I manifested the Shushan game

Chapter 302 Good heavens! They want to repair the Thunderfire Alchemy Peak!
There has been a lot of discussion about the Chen family among bloggers who explain Taoism.

In particular, the head of the Chen family is now very famous, and many people even speculate about his status in the Taoist sect.

However, this Taoist Master Chen has never worn a formal Taoist robe; at most, he wears a plain Taoist robe. Therefore, many people believe that Taoist Master Chen does not actually have any rank.

Last time, when the Chen family and Linhe County jointly built the Qingfeng Taoist Temple, the head of the Chen family wore a purple robe.

At that time, someone in the group said that the head of the Chen family was a purple-robed person, otherwise how could he dare to wear purple in such an occasion?

However, this explanation was refuted by the group admin.

The group admin is a veteran among these bloggers. He gave many examples to explain the definition and style of the purple robe and to prove that the purple robe worn by the Chen family head was nothing special.

What is the purple robe that Master Chen is wearing now?
I happened to see a lively discussion in that 'Taoist Heritage Enthusiasts' group, and the topic was actually related to the Chen family.

Initially, someone said that a member of the Chen family won the 100-meter championship at the National Games. Then someone said that the Chen family had real skills, which is also a place where the Taoist school is certain to have real skills. It should be a question of the orthodoxy of the Taoist school.

At this point, the group admin spoke up again: "The two young men from the Chen family won the 100-meter championship at the National Games, which shows that the Chen family does indeed have real skills."

"It's normal for martial arts training to develop the body to some extent, but this has nothing to do with Taoism in the strict sense, let alone whether the Chen family is a legitimate Taoist lineage."

"There is now a unified standard for the orthodox lineage of Taoism, which is recognized by Taoist sects and associations. Those who are awarded the title of Master, wear purple robes, and receive certificates are considered to be of the orthodox lineage."

“The Chen family definitely doesn’t have any of these things, and the purple robe that the Chen family head wore last time was not a Taoist purple robe.”

Upon seeing these words, Zhang Ke immediately took a video of the Chen family head with his phone and then posted it to the group chat.

The group chat became lively again in a moment:
"Holy crap, isn't that Patriarch Chen?"

"Is this a purple robe?"

"It must be the purple robe, I recognize it."

"..."

Many people also tagged the group admin.

Zhang Ke could imagine how embarrassed the group owner must be at this moment.

A moment later, he saw that the group owner had tagged him.

Group admin: Where did this video come from? Don't you know that purple robes are exclusive to Taoist priests? If you use videos of other purple-robed priests for AI face swapping, that's even more disrespectful.

Speechless, Zhang Ke filmed another video and sent it to the group. This time, not only was the Chen family head present, but also Taoist priests in purple robes like Master Li and Master Zhang.

There were even Taoist priests in green robes, like the Xuan Shi and Daoist masters.

Most of the people in this group are bloggers who explain Taoist knowledge. Many of them also go to local Taoist temples to film videos, so they have a certain understanding of Taoism.

Therefore, they can see how strong the lineup in this video is.

In a fantasy world, this would be a gathering of Taoist masters, capable of slaying dragons and destroying demons.

Many people in the group tagged Zhang Ke, asking in surprise:

"Is this Wudang? What's going on?"

"Master Chen is indeed wearing a purple robe; this scene cannot be fake."

"Why are so many powerful figures from various sects gathered here? What exactly happened?"

"..."

Upon seeing these inquiries, Zhang Ke immediately typed mysteriously: "Want to know? Watch my live stream!"

But when he clicked send, he received a notification: "You have been kicked out of this group!"

"Damn it!" Zhang Ke couldn't help but swear.

This is retaliation.

However, he couldn't be bothered with this matter and quickly took out his Douyin account to start a live stream, even writing a title: "I'll reveal the true identity of the Chen family head to you!"

The Chen family head and the Chen clan have always been a hot topic, whether it was the rapeseed flower incident or the Chen clan prodigy breaking the national 100-meter record and winning the championship.

His clickbait title quickly attracted a lot of attention given the current buzz.

After starting the live stream, they quickly pointed the camera at the Chen family head and the Taoist priests.

He has been making videos explaining Taoist knowledge for so long, and has accumulated a number of fans. He also has more than 100 people watching his live streams regularly.

This time, however, the number of viewers in his live stream exceeded 100 in just a short time after he started broadcasting, and then quickly reached 500 viewers online.

Then there were 1000 people.

This made him unable to suppress his smile.

Viewers who entered the live stream were clearly drawn to the scene on screen.

"Holy crap, so many purple robes, what happened?"

"I counted them, and it seems all the Taoist purple-robed figures have arrived, right?"

"Wow, this streamer is amazing! This must be a major event for the Taoist sect, right? How did you manage to sneak into the live stream?"

"Holy crap, that's Patriarch Chen, he's wearing a purple robe too?"

"It is indeed a purple robe, just like Zhang Tianshi and Qingwei Daoist."

"..."

When Zhang Ke zoomed in on the live stream again, focusing on the position of the Chen family head, the viewers in the live stream room were clearly excited.

The head of the Chen family is very famous, but no one knows his status and position within the Taoist community.

After all, when the Chen family head erected the statue of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable, he was only wearing a plain Taoist robe.

This is the most ordinary Taoist robe.

Wearing this kind of Taoist robe on important occasions doesn't mean you have no status.
But what do they see now?
Master Chen, dressed in a purple Taoist robe, was still gathered with the other Taoist masters in purple robes, greeting each other.

Or rather, when Master Chen walked over, all the Taoist priests in purple robes took the initiative to greet him.

It turns out that the head of the Chen family was hiding his true abilities.

Zhang Ke did indeed choose a very good time, and the gathering of so many purple-robed Taoist priests was truly awe-inspiring.

As a result, more and more people entered Zhang Ke's live stream, and in a short period of time, the number of online viewers exceeded 10,000.

News of the gathering of these purple-robed Taoists spread at lightning speed, and even people who didn't usually pay attention to Taoism knew how powerful the purple-robed Taoists were.

So many Taoist priests in purple robes gathered together must be doing something really impressive.

Therefore, the conclusion is: the head of the Chen family is very powerful.

Moreover, the head of the Chen family seems to be really powerful. In the live broadcast room, everyone can see that two Taoist priests in purple robes actually pulled the head of the Chen family to the center position.

Those with sharp eyes recognized that it was the association's president, Master Li, and the Dragon and Tiger Celestial Master.

The two pulled the head of the Chen family to the center position, so how high is the head of the Chen family's status?
Chen Han was also embarrassed at this moment. He had never wanted to stand in the center position. Such things didn't matter to him.

But Master Li and Master Zhang had both pulled him to the center position, so he had no choice but to stand there.

Master Qingwei of Wudang and Master Chen, the hosts, had already stood in front of the altar and began to perform the ritual.

Chen Han and the others simply followed along during the ceremony.

Zhang Ke broadcast the entire scene live.

But he was really curious about what these Taoist priests were doing gathered here.

He immediately whispered to his assistant, "You can do the live broadcast here. I'll see if I can hide over there and listen to what these Taoist priests are doing here."

After saying that, he hurriedly walked around the outer wall towards that side, so that he wouldn't be discovered by the Taoist priests inside the square.

The assistant could only control the camera, keeping it pointed at the square and watching the Taoist priests' ritual.

As the live stream continued, the number of viewers in the live stream room kept increasing.

Many people who know Chen Han saw it.

For example, Zheng Ruixin from Qingmin City is now paying close attention to the Chen family. When he saw that the head of the Chen family was wearing a purple robe and that the Taoist priests in purple robes even made the head of the Chen family stand in the center position, he knew that these Taoist priests were also shrewd people.

In Linhe County, Chu Ping also witnessed the same scene.

In fact, he had been troubled by a problem: their constant promotion of Master Qingfeng and their attempts to piggyback on Master Ziqing's fame might displease the Taoist Association.

Now that he saw the Chen family head wearing a purple robe, he was completely relieved.

He also knew the significance of the purple robe.

We can promote this extensively from now on.

The Chen family members naturally saw it too; Chen Lin, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng all gathered together to watch the live stream.

The three of them were clearly surprised that Chen Han had become a purple-robed man.
Chen Lin, in particular, had some understanding of Taoist affairs and knew that his nephew shouldn't be wearing a purple robe. But now it proved that his nephew was indeed wearing a purple robe.

In other words, the Chen family will also be registered as orthodox Taoists in the future?

The live broadcast continued, and the ceremony at Wudang Square also continued.

When Master Qingwei, along with Master Chen and the other Wudang practitioners, reported to their ancestral master and the True Martial Emperor, they knelt down and kowtowed.

Chen Han and the other guests simply performed the proper etiquette.

As the ceremony concluded, Master Qingwei confidently addressed Chen Han and the others, saying, "Thank you all for being invited to Wudang to participate in this 'Feng Shui Exchange Meeting.' Of course, we at Wudang also have our own ulterior motives."

"We have been studying the feng shui formation of the Thunderfire Alchemy Peak in an attempt to repair it, but unfortunately our abilities are limited and we have no idea where to start. Therefore, we can only invite fellow Daoists to come and exchange ideas."

His words made the purple-robed Taoist priests all smile.

In fact, they had guessed it from Wudang's actions, since such a famous scenic spot as Lei Huo Lian Jin Ding had recently been closed to tourists.

They didn't care about this, because they had also found out through the "Ancient Tranquility Manual" that their own temple also had a feng shui formation, but they had no clue what to do with it.

Therefore, if they can gain some insights and make some progress in the feng shui formation of Wudang Thunderfire Refining Gold Peak this time, it will also benefit them.

Of course, they were also well aware that this matter would likely fall to the Chen family head.

Therefore, they very sensibly pulled the Chen family head to stand in the center position to show their respect.

After all, when it comes to feng shui, the Chen family head can be their teacher.

Most of them came with the intention of learning from Chen, or at least asking him for advice if they didn't understand something.

To put it bluntly, their feng shui skills are completely useless; they're all here with the sole purpose of having the Chen family head give a lecture.

Chen Han had no idea what these Taoist priests were thinking, and even if he did, it wouldn't matter, because he still had a task to complete at the Feng Shui exchange meeting: to convince everyone with his abilities.

The most direct solution he could think of was to repair the feng shui formation of the Thunderfire Alchemy Peak, which was already part of his plan.

But Master Qingwei's words made Zhang Ke, who had already reached this side from outside the wall, gape in astonishment.

He's always been involved with Wudang, filming Wudang videos and explaining Taoist knowledge, so naturally he knows about the Thunderfire Refining Gold Peak.

Moreover, he even filmed two videos specifically about refining the Golden Summit with lightning and fire, and the data was excellent.

Therefore, he understood the feng shui formation of the Golden Summit better than anyone else, and he knew that the wonders of the Golden Summit in the past were so magical that after the experts came to provide guidance and installed lightning rods and lightning protection nets, the wonders were completely gone.

The golden color of the dome has also disappeared, and it is covered with rust.

The key point is that after he filmed this incident and uploaded it to the internet, attracting attention, there were even those experts and professors' disciples and followers who came out to defend it.

Anyway, the point is that the place is inherently dangerous, and it's an undeniable fact that it was struck by lightning. If there were people there, they might get hurt or something.

Now, are thunderbolts no longer falling?

The key point is that there are still fools who believe this.

They don't even consider that this spectacle has lasted for over 600 years without any damage, and that countless bolts of lightning have struck during those 600 years without breaking the golden roof.

Now you can give us some guidance. The golden roof is rusted, and the surrounding houses have been destroyed by the fire.

Judging from the old photos, the houses that had remained unaffected by lightning strikes were mostly destroyed after that.

He then recorded another video criticizing those who came to defend him, and the data was even better. Obviously, anyone with eyes can see what's going on.

Who knew those people would be so unethical, reporting the video and making all his related videos of the Golden Summit disappear.

What did he hear now?
Why are so many Taoist priests in purple robes gathered together? Is it to exchange ideas on feng shui? Or to repair the feng shui formation of the Thunderfire Refining Gold Peak?
Can the lightning strike and the legendary golden light at the Golden Summit reappear?

He knew that so many Taoist priests in purple robes gathered at Wudang must be up to something big.

If this gets out, it will definitely cause a sensation across the entire internet.

"Fellow Daoists, Wudang has prepared a main hall for the exchange meeting. Let's go over there," Master Qingwei invited everyone after the ceremony.

At that moment, the association's president, Master Li, suddenly picked up his phone to check.

His phone had been vibrating since the beginning, but he couldn't answer it during the ceremony.

Now that it's over, I took it out and complained: "It was the association's secretary-general who asked about our exchange meeting."

Master Qingwei and Zhang Tianshi, both dressed in purple robes, instinctively looked over, because they knew this person was an official.

In this new era, some sects have their own ways of life. The establishment of associations and the infiltration of officials are actually for the purpose of better oversight.

This is actually no different from ancient times.

For example, the chief priest, the ceremonial officer, the merit envoy, the Taoist recorder, the chief recorder...

Now he is the association's secretary-general!

Some things have remained unchanged since ancient times; only the way they are handled has changed.

After all, starting with Zhang Jiao, a senior figure in Taoism, many of those predecessors had accomplished great things.

However, compared to ancient times, their country is now very powerful.

They are very confident in this regard; their faith is stronger than that of God.

Therefore, the management is quite lenient, with only simple supervision.

Master Li answered the phone and put it on speakerphone. A hurried voice came through: "President Li, what's going on with the exchange meeting at Wudang? Why are all the purple-robed Taoist priests from the Taoist sect there? And they even did a live broadcast?"

"No live stream?" Master Li was taken aback. They didn't want the outside world to know about their feng shui exchange meeting, so how could they possibly do a live stream?
"Someone on Douyin is live-streaming your story from Wudang," the association's secretary-general said directly.

This left the Taoist priests looking at each other in bewilderment.

Master Chen took out his phone and searched on Douyin. Sure enough, he found someone live streaming. He looked at the live stream, glanced at a spot, and walked over. He could see himself in the live stream.

He waved and hurriedly led his men towards that direction.

The association's secretary-general's questioning voice rang out again: "President Li, with so many purple-robed Taoist priests attending this time, is it really just a simple exchange meeting?"

Master Li quickly said, "That must just be a simple exchange of Taoist scriptures. We plan to compile a new Taoist scripture."

"Okay, that's good." The association's secretary-general then hung up the phone.

Before long, Master Chen had apprehended one person and seized the live-streaming phone.

Looking at the large number of viewers online, he could only apologize and say, "Dear viewers, I'm really sorry, but due to some taboos surrounding Taoist activities, we cannot continue the live stream."

The live stream was then immediately disconnected.

Then he led his men back to the crowd: "The other side came up from the back path; the guards over there probably didn't notice."

"Send this believer away, don't make things difficult for him, and strengthen the guard behind him," Master Qingwei sighed and gave his instructions.

They are open and honest in Wudang.

The saying "You can guard against honest people but not against scoundrels" has been a difficult problem to solve since ancient times.

No matter how much you try to prevent something, there will always be unscrupulous people who will find loopholes and take advantage of them.

Zhang Ke's assistant was arrested, but he didn't report Zhang Ke. However, given the situation, Zhang Ke didn't dare to stay any longer. If he were arrested as well, it would be troublesome, and he might be blacklisted and banned from entering Wudang.

With this incident resolved, Master Qingwei led his group to the main hall that had been specially prepared for the Feng Shui exchange meeting.

Inside, not only is tea prepared, but also Wudang's specialties, such as walnut crisps, nine-times-steamed and nine-times-dried golden black sesame balls, Wudang plums, and so on.

Inside the main hall, Chen Han noticed that Daoist Qingwei was looking at him. Fearing that the Daoist might also try to get him to sit in the main seat, he quickly found a seat and sat down, then picked up a piece of walnut biscuit and put it in his mouth.

Master Qingwei had actually intended to do so, but seeing this, he had no choice but to give up. He then had someone send over feng shui information related to Wudang, as well as terrain and geographical maps.

These are essential elements for conducting feng shui exchanges using the "Thunder and Fire Refining Gold Peak" method.

One by one, the Taoist priests, including Chen Han, picked up these items and began to examine them.

On the other side, Zhang Ke also quickly left the Five Dragons Palace and met the assistant who had been escorted out.

"Boss, what do we do now? We can't go back into the live stream." The assistant felt a little sorry to see him again: "The number of viewers in the live stream just now exceeded 5."

"No rush, I heard some news that could go viral and cause a sensation across the internet. Let's go back and edit and record the video." Zhang Ke pulled his assistant into the car.

The moment he rushed back to his studio, he found the footage from the live stream and edited it together, showing Master Chen in his purple robe and the other purple-robed Taoist priests, into a video.

He also recorded a message: "As you can see, so many Taoist priests in purple robes have gathered. They are doing something big. You should all have heard the legend of the Thunderfire Refining Golden Peak of Wudang Mountain..."

Soon after, a video went viral online at an alarming rate and caused a sensation.

Shocking! Taoist disciples in purple robes gather, hoping to recreate a feng shui wonder!

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(End of this chapter)