As soon as this punishment was mentioned, the comments began scrolling even more furiously.
【Like Our First Meeting: Learn, learn, learn! As long as the incantation you teach really lets me cultivate, I’d even kneel down and call you Mom.】
【Three Days Without Sleep: ? Isn’t this basically free? Streamer, are you sure you’re not just messing with us?】
【Endless Cycle: Heh. Who would believe your nonsense? Teaching for free? How could that be? Don’t get yourselves fooled.】
【An’an Eats Watermelon: Wow, Love Streamer, you’re really going to teach us? I immediately called my parents over to learn too. By the way, is this incantation useful for people who have already started cultivating?】
【Sincerity Brings Blessings: The streamer is teaching for free, but I won’t freeload. I’ve already sent you a gift.】
【Huaihuai: Although I’m a little skeptical, if you really teach us, I can send you a Note No. 1 gift later.】
……
The comments were moving so quickly that Xie Zhiyu could barely make them out. Even without being able to see the contents clearly, however, she could still sense everyone’s excitement and skepticism.
“Free things are often the most expensive,” Xie Zhiyu reminded them. “What I just said is true.”
What exactly was she referring to?
The excited viewers slowly recalled what the streamer had just said, and suddenly everything clicked.
So the streamer was worried that after freely teaching them the incantation, some malicious fans might use it to harm her.
Once they understood this, quite a few old fans immediately spoke up.
【Langlang Mountain: Streamer, that rule you mentioned basically doesn’t affect me. And what you said makes perfect sense. If you’re freely teaching us an incantation and someone intends to harm you with it, there should naturally be a punishment.】
【Huaihuai: I understand +1. If it were me, I wouldn’t want an incantation I taught someone to end up being used by a bad person to hurt me either.】
【Endless Cycle: If you really can teach it for free, then you’re basically my second parents. If someone really uses it to hurt you in the future, you don’t even have to say anything. I’ll deal with them for you myself.】
【Lanlan: ??? Isn’t the person above a little too vicious? Do you mean that kind of “deal with”?】
【Endless Cycle: Exactly the kind you’re thinking of.】
……
After realizing that the streamer wasn’t deceiving them, many of the newcomers who had initially remained skeptical also began trying to ingratiate themselves with her.
Xie Zhiyu noticed the change in the comments.
She smiled and casually replied, “All right. Since you’ve all said that, listen carefully. I’m only going to say it once.”
The livestream camera, which had originally been aimed at the bookshelf in the study, suddenly showed a hand as white as jade.
A clear, melodious female voice slowly rang out, accompanied by her slender fingers tracing several streaks of golden light through the air.
“The realm of the sun and moon, the rotation of heaven and earth…”
The instant she spoke the first word, countless points of light in different colors suddenly appeared all around them. They then rushed toward Xie Zhiyu’s fingertips, becoming part of the characters she was writing in the air.
Everyone in the livestream held their breath and silently watched the scene.
Aside from the day when spiritual energy first returned to the world, this was the first time they had seen spiritual energy appear so clearly.
The streamer’s right hand was currently drawing long, elegant characters. Some of the characters looked slightly different from modern Chinese writing, but with just one glance, everyone found their minds completely captivated.
These characters carried an ancient charm. At first glance, many people wondered if it was merely an illusion, but they felt as though their bodies had been struck by a hammer, trembling from head to toe.
This was a miracle.
Many people instinctively developed this thought.
Some even unconsciously began reciting the words along with the streamer.
Boom—
It was as though their previously sluggish meridians had finally become unobstructed at this very moment. Quite a few of the people who had remained in the livestream actually awakened their spiritual roots on their own.
Q City, Jiang Xiaoxuan’s Home
Jiang Xiaoxuan’s parents were watching the livestream together, staring intently at the streamer’s movements.
A few seconds later, a faint explosive sound suddenly rang out, drawing the attention of the two people beside him.
A murky, earth-yellow mass of energy appeared out of nowhere in Jiang Xiaoxuan’s father’s hand.
Fine yellow sand began trickling down from the place where he gripped the armrest.
Jiang Xiaoxuan’s eyes instantly widened with delight.
“Dad, did you… awaken?”
Lan Yuan Villa District, A City
Lu Jinzhao was also watching the livestream. Sweat beaded on his forehead as he struggled to follow Xie Zhiyu’s movements.
Thinking about how he had nearly gotten Tiger Shu and the others killed just a few hours earlier, and remembering how helpless he had been when facing the man-eating flower, Lu Jinzhao clenched his fists unwillingly.
“I have to awaken a spiritual root.”
Grinding his teeth, he cast aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and continued following the movements in the livestream.
He could feel the stagnant meridians inside his body slowly beginning to flow.
Although the change was subtle, it filled him with immense excitement.
Then, when Xie Zhiyu in the livestream finished writing the final character, Lu Jinzhao, who had followed her through the entire process, suddenly felt his mind become crystal clear.
It was as though clear water had been poured over his head, bringing enlightenment in the space of a single breath.
Inside the tightly closed room, a tiny whirlwind suddenly appeared, reaching only as high as his knees.
The faint wind swept up a tissue from the table and sent it fluttering away.
“I did it!”
Lu Jinzhao couldn’t help but cheer.
His entire body was drenched in cold sweat, yet he felt as refreshed as though he had been immersed in the warmth of spring.
The joy in his heart was indescribable. At the same time, his eyes grew hot, and he almost shed tears.
During this past week, after being rejected and dismissed by countless cultivators, he had thought he could only remain an ordinary person for the rest of his life.
He never imagined that things would suddenly turn around today.
He was no longer an ordinary person destined to spend his entire life at the bottom beneath the enormous tide of this new era.
He could cultivate now!
At this moment, he had changed his predetermined fate and gained a future whose possibilities he could not even begin to imagine.
And all of this was thanks to Xie Zhiyu in the livestream, who was willing to teach them the incantation for free.
Thinking of this, Lu Jinzhao could no longer contain his excitement and immediately sent her a gift without hesitation.
There were quite a few others who had experienced and thought the same things as him.
At this moment, they all felt that coming to this livestream had truly been worth it.
They had received such an enormous gift of knowledge that even the most rebellious among them understood that they had genuinely encountered someone who had given them a new lease on life.
And so, they no longer hesitated.
【“An’an Eats Watermelon” sent a Note No. 1 gift ×1 ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5.】
【“Sincerity Brings Blessings” sent an Airship gift ×1 ×2 ×3……×20.】
【“Huaihuai” sent a Supreme Throne gift ×1 ×2……×10.】
……
Countless expensive gift effects appeared throughout the livestream. Gifts worth more than 100,000 yuan in total were sent at once, directly triggering the website’s broadcast announcement.
【A wealthy viewer is sending red envelopes in streamer “This Hate-Sea, Passion-Sky’s Work”’s livestream……】
This was a special feature of Note’s broadcasting system.
Whenever the number of gifts sent in a livestream reached a certain threshold, the system would automatically generate a huge red envelope for viewers to grab.
It was a trick the platform had developed when livestreaming was first launched, designed to encourage wealthy viewers to spend money while simultaneously bringing more traffic to the streamer.
Ever since Note was established, quite a few people had triggered this announcement, so the longtime users knew exactly what it meant.
Even today, with spiritual energy having returned to the world, quite a few people who simply enjoyed watching the excitement instinctively clicked into the livestream.
They entered with cheerful curiosity, only to be stunned when they saw the screen filled with gift effects.
【Hamburger: Just got here. What’s going on? Why are there so many gift effects? As far as I can tell, the streamer isn’t even showing her face. She’s not some beauty streamer, so why are you guys sending so many gifts?】
【LADHI: She’s not a beauty streamer, nor is she a disciple of some hidden sect or hidden family. What exactly are you guys sending gifts for?】
【Abstract Life Needs No Explanation: Just look at my username. Is this livestream doing some kind of abstract nonsense? Don’t tell me all these gifts are being sent by the streamer’s own people?】
……
Another wave of newcomers arrived, completely confused. But the comments were already caught up in a frenzy, scrolling so quickly that they struggled to read them. After watching for a while, they finally figured out what had happened in the livestream.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: Newcomers, you guys missed out! You just missed my beloved streamer freely teaching us a cultivation incantation.】
【Tears Won’t Fall: Thank you, streamer! I really awakened a spiritual root, and it’s even the Ice Spiritual Root I’ve always loved the most! I’m so incredibly happy! Here’s a little gift as a token of my gratitude. I’m short on money and don’t have much, so this is half of everything I own. I hope you won’t mind.】
【Huaihuai: I didn’t awaken a spiritual root, but I think I can actually sense spiritual energy! I’ll probably be able to awaken one naturally after practicing a few more times. Thank you so much, streamer! From now on, I’m your die-hard fan!】
……
These comments made the old fans extremely happy.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: My beloved streamer is the best! Where’s that biggest hater from earlier? What was their name again, Zhou something? Get out here! Don’t just accept my beloved streamer’s kindness without saying anything. Apologize to my beloved streamer!】
Whoa, they were actually demanding an apology?
The newcomers who had just entered felt as though they were getting one juicy piece of gossip after another, so much so that they almost wanted to burp from how much they had eaten up.
The other old fans joined in on the fun, copying that comment and repeatedly posting it across the livestream.
Then, more than ten seconds later, a single comment broke through the chaos.
【Endless Cycle: I’m here! Thank you, streamer!】
It was only a few simple words.
Yet the second the comment was posted, an even crazier wave of gifts followed.
【“Endless Cycle” sent a Cosmic Airship gift ×1 ×2 ×3……×500.】
Every other gift notification was instantly drowned out by this one.
An enormous Cosmic Airship animation appeared on everyone’s screens.
One Cosmic Airship was worth 10,000 yuan.
With a single move, Endless Cycle had directly gifted Xie Zhiyu 5 million yuan.
He was putting real money on the table—no bluffing whatsoever.
The broadcast announcement, which had only just subsided, sounded again.
This was the first time a wealthy viewer had thrown down five million yuan in a single go.
Countless people flooded into the livestream, causing Xie Zhiyu’s popularity to skyrocket from 1,000 to over 10,000 in an instant.
This time, even the comments froze for a moment.
But no one expected that in the very next second, the livestream suddenly went black.
【The livestream has ended.】
Had it crashed?
Countless people in the livestream sent question marks. They patiently waited for a while, but the streamer never returned.
The reason Xie Zhiyu didn’t start streaming again was simple.
She was currently busy receiving all sorts of system announcements and rewards.
【Congratulations, Host. Your livestream has surpassed 10,000 viewers. The marketplace has been unlocked.】
【Faith section unlocked. Faith Points +728.】
【Luck Points +2.】
【Thank you for your generous teachings. Under your influence, the progress seems to have undergone a slight change.】