I Materialized the Cultivation Game

Chapter 152: Chapter 100: This World Is So Absurd! What’s the Rank of the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable?

Click to upload, Daoist Chen also reported that rumor-mongering video.

Not only Daoist Chen, but Daoist Li, Daoist Xuan Can, and those other tagged Daoists saw this a chance to make a splash... spread their teachings, and for the sake of their beliefs and the deities they serve, they had to step into the spotlight.

Moreover, this trending topic indeed has something to do with their Taoist Sect. That blessing dance is the most basic sacrificial dance in the Taoist Sect. Saying this is a cure and promoting superstition, isn’t that spreading rumors?

Too much!

Like the Patriarch Chen said, believe in science!

For a while, Tiao Yin was once again filled with the presence of the Taoist Sect, as each Daoist posted videos one after the other.

Qingmin City Airport.

Wu Hao was thrilled to see the data on the Tiao Yin backend stop growing.

This time, he stayed with the Chen Family for two days, spent 1500 yuan, recorded several trending videos, and the data was good. He had already profited, and unexpectedly, before returning today, the newly uploaded video had a surprising twist — it went viral.

This video had a big chunk edited out; otherwise, the words of the girl’s parents, their excited and exaggerated expressions, would have seemed too scripted.

Plus, he deliberately chose this title because he knew very well that only by creating conflict would engagement increase. Just look at those comments questioning the Chen Family’s promotion of feudal superstitions.

This is the conflict he wanted, so the video would garner more attention.

But he quickly realized something was off in the comments section.

”What the hell, is spreading rumors free now?”

”You’re way too good at spreading rumors, aren’t you?”

”You’re finished. Not only did you provoke the Patriarch Chen to refute the rumor, but you also brought out so many Daoists from the Taoist Sect. You’re the first!”

”...”

”???” Seeing these comments, Wu Hao knew something was wrong, and instinctively searched. He saw the clarification video from the Xiaomi account of Patriarch Chen: ”Hello everyone, I am Patriarch Chen... this has nothing to do with curing illnesses. Don’t believe or spread rumors, believe in science.”

”What, what does this mean?” Wu Hao suddenly lost his composure.

This afternoon at the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall, your Chen Family wasn’t saying that.

It was clearly for curing the little girl’s illness.

Her parents even said that none of the few hospitals could help, but just going to yours solved it.

Now, when he’s just stating a fact with a sensationalized title, you come out and say there’s no cure and that he’s spreading rumors and should believe in science?

Isn’t this too much?

Looking at those comments mentioning other Daoists, he quickly searched again, and was completely dumbfounded.

What did he see? One after another, Taoist sect Daoists were posting videos.

Especially like Daoist Chen of Wudang and others, they were all very famous Daoists with many followers.

But these people all consistently said it was a blessing dance with no connection to curing illnesses, and directly accused him of spreading rumors and said to believe in science.

Wu Hao felt his head spin. Do these Daoists know the truth and still say he’s spreading rumors?

Can someone explain what it feels like to see a group of Daoists discussing mystical beliefs unanimously say to believe in science?

Suddenly, the world seemed absurd.

Just then, he saw his video disappear, and a system notification appeared on the backend: due to triggering specific rumor-spreading violations, his account was suspended for one month.

”What the hell...” Wu Hao cursed out loud upon seeing this message.

He suddenly felt like the whole world was putting on a play for him.

Chen Han quickly got the message that the ’Wu Hao Loves Life’ account was banned, and he also saw Xiaomi tagging Daoist Chen and others. It can be said it was thanks to Xiaomi that ’Wu Hao Loves Life’ got banned.

So many Daoists coming out involves religious belief matters. For rumor-mongering of this kind, a banned account is perfectly normal.

After dinner, Chen Lin reported: ”Xiaohan, the flowers for the Flower Sea will be delivered tomorrow for planting, and the Celestial Venerable’s statue has already been shipped over. By then, you’ll have to conduct the enlightenment ceremony to invite the Celestial Venerable to the Flower Sea, so you need to burn incense and change clothes in advance over these three days.”

”Hmm!” Chen Han nodded. Although the Chen Family is like loose cultivators, very casual usually, these are important occasions with rules that must be followed.

So, after dinner, he returned to his room, took a serious bath, and then donned the Daoist robe to head to the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall.

Burning incense and changing clothes is an expression of the Taoist ’Revere the gods as if they are present’. Changing clothes is to be solemn and respectful to the gods, with a tidy appearance, united body and mind, while burning incense is to communicate with the divine and calm the heart, only through authentic channel connection can one communicate with deities.

For the enlightenment of divine statues, it generally involves burning incense and changing clothes three days in advance, depending on the deity being revered.

Auntie knew his purpose when he arrived and prepared three incense sticks for him.

At this time, burning incense requires three unbroken incense sticks. Use a flame to light the incense; if a flame arises, you need to extinguish it by moving your wrist left and right, not blowing with your mouth.

Holding the incense for worship requires facing the deity’s statue. Raise both hands with the incense to align with your forehead and bow, as a gesture of respect to the gods.

These rituals are precisely specified rules. Chen Han had learned them from his father before, so he was quite proficient, but then suddenly a game notification appeared, making him pause:

[System detected new data packet fragments, a major increase in data packet (2) fragment collection...]

”???” Chen Han sensed something was off.

Moreover, very off.

This was the third time.

The first was the prayer when the new statue was erected in the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall.

The second time was when Xiaoni was brought here today for the auntie’s blessings.

Now the third time, he came to the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall for burning incense and changing clothes.

It seems all related to the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable Hall!

Could it be that data packet (1) is related to cultivation, and this data packet (2) is related to the divine path?

In Swordsmen of Shushan, besides the Emei Sect and other cultivation sects, there are many Divine Monarchs, like Dongting Monarch, Junshan Water God, and even the son of the Cyan Emperor was exiled from heaven.

So here’s a question, if it’s true, where does the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable rank in Swordsmen of Shushan?

And who knows to what extent this game’s system will abstract things once data packet (2) is loaded.