I Materialized the Cultivation Game-Chapter 62 - 56: That’s a Special Effect! Daoist Nine Directions Plants?
"Senior Brother, what happened?" Xiaoyu hurried into the kitchen, suddenly seeing a cloud of smoke enveloping her senior brother. It didn’t look like a normal situation.
The smoke was too dense to see what was happening inside.
Xiaomi, too, followed in concern.
When they got closer, they waved their hands to disperse the smoke, only to find that it didn’t have the choking smell of smoke and wasn’t as easy to scatter.
Key point, they didn’t find Chen Han.
Even when the smoke dispersed, there was no sign of him there.
"Where is he?" Xiaomi exclaimed instinctively.
"Over here, what’s all the fuss about?" Chen Han’s voice came from behind a nearby pillar as he walked out.
He had heard his juniors’ voices and used the cloud as cover to slip quietly behind the pillar.
"Senior Brother, what in the world is going on?" Xiaoyu looked at the slowly dissipating cloud, full of curiosity.
Not just her, Xiaomi was the same. The situation they just witnessed was something she had never seen in real life, only in movies.
"A few days ago, I read a book and made something called a Cloud Barrier Pill, which can release that kind of mist," Chen Han said, taking out two Cloud Barrier Pills (0.5 meters) and handing one to each of them.
Xiaoyu looked at the Cloud Barrier Pill in surprise: "Senior Brother, you’re saying that scene just now was caused by this thing? How do you use it?"
Xiaomi also looked at the Cloud Barrier Pill in her hand in surprise.
Though she excelled in her studies and knew some substances could react to create thick smoke, it was unbelievable that such a small thing could create the smoke they just saw.
Chen Han explained: "Just crush it to use!"
Xiaoyu almost without hesitation crushed the Cloud Barrier Pill in her hand. In an instant, a cloud of 0.5 meters enveloped her, though awkwardly, it could only wrap around her horizontally and cover less than a third of her height vertically.
Even so, she was full of excitement as the smoke instantly spread out. It was her first time witnessing such a magical scene.
Xiaomi also tried crushing the Cloud Barrier Pill in her hand, and similarly, a smoke cloud of 0.5 meters surrounded her; the speed of diffusion was undoubtedly beyond what chemistry or physics could explain.
In modern auxiliary weapons, there’s something called a smoke bomb, but even the fastest-releasing smoke bomb can’t release smoke instantly. The detonation process requires time.
"Senior Brother, teach me, teach me how to make this," Xiaoyu said, full of curiosity, looking expectantly at her senior brother.
Chen Han coughed and said, "The book said this can only be learned by the Main Family and taught to males, not females!"
"What? That means I can’t learn it?" Xiaoyu suddenly looked very disappointed. She had been learning under her master from a young age and understood some of the family’s old customs and rules.
The Main Family can learn it and it’s taught to males, not females, which means she can’t learn it.
What a pity!
"What’s with the long face? Your senior brother can make them for you," Chen Han looked at his junior’s disappointed face, then melodramatically pulled a 2-meter Cloud Barrier Pill from his pocket and handed it to her, saying, "This one has a larger range, same as the one I used."
Hearing this, Xiaoyu immediately smiled and happily took the Cloud Barrier Pill, examining it joyfully.
She even thought of using it during her video shoots, right after a sword draw, using the Cloud Barrier Pill to instantly be enveloped, surely capturing people’s attention.
At this point, Chen Han glanced at Xiaomi, whose eyes were also filled with anticipation, and he pretended to take another Cloud Barrier Pill from his pocket and handed it to her.
Thus, after the first refining of the Cloud Barrier Pill, there were 4 Wasted Pills and one 10-meter pill left.
After studying the Cloud Barrier Pill for a while, Xiaoyu remembered her main task and immediately said to her senior brother, "Senior Brother, I have something to ask you!"
"What is it?" Chen Han asked in confusion.
Xiaoyu explained, "Sister Xiaomi has something to do in the city, but I have to go to the county in the afternoon to discuss the National Style Event with the relevant departments, so I want to ask you to accompany Sister Xiaomi to the city."
Chen Han instinctively glanced at Xiaomi, guessing she wanted to take him to see that lung cancer specialist.
Surprisingly, she arranged it so well, a reasonable trip to the city!
"Alright!" Chen Han nodded in agreement.
"Then we depart after lunch!" Xiaomi chimed in, saying they would leave after lunch, coinciding with the appointment time she had set for Chen Han at the city’s affiliated hospital.
...
After having medicinal cuisine and lunch, Chen Han followed his junior and Xiaomi out of the Chen Family to his junior’s car.
"Senior Brother, I edited your morning video. I’ll send it to you," Xiaoyu said as she got in the car, fiddling with her phone, then added, "When we get to the county, I’ll drop you at the train station and pick you up in the evening."
Chen Han received and watched Xiaoyu’s edited video, checking his statistics.
His reputation had reached (6992/????), an increase of over 2800.
He also checked on Patriarch Chen’s account, where followers had reached 10,028, officially surpassing ten thousand.
The Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose video had, as Xiaomi predicted, surpassed 200,000 likes, and the video about tourists being chased 3 kilometers by a lion-headed goose stew joke had also exceeded 50,000 likes.
However, the video like rate was slowing, indicating that the popular feed PK was ending, and it hadn’t entered the next tier of traffic pools.
So, he resolutely uploaded the new video.
A scene where an internet celebrity attempted to crack someone else’s Beast Taming Technique but ended up being stripped by a group of geese, fleeing with egg-covering and protruding hips would surely gain significant attention with the previous hype backing it.
Title: Shocking! This Demon Cult Demon was stripped naked by the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose...
Alright, a tribute to the sensationalism department.
As time passed, when Chen Han and Xiaomi boarded the train to the city,
online, Chen Han’s newly released video of the Demon Cult Demon being stripped bare was seen by those following the incident.
Professor Wu saw the update from Patriarch Chen as soon as he woke from his afternoon nap.
He was following to see the follow-up on Ming Di cracking Patriarch Chen’s Beast Taming Technique.
When he saw the new video title, he was immediately drawn in. Are the Demon Cult Demons referring to Ming Di?
But this stripping...
A moment later, after watching the video, he was left gaping in shock. They really were stripped.
Oh my heavens! He said these Lion-headed Geese can’t be explained by science, and yet some people still say they believe in science!
Tiao Yin Headquarters.
Lu Xue, as a content editor at Tiao Yin, had two main tasks.
The first task is reviewing popular videos to prevent violations, vulgarity, inappropriate speech... and other issues. Once discovered, minor issues would lock the flow, while major ones would block the video.
The second task is to scout creators. Generally, if new types or new creator videos reach certain data heights, they will be reviewed, and the amount of resources allocated would be considered, based on subsequent developments about whether to report it.
This also contributes to her performance.
Today, she was surprised to see a video titled "Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose Expedition..." and was immediately captivated by the incredible moves those geese made.
Calling this the Beast Taming Technique wouldn’t be too far-fetched, would it?
She quickly checked Patriarch Chen’s new video and saw the title about the Demon Cult Demons being stripped. She wondered who these Demon Cult Demons were, and then saw a stunned influencer attempting to crack the Beast Taming Technique being stripped by the group of geese.
Honestly, she found it hilarious.
Especially seeing Ming Di awkwardly covering himself, she laughed out loud with a goose-like sound.
Patriarch Chen’s Beast Taming Technique is quite something. Just from these geese giving her such a delightful laugh, he received an S-Class resource during prime time in the evening.
It’s like a reward for these geese.
Moreover, though Patriarch Chen’s videos are abstract, they count as a peculiar type of innovative creator.
...
On the other side, at the city’s affiliated hospital, Chen Han was there to receive a consultation from a lung cancer specialist. Then proceeded to undergo a chest CT, PRET-CT, sputum cell test, bronchial test... blood tests, sternal scan, along with EGFR, ALK, and other assessments. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Under normal circumstances, these tests take at least 3 to 4 hours for results. Since he had a specialist appointment, chest X-rays and chest CT (LDCT) results came back after he finished the series of check-ups.
After reviewing the chest X-ray and CT (LDCT), the specialist sighed, "You should have been prepared before coming to see me. Just by looking at this situation, it’s too late. The shadow areas are severely expanded, I fear your body can’t handle chemotherapy. But, we still have to wait for the other tests!"
Even though Xiaomi was mentally prepared, her eyes instantly reddened upon hearing this.
Chen Han, however, was filled with joy because he clearly saw that the part of the shadow that had spread to the nerves had disappeared on the film.
The excruciating pain he had before was due to this. Director Liu had specifically explained this to him.
Seeing Xiaomi’s reddened eyes, he held her hand and left the hospital together, as the other test results were no longer important.
"Is there really no way?" Xiaomi asked quietly.
"There is," Chen Han said with a smile, "I discovered many extraordinary things from the Chen Family’s library, maybe I’ll find something that cures cancer."
Xiaomi knew he was comforting her, but since he was so optimistic, she didn’t want to affect his mood. As soon as they got back on the train, she leaned on his shoulder and held onto his arm with both hands.
Chen Han, however, took out his phone and browsed the videos, seeing that his junior sister just posted a new one, wearing a new Hanfu and practicing her sword technique, clearly shot at the corner of the county park.
"Xiaoyu is really good at sword dancing," Xiaomi said.
"Yeah!" Chen Han nodded. After all, his junior sister was the national champion in sword routines. However, when he saw his junior sister finally sheathed her sword, he was surprised as a burst of clouds and mist instantly enveloped her.
She actually used the Cloud Barrier Pill in her video shoot.
Xiaomi suddenly laughed and said, "Xiaoyu’s Jade Barrier Pill is being considered as a special effect by Tiao Yin’s system!"
Looking over, Chen Han saw that the bottom of his junior sister’s video had a warning from Tiao Yin’s system advising viewers not to imitate the current special effects behavior.
On the other side, Xiaoyu was depressed. She had planned to showcase the Cloud Barrier Pill to her fans, and even tagged the video with the words "Chen’s Smoke Escape Technique!"
But Tiao Yin’s system marked it as a special effects behavior. How could she explain this?
This...
Chen Han had thought of using the Cloud Barrier Pill to show off, especially since he had a 10-meter one. Shooting a video would definitely be explosive, but seeing his junior sister as a cautionary tale, he feared he would get the special effect behavior notice too.
Opening the video comment section, there were indeed many jokes:
"Haha, Xiaoyu’s special effect escape technique is not bad!"
"Tiao Yin: How about a special effects behavior?"
"Betrayed by Tiao Yin, Chen’s Smoke Escape Technique = Special Effect!"
"..."
Seeing this amusing comment section, Chen Han thought of making a Cloud Barrier Pill video himself. It wouldn’t matter if it was considered a special effect. Sister Xiaomi and Xiaoyu were organizing a National Style Event, and surely many people would show up. Performing a Cloud Barrier Pill in public, just imagine how many wow moments there’d be?
He could also gain massive public recognition.
While he was pondering, two game notifications about the sect’s base modification completion suddenly popped up:
[Congratulations, sect’s base special effect: Solid +2 modification completed!]
[Congratulations, sect’s base special Taoist housing effect: Warm in winter, cool in summer +2 modification completed. As long as it’s within the Chen Family’s Taoist sect housing, and Daoist Nine Directions Plants representing Li, Kun, and Zhong directions are placed in the room, attribute effects can be activated!]
Chen Han saw the remark information and knew he was right. This special Taoist housing effect also had limitations.
He knew about Daoist Five Offerings and Seven Sages plants.
But he truly didn’t know what Daoist Nine Directions Plants were, let alone those representing Li, Kun, Zhong directions.
His dad hadn’t taught him about this.
Besides, nowadays, Taoist sects mostly discuss Five Offerings, even Seven Sages are rarely mentioned, let alone Nine Directions.
