I manifested the Shushan game

Chapter 372 Torturing the Green-Robed Ancestor! Summoning a Little Demon!
[As a powerful figure in the demonic path, the Green-Robed Ancestor was able to feign death and escape even when besieged by numerous major sects such as the Immortal Alliance and the Emei Sect. Now, due to his severe injuries, you have seized the opportunity to capture and imprison him. You can interrogate him; perhaps you can obtain some useful information from him, which might be exchanged for rewards from the Immortal Alliance.]

Chen Han was speechless when he saw the game's mission.

That's crazy.

Even if the Green Robe Ancestor is imprisoned in the game's storyline, he can't be tortured at will; one slip and he might be killed.

But in reality, he's imprisoning a green lizard. How can he interrogate it?

Whip it?
Should I use pliers to pull out its nails?
Chen Han thought it was a good idea, so he went to the workshop's storeroom and found a few things that could be used as torture tools, as well as a bamboo strip.

Torture? Whip it hard with bamboo strips.

Add these tools to the game's inventory.

Entering the family's cave dwelling, we walked towards the iron cage.

As you can see, the Green-Robed Ancestor is lying motionless in the cage, seemingly asleep.

Chen Han took out a bamboo stick from the game storage and started banging it against the iron cage.

The old patriarch in green robes was startled awake, and seemed to still be grumpy from waking up, hissing and barking at him in response.

"Hey, you old green-robed ancestor, you still dare to be arrogant?" Chen Han said, and then used a bamboo stick to bang on the iron cage.

As soon as he had a thought, the demonic puppet walked over, squatted down, and opened the iron cage.

The Green-Robed Ancestor clearly remembered the iron lump and was still shaken. He retreated in fear, having been captured before and unable to move. When it bit him, his teeth ached.

Lizards are also among the most intelligent animals, with excellent memories.

However, facing the metal hand of the demonic puppet, the Green-Robed Ancestor had no way to dodge and was caught in an instant.

Almost instinctively, it bit down on the metal hand of the demonic puppet again, and needless to say, its teeth clenched and bared, clearly indicating that it had bitten it in pain again.

I wonder if it will learn its lesson this time and realize it shouldn't bite.

The demonic puppet had already lifted the Green-Robed Ancestor out and was holding him in mid-air.

The Green-Robed Ancestor instinctively tried to struggle, but in the end, whether he was tired or realized it was futile, he stopped struggling and groaned.

Snap!~
Chen Han took the bamboo stick and lashed out at the Green-Robed Ancestor.

Torture, isn't it just about whipping?

But he had to control his strength, afraid of whipping the little green guy to death.

This task is a real pain.

However, now that the game system has been released, I have to complete this task anyway, right? There's a reward, isn't there?
Snapped! ~
Chen Han lashed the Green-Robed Ancestor with the bamboo stick again, and said viciously, "Green-Robed Ancestor, you should know your current situation. I advise you to obediently tell me some useful information."

After he finished speaking, he was extremely embarrassed.

What kind of mission did the game system give him? If someone saw him talking to a lizard like that, they might think he was crazy.

"Senior brother, what Green Robe Ancestor? What are you doing?" A junior sister's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

When Chen Han saw his junior sister, he felt so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

He could only cover it up by saying, "Junior sister, I thought this lizard was so green that I named it 'Green Robe Ancestor'."

Xiaoyu asked in confusion, "Why is it called the Green-Robed Ancestor? I just call it Little Green."

"Because it likes the name 'Green Robe Ancestor'," Chen Han explained, glaring at it fiercely. "Isn't that right?"

The Green-Robed Ancestor completely ignored him, only snarling and howling, looking as if he harbored deep hatred.

Xiaoyu carried a basket to the iron cage and said, "Senior brother, put it back first. I'll feed it something and see what it likes to eat."

Upon hearing this, Chen Han could only control the demonic puppet and lock the Green-Robed Ancestor back in the iron cage.

However, it was still shaken and hissed wildly at the demonic puppet.

It wasn't until Xiaoyu squatted down and threw some leaves from the vegetable basket into the basket that the process continued.

There were several kinds of vegetable leaves, which Xiaoyu specially found to see what the lizard liked to eat and what she would feed it in the future.

After the vegetable leaves were placed in the iron cage, the Green-Robed Ancestor went over, took a bite of one of the leaves, and began to chew.

It seems to be quite intelligent, knowing to bite into each leaf and try them one by one to see which one tastes best.

It kept eating the cabbage leaves until it reached them.

It clearly prefers to eat cabbage leaves.

In other places, without greenhouses during this season, it would be difficult to supply cabbage leaves every day; in that case, you would need to buy them from a plantation with greenhouses.

But the Chen family doesn't need to worry. With its wind-gathering and energy-accumulating formation, it's warm in winter and cool in summer, so they can grow cabbages here even in winter.

"It seems it likes to eat cabbage," Chen Han said with a smile.

This old man in green robes has the same taste as him.

Cabbage is quite delicious.

"Okay, from now on we'll feed it cabbage." Xiaoyu nodded.

Seeing his junior sister there, Chen Han had no way to interrogate the Green-Robed Ancestor anymore. He couldn't very well use pliers to pull out its fingernails, could he?

Moreover, he thought of a question: Do lizards have claws?

Never noticed.

Just as he was thinking, a game notification caught him completely off guard:
[Congratulations! After interrogating the Green-Robed Ancestor, you learned one of his preferences. You reported the interrogation information to the Shu Mountain Immortal Alliance, which greatly pleased the alliance, who awarded you a special reward: 1 Game Warehouse Upgrade Scroll.]

"???" Chen Han really hadn't expected this sudden reward.

Has he successfully interrogated him?

What did he extract from the interrogation?
Did they find out through interrogation that the Green-Robed Ancestor liked to eat cabbage?

OMG!

He swore this was absolutely the most abstract task he had ever taken on.

However, it's always good to receive a reward, so I immediately looked at my game inventory and sure enough, there was a new floating scroll inside.

Look at the notes:

[Game Warehouse Upgrade Scroll: This is a special scroll that increases the size of your game warehouse upon use. Note: Upgrading requires sufficient space materials.]

Chen Han was immediately eager to try.

The game storage is useful, but it gets a bit crowded as more and more items are put in it.

The original game storage was only the size of a small hut, like a woodshed, and not very big.

Therefore, the warehouse cannot hold anything larger.

Now, this game warehouse upgrade scroll can increase the space available in the game warehouse, which is definitely a good thing.

The larger the game inventory space, the more things you can do.

"Junior sister, I have to go out first." Chen Han said to his junior sister, then left the family cave and returned to his residence.

Back in his room, he took out the game warehouse upgrade scroll, as well as the USB drive and storage disk that he had obtained in the Outer Realm Demon Extermination dungeon.

The items dropped in game dungeons are USB drives and storage disks, which are all space-saving materials.

[We currently have enough materials to upgrade the game warehouse. Do you want to upgrade the game warehouse?]

Seeing that there were enough materials, Chen Han decisively chose yes.

This is also the first time that both the mission and the mission rewards have gone so smoothly.

[Game inventory is being upgraded...]

Note: During the upgrade process, the warehouse will only have a retrieval function, not a deposit function!

Almost simultaneously, he could also see the game storage space in his mind begin to be enveloped by a white light.

Although we don't know how much space this game warehouse can eventually be upgraded to, it's like a free reward, and any expansion is an unexpected bonus.

He tried it, and sure enough, he couldn't put anything in.

Only then did he leave the kitchen and walk out of the yard to inspect the Chen family's property and check on the situation.

Because of the Tiansheng Group scandal, the hype surrounding his donations subsided, and the number of tourists visiting Chen's place returned to normal.

However, since the beauty pills are still available through a lucky draw on the mini-program, many female tourists still come for the prize.

Therefore, the proportion of female tourists has increased significantly, and many female tourists even set up signs in Chen's parking lot to buy beauty pills.

Chen Han went to check on the situation at the maze.

The maze has been open for a long time, and no one has been able to claim the reward yet.

The main point is that combining and skillfully applying the principles of Bagua, Zhouyi, and mathematics in a short period of time is not an easy task.

However, when he reached this part of the maze, he suddenly heard the sound of fireworks going off at the exit.

"Haha, Mu Ci is still the best."

"666, no wonder you are the leader of our largest math competition group."

"Finally, she's here! The first visitor to clear our Chen's Maze will receive our first reward!" The host in charge of the maze from the Chen's side announced with a big smile, holding the microphone.

The surrounding tourists were attracted and all looked over.

Surprisingly, the first person to pass through Chen's Maze was a girl.

Chen Han was also surprised. The girl was quite pretty, and more importantly, she was the head of a major mathematics competition group. It seemed that the school's mathematics competition group often won international awards.

These students are all highly intelligent. If they can study the evolution of the Eight Trigrams and the Book of Changes with care, then passing the test is only natural.

This girl is both beautiful and intelligent.

However, Chen Han was not satisfied with the fact that it took him so long to complete the game alone.

After all, special mazes are still in full swing.

There aren't enough people to clear the ordinary maze, and for the special maze challenge, they can't even gather enough participants.

The maze has already been set up; it can't just be left idle.

Many people have filmed the special maze online, and there are a lot of curious people. Chen Han thought about it and turned back to make a phone call to his uncle.

The call connected, and my uncle's voice came through: "Xiao Han, what can I do for you?"

Chen Han asked, "Uncle, has the Chen family maze toy you mentioned before been completed?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Lin laughed heartily: "That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. The toys based on the Bagua and I Ching derivatives of the Maze are now ready for mass production. I was just about to show you the finished products. Do you have some free time now?"

“Come to my yard!” Chen Han replied.

Not long after I returned to the courtyard, my uncle arrived, carrying a model. He placed the model on the stone table as he entered and asked, "Xiao Han, have you found out who's behind the online slander against you?"

Chen Han smiled and said, "Yes, and the other side has already paid the price. Haven't you seen the latest news?"

Chen Lin was taken aback, and tentatively asked, "Is it the Cui family from Tiansheng Group, for the sake of the essence elm seeds?"

"Okay!" Chen Han nodded.

"Serves them right. They're already the First Pharmaceutical Group, yet they're still greedy and eyeing other people's stuff." Chen Lin couldn't help but curse before starting to talk about the maze toy: "Xiao Han, take a look at this toy. It's made exactly according to the maze proportions, and the number of Bagua and Zhouyi derivative groups is the same as the current maze."

"See this little ball? It can represent a person, and then move forward..."

Chen Han watched as his uncle operated the maze toy.

I must say, my uncle's maze toy is really well made, especially the paths between them, which allow the ball to navigate very smoothly.

Once you get the hang of it, it can indeed help you break through the Chen's Maze in the game.

However, given the influence of maze perception and vision, it's uncertain how calmly one can respond entirely based on their experience playing with this toy.

"Not bad." Chen Han concluded with two words, then instructed, "Uncle, release this toy as soon as possible, so that the entertainment value of our Chen family's mazes can be brought into play. Special mazes can't just be decorations forever."

"Understood." Chen Lin nodded, chatted for a few more minutes, and then hurriedly left to make arrangements for the matter.

Once a toy is mass-produced, the concern is no longer about production volume, but about sales channels. And Chen's Maze Toys will never have to worry about sales.

Next, we just need to ramp up production.

Therefore, many tourists discovered that Chen was actually selling maze toys at night.

The toy is described as a 1:1 simulation of Chen's Maze, which can simulate the Bagua and I Ching derivative groups of Chen's Maze.

This has attracted the attention of many tourists.

Furthermore, the Chen's Tourism promotional account also posted a video about the Chen's Maze Toy, which also attracted attention online and became a trending topic.

The Chen Family Maze was already very popular when Chen Han released the Bagua Zhouyi evolution formula and used mathematical methods to verify the Bagua Zhouyi.

After the maze was set up, many people tried to challenge it but all failed, making the Chen's Maze one of the most talked-about topics on the internet.

Now that this maze toy has come out, which can simulate the Chen-style maze, the Bagua, and the Zhouyi derivative numbers, it has immediately revived the previous popularity.

People discovered that Chen's Tourism promotional account had a link to purchase the toy, and many clicked to buy it.

The more than 3000 maze toys that Chen Lin put up were sold out in the blink of an eye, which shows how popular they were.

Of course, besides the popularity of Chen's maze toy, there is another matter that is even more popular, which is still about Tiansheng Group.

Because CCTV released another news article announcing a new type of blood crystal grass that has the effects of stimulating blood circulation, accelerating the coagulation and regeneration of essence and blood, and promoting platelet production.

Moreover, its effects are stronger than those of Tiansheng's Haiqubo Chun'an tablets.

The story of Tiansheng is now known to everyone online, so naturally everyone knows how much profit Tiansheng makes from these drugs.

This seems to be specifically targeted at Tiansheng Group.

If this were reported by another media outlet, people would wonder if it was unfair business competition or a smear campaign.

However, the head of the Cui family of Tiansheng and other high-ranking family members were taken away by the uncle for investigation one by one, ruining their reputation. In addition, since this news was being broadcast on CCTV, everyone knew that it was absolutely true.

Then everyone realized one thing: Tiansheng's stock price was about to plummet again.

This left many people feeling utterly helpless and frustrated.

Many people who bought Tiansheng shares today still haven't sold them, believing that as the leading company in the pharmaceutical industry, Tiansheng Group will definitely rebound.

This might be a buying opportunity, and some people have already bought a lot.

Now everyone is dumbfounded.

This new herbal medicine is going to cause Tiansheng's market value to drop again. The key issue is that Tiansheng seems to be being targeted by higher authorities.

OMG!

We're doomed, we're going to lose a fortune.

Just as these people had feared, the next day, Tiansheng Group's stock price plummeted again, making the news once more.

This time, everyone realized that Tiansheng Group was in trouble, and no one dared to take any chances anymore, so they all sold off their shares in Tiansheng Group.

In particular, news reports that another senior executive of Tiansheng Group had been taken away, and that this executive had also revealed that he had produced several batches of substandard drugs by selling inferior products as superior ones.

The crucial point is that these drugs have also entered major hospitals across the country and have even been used by many patients. Moreover, these drugs are intended to be used to save the lives of surgical patients in critical moments.

This caused an even greater uproar, as it could potentially lead to the deaths of many surgical patients due to this drug.

When Chen Han saw this news, he never imagined that people's hearts could be so dark.

This medicine is expensive, and many surgical patients are afraid that they will have to spend all their savings and borrow money from many people in order to afford the surgery.

It's infuriating to think that someone could finally have surgery, only to have it fail at a crucial moment because of this medication, and even lose their life.

They truly live up to their reputation as a demonic sect.

No, he felt that even the evil sects of the Western Yunnan faction in the Legend of Shushan Swordsmen were not as wicked as these people.

After all, no matter how much poison the Poison Dragon Venerable used, it was still a life-or-death battle, and he did not use poison to massacre ordinary people on a large scale.

These people are not even as good as the demonic path.

Chen Han mentally complained, thinking that it would be good to let Guardian Medical replace Tiansheng, at least it would be a great thing.

At least in the future, such things will absolutely not happen in the departments directly under the company, and no one will dare to do anything reckless under the supervision of such departments.

I just don't know when this will be completed, then his mission will be finished.

Just as he was thinking this, his phone rang, and it turned out to be Minister Ma answering.

The call was answered, and Ma Gongtai's voice came through: "Patriarch Chen, I have good news for you. Tiansheng has finally been taken over."

"So fast?" Chen Han was surprised.

This is only the second step? Aren't there still two herbs that haven't been revealed yet?

Ma Gongtai explained, "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Somehow, Cui Yansheng was scared out of his wits. He not only confessed everything about the Cui family, but also voluntarily handed over his shares in order to save his life."

"Then these shares went to Future Company. After that, I don't know how the other shareholders of Tiansheng got the news. Anyway, I was a bit confused."

"Why is Cui Yansheng so afraid? Even if his crime is serious, it seems he can't be sentenced to death. Anyway, he's taken down."

Chen Han was also surprised; he thought it would take at least some time.

Just as he hung up the phone, the game notification for completing the task appeared, but the two rewards surprised him:
[Congratulations on completing the quest to eliminate and replace the Demonic Path of Yunnan and Western Yunnan Sect. You have also randomly received the following items related to the Demonic Path of Yunnan and Western Yunnan Sect: 1. The Poison Dragon Venerable's Poison Scripture (incomplete). 2. The Little Demon Summoning Stone crafted by the Poison Dragon Venerable.]

There were actually two rewards.

This is my first time doing a task.

I immediately looked into the game inventory and sure enough, I saw a tattered book and a stone emitting gray gas.

[The Poison Dragon Venerable's Poison Scripture (Incomplete): Due to the incompleteness of the book, it only records the methods for refining three kinds of poison pills:]

1. Body Shaping Poison Pill: This poison pill can give people a very perfect figure, but it costs 10 years of life essence!

2. Dragon Yang Poison Pill: This poison pill can restore a person's impotence and lack of virility, but at the cost of 20 years of lifespan.

3. Ox-Tiger Poison Pill: This is a special poison pill that grants a person the strength of an ox and a tiger for a short period of time, but at the cost of 30 years of their life essence.

Using this will grant you a detailed recipe for the poison pill!

Upon seeing this note, Chen Han could only say that it was indeed something from the demonic path, as it all came at the cost of one's very life essence.

Just like this Dragon Tiger Poison Pill, it requires 30 years of life to obtain the power of nine bulls and two tigers in a short period of time.

If an ordinary person were to take it, they would likely grow old quickly, or even die immediately.

Even if such a pill were made, no one would use it.

Or perhaps not. Some people who are powerless to take revenge, or even those who have no hope of survival, or even those who are suicide squads, might use it.

He even thought of a group of soldiers, especially those who carried out special orders, many of whom had faced death at the hands of others.

Should this elixir be used in a life-or-death situation?

Whether you die immediately or unleash your full power before dying, you know which option to choose, right?

They might not die, but fight their way out and live a long, gray-haired life.

Everything has its use.

However, he didn't need that thing right now, so he didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he looked at the little ghost summoning stone that the Poison Dragon Venerable had refined.

[The Imp Summoning Stone Refined by the Poison Dragon Venerable: This is a special magical artifact refined by the Poison Dragon Venerable. It is a one-time consumable item. After use, it can randomly summon an imp that the Poison Dragon Venerable has summoned.]

In the world of Shushan Swordsmen, summoning ghosts is one of the Poison Dragon Venerable's major secret techniques, in addition to "Five Poisons Soul-Chasing Red Cloud Sand," "Eight Demon Formation," and "Blood Light Spell."

Therefore, when Venerable Poison Dragon goes out, he is sometimes served by little devils who do chores.

In other words, this one imp-summoning stone can summon an imp?
This made him eager to try and see what he could summon.

He quickly went back to his room, took out the imp summoning stone, and used it.

[You have used the Imp Summoning Stone crafted by the Poison Dragon Venerable. Imp summoning in progress...]

Almost simultaneously, the imp summoning stone in his hand began to glow with a peculiar gray light.

Soon, something seemed to be about to emerge from the gray light.

But when a bamboo shoot emerged from the gray light first, he was stunned. What the hell was that?

(End of this chapter)