Chapter 9: Let’s Play Together Sometime
When his feet finally touched the ground in Luojing, Chi Zhen still felt a little dazed.
Wujin Shi had really just left like that?
Without explaining anything to his guildmates?
[Good lord, what kind of move was that from Wujin Shi?]
[Not even a single explanation? Looks like fleeing in fear of punishment.]
[Real men never turn back to explain themselves! So cool, I love it!]
[Wait, have you guys noticed something? Why does Xiao Chi listen to Wujin Shi so much? Wujin Shi says party up, he parties up. Wujin Shi starts fighting, he follows him into battle. Wujin Shi silently teleports to Luojing, and he immediately follows, too?]
[Oh, because he has a crush on Wujin Shi.]
Finally having time to read chat again, Chi Zhen nearly exploded. “I do not! I absolutely do not! What nonsense are you people even talking about?! Stop making jokes like that! If Wujin Shi hears this, he’ll really put me on his kill-on-sight list!”
[Love-hate relationship. The story has now reached episode three.]
[I’m invested.]
[This livestream’s direction is getting really weird.]
[Is nobody concerned about the people from those two guilds abandoned back at Mount Guguan? I really want to know what they felt staring at the empty boss corpse…]
[Probably wanting to hunt Xiao Chi to the ends of the earth!]
[Do you think Wujin Shi will get kicked out of Way of Heaven?]
[How could that happen? He’s a top player. PVP players are simple-minded—anyone they can’t beat automatically becomes daddy.]
[Dangerous statement upstairs.]
Chi Zhen almost coughed up blood again, only able to feel grateful that Wujin Shi me couldn’t see the livestream chat and had no idea what kind of nonsense these people were saying.
Controlling Qingzhou Yiguo, Chi Zhen wandered aimlessly around the gates of Luojing. Since this was his first livestream, the chaos had completely thrown him off balance, and he had no idea what he was supposed to do now.
Then a message from Wujin Shi arrived.
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Did the horn drop?
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: Yes! Where are you?
[Friends] Wujin Shi: At the teleport point beside the paired-wing birds mural.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: I’ll bring you the Zhēng horn.
Qingzhou Yiguo summoned his green horse, leapt onto it, and rode toward Wujin Shi’s location.
A single main city had five teleportation points to distribute players and prevent overcrowding. Character models in Wendao Qingtian couldn’t overlap with each other—they collided just like real people in real life. So once too many players gathered together, genuine traffic jams could happen exactly like in the real world.
Qingzhou Yiguo quickly found Wujin Shi. Wujin Shi stood before the paired-wing birds mural, impossible to miss.
Because an entire crowd had gathered around him.
[Nearby] Xiaoxiao: Wow, Great God, who are you waiting for? Don’t tell me you’re about to form a cultivation partnership?
[Nearby] NPC: Obviously! Just look at where he’s standing!
[Nearby] Lin Feng Nuan: Quietly eating popcorn.
[Nearby] Fan Lu: Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d live to witness history! I thought Great God cultivated the emotionless Dao and would never care about romance!
[Nearby] Feng Cheng: …Please stop talking before Great God puts you all on his kill-on-sight list.
[Nearby] Lizi Dangao: It’s fine. The law can’t punish everyone. There are so many of us, he can’t add us all. Besides, if we’ve never fought before, how do you know he can definitely beat me?
[Nearby] Xiaoxiao: …
[Nearby] Flooding: …
[Nearby] Feng Cheng: …
[Nearby] Lin Feng Nuan: …
[Nearby] Qingzhou Yiguo: …
Honestly, no one could really be blamed for misunderstanding.
The place where Wujin Shi stood was one of Wendao Qingtian's most famous romantic confession spots.
Inside Luojing stood a massive stone mural screen carved with delicate vines and paired birds flying wing to wing.
Originally, the mural had probably been intended as nothing more than decoration for the empty city square and held no special meaning. Gradually, however, players discovered that at sunrise and sunset, when the morning or evening light fell across the mural, it possessed a breathtaking ancient beauty. And so it became a scenic landmark.
Later, players looked more closely and realized the carving depicted paired-wing birds and intertwined branches—a symbol with very romantic implications. Combined with the broad, open plaza in front of it, perfect for setting off fireworks while being watched by crowds of people to satisfy a subtle sense of vanity, players gradually began using the spot for fireworks-filled confessions.
The most legendary case was a player who had publicly confessed there for twenty-four consecutive days, setting off one “One Life, One Love” firework every day until he finally moved the goddess of his dreams.
At the time, the forum gossip threads updated for twenty-four straight days. When the confession finally succeeded, it shocked the entire server.
From then on, the place became Wendao Qingtian's sacred confession site.
[This must be fate’s arrangement!]
[What is going on? This plot keeps developing in completely unexpected ways!]
[If this is scripted, then getting Wujin Shi to act alongside the streamer is genius-level planning. But if this isn’t scripted, then this is legendary material!]
Chi Zhen had gone numb. Too lazy to explain anymore, he simply started typing.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: These were the drops just now—beast meat, beast pelts, fangs, tail, horn. Which materials do you need?
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Horn.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: You don’t need the other materials?
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Don’t need them.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: Okay.
Chi Zhen directly clicked on Wujin Shi to initiate a trade.
Wujin Shi accepted.
The player trading interface opened. Chi Zhen placed the Zhēng horn into the trade window and clicked confirm.
Wujin Shi didn’t confirm immediately. Instead, a message came through.
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Name your price.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: No need. We fought the boss together. You take what you need, and I’ll keep the rest.
[Friends] Wujin Shi: You were the one who spawned the boss.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: Come on, without you, I’d already have been beaten to death by the boss.
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Fine. Next time you’re short-handed for monster hunting, call me.
Without further nonsense, Wujin Shi clicked confirm on the trade.
After taking the material, Wujin Shi still didn’t leave. Qingzhou Yiguo glanced at Wujin Shi, then at the friend chat window before him. After hesitating for a short while, he finally started typing again.
[Friends] Qingzhou Yiguo: You need Zhēng horns? How many are you short?
[Friends] Wujin Shi: I’ll buy however many you have.
Chi Zhen understood immediately. Wujin Shi was definitely upgrading the Kunwu Blade. Upgrading divine weapons wasn’t guaranteed to succeed even if you collected all the materials—there was always a chance of failure, so players had to try repeatedly. Zhēng horns had such a low drop rate that even throwing money at the problem might not get you many.
The process of upgrading a divine weapon consumed enormous amounts of time, effort, and money—and still might fail.
After asking his question, Wujin Shi still didn’t leave. And Qingzhou Yiguo didn’t leave either.
The two stood there face-to-face for a while.
[Wait, why aren’t they leaving? Are they reluctant to part now?]
[Why do I feel like I’m watching an idol drama?]
[Wujin Shi actually seems like a really decent guy. Helped fight the boss and even wanted to pay for the materials? What kind of impossibly honorable person is this?]
[Is it just me, or was he openly disdainful and impatient toward those people earlier, didn’t even bother explaining anything… but he’s actually pretty gentle with Xiao Chi?]
[I ship it.]
[No, are you guys actually dumb or pretending? It’s obviously because Xiao Chi has good mechanics—one skilled player appreciating another! You people make it sound like something else entirely!]
[I refuse to listen.]
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Your mechanics are pretty good. Let’s queue battlefield together sometime when you’re free.
[Friends] Wujin Shi: Logging off. 88.
The moment he finished speaking, Wujin Shi instantly logged off.
Chi Zhen froze in place, mechanically typing out “Okay, 88” on his keyboard.
Wujin Shi… Had invited him to queue battlefield together?? And even said he could call him whenever he lacked people for boss hunting?!
What?
What?!
In games, when someone said “let’s hunt monsters together sometime” or “let’s queue battlefield together,” it meant they wanted to keep playing together. It meant they wanted to become friends.
What?
Him?
Wujin Shi?
[What’s wrong with the streamer? Why did he stop moving?]
[His male god invited him to play together, and he got so happy he broke. #doge]
[Streamer, tomorrow I expect episode three of this idol drama, thank you. These gifts are my membership fee—you better broadcast it for me!]
It was already eleven o’clock, time to end the stream.
Usually, because of classes, Chi Zhen only streamed until eleven. On weekends, he streamed longer.
He mechanically exited the game and mechanically read out the usernames of viewers who sent gifts, thanking them for their support.
But halfway through reading them, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Why couldn’t he finish reading them all???
Chi Zhen focused on the screen and saw the livestream’s online viewer count: 1,500.
What was going on?!
There hadn’t even been any streaming accident today?!
Completely dumbfounded, Chi Zhen said goodbye and exited the livestream. Then he opened the backend analytics and stared in shock.
Today’s streaming income… Had reached four digits!!!
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