“It’s just that I didn’t hold the phone properly, so I dropped it.”
The camera seemed to shake slightly, and her sweet, clear voice came through again.
The screen brightened again. Xie Zhiyu hadn’t paid much attention to where the camera was pointing, so she accidentally captured her own face.
Although she quickly reacted and turned the phone around, in those one or two seconds, everyone in the livestream had already seen her.
【Lanlan: !!! What a beautiful face!】
【Xinxin Mountain: Holy crap, what did I just see? The streamer is actually this beautiful?】
【As If We’d Just Met: Wife!】
……
The barrage of comments exploded in a short period of time. But everyone’s attention wasn’t on the Spiritual Root incantations anymore—it was on Xie Zhiyu’s appearance.
“Is it really that exaggerated?”
Seeing the endless stream of compliments in the comments, Xie Zhiyu couldn’t help touching her own face.
“Host, you really are very beautiful,” the system said softly. “You weren’t bad-looking to begin with. After cultivating to the Qi-Attraction stage, your body underwent a cleansing and purification process, so you’ve been even prettier than before for a long time now.”
To be honest, during the first few days after it was bound to its host, the system would occasionally be stunned by her appearance.
However, perhaps because both Xie’s father and Wang Yurong were good-looking, Xie Zhiyu had grown accustomed to seeing beautiful faces and had never really realized how attractive she herself was.
In fact, after she started working, her beauty had occasionally caused her some minor troubles.
Her words elicited a huge reaction from the livestream viewers.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: And you’re asking if this is exaggerated?!! Work Sis, you’re prettier than celebrities!】
【Sincerity Brings Miracles: Although I’m not someone who cares about looks, having said that, if the streamer entered the beauty category, she’d absolutely be the top beauty streamer.】
【Huaihuai: Honestly, with that face of yours, I’ve already decided to become your die-hard fan. Of course, if you can stock up on more Spiritual Roots, then I hereby declare that you’ll be my eternal god.】
【AAA Wholesale Kitten: Just arrived. The streamer is beautiful and kind-hearted. Followed.】
……
The comments were noisy and chaotic. After watching them for a while, Xie Zhiyu began to feel a little tired.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was chatting among themselves, she hurriedly plucked the fruit that had been resting on top of her head.
The fruit that had just been sitting on her head was larger than both of her hands put together. Its red skin had been stretched to the limit by the flesh inside, giving it an almost liquid-like texture.
Xie Zhiyu couldn’t lift it with one hand, so she could only put it on the ground.
The camera happened to capture it.
The viewers were confused.
【Cuihua of the Apple Brand: Streamer, what is this? It looks a bit like a tomato, but as far as I know, there aren’t tomatoes this huge, right?】
Xie Zhiyu happened to look up and see this comment. She smiled and replied, “It’s exactly the tomato you’re thinking of, but it’s mutated a little.”
She had clearly planted cherry tomato seeds, yet what eventually grew was larger than two fists put together.
It was also rather hard. When it had hit her just now, she had thought she’d been struck by some kind of steel plate.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help curling her finger and tapping on the “little tomato” in front of her.
Sure enough, just as she expected, when her knuckle came into contact with the tomato’s skin, it produced the dull sound that could only be heard when tapping on something hard.
Among the more than 8,000 people in the livestream, there was no shortage of clever viewers. Some immediately noticed that something was wrong.
【Sincerity Brings Miracles: If I’m not mistaken, this is a mutated plant, right?】
“It is indeed a mutated plant.” Xie Zhiyu openly admitted it.
Just a few minutes ago, she had planted the seeds. She had originally intended to use a little of her spiritual energy to accelerate their growth, but she hadn’t expected to lose control for a moment and actually grow a mutated plant.
This was already the second time she had grown a mutated plant.
Thinking about these two experiences, she couldn’t help feeling puzzled.
Were mutated plants really that easy to grow? How come she managed to produce one every time she planted something?
The system, which knew what she was thinking, immediately explained.
“Host, the reason your success rate with planting is so high is because of your Spiritual Root. Have you forgotten? Your Chaos Spiritual Root embraces all things. In a certain sense, it’s even more powerful than a top-grade Heavenly Rank Wood Spiritual Root.”
Her Spiritual Root had already determined that she possessed an extremely high talent in every field.
After all, a Spiritual Root that could bear the title “Chaos” was practically the ancestor of all Spiritual Roots.
Thinking of this, the system once again felt fortunate that it had gotten lucky enough to bind itself to a cultivator with extraordinary talent.
Most importantly, Xie Zhiyu herself was also incredibly hardworking and capable.
“So that’s how it is.” Xie Zhiyu suddenly understood.
As she plucked the ripe tomatoes, she counted them.
“There are about twelve.”
Xie Zhiyu muttered to herself, “It seems like all these little tomatoes are mutated plants.”
There were different types of mutated plants.
One type had merely undergone a certain degree of mutation due to spiritual energy, while another had actually developed consciousness.
Most people were rather unclear about the distinction between the two.
However, with all kinds of people mixed together in the livestream, some viewers couldn’t help feeling that it was a pity.
【A Fleeting Encounter: If it’s an intelligent life-form, then you’ve struck it rich, streamer.】
But Xie Zhiyu didn’t think so.
“Mutated plants are already pretty good.”
After all, not everyone could grow mutated plants.
【A Fleeting Encounter: Ah, streamer, you don’t understand. If you had an intelligent life-form, that would mean having an incredibly powerful helper in the early stages. Maybe even people from the reclusive sects would fight to get you to join them. With your background as an ordinary person, it would basically be a meteoric rise.】
The person sent a long string of messages. Although Xie Zhiyu couldn’t hear his tone, she could sense the air of superiority hidden between his words.
She couldn’t help frowning, and her originally gentle voice suddenly turned cold.
“My livestream doesn’t need people who point fingers and tell others what to do,” she said coldly. “Besides, whether I have an intelligent life-form or not, what does it have to do with you?”
She didn’t want to bother with him, but the moment she finished speaking, the user quickly sent another message.
【A Fleeting Encounter: Who do you think you are? Aren’t you just a streamer who awakened a Spiritual Root? You’re acting like you’re so amazing. What’s so great about a mutated plant? I can get as many as I want. You really are so ignorant.】
As soon as these words appeared, before Xie Zhiyu could even reply, her fans in the livestream exploded.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: Who the hell are you? Ugly people really do cause trouble. Timid and submissive in real life, but suddenly a keyboard warrior online? Disgusting.】
【Sincerity Brings Miracles: No, seriously, you still haven’t figured out who the big shot in this livestream is? Brother, you really have no brains.】
【Lanlan: Here we go again, here we go again! Another genius just like Big Shot Zhou Er Fu Shi.】
【Zhou Er Fu Shi: ? I’m not that annoying, am I?】
……
The group of old fans immediately sprang into action, flooding the barrage with messages. Their fingers moved incredibly fast, and by working together, they quickly buried that comment so it was no longer visible.
However, the person who had been retorted to had an arrogant attitude of someone who believed that everyone else was drunk while he alone was sober, along with the anger of someone who couldn’t save face after being contradicted.
【A Fleeting Encounter: What do you people know? I’m from a reclusive sect *@#】
The rest of his message was automatically muted by the system because it was too vulgar.
Xie Zhiyu was quick enough to block him. She instantly felt refreshed, and even the scenery before her seemed to become brighter and cleaner.
However, it seemed this wasn’t merely her imagination.
The vine that had previously been hiding in another patch of soil and secretly observing her had somehow crept over.
While quietly listening to her interactions with the livestream viewers, it gathered its vines above her head and formed them into umbrella-like leaves, silently shielding her from the scorching sunlight.
Seeing that Xie Zhiyu didn’t seem to reject it, it became even more presumptuous and, as casually as possible, rubbed itself against her arm.
It had a distinctly coquettish, ingratiating air about it.
Xie Zhiyu: …
She wasn’t the only one who saw its actions. The camera even captured the entire thing.
The viewers in the livestream only felt their eyes blur, and suddenly, an extra splash of green had appeared in the frame.
The key was that this patch of greenery actually moved around.
Quite a few people blinked and watched the footage several times before finally seeming to confirm what they were seeing.
As they sucked in a breath of cold air, a certain possibility instantly flashed through their minds.
【Langlang Mountain: This can’t be what I think it is, right?】
【Zhou Er Fu Shi: ??? An intelligent life-form?】
【An’an Eats Watermelon: LOL. That person called A Fleeting Encounter is still in the livestream, right? It’d be such a shame if he missed this scene.】
【Sincerity Brings Miracles: Didn’t see this coming, did you? The intelligent life-form everyone else is desperately jealous of—our Work Sis actually has one. Mad about it?】
【Huaihuai: 666, I’m completely convinced. Streamer, you actually have an intelligent life-form too.】
【Only for 55: First time in the livestream. Do I need to kneel while watching? Also, if I remember correctly, isn’t this the first livestream to have an intelligent life-form appear? The other livestreamers are all hiding theirs and refusing to show them.】
【Bear Gall 356: I told you our Work Sis is insanely powerful. I bet even those people from the reclusive sects can’t compare to her, right?】
【Software Handyman: You’re exaggerating a little, aren’t you? Every reclusive sect has existed for at least a thousand years. With the streamer’s current foundation, she’s probably still far behind them.】
【V-Dot Fan: Agreed. One person can’t possibly compare with the accumulated foundation of an entire sect.】
【Langlang Mountain: You guys must all be new here, right? It’s normal not to believe it. Stay here a little longer and you’ll understand. One person, and the streamer is comparable to a god.】
【Shuishui Wants to Sleep Early: ? Seriously? The person above is exaggerating way too much.】
……
The sudden appearance of an intelligent life-form caused the livestream’s popularity to surge yet again.
After only a little more than ten minutes since she started streaming, her viewer count had already surpassed 10,000.
The system couldn’t help drooling. “Wow, so much energy.”
It was going to have a very satisfying meal this time.
Xie Zhiyu, however, had no time to keep an eye on the livestream’s popularity.
She helplessly patted the vine wrapped around her body and said softly, “Move over a little. I need to plant something.”
Whether it was the carnivorous flower or the vine, she had discovered that once these plants got to know her, they all seemed to enjoy clinging to her.
The vine understood her.
It slowly released her. When she turned around, it watched as she scattered several more seeds into the soil.
This time, she carefully controlled her spiritual energy. The seeds she had just planted rapidly matured within mere seconds under the phone camera.
She calmly picked the medicinal herbs.
The tomatoes earlier had simply been an accident. She had originally used the tomato seeds to test whether her spiritual energy could stimulate plant growth. The process had been slightly unexpected, but judging from the result, it was quite gratifying.
The spiritual energy inside her body really could stimulate plants, but doing so all at once had consumed one-third of her spiritual energy.
Fortunately, she still had a Spirit-Gathering Stone.
She didn’t use her own spiritual energy again. Instead, she borrowed the power of the Spirit-Gathering Stone and gathered all the medicinal ingredients needed for the Body-Tempering Pill one by one.
Throughout the entire process, she never once looked up at the livestream, so she naturally didn’t see the barrage of question marks flooding the screen.
【Huaihuai: Wait, am I hallucinating? Do these plants really grow this fast?】
【Langlang Mountain: ……Work Sis, what other skills do you have that we don’t know about? How come even farming is so extraordinary?】
……
Xie Zhiyu said nothing and simply continued planting.
It wasn’t until a special notification sound came from her phone that she finally raised her head and saw the barrage of comments flooding the screen.
【Streamer, streamer, you’ve been forced into a PK!!!】