Chapter 78: Demonic Cult Rogues Have Allied With The Dog Demon Tribe?
“Chen Family Head, you are not joking?” Xiao Kang could not help asking.
“Smash it, no need to hold back!” Chen Han nodded with a smile.
Since the owner had given permission, Xiao Kang no longer hesitated. He took the hammer, adjusted his stance, and then swung it with full force at the wall.
He did have strength. With all his might, that one blow was definitely much stronger than that so-called fifty-strength master.
Bang! ~
The hammer and the wall collided in an instant.
In that instant, Xiao Kang felt a sudden numbness in his arm from the backlash, and then he stared in disbelief at the spot where the hammer had struck, exclaiming out loud, “Holy crap…”
With all his strength, he had only left a tiny mark, and the surface layer was not even fully broken.
Chen Kai and the others also stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
With such a loud sound just now, Xiao Kang had clearly used a lot of strength, yet…
“I will try.” Chen Kai said, personally taking the hammer from Xiao Kang’s hand and swinging it down hard.
Bang! ~
The result was the same. As Chen Kai felt intense pain in his arm from the rebound, the wall was still left with only a small mark.
So, what the Chen Family Head had said was all true.
The building stones and wood used in the construction of these Chen Clan ancient buildings had all been treated with special methods. Even after enduring the wind and rain of countless dynasties, they could still withstand shelling today.
My god!
What had he experienced today?
First Feng Shui, then this kind of ancient building that could withstand shell attacks…
Why did the world feel a bit different?
Then he thought of one more thing: the Chen Clan’s application for the National Style Event could be safely approved.
Given all this, what safety problems could these Chen Clan ancient buildings possibly have?
After that, Chen Han led Chen Kai and his party to other parts of the Chen Clan ancient buildings for inspection. Without exception, the sturdiness of every location could withstand shelling.
Chen Kai could not help asking, “Chen Family Head, I wonder if your Chen Clan still knows the special treatment method for these stone and wood materials?”
Chen Han shook his head and said, “Director Chen, if the Chen Clan still had this technology, we would have gone into real estate materials long ago. How would we have fallen to this state?”
Chen Kai nodded.
Indeed, if the Chen Clan still retained this technology, just applying for a patent and selling it to real estate companies would earn them a fortune. Why would the Chen Family Head’s father need to go to the county to apply for those free tourism support funds?
It was truly a pity that this kind of technique had been lost.
This was another regret caused by the loss of traditional culture.
After finishing the on-site checks for venue safety, residential safety, and whether there were any dangerous buildings, the next step was just to wait for the county’s approval.
Chen Han then invited with a smile, “Director Chen, this evening our Chen Clan will host you. Could you give us some guidance on our farmhouse dishes?”
Chen Kai did not intend to refuse this. After all, investigating tourist food issues was also part of his work, right?
This was not a matter of principle. Maybe after personally tasting those farmhouse dishes, he could give the Chen Clan some suggestions.
Right now, he sincerely hoped this National Style Event of the Chen Clan could be held smoothly.
But a sudden incoming call made him frown slightly, and he quickly answered without hesitation.
Because it was his wife calling.
After listening for a while, his brows furrowed even tighter. “What is going on? Didn’t he just get an injection? Why are both his legs suddenly completely numb again?… That damned kid, doesn’t he know he shouldn’t do intense exercise himself?… Got it, I will hurry back to the county.”
After hanging up, he spoke to Chen Han with deep concern, “Chen Family Head, I am really sorry. Something has happened at home. I have to go back to the county first and decline your kind invitation.”
Naturally, Xiao Kang and the others made no comment. Since the big shot was leaving, of course they could not stay behind. Otherwise, what would that look like?
Hearing Director Chen’s words, Chen Han grew thoughtful, then asked, “Director Chen, is it your child who has symptoms of numbness in both legs? I happen to have a kind of medicinal bone wine that should be ready in a few days. It might be effective for this kind of symptom.”
He was naturally referring to Dog Demon Spine Wine, which had effects of treating rheumatic paralysis +2, treating waist and leg pain +2, and treating limb numbness +2, but it needed to be soaked for more than a week to be effective.
The time was not up yet.
“Chen Family Head, are you serious?” Chen Kai almost subconsciously asked, his face filled with expectation.
His younger son had been a premature baby due to complications during his wife’s delivery and had always been in poor health.
Later, after a fall, the boy developed symptoms of numbness in both legs.
Chen Han explained, “Director Chen, I cannot guarantee anything specific, but this bone wine is brewed from an inherited Chen Clan Inheritance secret recipe. It is at least worth a try. There might be an unexpected surprise.”
“In that case, I will have to trouble you, Chen Family Head.” Chen Kai thought of the Chen Clan Feng Shui Room, and of those ancient buildings that could withstand shells, and a new sense of hope filled his eyes.
Perhaps that bone wine would really work.
This trip to the Chen Clan had truly impacted his worldview.
After that, he took his leave and hurriedly led his people back to the county.
Xiao Yu was the first to look at her senior brother. “Senior brother, what was with that inspection? Since when can the Chen Clan ancient buildings withstand shells?”
She clearly remembered that when she was young, there had been an ancient building in the clan where the main beam broke, and their master had hurriedly led people to repair it.
When repairing the main residence of this Tourist Center, there had also been issues. And now they were telling her it could withstand shells?
“The Feng Shui Formation is not just for show. With so many Feng Shui Rooms set up, what do you think?” Chen Han decisively threw the blame to the Feng Shui Formation, then walked away without looking back, leaving his junior sister stunned.
When things cannot be explained, you can always invoke the Feng Shui Formation.
Truly an all-purpose Feng Shui Formation, praise be to you.
When Chen Han returned to the courtyard, You Fu immediately got up and mooed at him twice.
Surprisingly, he once again understood what this fellow meant: it was hungry.
Chen Han said irritably, “If you are hungry, can’t you go to the cattle shed to eat on your own? Do you expect me to bring the food to your mouth?”
Moo, moo!
You Fu mooed twice again, unwilling, then left the courtyard and walked toward the cattle shed, drawing glances from Chen Clan people and tourists along the way.
Seeing that nothing else was happening, Chen Han lay back on the lounge chair and scrolled through the news again. By evening, the data on his Cloud Barrier Technique had surpassed two hundred thousand likes, and Xiao Mi’s video about believing in science regarding the Feng Shui Room had also surpassed one hundred fifty thousand likes.
While scrolling through some videos, he came across a video about the Chen Clan ancient buildings. The video was shot from a sneaky angle, secretly filming the Chen Clan, the perspective like that of a thief.
When he saw the blogger was Ming Di （ Demonic Cult Rogue ）, he could not help but smile. So this guy had come to the Chen Clan.
The video also carried the other party’s voice. “The Chen Clan seems to have activated a Feng Shui Formation. The magnetic field around is disturbed, making it impossible for me to spy on the interior with my Nascent Soul. However, I saw those flying Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese. This time I must use the newly refined Magical Artifact Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute to seize their control and make the Chen Family Head perish. But before that, I need to find allies to hold off the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese and create a chance for a king-to-king duel with the Chen Family Head.”
The scene then cut, showing Ming Di feeding Little Earth Dog and those stray dogs. Watching those dumb dogs eating happily, they did not seem afraid of being poisoned at all.
Ming Di’s voice sounded again. “I have already contacted the Dog Demon Tribe and formed an alliance with them to attack the Chen Clan together.”
Because of good editing, right after he spoke, Little Earth Dog actually lifted its head and barked twice, as if responding.
Who knew how long Ming Di had recorded to catch Little Earth Dog lifting its head to bark at just the right moment, then edited it into this.
People who play on the internet really are good at editing.
So many online videos cannot be fully trusted. After all, now you can swap a celebrity’s face onto an ordinary person’s in videos.
“Interesting.” Chen Han had to admit that this guy was even better at playing around than him, good at using every possible thing.
In this way, the plot of “demonic cult rogues running rampant, colluding with demon tribes to attack a righteous family, trying to ambush the righteous family head, only to find the righteous family head has tamed new spirit beasts and ends up gravely wounding them with spirit beasts” fit web novels and film and television tropes perfectly.
He took a look at the comment section under Ming Di’s video, and it was indeed lively:
“Really, really, you have truly gone demonic.”
“666, only you deserve to be called a demonic cult rogue, actually knowing to unite with demon tribes.”
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and you are playing this clearly and thoroughly.”
“……”
Chen Han put down his mobile phone, feeling a surge of emotion that there would be a fierce battle tomorrow.
Then, he thought of something and looked at a task in the Task Center:
【After the Blood Demon’s escape, demonic energy surged everywhere, demonic cult rogues grew ever more rampant, making you feel an increasing sense of crisis. You decide to do something to make those demonic cult rogues understand the family’s power and not dare to invade. Please demonstrate the family’s military strength to the outside world as soon as possible!】
This task had popped up after he saw the news about the Medical Doctor falling. He had thought before about how to demonstrate the family’s strength to be considered completing the task.
Now that demonic cult rogues were coming to attack, and had even allied with the Dog Demon Tribe, if he defeated these forces, would that count as displaying military strength?
If so, and if these demonic cult rogues could drop something good for him, he would thank them.
At night, after eating a bit of dinner and returning to the courtyard, he found that You Fu was already back. However, this little calf had its rear end raised, clearly up to no good, so Chen Han shouted, “If you dare poop in the courtyard, I will castrate you.”
In that instant, he could clearly see the calf’s backside clench sharply.
You Fu looked at him with dissatisfaction and mooed innocently.
Chen Han directly picked up the small hoe used for turning the soil for the orchids in the courtyard, walked outside to a patch of ground, dug a pit, and pointed at it.
Only then did You Fu walk over and position its rear above the pit.
Cow dung was still useful as fertilizer. Later he would have his uncle take it to the vegetable garden.
Chen Han went up to the attic and, once back in the room, took out the Spirit Stone again. He sat cross-legged, began circulating the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》, and guided the spiritual energy from the Spirit Stone into his body to begin refinement.
As time passed, that nearly selfless state finally appeared again. Just like when cultivating under the spiritual energy rinse in the Special Spiritual Aperture, the refined True Qi not only repaired and treated the lung cancer as it passed through the Taiyin Meridian, but True Qi also overflowed from the Taiyin Meridian.
He immediately guided the True Qi toward the Dantian.
However, during the progress through the meridians, the True Qi still continuously dispersed along the way, merging into his flesh and blood, strengthening and nourishing his body.
But as long as the inflow of spiritual energy from the Spirit Stone continued, even if True Qi was consumed, there would be follow-up replenishment. He quickly guided the True Qi into a relatively thick meridian.
Through inner vision, the True Qi was like a surging river, and the meridian was like its riverbed. Now this meridian’s riverbed was twice as wide as before, but within it there were more and larger blockages that slowed the flow of True Qi.
When the True Qi scattered these blockages, its consumption also sharply increased.
Through the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》, he knew that these were blockages in his meridians caused by acquired reasons.
However, as the True Qi impacted them, the meridian’s blockages were quickly broken, and he guided the True Qi straight toward the Dantian.
Right now, he was using True Qi to break through the blockages in this meridian. If he were following the internal force methods of wuxia stories to impact this meridian, the time spent might be counted in months or years.
Finally, after repeated consumption of True Qi, under his guidance, the True Qi refined from the Spirit Stone’s spiritual energy reached the Dantian’s location, and with excitement on his face, he rammed it forward.
In his inner vision, the True Qi surged even faster, as if impatient to pour into its own lake.
Yet, just before rushing into the Dantian, it was stopped by an invisible barrier. The tide-like True Qi crashed against it, splashing explosive waves that then scattered and disappeared, merging into his body and nourishing it.
However, cracks were clearly forming on that barrier.
Chen Han frowned. It seemed he needed to use True Qi to blast open this barrier before he could guide True Qi into the Dantian, build a True Qi circulation, and truly step into the Qi Cultivation stage.
Just as he was about to continue absorbing the spiritual energy from the Spirit Stone, the alarm clock rang.
Another night had passed.
He stopped, put away the Spirit Stone, and checked the lifespan status in his mind: 7 years and 8 months.
After a night of cultivation, with True Qi continuously treating his lungs, his lifespan had increased by more than 4 years.
The effect had indeed improved again.
He quickly washed up and went out.
The spiritual energy rinse could not be wasted, and the usage counts for the Cloud Barrier Cauldron and Hundred Flowers Palace Spirit Jade also needed to be restored.
As soon as he left the courtyard, You Fu called out, and seeing him appear, it took the initiative to stand up, squat in front of him, showing initiative.
Seeing this, Chen Han directly sat on its back, crossed his legs, and let the cow carry him out of the courtyard.
Before long, he arrived at the pavilion where the Special Spiritual Aperture was. He sat cross-legged and took out both the Cloud Barrier Cauldron and the Hundred Flowers Palace Spirit Jade. The difference this time was that there was a cow beside him.
Finally, after the Maoshi Hour passed, dawn clouds had appeared on the horizon. When a ray of sunlight leaped over the mountain peaks to shine upon the earth, the spiritual energy rinse also appeared.
As spiritual energy surrounded his body, Chen Han immediately circulated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》 to guide and absorb the spiritual energy around him and refine it into True Qi.
Moo, moo! ~
The calf seemed to feel a pleasant sensation and mooed comfortably, even squinting its eyes, clearly enjoying it.
While Chen Han was cultivating in the spiritual energy rinse, at the Tourist Service Center, the demonic cult rogue Ming Di, who had already infiltrated, had also gotten up early. He actually started a live stream at dawn. Facing a basin full of dog food in front of him, he said, “Everyone, look. This is the reward I promised the Dog Demon Tribe when we formed an alliance. It is all top-grade demonic beast spirit broth and cost me many Spirit Stones.”
Although his streams had begun to move in an abstract direction, he was very clear that this basin of stuff was to protect his balls.
With that group of Dog Demons blocking, the Chen Family Head’s Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese would be unable to attack him immediately.
That would give him time to provoke the Chen Family Head, then use the newly refined Magical Artifact Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute to play the fourth movement of the Beast Taming Technique music. He would try to run away before the Dog Demons were defeated.
In that way, it would count as a successful king-to-king confrontation with the Chen Family Head. As for the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute still being unable to seize control of the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese, that just meant the Magical Artifact was not strong enough, and he could continue refining it afterward.
He was no longer a reckless man who rushed in with just a flute. He had transformed into a strategy master. In this dangerous battle, one careless move could endanger his balls.
Seriously, getting bitten hurt a lot.
Taking a nap at noon to keep writing later!
There will be more today!
