Chapter 56: These Are Special Effects! Nine Daoist Sect Plants?
“Senior brother, what happened?” Xiao Yu hurried into the kitchen. A sudden cloud of smoke had wrapped around her senior brother; no matter how she looked, it did not seem normal.
The key thing was that the smoke was too dense; they could not see what was happening inside at all.
Xiao Mi, worried as well, followed right behind.
When they got close, they waved their hands to drive away the smoke, but realized this did not seem to be smoke. It did not have the choking smell of smoke, nor did it disperse as easily as smoke.
Crucially, they did not see Chen Han.
Even when the mist dispersed, his figure was nowhere to be seen.
“Where is he?” Xiao Mi exclaimed instinctively.
“Over here. Why are you making such a fuss?” Chen Han’s voice came from behind a nearby pillar, and he walked out.
Just now, when he heard his junior sister’s voice, he had used the cloud mist as cover to slip quietly behind that pillar.
“Senior brother, what on earth is going on?” Xiao Yu stared at the slowly fading cloud mist, her face full of curiosity.
It was not just her; Xiao Mi was the same. That scene was something she had never seen in real life, only in film and television.
“A couple of days ago I read a book from the books collection and made something called a cloud barrier pill. It can release that kind of mist,” Chen Han said as he took out two cloud barrier pills（5 meters） and handed one to each of them.
Xiao Yu stared at the cloud barrier pill in surprise. “Senior brother, you mean that scene just now was caused by this thing? How do you use it?”
Xiao Mi also looked at the cloud barrier pill in her hand in surprise.
She had always had good grades, and was good at physics and chemistry; she knew some substances could react to create thick smoke. But for something this small to create the kind of mist they had just seen was really a bit unbelievable.
Chen Han explained, “Crush it and you can use it.”
Xiao Yu almost did not hesitate before crushing the cloud barrier pill in her hand. In a moment, cloud mist with a radius of 5 meters enveloped her. Awkwardly, a radius of 5 meters only covered her horizontally; vertically, it could not even cover one-third of her height.
But even so, she was full of excitement. The mist spread out in an instant, and it was her first time seeing such a miraculous scene.
Xiao Mi also tried crushing the cloud barrier pill in her hand. Likewise, a cloud mist with a radius of 5 meters appeared around her. The diffusion speed absolutely could not be explained by physics and chemistry.
There were already smoke bombs among auxiliary weapons, but even the fastest ones could not release smoke instantaneously. The detonation process also required time.
“Senior brother, teach me, hurry and teach me how to make this,” Xiao Yu said, brimming with curiosity, looking at her senior brother with a face full of expectation.
Chen Han coughed and said, “The book says only members of the main family can learn this, and it is passed on to men but not to women.”
“Ah? What? Then I cannot learn it?” Xiao Yu immediately looked utterly disappointed. Since childhood she had studied under master and understood some of the family’s old rites and rules.
If only the main family could learn it, and it was passed on to men but not to women, then she could not learn it.
What a pity.
“Why that expression? Your senior brother can make it and give it to you,” Chen Han said, seeing his junior sister’s disappointment. Then he pretended to take out one 2-meter cloud barrier pill from his pocket and handed it to her, adding, “This one has a wider range; it’s the same as the one I used.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately accepted the cloud barrier pill with a bright smile and examined it happily.
She had even already thought it through: when she filmed videos, she would use this cloud barrier pill right after her sword-sheathing move, instantly shrouding herself. It would definitely catch people’s eyes.
Chen Han then glanced at Xiao Mi. The Hundred Flowers Palace Fairy also had expectation in her eyes, so he similarly pretended to take out one cloud barrier pill from his pocket and handed it to her.
Thus, from his first batch to refine cloud barrier pills, there were now four waste pills and one 10-meter pill left.
After studying the cloud barrier pill for a while, Xiao Yu finally remembered the serious matter and immediately said to her senior brother, “Senior brother, I have something I’d like to ask you to help with!”
“What is it?” Chen Han asked in confusion.
Xiao Yu explained, “Sister Xiao Mi has to go to the city for something, but this afternoon I have to go to the county to connect with the relevant departments about the national style event. So I’d like to ask you to accompany sister Xiao Mi to the city.”
Chen Han instinctively glanced at Xiao Mi. Going to the city must be to take him to see that lung cancer specialist, right?
He had not expected she would arrange it so well, making it completely reasonable for them to go to the city together.
“Alright,” Chen Han nodded in agreement.
“Then we’ll set out after lunch,” Xiao Mi said at this point. If they left after lunch, they would reach the city’s affiliated hospital right around the time she had booked for Chen Han.
…
At noon, after eating medicinal cuisine and lunch, Chen Han left the Chen clan with his junior sister and Xiao Mi and went to his junior sister’s car.
“Senior brother, I’ve finished editing your video from this morning. I’ll send it to you,” Xiao Yu said as she got in the car and operated her mobile phone. Then she added, “When we get to the county, I’ll drop you two at the train station, and I’ll pick you up at the train station in the evening.”
Chen Han received the edited video from Xiao Yu and checked his data.
His reputation had already reached （6992/????）, an increase of more than
Then he checked the Chen Family Head account; the fans count had also reached 10,028, officially surpassing ten thousand.
The Mysterious Frost Lion Head Goose video had passed 200,000 likes as Xiao Mi had predicted, and the video “A tourist said ‘iron pot stewed big goose’ and got chased for 3 kilometers” had also surpassed 50,000 likes.
However, the like data on the videos had started to slow down. The hot traffic pool PK was about to end, and they had not been pushed into the next-level traffic pool.
So, he decisively uploaded this new video.
A scene of an internet celebrity trying to crack someone’s beast taming technique but instead getting stripped by a flock of geese, clutching his crotch, sticking his butt out, and fleeing in disgrace, with the previous popularity as a boost, would definitely gain a lot of heat.
Title: Shock! This demonic cult rogue actually got stripped naked by the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese…
Alright, a tribute to the department of shock.
As time passed and Chen Han and Xiao Mi boarded the high-speed train to the city,
online, the newly posted video of the demonic cult rogue being stripped had also been seen by people following this matter.
Professor Wu saw that the Chen Family Head had updated as soon as he woke up from his lunch break.
He was following, naturally, to see the follow-up to Ming Di trying to crack the Chen Family Head’s beast taming technique.
When he saw the title of the new video, he was drawn in. The demonic cult rogue must be referring to Ming Di, right?
But stripped naked…
Moments later, after watching the video, he sat there, mouth hanging open. He really had been stripped.
My god. He had said these lion head geese could not be explained by science, and yet there were still people claiming to believe in science.
Douyin headquarters.
As a Douyin content editor, Lu Xue’s job came down to two things.
The first was to review those very popular videos to prevent violations, vulgar content, or improper remarks and so on. Once discovered, the lighter cases would be flow-locked, the more serious ones would be blocked.
The second was to scout bloggers. When new types of content or new bloggers’ videos reached certain data thresholds, they would be reviewed to decide how many resources to allocate, and whether to report them upwards depending on subsequent performance.
This was also part of her performance metrics.
Today she was surprised to see a video titled 《“The Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese set out…”》, and she was quickly drawn in by the incredible actions of those geese.
It would not be an exaggeration to call this beast taming technique.
She immediately checked the Chen Family Head’s new video and saw the title about the demonic cult rogue being stripped. She was curious who this demonic cult rogue was, and then she stared, dumbfounded, as she watched an internet celebrity who came to crack the beast taming technique get stripped by that flock of geese.
Honestly, she was thoroughly amused.
Especially when she saw Ming Di clutching his crotch, sticking his butt out, and fleeing in disgrace; she laughed so hard she honked like a goose.
This Chen Family Head’s beast taming technique was interesting. Just for the hearty laughter these geese gave her, she decided to allocate S-level resources in the evening prime time.
Consider it a reward for the geese.
Moreover, although this Chen Family Head’s videos were abstract, he counted as a bizarre, innovative type of blogger.
…
On the other side, at the city affiliated hospital, Chen Han arrived to receive a consultation from the lung cancer specialist. After that, they issued orders for chest CT, PET-CT, sputum cytology, bronchial examination, blood tests, sternum scan, as well as EGFR, ALK, and other tests.
Under normal circumstances, the fastest these items could be completed and results produced would be three to four hours. Because it was a specialist appointment, the chest X-ray and chest CT (LDCT) results were ready after he finished the process.
After looking at the chest X-ray and chest CT（LDCT）, the specialist sighed. “You should have been mentally prepared before coming to me. Judging from this alone, it is too late. The shadow is so large and the spread so severe that I’m afraid your body can’t withstand chemotherapy. But we still have to wait for the other results.”
Even though Xiao Mi had braced herself mentally, her eyes still turned red in an instant when she heard this.
But Chen Han felt only joy in his heart, because he clearly saw that part of the shadow that had spread to the nerves had already disappeared on the film.
The intense pain he had felt before was precisely because of that. Director Liu had even specifically explained this to him.
Seeing Xiao Mi’s eyes redden, he took her hand and walked out of the hospital. The other test results were no longer important.
“Is there really nothing that can be done?” Xiao Mi asked softly.
“There is,” Chen Han said with a smile. “I’ve found so many miraculous things in the Chen clan books. Maybe I’ll find something that can treat cancer.”
Xiao Mi knew he was comforting her, but since he was so optimistic, she did not want to drag down his mood. She quickly adjusted herself, and once they were back on the high-speed train, she leaned against his shoulder, holding his arm with both hands the entire time.
Chen Han, meanwhile, took out his mobile phone to scroll through videos and saw that his junior sister had just posted a new one. She was wearing a new set of Hanfu and performing a sword dance, clearly filmed in a corner of the county park.
“Xiao Yu’s sword dance looks beautiful,” Xiao Mi said.
“Yeah,” Chen Han nodded. After all, his junior sister was a national champion in sword forms. But when he saw her final sword-sheathing move, he was stunned. A cloud mist suddenly appeared and instantly enveloped her.
His junior sister had actually used the cloud barrier pill in her video.
Xiao Mi suddenly laughed and said, “Xiao Yu’s use of this jade barrier pill has been treated as a special effect by the Douyin system.”
Chen Han looked and indeed saw the Douyin system prompt below his junior sister’s video saying that the current special effect behavior should not be imitated.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yu was feeling depressed. She had wanted to use the cloud barrier pill to show off to her fans, and had even added the words “Chen clan smoke escape technique!” in the video title.
But the Douyin system hit her with a special effect behavior warning. How was she supposed to explain that?
This…
Chen Han had also considered using the cloud barrier pill to show off, especially since he still had a 10-meter one. Filming a video with it would absolutely blow up. But with his junior sister as a cautionary example, he figured he would also be flagged as using special effects.
He opened the video comment section and, sure enough, saw plenty of teasing:
“Haha, Xiao Yu’s special effect escape technique is pretty good!”
“Douyin: special effect behavior, seriously?”
“A stab in the back from Douyin. Chen clan smoke escape technique = special effects!”
“……”
Seeing the amused comment section, Chen Han started thinking that he could also film a cloud barrier pill video. It did not matter if it was treated as a special effect. His junior sister and Xiao Mi were organizing a national style event; plenty of people would definitely come. If he performed a cloud barrier pill on-site, how many cries of ‘holy crap’ would erupt?
He could crazily harvest manifestation before people reputation.
As he was thinking this, two game prompts about the sect residence renovation being completed suddenly appeared:
【Congratulations, sect residence special effect: sturdiness +2 renovation complete!】
【Congratulations, sect residence special daoist sect housing effect: warm in winter and cool in summer +2 renovation complete. As long as it is housing belonging to the Chen clan daoist sect, and daoist sect nine-direction plants representing the li, kun, and central three directions are placed in the room, the attribute effect can be activated!】
Seeing the remark information, Chen Han knew he had guessed right; this special daoist sect housing effect also came with restrictions.
He knew about the daoist sect five offerings and seven sages plants.
But he really had no idea what the daoist sect nine-direction plants were, let alone which plants represented the li, kun, and central directions.
His dad had never taught him that.
Moreover, nowadays most in the daoist sect only talked about the five offerings; the seven sages were rarely mentioned, let alone the nine directions.
The third-round PK has started and needs read-through data.
Everyone, please be sure to flip to the last page, thank you all.
Please don’t stockpile, please don’t stockpile, please don’t stockpile.
Thank you, everyone.
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Please don’t stockpile, please don’t stockpile.
