I manifested the Shushan game

Chapter 273: Extraterrestrial Demonic Cultivator Challenges the Chen Clan?

The aunt stared in astonishment at the two torn pages the head of the family had taken out.

She was naturally familiar with the art of incantation, as the Chen family had traditionally passed down the skills of medicine, divination, and fortune-telling from the Daoist mountains, but these skills had been lost.

Now, only the mountain, medicine, and physiognomy branches of the Chen family have been passed down to some extent.

Chen's kung fu is a type of mountain kung fu.

Feng shui is a type of physiognomy.

The medicine was like the medicinal wine that the head of the household prepared.

Although the patriarch used the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable's blessing to disguise this, she could clearly see that this medicinal wine was, to some extent, a medical treatment.

As for fate and divination, they don't exist. She only heard about them from her family elders when she was young, but those elders seemed to be just bragging.

And this Zhuyou technique can be considered a type of medicine.

Twenty years ago, she did learn from a wandering Taoist priest whom the Chen family had hosted. However, she tried it out later and burned the talisman to ashes for her clansmen to take, which caused them to have diarrhea.

At that time, she felt that this was also a lie.

But now the head of the family has taken out two incantation talismans.

These are clearly two fragments, and they are obviously very old. Moreover, they are clearly not from the same book, and it is unknown where the head of the family found them.

Chen Han also explained to his aunt, "Aunt, these two incantations are for sores and fever, and their effects are respectively..."

Chen Han explained in great detail the effects of the two incantation talismans, including the need to draw the talisman with rootless water, to use a special prayer platform, and to communicate with the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable through one's cultivation level to obtain his blessing.

He just made up the idea of ​​cultivation realms on his own, since he couldn't exactly say he contributed his willpower, could he?
Therefore, to determine the depth of one's cultivation level, one only needs to see how many times the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable bestows blessings upon you.

Simple and easy to understand.

For example, if an aunt can contribute 4 points of willpower, then it is considered a 4-level bestowal realm.

Did the Heavenly Venerable bestow blessings four times?
Of course, this was just a joke, as long as Auntie understood.

Upon hearing Chen Han's words, the aunt asked with a look of surprise, "Master, are these two incantation techniques really effective?"

Chen Han smiled and said, "We'll find out once we try. Did they collect rootless water here in the main hall today?"

"Hmm, there are still some left, I'll go get them!" Auntie hurried towards the main hall, looking somewhat anxious, since all she had to offer right now was a calming talisman.

If she could have two more talismans for the Zhuyou technique, she could also enhance the prestige of the Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable.

A short while later, my aunt came over with the rootless water and two sets of tools for drawing talismans.

After giving one set to Chen Han, she took a talisman and began to study the two incantation talismans.

Drawing talismans requires skill, but for those who are already proficient in drawing other talismans, as long as they know the order in which to draw them, learning to draw a new talisman is not difficult.

Naturally, it's just painting.

Many talismans are not effective simply because they can be drawn.

Having the correct drawing order is just a prerequisite.

Chen Han had already skillfully drawn two kinds of incantation talismans on the ground near the weapon-refining furnace, so this time he easily drew two, one of each.

Auntie was quite skilled at drawing talismans. Although she was a little rusty with the new talisman and failed twice, she eventually managed to draw one of each type of talisman.

"Master, shall we give it a try?" Auntie couldn't wait any longer. She picked up the talismans the two of them had drawn and went to the special prayer altar, placing them there like calming talismans.

After that, she couldn't wait to offer incense and pray for blessings, but when she got to the prayer platform, she found that the talisman hadn't changed and seemed to have no effect.

"Is this a failure of the talisman painting? Or is it ineffective?" Auntie frowned.

Chen Han realized the reason and asked, "Auntie, you've received four blessings from the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable today, haven't you?"

The aunt nodded, realizing what the head of the family meant by the cultivation realm.

Although she had been cultivating Taoism for over 40 years, she could only communicate with the Celestial Venerable four times.

She received four blessings today, and now she can no longer communicate with the Heavenly Venerable.

Thinking of this, she immediately made a phone call: "Xiao Linzi, come over to the main hall."

She knew perfectly well who in the family had come to offer incense and pray for blessings that day and who hadn't.

A short while later, Chen Lin rushed over and greeted his aunt, "Auntie, what can I do for you?"

At the same time, she didn't forget to greet Chen Han: "Xiao Han, you're here too!"

Without hesitation, the aunt instructed, "Little Lin, now offer incense and pray for blessings. There are a few talismans that you need to communicate with the Heavenly Venerable for blessings."

Chen Lin was a little confused, but seeing that his nephew was there, he figured something must be wrong, so he took the incense sticks and started to burn them.

After offering incense, I felt the blessing from the Heavenly Venerable of Subduing Demons.

The aunt had been watching the incantation talismans on the prayer table closely. As Chen Lin offered incense and prayed for blessings, a look of joy appeared on her face.

The runes on one of the incantations (for hot flashes) have clearly changed, turning from vermilion red to gold.

She naturally knew what was going on.

The talisman is complete.

"Continue offering incense," she instructed Chen Lin without hesitation.

Chen Lin had no choice but to continue burning incense, and then his aunt saw a change in the second incantation talisman.

The aunt made Chen Lin offer incense and pray for blessings four times, and only after she had blessed all four of the incantation talismans did she allow Chen Lin to leave.

"Master, this stuff really works!" Auntie's face was full of excitement.

"Auntie, you can have a believer try this incantation technique," Chen Han said with a smile, seeing his auntie's happy expression.

After that, he saw his aunt nod, and hurriedly took out his phone to make a call.

It was originally meant for my aunt to play with, so it's up to her to decide how to use it.

The call connected shortly afterward, and the aunt said into the phone, "Layman Li, I am Chen Liu from the Chen Clan's Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable Temple."

Chen Liushi was the name she used to refer to herself in public.

Her surname was Liu, and her husband's surname was Chen, so she was called Chen Liushi.

Although she guarded the main hall of the Chen Clan's Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable for more than 40 years, she did not have a Taoist title, after all, she was not a member of the main Chen Clan.

Therefore, she and her followers have always referred to themselves as Chen Liushi, and now those followers call her Elder Chen.

This is all because when the head of the family filmed the video, he said that she was an elder of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable Hall.

County hospital.

Li Taohua looked at the large patch of sores on her arm with a sense of helplessness.

This ailment caused her great suffering; it not only made her itchy but also affected her ability to work. Crucially, she had to trouble her son to accompany her each time she came to the clinic.

At her age, what she fears most is having her son take time off work every day for her own sake.

She was very surprised to receive the call from the old Taoist priest Chen, and quickly said, "Elder Chen, I didn't expect you to call me."

Her tone remained respectful, after all, the Chen family was very miraculous. She had gone to the Chen family to pray for blessings the day before yesterday and felt the blessing of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable. After returning, the boils on her arm had become much better.

It started itching again when I woke up today. I scratched it a few times and scratched my skin until it broke a little. My son got worried and took me to the hospital.

Each visit to this hospital costs a lot of money, but it hasn't cured the problem. The doctors keep saying it's an allergy, then it's internal heat, then it's a viral allergy, and then they want to do blood tests...

It's unclear whether the doctor had no idea what was going on and kept ruling out various possibilities, or whether she was deliberately making him undergo all sorts of tests to rip off her son.

“Layman Li, when you came here the day before yesterday, I noticed that you had sores on your arm, so I specifically looked through some Taoist books and found a kind of incantation technique that can treat your condition.”

"Elder Chen, are you serious?" Li Taohua's face immediately lit up with joy.

She trusted Elder Chen very much, after all, the other party was very understanding and good at comforting people, and more importantly, she was an elder of the Chen family.

"Layman, you can give it a try." The voice came from the other end of the phone again.

Upon hearing this, Li Taohua hung up the phone immediately and instructed her son beside her, "Son, take me to the Chen family's place!"

"Mom, we've been waiting for so long, it's almost our turn." Huang Shengfeng frowned.

It's not easy for him to get leave, and if he leaves now, he'll have to queue up again, which will waste his time.

Li Taohua said directly, "The elder in the Chen Clan's Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable Hall said he found a healing technique that can cure my symptoms. Take me there quickly."

"An elder of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable Hall?" Huang Shengfeng asked in surprise, "Is the other party really capable?"

Now everyone in Linhe County knows the Chen family, and they also know that the Chen family has a long history and that one of their ancestors was a figure who could discuss Taoism with the Five Patriarchs of the Southern School of Taoism.

Simply put, the Chen family has produced some extraordinary figures.

Seeing her son's doubts, Li Taohua became unhappy and said, "Do you believe Elder Chen or this doctor? I've come here so many times, and each time he says it's a different reason, but he can't cure me." "Well, let's go then, let's go to Elder Chen's." Huang Shengfeng ultimately chose to believe Elder Chen.

After all, the Chen family has produced some extraordinary figures.

The doctor inside heard this and clearly saw the patient he was examining looking at him with a suspicious gaze.

This made him very embarrassed, so he asked, "Do you believe in me as a doctor, or do you believe in that sorcery?"

The patient just smiled awkwardly, remained silent, and looked on with suspicion.

This made the doctor even more embarrassed, and for a moment he wanted to curse.

...

Huang Shengfeng soon brought his mother, Li Taohua, to the Chen family. Looking at the bustling tourists coming and going in the Chen family, he was truly moved.

Last year he had never heard of the Chen family, but this year everyone in Linhe County knows about them.

Moreover, there are more and more legends about the Chen family.

A family that has been passed down for thousands of years.

An immortal ancestor named Qingfeng Daoist appeared.

Now there's this new incantation technique, which he'd never heard of before.

So, when he got off the bus and walked with his mother toward Chenshi Village, he also went online to research what Zhuyou Shu (祝由术) was.

When he saw the description of burning talismans and dissolving them in water for people to drink, he was dumbfounded. Wasn't that just the talisman water that people used to talk about?

Can this really cure diseases?
Not long after, Huang Shengfeng accompanied his mother to the Hall of the Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable, where they met Elder Chen.

Li Taohua hurriedly asked, "Elder Chen, can my arm condition really be cured?"

"Layman Li, please follow me." Madam Chen Liu was also eager to verify the incantation talisman, so she led the way, guiding Li Taohua toward the guest hall.

Although she was certain that the incantation technique would be effective, it was not suitable to treat believers in public. If tourists filmed it and uploaded it, it might cause trouble such as unlicensed medical practice.

"Layman Li, please sit down!" After bringing Li Taohua to the classroom, Madam Chen pretended to check the condition of her arm and then poured a bowl of spiritual spring water on the table.

Every day, she would arrange for a temple attendant to go up the mountain to fetch some spiritual spring water and light a candle.

Afterwards, she also took out a Zhuyou (sore) talisman in front of Li Taohua.

One major use of the talismans in Zhuyou magic is to swallow them; they are burned to ashes, dissolved in water, and then ingested.

But Chen Liu felt that this was too simple.

Therefore, she thought of the incantation techniques she had learned from that wandering Taoist priest, and decided to put those pre-recorded rituals he had taught her to use.

This makes it more ceremonial.

So she held the talisman in her left hand, facing Li Taohua, and picked up the whisk in her right hand, while reciting the incantation: "May the wood of the east break, the fire of the south be extinguished, the metal of the west be depleted, the water of the north be dried up, and the earth of the center be cracked. May the divine talisman burn and the calamities be averted. I obey the decree of the Heavenly Venerable, may it be done swiftly!"

Then he lit the talisman, and the ashes dissolved in the water.

But just as the talisman ash dissolved in the water, an incredible scene unfolded: the talisman ash actually melted like snowflakes and dissolved in the water.

Even more surprisingly, the gray color in the water gradually disappeared.

Even Chen Liu herself was surprised by this scene. She said that she never expected it to dissolve in water in such a fantastical way.

But at this moment, she could only suppress her shock.

You must not expose yourself in front of the believers.

Huang Shengfeng and Li Taohua, mother and son, could not hide their shock.

"This...this is...really...?" Huang Shengfeng looked at the water in the bowl and felt his mouth was agape, making it difficult for him to speak coherently.

"Layman Li, drink this!" Chen Liushi handed the bowl of talisman water to Li Taohua.

Li Taohua didn't hesitate at all. As a follower of the Chen Clan's Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable, she immediately picked up the talisman water and drank it down upon seeing such a miraculous scene.

After that, she paid close attention to the condition of her arm and was soon pleasantly surprised: "Elder Chen, I can clearly feel that my arm is much more comfortable and the itching is gone."

As time went on, Li Taohua became increasingly excited because not only did her arm feel better, but it was also visibly improving little by little.

I didn't stop until my arm was mostly healed.

Huang Shengfeng also looked at the condition of his mother's arm with a face full of surprise.

Although he had heard many rumors about how powerful the Chen family was, he had never actually seen it. Today, he finally saw it, and his worldview was turned upside down.

How could a bowl of talisman water have such an effect?

You know, he took his mother to the hospital so many times for her arm problem, but it wasn't cured and he spent a lot of money.

"Layman Li, it seems this incantation technique is effective. If you come back twice more in the next two days, you'll be basically cured," Chen Liu said with a smile to Li Taohua.

Seeing the effects of the incantation technique, she was very happy. From now on, the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable Hall could provide believers with a variety of solutions to their troubles.

Huang Shengfeng was naturally very happy to see the results of his mother's treatment and asked, "Elder Chen, how much did my mother's treatment cost?"

At this point, Chen Liushi said, "Good believer, Chen's is not a hospital and does not treat people. Just go and burn some incense."

"Huh?" Huang Shengfeng was stunned for a moment, unable to react. There are people who heal others for free?
The hospital was incredibly expensive, and so was the temple in the county, which he found somewhat contrary to common sense.

Once it was confirmed that all that was needed was to offer a stick of incense to the Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable, he couldn't help but admire Elder Chen.

Perhaps this is what a true cultivator of Taoism is like.

Li Taohua and her son devoutly offered incense to the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable, and then expressed their deepest gratitude to Elder Chen before leaving with their son.

However, the story of the Chen Clan's Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable Hall Elders' Incantation Technique began to slowly circulate among believers in Linhe County.

Rumors also began to circulate that this elder was one of the true masters of the Chen family, since the Zhu You technique was considered a magic art, which was more advanced than the Chen family's martial arts.

However, as time went on, the internet became even more lively. The large-scale arrests in Linhe County could no longer be kept secret. After many people learned that the arrests were of people who helped the organization, they connected this with the incident exposed by the hacker master.

In particular, as time went on, arrest operations began throughout Qingmin City, with people being arrested everywhere. Moreover, what shocked the entire internet even more on the second day was that arrests of accomplices were carried out simultaneously from all over the country.

Those uncles seemed to have pinpointed the individuals' ID cards, making precise arrests.

There have even been reports of hospitals and some information network companies being investigated for selling identity information, which can be seen as part of a nationwide campaign.

Netizens were genuinely bewildered by the sudden commotion, as was Cao Xin, who was inexplicably notified of receiving a second-class merit award as soon as he landed at the airport in China.

"..." Cao Xin could hardly believe it was him when he heard the heroic story of how he bravely infiltrated the enemy forces, fought between two warlord factions, and risked his life to bring back those data and evidence.

Equally bewildered was Takto, a warlord near General Barto. Upon receiving the news, he immediately seized Barto's territory and sent men to take over Barto's two businesses.

But when his men arrived at the location, they were dumbfounded. All the sales staff had been ripped off. After finally managing to find some of the survivors, they heard something absurd.

Those people were all killed by one old man, and there was only one old man?

These people must be high on drugs, right?

What left him speechless was that all the clues, data, and information that those people had gathered had disappeared. He had originally planned to take over and directly control that chain.

Now it's time to start all over again.

However, he was not discouraged. He had the survivors, and he told them to get the business up and running as quickly as possible. Moreover, he gave them a firm order: it had to be done fast.

...

The back hill of the Chen family.

Chen Han appeared at the spiritual spring water. Seeing tourists taking pictures of him, he struck a pose for them to take pictures, and then drank two mouthfuls of the spiritual spring water.

As he descended the mountain, looking at the mission to explore Qingluan Peak in his mind, he frowned slightly.

Exploration progress: 98%
He was just short of that 2%, and after searching the back hill twice today, he found absolutely nothing.

This made him helpless.

This quest to explore Azure Phoenix Peak has been pending for some time now, and I still haven't received the reward.

After returning to his courtyard from the mountain, he began to think about where he might have missed something.

"Could there be an underground space?" Chen Han subconsciously thought of a possibility.

Just then, his junior sister hurriedly walked in from outside: "Senior brother, you should go to Shangyuan Village quickly. There's a situation there. Someone is provoking our Chen family and is being very arrogant."

Following her words, a game prompt appeared:
Because of the Chen family's adherence to the principle of eliminating demons, they defeated more and more demonic masters, which attracted the attention of the demonic forces outside the region. In particular, a demonic master from outside the region who was obsessed with power challenged the Chen family and spread the word everywhere through the Spirit Shadow Mirror that he wanted to destroy the Chen family!

For the sake of the family's reputation, please handle this matter as soon as possible, and severely punish this arrogance of the extraterrestrial demonic expert, letting everyone know that such a person is not worthy to challenge the Chen family!

"???" Chen Han was stunned.

Is there anyone who isn't afraid of death?
(End of this chapter)