Chapter 65: The Cross-Dressing Game Streamer is Actually… (17)
After the Lantern Festival, the winter break also came to an end.
However, whether the winter break ended or not made little difference to the seniors who were graduating in a few months. There were no classes in the second semester of the senior year, and all students had entered the internship stage, as long as they could submit an internship or employment certificate before graduation.
Huo Xian didn’t intend to find a serious internship, nor did he plan to continue mooching off the dormitory until graduation. He planned to rent a bachelor apartment for convenient streaming and to seriously plan his future.
As for why he didn’t just stay at home, it wasn’t really for the convenience of food delivery, but because his grandmother was pushing him out. In the minds of the older generation, streaming wasn’t a serious career, and she demanded that he find a proper job with social insurance and housing fund. He didn’t want his grandmother to worry, so he had to pretend to work outside.
Back to the point.
After the New Year, he really did have a jobāfilming the Immortal Realm promotion.
To communicate and adjust in a timely manner, he had to go on a business trip to Shanghai. So when Zhao Xiyou invited him for a dual collab again, he was already in a six-star hotel in Shanghai.
The scenery design in the Immortal Realm game was extremely detailed, so detailed that even the overlapping leaves were distinct, so the filming location was within the game.
Originally, Huo Xian thought a promotional video would be four or five minutes at most, but he didn’t expect the screenwriter to revise it again and again. The final script was fully ten pages long, and the plot was richer. It was estimated that a short film would be made.
Although he needed to do voice-over, the pay was generous, and he had no reason not to cooperate.
During his stay at the Immortal Realm headquarters, besides work, Huo Xian also borrowed a pass to test other sects on the beta client. After trying them all, he concluded that the Wan Jian Sect was the hardest sect to operate, bar none.
It was a week later when the recording was completed.
Huo Xian bought local specialties from Shanghai and returned to the Imperial Capital. After resting at home for a night, he went back to his apartment.
[Huo Xian, aren’t you streaming today?] Huo Yuan asked, puzzled, seeing that Huo Xian made no move at the usual streaming time.
Huo Xian was unpacking a delivery box. Huo Yuan knew that after receiving the streaming income from Xianyu, he had bought a lot of things, such as a luxurious cat climbing frame for him to play and rest. He didn’t pay much attention to other things, but looking at the volume and size of this delivery box, could it be another laptop?
But it wasn’t a laptop, it was the latest model of a digital tablet.
“Not streaming today, practicing drawing today, getting the feel back.” Huo Xian said as he unpacked the tablet.
Huo Yuan was confused: [Why did you suddenly think of drawing?]
“Because I want to open a shop.” Huo Xian’s lips curled slightly.
[What kind of shop?] Huo Yuan was curious.
Huo Xian kept him in suspense: “I won’t tell you yet. I’ll tell you when I’ve saved enough money and opened the shop.”
The old Huo Yuan would definitely endure his curiosity and wait, but the current Huo Yuan, spoiled by Huo Xian, was no longer willing to wrong himself. He used his killer moveāacting coquettish.
[Huo Xian, tell me, I’ll let you rub my belly~] Huo Yuan lay on the table, fighting back his shame, curling his front paws, exposing his fluffy, soft belly, his eyes “seducing” him sincerely and innocently.
Huo Xian: “…”
He almost dropped the tablet, and the look he gave Huo Yuan changed.
Under Huo Xian’s ghost-seeing gaze, Huo Yuan first stiffened, then gradually, gradually, gradually straightened his front paws, turned over unhurriedly, stood up pretending nothing happened, and prepared to escape the scene of the cat’s social death with elegant cat steps.
Just as he reached the edge of the table and prepared to jump down, his hind legs were grabbed, and then the whole cat was lifted into the crook of an arm.
“Where did you learn that?” Huo Xian asked with a faint smile.
Huo Yuan’s eyes darted around, replying guiltily: [Online.]
“Where online?” Huo Xian continued to ask.
Huo Yuan stammered and couldn’t answer, while Huo Xian could clearly feel the cat’s body in his arms getting hotter and hotter, as if he could see the red skin under the layers of fluff.
Needless to say, Huo Xian could guess that Huo Yuan must have gone to watch some works he listed as prohibited items.
There was no helping it. When Huo Yuan said he didn’t know how to fall in love, he really didn’t know. No matter how similar his appearance was to humans, he didn’t have human emotions, or rather, he didn’t have that kind of consciousness.
But since he agreed to be in a relationship with Huo Xian, he wanted to be a good boyfriend, so he could only devote himself to learning. Coincidentally, among the literary and film works he had seen, there were many emotional ones. He felt that his relationship with Huo Xian was somewhat like marriage first, love laterāno feelings before marriage, slowly cultivated after marriage. They had been together for eighty years. Putting aside the time bonus “feelings grow over time,” he learned the verb “do” feelings grow over time, so he could learn about “husband and husband life.”
Then, he went to a certain website and learned a bunch of theoretical knowledge, seeing almost everything he could and couldn’t see. Regrettably, he was a cat in this world. If he were in human form, maybe he would have directly experimented with a real person to improve their relationship.
Fortunately, Huo Xian didn’t know that the innocent Huo Yuan still had a straightforward heart. If he knew… the cat’s skin might be peeled off.
Huo Xian patted his butt lightly: “As punishment, no dried fish for two days.”
“Meow~” [No, I’ll never watch it again!!!]
However, Huo Xian meant what he said. Two days of punishment meant two days of punishment.
=v=
The days that followed were plain but fulfilling.
In a flash, it had been half a year since the open beta of Immortal Realm. As the streaming frequency of streamers and the quality of the game itself became known to the public, more and more players invested money to join the game. Not only did they play, but they also paid more attention to streamers’ broadcasts in their spare time from study and work.
Huo Xian’s popularity rose slowly with the increase in streaming, but what brought about his surge in popularity was the Wan Jian Sect plot short film released to commemorate the half-year anniversary of Immortal Realm‘s open beta. Putting aside the plot content, the real game character operations in the short film truly attracted technical players. Huo Xian’s character and Xianyu live room number were on the promotion list during the short film promotion. Plus, the voice of the sword cultivator in the short film was dubbed by Huo Xian himself. His superior voice was also a boon for voice lovers. Needless to say, many people found their way to his live room following the address.
The real use of the plot short film was to kick off the Immortal Realm Wind and Cloud Conference, which was the official 1V1 PK mode.
The Wind and Cloud Conference is a points-based PK competition. Winning a match earns 1 point, losing a match deducts 1 point. No account or holiday has privileges. Even the equipment for participating in the Wind and Cloud Conference is provided by the official, limited to use during the competition. When the points reach a certain number, the right to purchase certain parts can be obtained. Overall, the Wind and Cloud Conference ensured the fairness of player PK as much as possible. To climb up, it all depends on skill.
The first player to reach 10,000 points will obtain the title of “First Immortal Lord” and will truly open the “Immortal Realm.”
However, the Wind and Cloud Conference has limited daily opening hours. It’s impossible to let players fight endlessly day and night.
Huo Xian wasn’t the first batch of max-level players, not even the second batch, but when the Wind and Cloud Conference opened, the starting point for all max-level players was the same.
Undoubtedly, the first day of the Wind and Cloud Conference was a bustling day.
The opening time of the Wind and Cloud Conference was 13:00-23:00 in the afternoon. For this reason, Huo Xian changed his streaming time. He no longer streamed in the morning, but changed it to the afternoon and evening.
Huo Xian started streaming at two in the afternoon. As soon as he started, countless fans flooded into the live room.
ćBrother Xian, you finally started streaming!ć
ćBrother Xian, why did you start streaming so late ahhhhhhh!ć
ćThe live room next door already has more than ten points!ć
ćFalling behind means getting beaten, Brother Xian don’t dawdle, I’m anxious for you qaqć
ćSponsor Son: Panic what? Could anyone catch up to my Father Xian’s skills?ć
ćAlthough, masters are among the people, better safe than sorry tatć
ćBu Yiyi is already over 20 points, Brother Xian hurry up!ć
ćStreamer’s Partner: Don’t worry, he just finished his nap, waking up.ć
ć…I want to ask, does the streamer’s partner live with the streamer?ć
ćBlind student in front, you found the blind spotć
ć…ć
“En, living together.” Huo Xian glanced at that sentence and answered casually.
ćI heard the sound of my heart breakingć
ćAlthough I knew early on that Brother Xian had a partner, and the partner was the top one in the live room, hearing Brother Xian say it himself still makes my heart ache so much I can’t breatheć
ćHeartache.ingć
ć…ć
Huo Xian propped his chin with one hand, yawned, and said emotionlessly and unhurriedly: “Do you want me to dial 120 for you?”
The bullet chat instantly swiped a neat row of “Heartless, unfollowing” four words.
“I’m considering your health. I’m clearly affectionate and righteous, how can you say I’m heartless?” Huo Xian said owed.
After interacting for a while, he manipulated the character to the Wind and Cloud Conference registration office. The screen was densely packed with players and countless IDs, burying the registration NPC out of sight.
After finally selecting the NPC to dialogue and register, he found that there was actually a registration fee: “1000 spirit stones? Is this robbery?”
There are four types of currency in Immortal Realm: copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and spirit stones. The exchange ratio is 100:1. Immortal Realm itself is recognized as a stingy game. Players and studios find it difficult to get rich by grinding tasks. Until now, the market gold price has been maintained at 1:50, that is, one yuan of real currency can only buy fifty gold coins, two yuan can buy one spirit stone, and 1000 spirit stones is exactly 2000 yuan!
[Compared with other games on the market, Immortal Realm has not launched money-making items such as fashion, mounts, equipment, etc. Apart from point cards and face pinching, it basically costs no money. As a game company, a game that only charges a registration fee for the Wind and Cloud Conference is already a conscientious game.] Huo Yuan explained to him.
Huo Xian had forgotten the popularity of games in this world. Among a crowd of games trying to make money, although the entry cost of Immortal Realm is high, the later investment is not much, which is also the reason why more and more people join.
After accepting this setting, he didn’t hesitate anymore. After paying the registration fee and entering the venue, he entered the equipment selection interface. Equipment selection is based on four attributes. Huo Xian didn’t hesitate and directly selected attack boost, saved it, and could use it directly next time he fought.
The conference map is not a fixed map. There are simple arena maps and some obstacle maps. Huo Xian has the original owner’s memory and is fairly familiar with the maps.
In the first match, he met an assassin from the Thousand Kill Hall. The Thousand Kill Hall is a sect among the 24 sects that can integrate with the environment, commonly known as invisibility.
“The biggest characteristic of the assassin profession is high agility burst, backstab sneak attack, starting with control to bait crowd control removal. The disadvantage is that it is not suitable for long-term battles. Once the initiative is lost, it is easy to fall into passivity.” Huo Xian began to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the sect while using the skill Return to Ruins, “Wan Jian Sect has skill restraint against Thousand Kill Hall. I guess the assassin should be around me now.” As he spoke, he used a group control skill.
Wan Jian Sect has two group controls, one of which can be cast without a target. This use directly swarmed out the assassin who had already touched behind him, accompanied by immobilization.
The Thousand Kill Hall player was confused, but thinking that his health was very healthy, he couldn’t bear to use crowd control removal. Then, there was no then. The assassin, who should have been known for agility and most flexible, faced Huo Xian like a mouse meeting a cat. Not only could he not escape the cat’s claws, but he was scratched empty of his health bar by the cat in a few strokes.
First match, win.
Huo Xian’s hands weren’t even warm. He said with a bit of emotion: “It’s quite simple for Wan Jian Sect to fight Thousand Kill Hall, doesn’t it look like chopping vegetables?”
Thousand Kill Hall players: No personal attacks please.
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