I manifested the Shushan game

Chapter 325 Is this a show of force from above? Is this a legendary creature?
After pressing the button, Director Qiu secretly glanced at the Chen family head.

Seeing his unpredictable expression and that he hadn't noticed her subtle actions, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, he's a scholar and a researcher, and those people actually made him do this kind of thing.

However, it seems quite exciting.

Chen Han appeared unaware, but he had actually seen through Director Qiu's actions long ago.

In his eyes, the other person was just a scholar. In front of such an ordinary person, he could be considered a master. This little trick could not be hidden from him.

However, he could probably guess some of the clues, but he didn't expose them.

"Patriarch Chen, how did you calculate all this? Was it through the I Ching or the Eight Trigrams?" Master Xuan was still very curious about the old man's extortion of the girl and asked again.

Director Qiu also strained his ears, his face full of curiosity.

To be honest, predicting what will happen and preparing in advance is much harder to understand than feng shui.

Or, to put it another way, feng shui can be explained scientifically. How can this be explained scientifically?

When Chen Han heard this question, he smiled and said, "Master Xuan, although we are cultivators, we must also believe in science. It's just a coincidence that Master Li has spread it like this."

"..." Master Xuan looked at Patriarch Chen with resentment. Everyone knew what kind of person Master Li was; he would never spread such things.

As for you, Patriarch Chen, although you and Master Chen are both named Chen, there's no need for you to keep repeating the other's mantra of believing in science.

Director Qiu also looked very strange.

Believe in science?

I just don't know if these are the kinds of things those people want to hear.

On the other side, several people were already wearing earpieces, listening to the conversation inside the car where Chen Han was.

The phrase "believe in science" left them looking at each other in bewilderment.

These days they have thoroughly studied all the videos and news related to this Chen family head, and the phrase "believe in science" really does appear frequently.

inside the car.

Seeing that the Chen family head was unwilling to talk about this matter, Master Xuanshi did not press the issue, but instead started discussing matters related to feng shui.

Chen Han naturally had a pleasant conversation with Master Xuan and even Master Xuanhe on this topic.

After all, feng shui is now a science, and we can talk about it at length.

As for moving away from feng shui and discussing other aspects of Taoist practice, he still maintains his belief in science.

This made Master Xuan very depressed.

Master Xuanhe seemed to sense something and subtly made a Taoist hand gesture to remind his junior brother.

Upon seeing the gesture, Master Xuanshi instinctively looked at Director Qiu, his brows furrowing slightly.

Taoists have all sorts of hand gestures. The gesture my senior brother just made was one of the Linggong Jue (灵宫诀), which means to subdue evil spirits.

This situation implies that there are lurking monsters spying on us.

There are definitely no spirits or monsters in reality, which means that Director Qiu must have done something to the car, such as eavesdropping.

It's just feng shui and geography, just adding a new science to it. Does it really need to be made such a big deal out of it?
Isn't that boring?
Master Xuanhe, however, had more on his mind.

Feng shui has been proven to be a science, and the book "Basic Feng Shui" published by the association is absolutely clear and easy to understand.

Even setting aside the students of the Academy of Literature, experts in geography at the higher levels would certainly understand it. Although it has a significant impact, there is no need for such a grand display.

Unless the authorities suspect that feng shui is far more complex than it seems, or that this whole affair involves more than just feng shui.

Having figured this out, Master Xuanhe continued his conversation with the Chen family head, but they only discussed feng shui.

If some people want to hear it, let them hear more.

However, when the discussion turned to more advanced aspects of feng shui, even Master Xuanhe and Master Xuanshi found it difficult to understand, despite their diligent study of "Basic Feng Shui" and "Feng Shui Secrets" during this period.

Master Xuan finally couldn't help but ask, "Patriarch Chen, there are places in Baiyun where reciting the Ancient Tranquility Mantra can be effective, which means there is a specific geographical location. Without a feng shui formation diagram, is there really no way for us to repair that geographical location and make use of it?"

When this question was raised, Master Xuanhe's face was full of anticipation.

Chen Han shook his head and said, "Master Xuan, it's not that we can't repair the terrain without a feng shui formation diagram, but rather that our current abilities are limited and we can't create a feng shui formation diagram ourselves."

That's true. His own feng shui skills might be better than these Taoist priests, but he relies more on feng shui spirit stones.

With a feng shui formation diagram, he could rely on the feng shui spirit stone to analyze the large-scale feng shui formation of this famous scenic spot and how to utilize the geographical terrain.

Otherwise, with his current feng shui abilities, even the new Five Emperors Sword would be powerless.

For Master Xuan and Master Xuanhe, it was unclear whether this was good news or bad news.

The bad news is that they haven't found a feng shui formation diagram in the temple yet.

The good news is that, at least with advanced knowledge of feng shui, one can draw a feng shui formation diagram without actually needing one.

That's true. The first time this feng shui formation diagram appeared, it was because our ancestors researched it themselves.

It's just that they're not capable enough right now.

On the other side, the people who had been listening in immediately registered what they heard.

This is the most useful information they have received so far.

When feng shui is studied to a high level, it is indeed possible to arrange feng shui formations based on geographical terrain.

The feng shui formations of the Chen family and the Thunder and Fire Refining Gold Peak of Wudang are not unique.

Aside from the absurdities of Chen's dream and the family's cave dwelling, the two parties' covert investigations have revealed the power of feng shui.

It's not just about the Chen family's air conditioning, but more importantly, the special free energy that appears at the Wudang Thunderfire Refining Gold Peak.

Their people secretly went up and used instruments to capture some free energy, which was quite astonishing.

It's now basically certain that the Chen family's true kung fu relies on feng shui formations, and the Wudang school's Tai Chi will soon become a true kung fu as well.

As for studying Feng Shui, since it has been established as a science and there is basic Feng Shui knowledge to rely on, the resources available to the higher authorities for gathering people to conduct research in this area are absolutely incomparable to those of the Taoist temples and monasteries.

It can't even compare to the entire Taoist sect.

If you want to know which side has the most books on feng shui in China, and which side has the oldest collection of feng shui texts, then it's actually the official side!
Many books were secretly protected by insightful and visionary people back then.

There are also some documents unearthed from the ground, including many books about feng shui.

It's just that nobody paid attention to this kind of thing before.

Within a special intelligence gathering department.

One of the people in charge of listening reported to the person in charge who was thinking to himself, with a puzzled look: "Minister Ma, I feel something is strange. It seems that the head of the Chen family has discovered us, otherwise he wouldn't only talk about feng shui and 'believe in science' for everything else."

"Not only Patriarch Chen, but those two Daoist priests from Baiyun may have also discovered it." Minister Ma smiled, not caring about the matter, after all, they had no ill intentions towards them.

Then he added, "We'll continue listening. Everyone knows what's going on, and no one will expose us. What I'm curious about now is whether this Chen family head will be able to detect anything unusual once he arrives at the place we've carefully chosen. Or how long will it take for him to notice anything unusual?"

This statement piqued the curiosity of others.

After all, their special intelligence gathering department took notice of this matter, finding so many geography geniuses, as well as many Taoist enthusiasts and related experts to study and analyze this knowledge.

They have made some small progress during this period.

...

Chen Han asked Director Qiu to help take Chen Dalong and the other two to the national team. When he was arranging accommodations for Chen Han, he also noticed something was wrong.

Conferring the title of Grand Secretary meant that their accommodations should have been in the Academy of Sciences' reception building. However, the car arranged by Director Qiu took them to a separate courtyard house with several courtyards.

This place must have been built a long time ago. Judging from its layout, it must have been the residence of a very wealthy and powerful person in the past.

Director Qiu also offered a lame excuse: "Master Chen, our reception building is currently under renovation, so we've specially arranged a quiet place for you here. A special car will pick you up tomorrow when the certificate is awarded."

Chen Han wanted to laugh when he heard this.

The reason is too lame.

Even if he wasn't familiar with the Academy of Sciences, he knew there was definitely more than one reception building; people from all over the country came to the Academy of Sciences every day.

Laboratories of all sizes, corporate, official, private...

Even if renovations are needed, they can't be done at the same time.

The current situation is largely due to the fact that this place was specifically arranged for him.

There must be a purpose behind doing this.

Chen Han followed Director Qiu inside and immediately noticed some feng shui arrangements.

This house seems to have been built according to feng shui principles, with feng shui arrangements in place everywhere.

Chen Han couldn't be sure right away either; he could take out the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone later to confirm.

Director Qiu didn't stay long; after arranging for them to settle in, he left, but then arranged for dedicated service personnel.

Master Xuan and Daoist Xuanhe looked around in surprise.

"Master Chen, there seems to be some kind of feng shui arrangement around here," Master Xuan said in surprise.

Master Xuanhe nodded: "Indeed, there is. A rockery was specially built there, surrounded by a pond, which should serve the feng shui layout."

“What the two Taoist priests say is right. Why don’t we take a look around?” Chen Han said with a smile, as if he understood what they meant.

This is to see how capable he is in feng shui.

You could also interpret it as a show of force.

It's not surprising that the other party was able to find such a feng shui layout, and even rely on some small geographical terrain for the house.

Because the Ancient Tranquility Manual is currently the best way to detect whether there is a geographical feature or terrain.

You can learn this simply by reciting the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra" here.

Sure enough, as soon as he had this thought, he saw that Master Xuan had already sat down cross-legged and was chanting the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra". In an instant, the special effects of the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra" appeared.

In other words, this house was not only arranged according to feng shui principles, but the former owner also made use of the surrounding small geographical features.

In a city, it is almost impossible to find a place with such a small terrain. Even if you find one, it is even more difficult to fully accommodate the terrain and build such a building.

He asked the service staff arranged by Director Qiu, "Who was the first owner of this house in ancient times?"

"Sima Chengzhen," the waiter replied politely.

"I see." Chen Han found it strange, after all, he was someone who could meet with Emperor Taizong of a dynasty and was summoned several times to discuss Taoism.

More importantly, it is rumored that the other party has a friend named Yuan Tiangang.

The story of the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra" is now widely circulated, and various Taoist temples have launched listening sessions for it. It would be very easy for anyone to copy the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra".

Even without musical notes, as long as you find someone with an absolute talent for musical notes, you can reproduce them simply by listening.

Although such people are few, if we act on principle and search among 14 billion people, we can definitely find quite a few.

The above-mentioned records of feng shui in this place make it easy to verify using the "Ancient Tranquility Formula".

Now that this person who wrote the science of feng shui and geography has come, it's not to test his abilities, nor is it possible to arrange for him to be here.

At that moment, a game system notification appeared:
[This time, some people from the Shushan Immortal Alliance headquarters seemed to be dissatisfied with the Chen family's rapid rise to fame and the establishment of their own lineage. Because the Chen family is skilled in formations, they deliberately set up an incomplete formation to test the Chen family's formation skills.]

1. Show these people the difference in their skill in formations. 2. Before leaving, give them a gift to let them know that the Chen family's strength extends far beyond formations.

Upon seeing the mission prompt, Chen Han knew he had guessed correctly.

The feng shui formations have been directly transformed into formations in the game's storyline, right? However, even if there are many resources available, it's still just a superficial understanding.

The only thing the other party can get their hands on right now is "Basic Feng Shui," which is what the Taoist Association wants to use for teaching at the Taoist Academy.

Another book, "The Secret Records of Feng Shui," has not yet been published; it is only available in various Taoist temples and monasteries.

Moreover, this so-called secret record in the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone is nothing more than "Elementary Feng Shui," not to mention that the Feng Shui Spirit Record Stone also contains some "Intermediate Feng Shui" knowledge.

Therefore, these people setting up such a place to test their abilities is a bit like showing off their limited skills before an expert.

He could repair this small-scale feng shui formation without even needing to rely on feng shui spirit stones.

Upon entering the hall, he pretended to reach into his Taoist robe and retrieve the new Five Emperors Sword.

Without relying on the Feng Shui Spirit Stone, one still needs to rely on the New Five Emperors Sword to sense the direction of the geographical terrain.

Without this, in this environment, no one can determine what kind of feng shui formation this is.

With the assistance of the new Five Emperors Sword, Chen Han surveyed his surroundings and, based on the design of the artificial mountains and surrounding water, determined that this was a small-scale "camel-mountain-backed-water layout + four waters returning to the hall + wind-gathering and energy-accumulating" layout.

What is a small-scale layout? It is to simulate a large natural geographical landscape by using a small-scale geographical landscape, and then construct a small-scale feng shui formation using feng shui principles.

Naturally, the effect is weaker and the scope of influence is smaller.

This small-scale formation naturally purifies the air and keeps the house warm in winter and cool in summer. These are the attributes that the Chen family currently possesses, but the effect is certainly not that strong.

But for a standalone building, it would be absolutely incredible. If this feng shui formation were restored and the outside world knew about it, it would become the most expensive house in the entire capital.

Master Xuan stopped reciting the Ancient Tranquility Mantra, then got up and went to Chen Han with Master Xuanhe.

"Patriarch Chen, there is indeed a feng shui formation." Master Xuan said with a look of surprise.

Afterwards, he and Daoist Xuanhe also looked in surprise at the sword in the hand of the Chen family head.

It seems to be the Five Emperors Sword forged by the Chen family head.

Did he bring this sword with him when he came?
I don't remember.

"Actually, it's just a small-scale feng shui arrangement, and it's not difficult to repair," Chen Han said, already walking around the area.

When he reached a spot surrounded by a canal, he stepped on a nearby spot and said, "There should be another canal leading down to the pond below."

Upon hearing this, Master Xuan and Daoist Xuanhe did not hesitate and hurriedly searched for tools. Unexpectedly, they found a lot of tools in a side room, including machetes, hoes, shovels and all kinds of tools.

Why would you put these things in a place like this?
This is not normal.

However, they also picked up hoes and started digging at the spot that the head of the Chen family had mentioned.

A moment later, they discovered that there really was a brick-built irrigation canal there.

Normal water flow here will be directed into the pool under the artificial hill.

However, a long time passed, and the place was buried.

The two Taoist priests were clearly skilled; they managed to dig the irrigation canal in no time, though it was done rather crudely.

The waiter arranged by Director Qiu, who was standing nearby, gaped in astonishment upon seeing this scene.

The special intelligence gathering department has been researching here for so long with little progress, yet this Chen family head has already made some discoveries after only a short time here?
Chen Han had already moved to another location: "There's also a canal here."

Master Xuan and Master Xuan Shuang immediately started digging again and, sure enough, they discovered another buried irrigation canal.

In the end, four such places were found.

Chen Han then went to the artificial hill, searched around, and touched a spot on the hill: "There should have been a feng shui stone here, but it's not here now."

"Where can we find this?" Master Xuan frowned.

The waiter arranged by Director Qiu suddenly said, "It should be in the back room."

After that, he hurriedly went backstage.

An expert from the special intelligence gathering department previously said that the feng shui stone should be placed in the back hall, and that's the right place to put it.

The other party is of high status, there is no solid evidence to refute them, and no one refutes them.

It now appears that the expert's conclusion was completely wrong.

A short while later, the waiter brought out a stone, about the size of a stone bench, and placed it directly in the spot Chen Han had indicated.

Chen Han continued to wander around, identifying feng shui patterns, and found eight locations to arrange accordingly.

He walked up to the last tree and said, "Cut this tree down. What we need is for wind protection and energy gathering. What's the point of planting a tree in a windy spot? If it blocks the wind, how can it gather any energy?"

Master Xuan and Master Xuanhe were stunned.

Can this tree be cut down?
The location was arranged by someone else, and besides, cutting down trees in the capital would be punished, wouldn't it?

Chen Han understood what the two meant: "Go ahead and cut us down. They arranged for us to be here just to test our Taoist sect's feng shui abilities, didn't they?"

Without hesitation, Master Xuanshi went to the room, took out his wood-chopping knife, and began chopping down the tree.

The moment the tree fell, the people inside clearly felt a cool breeze blowing in from outside.

With this gentle breeze, it seemed as if a special airflow had begun to move within it.

This feeling is amazing.

"It seems to have been fixed," Master Xuan said in surprise.

Master Xuanhe also said, "Yes, although I can't quite put my finger on where the changes are, I feel much more comfortable here."

Chen Han naturally knew that this was the effect of the air purification and the warm winter and cool summer setup taking effect, but it was far less effective than the Chen family's setup and not as obvious.

Even so, this makes the courtyard house extraordinary; you probably won't find another courtyard house like it in the entire capital.

The waiter had obviously noticed as well, and looked at Chen Han with even greater surprise.

Is this the strength of someone who is to be awarded the title of Grand Scholar?

Chen Han looked at him with a smile: "You can report to the leader now. This whole thing is too much trouble. If you want to see my feng shui abilities, just let the leader say so."

The waiter immediately gave an awkward laugh.

It seems the other party knew his identity from the beginning, and even knew the purpose of the superior.

This head of the Chen family is indeed no ordinary person.

He quickly and respectfully withdrew and hurried off to report.

At this moment, in an office, Minister Ma was looking at a map. It was a map of coastal cities, and he had marked several places on it.

After looking at those places for a long time, he drew a red circle around one of them.

There is a very famous place here called "*Hai Lou".

Just then, he saw one of his subordinates, dressed in a waiter's uniform, rush in and ask, "Why are you in such a hurry? What's wrong?"

The man hurriedly reported: "The feng shui formation of Sima Chengzhen's residence has been repaired by that Chen family head and two Taoist priests."

"What? How long have they been here?" Minister Ma was surprised when he heard the news.

After confirming that the residence had a feng shui configuration, he had the people he found study and repair it. Over this period of time, a considerable number of theoretical papers were published.

Especially those experts, they can write a theoretical paper every day, but it doesn't help at all in repairing feng shui formations.

Who would have thought that the Chen family head would restore the feng shui formation there as soon as he went in?

How long has it been?

Originally, I wanted to test this Feng Shui master's abilities with this method, and I even wondered how long it would take him to discover, or even if he could discover the Feng Shui formation at all.

Now they've made themselves look like clowns.

This also shows how different the people recruited by the special intelligence gathering department are from this person.

He looked at the enclosed '*Sea Tower', it seemed that he still had to rely on the Daoist sect, especially this Chen family head.

...

Sima Chengzhan's residence.

Master Xuan and Master Xuanhe looked at the Chen family head's hands with surprise.

The Five Emperors Sword had vanished, as if it had never existed, yet they clearly saw that Patriarch Chen had taken out the Five Emperors Sword earlier.

The restored feng shui formation could be felt, and Master Xuanhe eagerly invited, "Patriarch Chen, after the certificate awarding ceremony tomorrow, you must come to Baiyun to see the feng shui formation."

Although we haven't found a feng shui formation diagram, maybe we'll find one?

"Yes, I'll go sightseeing then, and I'll trouble the two Daoist masters to accompany me." Chen Han agreed, after all, they were all Daoist practitioners, and Daoist Master Xuanhe was also wearing a purple robe, so he had come specifically to accompany him.

It's only right to reciprocate.

However, he did think of that mission. Now that the conditions for repairing this feng shui formation to show those people the difference in strength have been met.

The second condition was to send a gift to demonstrate that the Chen family was not only skilled in feng shui.

He needs to think carefully about what to give as a gift.

A little while later, he remembered the things he had obtained from the demon-slaying map, and he even tried refining them in the weapon-refining furnace.

That thing could almost usher in a new chapter for single-type weapons.

I wonder what their expression will be then.

...

The next day, Chen Han got up from his cultivation and went to the hall, where breakfast had already been prepared; the service was quite thoughtful.

Shortly after breakfast, Director Qiu arrived and took him to the Academy of Sciences. Since it wasn't yet time to award the Grand Academician certificate, he was shown around the Academy of Sciences.

It wasn't until the time to award the academician certificate that he was taken to the auditorium. The process itself wasn't complicated, but it was quite troublesome with all the formalities and getting to know this person and that person.

Fortunately, the morning was over. After having lunch with Director Qiu and the leaders of the Academy of Sciences, he concluded his trip.

Upon leaving the Academy of Sciences, he gained the title of "Feng Shui Grandmaster" and an additional certificate.

Master Xuan and Master Xuanhe were already waiting. As soon as he came out, they greeted him and helped him into the car to go to Baiyun Temple.

Chen Han understood that the two Taoist priests wanted him to help check the feng shui formation, so in the car, he took out the feng shui spirit stone from his game inventory and put it in his pocket.

Once you enter and discover any feng shui formations, the feng shui spirit stone will definitely provide clues.

If he makes a discovery, he can also remind the two Taoist priests.

If nothing is found, there is nothing he can do but wait for the two Taoist priests to find the feng shui formation diagram.

He had only just entered the Baiyun Temple square when he noticed something unusual about the Feng Shui Spirit Stone, and then a game notification appeared:
[The Feng Shui Spirit Stone has discovered a complete Feng Shui formation... The current formation lacks a Feng Shui formation map and cannot be analyzed... The current Feng Shui formation is affected by terrifying terrain and cannot be analyzed...]

Chen Han was taken aback. The feng shui formation of Baiyun Temple was complete, so why couldn't it work? He had heard Master Xuan say that the only place where the "Ancient Tranquility Mantra" was effective was the northern corner.

This shouldn't be the case; if it were a complete feng shui formation diagram, it wouldn't be like this.

At that moment, perhaps due to the complete feng shui formation, the feng shui spirit stone projected a white light that only he could see, quickly outlining the feng shui formation around him.

Looking at the feng shui formation of Baiyun Pass, he was suddenly shocked and his eyes widened.

Turning my head slightly, I saw a colossal object next to the feng shui formation of Baiyun Temple, also outlined by the feng shui spirit stone.

Holy crap... that's a legendary creature, isn't it?

Chen Han was truly astonished.

(End of this chapter)