I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 168 Isn't this something you can easily understand? What's so difficult about it?

"By chance, while playing a game, a divine sword flew, shattering the highest peak of Zhongnan Mountain!"

The young man's passionate and magnificent words resounded through the sky, followed by a sword coming from the west, falling from the sky like a meteor, dazzling and extremely brilliant!

Boom~

The sword intent that pierced through heaven and earth triggered an incredible surge of primordial energy, directly destroying a towering and majestic mountain peak. After the deafening roar, rubble fell like rain.

The camera then zoomed out, revealing that the snow on the mountain peaks was like a giant white wave, triggering an avalanche that shook the earth. The scene was so grand and magnificent that it was even more thrilling than filming a movie.

In front of the drone's lens, snowflakes are flying.

In everyone's view, the young swordsman with his sword-like eyebrows slanted upwards to his temples stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking the mountains, exuding the air of a grandmaster.

"So handsome..."

Li Yan'er stared at the video with her mouth agape in astonishment.

Ye Qingzhou's handsome appearance, paired with a white swordsman's uniform, exuded a sharp, sword-like youthful spirit the moment he stood atop the mountain.

The sword intent that shattered the mountain peak with a single strike was truly awe-inspiring.

Ye Qingzhou's martial arts possess a unique aesthetic that is full of violence.

Li Yan'er admitted that she had been a bit infatuated. Compared to those so-called pretty boys and popular young idols, as a martial artist, she admired Ye Qingzhou, a man full of masculinity, more.

In this video, Ye Qingzhou successfully combined strength and coolness perfectly, making him both handsome and capable of fighting!

Li Yan'er sent a message to Ye Qingzhou on the messaging app, asking, "By the way, would you mind if I used your video for a duet?"

Originally, Li Yan'er's plan was simply to give Ye Qingzhou a thumbs up and say a few words about him during her live stream, which would also be considered a form of promotion.

However, after watching the video posted by Ye Qingzhou, she suddenly felt that this video definitely had the potential to become a viral sensation.

Therefore, Li Yan'er had a little idea – that she might be able to benefit from it!

So after thinking it over, she decided to do a collaboration.

The so-called "co-production" involves splitting the screen left and right, showing someone else's video on one side and your own video on the other. It usually involves co-producing with a popular video to gain traffic.

"no problem."

A short while later, Ye Qingzhou's reply arrived.

"Yay!"

Li Yan'er stood up excitedly, quickly opened the wardrobe, and began to take out the ancient costumes she often wore when filming videos and put them on. She had already figured out how she wanted to film them.

"By chance, while playing a game, a divine sword flew, shattering the highest peak of Zhongnan Mountain!"

On the right side of the screen, Ye Qingzhou, dressed in a white swordsman's uniform, spoke with an elegant yet sharp demeanor.

On the left side of the screen is Li Yan'er, dressed in a magnificent red gown that perfectly accentuates her stunning figure. She smiles as she gazes ahead, uttering a clear shout: "By chance, I wielded a divine sword in a game, shattering the first peak of Zhongnan!"

But Ye Qingzhou's Flying God Sword shattered a mountain peak, while Li Yan'er's sword only broke a vase in the living room.

The caption read: "My mom's favorite vase."

Clearly, she lacks the necessary skills and is planning to take advantage of Ye Qingzhou's popularity to adopt a comedic and silly persona that her mother would find offensive.

After filming the video, Li Yan'er carefully revised it several times. Only after confirming that there were no problems did she breathe a sigh of relief and then click to publish.

By this time, Ye Qingzhou's video had been posted for over an hour. When Li Yan'er clicked in to watch it again, she found that it had 158 likes and 54 comments, which was considered a decent result.

Douyin will promote videos based on their subject matter and location.

Furthermore, there is a potential promotion mechanism: based on an internal algorithm, if the video gains more views, likes, and comments within a certain period of time during the first round of promotion, it will determine whether the video will be promoted in a second round.

If a newcomer uploads a video and waits a few days, only to find that the number of likes and comments remains unchanged, it means they have failed to advance. Douyin will generally not provide any promotional resources afterward, unless they pay for their own promotion.

Otherwise, almost no one would see videos that fail to attract traffic.

It's said that the algorithm of novel websites works the same way. Books that aren't popular at the beginning basically won't get recommended resources no matter how much more they are written later, and eventually they'll flop quietly.

After more than half a year of live streaming, Li Yan'er has diligently studied and summarized a set of rules for Douyin's promotion mechanism.

Based on her assessment, Ye Qingzhou's video should be able to advance through the first round, and with the addition of her own collaborative video, it will definitely go further in the second round of promotion.

Although Li Yan'er is not very popular, she still has more than 50,000 fans.

Excluding some bot accounts and inactive accounts, at least half of the people who actually watch her videos should be able to capture their attention. As long as these 20,000-plus people see the video, Li Yan'er is confident that she can attract their attention.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingzhou, whose school was already on winter break, stayed at home and didn't go anywhere.

Two hours after Ye Qingzhou posted the video at 6 PM, the number of likes barely exceeded 30,000 and the number of comments surpassed 1,000, which was a decent result.

At 7 p.m., the number of likes increased by 20,000 in just one hour, bringing the total number of likes to over 50,000, while the number of comments also exceeded 2,000, with overwhelmingly positive reviews.

At 8 PM, the number of likes reached 70,000, and the number of comments reached 3,780.

"Old Ye, how many fans do you have now?"

After Ye Qingzhou finished filming the video, Huang Liwen kept a close eye on its popularity, as if he himself were the one appearing on screen.

He had to ask Ye Qingzhou about it almost every half hour.

Ye Qingzhou has been constantly updating his account, "and now I have more than 5,000 followers."

"Wow, Lao Ye, you're on your way to becoming famous!"

Huang Liwen rubbed his hands together excitedly, even happier than if he himself had become famous. He had already planned how he would brag about himself after Ye Qingzhou became an internet celebrity.

As a salted fish, his thoughts were that simple and unpretentious.

Ye Qingzhou said with a smile, "I have to thank Li Yan'er for this. If it weren't for her help with promotion, I don't know how long I would have to wait to become a big star."

He also followed Li Yan'er's account and watched the duet video she posted. The video had already received over 100,000 likes and was very popular.

Li Yan'er tagged "Sword Saint Ye Qingzhou" in the video title, so many people interested in her videos would follow this link to find Ye Qingzhou's account.

Ye Qingzhou refreshed the backend while reading the comments others had given him.

"A single sword strike shatters a mountain; this is Lu Zu reborn!"

"This swordsmanship is truly amazing!"

"Is this a visual effect created by AI? He looks like just a high school student, how could his swordsmanship be so amazing? I'd believe it if you told me he was a master!"

"If this sword were to strike me, I'd probably be reduced to ashes."

"They must have used the latest special effects, right?"

Many people in the comments questioned Ye Qingzhou's strength, after all, he looked too young, and even if he started cultivating from the womb, he couldn't possibly have such cultivation.

Moreover, Ye Qingzhou calls himself a sword saint, isn't that blatantly declaring himself a martial saint?

That was a martial saint revered by hundreds of millions of people, the strongest among the human race on Blue Star!

However, someone quickly jumped out to defend Ye Qingzhou: "Do you even have the right to question Ye Qingzhou? Do you know he's the champion of the Hunan Province Phoenix Cup, and also the number one on the 'Hidden Dragon List' appointed by the 'World Martial Arts Tournament'!"

"Wait a minute, isn't Li Jianshu ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List?"

"Holy crap, I checked the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and Ye Qingzhou really is number one!"

"Awesome!"

"From today onwards, I'm Ye Sheng's die-hard fan!"

"He's really amazing. He defeated Gu Mingye, an eighth-dan martial artist from Nanjing University, at the age of seventeen. Then he beat Wu Baojun, a ninth-dan professional martial artist, to death in the arena. With such strength, even if he's not a master, he's probably not far off."

The tone of the comments section immediately changed. After all, Ye Qingzhou was handsome, skilled in combat, and had a verifiable record. With the endorsement of a credible organization like "World Martial Arts Forum," who would dare to doubt Ye Qingzhou's strength?

In a few more years, Ye Qingzhou will probably advance to the level of a master.

A martial arts master must not be insulted!

At 9 p.m. that evening, Ye Qingzhou's video received over 100,000 likes.

Amidst the enthusiastic support of countless people, Ye Qingzhou attracted a huge wave of attention with his formidable skills, and his first video became an instant hit.

By 9:30 p.m., Ye Qingzhou's video had received 110,000 likes and nearly 4,000 comments, and he had over 5,000 followers.

At this moment, wisps of spiritual energy began to gather from the void and land on Ye Qingzhou, invigorating his spirit.

The dragon-transforming sword intent behind him raised its dragon head and roared spiritually into the void.

"Wow, one video attracted five thousand followers for me. The amount of mental energy they provided is comparable to what the entire school's teachers and students contributed to me on New Year's Day."

The power of thought!

Boundless and vast, as long as one cultivates the Mind Energy Martial Arts and understands how to transform this intangible spiritual energy, one can rapidly enhance one's strength.

"Such a quick method of success is why it is so popular in the Western Kingdom. Although the power of thought is good, people's hearts are fickle. What is not one's own is easily obtained, but also easily lost."

Therefore, Ye Qingzhou was not too intoxicated by the enhancement brought by the power of thought. He awakened his own sword intent, and a divine dragon rose into the air from his back, devouring the gathered power of thought and then growing rapidly.

not enough!

The combined mental power of five thousand people is far from enough!

Ye Qingzhou needed more fans, more "guts" (online followers), so he decided: "It's time to start live streaming!"

Initially, to start a live stream on Douyin, you needed to have more than 50,000 followers.

However, as Douyin becomes more and more popular, more and more people want to start live streaming on Douyin. The Douyin platform has also lowered the requirements for starting live streaming. You only need to have more than 10,000 followers, or at least one of your videos must have more than 30,000 likes to start live streaming.

Undoubtedly, this encourages streamers to engage in more intense competition and rivalry in order to boost the software's traffic and popularity.

Ye Qingzhou had already met the requirements for live streaming, so after completing the procedures, he directly chose to go online and start streaming.

Based on Huang Liwen's experience, he told Ye Qingzhou that Douyin's active users are at their highest after 8 p.m.

Therefore, this is generally the best time to start a live stream. When Ye Qingzhou starts a live stream, there will be a notification on the video he posts that he is live. While the video is still popular, many people may be curious and click into the live stream to take a look.

"Old Ye, come here, let me put some hair wax on you."

"Clothes, clothes! Change into something more stylish and traditional Chinese-style. Don't let our two handsome guys from No. 1 Middle School look bad!"

Huang Liwen, the cunning strategist, is even more nervous than Ye Qingzhou, the person in question. He keeps offering advice, even giving specific suggestions on what shoes to wear and what clothes to match.

"You'll need to set aside a room specifically for live streaming from now on. Look at the background wall behind you; it looks very unprofessional."

Seeing that Ye Qingzhou was about to appear on camera for the first time, Huang Liwen was more excited than anyone else, busying himself with preparations.

"Alright, stop busying yourself."

Ye Qingzhou waved his hand. At this moment, his hair had just grown out a little, making him look somewhat out of place in ancient costume. Without a hair ornament, he was noticeably less handsome.

So he took off his swordsman's uniform and put on a white, tight-fitting vest, which showed off his strong physique and was very comfortable to wear: "Let's do the live stream like this."

"Holy crap, how come I didn't think of that?"

Upon seeing this, Huang Liwen immediately gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Judging from your physique, you're clearly a master!"

Ye Qingzhou, who has mastered the Indestructible Golden Body, has a physique that, while seemingly "refined," exudes a powerful aura. Wearing too many clothes makes him look like a pretty boy.

Now, wearing only a vest, his exposed muscles immediately accentuated Ye Qingzhou's aura of strength.

"Let's begin."

Ye Qingzhou remained calm, but he couldn't hide his excitement. He was eager to see how many "leeks" he could harvest tonight.

For him right now, the more mental power he has, the better.

"Welcome everyone to my live stream."

"I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, specializing in swordsmanship. If any friends are interested in martial arts, we are welcome to come and exchange skills."

"If you've come in, please follow me."

Ye Qingzhou greeted people according to the routine Huang Liwen had taught him. He had been live streaming for over half an hour, and there were exactly 250 people in the live stream room.

Ye Qingzhou realized that he had underestimated the importance of live streaming. He thought that with more than 5,000 fans and more than 100,000 likes, there should be at least 1,000 or 2,000 people in the live stream. However, after waiting for a long time, the number of viewers did not even reach 300.

Sure enough, it's not so easy to harvest the leeks of the power of thought!

"Where is the streamer from?"

"How old is the anchor?"

"Is this your home? You can actually afford to live in a big villa. People who practice martial arts are indeed rich!"

"Does the streamer need a girlfriend? I'm eighteen years old and as beautiful as a flower..."

"Add me for benefits."

Following this was a string of mysterious code. Ye Qingzhou quickly instructed the moderator to ban the guy selling videos, and then began trying to answer fans' questions.

"I'm from Linjiang, I'm seventeen years old, and I'm doing a live stream from home."

"Is it just chatting? Doesn't the streamer have any talents to showcase?"

"Should we find another mountain and smash it to pieces?"

"The highest mountain in Linjiang is said to be Jiucai Ridge, which is exactly 2,000 meters above sea level. If the streamer manages to blast it below 2,000 meters, I'll send you a giant rocket!"

Ye Qingzhou was speechless. He had only destroyed some unknown small mountain peaks. If he really destroyed the highest peak in Linjiang City, wouldn't the Martial Arts Association be furious?

Seeing that the number of viewers in the live stream was not increasing much, Ye Qingzhou thought about it. Huang Liwen had told him that when doing a live stream, he should only do what he was most confident about.

Ye Qingzhou wholeheartedly agreed, then stood up and said, "How about this, let's challenge ourselves to learn a sword technique in one minute, shall we?"

"!!!"

The entire live stream went silent instantly, followed by hundreds of comments flooding the screen.

The main problem is that Ye Qingzhou's words were too outrageous. Even for some low-level martial arts techniques, the learning time often takes "days" to get started.

What the heck is "minute"?

One minute isn't even enough time to go to the toilet!

Among the fans happened to be a rich second-generation heir who was a swordsmanship enthusiast and was attracted by Ye Qingzhou's Flying God Sword.

However, his talent was mediocre, so even after practicing swordsmanship for more than half a year and consuming many rare and precious items, he still failed to master the basics.

"Host, can you really learn a sword technique in one minute?"

"Um, is this difficult?"

Upon hearing this, the live chat was flooded with comments again: "Are you even listening to human speech?"

The rich kid gritted his teeth and immediately said he would buy Ye Qingzhou a sword skill. If Ye Qingzhou could really learn it in one minute, he would give Ye Qingzhou ten Universe Hearts!

One Heart of the Universe costs about 2,700 yuan, so ten would cost nearly 30,000 yuan.

Moreover, the cost of buying martial arts techniques will only increase!

Soon, the rich second-generation bought a White Crane Tower sword manual that he was also practicing. It was a mid-level martial art that mainly used the wind and forest styles, called Crane Shadow Sword Technique.

Because Baihelou is only a small, third-rate sect, this sword technique is not expensive, costing only 88888. Basically, anyone can buy it and learn it themselves, but it cannot be passed on to outsiders without permission, otherwise the martial arts association will intervene.

"Holy crap, a martial arts manual worth over 80,000, just given away like that?"

"I come from a poor family, farewell."

As he said "goodbye," the live stream became increasingly popular, with many people curious about whether Ye Qingzhou could actually learn a sword technique in one minute.

Ye Qingzhou received the secret manual from Baihelou on his phone, and they even thoughtfully asked if he needed to arrange for someone to provide guidance.

Of course, this kind of guidance is not free; on the contrary, it is very expensive. The appearance fee of a professional martial artist is much higher than the price of the manual itself.

Ye Qingzhou naturally didn't need to. He took out his phone and read the contents of the manual quickly, which only took him thirty seconds.

Then, everyone in the live stream saw Ye Qingzhou suddenly stand up, and the Dragon Abyss Sword was drawn from its sheath and firmly held in his hand.

Clang~

As Ye Qingzhou swung his sword, the Dragon Abyss hummed and vibrated in his hand. The sound was very soft at first, but it gradually grew louder and louder until it was like the howling of wind and the wailing of cranes, making people's eardrums ache.

"Holy crap, I actually mastered it!"

"The hallmark of the entry-level stage of the White Crane Tower's 'Crane Shadow Sword Technique' is the sword's cry sounding like the wind and the cry of a crane!"

"What happened to the one minute? So you started counting from when you were looking at the cheat code!"

Everyone was shocked and incredulous, because strictly speaking, Ye Qingzhou didn't spend a minute at all, only thirty seconds, to grasp the essence of the Crane Shadow Sword Technique and directly enter the beginner level.

(End of this chapter)