Chapter 342: Guiding The Confused Chen Family Head! A Bold Prediction Saves Lives!
Looking at the ten thousand units of resentful energy collected, Chen Han’s face was full of smiles as he silently put the Demonic Puppet Modification Stone back into the game warehouse.
County Magistrate Chu looked at the lively scene in the square below, also smiling. “Chen Family Head, this event can be considered a complete success. By then your reputation can spread, and I think we can hold an event like this every year.”
Chen Han understood what County Magistrate Chu meant and smiled. “County Magistrate Chu, next year your county can completely take the lead. At that time you can just contact the Chen Clan. Also, the games for cosplay do not have to be limited to Honor of Kings. You can go talk with those game companies and see which game offers more sponsorship.”
“We definitely have to talk to them,” County Magistrate Chu said with a broad smile.
That was his goal as well. Once the regulations were set, the cosplay event in Linhe County would also become a signboard.
And with one successful event creating such huge popularity, they would have the capital to negotiate for the second one.
Tourism in the Linhe County Ancient City Area had already been a success, and adding this cosplay event would bring immeasurable benefits to Linhe County.
Then he said, “Chen Family Head, Qingfeng Daoist Priest’s palace will almost be completed next month. At that time, why not hold the palace ceremony together with the god parading activity?”
“In the future, the parading of the gods will go from the Chen Clan’s side to the Linhe County Ancient City Area. For the first half, we use dedicated vehicles to transport the statue of god, and once in the county, use manpower to carry the palanquin so that the Daoist priests and the Heavenly Lord can tour the entire city.”
The god parading activity was something he had been planning all along.
Moreover, with Linhe County’s current conditions, they would definitely not do worse than the god parading activities of those other places.
As long as the god parading activity was successfully held, it would be another major success for the Linhe County tourism plan.
As long as the god parading plan succeeded, once the rapeseed flower planting was smoothly promoted, his next goal would be to build an airport in Linhe County.
Although that would be very difficult, once successful, it would be the best achievement he could leave for Linhe County.
“Arrangements on County Magistrate Chu’s side will be fine when the time comes.” Chen Han did not refuse the god parading activity, since the one they were parading was Daoist Priest Qing Feng, the Chen Clan’s ancestor.
Although this ancestor was somewhat inexplicable, there was at least this title, and the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation was also a deity worshiped by the Chen Clan.
So this god parading activity would be mutually beneficial for both the Chen Clan and Linhe County.
County Magistrate Chu said with a smile, “When Qingfeng Daoist Priest’s palace is completed, we will also need the Chen Family Head to hold a ceremony and then conduct the god parading.”
“Mm!” Chen Han nodded. By then the purple robe and the decree should also have been activated. Once he put on the purple robe and used the Manifestation Scroll, he would definitely be able to put on a grand display.
Of the two Manifestation Scrolls rewarded earlier by the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, one special Outer Domain Manifestation Scroll had already allowed Mahadra to put on a great show in the Demon Realm.
Now it was his turn to put on a show with this normal Manifestation Scroll.
Right, there was also the Sword Control Technique, which could also be used for a display.
Thinking of this, he actually started to look forward to the ceremony.
In the square, the lively noise continued. Many cosplaying tourists were beating their chests in regret, because this competition was not professional; it was decided by a single game, and once they lost, they had nothing to do with the grand prize.
The winners were directly led into the advancement rooms provided by Timi to continue to the next round.
“Chen Family Head, quite a few professional players came this time,” County Magistrate Chu said with a smile as he looked down.
Chen Han nodded. With a total bonus of three million, it was normal to attract professional players.
Professional players were in fact a recognition of this cosplay event and also increased its influence.
However, considering the huge strength gap between professional players and tourists, the competition did not allow these professionals to form teams with each other.
Nor were the professional players allowed to participate in the early rounds.
The professional players would enter in the later rounds, randomly matched with a team, and then lead those cosplaying tourists to continue the competition.
After winning the championship and runner-up, the bonus would be split evenly between the professional players and the tourists.
This was the basic rule. If those professional players disagreed, they could refuse to participate.
It was a win-win anyway. With the current level of popularity of the event and its front-row rank on the Douyin hot search list, if these professional players had the ability to lead cosplaying tourists to win, it would be a chance to make a name for themselves.
A single game of Honor of Kings sometimes took half an hour, so they had to wait until everyone finished before proceeding to the next round.
By noon, they had actually played four or five rounds.
So the competition would continue in the afternoon, and if the champion and runner-up still could not be decided then, it would have to be extended to the next day.
Naturally, the county was happy about this. It was all popularity and all publicity for Linhe County.
“Chen Family Head, let’s have lunch together at noon!” County Magistrate Chu invited Chen Han.
Chen Han nodded. For a meal, he should at least give the other side some face.
Since County Magistrate Chu was hosting, it was naturally impossible to go for a grand feast, especially during such an event with high online attention. If someone recognized his identity and made a fuss, it would be troublesome.
So it was just a simple meal at the county guesthouse.
Even so, this already surprised many county leaders, since it was rare in Linhe County for County Magistrate Chu to personally accompany someone for a meal.
But seeing that it was the Chen Family Head, they no longer found it strange.
Tourism in Linhe County was now tied to the Chen Clan’s tourism in mutual prosperity and mutual loss.
To be honest, they were very impressed by the Chen Family Head. They only needed to know one thing: sometimes their benefits were tied to the local economy.
Especially for those at the lower levels.
Often people online argued about civil service treatment. Some claimed that treatment in small places was high, while others said there was hardly any salary and benefits were low.
In fact, this difference was caused by different local economies.
For them, their treatment was going to be raised next month, mainly because the tourism economy had developed. With the county’s finances improved, there was confidence to do so.
After lunch, Chen Han and County Magistrate Chu took a car back to the Chen Clan. As for his junior sister and Xiao Mi, they were going to return after the event ended.
After all, the two of them were the event hosts.
“Chen Family Head, I did not expect it to be you. It is my honor to have you in my car.” The driver, seeing Chen Han get in, was very excited.
He spoke with real pious sincerity, not a hint of empty courtesy.
Now, among the drivers in Linhe County, there was not a single one who was not grateful to the Chen Clan. As the Chen Clan developed, these people had more and more to earn.
Endlessly more to earn.
In the past, in a small county town like Linhe County, no matter how hard they worked, drivers could only make a few thousand yuan a month.
Now it was completely different. There was no fear of having no passengers, and many rides were long-distance from the train station to the Chen Clan. A monthly income of fifteen thousand yuan was easily the baseline.
Some diligent ones could even make twenty thousand a month.
Many even went in as two brothers partnering to invest in one car, then working in shifts around the clock.
Previously, he had been very lost, because he only made a few thousand a month, and his wife was pregnant. Having a child and not having a child were completely different matters.
That was why people said a man’s mentality changes after having a child.
It was because the pressure of life became greater.
With his previous salary, supporting himself and his wife was fine. Adding a child would be a huge burden.
Fortunately, as the Chen Clan’s tourism developed, there were endless passengers. The cars were almost never empty. Last month he made seventeen thousand.
As long as the Chen Clan did not fall and tourism in Linhe County remained this hot, he had nothing to worry about.
So calling the Chen Clan his provider of food and clothing was no exaggeration.
Now that he had the Chen Family Head in his car, his excitement and agitation were easy to imagine.
Chen Han could only respond with a smile to this driver, since they were not familiar and he really had no topics to chat about.
The driver clearly knew how to read people and did not ask more. He drove carefully all the way, only occasionally sneaking glances in the rearview mirror.
After all, the Chen Family Head was truly a legendary figure in Linhe County.
The Chen Clan’s place came into view soon.
The car stopped.
Chen Han got out, thinking it would just be a simple ride. Unexpectedly, as he stepped out, the Evolution Bagua Plate Fragment hanging around his neck suddenly vibrated, and a chill surged into his mind.
“I did not expect you to be a man of good fortune as well.” Chen Han said to the driver in surprise.
“Ah??” Liu Hao was just about to turn the car around when he heard this from the Chen Family Head and froze.
Chen Han smiled and said, “Hurry to the hospital. Congratulations on expecting a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Also, have the doctors prepare bags of type A blood in advance. Childbirth can be very dangerous.”
“???” Liu Hao was stunned and wanted to ask more, but the Chen Family Head had already walked into the Chen Clan compound.
He could only turn the car around, planning to pick up a tourist and go back to the county or the train station, and of course he did not forget to open the driver group voice chat to brag. “Guess who I just had in my car? I gave a ride to the Chen Family Head.”
Once this voice message went out, the group immediately became lively.
“No way, really?”
“You actually picked up the Chen Family Head?”
“Holy crap, Liu Hao, you are that lucky?”
“……”
Seeing the commotion in the group, Liu Hao laughed proudly. “Of course. Not only did I pick up the Chen Family Head, I even spoke to him. He told me to go to the hospital, said my wife would have a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, and told me to have the doctor prepare some type A blood because childbirth is dangerous.”
When he said this, he did not think much of it, just wanted to show off that he had spoken to the Chen Family Head. But the group exploded.
“Holy crap, and you still have time to chat here?”
“Why aren’t you rushing to the hospital? Your wife is about to give birth.”
“Prepare type A blood, dangerous childbirth, and you still have the mood to chat?”
“If childbirth needs blood ready, that means massive hemorrhage. If not treated in time, it’s really dangerous…”
“I heard the Chen Family Head is very capable. This might be real.”
At first Liu Hao did not feel much, but the more he read, the worse his expression became. He no longer dared to delay and immediately stepped on the gas to rush back to the county and headed straight for the county hospital.
After parking, he immediately headed to the delivery waiting room where his wife was. As soon as he entered, he froze in surprise because there were quite a few people inside.
They were all people he knew from the drivers’ group. They had all gathered here, and when they saw him arrive, there was a hint of apologetic look in their eyes.
The fruit they brought filled the cabinet and the area around the bed, making the pregnant women in the two neighboring beds envious.
Looking at their expressions, Liu Hao understood. They were not here to see his wife; they were here to verify what the Chen Family Head had said.
There were many legends about the Chen Clan and the Chen Family Head, but no one had actually seen such things personally, let alone received guidance from him.
Now was this not a chance to see the truth?
So, when they saw Liu Hao’s message in the group, were nearby, and had free time, they could not resist coming to see.
After figuring this out, Liu Hao did not say much. He hurried to his wife’s bed and asked, “Xiao Li, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
Xiao Li did not feel unwell; she was just a little embarrassed with so many people around.
She had just opened her mouth when she suddenly felt movement in her belly and quickly said, “Husband, my stomach, I think I’m going into labor.”
“Doctor, doctor, my wife is about to give birth.” Liu Hao did not dare to hesitate and shouted outside.
This surprised all the drivers.
They had waited a long time with no reaction, and the moment Liu Hao arrived, she was going into labor. That was too coincidental.
Moments later, a doctor came quickly with nurses, checked briefly, and said, “To the delivery room.”
The nurse accompanying him immediately moved into action at the bedside and then pushed her out.
Remembering what the Chen Family Head had said, Liu Hao quickly called to the doctor, “Doctor, my wife is type A blood. Please prepare more bags of type A blood…”
“???” The doctor was obviously stunned, looking at him in puzzlement, as if asking, are you teaching me my job?
Liu Hao hurriedly added, “The Chen Family Head calculated that my wife will have twins, a boy and a girl, and that she will have massive bleeding.”
“Uh…” On hearing this, the doctor showed surprise. The Chen Family Head was a legendary figure in Linhe County, very famous.
He had heard plenty of legends about him. Now this man claimed that the Chen Family Head had, outside the building, deduced twins and massive bleeding?
Was that not a bit too miraculous?
“I understand,” the doctor said, and as he left the ward, he instructed a nurse, “Prepare type A blood.”
Although he was not sure whether the Chen Family Head was truly that miraculous, since the family had said so, if he did not prepare and the Chen Family Head turned out to be right, he might end up with a nasty dispute.
Anyway, if they prepared the blood and did not use it, it would simply prove that the Chen Family Head was not that divine and that many stories were exaggerated.
Later in private he could even say the man was just a fraud living off false fame.
Besides, the blood could be returned to the blood bank, while the cost still had to be paid.
Soon, the doctor and nurses pushed the pregnant woman into the delivery room and began the procedure.
Childbirth was extremely painful, and the role of doctors was to assist the pregnant woman in labor. If there was no way for a natural delivery, then they would perform a cesarean section.
However, many people were reluctant to choose a cesarean section.
At first, the doctor did not think much of it. Once in the delivery room, he focused seriously and put thoughts of the Chen Family Head aside.
But very soon he could not stay calm, because this woman’s labor was not going smoothly.
“Doctor Hu, this is bad, massive bleeding,” a nurse shouted anxiously.
Massive hemorrhage meant major trouble and required immediate surgery.
Another nurse responsible for the information immediately said, “The pregnant woman is type A blood. The blood bank must send type A blood.”
The first nurse replied at once, “Sister Yan, you weren’t in the delivery room just now. Doctor Hu has already instructed the blood bank to send type A blood.”
Sister Yan was stunned. “Doctor Hu, you predicted it? That’s amazing.”
“It’s not me who’s amazing,” the doctor said, his face filled with disbelief.
This really was miraculous.
…
Outside the delivery room, Liu Hao’s parents and his wife’s parents had arrived, along with the drivers who had come to find out the truth. Everyone was gathered.
Since his wife had been pushed inside, he had been extremely worried, praying for a smooth birth.
The delivery room door suddenly opened and a nurse hurried out. “Who is the family member? We need someone to sign the surgical consent form. The pregnant woman has massive bleeding.”
At these words, the drivers started talking.
“She really has massive bleeding.”
“The Chen Family Head is incredible.”
“Liu Hao is so lucky to be guided by the Chen Family Head.”
“……”
Liu Hao was also shocked, but he did not hesitate and signed his name.
Only his parents and in-laws looked confused as they listened to the people around them. They had no idea what was happening.
His father asked, “Liu Hao, they’re talking about the Chen Family Head. What’s going on?”
Liu Hao quickly told them the whole story of picking up the Chen Family Head and being guided by him.
This stunned his parents and in-laws. Their faces were full of disbelief.
The Chen Family Head had said there would be massive bleeding, and now there really was massive bleeding.
His mother-in-law immediately began praying, “Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, please bless us, Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, please bless us!”
She had been to the Chen Clan several times, had heard Chen Liu Shi’s teachings, and had offered incense to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.
Now she was sure this was the Heavenly Lord’s blessing. Otherwise, how could her son-in-law have just happened to pick up the Chen Family Head and receive his guidance?
Because of the massive bleeding, Liu Hao’s entire family was extremely nervous.
As for the drivers, they were even more curious.
The Chen Family Head had predicted correctly. Next should be the twins, a boy and a girl, right?
After a long wait, the delivery room door opened. Doctor Hu came out, removed his mask, and, full of emotion, said, “The mother is fine. Congratulations, Mr. Liu, twins, a boy and a girl.”
The moment the words “twins, a boy and a girl” came out, the drivers went completely wild.
“It really is twins, a boy and a girl.”
“That’s amazing. The Chen Family Head really can calculate like a god.”
“The Chen Family Head is probably like that old Daoist priest of the Chen Clan, an immortal-like figure.”
“……”
Liu Hao’s family could not contain their excitement, especially Liu Hao, whose gratitude toward the Chen Family Head could not be hidden.
His mother-in-law immediately said, “The Chen Family Head saved the three lives of our family. We must go to the Chen Clan to give thanks and fulfill our vow.”
Liu Hao fully agreed. That was indeed what they should do.
Hearing everyone’s words, Doctor Hu was also shocked. It seemed what the people from the hemorrhoids and dentistry departments had said was true.
Previously he had thought it was all a joke and showboating.
He had even thought the Chen Family Head was someone hyped up by the county purely to develop tourism.
Who would have thought that there really was such an immortal-like figure in Linhe County?
…
In the Chen Clan Family Cave Mansion, Chen Han knew nothing of this. After returning to the Chen Clan, he entered the family cave mansion again and resumed refining those mecha models.
The artifact refining furnace burned with Samadhi True Fire, forging the mecha models within.
After returning, he had already refined a batch of foot components and obtained two +2 feet.
Chen Han was sitting cross-legged there, and not far from him stood a sword.
The sword was engraved with many Daoist Sect symbols. It was a patriarch’s sword his junior sister had given him long ago, along with a gentleman’s sword. But that sword, paired with his junior sister’s lady’s sword, was like the couple swords used by Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu, so he could not use it.
He raised his hand, brought two fingers together, and gave a light gesture. The patriarch’s sword flew out of its scabbard, spun once, and hovered in front of him.
