Chapter 334: That’s Way Too Fast! The Western Expedition Starts Just Like That?
Chen Han felt he had just experienced the greatest fraud; even those people in the Wu Tai Sect dungeon would not scam this hard.
He had been expecting a grand scene.
One hundred thousand believers, and there were only ten. What grand scene could there be?
Their names would not happen to be Lin Ten-thousand, Tian Ten-thousand, Gong Ten-thousand, Zhao Ten-thousand… or something like that, right?
Then collectively called one hundred thousand?
Forget it, he would not think about it.
This kind of abstraction from the game system was not the first time, but this time it was a bit excessive.
When aunt-grandmother saw him come, she also announced the start of the consecration ceremony and handed him a fly whisk.
Previously, for the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall consecration ceremony, they used a sword, because that time it was a newly purchased statue of god, unstained by divinity, possibly to be seized by short-sighted monsters, so a sword was needed for deterrence.
This statue of god had been prepared long ago and had been placed for a long time behind the enshrined Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, already imbued with a trace of divinity, so no short-sighted monsters would dare target it. Therefore, using the fly whisk to lightly sweep away dust was enough.
However, the steps such as invoking talismans and dotting cinnabar were the same.
At this step, Chen Han, who had already opened the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and entered the opening meridians state, could pretend to be impressive with ease.
After the ceremony began, Mahadra was pulled to sit cross-legged by Daoist Priest Li.
He could see that this was a very solemn ceremony and also knew that the statue of god was to be taken back by him, so he was extremely serious and did not want to miss a single detail.
Because this might be something he could speak of when he preached the Heavenly Lord in the future.
Only when he saw the Chen Family Head raise his hand, his eyes instantly widened, revealing disbelief.
Those talismans actually floated up on their own and circled, floating and rotating around the raised hand of that family head.
This scene almost made him cry out.
It was too incredible.
The other party seemed to possess divine power.
As expected of a family that enshrined the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, as expected of a clan blessed by god, as expected of the one that could create the Chen Clan Dreamscape.
It was not only Mahadra; even the faces of Daoist Priest Li and the others showed disbelief.
The Chen Family Head actually knew such a skill as Aerial Talisman Manipulation?
In the Daoist Sect, there were many legends about Aerial Talisman Manipulation, but those were techniques only those great masters and grandmasters of legend could use.
In the current Daoist Sect no one knew it, and even looking three generations up, they had not seen any elder use it.
And now they had actually seen it.
Daoist Priest Li became even more certain that this Chen Family Head was definitely a great master of their era.
In the past few hundred years of the Daoist Sect’s decline, a great master would appear every few centuries to revitalize the Daoist Sect.
This was one of the reasons why the Daoist Sect had been able to pass on without withering.
Moreover, with the Chen Family Head’s great fame, was the Daoist Sect not now on the rise?
Now, with Feng Shui Geography Science and the matter of Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution, the Daoist Sect was receiving more and more attention, and many people online were studying Feng Shui Geography and Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution.
The Chen Clan labyrinth had been open for two days of experience, and in these two days discussions about the labyrinth had increased. Now everyone knew that to break the Chen Clan labyrinth, one definitely had to study Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution.
Afterward, more and more people online would study Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution, and it might even become a branch of mathematics.
For example, recently people from relevant departments had contacted the Daoist Association here, wanting to incorporate some content from that 《Basic Feng Shui》 into geography textbooks.
After all, once Feng Shui was proven to be a science, it was in a certain sense above geography, because geography could not arrange Feng Shui, while the 《Basic Feng Shui》 compiled by the Chen Family Head was simple and easy to understand and made it easy to use geography to arrange Feng Shui patterns.
With the Daoist Association coordinating several Feng Shui pattern knowledge pieces published by the higher-ups, there were even geniuses online who had laid out those patterns and confirmed they were effective.
Was that not more awesome than geography?
So the geography science department wanted to include this content; without putting some of it in the textbooks, it made their discipline feel somewhat lacking.
Presumably, Eight Trigrams I Ching would be the same.
The reason why Daoist things had not been recognized in the past was that much of it was too mystical, and others could not understand it.
In ancient times this was a kind of encryption; without direct transmission one would not know the inner content.
But such encryption had extremely low risk resistance; with slight turmoil, war, or internal chaos, it could be lost.
This was also why many things in the Daoist Sect had now been lost.
Now the Chen Family Head used scientific methods to present Feng Shui and Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution, and everyone was amazed to find that it did not seem that difficult.
For example, the sets formed by Eight Trigrams I Ching evolution and the binomial theorem; once the Chen Family Head published it, as long as one had a mathematics foundation and then learned the basics of Eight Trigrams I Ching, they would have directions of attack, and it did not seem so hard.
Although this only represented the part about transformations, everyone had to admire that the Chen Family Head could express metaphysics through such formulas.
Of course, the Chen Family Head’s influence on the Daoist Sect was not only this, but also the Feng Shui formations, the restoration of the Wudang Thunderfire Alchemy Peak, and the confirmation that the 《Tai Chi Fist》 manual could truly be cultivated. For the Daoist Sect, these were all a new chapter.
The key was that the Chen Family Head was willing to share these things, letting other Daoist Palace Temples know.
Otherwise, if the Chen Family Head said nothing, only the Chen Clan would know these, and the other Daoist Palace Temples would not.
This also showed the breadth of mind of the Chen Family Head, and it was why those purple-robed Daoist priests were all willing to be close with him.
They were sincerely convinced by him.
The once-in-centuries great master of the Daoist Sect embodied various virtues in the Chen Family Head.
In fact, he himself had no idea; it was simply that Chen Han did not care if the Daoist Sect people knew these superficial things, and they happened to help cover for the Chen Clan and serve as the best explanation.
After all, he was a cultivator; why would he care about these low-level things?
At this moment, Daoist Priest Li, Mahadra, and the others were once again drawn by Chen Han’s actions.
They saw him wave his hand, and those runes floating around his palm drifted one by one toward the candles, automatically lighting them. Then they all flew toward the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, burning as they circled, scattering ash and wafting smoke.
Daoist Priest Li’s eyes widened as he recalled verses about the consecration of statues of god; yet another legend had been confirmed.
After cultivating the Dao for so long, it seemed that all kinds of Daoist legends could be witnessed one by one in the Chen Family Head.
Mahadra’s mouth opened even wider, and he was completely speechless.
Now he finally understood why many people on their side called it “that ancient and mysterious country of the East.”
He had not been here long and had already witnessed so many mysterious things.
When those floating, spinning talismans finished burning, Chen Han waved his hand again. He cast the Sword Control Technique, and a brush was controlled to float up. It lightly touched the cinnabar, then flew toward the statue of god and gently dotted the spot between its eyebrows, completing this consecration.
The brush flew back to its original place, and Chen Han had barely moved his feet. Who else could manage such methods?
Only then did Chen Han look at Mahadra. “Rohaider, this statue of god has been consecrated. After you take it back, remember to build a Daoist Temple for enshrining it as soon as possible. Now worship the Heavenly Lord statue of god and respectfully invite the Heavenly Lord.”
Mahadra had long been fully convinced about all this. He did not hesitate and hurriedly prostrated before the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, his face full of piety.
【You have gained 1 point of wish power!】
As expected of a pious believer, even this could provide a bit of wish power.
At this time, Chen Han took out the special outer domain Sweet Dew Manifestation Scroll he had previously prepared.
He handed it to Mahadra and said, “This is a gift the Heavenly Lord has bestowed upon you. When you return to your homeland, build a Daoist Temple to enshrine the Heavenly Lord. Use your most devout blood as the guide and pray to the Heavenly Lord with pious faith to use it. The Heavenly Lord will bless everyone.”
“Thank you, Heavenly Lord, thank you, Heavenly Lord.” Mahadra hurried to express his thanks, even kowtowing, while reverently holding up the Manifestation Scroll in his hands, not daring to be the least negligent.
In his heart, this was a divine artifact granted by god.
Furthermore, he had experienced the Heavenly Lord’s blessing; it definitely brought benefits. Once he returned and used this, those who were blessed would surely have faith in the Heavenly Lord as he did.
As long as their piety was sufficient and enough people believed, he believed the Heavenly Lord’s power would cover his homeland, drive away all dark clouds, and let sunlight once again bathe the land.
Their children would no longer have to fear being unable to grow up.
The more he thought, the more excited he became.
After giving the item, Chen Han no longer involved himself in the subsequent matters. As for how to transport the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation and move it out, there would be people to arrange it.
Daoist Priest Li did not even need to worry; there would be people to handle it perfectly.
After all, other directions could not participate in that place, and their stances were incompatible. This export of traditional culture was an experiment, especially in exporting religious culture.
After leaving the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, Chen Han went to the Affairs Hall, planning to enter the Family Cave Mansion to cultivate.
Now there were always people from the Demon Subduing Hall guarding the Affairs Hall.
After Chen Jun cultivated the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》, he was also put in charge of guarding this place.
After all, many Body Tempering Pills, Beauty Pills, several medicinal wines, and more and more things would be stored upstairs. It was effectively the Chen Clan’s treasury.
“Family Head.”
“Family Head.”
The burly gatekeepers of the Demon Subduing Hall saw him arrive and greeted him respectfully.
Chen Han went to the top floor and entered the Family Cave Mansion from there. Inside, he saw his junior sister at the Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cooker doing alchemy.
She had not taken part in the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall events today; that was not her responsibility, and she had no interest in acting along.
She had apparently just finished refining a furnace of pills. Seeing him come in, she immediately ran up to claim credit and handed him some finished Body Tempering Pills.
Chen Han took those pills and, after a look, stored some of them in the game warehouse:
【Body Tempering Pill（Good Quality）: This is a good quality Body Tempering Pill. When used together with martial arts training it has a special effect: physique training +】
Most of the Body Tempering Pills were like this. Using better medicinal herbs to refine them produced good quality Body Tempering Pills with stronger body-tempering effects.
At present, only recorded clan members could receive these. Other ordinary clan members could only receive standard Body Tempering Pills.
Moreover, most clan members had to make contributions. Clan members in Demon Subduing Hall positions could get a bit more, since sometimes they really needed to act.
They could not have every matter handled by the hall master or the family head anymore.
If there were real thieves, even without the Demon Subduing Hall, the Chen Clan could handle it. After all, many had taken Body Tempering Pills; with a stick in hand, no thief could withstand them.
What surprised him was that one of the Body Tempering Pills had the following remark information:
【Body Tempering Pill （Premium）: This is a good quality Body Tempering Pill. When used together with martial arts training it has a special effect: physique training +】
Chen Han immediately understood that this was because the Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cooker in the Family Cave Mansion each had +1, making them stronger than the ones outside, so they had produced a higher quality Body Tempering Pill.
The effect of this Body Tempering Pill might not be inferior to medicinal cuisine. After all, for the medicinal cuisine he was making now, the demonic beast meat was from beasts that had only just become demonic beasts; for a true cultivator, its effect was limited.
For someone like Chen Han, although he still made medicinal cuisine every day, its effect on him was already minimal.
Acting casual, he took out those Body Tempering Pills and compared the premium and good quality ones, and indeed made a discovery.
The surface of the premium pill was noticeably rounder and smoother. With a careful look it was easy to tell them apart.
“Senior brother, do you think these pills are different?” Xiao Yu now spoke with the air of testing her senior brother, clearly aware of the difference between the two types.
Understandably so; if she refined pills every day and failed to notice, she would be too careless.
He smiled and handed her the premium Body Tempering Pill, telling her to store this type separately; its effect should be no weaker than that of medicinal cuisine.
“Senior brother, I knew you could tell.” His junior sister said with a bright smile, then ran back to continue alchemy.
Chen Han sat down cross-legged, took out intermediate spirit stones, and operated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture advanced qi cultivation method》 to cultivate for a while, then began cultivating the Immortal Light Merging spell.
Within moments, a yin-yang Tai Chi diagram of green and white qi appeared in his hand and rapidly expanded, covering the entire Family Cave Mansion in a short time.
This miraculous scene was noticed by Xiao Yu, who immediately showed a look of surprise.
So miraculous.
But since her senior brother was cultivating, she did not dare disturb him. Only when he finished and stood up did she hurry forward to ask, “Senior brother, was that a spell just now?”
“Mm, you could call it a spell.” Chen Han nodded with a smile. Seeing the expectation in his junior sister’s eyes, he added with a smile, “We’ll talk after you open up the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.”
Xiao Yu looked a bit dejected at these words.
She had only just begun guiding true qi into her dantian; she was still trying to open the first of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Opening all eight seemed very far away.
Then she gazed at her senior brother with full admiration. She had known he was stronger than her, but not by how much.
Now she at least knew one thing: her senior brother had definitely opened the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
He was really amazing.
Chen Han checked the time and exited the Family Cave Mansion.
After leaving the Affairs Hall, his uncle called him.
He picked up, his uncle asked his location, then quickly came to find him and handed him a blueprint. “Xiao Han, take a look at this design concept. It is a mini toy of our Chen Clan labyrinth. We plan to have the engineering side produce it and then sell it as merchandise.”
“We can recreate the labyrinth in the mini toy to simulate Eight Trigrams evolution paths on it, allowing tourists to practice the labyrinth paths and train on it.”
From the design concept drawing, Chen Han could basically understand the idea.
And according to his uncle, with such a labyrinth toy, every time the Chen Clan changed the path, they could make a new toy, letting tourists practice on it, applying Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution.
The key was that it also had fun and entertainment value.
He believed many people would like it.
Many visitors to the Chen Clan would probably buy one, first practicing on it, then coming to the Chen Clan to play the labyrinth.
To a certain extent, those who could crack the current Eight Trigrams I Ching Evolution path on the mini toy, as long as they could overcome sensory and visual deception, would still be able to break the formation in the Chen Clan labyrinth.
This could greatly reduce the difficulty for tourists to break the formation.
But that did not matter to the Chen Clan, because their labyrinth was not meant to make things hard for tourists; it was ultimately to attract tourists and increase the daily visitor volume of the Chen Clan.
Moreover, they could engrave on the mini toy the set that contained the Shrine of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, so tourists could find the path to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s location on it.
Then when they came to the Chen Clan labyrinth, they could find the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation to offer incense and worship, increasing wish power.
Chen Han could not help but be impressed. “Uncle, this is a good idea; promising.”
Chen Lin smiled and said, “It was suggested by Ms. Liao.”
Chen Han understood that Ms. Liao should be that Ms. Liao; as a female president of a large group, her business vision in this area was reliable, so it was not surprising that she could advise his uncle.
Chen Han added, “Uncle, have the factory start production on this mini labyrinth toy. In future, every time we change the labyrinth path, we can produce a new mini toy.”
“Mm, that’s what I was thinking too.” Chen Lin nodded.
Chen Han did not forget to instruct, “Uncle, we also need to speed up planting of the bamboo, pine, and plum Three Talents Plants; the area is still not large enough.”
“Mm, I know.” Chen Lin replied and left to handle the matters.
Not long after, a game prompt once again appeared in Chen Han’s mind:
【One hundred thousand Heavenly Lord believers have made ready to go with the outer realm experts to the Demon Realm. A new chapter officially begins, and the Daoist Sect begins its westward expedition.】
Shortly after, Chen Han received a call from Daoist Priest Li; they were about to leave.
He went to the Chen Clan Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall to see them off.
Soon, Daoist Priest Li and the others boarded a bus and left the Chen Clan.
At the same time, no one knew how many people had focused their attention on Mahadra. Needless to say, the higher-ups in the capital city had; this Daoist westward expedition was their plan, with the Daoist Sect merely cooperating.
Other sides would naturally also be watching, especially abroad…
After all, Mahadra was part of the emerging rescue faction in the Demon Realm, no longer believing the original armed resistance forces could save everyone.
Mahadra and his companions appeared in various countries to spark international public opinion, hoping to arouse everyone’s humanitarian spirit and help them.
Mahadra had clearly succeeded. In Eastern Greatness he had already aroused much sympathy, and creating online multimedia accounts had attracted many fans.
Because of this, he drew the most attention abroad; after all, he had come to Eastern Greatness, whose tremendous influence spoke for itself.
The next day, Chen Han saw the news of Mahadra departing from the capital city international airport, taking one hundred thousand Heavenly Lord believers back to the Demon Realm.
This time, they would surely stir up a storm in the Demon Realm.
Chen Han had originally thought that after the one hundred thousand Heavenly Lord believers and Mahadra returned to the Demon Realm, it would take some time to build the Daoist Temple and set up the Statue of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation before they could use the Manifestation Scroll.
But after only two days, while Chen Han was making medicinal cuisine in Uncle’s Kitchen, he was unexpectedly tagged in the Douyin backend on his mobile phone. When he opened it, he found it was a video from the Douyin Account that Mahadra had created.
When he saw the video, he was shocked.
So fast?
The other party had only just brought one hundred thousand Heavenly Lord believers back to the Demon Realm, right?
And they were already preparing to launch the westward expedition war?
……
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