allendalepharm Chapter 314 - 159: Passing Down the Way! An Unexpected Drop!
Chapter 314 - 159: Passing Down the Way! An Unexpected Drop!
In this season’s morning, when the sun first rises, it’s indeed quite refreshing.
And after a high-quality sleep, waking up to such a morning makes one feel particularly pleasant.
Chu Ping got up early and stretched comfortably, feeling refreshed and incredulous.
He hadn’t experienced such a good quality of sleep for a long time.
His mental state upon waking had never been this good.
After washing up, he left the room, saw his wife making breakfast in the kitchen, and took out his phone to check the news online.
This was also his habit, for in his position, news could let him learn a lot, and he might even borrow successful ideas from other places that attracted people.
After checking the morning news, he noticed more about the Chen Family, first of which was that the sword control video of Patriarch Chen last night garnered a lot of data.
Moreover, the Chen Family’s National Style event had officially begun to warm up; there were already some National Style internet celebrity guests at the Chen Family. Not only had their account uploaded videos of the guests, but many tourists also uploaded videos of the internet celebrities.
Especially the internet celebrity called Sister Lobster, when tourists saw her filming, she cooperated by posing, the effect was excellent. With many people filming and promoting, the popularity naturally rose.
This was a good thing.
If the Chen Family’s National Style event was done well, it could bring many benefits to Linhai County. Besides the coming and going taxi drivers, it could create income for many people.
And then there was accommodation, with so many people not all able to stay at the Chen Family’s lodging or Shangyuan Village’s homestays, the county’s hotels and inns could be driven by it.
These people staying must eat and drink, right? That could also boost the county’s food and beverage industry.
The impact is significant in many ways.
Most critically, over on the cultural tourism front, Chen Kai had already planned to give away free tickets to the county’s scenic spots, such as the section of the city wall fabricated by the county, depicting the Chen Family helping to fend off marauding troops.
The county had already completed the construction and inscribed related stories on it...
The promotion was so that one could see the glorious years when the Chen Family helped guard the county, and the county even invited a novelist named Guo to fabricate a story of an intrepid and cunning member of the Chen Clan resisting marauders.
So, when these visitors drawn by the Chen Family who received free tickets, would they not go and take a look? Wouldn’t they want to witness the glorious past of the Chen Family?
The mentality of ’since we’re here’ is sometimes the biggest driving force.
"You’re up?" His wife brought out congee and side dishes, looking at him in amazement.
She could naturally see his state, clearly having slept well, and she immediately thought of her husband’s miraculous Peace Talisman.
She even thought of getting one of those Peace Talismans herself when she had the time.
...
As the sun rose over the Chen Family, the tourists gradually woke up and began to stir within it.
The Chen Clan Ancient Building Complex, whether the areas where the Chen Clan members resided, or the main hall, visitor service center, and various functional buildings, all maintained their original ancient flavor, without a trace of being newly built or renovated.
It truly immerses one in the historical depth, allowing them to experience the overwhelming beauty of ancient architecture.
Especially those watchtowers, arrow towers, and some battle relics, they seemed to narrate to the visitors about the battles of that chaotic era.
At the spot of the three old elm trees, when Chen Han finished his cultivation and opened his eyes, Little Uncle and the others had already left and returned to the Chen Family.
He looked towards the top of the three old elm trees, where the dense, crystalline dew was produced by the flushing of Spiritual Energy.
Without hesitation, he once again leaped onto the pavilion top to gain leverage, then jumped again. With his current strength, under the lightness +2 attribute, he easily climbed onto one of the old elm trees and started collecting these dewdrops.
In his hand was already a very small bottle for holding the dew.
Today, he could collect more; after painting 30 Blessing and Peace Talismans, he could store the bottle, along with its dew, in the game warehouse to see how long this Rootless Water could be preserved.
After collecting the dew, he descended from the tree and brought the Rootless Water to see Aunt-in-law at the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall.
Upon entering the hall, he saw Aunt-in-law at the early hour with a talisman pen painting something. Upon closer look, it was Peace Talismans, and beside her were discarded Wasted Talismans.
He understood; Aunt-in-law was replicating Peace Talismans.
Moreover, judging by the Rune of those Peace Talismans, Aunt-in-law had inscribed them very perfectly, which also showed her capability.
It’s just a pity, without Rootless Water, these painted Peace Talismans couldn’t be blessed.
"Patriarch!" Aunt-in-law greeted him hurriedly when she saw him, then awkwardly said, "Let you have a laugh, I wanted to try painting these Peace Talismans, but none succeeded."
Chen Han smiled and said, "Aunt-in-law, you lack one thing, naturally, you can’t succeed. You should prepare a new set of tools for the painting of talismans!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt-in-law wasted no time, proactively entered the side hall to prepare a new set of talisman painting tools, and brought them out again: "Patriarch, everything is ready."
Chen Han nodded, also picked up the vermillion inkstone and vermillion, dripping the dew he just collected into it to adjust it until the vermillion became sticky.
Aunt-in-law instinctively looked at the bottle, understanding that this was indeed the key to painting the Peace Talisman.
Chen Han finished adjusting the vermillion and said to Aunt-in-law, "Aunt-in-law, now try again!"
Aunt-in-law, full of curiosity, immediately picked up the talisman pen, dipped it in the vermillion, and started painting again.
From last night to today, she had painted many unsuccessful Peace Talismans, but had already become well-versed in it; the strokes were smooth, and soon a brand new Peace Talisman was painted.
When she completed the sealing of the Rune, the color of the Rune’s vermillion unexpectedly became more bright and vivid.
This brought an expression of amazement to her face.
Yesterday, when she tested painting those Peace Talismans, she felt that her painted Rune was somewhat different from what the Patriarch had taken out.
Now she could see it was the color difference.
The talisman painting succeeded. The key is that the color of the cinnabar became so vivid after the talisman painting was completed, which was absolutely unbelievable to her.
She has served at the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall for over 40 years, and has seen many talisman paintings. In the past, wandering Daoists would stay at the Chen Family and gift talismans, but she had never witnessed such miraculous scenes.
She didn’t waste time and continued with the talisman painting, consecutively painting several Peace Talismans. After sealing the circles successfully, the cinnabar lines on each talisman became more vivid.
Afterward, she promptly placed those Peace Talismans on the altar and devoutly recited the Peaceful God Spell three times.
This time, upon seeing these Peace Talismans again, she indeed saw that the runes on them had turned purple, blessed as they were.
She couldn’t help but utter, "It succeeded, Patriarch! Earlier when I was painting the talismans, the runes were identical. Was it because of the water you brought?"
Chen Han nodded, explaining, "To make the talismans blessed by the Celestial Venerable, it requires using Rootless Water in talisman painting to withstand divine power; Rootless Water refers to water like dew or rain that hasn’t touched the ground."
"I see!" Auntie responded in surprise, realizing it.
She had read Daoist books on this subject before, but hadn’t thought of it immediately, or hadn’t considered this aspect at all.
After all, she’d been painting talismans this way for over 40 years.
Then, with a face full of devotion, she said to Chen Han, "Thank you, Patriarch, for passing on the method. I will have someone collect dew every day once the hall’s palace guard is recruited."
Chen Han nodded. Such tasks were naturally not for him to do personally; the method had been passed on to Auntie, so she would naturally arrange for it.
Understanding the reason now, Auntie, full of energy, began painting Blessing and Peace Talismans, evidently aiming to complete all 30 talismans with blessings today.
Chen Han, seeing this, poured out enough dew to adjust the cinnabar, then put the small bottle along with its contents back into the warehouse, examining how long the Rootless Water could be preserved within it.
After all, the game system mentioned that special containers could maintain Rootless Water for a prolonged time, whether it was feasible needed testing.
After leaving the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall, Chen Han went to the Spirit Field, checking the condition of the rapeseed. Watered by the Spirit Plant Dew, a long shoot sprouted overnight.
With the attribute of the Spirit Plant Dew plus the inherent growth speed of the rapeseed at +1, the growth was indeed remarkably fast.
As Chen Han anticipated, within a dozen days, a new batch of seeds would surely be ready, and by then the quantity could likely fill the lands near the Chen Family.
Upon leaving the Spirit Field, he saw many bees collecting nectar from the peach blossoms on the peach trees.
The direction these bees flew to was the family’s beekeeping area, indicating that the Giant Demon Bees, after being tamed by the family, had started operating normally.
However, whether the Thief Demon Bees would invade today was uncertain. Just as he pondered, a game prompt appeared:
[A swarm of bees obscures the sky once again, the Thief Demon Bees returning, these idle thieves still persistent in their attempts. Please quickly dispatch the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose for support!]
Chen Han was tempted to comment that these thief bees were really considerate, arriving just as he thought about them.
Almost simultaneously, Uncle Dagou called: "Xiaohan, those thief bees are back again. Hurry and bring the Lion-headed Geese!"
Chen Han hung up, and naturally went to the Spirit Beast Hall at once, using the Beast Taming Flute to bring out the Lion-headed Geese, heading to the bee farm.
Along the way, they attracted the attention of nearby tourists, each excitedly taking out their phones to take pictures.
The Patriarch’s deployment of the Lion-headed Goose troop was a long-standing legendary scene of the Chen Family, but witnessing it depended on luck.
Seeing it now was certainly fortunate for them.
"Patriarch Chen, look over here." A familiar voice of a girl sounded.
While playing the flute, Chen Han looked over and saw Sister Lobster holding her phone, filming him; beside her was another pretty girl in Hanfu, very familiar, seemingly the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King.
Evidently, she was one of the guests for the Chen Family’s National Style Event this time.
As Chen Han saw the two filming, he changed the melody, directing the Lion-headed Geese to form an Eight Trigrams Array for them to capture.
After all, humanity and worldly wisdom were still necessary.
This not only delighted the two girls, but also left the surrounding tourists incredulous:
"Really, they’re forming an array."
"Amazing. Previously, Professor Wu said to trust science, can such formations be achieved through scientific training?"
"I’ll believe him if he trains a group of Lion-headed Geese like this."
"..."
Collaborating with them on video, Chen Han then led the Lion-headed Geese to the beekeeping area.
Indeed, the Thief Demon Bees and Giant Demon Bees were fiercely battling again, their combat prowess blazing, dust and debris flying all around, intense and brutal.
Chen Han commanded the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose tribe to join the fray, instantly causing the Giant Demon Bees to retreat swiftly, returning to the beehives and yielding the battlefield to the Profound Frost Lion-headed Geese.
Thereafter, it was a one-sided slaughter.
The Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose was one of the earliest Mountain Guardian Spiritual Beasts of the Chen Family, each was trained robustly with abundant battle experience under the Chen Family’s nurturing.
The invading Thief Demon Bees were no match at all, leaving behind a field strewn with corpses and a chorus of mournful cries, fleeing in disgrace at the end.
Chen Han was disappointed that this Thief Demon Bee invasion only yielded one orb of light, implying only one item dropped.
It was somewhat disappointing, was the drop rate reduced?
But upon moving forward to claim the orb, seeing what was within it left him momentarily stunned,
It was a blood-red bee with a hint of ferocity on its face.
Especially when seeing the note information in the warehouse, it was even more astonishing, the effect was truly somewhat rule-defying, somewhat misunderstood.
No wonder in that old version of the Shu Mountain adaptation, several righteous sect leaders fell prey to this small thing.