I Materialized the Cultivation Game

Chapter 57: Chapter 51: Demon Cult Demon from the Yin Mountain Sect!

Chen Han looked at the innocent expressions of the sibling duo, sighing in his heart. If you’re not Demon Cult Demons, why are you stirring up trouble?

He also put down the Beast Taming Flute. Without his control, those Lion-headed Geese returned to normal, circling around and honking.

Chu Hao and Chu Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the still-surrounding Lion-headed Geese, they were still a bit shaken. They tested a bit, and seeing that the geese didn’t move, they hurriedly ran out to a distance they felt was safe to continue watching the commotion.

Chen Han and his junior sister were looking at those stray dogs eating leftovers.

Xiaoyu remembered what her senior brother said earlier and brought up the old topic again: ”Brother, you were too much earlier. I was just worried that these stray dogs are always bullied by you, and if it happens too often, they’ll leave. By then, let’s see how you record your videos, so I fed them leftovers. This way, they won’t leave, and you said I have a malicious plan and don’t recognize good intentions.”

”Will they leave?” Chen Han hadn’t really thought about this since one can’t consider everything.

Xiaoyu explained: ”Of course. I looked it up. When territorial competition in an area becomes too intense, or if they sense a crisis, they’ll migrate to another place. But if there’s a steady food source, they won’t leave; they might even cling to it.”

”Then let the Chen Family’s daily leftovers be given to them!” Chen Han couldn’t help but exclaim.

If it weren’t for his junior sister, he might have really driven the Dog Demon Race to migration by hunting them for Dog Demon Meat every day.

That would really be a bit of a shut-in life.

It also goes to show that his junior sister keeps his matters in her heart.

She truly is like a sister.

While the two were talking, the waiters finished feeding the leftovers and left.

Now only the Dog Demons were left there working hard.

Seeing they were almost done eating, Chen Han picked up the Beast Taming Flute again and began playing.

Since his junior sister’s plan to lower the Dog Demons’ guard had worked, it was time for a surprise attack.

Just as the Dog Demons finished off the leftovers and looked up, they saw a shadow sweeping towards them.

That familiar feeling made them start barking, but the onrushing Profound Frost Lion-headed Geese silenced them, leaving only a battle with flying debris and the howling of the Dog Demons.

The result was the same. In the end, the little stray dogs fled with the other strays in disarray, but clearly, this time they didn’t run off completely. Instead, they stopped not far off and looked back at the battle site.

Seeing a piece of bloody Dog Demon Meat burst out, Chen Han knew not to pursue a desperate foe. He calmly stepped forward, pocketed the Dog Demon Meat in his storage, and then controlled the Profound Frost Lion-headed Geese to walk back to the Chen Family with aloof confidence.

Upon reaching the gate, he heard barking behind him again. Looking back, he saw the little stray dogs tentatively coming back, then sniffing around where his junior sister had left the leftovers. They even started marking the area with urine, clearly staking their claim.

[The Dog Demon Race bears a grudge against the family for this calculation. They’ve even set up a Demon Qi Array near the family, seemingly ready for a fight to the death!]

”???” Chen Han was dumbfounded.

A Demon Qi Array, really demonic.

If he went over now, the stench would surely be overwhelming.

Returning to the Spirit Beast Hall with the Profound Frost Lion-headed Geese, he also returned to Little Uncle’s courtyard to look at the medicinal dishes and pondered the matter of the Demon Cult demons.

Since those two young tourists weren’t Demon Cult demons, the game system’s hint at the time must have referred to the Demon Cult demons spying on the battle between the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose and the Dog Demon Race.

Aside from the two tourists, only Xiaomi and his junior sister were there.

Xiaomi was a Baihua Palace Fairy, so she was ruled out first.

In the Swordsmen of Shushan game, Baihua Palace belongs to the Righteous Sect.

It couldn’t possibly be his junior sister either.

So, he thought of something: could the Demon Cult demons be spying on the battle between the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose and the Dog Demons through the images transmitted by the Spirit Shadow Treasure Mirror?

After all, the game hint didn’t specify how the Demon Cult demons were watching.

If that’s the case, he wouldn’t know who the Demon Cult demons were, even though he received another hint last night indicating their interest in the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose.

On the vast internet, many people have watched the battle videos of the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose and the Dog Demons.

Opening the video uploaded yesterday, it had 40,000 likes already, increasing rapidly. It was sure to become a hit, with 3,405 followers, an increase of 200 more.

The more Chen Han thought about it, the more he felt something was off, even wanting to complain: ”Your game system has its bugs, but didn’t you load a new data pack? Even if this data pack is a bit off, why is the game task functionality still castrated?”

By now, shouldn’t there be a game hint or a clear objective so players can complete the tasks?

Yet, there’s nothing?

While Chen Han was thinking, Xiaomi hurriedly walked in from outside. As soon as she saw him, she said: ”Chen Han, I want to ask you something. If someone plays the same notes as you on the flute, can they also control those Lion-headed Geese?”

”???” Chen Han looked at her puzzled: ”Why are you asking this question out of the blue?”

”Just take a look at this video and you’ll understand.” Xiaomi quickly handed him her phone, which was paused on a video featuring a man dressed in ancient costume with black smoky eye makeup—a hint of charm and something distinctive about him.

The key point was that the man was holding a flute.

This was a blogger named Ming Di, evidently focusing on flute musical instruments.

Xiaomi explained, ”Your new video featuring the Lion-headed Goose has now garnered 40,000 likes, and it’s clearly going viral. Considering this trend, reaching tens or even hundreds of thousands of likes is quite achievable. If luck is on your side, the numbers might even double. This person is trying to piggyback off your popularity.”

Chen Han was astonished: ”With my mere handful of fans, just a single video gaining a bit of buzz, and someone wants to ride the wave? Are they really that desperate?”

Xiaomi rolled her eyes at him: ”Otherwise? You think only videos with millions of likes get piggybacked on? The critical point is whether they can latch on or not. If they can latch onto a video poised to go viral, why wouldn’t they? Some even piggyback on videos with just 10,000 likes.”

”That is truly desperate,” Chen Han wasn’t very familiar with this, so he clicked on the video and watched for a while, noticing a clip that actually featured him controlling the Lion-headed Goose.

Then came the voice from the opposing video’s creator:

”In recent days, this video of Patriarch Chen controlling the Lion-headed Goose has been quite popular. Of course, I won’t delve into the abstract playstyle of his content. Let’s focus on how he managed to control these Lion-headed Geese.”

”Firstly, everyone should trust in science. These scenes, which seem miraculous, can actually be scientifically trained. Borrowing from Professor Wu’s popular science explanation, it’s quite logical that once one is trained, it can lead to managing the rest.”

”Of course, I’m not here to discuss the training method but rather how to control them based on Professor Wu’s scientific explanation. After watching his video, I discovered the secret, which is through the sound of the flute.”

”That’s right, this Patriarch Chen controls them with four different tonal notes. Every time the Lion-headed Goose switches actions, he changes the notes he plays.”

”This can be considered a sort of musical hypnosis or subconscious sound indication, using these four notes consistently to influence the Lion-headed Geese and achieve control.”

”Naturally, I’m not discussing how to train them. What I’m asserting is that I’ve cracked Patriarch Chen’s four notes, and once someone plays these same four notes, even a different person can easily control the Lion-headed Geese.”

”In other words, a thief with a flute could play these four notes and effortlessly lead the Lion-headed Geese away. Regarding this, I’ll go verify it with the Chen Family. I hope Patriarch Chen won’t mind.”

After watching the video, Chen Han finally understood why Xiaomi asked such a question. It turned out she was worried about this.

Someone indeed wants to use a flute to play the same notes and disturb those Lion-headed Geese.

Isn’t this just a pipe dream?

At this moment, the game prompt appeared:

[Since Baihua Palace Fairy has cleared up the misunderstanding with you, she feels very guilty and keeps an eye on your family. Hearing that Demon Cult Demons are spying on your family, she used the Hundred Flowers Palace’s intelligence channels to gather information on the Demon Cult Demons. The opposing side is from the guard lineage of the Yin Mountain Sect’s Zhuifeng branch, which specializes in using flute sounds to control people’s hearts and souls, committing unscrupulous acts. Please find them, and use the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose to defeat them.]

Thus, the mission prompt simply popped up.

Chen Han finally realized he had wrongly blamed the game system.

This also made him look at Ming Di in the video, whose smoky eyes betrayed his appearance as Demon Cult Demons.

However, the identity assigned by the game system to this guy was quite impressive; he was an evil figure from the Zhuifeng branch of the Yin Mountain Sect.

This Zhuifeng was pretty remarkable, relying on his skill to control people’s hearts and souls with flute sounds, even attempting to control Lady Yaochi. Yet, in the end, he died trying to save Lady Yaochi—so tragic and lamentable.

He looked once more at Ming Di from the Zhuifeng branch in the video, hoping he’d come soon. He was eager to let the Profound Frost Lion-headed Goose charge at him.

Next, he checked the video comment section of Ming Di, where he discovered many people mentioning Professor Wu. After all, in this matter, Professor Wu’s popular science was deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

Elsewhere, Professor Wu was taking a break at work, when he noticed many people mentioning him on social media. This left him bewildered. Upon clicking in to see people analyzing how Chen Han controlled those geese and using his popular science as a talking point, he was puzzled.

His video from yesterday was seemingly ignored, yet they still wouldn’t let him be?

Science, my foot. That first move by Patriarch Chen using the Beast Taming Technique, he could explain. The other three moves, he had no way to explain—he could only play dead.

Why does it feel like Ming Di’s commentary on this is more confident than him, the original expert?

Ming Di indeed carried himself with confidence. Although he wasn’t considered a major influencer yet, he had insights into ancient musical instruments, especially the flute.

He had researched, discovering that Professor Wu excelled in goose studies and was unquestionably authoritative. So if the Professor stated that those geese could be scientifically trained, he’d be right. Hence, his judgment that the geese could be controlled via flute sounds wouldn’t be wrong either.

Thus, he definitely would hitch a ride on this wave of traffic, even eating it up entirely—as prosperity is delivered to his doorstep.

As he thought this, he grabbed his flute, placed it to his lips, and began playing the four tonal notes Chen Han had played, which he’d painstakingly extracted from Patriarch Chen’s video one note at a time with his team.

While others marveled at Patriarch Chen’s control of these geese, he too played the flute, as if possessing the ability to control those Lion-headed Geese—how explosive was that?

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(Another update will be released tonight.)