di’s video about the Chen Clan Dreamscape.
Moreover, the online discussion about the Chen Clan Dreamscape had become even more intense. He believed that with people like Wu Yan and Ming Di promoting it to other tourists, even many who were not truly pious might, in that brief time, develop piety due to curiosity and anticipation toward the Chen Clan Dreamscape, thereby providing wish power.
Once wish power was offered, and blessings were received, and they entered the Chen Clan Dreamscape, they would definitely be pious believers once they came out.
As Chen Han was thinking, his uncle came in from outside and handed him a clan genealogy: “Xiao Han, we have already traced back the Chen Clan ancestors’ generation sequence to twenty generations. Take a look. If there is no problem, our Chen Clan can hold the genealogy registration ceremony and start entering clan members into the genealogy.”
After taking the genealogy, Chen Han opened it and read.
Starting from his father’s generation, up to his grandfather’s generation, great-grandfather’s generation, and so on, everything was clearly recorded.
The other Chen Clan ancestors, those the same generation as his father, and those the same generation as his grandfather and great-grandfather, were also recorded with clarity.
Chen Han could not recognize all these generational relations, so he chose to trust his uncle. After handing the genealogy back, he instructed, “Uncle, since the genealogy trace-back is done, you handle arranging the registration.”
“Alright, I will arrange it.” Chen Lin nodded and went out again.
In the afternoon, while in the courtyard, Chen Han received a call from his junior sister: “Senior brother, I have bought all the medicinal herbs you asked for and brought them to uncle’s kitchen.”
“Okay, I am coming over now.” Chen Han hung up, pretended to enter the hall, took from the game warehouse some of the royal jelly he had stored there, and then went to uncle’s kitchen.
When his junior sister saw him arrive, she quickly asked, “Senior brother, what pill are you going to teach me to refine this time?”
Chen Han smiled and said, “Of course it is something all girls like. It is a kind of beauty pill that can improve complexion and whiten the skin, and its effect is very good.”
“Senior brother, is there really such a thing? Hurry and teach me.” Xiao Yu’s face immediately showed expectation and a faint excitement.
Thanks to the precious ring given by her senior brother, she and Xiao Mi Jie both had increasingly good figures, and they were very satisfied with their bodies.
Within the national style circle, many already ranked Xiao Mi Jie as the number one beauty, the number one national style goddess.
Of course, she herself was not far behind.
If there was also such an effective beauty pill, with a great figure plus being pretty and fair-skinned, then her senior brother should like it even more, right?
“Take out all those medicinal herbs.” Chen Han told his junior sister, while also finding the pounding tools in uncle’s kitchen and putting the royal jelly on the spirit fire stove.
Xiao Yu did not hesitate. She took out all the medicinal herbs from the bag one by one and placed them on the table to the side, convenient for her senior brother to inspect and use.
Chen Han picked up the pounding tools and took the first herb, angelica, while explaining to his junior sister, “The main ingredient of this beauty pill is royal jelly, but the other auxiliary materials must be pounded first.”
Xiao Yu seriously took notes by his side.
Because she regularly refined body tempering pills, she already had some alchemy experience, but her memory was poor, so she also used her mobile phone to record a video of what Chen Han was explaining.
Following the refinement method in the formula, Chen Han pounded each herb and then, according to the specified sequence and weight ratio, mixed them into the royal jelly, turning everything into a paste.
Finally, he put the herbal paste into the spirit pressure cooker to begin refining and ended up with more than ten beauty pills.
When he put them away, he casually stored one into the game warehouse and saw the remark information:
【Beauty Pill: This is a special pill refined with royal jelly. It has a special beauty effect: whitening +2, complexion enhancement +】
Seeing this, he handed the remaining beauty pills to his junior sister. “Take these beauty pills and try them with Xiao Mi, then practice refining them yourselves.”
“Okay.” Xiao Yu nodded, eagerly taking the pills to find Xiao Mi. Upon seeing her, she said, “Sister Xiao Mi, senior brother has refined another pill that can improve complexion and whiten the skin. Let’s quickly try its effect.”
Xiao Mi was surprised and intrigued.
The words “improve complexion and whiten” had a huge appeal to girls.
With the special ring given by Chen Han, her figure was already flawless, and if there was also a pill that could improve complexion and whiten, that would be almost too perfect.
He would definitely like it even more then.
The two girls, a bit impatient, each took one beauty pill. At the same time, the Chen Clan’s matter regarding the genealogy was also settled.
All members of the Chen Clan knew this was extremely important. Over the next two days, as the online popularity of the Chen Clan Dreamscape rose higher, the Chen Clan members had already prepared for registration into the clan genealogy.
Many Chen Clan members living elsewhere returned one after another.
…
Before the morning sun had spread over the land, Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi had already gotten up early. As soon as they met, the two girls rushed into the restroom to look in the mirror.
They had been taking the beauty pills for the past two days, and the effect was astonishingly good.
“Sister Xiao Mi, you are even fairer.”
“Mm, fair with a rosy glow, I do not even need makeup anymore.”
Exactly. When a person’s skin was very fair, even with a natural rosy glow, there was no need for makeup. The purpose of foundation was to make the face look whiter, but makeup leaves obvious traces.
With naturally fair, rosy skin, why bother with makeup?
The key was that their entire bodies’ skin had become fairer.
“Senior brother’s beauty pill is amazing.”
“Yes. If this can be mass-produced, those beauty salons might as well close down.”
While praising it, they did not forget to wash up. Then they hurried to the Three Old Elm Trees to cultivate, because now that they had guided true qi into their dantian and increased their strength, they could absorb even more energy each time.
After refining the absorbed energy, they glanced at Chen Han, who was still sitting with eyes closed cultivating, then returned to the Chen Clan together with Chen Lin and the others.
The aunt-grandmother had chosen an auspicious hour in the afternoon for entering the genealogy, so everyone was very busy today. She even called Xiao Mi over to help.
The sun rose higher and higher.
In the Chen Clan Parking Lot and inside Shangyuan Village, one could see Wu Yan and the villagers of Shangyuan Village explaining the Chen Clan Dreamscape to the relevant tourists.
For the past two days, the popularity of the Chen Clan Dreamscape had not diminished, and many tourists were asking about it.
A luxury car drove rapidly toward the Chen Clan from the distance. A Bentley worth over 4 million, in a place like Linhe County, was rare even with the current influx of tourists.
Inside the car, Chen Yong looked at the Chen Clan getting closer and began to think about the afternoon’s family registration. If he wanted to use this chance to gain recognition from other family members, he had to make them see opportunities for greater profit, to see the benefits.
He had a plan. First, he wanted to represent the Chen Clan in negotiating with that tycoon, Liu Ye, to at least secure more benefits for the Chen Clan.
With the Chen Clan’s current fame, no matter how the other side invested in the Chen Clan, the Chen Clan had the standing to negotiate.
Especially for that tycoon’s rapeseed flower project.
He knew that, for such a project, as the supported side, the Chen Clan normally would not qualify to participate directly.
But he felt he had the ability to secure some shares in the project for the Chen Clan.
That would be an enormous profit in the future.
He had prepared several proposals for this.
He had also carefully studied the Chen Clan’s development over the past two days and had become increasingly convinced that Chen Han was not suitable to be patriarch, because he had no planning for the family’s development.
After the car stopped in the Chen Clan Parking Lot, Chen Yong got out with confidence. Feeling the fresh and comfortable air outside, he was surprised. “Has Linhe County’s climate been this pleasant lately? It is even more comfortable than the car with air conditioning. That is a huge advantage for tourism.”
A Bentley worth over 4 million entering the parking lot naturally drew attention, especially from Wu Yan, who was there explaining the Chen Clan Dreamscape to tourists.
But Chen Yong did not look at these people at all. He took his driver and secretary straight into the Chen Clan compound and went to his own house.
The house had not been cleaned for a long time and was covered with a layer of dust, but with a driver and secretary, he could just have them clean up.
He did notice that the Chen Clan had changed a lot. Standing at the courtyard gate and looking around carefully, he was suddenly attracted by two girls in hanfu, unable to look away.
He recognized one of them as Chen Han’s junior sister, and the other seemed to be the online celebrity Xiao Mi, who now made her living relying on the Chen Clan.
He was truly shocked.
Their figures were even better than in the videos.
Absolutely perfect.
The key was their fair, delicate skin, fair with a rosy glow, and clearly without makeup, yet already surpassing those made-up girls.
Exquisite.
Absolutely exquisite.
The Chen Clan really had become interesting.
For the upcoming genealogy registration, he had to go all out.
He again carefully took out a few proposals and reviewed them.
Clearly, he had no idea about the Chen Clan’s current situation, and he was just an ordinary person.
Time passed.
Afternoon came quickly, and people from the Chen Clan had already started organizing a group to head to the Ancestral Hall.
Because there were many tourists, the clan members could not all go at once and had to go in batches. However, the elder members of each family were all called to go.
Those who were older and currently on duty at their positions were temporarily covered by other family members who were not yet at work.
Chen Yong naturally received the news and also went to the so-called Ancestral Hall, which was actually a side hall of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall.
He felt the ceremony was not done properly. If they were going to make a show of formality, would it not be better to spend money to build a separate, more imposing hall?
When he entered the Ancestral Hall, he saw many family elders, some of whom he recognized, like Chen Lin who had called him, and also Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng. As for the older generation, he did not know them.
He recognized few others.
In the past, when his father was still alive and brought him back, they would just stay in the old house and rarely interact with people. After all, would a successful businessman get chummy with people who earned only a few thousand a month?
Of course not.
Today’s presiding host was still the aunt-grandmother.
After she came out, she spoke, “Everyone quiet down. Now that almost everyone is here, we will begin entering the genealogy according to the generational sequence. Chen Lin, you will be the scribe.”
“Okay.” Chen Lin nodded and sat down at a designated spot.
The scribe for entering names into the genealogy had to be someone of high virtue in the family. Chen Lin was a Chen Clan hall master and the patriarch’s uncle, so this role suited him best.
Seeing they were about to begin, Chen Yong immediately stepped out. “Well, maybe we should put the genealogy registration later. I think we can first talk about other matters.”
At his words, the surrounding clan members all looked at him, many with puzzled expressions.
“Who is he?”
“Never seen him.”
“I have no impression either.”
“…”
These whispers left Chen Yong a bit embarrassed, so he quickly introduced himself, “Let me introduce myself. My dad is Chen Fei, and I am Chen Yong. I was also invited back today to enter the genealogy. But before that, I would like to talk to everyone about the future of the Chen Clan. I think the Chen Clan’s current development is not good.”
The clan members around him stared in stunned silence at this young man.
Where did he get the nerve to question things like this?
Did he not know this was the Ancestral Hall? Was he not afraid of punishment?
Chen Han watched Chen Yong with interest.
He had no impression of this person, but from the name he guessed it was the one his uncle had mentioned.
They had yet to make an example of anyone within the clan to “kill the chicken to warn the monkeys,” and now one had delivered himself.
Besides, it was not good to use someone truly familiar as the first “chicken.” Someone he did not remember, acting like this, was just perfect.
He directly asked his aunt-grandmother, “Aunt-grandmother, during the genealogy registration, if a clan member disrupts order, should they be punished?”
The aunt-grandmother also disliked this man and nodded. “Patriarch, he should be punished.”
Without hesitation, Chen Han solemnly faced the statues of the ancestors and said, “Ancestors, bear witness. A clan member has disrupted the genealogy registration ceremony. Please descend punishment.”
At the same time, he activated the two rings in his hand, the carriers of Bite Teeth and Hemorrhoid Skill, directly setting the duration to ten times.
Whether the result was severe or not, he would punish first. This was also a good way to establish authority, so everyone would know the importance of the genealogy and the solemnity of entering it.
“Pfft.” Seeing Chen Han’s seemingly theatrical act, Chen Yong mocked, “Chen Han, this routine of yours is useless. Talking to statues and memorial tablets is not as convincing as that old daoist priest you made u… ah… ouch…”
Before he could finish, he suddenly felt a wave of sharp pain in his teeth that pierced into his nerves.
The key point was, it was not just a stab of pain; it persisted, forcing him to keep sucking in cold air.
Chen Yong’s abnormal reaction was immediately noticed by all the clan members, who looked at him in confusion. But Chen Yong could not endure it. With this toothache, he had no mind to discuss any plans and instinctively wanted to see a doctor.
But after only two steps, his eyes widened as if something had exploded inside, followed by the pain of glass cutting through soft flesh.
That instant of pain nearly made his legs buckle.
The simultaneous pains made cold sweat bead on his forehead, leaving him on the verge of collapse.
Chen Han’s cold voice sounded. “To disrupt the genealogy registration ceremony, the ancestors’ punishment must be endured properly.”
These words made all the clan members realize that this person was being punished by the ancestors.
They immediately fell silent. They knew well that there were many mysterious phenomena in the Chen Clan, and seeing his suffering, they were sure this ancestral punishment was real.
“???” Chen Yong stared in horror, shaking his head. “Impossible. How can something like this be real?”
Chen Lin had long run out of patience with him. “As a member of the Chen Clan, to be this ignorant is a first. Take him out. He is forbidden from entering the Ancestral Hall and will not be entered into the genealogy.”
Chen Dagou also understood that the patriarch and Chen Lin wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, to firmly establish the authority of the genealogy and of the Chen Clan.
Without hesitation, he stepped forward, grabbed Chen Yong, and dragged him out.
This shocked Chen Yong. How could the other party be so strong?
Before he could react, he was thrown outside the side door of the Ancestral Hall, landing hard on the ground. The glass-cutting pain intensified, tearing at his nerves, leaving him unable to move as he hastily called his driver and secretary.
By the time the secretary and driver rushed over and helped him up, he weakly said, “Quick… send me to the hospital…”
They had no idea what had happened to their boss, and could only obey. But after only a few steps, Chen Yong saw the tycoon Liu Ye, who was actually talking with people from the Chen Clan.
Before coming back, he had investigated and learned that this was Chen Xiaoyan, who handled many of the Chen Clan’s business affairs.
“Manager Chen, let’s settle that rapeseed planting land for now,” Liu Ye said with a broad smile. “But your Chen Clan still needs to send more people. After all, you are the locals, and this project is still your merit industry. Seventy percent belongs to your Chen Clan.”
“Do not worry, Director Liu, I will arrange it,” Chen Xiaoyan quickly assured him, also being very polite to him.
She knew very well that without the family and without the patriarch, such a tycoon would not spare her a glance, let alone personally hand over such matters to her.
Hearing this, Chen Yong felt as if struck by lightning and even wondered if he was hallucinating.
He had always thought the rapeseed flower project belonged to this tycoon. Otherwise, why would he invest so heavily here?
But what had he just heard? The rapeseed flower project was in fact the Chen Clan’s industry, with a seventy percent share. In other words, the tycoon Liu Ye was working hard here essentially for the Chen Clan.
My god.
He felt his worldview overturning.
At the same time, he instinctively realized he had done something extremely stupid.
What kind of situation would make a tycoon like Liu Ye show this kind of attitude?
Perhaps the shock was too great. His head lolled to the side and he fainted.
In the instant before he lost consciousness, he thought of his toothache and the other pain, and of Chen Lin’s comment that he was uniquely ignorant for a Chen Clan member.
Inside the Ancestral Hall, with Chen Yong as a cautionary example, the effect of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys was remarkable. The other clan members were all silent, not daring to breathe loudly.
Everyone knew the Chen Clan possessed mysterious power, and entering the genealogy was the most solemn matter.
They did not want to end up like Chen Yong, expelled from the clan.
If they were truly barred from entering the Chen Clan genealogy, they would no longer be considered part of the Chen Clan. Their current good days would be over, and their families would resent them bitterly.
Only when Chen Lin called a clan member’s name would that person carefully come forward. Under the aunt-grandmother’s guidance, they would be entered into the genealogy, and Chen Lin would mark their name in red.
As more clan members were entered and more names marked in red, the genealogy became fuller. That was the foundation of a family.
Chen Han’s own name had long been written down.
At this moment, he was also attentively watching the genealogy registration ceremony.
Suddenly, a game prompt sounded in his mind, and his expression turned to delighted surprise.
With this, the family cave dwelling should be secured, right?
