86 Chapter 86

Lu Qianfeng, an inner disciple of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, recently took on a new profession - a freelance media blogger, and he's quite popular.

The story begins on the night they decided to book a room for the night.

At that time, although Lu Qianfeng thought that this spiritual network was interesting and it was fun to make friends with people from all over the world, he knew very well that such a spiritual tool could only be used for fun, so he had no intention of getting addicted to it.

It’s enough to experience it for a night, and the spirit stones must be used wisely.

This thought lasted until the early hours of the morning, when his overnight stay ended and he was about to leave Wutongzhimu and go to the counter to pay.

A small pop-up window with colorful light effects suddenly popped up at the bottom of the screen, reminding him that his newly published post had received over five thousand views, and that activating the "advertising sharing plan" would yield an estimated profit of two spirit stones, asking him if he wanted to enable it.

Huh? I can earn money just by casually posting a few words?

Lu Qianfeng, who felt it was very novel, immediately became interested. He clicked OK without hesitation. Not long after, he received a private message with a pattern similar to a silver note, and was reminded that he could use this voucher to go to any movie theater or spiritual Internet cafe to collect spirit stones.

Is it really that easy?

With a try-it-out mentality, Lu Qianfeng beckoned the waiter over and said, "It said you can cash out two spirit stones here. Come and see if it's true?"

The demon cultivator yawning on the counter hurried over and swept a mirror-like magical instrument across the screen. The image, which had been crystal clear just moments before, shattered. The demon cultivator quickly pulled out two spirit stones and handed them to Lu Qianfeng, "Sir, please keep them. Two spirit stones in total."

Although these two spirit stones were not worth much, Lu Qianfeng was still quite surprised to get a sum of money for free. He took out another thirteen spirit stones from his spirit stone bag and pushed them together with the two spirit stones on the table as the cost of the accommodation. He chatted with the demon cultivator in a good mood:

"Why are you, the spiritual network, giving away money for just a few words? Aren't you afraid that a little bit of money will add up and eventually you'll lose everything and have to close down?"

"Hey, how could we pay for this?" the demon cultivator replied as he paid the bill, his words eloquent and his hands moving without stopping. "Sir, you don't know that these spirit stones were all voluntarily paid for by the merchants selling the goods!"

Lu Qianfeng was completely confused. "They say there's no business without dishonesty, so why are those businesses so eager to give us money?"

"What else could it be? To advertise my business!" The demon cultivator said, motioning for Lu Qianfeng to open the Weibo post he had just posted. Sure enough, there was a space between the main text and the comments section with the slogan "Baiwei Restaurant, Qiongyao Immortal Brew":

"Look, in the past, all businesses could do to advertise was have the waiter shout a few times at the door, and at best, hand out a few flyers in more crowded places. And how many people would actually see them? Besides, the locals already know about your place and might even be tired of eating there!"

At this point, the demon cultivator pointed to the 5,000 views on the blog post and showed it to Lu Qianfeng: "Look at the bottom of your blog post, at least 5,000 people have seen it in just one night, right?

I also heard that the server was recently upgraded, and the signal range of this spiritual network covers at least three to five cities. Once this advertisement is posted, people from all over the world will see it. The cost is only a few spiritual stones. Do you think it is cost-effective?"

Of course, as the platform, the Hehuan Sect will definitely take a cut. These days, as the spiritual network grows bigger and bigger, they are making a lot of money.

"I see!" Lu Qianfeng suddenly realized. Up to this point, he had only sighed slightly: "So, users can also earn a few spirit stones through the spirit network, which can be considered a bonus."

"Additional head? No, no, no, sir, you are too modest." The demon cultivator shook his head repeatedly and pulled up the official announcement of the "Advertising Sharing Plan" on Wutong Eye:

"Look, your first post already reached over 5,000 views. You're truly gifted! You must have at least a few hundred followers now, right? As long as you keep this account going, you'll make a ton of money just from advertising!"

"How much money can it be..." Lu Qianfeng looked over with disbelief, and found that the advertising fee increased step by step with the number of views, likes and fans. His more than 5,000 views could only be considered as the "Qi training stage" among users. The long list of amounts that climbed up layer by layer made him tremble with fear.

"First, you can earn tens of thousands of spirit stones with just one post? Is this true? Is money that easy to come by?"

"Sir, it's not easy to have hundreds of thousands of fans. So far, few people have achieved that, except for celebrities. But don't be discouraged, sir. There are still people who can achieve thousands or tens of thousands of fans. When the time comes, advertising revenue will only be one of the benefits. There will also be businesses actively looking for you to advertise!"

Oh, by then, it won’t be just a small thing. I heard that bloggers with tens of thousands of followers can earn thousands of spirit stones for a single business order…”

"Thousands of spirit stones..." Lu Qianfeng muttered to himself as he looked at the tempting numbers on the screen. Although he didn't know what a business order was, this did not prevent the sudden yearning in his heart.

As mentioned before, sword cultivators are short of money, and they don’t know how to make money.

In the past, their way of making money was basically to sell their military power, hunt monsters, accept bounty orders, and work as guards and bodyguards. Firstly, not everyone has the ability to do this, especially sword cultivators who are still in the foundation-building stage. Secondly, although this kind of work earns a lot, the combat losses are also not small. The more you earn, the more you spend. After all, the savings left in your hands are still pitifully small.

Therefore, Lu Qianfeng, who was still in the foundation-building stage, could only live on the allowance from the sect every day. Although his life was not tight, he could forget about collecting some rare treasures.

Thinking of this, he slowly grasped the sword at his side. This was the sword embryo he was going to forge into his Life Spirit Sword. He would place it in his Dantian to be nurtured when the Dan was formed. After being forged and polished by the thunder tribulation during the Dan formation, it would eventually merge with the sword cultivator's consciousness and become a peerless sword that could be moved at will.

This is the closest and most important comrade of the sword cultivators. When forging it, the sword cultivators will try their best to find as many natural treasures as possible and put them into it. With the different materials, the sword will even show different properties. For example, the Xuanshuang Sword of the master's junior brother, because it has been invested with the Xuanbing Soul of the North Cold Realm, when the sword is drawn, it also brings with it a biting cold wind that can make people shiver.

"I'm already in the middle stage of foundation building, so I should make more plans for my natal spirit sword..." Lu Qianfeng made a decision in a flash, and from then on he became a regular customer of this spiritual internet cafe.

At the beginning, Lu Qianfeng's progress was not smooth. The reason why the first post had so many views seemed to be simply because everyone was surprised at his identity as a sword cultivator. As other sword cultivators also registered accounts one after another to speak online, the views of his posts went down all the way, and almost no one paid attention to them.

He had thought about giving up, but looking at his bare sword, he was unwilling to give up, so he spent a lot of time wandering in the world of spiritual network, and finally he came up with some ideas.

"Boss, do you sell the kind of spiritual shadow stone that can record images? I see many people using it on Lingwang." When checking out one day, Lu Qianfeng looked at Dong Ling behind the counter.

"You actually like that thing?" Dong Ling's eyes were filled with surprise. "I can get you one, but it's not cheap. One costs several thousand spirit stones. Are you sure you want to buy it?"

A few thousand spirit stones were about all the spare money he had. If it still didn't work this time, he would probably only be able to make money by hunting in various dense forests in the next six months.

Lu Qianfeng frowned, but finally agreed firmly: "I want to buy it!"

Success or failure depends on this time. A hesitant person cannot wield a decisive sword!

Dong Ling's efficiency was still very high. Just three days after that day, Lu Qianfeng had a Lingying Stone in his hand that could take pictures many times clearer than the Xuantong Mirror.

He held the Spirit Shadow Stone and flew on his sword all the way until he reached a remote mountaintop and stopped. The perennial snow emitted a biting chill. Lu Qianfeng took a deep breath and exhaled white mist, injecting a stream of spiritual energy to activate the Spirit Shadow Stone.

He had observed carefully that if he wanted to gain more fans on Lingwang, he could either sing and dance like those girl groups or star in movies to attract popularity. He couldn't do either of the above two things, so he could only focus on the third method: post more exciting, fresher, and more eye-catching topics to attract those curious people to click in and watch.

"Hello everyone, I'm sword cultivator Lu Qianfeng. Today, I'll show you what it's like to fly at high speed with a sword..."

He held the Spirit Shadow Stone steadily in his hand and flew at high speed among the mountains full of cliffs. At the beginning, he jumped down from the top of a ten-thousand-meter-high mountain on his flying sword, and sometimes flew low over the dense forest full of thorns and poisonous miasma and the ferocious monsters chasing him with their roars. At the moment when he was about to hit the mountain, he turned ninety degrees and flew into the sky. He dived into the vast sea of clouds, broke through the clouds and saw the vast sky and a golden sun.

The means of flight used by immortal cultivators are mostly immortal boats or spirit pets. Except for those powerful cultivators with advanced cultivation, it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to have a flying method with such strong mobility and speed. Lu Qianfeng's video was widely praised as soon as it was broadcast. The number of views exceeded 10,000 in just one morning.

"This is so cool! Your strength is rising so fast! I want to fight with you sword cultivators!"

"Wow, is this a man's romance? Flying freely among the mountains and hills, I really want to experience it once!"

"I feel so dizzy watching this video, but I can't bear to stop watching it. Now I'm vomiting while watching it. My friends are laughing at me for not only being seasick but also video sickness..."

"Sincerely asking, isn't it possible for sword cultivators to learn to fly with a sword? I'm willing to spend a fortune to buy a sword!"

This video quickly became popular, with comments and likes coming in one after another, and even the number of fans suddenly increased by thousands. Looking at the rapidly soaring income in the background, Lu Qianfeng lost his cold face as a sword cultivator and smiled from ear to ear.

Hehe, not only did I get the money from the Spirit Shadow Stone back, but I also made some profit. Now I finally have enough money to buy some forging materials for my sword!

Who knew that before he had time to choose the materials, he suddenly received a private message in the backend. Curious, he clicked on the private message page and found that the other party's account actually had a "real-name authentication" logo, and the online name was also well-known:

Jiuxiaoyunque Trading Company: Hello blogger, are you interested in taking business orders?

【Author’s words】

Sword cultivators: Ever since (chew chew chew) coming from the Hehuan Sect, why can’t I (chew chew chew) finish this meal?

Ning Shu: (^～^)

Some friends also suggested writing about various games. Since this book focuses on the entertainment industry and I don’t want to go off topic, the main text is basically not suitable. If there is a chance, I might put it in the extra chapter.