I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 167 Live Stream of Kung Fu Practice

"Sigh, it's such a waste that someone as talented as me isn't going into finance."

Borrowing money to make money, using customers' money to help oneself make money, or even directly turning customers' money into one's own money—isn't this what financial elites do every day?

Ye Qingzhou felt that he also had the potential to become a financial elite; perhaps this was the power of the capable.

"Brother Wen, come with me for a moment."

"What are you doing?"

In the courtyard, Huang Liwen, who was still diligently slacking off, stopped practicing with a blank expression and walked up to Ye Qingzhou.

"Ahem, I want to show you something good."

"what?"

Huang Liwen looked somewhat bewildered, but Ye Qingzhou eventually led him into the quiet room. Seeing the door closed, he immediately became frightened: "Why close the door if we're just looking at things?"

"This thing must not be seen by outsiders."

Ye Qingzhou looked serious.

Huang Liwen panicked and kept backing away until he was pressed against the wall, protesting while covering his eyes, "Can I not watch?"

"cannot."

Then, when Huang Liwen was on edge, Ye Qingzhou took a bead out of his pocket and held it in front of him: "Look carefully."

"Damn, this is all they show me?"

Huang Liwen peeked through his fingers and saw that it was just a glass bridge, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Qingzhou looked puzzled: "Otherwise what?"

He then pressed the Heavenly Crystal to the center of Huang Liwen's forehead: "Concentrate, focus, I'm about to unleash my power."

"Start with what?"

As soon as Huang Liwen finished speaking, he let out a scream, and then his entire consciousness was pulled into the Dou character seal.

Shortly afterward, both of them regained consciousness.

Huang Liwen collapsed to the ground, drenched in sweat, looking utterly exhausted, and asked blankly, "What just happened?"

"Have you learned it?"

Faced with Ye Qingzhou's question, Huang Liwen looked blank: "Learn what?"

He had barely entered and hadn't even had time to familiarize himself with the surroundings when Chi You slashed him, scaring him half to death. He had no recollection of what happened after that.

"Sigh, looks like we'll have to do it again."

Ye Qingzhou sighed and raised the Heavenly Crystal in his hand again.

Seeing this, Huang Liwen felt a sudden pang of fear: "Hey, wait a minute, let me catch my breath! Ah!!!!!!"

With another scream, Huang Liwen's consciousness was pulled back into the Tianjing, experiencing the Battle of Zhuolu for the second time and feeling the horror of mythical warfare.

When he came out for the second time, Huang Liwen was even more listless, as if he had been masturbating for three days and three nights, and his whole body was about to turn to ashes.

Clearly, using the Heavenly Crystal is extremely mentally taxing. Ye Qingzhou doesn't care about the damage, but Huang Liwen's cultivation is insufficient, and he obviously can't withstand such a torment.

"Did you learn it?"

Seeing that Huang Liwen didn't speak, Ye Qingzhou wanted to try a third time, which scared Huang Liwen so much that he jumped three feet high on the spot: "Get lost, I'll die if you do it again."

Then Huang Liwen leaned against the wall, barely managing to stay upright, and said weakly, "Don't try anymore, I've already learned it."

"Did you really learn it?"

"I swear!"

Ye Qingzhou nodded, then handed the Heavenly Punishment Sword to Huang Liwen: "Try to resonate with the sword spirit of this sword."

"Holy crap, a sword with a soul, an unparalleled divine weapon?"

Huang Liwen was shocked. His deskmate was getting more and more outrageous. In addition to the Yan Emperor Sword that he had snatched from Qin Haoyu, he actually had a second peerless divine weapon.

He didn't think much of it afterward, since he was the reincarnation of the Yellow Emperor. Although strictly speaking, he was a fake, he carried the Yellow Emperor's legacy, which was probably more valuable than a peerless divine weapon.

Huang Liwen, who was slow to learn the "Six Strategies of Military Competition", learned the spiritual resonance and supernatural power of the "Fighting Character Seal" very quickly and mastered it as if he had always known it.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Huang Liwen successfully established a mental connection with the Heavenly Punishment Sword through spiritual resonance, gaining powerful mental energy and rapidly improving his cultivation!

The Heavenly Punishment Sword was Ye Qingzhou's sword that carried the Dao, accumulating a massive amount of mental energy. Now, it was all transformed into power, directly strengthening Huang Liwen to the level of a professional-grade martial artist.

With a single punch, the wind and thunder seemed to surge. Huang Liwen stared in disbelief at his powerful, muscular hands, his expression one of astonishment: "I've reached the professional level?"

"It's fake. Once the mental connection is broken, you'll immediately revert to your original form."

"That's amazing, isn't it!"

Huang Liwen felt that everything in front of him was too unbelievable. He had a vague intuition that he could kill a strong bull with a single punch.

And this is far from his limit.

"How does it feel?"

"This feels amazing!"

Huang Liwen carefully experienced the changes in his body. The supernatural power of the Douzi Seal had comprehensively strengthened him. Whether it was his physique, his Qi Sea, or his spiritual realm, everything had been promoted to the professional level.

At this moment, he was clear-headed, full of energy, and had inexhaustible strength.

It can only be said that Si Neng Martial Arts does have its merits, as it was able to elevate an ordinary person who had only practiced martial arts for a few days to the level of a professional martial artist.

"Then try entering a meditative state and see if you can trigger the Yellow Emperor's legacy within you."

"Um."

Huang Liwen nodded seriously, and then sat down cross-legged.

Soon, large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his whole body convulsed, his expression one of great pain, as if his brain had overloaded.

After a long while, Huang Liwen finally broke out of his meditative state and said to Ye Qingzhou with a completely exhausted look, "I succeeded, but I didn't succeed completely."

"What do you mean?"

"I have obtained the inheritance, but only a part of it. There is too much memory data, and my mind is too weak to withstand the impact."

Huang Liwen now has too many memories in his mind, which has obviously activated part of the inheritance.

After all, the Yellow Emperor was one of the Five Emperors of antiquity and the strongest human being in the past. The legacy he left behind was naturally extraordinary.

If fully activated, Huang Liwen's little brain would probably be completely burst.

Which part did you receive?

"The cultivation technique I obtained is called 'Nine Dragons Emperor Diagram.' The book contains the transformation secret technique you need, which can transform the power of the earth's dragon veins into innate Wu Earth Qi and innate Ji Earth Qi."

"Brother Wen, you really are my lucky star!"

Ye Qingzhou was overjoyed upon hearing this. He had finally obtained the last piece of the puzzle. All that remained was to transform the innate Wu Earth Qi and the innate Ji Earth Qi. The completion of the Five Emperors Dragon Sword Technique would be just around the corner!

After Huang Liwen copied the "Nine Dragons Emperor Map" and stored it in Tianjing, Ye Qingzhou finally got the cultivation technique he had longed for.

The Nine Dragons Emperor Diagram is a compilation of the Yellow Emperor's martial arts. The technique of transforming innate earth element energy is only the most insignificant part of this martial art.

"The Three Wonders and Six Instruments are placed in the Nine Palaces, and are governed by Jia. Is this the cultivation method practiced by the Yellow Emperor? It truly possesses the power to govern the world. Any emperor who learns this skill would probably be able to dominate the world and establish great achievements."

After reading the general outline of "Nine Dragons Emperor Map", Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

The Yellow Emperor's legacy in his hands is not only a martial art, but also a formation, a military treatise, and even contains the art of governing a country and ensuring peace.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingzhou's life revolved solely around the sword; he had no interest in power or influence.

Therefore, although he obtained such a "dragon-slaying technique", he did not intend to use it.

After all, the Eastern Kingdom is currently peaceful and prosperous, and does not need his help to save it.

Finally, Ye Qingzhou temporarily studied the part about the transformation of earth energy in the "Nine Dragons Emperor Diagram": "To transform the innate Wu Earth energy and the innate Ji Earth energy, it is actually necessary to find a great earth dragon vein first?"

After mastering the secret technique, Ye Qingzhou faced a dilemma.

Dragon veins are no ordinary things; they are usually found only in famous mountains and great rivers, and they are extremely difficult to find. Not to mention ordinary people, even martial artists are completely clueless about them.

Ye Qingzhou took out his phone and dialed Xu Yunxi's number: "Do you know a feng shui master?"

"You want to have your feng shui checked?"

"I need to find the dragon vein."

"What, you want to be the emperor?"

Xu Yunxi giggled, her voice ethereal and melodious, pleasing to the ear.

Ye Qingzhou shook his head: "What's so good about being an emperor? I have a cultivation technique that requires the use of dragon veins to practice."

"???"

Xu Yunxi was stunned. She had never heard of any martial arts technique that required the use of dragon veins for cultivation. "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm very serious."

Ye Qingzhou reiterated that his Five Emperors Dragon Sword Technique was only one step away from completion, therefore he was determined to find the dragon vein.

"Do you have any specific requirements regarding dragon veins?"

Xu Yunxi asked earnestly.

"Hmm, it doesn't need to be too big, a smaller one will do."

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Qingzhou shook his head and sighed, "I hope things can be done quickly, otherwise it'll be too late by the time we find someone who can help us for ten or eight years."

The next afternoon after school, Huang Liwen came to Ye Qingzhou's house for a free meal. Just then, someone delivered a package and asked Ye Qingzhou to sign for it.

There were quite a few things, large cardboard boxes scattered all over the floor.

What did you buy?

"Filming equipment, I plan to do a live stream."

Ye Qingzhou casually replied that besides the Five Emperors Dragon Sword Technique, he was also studying the overclocking mode of the second gear, and the prerequisite was to strengthen his Dragon Transformation Sword Intent.

At this moment, the dragon formed from his sword intent was still a fake dragon.

Only by gathering enough power of thought can one truly evolve into a dragon with divine charm and spirituality.

"Brother Wen, what's the fastest way for me to become popular through live streaming?"

Ye Qingzhou didn't know much about this kind of thing, so he could only ask Huang Liwen. After all, this guy was always on his phone watching short videos. He might not have eaten pork, but he had at least seen pigs run.

Without hesitation, Huang Liwen replied, "Hey, you've come to the right person! Let me tell you, there's a really popular app called Douyin right now. Try posting a few short videos on it first, just to see how it goes. Once the videos go viral, it'll be much easier to do live streaming."

Ye Qingzhou nodded, took out his phone and downloaded Douyin (TikTok). He wanted to see how others became popular.

Then, he typed "martial arts" into the search bar, sorted by the most likes, and clicked search. The top-ranked video was of a beautiful girl wearing a plain white outfit practicing boxing.

The opponent's cultivation level was at most the same as Li Yan'er's, which Ye Qingzhou considered to be nothing more than fancy moves with no substance.

When I checked the number of likes on the video, wow, it had over 1.8 million!

Are you people who like this post here for the kung fu or for the looks?

shameless!

Ye Qingzhou shook his head; he couldn't replicate this success story, so he skipped it.

Then, the second video features a muscular man wearing a tight dress, performing water-walking acrobatic feats and dancing ballet on tiptoe.

Even though the other person looked serious, Ye Qingzhou still felt inexplicably like to laugh, but when she saw that the other person had more than two million likes, Ye Qingzhou couldn't laugh anymore.

What kind of people are these?!

"..."

Ye Qingzhou sighed; he simply couldn't bring himself to film such a cross-dressing, quirky video.

jump over!

Next, almost all the popular martial arts videos didn't actually involve serious martial arts practice; they were all flashy, attention-seeking stuff, yet they received an astonishing number of likes, often exceeding a million.

It's utter chaos!

For example, some people claim to teach "Dragon Fist," but they can't even subdue the dragon on the spine, can't mobilize the body's qi and blood, and the punches they produce are weak and limp, more like insect fists, and they don't even know where the dragon is.

Otherwise, it's just somersaults, breaking rocks on the chest, and other acrobatic skills that Ye Qingzhou couldn't even begin to describe.

"Brother Wen, you call these martial arts videos? I think they should be called acrobatics, right?"

Ye Qingzhou scrolled through Douyin (TikTok) for two hours without realizing it, but the result was zero successes.

Huang Liwen laughed and said, "There are legitimate martial arts videos that teach people how to practice, but they are usually paid videos and very expensive. Old Ye, you have to understand that most ordinary people don't actually have the aptitude for martial arts, so they can't afford to pay to watch these kinds of videos."

Ye Qingzhou then suddenly realized: "I see."

Because of his passion for martial arts, almost everyone Ye Qingzhou came into contact with was a weakling.

Even the students in Class 7 of Grade 11 have already successfully mastered the Six Strategies of Military Competition. After all, Linjiang No. 1 Middle School is a prestigious school, and the students who can get in are all quite talented.

But this is not the norm.

In fact, in the Eastern Kingdom, only prestigious schools, whether high schools or universities, can provide the corresponding rare and precious items to allow a small number of top students to embark on the path of martial arts.

With a population of 1.4 billion, the number of professional martial artists in China is actually less than one million.

"No wonder after watching so many videos, the number of likes for videos that truly showcase martial arts training isn't very high, which means there aren't many people paying attention to them. On the contrary, those videos that can attract attention and have enough gimmicks are more popular."

Aside from various comedic and cute acts, suggestive content, and film/TV clips, only two types are both popular and relatively closely related to martial arts.

One type is videos that use martial arts techniques to break real objects, such as splitting rocks with bare hands or breaking through steel plates. Another type is videos that demonstrate the skills of ring fighting, showing how to counter each move.

Because these practical combat techniques do not involve the practice of specific moves, they can be freely passed on.

On the contrary, videos that seriously explain how to practice martial arts moves all require payment, which is normal, since martial arts moves should not be easily passed on.

As for finding someone to fight?

Ye Qingzhou thought about it and felt it was too troublesome, so he decided to keep it simple and straightforward.

"It seems all I can do is showcase the pure, violent beauty of martial arts."

Ye Qingzhou sighed inwardly.

…………

"Feed?"

"It's me, Li Yan'er!"

"Oh, it's been a long time."

"You're such a busy person, what have you been up to since the Phoenix Cup ended?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Yan'er also looked curious.

"I'm planning to start live streaming."

"Oh, you do live streaming too?"

"What, could it be that you...?"

"Hehe, I can't beat you in martial arts, but you definitely can't beat me in terms of Douyin (TikTok) followers."

Li Yan'er's silvery laughter came through the microphone. On the Internet, she had indeed attracted a lot of fans with her outstanding looks.

This is quite normal. Truly powerful martial artists are either busy exploring hidden realms or diligently cultivating to improve their strength and realm.

Who has time to do live streaming and attract attention?

Just like successful entrepreneurs and Olympic champions, they all have their own things to do on a daily basis and cannot do live streaming like internet celebrities.

This has resulted in a situation where, among martial artists on Earth, there are certainly internet celebrities, but virtually no one with real skills.

At least in the Eastern Kingdom, without the large-scale promotion of the Mind Energy Martial Arts, it is obviously not an easy task to gather fans through the Internet and absorb Mind Energy to enhance cultivation.

Moreover, the government of Dongji Kingdom has very strict control over this matter.

"Here's what we'll do: give me your ID number, and I can help you promote it."

"Thank you so much."

"We're classmates, it's normal for us to help each other out."

Li Yan'er hung up the phone, her heart pounding with excitement.

Ever since she met Ye Qingzhou, she had seen his enormous potential. In addition, the two had a good relationship, so when Ye Qingzhou wanted to do a live stream, she naturally offered to help.

Li Yan'er started getting involved in live streaming in the second semester of her first year of high school.

With the rise of Douyin, she started posting dance videos on the platform to gain followers. She had been learning dance since she was a child, and in high school she also showed talent in martial arts. In addition, she was beautiful and had a good figure, so she quickly gained a group of fans on Douyin and earned some pocket money.

These days, making a living based on your looks is no joke!

The internet has entered every household, giving many ordinary people the opportunity to make a name for themselves.

At first, Li Yan'er's fan base grew rapidly, but after she surpassed 50,000 fans, the growth rate clearly stagnated.

For a while, because I was busy with the Phoenix Cup, I updated my videos less often, which led to a decrease in my fans and fewer and fewer active viewers in my live streams.

This is actually quite normal. Nowadays, with beauty filters and photo editing software, there are tons of beautiful girls online, and even middle-aged women can instantly transform into beauties.

Compared to professional female anchors, Li Yan'er does not have any particularly obvious advantages.

To become famous, you need luck, but even more so, you need a professional team to package and manage your career.

Unfortunately, in the six months or so that Li Yan'er has been a live streamer, she has not been noticed by any major companies, and Douyin platform has not offered her a contract.

Aside from some ill-intentioned invitations and scammers, several professional influencer management teams she encountered, while not explicitly saying so, subtly hinted to her that they hoped her videos would be bolder and more open, in other words, they wanted her to take the path of borderline sexual exploitation.

Although Li Yan'er also wanted to become famous, she was only 16 years old and her main identity was still that of a student. She couldn't accept the style the other party was talking about.

So after much thought, she ultimately didn't sign with any team and is still working alone, relying on luck, not knowing when she will become famous.

After all, the path of martial arts is too difficult, and Li Yan'er needs a lot of money to quickly improve her cultivation.

The family definitely couldn't afford this money, so Li Yan'er had to find a way herself.

"bite."

In the message, Ye Qingzhou sent over his ID number.

Li Yan'er opened Douyin and searched for this ID.

"Sword Saint - Ye Qingzhou".

"Prove your principles through martial arts, and win people over with virtue."

The name and description are very simple. The profile picture is a figure standing on a mountain peak with a long sword hanging from his waist, looking ethereal and aloof from the world.

When Li Yan'er clicked in, she found that Ye Qingzhou was now a "three-zero" newcomer with 0 likes, 0 followers, and 0 fans. He had only posted one piece of work so far, which was posted three minutes ago.

"I never expected that Ye Qingzhou, such a promising martial arts talent, would also become an internet celebrity. This industry is getting more and more complicated."

Li Yan'er found it interesting, but she was also very curious about what Ye Qingzhou had filmed.

(End of this chapter)