A day has passed, and the Chen Family’s National Style Event has entered its second day.

Due to yesterday’s trending topics and the buzz generated by Chen Han’s performance of Ancient Techniques, the Chen Family’s National Style Event hit the trending list early in the morning, and even ranked quite high on the list.

This signifies a very high level of attention.

Including Chen Han, Xiaomi, Xiaoyu, several of the National Style girls, those on-site National Style slice bloggers, and even National Style bloggers like Lin Shengchen who came to ride the wave, all gained a great deal of attention.

These individuals racked their brains for ways to garner more hype, employing various cuts and titles.

Even the two Lobster girls changed their Tiao Yin usernames; for example, one changed hers to Lobster (Lobster Spirit).

Adding three ’Lobster Spirit’ words at the end seemed meaningless, leaving many viewers who stumbled upon the video puzzled as to its significance.

However, Lobster and her friends were clearly waiting for the video from Patriarch Chen, as they likely witnessed Patriarch Chen perform a Magic firsthand.

Would it be considered special effects again?

But Patriarch Chen’s abstract video is bound to go viral; it’s just that they don’t understand why Patriarch Chen hasn’t posted it yet.

And naturally, the one who gained the most attention was Chen Han, with notifications of followers popping up constantly, along with comments.

He checked the data:

Reputation: 1 million (2.3786 million/1 million).

Fans: 3.45 million.

10,000 Wish Power (1235/10,000).

Both reputation, fans, and Wish Power all saw substantial increases.

Yet, he was still quite troubled because the family task of tracking down the remaining experts from Mercy Cloud Temple had yielded no clues.

Moreover, figuring out how to persuade the two Lobster girls to play in the mud was also a vexing question.

Therefore, he could only ponder while searching within the Chen Family for traces of the experts from Mercy Cloud Temple.

Naturally, he continued looking for those down on their luck, but none fit the bill.

Some unfortunate souls uttered unpleasant profanities and stumbled slightly, which was clearly not indicative of someone from Mercy Cloud Temple.

By the afternoon, the second day’s National Style Event performances began, and Chen Han had to focus his attention on the performances, as he was scheduled to perform two programs today.

One was a duet with Xiaomi, performing the Immortal Melody "Desolate," a piece that had yet to be officially showcased and was sure to delight the visitors.

The other was a solo performance of a Demon Melody, a wild rave-like affair.

As such, his performances were slated for the finale.

Visitors naturally anticipated Patriarch Chen’s performance, as many had enjoyed his renditions of "Eternal Love," "Immortal Sword’s Strange Fate," and "Returning to the Immortal Dream," touted as the pinnacle of flute performance.

Currently, online renditions of these three songs inevitably point back to Patriarch Chen’s version, the undisputed peak.

Anyone trying to challenge Patriarch Chen’s version would be seen as overly ambitious.

Thus, the audience eagerly anticipated Patriarch Chen’s performance of "Desolate."

Moreover, what they were most excited about was Patriarch Chen’s Guqin performance of "Bad Guy."

Firstly, this piece served as today’s concluding performance; secondly, there were rumors online that Patriarch Chen’s live performance was an exhilarating experience that compelled people to dance along.

With such hyperbolic statements, everyone was eager to see if it was true.

Today’s performances also included a runway show by several girls, albeit with a change in style to a parasol runway.

It was followed by a duet performance by Xiaoyu and Xiaomi.

Then came the performance by Ming Di and Zhu Xueqin, two latent Demons.

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As each program unfolded, visitors were highly satisfied, with a high level of engagement.

However, when it finally came to Chen Han and Xiaomi’s performance, the visitors’ spirits reached a fever pitch.

Xiaoyu took the mic and said, "Next, we have a duet dance performance ’Desolate’ by my senior and Xiaomi."

The surrounding visitors erupted in enthusiastic applause, finally awaiting this performance by Patriarch Chen.

Once Xiaomi took the stage, she also took the mic and addressed the visitors, "Thank you all for supporting the Chen Family’s National Style Event; next, ’Desolate’ is for you."

After returning the mic to Xiaoyu, she glanced at Chen Han and nodded.

Chen Han smiled as he raised the Jade Bamboo Demon Flute and began playing "Desolate"; as the unique melody started, Xiaomi began her dance steps.

Those who had heard Patriarch Chen’s other three pieces knew there was often a feeling of soaring on a sword upon listening.

However, this time, upon hearing "Desolate," the visitors were surprised to find the absence of that sword-flying sensation, replaced by a profound loneliness.

It felt as if, despite the vastness of the world, one was entirely alone, with nothing but an endless sense of solitude.

This feeling left many people in silent melancholy, as the entire venue fell quiet, with only Chen Han’s flute and Xiaomi’s graceful dance remaining.

Xiaomi appeared to be deeply influenced by Chen Han’s flute, dancing captivatedly, her steps imbued with a special sense of mood and a touch of somberness.

At this moment, under such a condition, her dance was incredibly captivating, like that of a true dance master.

Finally, as Chen Han’s flute ceased, all visitors were filled with a unique sense of emptiness, an indescribable feeling akin to having their hearts hollowed out.