"Senior brother, the video is done, right? I'll go shoot my own video now." Xiaoyu snorted lightly and left the courtyard.
Next time, I won't fall for senior brother's tricks again.
After Chen Han's junior sister left, he focused on capturing a close-up of the cover of the "Ancient Calming Heart Technique."
It'll be needed for video editing later.
The audience, unaware of the truth, will think he's talking about something grand; with elders' records and magical arrays, only to end up with a book of the "Mental Tranquility Technique." Their expressions will surely be priceless.
After filming, he also entered the attic.
The Chen Family has a lot of Taoist books stored in the main house, and all within the patriarch's residence attic.
Besides the patriarch's quarters, the Dharma Room, and the Alchemy Room, most of the space is occupied by the library. The library rooms are interlinked, which is quite a unique design.
It includes not only the main Taoist scriptures but also Taoist literature on mountains, medicine, fate, physiognomy, divination, and other aspects.
Opening the Library Pavilion, Chen Han again took out the Spirit Shadow Treasure Mirror for a recording: "After learning that the patriarch's residence has an array, I, the current patriarch, decided to act separately with my junior sister. I'll search for the family ancient texts in the Library Pavilion to decode the elders' records, while my junior sister seeks the traces of the array."
He searched for a while and found two Taoist books about the Scripture Atlas, then returned to his room to study them.
He had to admit the Scripture Atlas was tough.
Despite having learned quite a bit from his father before, by nighttime, he only made minor progress and found himself lacking in energy.
After stopping to rest, he took a bath, then checked his mind's game interface information, ending up focusing on the task "Shocking News."
The Baihua Palace Fairy was soon about to attack the Chen Family to seek revenge on him, posing his biggest crisis in the game system's plot.
So, he took out his phone, opened the blacklist, unblocked a WeChat contact, wanting to send a message but didn't know what, so he just sent a smiley face emoji.
Words were hard to say, so he used an emoji to break the awkward silence.
But what he saw was a red exclamation mark!
"..." Chen Han felt embarrassed, even somewhat self-mocking, seeing that the Baihua Palace Fairy was eager to kill him, how could he have blocked her, and she not taken any action?
Sighing, he found another phone number, unblocked it, and dialed it only to hear a busy tone, with an indication that the call was currently unavailable.
He waited a while, then called again, only to receive the same response.
It seemed he had also been blocked.
This...
Almost simultaneously, a game notification appeared:
[You attempted to use a thousand-mile message to dissolve the enmity with the Baihua Palace Fairy, but the other party used powerful magic to block your communication, clearly indicating they don't want to waste any words with you and are determined to kill; the result could be a river of blood between Baihua Palace and the Chen Family! As a patriarch, you must quickly think of a plan to resolve the enmity with the fairy!]
"..." Chen Han sighed.
'Don't want to waste a word', 'Determined to kill' was just a game system plot description, but he could tell Xiaomi really hated him.
Who wouldn't hate it? She, a dazzling national goddess, having a lovey-dovey boyfriend who disappears after winning her heart, even blocking her on WeChat and phone.
Anyone would realize they encountered a scoundrel, naturally hating with clenched teeth.
Moreover, from the game system's plot description, the fairy was targeting him, likely knowing he was in the Chen Family since she knew his junior sister, and his transformation into an apple had been shared in promotional videos.
Thinking of this, he took out his phone and dialed his little uncle's number. When the call connected, he instructed: "Little Uncle, help me with something life-saving."
"Xiaohan, what's the matter?" Chen Lin asked urgently upon hearing his nephew's words.
Chen Han decisively instructed: "Little Uncle, tomorrow please go to the county and buy orchids. All varieties, especially more of those blooming in June, and plant them all over my courtyard."
Once, the Baihua Palace Fairy told him she liked orchids, and he sincerely promised the fairy that he had a large courtyard where he would plant it full of orchids she liked and bring her home one day.
So, the Baihua Palace Fairy coming with intense killing intent, seeing the courtyard full of orchids, realizing he remembered and fulfilled his promise alone, would make a strong impact.
Isn't it how novels and film plots progress?
A sect prodigy and a beauty fulfill their promise. The prodigy, due to damaged foundations, is on the brink of death and chooses to die quietly not to burden the beauty.
The beauty, unaware of the truth and driven by love to hatred, searches with all her might. When she discovers the prodigy fulfilling their old promise, her intent to kill vanishes, and at that moment the prodigy coughs up blood, completing a tragic and beautiful scene...
Chen Han felt he could become a director.
With this in mind, he hung up the phone, transferred 50,000 to his little uncle, and didn't forget to urge: "Little Uncle, do it as fast as possible, preferably by tomorrow."
Chen Lin, though puzzled by his nephew's instructions, seeing the urgency, acknowledged the transfer and walked out of the Chen Family's premises, planning to go to a flower cultivation base in the county overnight.
Upon leaving the Chen Family, he saw Xiaoyu busy filming a video. This girl is indeed diligent.
Watching Xiaoyu, he asked thoughtfully, "Xiaoyu, do you like orchids?"
Xiaoyu replied with a bright smile: "Yes, I like them. I even have a few pots in my courtyard. Why do you suddenly ask, Little Uncle?"