Zhang Yu had to admit that Ye Xingli was right, so he simply started a live stream in the mourning hall.

Four white oxes roared in Zhang Yu’s mind. He split off a thought to continue practicing his cultivation method, then started the live stream.

As the live stream began, his eye socket quickly filled with all sorts of curses.

Zhang Yu was not surprised by this. Ever since he was deemed discriminatory against Yao-yi, many demons in the Lingjie had cursed him daily.

Since his last battle with Ling Pojun, an even larger group of Ji-hu fans had joined the chorus of daily curses.

If one were to ask who paid the most attention to him in the Lingjie, it would certainly be these Yao-yi and Ji-hu fans.

Now that Zhang Yu was live, these people immediately flocked to his live stream, unleashing all kinds of abusive comments.

Zhang Yu was used to being cursed at and didn’t mind much.

What bothered him was that being cursed at like this didn’t earn him any money. What kind of cultivation effect did it have?

He posed his question to Ye Xingli, who replied: “Don’t worry, the hype isn’t enough yet. In 10 minutes, I’ll connect with you.”

Ye Xingli: “I have many junior college fans, and they’ll definitely be interested in you.”

Zhang Yu: “Many people in junior colleges use Ji-hu, right?”

Ye Xingli: “Ji-hu fans are still fans.”

Ten minutes later, as Zhang Yu connected with Ye Xingli, he instantly felt the number of viewers in his live stream surge tenfold, if not more. More and more junior college students flooded his live stream, just to curse at him a few times.

Although there were occasional donations, they were all tiny amounts like 0.001 Lingbi or 0.0001 Lingbi. In Zhang Yu’s opinion, it was less than what he would earn by moving bricks right now.

Zhang Yu: “Senior Sister, what do we do next?”

Ye Xingli: “Let’s try connecting via audio first.”

Ye Xingli: “0.1 Lingbi for one minute of audio connection with you.”

So Zhang Yu activated this service, and instantly, his eye socket was flooded with one audio connection request after another.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “A bunch of damn junior college students. Don’t they have this money to study and cultivate properly? And they come looking for me to connect? No wonder they’re in junior college.”

After accepting the first audio connection request, a slightly nervous voice came through: “Zhang Yu! I ask you, why do you look down on Ji-hu?”

Zhang Yu asked, “Are you a junior college student?”

The other person said, “What does that have to do with what school I attend?”

Zhang Yu replied, “Because among Ji-hu users, the majority are junior college students. Ji-hu is specifically for you junior college students, that’s why it’s cheap, that’s why it’s not good, full of loopholes, and starts lagging after a year of use.”

“I want to tell everyone, university students, absolutely do not buy Ji-hu. For magic artifacts and magic bone relics, use Wandao Jiangzong. For magical power, buy from Fali Bao. For Lingjie services, use Chui Xin Ju. Everything else is trash…”

As Zhang Yu finished speaking, the live stream chat became even more agitated. Watching the screen full of curses, Zhang Yu calmly accepted the next audio connection.

The second user opened with “scum,” followed by a string of furious curses, interspersed with various beast-like roars, making Zhang Yu frown repeatedly.

Zhang Yu said, “A Yao-yi?”

The other party continued to unleash a torrent of words.

Zhang Yu said, “You’re a Ji-hu demon, aren’t you?”

The other party froze for a moment, then angrily retorted, “Nonsense! Do Yao-yi differentiate between Ji-hu or not Ji-hu?”

Zhang Yu: “Where do you live?”

The other party said, “Shuizhou Yao-yi Vocational College.”

Zhang Yu affirmed, “A Ji-hu demon.”

As Zhang Yu continued to connect with users, the live stream’s popularity surged again. Even the Yao-yi and Ji-hu fans, who were originally united in cursing Zhang Yu, started arguing among themselves.

Just then, Zhang Yu looked at the messages and said, “Tiansheng Gong from Xianbing University? You’re saying he’s very displeased with me? And wants to connect with me?”

“I don’t see Tiansheng Gong trying to connect with me.”

“If he wants to connect, tell him to come himself.”

As the live stream’s popularity rose, another person connected and immediately started reciting martial arts incantations.

However, after only half a sentence of the incantation, the live stream was automatically shut down.

Looking at the 24-hour ban notification, Zhang Yu shook his head helplessly: “These guys are really… so sore losers?”

However, even though the live stream was stopped, Zhang Yu still received some sporadic transaction requests, such as wanting to pay him to record a customized insult video.

There were also some summoning services, hoping to summon his remote projection to descend when needed, to inflict mental blows and spiritual pressure.

“Insult videos are fine, but remote summoning, forget it. Where would I find that much time?”

“Hmm? You want me to talk about the ‘Bendi Ren’ brand?”

Although it was positioned very similarly to Ji-hu, Zhang Yu naturally wouldn’t dare provoke the “Bendi Ren” brand, as that company was also affiliated with Wanfa University.

Just like that, relying on occasional audio connections and insult videos, Zhang Yu managed to earn seven or eight Lingbi daily, increasing his popularity while replenishing his account balance.

Even the fee for the next match increased from 70 Lingbi to 90 Lingbi.

It wasn’t until the night before the second battle that, with Zhang Yu’s full cultivation effort, he finally advanced the Yao Sheng Wan Bian Shen Jing to level 20.

At this moment, Zhang Yu could feel that if he wished, he could manifest four Yao-yi avatars at any time, controlling them as if they were a part of his own body.

Among these selectable Yao-yi avatars, water-type creatures predominated.

After all, to complement the Bi Shui Jin Jing Jia, the demon blood Zhang Yu had acquired recently was primarily from various water-type Yao-yi.

Whether it was the Yao Sheng Wan Bian Shen Jing or the Bi Shui Jin Jing Jia, breeding Yao-yi or demon beasts depended on the refined demon blood. To breed fish demons, one had to refine fish demon blood, rather than spontaneously summoning lion demons or ox demons.

Just as Zhang Yu completed his cultivation, An Zhen Zhenjun contacted him.

An Zhen Zhenjun: “Zhang Yu, your next opponent is Ying Mingchi. After evaluation, the school believes your chances of winning are low.”

An Zhen Zhenjun: “We hope you can provide support for subsequent matches for your other teammates.”

An Zhen Zhenjun: “Someone will come to talk to you about the specifics later.”

Zhang Yu frowned, deep in thought for a moment, then saw a familiar figure arrive at the mourning hall.

“Jiu Tianliu?” Looking at the approaching figure, Zhang Yu said, “Are you here to see Dao Ge?”

Jiu Tianliu shook his head: “Dao Ge is dead. I’m here to see you, Zhang Yu.”

Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly: “See me?”

Zhang Yu felt that his connection with Jiu Tianliu, other than having previously refused his offer to “transfer to the finance department” and then surpassing him in the relay race, didn’t involve any particular friendship.

The message from An Zhen Zhenjun instantly came to his mind.

Jiu Tianliu said, “You’ll be fighting Ying Mingchi tomorrow, won’t you?”

“I hope you can help me gather some intelligence.”

Looking at the battle plan sent by the other party, Zhang Yu immediately understood.

The flow of the arena matches appeared in his eye socket, and he found the positions of Ying Mingchi and Jiu Tianliu on it.

“If Jiu Tianliu defeats his opponent, and Ying Mingchi defeats me, then they’ll be fighting each other next.”

“And this battle plan is based on my inevitable defeat, to gather as much information as possible on Ying Mingchi for the subsequent battle between Ying Mingchi and Jiu Tianliu.”

Zhang Yu looked at Jiu Tianliu and said, “You also want to contend for the championship?”

Jiu Tianliu said seriously, “Why not?”

“Dao Ge is dead. Currently, I am the most powerful in Wanfa.”

“And my strength is already enough to contend with the top-ranked students from other schools.”

“As long as the school is willing to provide more assistance, I am not without the possibility of defeating Kuang Tianqing.”

“After all, Kuang Tianqing is just a Foundation Establishment cultivator.”

“Zhang Yu…” Jiu Tianliu looked at Zhang Yu with kindness, saying, “You were willing to help Dao Ge ascend to the throne, so you can also help me ascend to the throne. I will share the profits with you.”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Yu with sincerity, as if all previous conflicts and disagreements had been completely put aside.

Zhang Yu naturally had no interest in helping Jiu Tianliu win the championship. In fact, for him, after defeating Ying Mingchi, Jiu Tianliu would be his next opponent.

So Zhang Yu was also very curious about Jiu Tianliu’s intelligence and confidence.

Zhang Yu spoke: “Everyone in the world is on Kuang Tianqing’s side now. She is fighting for the opportunity to extend life for all people, and has gained so much. Who else can contend with her?”

Jiu Tianliu sneered: “Everyone says it’s for the common people, does that mean it’s for themselves? No matter how good Kuang Tianqing’s words sound, her biggest goal… is nothing more than representing the interests of the Four Heavenly Demon Schools, wanting to use life extension technology to control the world.”

“Even if it’s for life extension, it should be us acquiring the technology and selling it to them, not begging them to sell it to us.”

“The difference between these two approaches is like heaven and earth.”

Zhang Yu said, “Are the several Soul Transformation cultivators in our school also interested in life extension?”

Jiu Tianliu said indifferently, “Who wouldn’t be interested in living a few more years? But what Kuang Tianqing says about universal life extension? That’s just to deceive the poor.”

Zhang Yu asked, “Deceive?”

Jiu Tianliu snorted coldly and said, “If the sect’s technology is so strong, why do people still die?”

“When lifespan also becomes an asset, it can fall as quickly as it rises.”

“Zhang Yu, don’t expect to live a few more years after Kuang Tianqing wins first place. At that time, neither you, nor I, nor anyone in the entire Wanfa University, will be anything but poorer than before. Perhaps Soul Transformation cultivators can live a few more years because of it, but our lifespans might even be shorter than before.”

“Either be harvested by the Four Heavenly Demon Schools, or harvest them. There are only these two outcomes in this Grand Ten League.”

Zhang Yu nodded and said, “I can help you.”

“But I also have my demands.”

Jiu Tianliu smiled slightly, confidently saying, “Tell me.”

The next day, as a week had passed, the second round of the arena matches officially began.

The 14 contestants on site soared into the sky, enveloped in divine light, and were sent to various battlefields across the floating islands.

Only Kuang Tianqing was left behind; she was the contestant with a bye in this round.

Looking at Kuang Tianqing’s solitary figure, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Speaking of which, this schedule was arranged by the Heavenly Court, right? I wonder if it was really a random draw…”

Just then, a dragon’s roar came from not far away.

Zhang Yu looked up and saw Ying Mingchi, enveloped in divine power, descending with him toward a snowy plain.

The atmosphere trembled continuously as the two descended, emitting violent roars.

With a series of loud bangs, Zhang Yu stood steadily in a large crater.

When he looked up, he saw a giant dragon shadow covering the sky, bringing down a canopy of dark clouds.