Chapter 80: Another Demon Person Blows Up! The Rogue Cultivator Representative Makes An Offering!
Ming Di’s shout was accompanied by the ripping sound of torn hanfu, making everyone watching burst into involuntary laughter.
He had actually noticed which goose was staring at his balls?
The tourists’ mobile phone recordings didn’t stop at all.
The viewers in Ming Di’s live stream were even more amused. As expected, it was the same outcome.
A moment later, that ox returned to the Chen Family Head’s side.
The geese also dispersed.
Left behind on the spot was only Ming Di, stripped naked once again, his hanfu once more in tatters.
His hands were still desperately guarding his balls, his face bearing lingering fear as he looked at that lion head goose still staring at him.
Yes, that lion head goose had its neck stretched long, still staring at him, with what seemed to be a trace of wisdom in its eyes.
“Holy crap… I’ll remember you…” Ming Di threw a line at that lion head goose, then scrambled up in a panic and ran toward the Chen Clan.
This time he successfully protected his balls, but even now he did not dare to let go with his hands, which made the tourists erupt into loud laughter again.
Ming Di truly felt a bit ashamed.
Being stripped twice by a flock of geese, he was probably the only one on the whole internet.
But when his assistant caught up and saw that his live stream had already exceeded 2000+ concurrent viewers, he felt that all of this was worth it.
He did not forget his plot either, and immediately put on an angry face and said to the live stream, “This time I really miscalculated and lost another round at the Chen Clan. One Mysterious Frost Lion Head Goose was truly despicable. As a powerful spirit beast, it actually went straight for the weak point. When I go back I must refine a magical artifact to protect my balls and wear it. Next time, I’ll shatter that goose’s beak…”
The live stream viewers could not help teasing when they heard this:
“Then you need a pair of iron crotch pants!”
“In the island nation of the east there is a treasure called the chastity-guarding belt. You may go and fetch it…”
“……”
Ming Di suddenly began patting himself down and realized something was missing.
Right, it was the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute, the magical artifact he had specially refined.
Forget it, just count it as destroyed in the great battle. He had spares anyway; he could refine a few more after going back. If he returned to look for it now, he was afraid the Chen Family Head would send those lion head geese at him again. He was already broken of armor now, with not much defense left.
…
On the other side, Chen Han watched Ming Di’s retreating back as he ran into the Chen Clan, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Something was off.
Because that task of displaying the family’s power to the outside world still had not been completed.
Could it be that even though he had crushed the demonic cult rogue so completely that he fled without any power to resist, it still did not count as displaying power?
Then how was this task supposed to be completed?
After pondering for a moment without figuring it out, he simply looked toward the place where Ming Di had just been stripped. There, a ball of light was floating.
At least the demonic cult rogue had an item drop. That was some consolation.
But when he stepped forward and saw what was wrapped in the light, he was stunned. It was actually another flute, and that dark green color and its shape looked very familiar.
Wasn’t this the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute, the magical artifact Ming Di the demonic cult rogue had refined in his video?
Thinking of the miraculous effect of the Beast Taming Flute, he likewise calmly sent it into the warehouse and saw the remark information:
【Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute: This is a failed magical artifact refined by a demonic path rogue. It does not have great power. Its only function is to play the four immortal melodies that the demonic path rogue engraved on the demonic flute, which can generate a special effect: Dream Immortal +2!
Extract the four immortal melodies?】
“???” Chen Han was a bit dumbfounded. The abstract magical artifact from Ming Di’s video had become a real magical artifact?
The key was that the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute’s remark felt off.
It clearly said it was a failed magical artifact, yet it had a Dream Immortal +2 attribute.
Also, although the words “Dream Immortal” sounded quite impressive, as for “immortal” having anything to do with a demonic cult rogue like this, he was only dreaming, right?
Crucially, a demonic path rogue’s demonic flute had four immortal melodies engraved on it. Wasn’t that a problem of stance?
In Shu Shan Swordsman, demonic cult rogues cannot ascend to the immortal realm.
Looking at the prompt, he immediately chose to extract. He really wanted to see just how immortal these four “immortal melodies” were.
In a moment, four streams of information poured into his mind, including the tracks and the technical requirements for playing them.
But when he saw the four track names, he was stunned. The four tracks were 《Love for Generations》, 《Sword of Fate》, 《Dream Return to Immortal Journey》, and 《Desolation》.
No wonder they called them immortal melodies.
These four really were very immortal-like, songs without a single lyric yet able to strike directly at the soul, and they were used as BGM in countless xianxia film and television scenes.
Previously when Ming Di was trying to piggyback on popularity, in order to understand, he had specifically gone to check the guy’s Douyin account. These four tracks seemed to be the ones with the best stats among his videos.
So, demonic cult rogue engraves four immortal melodies… System, did you just directly lift these four from Ming Di’s account?
You call them immortal melodies; as the system, you really couldn’t compose four yourself as a reward?
He had never seen such a lazy system.
He now understood why the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute’s remark had felt so strange.
However, Ming Di had said that these four tracks held a very high status in flute music. Many people took up the flute because of them, especially 《Desolation》. Once the tune was played, it felt as if one instantly transformed into the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
And 《Sword of Fate》, which was said to make you feel, just by hearing the music, as if you were riding a sword through clouds and mist, even making you want to shout, “Fellow Daoist, lend me your sword.”
Moo moo!!
You Fu came up close to him, bleating and rubbing its head against his arm.
He could feel it; this calf was asking for credit. Why did it love taking credit as much as his junior sister?
“Nicely done.” Chen Han smiled and patted its head.
When faced with this kind of credit-seeker, the universal method was to praise. His junior sister had given him plenty of experience with that.
Sure enough, You Fu happily lay down, then turned its head and mooed twice, urging him to sit back on its back.
Look at this diligent little fellow.
Chen Han smiled and climbed onto You Fu’s back, then sat cross-legged again.
This interaction between man and ox was seen by the tourists, some of whom recorded it. Their faces were full of disbelief.
The Chen Family Head and this ox seemed to be of one mind. It was truly a heartwarming scene.
If this wasn’t beast taming technique, then what was it?
Sitting on the ox’s back, Chen Han’s attention was on the Dream Immortal +2 attribute of the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute, wondering what effect it had.
Only by trying to play those four tracks might he know what this Dream Immortal +2 actually did.
Besides, he had just defeated the demonic cult rogue. Playing a tune to celebrate right now should be fine.
With that thought, he flipped his palm, spinning the Beast Taming Flute around like a flourish of a sword. When his hand stopped again, the Beast Taming Flute had already been sent into the warehouse, and what remained in his hand was the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute.
The tourists around were all watching him and naturally saw this scene. One by one they truly felt caught off guard, having been shown up by the Chen Family Head.
Everyone saw clearly that one flourish and flute swap by the Chen Family Head.
“That move was so cool. Did the flute change out of thin air?” someone praised.
Someone immediately said, “This is the Chen Family Head’s ancient technique. He showed this technique at the beginning too. And he wears short sleeves but can change out ten apples in one breath; people can’t tell where he hid them.”
“Yes, I saw that video too.”
“Some people slowed it down to look and couldn’t find anything, so they said it was special effects.”
“……”
While the tourists were discussing, Chen Han had already raised the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute to his lips. Xiao Yu immediately pointed the lens at him.
With that stance from her senior brother, he was definitely about to do something.
In the next moment, a flute sound that seeped into people’s hearts floated out from the flute.
And in that instant, she recognized it as 《Sword of Fate》. She had recorded videos using this music as background music. But just as she was thinking this, she suddenly froze. Under this music, a strange feeling began to grow in her.
She thought of the video she had recorded, where she did a sword dance, and suddenly she imagined herself riding a sword and flying into the sky.
A very strange feeling, but such a thought suddenly surfaced.
Not only her, but Wang Bing and the other tourists as well. Hearing the music of this flute, they suddenly had a wondrous sensation, with peculiar feelings surfacing in their minds.
Someone could not help saying, “This music is so powerful. For no reason I feel that the Chen Family Head sitting on the ox’s back is truly a cultivator!”
Another person said, “I feel that too. I even feel like the Chen Family Head might summon a flying sword at any moment and ride it away.”
Wang Bing had the same feeling, which was quite unbelievable. It showed that the Chen Family Head’s flute playing skills were extremely high and the emotional impact very strong.
Moreover, this track was one that could often be heard online, and many people also played it on the flute, but none had ever made people feel like this.
Chen Han himself felt something different. As he played 《Sword of Fate》, he felt as if his spirit was sublimated, as if he had become a sword immortal, sword flying like lightning, himself leaping and traversing mountains and rivers.
It was a dreamy, illusory feeling that made his playing grow swifter, more resonant, more dreamlike.
He understood. This was the effect of Dream Immortal +
No overt special effects, but it carried a trace of hypnosis-like influence, letting people sink into a half-dream, half-awake fantasy through enjoying the music.
From this tune alone, he felt that when it came to the flute, everyone ought to address him as Master Chen.
The flute sound continued, and gradually, with it, Wang Bing and the other tourists no longer merely felt that the Chen Family Head would ride a sword away. They felt as if their own hands were about to form hand seals to ride flying swords off into the sky.
When the music stopped, everyone stared at the Chen Family Head with mouths agape.
Could he really be a cultivator?
Otherwise, how could he play a tune like celestial music that gave them such feelings, as if they had just dreamed of riding swords?
Now that the music was over, they even felt a bit of forlorn loss.
Xiao Yu also stared blankly at her senior brother, her eyes filled with even more starry admiration.
Just now she seemed to have fallen into a fantasy for a moment: her senior brother riding the sword, with her in his arms, her hands spread open as he held her from behind, facing the sunset.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly shook her head. Too embarrassing. What kind of Titanic sword-riding was that?
Moo moo!!
You Fu’s bellow rang out, with a hint of excitement.
Chen Han smiled and patted its head. “You still want to listen? Think I’m performing for money? Back inside.”
As the ox walked toward the Chen Clan, Chen Han again flipped his hand to swap the Jade Bamboo Demonic Flute for the Beast Taming Flute and began to play the guarding beast-taming musical notes.
Those lion head geese immediately responded to the summons, gathering around Chen Han and You Fu, spreading their wings in a protective posture as they followed them back toward the Chen Clan.
All the way playing the flute, Chen Han escorted the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese back to the Spirit Beast Hall, then took the calf back to the uncle’s courtyard, just in time to add water to the medicinal cuisine. After finishing that, he took the footage from his junior sister and prepared to edit.
His junior sister certainly wanted to help, but this video was not convenient for her to edit, since he had already done the first half himself.
He had to do it on his own.
He took out the footage and opened the earlier part he had edited yesterday, from subduing the Mountain Shaking Spirit Ox to riding the ox back to the courtyard. The latter half would naturally pick up from the scene in Uncle’s Kitchen where the demonic cult rogue challenged him.
But the two segments could be bridged with a black screen transition, and in Uncle’s Courtyard, the scene when You Fu ran over on its own and lay down to let him on its back could have a special effect added.
After that came the battle with the demonic cult rogue. The shot of Ming Di’s stunned expression when he saw the ox, and then the ox charging at him and him staring wide-eyed in fright, could all be given close-ups.
As for him being swarmed by the lion head geese, that needed close-ups even more, including him being stripped again and running away.
He could even enlarge and bold the subtitle for that line, “It’s you, you lion head goose. What did my balls ever do to you?”
Finally, of course, would be the tune 《Sword of Fate》 he played. Even though it was recorded by mobile phone with some audio loss, once heard, the Dream Immortal +2 attribute would still take effect. It would definitely be stronger than anyone else’s rendition of the same track.
It was just a bit worse than listening at the scene, but that was fine. As long as the Dream Immortal +2 attribute could take effect, lossless quality wasn’t important. If there was a chance to perform again at the Chen Clan, a pure enjoyment version could serve as a benefit for tourists.
“Senior brother, your flute still feels amazing on re-listen,” Xiao Yu couldn’t help saying. “Just now I thought again of you taking me to ride a sword.”
“Why am I taking you? Shouldn’t you be flying on your own?” Chen Han asked with a smile.
“Anyway, just like that!” Xiao Yu’s pretty face flushed slightly with embarrassment, as she thought again of that Titanic sword-riding.
Chen Han was in the middle of editing when he suddenly heard his uncle’s voice, along with an invitation, coming from outside: “Village Chief, Xiao Han is inside. Come in with me.”
“Chen Lin, I’m really troubling you,” Village Chief Guo Zhen said gratefully.
“Village Chief, with how long we’ve known each other, you’re being too polite,” Chen Lin said as he entered the kitchen. Behind him was Shangyuan Village’s Village Chief, Guo Zhen.
Coming in and seeing Chen Han, Chen Lin smiled and said, “Xiao Han, the Village Chief called me. He wants to see you and ask a favor, so I brought him over.”
Guo Zhen carried a bamboo cage. Seeing Chen Han, he greeted him very politely. “Chen Family Head, sorry to disturb you.”
Hearing the Village Chief call him “Chen Family Head” did make Chen Han a bit unaccustomed, and at that moment, he suddenly received a game prompt:
【Because you once again repelled the joint attack of the demonic cult rogue and the Dog Demon Tribe, the rogue cultivators who had gathered nearby to avoid disaster have seen the power of the Chen Clan. More and more rogue cultivators want to rely on the Chen Clan, and they have recommended a relatively reputable rogue cultivator to come pay respects to you, and they have prepared an offering as well!】
Chen Han looked at the Village Chief in surprise. Previously, the two uncles and elders from the village, Guo Qilong and Deng Yimao, had been assigned rogue cultivator identities by the game system and had presented him with a Rat Spirit Fruit.
Now the Village Chief had also been given the identity of a rogue cultivator representative?
Had all the people in Shangyuan Village become rogue cultivators?
He suddenly felt that in order to push the plot forward, the game system had begun handing out identity plates on a large scale.
However, he was drawn by the words “offering as well” in the game prompt. His gaze subconsciously dropped to the bamboo cage in the Village Chief’s hand and the little fellows inside.
They were quite cute.
