Chapter 63: The Cross-Dressing Game Streamer is Actually… (15)
Huo Xian’s first New Year in this world was very uneventful. The original owner’s family had few relatives, mainly because his grandmother was of a high generation. A few distant nephews would come to pay their respects, chat for a few minutes, and then leave with the excuse of having things to do.
Fortunately, the grandmother and grandson were already used to it and didn’t feel sad. As usual, the grandmother would busy herself with a sumptuous lunch in the morning and play bridge or mahjong with the neighbor ladies in the afternoon. Life was leisurely and fulfilling.
As for Huo Xian, his interpersonal relationships were very ordinary. In the eyes of the neighbors, he didn’t leave much of an impression besides being tall and good-looking.
Huo Xian didn’t think about developing interpersonal relationships either. He had lived too many stable days in his past life, and now asking him to become a social butterfly was psychologically difficult to accept. Since the mission in this world was simple, he could take his time to adapt.
So, it’s better to play games.
During the Spring Festival, Immortal Realm launched a New Year event with very rich rewards. Every night, there was also a Nian Beast boss battle with grand prizes, including the first set of limited-edition New Year costumes in Immortal Realm. Both the male and female designs were exquisite, so the number of online players during the holiday period was terrifyingly high. Fortunately, Huo Xian had changed his computer. If he were still using the one Zhao Xiyou had discarded, he would have disconnected every minute.
Huo Xian thought about how many of his fans complained that Immortal Realm was too expensive, and there were also students who couldn’t afford to play the game at all, so he decided to do an evening stream.
Not two minutes after starting the stream, thousands of fans flooded into the room.
【Damn, the streamer actually started streaming, I thought I saw it wrong!】
【I thought Brother Xian got hacked…】
【Wow, red Brother Xian, red Yuanyuan, love it love it】
【Happy New Year Brother Xian, Happy New Year Yuanyuan!】
【Happy New Year Brother Xian, Happy New Year to Brother Xian’s partner, Happy New Year Yuanyuan!】
【Streamer’s Partner: Happy New Year everyone~】
【…】
Even across the internet, Huo Xian could feel the liveliness and happiness of the Spring Festival. The corners of his lips unconsciously curled up into a smile, and he clasped his hands together to congratulate: “Happy New Year, I wish everyone good health, all the best, and may all your wishes come true in the new year.” After finishing the auspicious words, he greeted Huo Yuan again, “Come, Yuanyuan, wish everyone a Happy New Year too.”
Huo Yuan was held in Huo Xian’s palm, his two little paws clasping together, bowing respectfully in a proper manner, instantly melting everyone’s hearts.
Huo Xian’s stream now had nearly 5 million followers. Zhao Xiyou mentioning him during his stream had brought a wave of attention, but more people were used to staying on one streaming platform. Compared to the traffic from Zhao Xiyou’s stream, his charm on Xianyu was greater.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Yo (#laugh)
Huo Yuan immediately pricked up his ears and turned into a complaining monster: [He’s here, he’s here, he’s here with emojis to leech off your popularity!]
Huo Xian couldn’t hold it back and almost choked to death on his own saliva.
[Huo Xian, are you okay?] Huo Yuan wanted to imitate people in dramas and pat his back after choking, but his short paws couldn’t achieve this feat.
Huo Xian drank two mouthfuls of water and took a long while to recover, his face flushed from choking. He rubbed Huo Yuan in his arms, amused and annoyed: [Yuanyuan, who did you learn this from?]
[‘He’s here’? There are lots of them online.] Huo Yuan confessed honestly. Before Huo Xian could speak, he quickly said: [Don’t think about banning my internet, I still need to study.]
Huo Xian: […]
The internet is poison.
Hope the next world is one without the internet.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Why did you think of streaming today?
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Realized your streaming time was too short and felt guilty towards fans, suddenly found your conscience? (#laugh)
[Whisper][Mozun]: You guessed it, impressive.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Then show some actual action, dare to stream a few more hours every day (#laugh)
[Whisper][Mozun]: Don’t dare.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: (#sweat)
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Have you gotten anything good these two days?
[Whisper][Mozun]: Does Water Qilin count?
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Damn damn damn damn you actually got a Water Qilin!!!!
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: I’m sour!
Water Qilin is one of the mounts in Immortal Realm. Mounts are divided into ordinary mounts and divine beasts. Ordinary mounts are mostly horses, donkeys, and mules, while divine beasts include Water Qilin and Fire Qilin. Although both are means of transportation, the movement speed of divine beast mounts is twice that of ordinary mounts, and the way to obtain divine beast mounts is usually only through public rewards during large events.
The Nian Beast boss had been online for a few days, and Huo Xian’s biggest gain was only the divine beast mount Water Qilin.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Nian Beast is out, watch my lucky hand get a Fire Qilin today!
[Whisper][Mozun]: Good luck.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: good luck!
Huo Yuan squatted on Huo Xian’s shoulder, taking in the conversation between him and Zhao Xiyou, his round eyes glowing ominously.
Good luck?
Good luck favoring Huo Xian is enough!
“Little ancestor, come help me touch the boss?” Huo Xian held one of Huo Yuan’s paws and shook it gently, extending an invitation.
[Okay!] Huo Yuan didn’t refuse. He was determined to get something good for Huo Xian.
So the viewers in the stream watched helplessly as Huo Xian placed Huo Yuan next to the mouse. The little cat hugged the mouse with its two front paws, pawed at it, and clicked the left mouse button.
Ten seconds later—
[Mozun]: You obtained [Xiaoxiang Yunhe]
At the same time, hundreds of system announcements were released, including Zhao Xiyou’s [Qie Jian Tianxia] and Huo Xian’s [Mozun].
Soon, Zhao Xiyou’s whisper came over.
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: [Water Qilin] Hahahahahahahahahaha
[Whisper][Mozun]: Congratulations
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: (#laugh)
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: How about you? What did you get?
[Whisper][Mozun]: [Xiaoxiang Yunhe]
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: !!!!!!!
[Whisper][Qie Jian Tianxia]: Are you human?????
Huo Yuan was dissatisfied that Huo Xian kept chatting with Zhao Xiyou and urged: [Huo Xian, put on the costume and show us.]
“Xiaoxiang Yunhe” is the name of the New Year limited-edition costume. It binds upon pickup and cannot be transferred or sold.
When equipping the costume, there are two color options: black and white. The reason for this design is that the school uniforms of the immortal cultivator sects in the two factions are light-colored, while the demonic cultivators are dark-colored. To allow both factions to experience different color schemes, there are two color options.
The bullet chat in the stream was full of “black” and “white”. Huo Xian didn’t care which one he chose. The design of this costume was good in all aspects. Black and white were the same style but different colors, each with its own merits.
Huo Xian decided to leave the choice to his little ancestor. Huo Yuan pondered for a moment and chose [Xiaoxiang Yunhe · Ink], because the Wan Jian Sect’s school uniform was already very ethereal, mainly white and light blue. Although not as ethereal as [Xiaoxiang Yunhe · Frost], it had some semblance of it, and as the level increased, the school uniform would become more and more exquisite.
Soon, the white-clad sword cultivator on the screen was dressed in black, outlining the perfect waist curve of the character model. The black fabric had exquisite and intricate dark patterns, with dark red outlines, details in place. What’s more, this costume even came with a matching hairstyle. “Frost” was a warm jade crown, while “Ink” was a more domineering flame pattern crown. By the way, both costumes came with forehead decorations.
In short, it’s worth investing in.
The bullet chat was full of calls to “borrow the cat”. Huo Xian held up the little ancestor and kissed him in front of them, then said triumphantly: “Not lending.”
If not lending, then steal the cat. The cat stealing alliance officially gathered, ready to move.
Huo Xian interacted happily with the water friends, and Huo Yuan also forgot the unpleasantness brought by Zhao Xiyou. After the stream ended, Huo Xian lay on the bed, Huo Yuan lying on his chest, saying seriously: [Huo Xian, today is the happiest I’ve seen you laugh in so many years.]
“Was I unhappy before?” Huo Xian looked at him, his eyes gentle.
Huo Yuan tilted his head, [Not unhappy, just felt constrained in the body of the Son of Destiny in the last world. Laughter was calm and consistent with the original owner’s personality, not laughing out loud like today.]
“Who did I do it for?” Huo Xian poked his little nose, “Wasn’t it because I didn’t understand the task bonus mechanism? What if I got points deducted for OOC? Besides, if I went OOC, Father Huo and Mother Huo would definitely see through it at a glance, and I couldn’t explain it, so the best way was to maintain the persona. Laughing heartily doesn’t fit the original owner’s personality in the last world.”
Hearing him say this, Huo Yuan was both moved and guilty. Moved because he met a very considerate host, guilty because his task forced Huo Xian to wrong himself and suppress his nature.
“Don’t say sorry.” Just as Huo Yuan was teary-eyed and wanted to apologize, Huo Xian seemed to see through his thoughts and cut off the apology he was about to utter.
Huo Yuan looked at him with round, watery eyes.
Huo Xian himself didn’t have much affection for creatures like cats. Of course, he didn’t dislike them either, belonging to the passerby type. But ever since raising Cat Yuan, he discovered that cats are truly creatures that break the rules. Puppy eyes can pierce people’s hearts, and cat eyes are the same. Especially knowing that Cat Yuan is essentially Huo Yuan, substituting the cat’s expression for Huo Yuan, imagining those purple, clear eyes looking at him innocently and pitifully…
Not good, fatal!
[Huo Xian?] Huo Yuan noticed Huo Xian’s stiffness and was puzzled.
Huo Xian cursed himself as a “beast” in his heart, then picked up Huo Yuan and put him aside, his voice unchanged: “I’m going to the bathroom.”
[Oh, okay.] So it was an urgent need to pee. Huo Yuan thought simply.
Huo Xian’s “urgent need to pee” lasted for a full half hour. Huo Yuan was also drowsy in his cat body, thinking about random things and didn’t pay much attention to Huo Xian. It wasn’t until Huo Xian came back that he realized Huo Xian had actually taken a shower, and there was even a faint chill on his body.
Before he could ask, Huo Xian hugged him into his arms, closed his eyes, yawned, and said sleepily: “Sleep, Yuanyuan, good night.”
Huo Yuan had to reply with good night.
Dreams all night.
Huo Xian had another dream continuing from the bathroom. In his dream, Cat Yuan opened the bathroom door, walked in with light cat steps, and then elongated bit by bit under his awkward gaze, transforming into a consciousness form with cat ears and a cat tail, blinking beautiful wet purple eyes and looking at him affectionately, red lips parting slightly: “Huo Xian, am I cute?”
Huo Xian: Dead.
Could it be retribution for being single for eighty years in the last world?
He opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling. A faint circle of dark circles under his eyes indicated his poor sleep last night.
Saying poor, actually it was good, good enough to wish for kidney deficiency.
Pity, this isn’t a world where spirits can take form.
Huo Xian listened to Cat Yuan’s little purring sound, the corners of his mouth raised in a smile. Today is also a happy day.
[Huo Xian.] Huo Yuan suddenly spoke, his voice serious: [Zhao Xiyou sent you a message.]
Huo Xian suddenly missed the little cutie who would “ding dong” before going online, but fortunately, Huo Yuan’s voice wasn’t loud and didn’t scare him.
He felt for his phone and looked. Zhao Xiyou’s message jumped into view.
Zhao Xiyou – Huo Xian, wanna collab tomorrow night?
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