Chapter 447 - 209: Show-Off Couples Crash and Burn! Here Come the Next Victims! (Part 2)
This couple was just arguing when suddenly another guy grabbed the woman by the hair: "Come on, tell me, how can you stub your toe so hard on a walk that it bleeds? Didn’t you insist that if I didn’t come, it meant I had a guilty conscience? Are you a thief calling out thief?"
Suddenly there were two dramas to watch, and the surrounding tourists got excited. When these couples came in, their matching outfits made them walking PDA machines.
Who knew they could become a laughingstock so quickly?
This is probably why flaunting affection ends quickly, huh?
The sudden turn of events left the remaining couples bewildered.
Before coming, they were very confident, even thinking that the Chen Family’s legend was exaggerated and surely just hype.
Many even came with a mocking attitude, thinking that these superstitions about bad luck were ridiculous.
Who knew that it seemed like trying it out leads to an early demise?
Now with the situation as it is, many subconsciously swallowed their saliva, even wanting to quietly pull their partners away.
The crowd of onlookers kept growing, with so many taking photos. If misfortune struck them too, they’d be doomed.
However, sometimes the more anxious you are, the more likely things go wrong. One couple didn’t get far before they both slipped and fell, scraping their hands open.
This made them awkwardly look at each other, then they both laughed it off.
Chen Han sighed as he watched the couples tangled up in fights. As he glanced around, he noticed that most of these couples seemed quite nervous, with few having a clear conscience.
This alone was enough to show the severity of the problem.
In this tourist group from "A Trail of Blossoms," how many of these couples could really achieve ’flawless love’?
Avoiding infidelity was easy, but not flirting or maintaining a distance from the opposite gender was hard; those in the know, know.
After all, pretty women easily attract flattery and can get lost in sweet talk, sometimes even relishing it.
Men with some ability or strength can easily attract the opposite sex, since most women have an admiration-for-power attribute.
Someone might say that ordinary men and women are just fine, as they don’t attract attention or have the strength to allure others.
But many don’t know that this is often the result of weighing pros and cons because most know they can’t achieve more and just settle for this kind of life.
Once an external force changes things, well, those who understand, understand.
For example, when a woman succeeds in cosmetic surgery, she might feel her husband no longer matches her and files for divorce.
When a man wins the lottery, he immediately has an affair and seeks a mistress.
Such news is not uncommon, and there are plenty of such examples beyond the news in reality.
Therefore, many people are just suppressing their desires while weighing pros and cons in life.
As for those who’ve been married for years, it’s no longer about romantic love but more about family bonds. Many are quite tired, dealing with countless conflicts, just holding on for the children.
Even without children, some have nothing holding them back and might split after one argument, wiping their hands clean at the civil affairs bureau with a divorce.
If you really exclude these, finding fifty flawless love couples nationwide is simple, but locating fifty among the Chen Family’s 1,500 daily tourists isn’t something that can happen overnight.
So, they need to hold a Matchmaker God Enlightenment Ceremony to attract more couples, increasing the chances of more flawless couples praying.
With this in mind, Chen Han also headed for the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall to set up a Matchmaker God statue, first needing to clear out a side hall and convert it into the Marriage Hall.
The key is that when the divine platform and offerings are set up, they must not be of low standards, given the high divine rank of the Matchmaker God.
Many people have been influenced by television and film, portraying the Matchmaker God as having little status, subject to the whims of minor immortals.
In reality, the Matchmaker God is an Upper Immortal, with a divine rank at the Celestial Venerable Level.
To put it another way,
when it comes to wish power and incense offerings, all relationships fall under the Matchmaker God’s jurisdiction, with wish power and incense offerings unmatched by other immortals.
Upon entering the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall, Aunt was just guiding a tourist. Spotting him, she greeted him respectfully: "Patriarch."
It was evident that Aunt’s vigor was improving, her steps more steady, thanks to the medicinal meals brought daily by Little Uncle for this elder.
Honestly, the management of the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall couldn’t do without this Aunt.
Seeing Aunt, Chen Han remarked, "Aunt, I’m planning to set up a Matchmaker God statue in the side hall, and we need to conduct an Enlightenment Ceremony for the Matchmaker God. Can you organize it with your team?"
"Sure, I’ll handle it," Aunt responded, accepting the task. The Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable had several empty side halls.
As for why there were so many side halls, they originally had statues, but Chen Han was unaware of which gods, as those statues disappeared during wars and special events.
Now, setting up a new Matchmaker God Statue is quite fitting.
Later, Chen Han also discussed the Matchmaker God statue with Aunt, mostly needing to reserve space for a staff because of a third requirement: a spiritual staff and red line.
Eventually, they’ll place the spiritual staff.
As for what constitutes a spiritual red line and staff, he had thought about it, and that is the old elm tree.
Since the game system provides the task, it must be completable, and there must be a way to finish it.
So cutting an old elm tree branch to make the staff and using its bark to create the red line should suffice. If that’s not enough, placing it in the Artifact Refining Furnace for refinement should definitely work too.