Chapter 83: The Little Rabbit Has Bad Intentions! Is There Anything More Abstract?
Chen Han now somewhat understood why some people would eat shit.
How was this shit? It was clearly a miraculous elixir.
He would eat first out of respect.
He directly took one from the warehouse, put it into his mouth, chewed it. It was a little soft and bouncy, with a grassy sweetness.
Wasn’t this better than many gummy candies?
After a Moon Gazing Sand went down into his stomach, after a while, he felt a cool sensation emerge from his eyes.
That feeling was very strange and very comfortable, as if the surrounding scenery had become much clearer.
It was not yet the Maoshi hour, the sun had not risen, though he could already see around him, it was still not as bright as full daylight.
But just now for that moment, he indeed felt that the scene around him became a bit clearer.
This should be the effect of vision +
A bit unbelievable.
At least this effect should enhance his night vision ability.
As for other things, he did not yet know.
He immediately took out a second Moon Gazing Sand intending to take it, when the game system suddenly prompted:
【Special reminder: the eyes are special and fragile parts, and the absorption effect of Moon Gazing Sand is limited. When the effect is still present, taking it again will not stack its effect!】
This stopped him from throwing the Moon Gazing Sand into his mouth.
So Moon Gazing Sand could not be eaten like jelly beans non-stop, relying on quantity to see more clearly, farther and farther?
The system did not allow him to exploit a bug.
Before this effect disappeared, it should refer to that refreshing and comfortable feeling in his eyes, right?
Thinking so, he put the Moon Gazing Sand in his hand back into the warehouse.
At this moment, he suddenly saw that inside the Moon Gazing Rabbit Hutch, that little white fellow was raising its head, its clear eyes staring straight at him. He did not know how long it had been watching.
Seemingly noticing his gaze, the little white fellow once again stuck up its rear, and then a Moon Gazing Sand wrapped in white light emerged from its shameful part.
“???” Chen Han frowned.
This was the second time, right?
He directly reached out and grabbed the little white fellow. In his hand, the little guy was clearly frightened and tried to struggle, but it was all in vain.
Chen Han flicked his finger on the little fellow’s head. “Although I have no evidence, I feel you little thing harbor ill intentions, wanting me to eat your shit… but that being said, if you can produce it then produce more.”
After speaking, he flicked its head again, then put it back into the rabbit hutch, and stored that new Moon Gazing Sand into the warehouse.
Then he thought of how to preserve Moon Gazing Sand. It was specially noted that this thing needed to be stored in wood with spirituality, otherwise its medicinal effect would dissipate. Once it lost its effect, Moon Gazing Sand should just be shit.
Within the Daoist sect, wood with spirituality was generally produced from lightning-struck wood, older peach trees, elm trees, and so on. Such wood with spirituality, in Daoist legends, was used to make wooden swords, wooden nails, wooden talismans and similar good things, and also had the function of restraining evil entities and exorcising evil.
He thought of those Three Old Elm Trees. They were ancient enough and counted as wood with spirituality under Daoist definitions.
That was to say, if one really encountered ghosts like in supernatural movies, and ran under those three trees, those so-called ghosts would not dare approach.
So he could cut off a branch from an old elm tree to make a small wooden tube and give it a try.
It just so happened he also needed to go to the Special Spiritual Aperture.
He found a cleaver, went over and patted the lying You Fu, then sat cross-legged on its back, riding it out of the courtyard.
When he reached the Special Spiritual Aperture, he sat cross-legged as usual, and at the Maoshi hour, when the spiritual energy rinse came, he operated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》 to cultivate, once again increasing his lifespan a little.
After that, he had You Fu go under a tree. Standing on its back, he got onto a thick branch and chopped down a branch.
This Old Elm Tree had an ID card. If it were an outsider doing this, they would definitely be taken in for education, at the very least criticized for a few days.
But the Chen Clan was different. They were the guardians and also had the responsibility of trimming the branches.
He was only trimming branches.
After coming down again, he cut off all the leaves from the branch, scraped off the outer bark, and kept only the main shaft of the branch. Later he would cut off a section, hollow out the inside, and finally make a wooden plug so he could store Moon Gazing Sand.
Riding the ox back to the Chen Clan, as he passed the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Consecration Hall, the aunt-grandmother in charge of the hall’s daily incense and candles saw him. “Xiao Han, Xiao Lin said earlier that you want to set up another Statue of the Heavenly Lord. Remember to bring the prayer document over today first, and when setting up the Statue of the Heavenly Lord, remember to wear your Daoist robe, open the altar, and perform consecration for the statue.”
“Okay, aunt-grandmother!” Chen Han’s tone was still very respectful. This aunt-grandmother was his grandfather’s younger brother’s wife and the only surviving female elder among his grandfather’s generation of brothers.
The Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Consecration Hall had always been maintained by this aunt-grandmother.
Their Chen Clan had previously been registered within the Daoist sect, but due to social change, war, political movements, chaos in Celestial Master inheritance, and various reasons, they were no longer registered.
Apart from the Chen Clan buildings, books, and some scattered inheritance in the main family, in fact they were no different from ordinary families. It was just that clan members still existed in a clan structure.
Several Daoist Sect Heritage Families that remained till now also survived in this way, except they were richer. Some even drove luxury cars and lived in manors, unlike the Chen Clan, who stayed cramped in a small village and became poor.
In families like theirs, many Daoist rules, etiquette, morning classes and so on were no longer strictly observed.
For example, in this Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall, apart from aunt-grandmother maintaining incense and offerings daily, no one came for morning classes and such.
The Chen Clan was actually considered relatively good. At least they still retained the sacrificial great hall.
Some Daoist sect heritage families had lost even their sacrificial great halls, did not care which deity they worshiped, and only cared about what price of luxury cars they drove and how lavish their villas were.
Some families, if not for doing medicinal herbs and medicinal wine business needing the “Daoist sect heritage” tag to increase product value, might not even mention their identity as Daoist sect heritage families.
After all, it was a different era.
However, when it came to New Year festivals, the Heavenly Lord’s birthdays, special days, important events and such, they would still follow the rules. At least every family within the clan had to send a representative.
Of course, many people were probably not doing it out of reverence for the deity, but more for the sense of ritual and the lively atmosphere.
For example, establishing a new Statue of the Heavenly Lord was a very important matter.
Many people said they believed in the Dao and in deities, then went out and casually bought an immortal’s statue to worship at home. That was not right.
There were many procedures involved.
For the Chen Clan, to set up a statue they first had to submit a prayer document to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation whom they worshiped, then cast the holy divination blocks, known as “holy cups” in the Min River area. One side flat up was yang, the convex side up was yin.
Yin and yang combined was a holy divination, indicating that the deity had agreed to the petition and it could proceed.
If it was not a holy divination, then the deity did not agree. That meant the prayer document was not written well, and it had to be rewritten and submitted again.
Only when the deity agreed through the prayer could they proceed with setting up a new statue.
And that was only the first step. The second step, consecrating the statue, was the most important, because only a consecrated statue could be granted spirituality by the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation. The statue would become an avatar of the Heavenly Lord, and worshiping and offering incense before it would allow the Heavenly Lord to know.
This was called connecting humans and deity.
Many TV series plots where the deity in the heavens could see many believers bowing before their statues, and even hear their prayers, were because the statues had been consecrated.
If not consecrated, then sorry, the deity would not know you were offering and bowing, and long-term offering might even attract evil spirits to attach, bringing calamity to the family.
So think of those religious scenic spots selling statues as souvenirs. Those tourists who bought statues for fun or whatever reason were not actually promoting reverence for deities and might instead attract evil spirits.
Fortunately, none of those tourists were truly devout believers, offering every day with pious devotion.
Moreover, in the new era there were basically no evil entities and such. Otherwise…
Next, as family head, Chen Han needed to write the prayer document to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation, present it to the Heavenly Lord, and then cast the holy divination blocks.
With that in mind, he rode You Fu to his uncle’s courtyard, entered the kitchen, and took out a stew pot to prepare medicinal cuisine.
As always, when handling Dog Demon Meat, he put some Dog Demon Grease into the Cloud Barrier Cauldron with a remark. After lighting the fire to stew the medicinal cuisine, he went as usual to the Spirit Beast Hall to bring out the Mysterious Frost Lion Head Goose to go against those stray dogs.
There was still only one piece of Dog Demon Meat, and he still did not see the Dog Demon Spine Bone.
Many tourists were still gathered around watching. When he rode the ox and controlled the goose out, those tourists were already pointing their mobile phones at him and kept filming.
This was a good thing.
His new video had already exceeded 300,000 likes in the morning. The videos these tourists posted could also ride on some traffic, allowing more people to see and indirectly boosting his popularity.
Acting as if nothing had happened, he stored the Dog Demon Meat into the warehouse, sent the Lion Head Goose back to the Spirit Beast Hall, and returned again to his uncle’s kitchen.
His eyes still held that refreshing and comfortable sensation from taking Moon Gazing Sand. Clearly, the effect of Moon Gazing Sand could last a long time.
He immediately found a drilling tool, drilled a hole in the Old Elm Tree branch he had brought back, and then made a wooden plug.
Soon, a slightly rough wooden tube was finished.
He then tried storing the wooden tube into the warehouse and checked the remark information:
【Storage wooden tube: this is a storage wooden tube made from a branch of an Old Elm Tree. Because the Old Elm Tree is ancient and has absorbed some spiritual energy, it is very good wood with spirituality. It can not only ward off evil, but also has a very good preservation effect for storing some special medicines!】
Seeing this remark, Chen Han did not hesitate. He took out this storage tube with two Moon Gazing Sands, put them inside, and sealed it with the wooden plug.
At this moment, he saw his junior sister walk in with a bright smile. “Senior brother, the urgent order of ancient costumes we placed yesterday has been sped up. They will arrive this afternoon. You need to leave time for me and Xiao Mi Jie. You promised to film videos with us.”
Chen Han naturally remembered this. At that time he would have to transform into Li Xiaoyao, Sedum, and Yun Tianhe.
So he said, “Junior sister, you need to help me watch the medicinal cuisine first, remember to add water. I have to go deal with today’s matters.”
Since aunt-grandmother had reminded him, he had to prepare the prayer to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation and then cast the holy divination blocks to consult the Heavenly Lord.
Before leaving, he glanced at his junior sister’s lively and beautiful big eyes. They would look even prettier after taking Moon Gazing Sand, right?
Most importantly, his junior sister often wore colored contacts when filming videos, and wearing those for long periods placed a heavy burden on the eyes.
“Senior brother, why are you looking at me like that?” Xiao Yu felt embarrassed under his gaze and asked coyly.
“Junior sister’s eyes are really beautiful.” Chen Han praised without hesitation. Seeing her mouth curl up happily, he added, “Hold out your hand. I’ll give you something good.”
Xiao Yu obediently held out her hand.
Chen Han opened the wooden tube sieve and poured out a Moon Gazing Sand for her. “Something good, eat it.”
Xiao Yu curiously inspected the Moon Gazing Sand and felt it was a bit strange, but still obediently put it into her mouth.
If senior brother said it was good, he would not lie to her.
Sure enough, after chewing twice, she felt a soft bouncy texture and sweetness and asked curiously, “Senior brother, what is this? It’s delicious!”
“This is Moon Gazing Sand. It’s very good for your eyes. You can’t find it outside!” Chen Han explained briefly, then left the kitchen and returned to his own courtyard to write the prayer document for the Heavenly Lord.
Xiao Yu, full of curiosity, took out her mobile phone and searched what Moon Gazing Sand was. As soon as she saw the information, her beautiful big eyes widened.
Wild rabbit droppings.
She thought of those wild rabbits the village chief had sent over. The next moment she bent over and started retching, so anxious that she reached her hand into her mouth to scrape.
Senior brother had gone too far.
Xiao Mi happened to come in, and seeing her like this, hurriedly asked, “Xiao Yu, what’s wrong with you?”
Xiao Yu’s eyes were teary from retching as she cried, “Xiao Mi Jie, senior brother is too much. He actually fed me shit!”
“???” Xiao Mi.
Just then, Xiao Yu clearly felt a cool and comfortable sensation appear in her eyes. This strange feeling made her freeze, and she remembered what senior brother had said about it being good for the eyes.
Sure enough, her eyes felt more and more comfortable.
Even the soreness from staying up late with Xiao Mi Jie last night to work on video scripts disappeared instantly.
This…
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Chen Han returned to his own courtyard and began making preparations. The Daoist prayer document to the deity could not be written casually; there were rules.
First, he had to write on yellow paper, then use a brush, cinnabar as ink, special formatting, and so on.
Yellow paper, brush, and cinnabar were stored in the warehouse, so he just took them out to use. But this was his first time writing a prayer document for erecting a new statue, so he needed to consult Daoist books and find a template.
Fortunately, the template was not hard to find. He quickly found one and wrote according to the format:
“Respectfully presented to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation.”
Next was the date, which had to be written in the ancient system, indicating the time of the prayer.
“Believer Chen Han, dharma name Da Xuan, with the most sincere heart, presents this prayer to the Heavenly Lord.”
This was to state his identity.
Da Xuan was his generation character in the Daoist sect, from the Zhengyi lineage “Three Mountains Fifty Characters” generation system. His father’s generation character was “Ding.” Naturally, this generation system had nothing to do with other Zhengyi factions. Each family’s sequence had long been different.
It could happen that an old Daoist took in a very young novice, and that novice, after becoming very old, took disciples. Then the generation characters would lag by one or two generations.
So where there was no clear master-disciple lineage, each family counted its own, and having a “higher” generation character did not mean higher seniority in Zhengyi.
When he studied and lived in secular society, he did not use his dharma name, only his common name. Besides avoiding misunderstandings caused by special religious identity and titles, it was also because that “Da” generation character felt somewhat embarrassing.
Next, he had to proclaim the Heavenly Lord’s merit, commonly known as flattery. If you flattered the Heavenly Lord well, the Heavenly Lord would be easier to talk to.
“Since the opening of chaos, the Heavenly Lord’s supreme wish power in the six heavens of primordial origin, to transmit the dharma of…”
He directly copied from the template.
After some time, he finished the prayer document, then went to his room, searched out a green Daoist robe, which he had not worn for a long time and which already carried a particular smell.
In the Daoist sect, there were regular Daoist robes and ritual robes, distinguished by style and color. The most obvious distinction was regular robes in blue, gray, green, and ritual robes in yellow, purple, red, and so on.
Also, not everyone was qualified to wear a Daoist robe.
In Daoist sect heritage families like the Chen Clan who were no longer registered, only the main family line was qualified to wear Daoist robes. Others were not, mainly to avoid speech and behavior that might harm the image of the Daoist sect. Online there were plenty of fake Daoist people who could not even distinguish ritual robes from regular robes.
The most infamous were the so-called Daoist maiden groups.
What was a Daoist maiden? In videos they wore Daoist robes, pretending to be members of the Daoist sect, posting content like, “Do you know how to find a Daoist priest girlfriend? You have to know there are many benefits to having a Daoist priest girlfriend…” and so on.
As for what Daoist maidens did? They were just higher-level animals wearing a different skin.
Therefore, Daoist robes were not to be worn lightly. Even as the Chen Family Head, he could only wear the highest-level regular robe, the green robe. He could not wear ritual robes.
Many people thought putting on a Daoist robe showed respect for the Daoist sect, but in fact, they might be violating taboos.
After changing into the green Daoist robe, he took the prayer document and went to the great hall consecrating the Heavenly Lord.
Seeing him arrive, aunt-grandmother came forward. “Xiao Han, is the prayer document ready?”
“Mm, it’s ready.” Chen Han nodded.
Submitting the prayer document was simple and did not require clan members to attend. He and aunt-grandmother were enough. Under her guidance, he offered three sticks of incense and five bows to show respect, then knelt, kowtowed, and presented the prayer document.
Finally, he took the holy divination blocks from aunt-grandmother and tossed them. One yin and one yang: a holy divination, meaning the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation agreed.
Thankfully, it passed in one go and did not make him go back and rewrite his homework.
For that, he kowtowed once more to the Heavenly Lord.
This was actually a very ordinary prayer for establishing a new statue, nothing special.
Until, as Chen Han stepped out of the great hall, the game prompt sounded:
【New game module loading… system has detected new data packet fragments. Data packet （2） fragments are being collected…】
“????” Chen Han froze for a moment and immediately recalled that when he had first obtained the game system, due to the system being corrupted and data lost, it had self-rescued by randomly gathering data and loading so-called data packet （1）, after which everything became abstract.
The little earth dog became a Dog Demon, and aunt-grandmother became a Family Elder.
What did this new prompt mean now?
Would things become even more abstract later?
