I Materialized the Cultivation Game

Chapter 77: Chapter 71: Oscillating Between Feng Shui Patterns and Belief in Science

Wang Bing and his girlfriend found these words somewhat unbelievable.

According to his thinking, even though the Feng Shui Room is named after Feng Shui, without air conditioning, staying in such a stuffy environment, those who booked it would regret it, perhaps even complain, right?

What’s the situation now? These people are actually praising it, saying it’s more comfortable than an air-conditioned room?

How does it seem like a ploy?

But after looking at their attire, one person’s bag seemed to be over 30,000, a bag his girlfriend had repeatedly admired before. However, with their combined salaries, they couldn’t afford it, she could only gaze longingly at it.

Fortunately, besides having big desires, his girlfriend isn’t materialistic.

So, they probably aren’t part of any scheme.

”Honey, it seems like the Feng Shui Room here at the Chen Family is truly something special.” His girlfriend, too, noticed this and suggested, ”Why don’t we change rooms and try it out?”

Wang Bing, in matters like these, wouldn’t go against his girlfriend’s wishes and nodded, heading over to the service counter.

Inside, there was only a middle-aged woman, and he politely inquired, ”Auntie, we’ve originally booked an air-conditioned room, but now we’d like to switch to a Feng Shui Room. Do we just need to add 300 yuan?”

Li Xiaoyun, seeing that he was polite, also replied with a smile, ”Sir, yes, we can help you change rooms.”

”Then let’s switch.” Wang Bing didn’t hesitate and immediately paid an additional 300 yuan.

Li Xiaoyun quickly assisted with the process and then turned to Huang Yanfang, saying, ”Yanfang, this gentleman has upgraded to a Feng Shui Room, could you show them over there?”

Huang Yanfang nodded, attending to Wang Bing by first taking him to the original room to pack up the luggage, then leading him to another Feng Shui Room labeled 2 Camp 34 Room.

Wang Bing curiously asked, ”Why is this room number arranged like this?”

Huang Yanfang explained, ”Sir, in the past, there were often chaotic times with bandits and disorderly soldiers. The Chen Family protected the nearby areas, and during such chaos, the young men would gather here to train. These rooms were remodeled from their original accommodations.”

”I see.” Wang Bing recalled that outside the visitor service center, there was a vast martial arts arena, likely the place where the Chen Family gathered young men for training.

Turns out, the Chen Family was quite remarkable in the past.

Upon entering the room, Wang Bing and his girlfriend were astonished, instantly feeling an incredibly comfortable and refreshing sensation, starkly contrasting the outside heat. Moreover, this refreshment was not like what air conditioning would create.

Rather, it was akin to the onset of autumn, with the cold air becoming active but not intense, the humidity decreasing, not stuffy, evoking a sense of an optimal natural environment.

How amazing.

Wang Bing instinctively searched the room, looking to see if there were any hidden air conditioning units.

”Honey, it seems... there truly is a Feng Shui arrangement.” His girlfriend said incredulously, putting down the luggage and looking at the three potted plants in the room: ”Other tourists mentioned that moving these potted plants can affect the Feng Shui arrangement, are these the three pots?”

Huang Yanfang, following Xiaoyu’s training materials, smiled and explained, ”Yes, these three pots are positioned in the Li Palace, Kun Palace, and Central Palace, and their arrangement corresponds to the Three Palaces. Properly arranging them at specific spots can form a unique Feng Shui layout with the entire environment, creating this refreshing atmosphere.”

These words sounded quite mystical to Wang Bing and his girlfriend, completely unrelated to scientific logic.

Wang Bing stepped forward and tried lifting the pot of bamboo on the table, and soon, he and his girlfriend felt an oppressive heat.

The transformation of the Feng Shui arrangement had persisted for a while, so the environmental influence, even if the Feng Shui array was broken, wouldn’t immediately disappear as it did when Chen Han initially experimented by moving the pots.

The environment residues would linger for a while.

But this was enough to leave Wang Bing and his girlfriend astounded; moving the pots could indeed create such an impact.

”Honey, put it back and see.” His girlfriend hurriedly urged.

Wang Bing placed the bamboo pot back on the table, and instantly the refreshing sensation returned, enveloping them completely, exceptionally pleasing.

This left him with a gaping mouth.

”Honey, how do you scientifically explain this?” His girlfriend asked.

”...” Wang Bing fell into silent bewilderment for a moment.

Scientific explanation my ass!

How should I know how to scientifically explain this?

It seems the Chen Family truly has a Feng Shui layout.

He felt somewhat dazed until the attendant left, his girlfriend deliberately took out that medicine and 0.01 in front of him, then he came to his senses, instinctively thinking about the Chen Family’s Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.

If this Feng Shui layout is real, then perhaps the effect of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is also genuine.

”Honey, which color do you think looks good?” His girlfriend astonishingly asking him about colors with the 0.01 in hand, startled him to answer quickly: ”Anything’s fine, uh, darling, I’m stepping out for a bit, you can organize the room.”

With that, he hurriedly went out and found a server, ”Excuse me, does the Chen Family sell Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea? Where can I buy it?”

”Sir, follow me.” The attendant, another middle-aged woman, promptly led him to where Chen Family had specially set up for selling Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea upon hearing someone wanted to purchase it.

Upon arrival, she saw Xiaoyu inside counting, ”Xiaoyu, this gentleman wants to buy Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.”

Xiaoyu appeared a bit dispirited, but seeing the visitor, she smiled and asked, ”Sir, would you like to purchase ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, or Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?”

”Ordinary will do.” Wang Bing naturally recognized Xiaoyu, considering he’s followed her ’Xiaoyuzha’ account, however, Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was already 100,000 yuan a pound, beyond his expenditure level.

The ordinary kind is 10,000 yuan a pound, swallowing hard, just manageable for emergency purchases.

”Okay, sir.” Xiaoyu nodded, and picked up a canister of ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.

After purchasing it, Wang Bing quickly returned to the visitor service center.

Meanwhile, Xiaoyu took out her phone and sighed while checking the data on her newly uploaded video.

Sister Xiaomi happened to arrive, noticing her low spirits and smilingly asking, ”Xiaoyu, what’s wrong?”

Xiaoyu explained, ”It’s about the Feng Shui Room renovation. I made a video for promotion, focusing on the Feng Shui theme, but it’s performing poorly, only 2,000 likes in half a day. People don’t seem very interested in this.”

”Let me see.” Sister Xiaomi said, taking out her phone to watch the video, which focused on introducing the Feng Shui Room and the Three Palaces, emphasizing the Feng Shui array effect, repeatedly described as truly magical in the video.

After watching, she chuckled and said, ”Xiaoyu, your video actually appears abstract to outsiders much like your senior brother’s. If others can’t experience the Feng Shui effect, and don’t believe in Feng Shui, seeing the video is just you speaking. No matter how magical, they won’t sense it?”

Xiaoyu awkwardly responded, ”I intended to make it abstract on purpose, why is it okay for my senior brother to do so but not for me?”

”The audience is different,” Xiaomi explained, ”Your senior brother’s account deals with abstract cultivation, and his followers are fun-loving folks. They can put themselves in the scenario. Send me the original video, and I’ll edit it again.”

Xiaoyu nodded, sent the video to Xiaomi, and watched as she re-edited it. Soon, she began dubbing, ”Today, Xiaomi is visiting the Chen Family’s place. You know the Chen Family, right? That’s the abstract Patriarch Chen. When I arrived, I discovered that their rooms here are quite magical. They have a special air conditioning system installed, not only is it discreetly installed, but it also has sensing capabilities, and can be activated through three pots of potted plants...”

”The key difference between this and a regular air conditioning system is... it works by diffusing harmless cooling compounds like menthol and eucalyptol at appropriate concentrations... It activates TRPM8 on a visual, respiratory, and skin level, bringing a ’refreshing’ feeling...”

”This technology requires concentration control, attention to ventilation, and needs to be combined with actual cooling methods...”

Xiaoyu was completely dumbfounded as she listened beside her, not understanding many scientific terms at all.

Sister Xiaomi is awesome.

Xiaomi continued, ”Because the air conditioning system is discreet and paired with a sensing system, the Chen Family promotes it externally as a Feng Shui Room. Mainly to complement the ancient architecture with a fresh experience. People should still believe in science.”

After dubbing, Xiaomi directly uploaded it to her Tiao Yin account.

Title: Scientifically Unraveling the Mysterious Feng Shui Room!

Then she clicked send.

Just treat it as one of her exploration videos.

Xiaoyu asked in surprise, ”Sister Xiaomi, can this really work?”

Half an hour later, when she saw Xiaomi’s video had 5,000 likes, she was thrilled, ”Sister Xiaomi, you’re amazing, the video went viral.”

Seeing the comments on Sister Xiaomi’s video, she understood why the same video didn’t get traction for her.

”666, so this is how you can pull off the Feng Shui scam, huh?”

”Looking at the condition of the room in the video, if it weren’t for Xiaomi’s explanation, I really wouldn’t have noticed the air conditioning.”

”Previously, I saw ’Xiaoyuzha’ post a video about the Feng Shui Room and thought it was fake. Now with Xiaomi’s explanation, I get it. Believe in science.”

”Both are advertisements, but Xiaomi is three times more professional than ’Xiaoyuzha’!”

”...”

Xiaoyu suddenly felt a bit frustrated. At this rate, she felt she couldn’t keep up with her senior brother, who was an abstract ghost on Tiao Yin.

Xiaomi noticed her thoughts and laughed, ”Xiaoyu, you’re like a little heroine, doing what you’re good at is enough. Your sword dance, martial arts, no other National Style can compare to yours, and none are as pretty as you.”

This really made Xiaoyu happy, her mouth couldn’t help but smile.

Xiaomi saw this and laughed, comforting Xiaoyu was quite simple.

She noticed long ago, just praise her directly, that’s enough for this girl.

...

In the room, Wang Bing returned to the visitor service center and brewed a pot of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, then brought it to the room. Upon entering, he saw his girlfriend had changed into a short skirt and low-cut blouse.

Wearing that outside would surely attract the attention of LSPs, who would then curse at her for being slutty.

His girlfriend really knew how to dress up, she sure knew how to doll herself up.

”Honey, does this look good?” his girlfriend cooed as she snuggled close to him.

Wang Bing also felt like cursing her for being slutty, and quickly poured two cups of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea for his girlfriend to drink.

He knew his girlfriend was holding back. If it were at home...

The critical thing was she obviously wanted it, but never initiated, driving him crazy with desire, then turning around and blaming him for being indecent in broad daylight.

Gah!

But after those two cups of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, he noticed his girlfriend genuinely calmed down.

This Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea seemed really effective, as she soon picked up her phone and played with it, no longer with that ”hurry up” attitude.

Damn, that’s impressive, this really is a lifesaver.

Why didn’t he believe it before?

Later, Wang Bing was drawn to those three pots of potted plants and started studying them.

How long does it take for a highly educated person to shift from believing in science to not believing in it?

Just a trip to the Chen Family will do.

He’s even considering if Patriarch Chen’s Cloud Barrier Technique could be real too?

”Li Palace, Central Palace...” Wang Bing muttered, with Nine Palaces related materials open on his phone as a reference.

But the more he researched, the more he felt his head was going to explode, Feng Shui layouts and such, it’s just too hard...

”Honey, what are you studying?” his girlfriend asked in confusion.

Wang Bing explained, ”Studying this Feng Shui layout, maybe we can set it up when we go back.”

”Honey, are you dumb?” his girlfriend suddenly looked at him in astonishment, asking, ”Didn’t you always say you’re highly educated and should believe in science? The Chen Family even invited the National Goddess Xiaomi to promote it, Xiaomi’s already revealed this Feng Shui Room as being created by a special air conditioning system, and you’re still taking it so seriously?”

”What????” Wang Bing was dumbfounded.

”Watch this video.” His girlfriend found Xiaomi’s video and played it for him.

”Today Xiaomi is visiting the Chen Family’s place...”

Xiaomi’s voice rang from the video.

”???” Wang Bing watched the video and felt like his brain was gone.

He was originally a staunch believer in science. He experienced first-hand belief in Feng Shui alignment, only to suddenly be told this Feng Shui alignment was an air conditioning system.

Hearing Xiaomi’s final sentence ’believe in science,’ he directly cursed, ”Damn, are you messing with me!”