Unfilial disciple, do not ruin your master's dream of ascension and peaceful life.

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After that encounter, Ye Yinqiu explained the situation to Qianjing that very night.

Now, all three ascendants in Pujiang District have been "tested," and the favor has been bestowed upon them equally.

Like the wire monster that Qianjing and Ning Ruozhi encountered, the other party was not after money or life. The electromagnetic cannon shot that seemed to be a sure kill missed. It was just to test Ye Yinqiu's reaction.

Lin Zhiyu still couldn't get back, but from what she said, it seemed that Shangbei had made some decision, which caused outsiders to start gathering in Haijing City.

The final conclusion of the discussion was to "wait and see." Considering that the mechanical giant had the intention of winning over Ye Yinqiu, they were probably not there to cause trouble or sabotage, but they should still be more careful in the meantime.

But Qianjing noticed a detail:

The usually competitive and foolish apprentice was strangely calm, as if she was considering something else. As soon as it was time to sleep, she went straight into her half of the room without even saying goodnight.

(Did she feel a sense of crisis and thus voluntarily went into seclusion to practice her skills? That's so typical of her.)

Qianjing didn't think much of it and went back to her room to continue her live stream.

With this top-level soundproof wall, neither the master nor the apprentice could hear what the other was doing.

Of course, they would never know what the girl across the hall was doing.

"Hmph, I got screwed over by that idiot VTuber last time, let's play some spellcasting PvP today!"

A few minutes later...

You are invading the world of Fairy Peach Moon...

"Why is it her?!"

……

……

And so, the next day arrived.

Qianjing had a smug look on her face early in the morning; she went to school purely to take advantage of the library's air conditioning.

"How could there be such a terrible game as 'soul wandering'?!"

Qian Jing gritted his teeth.

During his live stream yesterday, he tried the highly requested Verdun Ring (a game where an Allied warrior defeats the evil Austro-Hungarian Emperor under the guidance of a blessing) at the urging of the viewers. He ended up just suffering all night. Although the show was entertaining and the viewership was lively, he was still unhappy.

Although he had tried previous Souls games, he had never had a good time playing them. The only exception was fighting Midir in Souls 3. Fighting this large, hyperactive dragon brought back memories of his favorite Monster Hunter. However, he got so angry when he tried to stop the dragon's charge with a greatsword that he failed and then never played it again.

"No choice, I'll have to check out a guide..."

His motto is to never abandon a game he starts streaming, even if he thinks it's garbage, he'll still finish it! He can tackle even the game before the Cataclysm, so a mere magic ring is nothing to him. He can just use the time he spends fighting Wumeng to watch strategy videos! After learning the strategy, remember to pretend you haven't watched any guides during your stream!

The apprentice didn't go to school today. She sent Qianjing a message saying, "Master, I'm in seclusion," and he didn't ask about it.

Once he arrived at the library, he took out his tablet, opened the video website TigerFish TV, and casually scrolled through some videos as usual.

Live Stream Recording: Newcomer Host Hua Songchun - Please Forgive Me if There Is Any Offense

(Hua Song Chun? Who came up with this ID? Seriously, how did her first live stream clip get so many views and make it onto the homepage? Is that for real...?)

He mentally scoffed and swiped past without clicking on it.

Before long, it was afternoon. After arduous training, Qianjing had mastered the inner technique of skill replacement, which would be quite entertaining during the live stream later.

(I don't want to attend class today, let's just go back and start broadcasting)

He slung his backpack over his shoulder and prepared to leave. When he reached the library entrance, he found a large crowd gathered in front of a large GG logo, which read:

Lazarus Technology Job Hunting Season Offline Presentation - Haijing University of Technology

Below that is a line of large text: “Presented by Ms. Ellen Marksko herself.”

The poster is 80% covered by a stunning blonde woman, whose clothes would look perfectly natural in Night City 2077. The level of exposure is a bit too advanced for this era.

Ellen Marksco.

Five years ago, she left the United States to become a citizen of China. Now she is the founder and chairman of Lazarus Technology Co., Ltd., a rising star in the Internet industry. The company has grown into an industry unicorn in less than five years, and has even surpassed some established leaders in some niche areas.

Lazarus Technology is headquartered in Kangzhou, which is very close to Haijing, and has bases in multiple locations, but had not previously set foot in Haijing. Now their new building has been completed in Zhanghe High-tech Park in Pujiang District, which is widely speculated to be for better handling of the platform's growing live streaming business.

It's already June, and fresh graduates are actively writing resumes to prepare for campus recruitment. I heard that Lazarus Technology gives stock options to new employees, and the pay is high with little work, so everyone is scrambling to get in.

Of course, these factors alone weren't enough to attract so many non-recent graduates to their recruitment presentations. More importantly, it was Ellen Marks herself. Not only was she a famously beautiful woman on social media, but her fashion sense also defied the traditional image of a STEM woman, being extremely revealing and daring, drawing many male students eager to catch a glimpse of her.

However, Qianjing wasn't very interested in this.

First, he is indifferent to blonde women.

Secondly, due to some experiences he had in the lower realm, he disliked strong women.

Third, he didn't want to look for a job at all, since he wouldn't starve.

Fourth, his live streaming platform is Bilibili, not Tigerfish TV owned by Lazarus Technology.

(Speaking of which, it's already June, and final exams are coming up soon, so I'll remind Xiao Qiu a bit more.)

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Meanwhile, inside the rented room—

Today, Ye Yinqiu skipped all her classes.

She has now learned the essentials of memorizing Chinese characters and no longer needs to learn them one by one from her teacher. Moreover, establishing a sect and recruiting soldiers is the top priority now.

Now, she's focusing all her attention on starting her live stream.

Ning Ruozhi had already taught her the basics of using the live streaming platform (actually, Ruozhi's mother had never been a streamer either, so she learned it on the spot), and kindly told her that nowadays you don't need a computer, you can stream as long as you have a mobile phone.

She opened the recorded video she had uploaded the night before and tried to decipher the data on the page:

"Views: 21...that's so few?"

She was a little disappointed.

Back in the Cangxuan Realm, every time Fairy Ni Chang went into battle, countless cultivators accompanied her. When she lectured as the acting sect leader, there were always at least a million people listening attentively. But last night, not only were there only 30,000 viewers watching the live stream, but the recorded broadcast only got 210,000 views after one night. It was really discouraging.

Just then—

"Xiao Qiu, are you there?"

Qian Jing suddenly returned, and Ye Yinqiu hurriedly hid her phone.

"Master Shishi, you're back? So early... Ahahaha..."

"??"

The foolish apprentice's face was flushed, and his usually neatly combed, beautiful black hair was disheveled. He looked at Qianjing evasively and tried to cover his phone screen.

Upon hearing this, Qianjing immediately composed herself, simply saying, "Final exams are coming soon, so take care of yourself," before leaving and closing the door behind her.

Then, he stood outside the door, lost in thought.

(My silly apprentice has already learned to use her phone to access Huangwang.com. She's really grown up... I don't mind, but how can I subtly tell her not to click on dangerous links? I don't want to see her drowning in online loans.)