Chapter 13: Why Are You Talking in the Nearby Chat Channel?
[Holy shit, 240,000 gold worth of materials.]
[He's completely smitten. Seriously.]
[No, I was just here for the drama at first, but Xiao Chi's sincerity is starting to scare me. Don't tell me you're actually secretly in love with Endless Time?]
[Materials are forever, men come and go. Xiao Chi, wake up.]
[No, you people need to wake up. Guess how much traffic shipping a CP brings to a streamer? It's only 240,000 gold worth of materials. He probably makes more than that from gifts in a single day.]
[Alright, I'm awake now. Back to being a carefree spectator!]
Chi Zhen opened his mouth, wanting to explain. It wasn't like that. He wasn't deliberately pushing a CP for views, and the materials hadn't cost him 240,000 gold. He gave them to Wujin Shi because Wujin Shi was a genuinely nice person and had helped him before...
But in the end, he stayed silent.
Whatever his original intentions had been, this was the result. Internet users didn't actually need an explanation. Everyone was just looking for a bit of entertainment online. Taking things too seriously and trying to explain would only feel out of place.
A few minutes later, people gradually started joining the party. The newcomers were all friends of Qingtian Wai. As soon as they joined, they greeted him and entered the YY voice channel.
With Wujin Shi present, nobody dared get too wild on voice chat, but the party channel was scrolling nonstop.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Wow, this party is intense.
[Party] Qian Yu: We're just running the Mount Xumi dungeon. What's so intense about that?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Old Blue comes back and immediately creates this much drama.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: [Fusheng Zui Qing] Why the hell are you here too? Aren't you embarrassed right now?
[Party] Qian Yu: Blue’s only been gone for half a year. Why would Fusheng be embarrassed?
[Party] Fusheng Zui Qing: Heh. It's just a game. What's there to be embarrassed about? I'm sure Xiao Di Qingzhou Yiguo won't hold it against me.
Seeing the name, Chi Zhen found it strangely familiar. He seemed to remember this person having hunted him before.
[Party] Qingzhou Yiguo: It's fine, it's fine.
[Party] Qian Yu: [Qingzhou Yiguo] Who's that?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Ooh, exciting! Wei Yu just said in guild chat that she wants to come. She asked why you didn't approve her application when you're short one healer.
[Party] Qingtian Wai: Isn't that obvious?
[Party] Qian Yu: Wei Yu has pretty good mechanics. Why not invite her?
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Because if she comes, the Guild Leader will come too. And then things will get really interesting. #Doge
[Party] Baobao Hong: #Doge
[Party] Qian Yu: That definitely won't work. I'm a Sword Cultivator, and the Guild Leader is also a Sword Cultivator. We'd be competing for the same loot.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: You're a fucking genius.
[Holy shit, 240,000 gold worth of materials.]
[He's completely smitten. Seriously.]
[No, I was just here for the drama at first, but Xiao Chi's sincerity is starting to scare me. Don't tell me you're actually secretly in love with Endless Time?]
[Materials are forever, men come and go. Xiao Chi, wake up.]
[No, you people need to wake up. Guess how much traffic shipping a CP brings to a streamer? It's only 240,000 gold worth of materials. He probably makes more than that from gifts in a single day.]
[Alright, I'm awake now. Back to being a carefree spectator!]
Chi Zhen opened his mouth, wanting to explain. It wasn't like that. He wasn't deliberately pushing a CP for views, and the materials hadn't cost him 240,000 gold. He gave them to Wujin Shi because Wujin Shi was a genuinely nice person and had helped him before...
But in the end, he stayed silent.
Whatever his original intentions had been, this was the result. Internet users didn't actually need an explanation. Everyone was just looking for a bit of entertainment online. Taking things too seriously and trying to explain would only feel out of place.
A few minutes later, people gradually started joining the party. The newcomers were all friends of Qingtian Wai. As soon as they joined, they greeted him and entered the YY voice channel.
With Wujin Shi present, nobody dared get too wild on voice chat, but the party channel was scrolling nonstop.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Wow, this party is intense.
[Party] Qian Yu: We're just running the Mount Xumi dungeon. What's so intense about that?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Old Blue comes back and immediately creates this much drama.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: [Fusheng Zui Qing] Why the hell are you here too? Aren't you embarrassed right now?
[Party] Qian Yu: Blue’s only been gone for half a year. Why would Fusheng be embarrassed?
[Party] Fusheng Zui Qing: Heh. It's just a game. What's there to be embarrassed about? I'm sure Xiao Di Qingzhou Yiguo won't hold it against me.
Seeing the name, Chi Zhen found it strangely familiar. He seemed to remember this person having hunted him before.
[Party] Qingzhou Yiguo: It's fine, it's fine.
[Party] Qian Yu: [Qingzhou Yiguo] Who's that?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Ooh, exciting! Wei Yu just said in guild chat that she wants to come. She asked why you didn't approve her application when you're short one healer.
[Party] Qingtian Wai: Isn't that obvious?
[Party] Qian Yu: Wei Yu has pretty good mechanics. Why not invite her?
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: Because if she comes, the Guild Leader will come too. And then things will get really interesting. #Doge
[Party] Baobao Hong: #Doge
[Party] Qian Yu: That definitely won't work. I'm a Sword Cultivator, and the Guild Leader is also a Sword Cultivator. We'd be competing for the same loot.
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: You're a fucking genius.
[Party] Qingtian Wai: If she insists on joining, I'll let her in first.
[System] Player [Wei Yu Ning Qiu] has joined the party.
The party channel instantly fell silent.
[Party] Wei Yu Ning Qiu: Hehe.
[System] Player [Wei Yu Ning Qiu] has left the party.
[Party] Qian Yu: What was that supposed to be?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Amazing. So amazing. Is this the thrilling MMORPG experience everyone talks about?!
[Party] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: No, this is the thrill of gaming with Old Qing. He's the only one crazy enough to assemble a party like this. Remember last year when An Yu confessed to Wei Yu and got rejected, and then—
Before he could finish, a completely emotionless male voice sounded over YY. "Is everyone here? If so, teleport to Mount Xumi."
If Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu shuddered. The unfinished sentence was accidentally sent, and there was no follow-up.
Everyone suppressed their laughter and teleported to Mount Xumi, waiting outside the dungeon entrance for the final healer.
[Party] Qian Yu: And then what happened?
[Party] Baobao Hong: Seriously? You're online every day, and you don't know what happened in the guild?
[Party] Qian Yu: I don't.
[Party] Baobao Hong: Good. Stay that way. If you don't know, don't ask.
[System] Player [Wei Yu Ning Qiu] has joined the party.
[Party] Qingtian Wai: Ready to start? If we're running it, get on YY and teleport directly to Mount Xumi.
[Party] Wei Yu Ning Qiu: Let's go.
[Holy shit! What kind of content is this streamer cooking up?!]
[This is incredible. Finding this many extras can't have been easy. Writing a script like this must be a nightmare. If the streamer claims this wasn't intentional, then this is genuinely peak MMORPG streaming.]
[So exciting. I feel exactly the same as Baobao Hong. So exciting. Sending a Fruit Bomb. Consider it my membership fee. Please play the next episode immediately, thank you!]
[Can Wujin Shi really pull this off? The Mount Xumi dungeon normally needs at least ten players. You need two healers alone. How is one healer supposed to keep seven people alive? That's eight including themselves. And they're bringing a tank in garbage gear too. How is he supposed to hold aggro?]
On YY, Qingtian Wai called for everyone to enter the dungeon.
The seven of them arrived first, standing in a circle near the entrance while waiting for Wei Yu Ning Qiu. They couldn't gossip in party chat anymore, and Wei Yu Ning Qiu had joined YY, making voice chat unsuitable too. Taking advantage of the fact that she hadn't entered the dungeon yet, several people began furiously spamming the Nearby channel.
[Nearby] Baobao Hong: Holy crap, what's going on?!
[Nearby] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: I'm taking a quick-acting heart pill first. This is too exciting—I can't handle it!
[Party] Qian Yu: Why are you talking in Nearby chat?
[Nearby] Baobao Hong: Qian Yu, shut up!
[Nearby] Fusheng Zui Qing: As someone who's not a Buddhist Cultivator, all I can say right now is: Amitabha~
[Nearby] Qingzhou Yiguo: Um... I'm a game streamer... and I'm live right now... everyone can see what you're saying...
[Nearby] Baobao Hong: ...
[Nearby] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: ...
[Nearby] Qingtian Wai: I already told them. They're idiots. It's fine, Xiao Chi.
[Nearby] Qingtian Wai: Wei Yu insisted on coming. If she wants to fight, then let her fight. Her mechanics are actually pretty good.
Wei Yu Ning Qiu entered the dungeon. The group immediately fell silent again.
[Nearby] Qian Yu: So why were you all talking in Nearby chat?
Wujin Shi didn't decline.
[Nearby] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: ...
[Nearby] Baobao Hong: Hehe. Were we?
[Nearby] Qingtian Wai: Hehe. Must've clicked the wrong channel.
Qingzhou Yiguo felt as though Wei Yu Ning Qiu glanced at him, then at Wujin Shi. She elegantly waved her hand and cast Spring Warmth of the Apricot Grove, a party-wide buff that increased everyone's HP by 10%.
Qingtian Wai called out over YY: "Get your buffs up, everyone! Old Time, you do the shot-calling? This is my first time running this dungeon."
He began assigning roles one by one. "Spirit Cultivator, put Spring Shadows in Empty Green on Blue Sky Beyond. He's tanking. If he can't hold aggro, immediately switch Spring Shadows in Empty Green to me."
Qingzhou Yigue typed a 1 in party chat to indicate he understood.
Spring Shadows in Empty Green was an ability from Eclipse Shadow Pool that increased a single target's defense by 30%. During dungeon runs it was normally reserved for the main tank.
The buff had a twenty-minute cooldown and lasted thirty minutes. The moment it was cast on another target, the previous target's buff disappeared. In other words, if Qingtian Yiguo lost control of the boss's aggro, Wujin Shi would immediately abandon him.
Qingtian Wai wailed dramatically. "How heartless, Wujin Shi."
Wujin Shi ignored him. "Stay close. Mount Xumi only has two bosses, but there are a lot of mobs. For the first boss, just stack up and burn down the adds. Don't fall behind."
The trash mobs died quickly. The eight players advanced all the way to the first boss, the Mad Monk.
The Mad Monk was a martial monk from Mount Xumi whose Dharma name was Ming Jing. Obsessed with pursuing the martial path, he eventually suffered qi deviation and lost his sanity. The sect elders sealed him inside the sect's secret realm, forbidding him from ever leaving.
Qingtian Wai stepped forward. With a flick of his staff, he landed the first blow and established aggro.
Holding his martial staff, Mad Monk Ming Jing slowly rose from the ruins of the training hall. Low growls escaped him one after another.
[System] Ming Jing: They've come. Who has come? Who comes seeking this humble monk's treasures? Foolish mortals dare covet what belongs to me? I could not comprehend the martial path nor the immortal path—what hope do insignificant insects like you have? If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never understand that the heavens are a path beyond your reach! Hahaha!
As he delivered his lines, Ming Jing strode toward the center of the training hall. Accompanied by his crazed, hoarse laughter, he leaped high into the air and brought his staff crashing down toward the crowd.
[System] Ming Jing: Let this humble monk shatter your souls and bones! You shall become my new staff!
[Nearby] Gou Yao Zou Wo Bu Liu: ...
[Nearby] Baobao Hong: Hehe. Were we?
[Nearby] Qingtian Wai: Hehe. Must've clicked the wrong channel.
Qingzhou Yiguo felt as though Wei Yu Ning Qiu glanced at him, then at Wujin Shi. She elegantly waved her hand and cast Spring Warmth of the Apricot Grove, a party-wide buff that increased everyone's HP by 10%.
Qingtian Wai called out over YY: "Get your buffs up, everyone! Old Time, you do the shot-calling? This is my first time running this dungeon."
He began assigning roles one by one. "Spirit Cultivator, put Spring Shadows in Empty Green on Blue Sky Beyond. He's tanking. If he can't hold aggro, immediately switch Spring Shadows in Empty Green to me."
Qingzhou Yigue typed a 1 in party chat to indicate he understood.
Spring Shadows in Empty Green was an ability from Eclipse Shadow Pool that increased a single target's defense by 30%. During dungeon runs it was normally reserved for the main tank.
The buff had a twenty-minute cooldown and lasted thirty minutes. The moment it was cast on another target, the previous target's buff disappeared. In other words, if Qingtian Yiguo lost control of the boss's aggro, Wujin Shi would immediately abandon him.
Qingtian Wai wailed dramatically. "How heartless, Wujin Shi."
Wujin Shi ignored him. "Stay close. Mount Xumi only has two bosses, but there are a lot of mobs. For the first boss, just stack up and burn down the adds. Don't fall behind."
The trash mobs died quickly. The eight players advanced all the way to the first boss, the Mad Monk.
The Mad Monk was a martial monk from Mount Xumi whose Dharma name was Ming Jing. Obsessed with pursuing the martial path, he eventually suffered qi deviation and lost his sanity. The sect elders sealed him inside the sect's secret realm, forbidding him from ever leaving.
Qingtian Wai stepped forward. With a flick of his staff, he landed the first blow and established aggro.
Holding his martial staff, Mad Monk Ming Jing slowly rose from the ruins of the training hall. Low growls escaped him one after another.
[System] Ming Jing: They've come. Who has come? Who comes seeking this humble monk's treasures? Foolish mortals dare covet what belongs to me? I could not comprehend the martial path nor the immortal path—what hope do insignificant insects like you have? If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never understand that the heavens are a path beyond your reach! Hahaha!
As he delivered his lines, Ming Jing strode toward the center of the training hall. Accompanied by his crazed, hoarse laughter, he leaped high into the air and brought his staff crashing down toward the crowd.
[System] Ming Jing: Let this humble monk shatter your souls and bones! You shall become my new staff!
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