Chapter 81: Cultivation Market! Moon Gazing Rabbit!
（The update is late. Mainly, it was to raise the average subscriptions, get a premium first-order badge, and make it easier to receive recommendations, so now two chapters are combined and updated together!）
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In the bamboo cage that the village chief carried were a few rabbits. Judging from their appearance and the curve of their mouths, they were clearly wild rabbits, and one of them was actually white.
In the south, white wild rabbits were very rare.
Chen Han smiled and said, “Village Chief, since you specially came over today, you must have something to discuss, right?”
Guo Zhen did not deny it. “Chen Family Head, I do indeed have something to ask. The number of tourists coming to the Chen Clan recently has increased, and I believe that with your ability, the Chen Clan will welcome even more tourists in the future.”
“You also know our Shangyuan Village is actually not wealthy. Many people grow some agricultural products to sell outside. For fruits like peaches and yang mei, when fruit merchants come to collect them, the prices they offer are heavily suppressed.”
“So, we want to use these things to set up stalls and sell them to the Chen Clan’s tourists. But don’t worry, we will abide by the Chen Clan’s rules, and you can send people for supervision.”
【The representative of the rogue cultivators has informed you of their intention. They hope to rely on the Chen Clan and hope the Chen Clan will take the lead in building a cultivation market, giving rogue cultivators a place to trade cultivation resources, spirit stones, and cultivation methods! This is something that will increase reputation, allowing your fame to spread in all directions. Though rogue cultivators may be weak individually, if they are numerous enough, when demonic cult rogues attack, they can become a tremendous support. Please establish a cultivation market as soon as possible and dispatch a clan elder to sit in town to prevent demonic path rogues from causing trouble!】
When Chen Han heard the game prompt, he smiled. Even without the game system’s reminder, he would have agreed to what the village chief proposed.
Letting the villagers sell agricultural products, while not yet building a cultivation market, was also a way to increase reputation and raise their renown.
In reality and in cultivation, many things worked in similar ways.
The Chen Clan’s promotion of tourism to attract tourists had already claimed the largest share. From the beginning, he had never planned to drink all the soup himself.
This matter belonged to the soup. Letting the villagers drink some would at least earn more gratitude, instead of leaving only jealousy.
Moreover, the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation worshiped by the Chen Clan inherently had the meaning of protection. In the past, the Chen Clan had protected the ten miles and eight villages around them. He could not fully do that yet, but there was no need to stop their neighbors from earning a little small profit.
So he said to the village chief, “Village Chief, we are all neighbors. This naturally is not a problem. However, our Chen Clan’s promotion has not been easy. Now that there are some results, we cannot allow shoddy goods or overly high prices to ruin our reputation.”
Hearing this, Guo Zhen immediately promised, “Chen Family Head, rest assured. I guarantee the things sold by the villagers will be of guaranteed quality and quantity, and the prices will not be higher than those in the outside market. We will absolutely not let tourists suffer, but make them feel they have gained.”
On the matter of prices, Chen Han was actually at ease.
For fruit profits, even if some only earn a few cents per jin, overall profits were definitely not low.
Why are more and more fruit farmers now willing to handle their own packaging and free shipping, seeking internet celebrities for product promotion, first giving them a 15%-20% commission, then paying Douyin a 6% service fee?
It is because even after giving away 26%, and spending additional money on packaging, labor, and shipping, what they earn is still higher than selling to fruit merchants, and much higher.
So, when the villagers sold goods directly to tourists, there was a large margin for discounts.
Chen Han also said, “Village Chief, we still need to be preventive, so that one rat dropping does not spoil a whole pot of soup. I suggest that the Chen Clan and the village jointly select a specific place for everyone to sell things. Our Chen Clan will also send people to supervise. When there are truly many tourists, we can also submit an application for culture and tourism officials to come supervise together and do our best.”
Guo Zhen nodded. “I agree with this suggestion. We do not guard against gentlemen, but we must guard against petty people. Some really will lose their heads over tiny profits.”
The two sides then discussed some details.
On the Chen Clan’s side, this matter was naturally handed over to Chen Lin, the work hall elder, to coordinate with them.
After they agreed, Guo Zhen did not forget the gift he had brought. “Chen Family Head, these wild rabbits were specially caught by me in the mountains. I was lucky and caught an entire nest. These fellows are not protected animals and are excellent game.”
Almost at the same time, a game prompt appeared again:
【To rely on the Chen Clan, the rogue cultivators jointly went to Green Luan Peak and captured a nest of Moon Gazing Rabbits as a tribute gift! Note: Moon Gazing Rabbits are a type of special spirit beast that loves moonlight. Please build a rabbit hutch where moonlight can shine on them. Perhaps there will be unexpected gains!】
Chen Han took the cage of wild rabbits in surprise. After the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese and the Mountain Shaking Spirit Ox, was the clan about to gain a third type of spirit beast?
Moreover, both the Moon Gazing Rabbits and the cultivation market were excellent material.
Anyway, the previous video had not been fully edited. He could just add a short segment at the end, which would also serve as an advertisement.
Many tourists who came to the countryside to have fun did not mind buying some natural fruits and vegetables.
With that in mind, he took out his mobile phone and filmed the village chief and the cage of wild rabbits. “After defeating a demonic cult rogue a second time, more and more righteous rogue cultivators have come to seek protection and have sent representatives to negotiate with the Chen Clan, hoping the Chen Clan will take the lead in building a cultivation market, to provide a place for passing rogue cultivators to trade cultivation resources, cultivation methods, spirit stones, and more.”
Chen Lin and Xiao Yu had not expected him to jump straight into abstract style content out of nowhere.
They were in the middle of a serious discussion.
Guo Zhen was not surprised by this. After all, this was how the Chen Clan had become popular. And this video also served as an advertisement, so he cupped his hands, cooperated, and said, “Many thanks, Chen Family Head, for making this possible!”
Chen Han smiled. Looking at the village chief, he felt this man was a naturally gifted rogue cultivator.
After Guo Zhen finished his talk with the Chen Clan, he hurried back to the village.
Since the Chen Clan had agreed, he needed to properly prepare the villagers’ mindset, and there was also the matter of allocating a piece of land. When the time came to build a vegetable market… no, a cultivation market, the village could contribute.
After Guo Zhen left, Chen Han instructed Chen Lin, “Uncle, then I will have to trouble you to take on more. Coordinate with the village on the construction of the cultivation market.”
“Just leave it to me.” Chen Lin was full of energy for this sort of thing. His influence as the work hall elder was getting bigger.
Looking at the cage of wild rabbits in Chen Han’s hand, he asked, “Xiao Han, how are we going to deal with these wild rabbits? Fried, or stewed in soup?”
Chen Han shook his head and said, “These are the spirit beasts, Moon Gazing Rabbits. How could we fry or stew them? Uncle, I will have to trouble you again to build a rabbit hutch for these Moon Gazing Rabbits in my courtyard. Moon Gazing Rabbits like moonlight. It is best if it is a half-glass structure.”
“Keep them? All right, I will get some tools and build the hutch for you first.” Although Chen Lin did not quite understand, he agreed and went out to find tools.
Now his nephew held extremely high prestige with him. Whatever the other did must have a purpose. As a martial guardian, all he needed to do was carry out the instructions.
Chen Han recalled that, besides building the market, the game prompt had also required a clan elder to sit in town. He took out his phone again and filmed his junior sister. “Junior sister, since we agreed with the rogue cultivators to build a cultivation market, our Chen Clan will also need to send an elder there to sit in town to prevent demonic path rogues from causing trouble. As for which elder to send, I will leave it to you to evaluate.”
Seeing her senior brother jump straight into shooting again, Xiao Yu’s pretty face flushed with embarrassment. “Senior brother, I understand.”
She had appeared in her senior brother’s abstract video again.
After replying, she hurried out.
Chen Han continued editing his video. Before long, he saw his junior sister return with a little old man, who wore a red armband on his arm that read “civilization supervision” for the vegetable market.
You could see such old men in many vegetable markets.
They were essentially volunteers hired by the market for a few hundred yuan a month. Not only were they strong in “combat,” but young people really did not dare bump into them. And since many elderly liked a bit of petty authority, they worked very diligently.
Bringing in such a “civilization supervisor” was killing several birds with one stone.
Chen Han recognized this elder. He was an uncle-grandfather from Uncle Shuisheng’s branch, with a rather fiery temper, named Chen Da Pao.
It was said that back in the town vegetable market, he was a dominating presence. None of the stall owners could out-argue him.
Very good. This clan elder was formidable.
Chen Han once again instantly started recording, capturing a video shot of the red armband old man as the final material.
They said they would send an elder to sit in town, yet it turned out to be a vegetable market red armband old man?
The contrast would definitely be strong and eye-catching.
“Senior brother, uncle-grandfather worked as a ‘civilization supervisor’ in the vegetable market. He is perfect to watch over the market we are making with the village.” His junior sister came in and explained with a smile.
“Then I will trouble uncle-grandfather.” Chen Han agreed with this arrangement.
Wrinkles filled Chen Da Pao’s face as he broke into a wide smile, revealing yellowed teeth from his pipe. “Family Head, leave this matter to this old man. I guarantee I will keep a close watch on those villagers for you!”
At this moment, the little old man’s face was full of earnest zeal for his “civilization supervisor” re-employment.
He wanted to serve the clan, to serve the family head.
As he spoke, he tugged proudly at the red armband on his arm.
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At noon.
After eating medicinal cuisine, Chen Han returned to his courtyard with the cage of Moon Gazing Rabbits. His uncle was already busy inside with loud clanking.
The rabbit hutch was not difficult to build. It just took some effort. The main structure was almost complete.
It did, however, need to allow moonlight to shine in. His uncle had found a piece of transparent glass carved with some patterns. Chen Han did not know what it was originally used for, but its overall look was quite good.
Chen Han greeted his uncle, then continued editing the video.
He intended to cut together all the footage from the past two days into one video, ending the final frame on uncle-grandfather’s wide grin with his black and yellow teeth.
With this elder dispatched to sit in town, he would like to see whether the demonic cult rogues dared to come cause trouble.
After finishing the edit, Chen Han picked up his phone and checked the data on the previous video.
The Cloud Barrier Technique video’s likes had stopped climbing, reaching 280,000 likes, and his followers had reached 43,
Then he checked his reputation data: 50,000 reputation （39835/50000）
The 50,000 reputation requirement was about to be completed.
He immediately uploaded the edited video to his Douyin account.
Title: Subduing the Mountain Shaking Spirit Ox and defeating a demonic cult rogue again, rogue cultivators submit, a cultivation market is established, and a powerful clan elder is dispatched to sit in town!
This title basically covered all the content.
Click upload.
After a moment, those who followed the Chen Family Head account and had update notifications turned on received the alert.
Chu Hao had just seen a middle-aged man out of his shop. “Take care, President Li. Here is your Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea!”
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea in his hands.
The man was a business partner of his family’s company. Previously, when an elder from his family negotiated a contract with him, Chu Hao had given him a cup of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, which he immediately liked, so they gifted him a whole canister.
As for the money, that was unimportant. Keeping this contract for his family brought profits of no less than ten million. One jin of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was nothing. He knew how to weigh such things.
Just as he expected, the Chen Family Head’s Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was indeed powerful. In the future, he had to maintain a good relationship with the Chen family.
After sitting down, he saw that the Chen Family Head’s account had updated. He clicked in and saw a little calf lying at the Chen Family Head’s feet.
“Today I subdued the Mountain Shaking Spirit Ox…”
Chu Hao smiled knowingly. The Chen Family Head was still so abs… interesting. This carefree state of mind really made one envious.
But what came next truly surprised him, because that ox was too smart.
It could really understand what the Chen Family Head said, especially the part where a demonic path freak came to provoke them. The little ox actually went to his side on its own.
For a cow to be this intelligent, the Chen Family Head must truly possess some beast taming technique unknown to outsiders. It was definitely not something a simple animal trainer could explain.
The later part of the video showed the scene of that demonic cult rogue Ming Di trying to piggyback on their popularity and getting stripped again, especially the shot of him clutching his crotch. It was indeed amusing. Honestly, Chu Hao even suspected that guy was acting with the Chen Family Head to create traffic.
Otherwise, how could there be such a fool who let a flock of Lion Head Geese strip him twice in a row?
If he had prepared better, he should at least have been able to run.
Elsewhere.
On Douyin.
Lu Xue（Chapter 56） was also watching the Chen Family Head’s video, and was right at the segment where Ming Di was stripped and clutching himself.
She was, of course, reviewing it.
Many videos were reported after being uploaded. The more popular a video, the more reports it attracted.
Some reports were legitimate, some were random, and some were retaliatory, treating Douyin as a tool.
As an auditor, she had to review the reported videos of the internet celebrities under her responsibility.
Previously, while auditing, she had discovered the Chen Family Head’s account and given him an S-level recommendation resource. As the result was good, with his second recommended video also reaching 280,000 likes, his account was naturally classified under her scope.
So when this video of his was reported, it was routed to her for review.
Reported violations: 《explicit sexual content》, 《animal attacking humans》, 《promoting violence》, 《animal abuse》
All right, each of these was a very serious issue that could get a video taken down. And the video had only just been uploaded when a few reports already came in.
Yet as she watched the video, her cheeks twitched.
Riding a cow was animal abuse? Did they not see the cow happily letting him ride?
The cow had no objection, the Chen Family Head had no objection, but the reporter did?
Animal attacking humans? The Lion Head Geese surrounding Ming Di was obviously agreed upon by both sides. No one would be stupid enough to be stripped naked by a flock of geese twice.
As for 《explicit sexual content》, Ming Di’s hanfu was only torn into strips. His underwear was still on. If this warranted a report, then no one should watch sexy beauties or bikini videos anymore.
Lu Xue was speechless. These reports were a pure waste of time.
Just as she was feeling annoyed, she suddenly heard a melodious flute sound in the video. She recognized it as 《Legend of Sword and Fairy: Sword of Fate》, a BGM used in many videos, which she had heard often during reviews.
But this time was different. As the flute music sounded, it felt as if it seeped into her mind. In an instant, she felt as though she had ascended, becoming a cloud-riding immortal woman.
Especially as the music deepened, she felt as though she were riding a sword through mountains and rivers.
She instinctively looked at the video. The one playing the flute was the Chen Family Head, and her mouth parted slightly in surprise.
In her impression, the Chen Family Head had always done abstract content. She had not expected him to have this skill. Just this one flute piece alone, none of the flute-playing internet celebrities on Douyin could compare.
A hidden gem blogger?
The phrase sprang to her mind.
In general, there were many abstract bloggers, but very few could become truly big and last long, because pure abstract content only brought brief amusement. Without innovation, talent, and real ability, it would not endure.
If it was only abstract, it would indeed become truly abstract.
But if, alongside the abstract style, there was solid talent and ability, it was different.
It was like the saying, “You can pretend to be poor, but you cannot really be poor.” The same logic applied.
The flute sound continued, growing more urgent, and the strange feeling grew stronger, as if she had fallen into a dream.
People often said music could draw someone in and intoxicate them.
This must be what they meant.
When the flute stopped, she suddenly felt a sense of loss. To make someone feel this way with one flute piece was impressive.
The video went on. When she saw the Chen Family Head and the villagers discussing the construction of a cultivation market, she was amused. A cultivation market, yet they were clearly just building a vegetable market to sell fruits and vegetables. This was how rural tourism economy worked.
Then he solemnly appointed a clan elder to sit in town, but when the red armband old man with black and yellow teeth appeared, she actually spat out a mouthful of water.
Awesome. The Chen Clan was truly awesome. This kind of elder, right?
She laughed. That night, she would have to give him another S-level recommendation in the golden time slot.
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Elsewhere, after uploading the video, Chen Han’s uncle finished the rabbit hutch. “Xiao Han, put those wild rabbits inside and see.”
Chen Han nodded, opened the cage, and placed all the Moon Gazing Rabbits inside. There were four of them, all small. Clearly, their parents had gone out, and these inexperienced little ones had been captured in one go.
Chen Lin patted the hutch. “See this glass? I got it from Fifth Uncle. These patterns were personally carved by him. When the moon shines on it, it can cast beautiful patterns on the wall.”
“Fifth Uncle is that skilled?” Chen Han was surprised. If his uncle had not said so, he would have thought the patterns on the glass were machine carved.
But the next moment, with the game prompt that appeared, his face showed even greater surprise.
【Congratulations, you have built the rabbit hutch required by the Moon Gazing Rabbits. The clan has gained another spirit beast. Since Moon Gazing Rabbits love moonlight, the work hall elder asked the clan’s formation elder to carve a moon-gathering formation pattern to collect moonlight, allowing them to better enjoy it.
Note: Raising Moon Gazing Rabbits will bring unexpected surprises!】
Chen Han opened his mouth. After his uncle left, he walked around the hutch, observing the four Moon Gazing Rabbits inside.
Though they were also clan spirit beasts, judging from how they were obtained and from the game prompt, these four Moon Gazing Rabbits were definitely different from the more than one hundred Mysterious Frost Lion Head Geese in the Spirit Beast Hall.
And the difference was certainly not small.
As for what the difference was, he could not tell even after watching for a long time.
His uncle had placed some vegetable leaves inside. The four little fellows were munching on them, clearly hungry, and they did not look much different from ordinary wild rabbits.
But if they were ordinary beasts, the game system would not have gone through all this fuss, making him build a special hutch, requiring moonlight exposure, and adding a moon-gathering formation pattern.
In the game plot, this rabbit hutch would not be something ordinary.
From the game’s note, it seemed they first had to bask in moonlight before any unexpected changes would occur.
They had only just been placed inside, and it was broad daylight. Nothing would show yet.
He was thinking this when he suddenly saw the little white one lift its rear, and a tiny point of starlight emerged from its very private spot.
“???” Chen Han.
