I Materialized the Cultivation Game

However, there were also critical comments, and a female blogger with over 2 million followers commented here: ”I really don’t know what kind of worldview you people have, isn’t this teaching people to curse others? Why are so many people liking this? Our country teaches virtues like morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics from a young age, and quality is paramount. Isn’t this teaching people to be unqualified?”

Daoist Chen was a bit displeased when he saw this. He couldn’t say anything about the Qinggong, but on this point, he had a lot to say.

He directly replied to the other person using his real-name account: ”This well-meaning individual might not know that our Taoist school has never advocated for swallowing one’s grievances because emotions are the natural flow given by heaven and earth. Suppressing them will only turn into a heart disease. When others insult you, you must curse back. It’s like when wind encounters a mountain, it must bypass it; when it encounters obstacles, it must make noise. You must speak out when it’s time to speak. This is in line with nature.” ”Stepping back won’t lead to vast horizons; it will only cause internal injuries. Excessive emotional stability is punishing oneself for others’ mistakes...”

Daoist Chen is a famous figure in the Taoist Sect, a highly respected individual. His statement quickly garnered many likes, support, and comments from others.

”Haha, what the Daoist said is right! I’m just someone who doesn’t want to endure.”

”Confucianism: Embrace all rivers, tolerance is greatness! Buddhism: With resentment in your heart, it’s hard to grasp the true teachings, you need to practice more! Taoism: How dare you disrupt my Dao Heart!”

”Buddhism: Everything is fate! Taoism: Hold on, I’ll change your fate for you!”

”Endure for a moment, and you’ll get breast cysts; step back, and you’ll get uterine fibroids...”

”...”

This response from Daoist Chen received much support, but it upset the female internet celebrity. She immediately wanted to counterattack. The other person is just a Daoist with a little over a million followers, while she has more than 2 million, but the subsequent situation left her dumbfounded.

The issue was so hot, she couldn’t latch onto the Qinggong topic, but regarding discussing the Taoist teachings, many Daoists from the Taoist Sect had something to say.

This heat couldn’t just be for Daoist Chen alone.

So, after the last incident about the Chen Family’s Qinggong and martial arts, many Daoists spoke out together again from the Taoist Sect.

”Not only do we advocate for returning curses when insulted, but we also don’t promote suffering because suffering is simply suffering. It won’t bring success, nor is it worth pursuing. If suffering led to success, then donkeys would be the richest in the world from enduring hardship, serving the elite, and the fragrance of plum blossoms does not arise from harsh cold—they’re simply plum blossoms themselves...”

”We not only curse back but also advocate for abandoning personal integrity, enjoying an unethical life, reading whichever page the wind blows to, tearing up the pages you don’t understand, asking less of yourself as to why but questioning more as to why others should. As long as I have no morals, others can’t hijack me, avoiding spiritual exhaustion, and if something’s wrong, just go crazy...”

”...”

These speeches from various Daoists left the female internet celebrity dumbfounded and also made her feel like unfavorable public opinion was about to pour in on her, causing her to quickly delete her comments.

Are these cultivators out of their minds? Not practicing diligently, but instead mindlessly attacking her, a girl.

However, these Daoists’ speeches indeed gained the approval of countless netizens, and many echoed in the comments:

”This is truly the temper and character of our national religion. I feel like this temper and character is also in my DNA, hahaha!”

”In the face of adversity, other sects say, ’The gods bestow me with strength, and then I fight on my own,’ while the Taoist Sect says, ’By the power of the decree, gods, you take the stage...’”

”Let me tell you a true story, last year I went to a Daoist Temple to seek an omen for marriage. Three times in a row, I got an unfavorable omen. I was old enough not to get married and was so anxious that I cried. The divination Daoist next to me immediately gave me a very favorable omen, saying he was changing my fate. Hahaha, and this year I found a boyfriend.”

”...”

Chen Han naturally saw all this excitement while holding his phone, as many people were mentioning him.

So this is also why Chinese people are increasingly fond of Taoist culture.

Take a look on Tiao Yin, videos related to the Taoist Sect have much higher engagement and data flow than those related to the Buddhist Sect.

The discussion on topics concerning the Taoist Sect exceeds 40 billion, while that of the Buddhist Sect is less than 8 billion.

However, in reality, the ability to make money is the opposite, and you must adjust the data to account for that.

While Chen Han was watching videos on his phone, he heard the voices of his junior sister and little uncle in the courtyard.

”Why can’t we perceive Spiritual Qi?”

”I can’t feel it either!”

”It shouldn’t be. Are we not understanding it correctly?”

”Try again!”

Chen Han shook his head; without Spiritual Qi, how could they perceive it? But he didn’t reveal it for now, letting them continue trying to sense it. Even if they couldn’t perceive it, they’d still get proficient.

By tomorrow morning when the Special Spiritual Acupoints release Spiritual Qi, his junior sister and little uncle will be able to sense it immediately.

Seeing that the courtyard had fallen silent again, Chen Han once more checked the situation online but found that the mentions of him were increasing.

Because more people online were paying attention, the buzz was once again surging.

Linhe County.

Chu Ping paid great attention to the matter of the Chen Family. With such high online interest, he, of course, was following it, discussing it late at night in the office with Chen Kai.

Chen Kai frowned and said, ”Now many university professors and mentors are also paying attention to this matter, and the heat concerning this Daoist of the Chen Family is about to explode. We’re not sure if this individual really exists, though they probably do!”

Chu Ping nodded, given that he had witnessed much of the Chen Family’s miraculous instances. He just feared that if this heat continued, someone might use it as a pretext to blame it on superstition.

The key is that some matters of the Chen Family can’t be used for promotional explanations and run counter to mainstream views.

Chu Ping suddenly said, ”Regarding Jingmei’s case, the evidence and confessions are all set. Let them release the news, and it’ll be enough to overshadow the popularity of this old Daoist.”

”Hmm.” Chen Kai nodded, also seeing it as a protection for the Chen Family.

If the buzz truly grows too big and leads to excessive superstitious promotion, even if what the Chen Family experiences is real, there would still be some trouble. It’s best to avoid such trouble.

Moreover, quite a few serious university professors had already emerged online.

Shanghai.

In a university office, Ke Yan, a physics professor, was very upset. His frustration stemmed from a class he taught on the relation ratios between human body gravitational acceleration and impact acceleration today.

However, there was a disruptive student in the class who raised a question that defied scientific principles, even providing examples and arguing with him.

Now, the argument had been posted on the school’s forum, leaving this professor with no dignity.

So after class, returning to his office, he was too upset to eat and kept watching the video about the Chen Family, growing more and more annoyed.

”Newton must be turning over in his grave,” Ke Yan said irritably.

Afterward, he remembered he also had a Douyin account and felt the need to release a video, reminding the Chen Family that their use of superstitious methods in promotion disrespects science.

He opened the recording and began to speak directly: ”The limit of human high jump is closely related to gravity. Gravity is one of the core factors limiting jump height...”

”As a person jumps, gravity pulls the body down... The greater the initial speed, the better the effect against gravity, potentially leading to a higher jump...”

”Once off the ground, the body, under the influence of gravity, performs a parabolic movement... The magnitude of gravity (approximately 9.8N/kg) directly dictates hang time and the maximum height reached...”

”Currently, the world record for the human high jump limit is 2.45 meters... In summary, the scenario in the video is absolutely impossible. Newton would be turning in his grave if he knew.”

”On the contrary, I want to remind the Chen Family that their promotional methods now verge on superstition. I hope everyone can recognize this rationally and also hope that the Patriarch of the Chen Family can come out and apologize!”

After recording, he angrily uploaded the video and then went home to shower and sleep.

He wasn’t an internet celebrity, but he had posted videos before. Knowing the interest in this, he expected his judgment video would garner a lot of attention. If not hundreds of thousands, it should at least reach tens of thousands, right?

Then the Chen Family would have to consider what was said, come forward to clarify, and apologize.

With this thought, his mood improved, his anger dissipated, and he slept particularly well, dreaming of being highly praised, and when he returned to class, even that disruptive student would come and apologize.

Therefore, he got up around 5 a.m., quickly grabbed his phone to check the video he had posted, and was dumbfounded at the data he saw.

Likes: 1200

Comments: 46

”????” Ke Yan was confused. This wasn’t right; with such a level of interest, there shouldn’t be such little data.

This prompted him to check further, becoming even more puzzled. Why had the trending topics and hot lists changed overnight?

What in the world was ”Ming Di is going to become a god”?