Chapter 453 - 211: That Old Daoist Appeared
In the world of the Swordsmen of Shushan, cultivation techniques are divided into levels.
Among them, the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture of the Emei Sect is the highest cultivation method.
The Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method acquired by Chen Han is part of it, definitely the best initiation cultivation ceremony.
This type of cultivation method is also quite rare in the world of the Swordsmen of Shushan.
Whereas the Chen’s Disciple Universal Basic Qi Cultivation Method is relatively common.
Previously he considered teaching the junior sister a cultivation method, but wasn’t sure about her talent.
After all, cultivation requires talent; without it, teaching a technique is in vain.
Now with the Chen’s Disciple Universal Basic Qi Cultivation Method, he can first teach it to the junior sister, test the effect, and see her talent.
Later, he could also have the junior sister teach the little uncle, and then observe the little uncle’s cultivation progress.
However, considering the little uncle’s age and the absence of Spiritual Qi in reality, with only the occasional flush from special Spiritual Acupoints, he might not achieve much.
But, having this basic Qi cultivation method can at least enhance the little uncle’s strength a bit.
The title of Chen Family Hall Master and expert becomes even more justified.
For now, special Spiritual Acupoints’ flush is the only chance for cultivation, without considering other factors.
The current concern is when to teach the junior sister.
Moreover, he could let the elderly Daoist from the photograph step in again to teach the junior sister the Chen’s Disciple Universal Basic Qi Cultivation Method, solidifying the matter of the elderly Daoist.
This also further solidifies the deep heritage of the Chen Family, convincing the junior sister and others of this.
There are even cultivation techniques that utilize the underground Feng Shui array.
However, there’s no rush; things should be done one by one.
Chen Han thought while continuing to carve the elder elm tree branch in his hand; he now needed to first sculpt the Matchmaker God Staff.
The third requirement for establishing the Marriage Hall is to have a Spiritual Staff and a Red Line.
He is quite looking forward to the task of the Marriage Hall. After all, during the enlightenment ceremony of the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Statue, the blessing was sweet dew from the heavens, which everyone in the Chen Family felt, followed by the reward of the "Minor Punishment, Major Warning" attribute.
Now, the Marriage Hall task might reward another rule-based attribute. If so, it should be related to marriage, which is somewhat exciting.
With his current skill, carving a staff is quite simple, and there’s no difference between carving wood and carving tofu. As for the final product, it all depends on the craftsmanship and artistic creativity.
He thought the final product was quite good. After all, as an artistic creator, there’s a natural self-aesthetic filter for one’s own creations.
Therefore, after the staff was stored in the game warehouse, the game system made him see himself clearly.
[Coarse Matchmaker God Staff: This is a roughly crafted Matchmaker God Statue staff, yet it’s carved from an ancient elm tree containing spirituality. Refining it may turn it into a spiritually significant statue part!]
Chen Han felt speechless, thinking he had carved it very smoothly. How could it be coarse?
Yet, when it came to refining, he immediately thought of the Artifact Refining Furnace.
He got up at once, exiting the courtyard and heading to the Artifact Refining Furnace. Earlier, this thing was designated for construction by the little uncle due to a game task.
The Cyan Pheasant Fan produced from it had no significant use. Little did he expect that the Artifact Refining Furnace built for a task would become increasingly useful.
Using wood, he started a fire in the furnace, then directly put the coarse Matchmaker God Staff into it. When he closed the furnace again, the same prompt appeared:
[Furnace sealed, Samadhi True Fire ablaze, the furnace is refining...]
Not long after, the staff was completed in the refining process.
The flames died out, and when he retrieved the staff from the furnace, it had become very smooth, no longer as coarse as before, and very beautiful, almost like a piece of artwork.
After storing it again in the game warehouse, Chen Han saw new annotation information:
[Exquisite Matchmaker God Statue Staff: This Matchmaker God Statue staff is made from an ancient elm tree branch, imbued with the tree’s spirituality. It’s an excellent statue staff part, with special effects after refining: Artistry +2]
No wonder the staff became so beautiful; it has the Artistry +2 attribute.
After storing the Matchmaker God Staff in the game warehouse, Chen Han returned to the courtyard to retrieve the old elm tree barks.
Next, he plans to handle the Red Line needed for the Matchmaker God Statue.
As this spiritually imbued Matchmaker God Staff could be completed in this way, the spiritual Red Line needed for the Matchmaker God should be possible too.
However, the steps to make the Red Line are much more complicated than the staff.
First, you need to peel off the tougher outer bark, retaining the inner soft phloem, which contains more fibers.
Chen Han retrieved all the previous branches of the ancient elm tree from the game warehouse and peeled off the bark from each branch.
Making lines out of the old elm tree bark can’t be done directly; softening by soaking is necessary.
Chen Han then cut the peeled phloem into small sections, soaked them in a pool of water to remove impurities and gums, which would take at least a day and night, to soften the fibers.
After doing this, he turned his focus back to the Chen’s Disciple Universal Basic Qi Cultivation Method, first teaching it to the junior sister.
He made a call to the junior sister.
When connected, the voice of the junior sister came through: "Elder brother, what’s up?"
Chen Han smiled, making an excuse: "Junior sister, go check the rapeseed fields over by the Spirit Field and monitor the progress of the rapeseed production."
"Okay, elder brother!" Xiaoyu answered.
Chen Han hung up the call and went into the room again, took out the Thousand Illusion Mask, and after activating it, he visibly turned into an elderly Daoist wearing a cyan gray daoist robe.
After saying two sentences, his voice also became old-sounding, seemingly flawless.
Now that he wanted to establish the elderly Daoist’s story, it was fitting to allow more legends about the Chen Family.
The junior sister encountering a family elder in the Spirit Field while being taught a cultivation method was the perfect scenario.
After a moment, Chen Han exited through the window, entering the Chen Family premises. However, unexpectedly, shortly after appearing and not walking far, he encountered a few tourists.
The tourists appeared surprised, immediately pointing their phones at him to capture footage.
"Looks like it’s him!"
"It really is him, he’s appeared again."
"It looks so real!"
"..."
After the old Taoist priest event in the previous photos, many people interested in the Chen family remember this matter. Tourists visiting the Chen family will also encounter videos about this event while making their itineraries.
It’s even one of the Chen family’s mysterious events.
Now, the excitement of these tourists upon seeing the old Taoist priest is understandable, as they all want to surround him.
Chen Han felt a bit helpless, so he stomped his foot a bit and went up to a rooftop.
Having opened four extraordinary meridians, his current strength in the Swordsmen of Shushan world is formidable, even surpassing those first-rate experts in the martial world. Plus, with the lightness +2 attribute on his clothes, he just floated up there and disappeared onto the rooftop.
This scene left the tourists dumbstruck.
"Did... did you see that?"
"Saw... saw that, this old Taoist priest really flew up!"
"Oh my, the Qinggong of Patriarch Chen is like nothing compared to this!"
This statement made the tourists instinctively agree. Joking, Patriarch Chen’s Qinggong is impressive, but those parkour enthusiasts dare to come out and claim that it’s just parkour.
The crucial thing is that Patriarch Chen really has no way to refute because those world-class parkour videos are incredibly exaggerated.
But now with this scene, do those parkour guys dare to show up? In comparison, Patriarch Chen seems incompetent, tarnishing the reputation of Chen family’s Qinggong, like each generation declining in prowess as shown on TV.
Patriarch Chen really didn’t master the cultivation.
Chen Han, unaware of the subtle criticisms aimed at him, headed straight to the Spirit Field, opting for a secluded path not easily accessible to tourists.
Who would have thought that at the end of this path, he would find a crying girl tourist?
She just happened to look up and see him, her sobs instinctively paused as she gazed at him in disbelief, somehow seeming familiar with the previous incident involving the photo of the old Taoist priest.
"You... you..." The girl stared at him in amazement.
Since he had seen her, Chen Han asked, "Young lady, why are you hiding here crying?"
The girl hadn’t expected him to speak to her, and instinctively replied, "I was criticized by the photographer for the video!"
She was hiding here to cry after being scolded.
Chen Han had no idea how to comfort someone, as he wasn’t from a professional Taoist sect dedicated to helping others, lacking that experience.
In ancient times, Taoist temples would have dedicated heads of charity, believers would come with questions and doubts, seeking guidance, and these heads would help them leave peacefully.
However, he had read some Taoist books and used some principles, saying: "Young lady, if someone scolds you, you should quickly scold them back. If they initiate the scolding, why don’t you fulfill their desire? They’re planting bad karma by scolding you, and by scolding back, you’re helping them repay that bad karma. It’s called doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."
"????" The girl was stunned by these words.
This seemed quite reasonable, but an old Taoist priest teaching her to retaliate with harsh words felt odd indeed.
Moreover, the photographer scolding her was her boyfriend.
Just as she came to this realization, she found that the old Taoist priest had vanished from sight.
She hurriedly left the path, looking around, but saw no one. This...
Then she remembered something, taking out the portable recording device from her collar. She and her boyfriend were filming videos because she was a small Internet celebrity, planning to make a historical style video at the Chen family’s area.
She was scolded for failing the rehearsals, being out of state, but hadn’t anticipated an emotional release would yield an unexpected surprise.
Just now, she had captured footage of the old Taoist priest.
...
Chen Han quickly arrived at the Spirit Field. Due to its special attributes, clouds of mist could be seen swirling among the peach trees.
However, there were no tourists here now. Previously, the peach blossoms attracted people, but now the flowers had wilted and turned into little peaches, so no one paid attention anymore.
This was also quite realistic.
Upon entering the Spirit Field, behind the cover of the peach trees, he found a sea of blooming golden rapeseed flowers. Ten acres, not entirely large or small, yet standing amidst them felt somewhat awe-inspiring.
No family members were present at this time, making the place seem eerily quiet. But he immediately spotted a junior sister observing among the rapeseed flowers.
Thus, he decided to display himself impressively in front of his junior sister.
Within the Spirit Field.
Xiaoyu was meticulously studying the rapeseed flowers and taking notes.
The Chen’s rapeseed flower project needs to plant ten thousand acres. The rapeseed seeds are particularly important, relying entirely on these rapeseed flowers condensing seeds from the Spirit Field.
Moreover, some rapeseed flowers had already formed seeds, visibly plump, allowing for selection of the fullest seeds.
Xiaoyu diligently recorded her observations but suddenly noticed someone in the Spirit Field, initially thinking it was a family member, ready to greet yet shocked to discover it was the old Taoist priest.
Moreover, it was him.
Previously, because of this person, the Chen family had been stirred for a time, trying to find him, given his striking resemblance to their ancestor in the photographs.
However, no one from the Chen family had managed to locate him, yet they found some forgotten records, providing some insights about this figure.
He once served as the Chen family’s head instructor, training young men within a ten-mile radius, with fragmentary accounts of him single-handedly entering a bandit camp at night to cut off the bandit leader’s head.
He was reportedly eccentric and mysterious, difficult for family members to get along with, not even liked by the patriarch.
Now, she unexpectedly saw him here in the Spirit Field.
She felt it necessary to greet him respectfully.
However, before she could act, she suddenly noticed a small sword floating around the old Taoist priest, followed by a second, a third, and a fourth...
In that instant, Xiaoyu’s eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.