Chapter 75 Iced Sour Plum Soup

"Ah Xuan, do you think this is made wrong? The color doesn't seem right." Lu Qing looked hesitant.

Lu Xuan sniffed the familiar sweet and sour aroma and said, "It's not bad. The black color is because the raw material itself is dark in color."

He took the bowl and moved his fingertips slightly. The hot juice in the bowl quickly cooled down and some ice chips condensed inside.

Lu Qing blinked doubtfully and found that the broken ice fragments quickly turned into transparent ice cubes.

She took a deep breath, "Xuan, what are you doing—!?"

There was another sensation in the live broadcast room.

[Here he comes, he comes with who knows what ability! ]

[After the wind element, an ice element has been added! I'm so impressed, host! How can you be so impressive?! How many other abilities do you have that we don't know about? Tell us!]

[Ahhh! Didn't someone mention looking up the history of superpowers? Didn't they find anything that matches the host's superpowers?! If I don't figure out what kind of superpowers the host has, I'm really going to be killed by curiosity.]

I'm completely done with this, serene jpg. Instead of wasting time, why not try this iced juice? It's seriously delicious! I can't stop raving!

I've tried this juice before. It's plum juice, right? Iced plum juice is a must-have summer drink! It's sour and sweet, so delicious! I could drink ten pounds in one sitting!

That’s right, what Lu Qing brought over was the simple version of sour plum soup made under Lu Xuan’s guidance.

It contains black plums, hawthorns, licorice and rock sugar. If you want to make it taste better, you can also add dried tangerine peel and osmanthus.

However, Lu Xuan didn't have any dried tangerine peels, and it would take at least three years to dry the tangerine peels, so he basically didn't need to consider it.

Fortunately, the simple version is also delicious.

The color of sour plum soup is not black, but reddish-brown, but it is not very noticeable when placed in the bowl.

Lu Xuan bought a glass from the mall and poured the sour plum soup into it, and the color came out immediately.

Because the temperature was low enough, a lot of water droplets quickly formed on the outside of the glass. The ice cubes in the glass, which took up almost half of the glass, collided with each other from time to time, making a "crackling" sound. Just looking at it made me feel cold all over.

Lu Xuan handed the sour plum soup to Lu Qing and asked her to try it. The latter carefully took the crystal clear glass, her eyes full of amazement, and took a sip of the sour plum soup tentatively.

As soon as Lu Qing took a sip of the cool, sweet and sour juice, her eyes lit up in surprise. "It's delicious! It's sour, sweet, and especially refreshing!"

As he spoke, Dun Dun Dun drank the whole cup of sour plum soup.

After drinking, he wiped his mouth and asked excitedly, "This glass cup, and its ability to produce ice cubes, was also given by an immortal?"

Lu Xuan: "Yes."

Lu Xuan bought a few more large-capacity glass containers.

Pour the first pot of sour plum soup into the pot, cool it with ice power, add ice, and then call Lu Chen who is playing not far away, and ask him to take it to the villagers to taste and cool down.

As expected, the villagers exclaimed in surprise when they learned that Lu Xuan had acquired a new ice ability that was very useful in the hottest season.

The crystal clear glass container in the sunlight made them marvel, and they held it in their hands as if it were some rare treasure.

The audience in the live broadcast room were in no mood to tease the villagers at this time.

Seeing that they were going crazy because they couldn't guess his special ability, Lu Xuan was about to say something when he suddenly saw a different message.

[Anchor, anchor! Didn't you notice that today's traffic is much higher than expected? ]

Lu Xuan paused and looked at the number of people online.

Yesterday, the online sales increased by more than 200,000 due to the appearance of the fruit forest and monkey wine, but now there are no traffic coupons and recommended positions, and the processed fruits today are not that special. Logically, the data should be worse than yesterday.

But the actual situation is that before noon, the number of online users had increased by more than 400,000, which is indeed unusual.

Lu Xuan asked: "What did you do?"

[The streamer has been hitting a plateau lately, so we discussed ways to help you attract traffic. I edited several highlights for you overnight and posted them on my Xingbo account! My Xingbo account has tens of thousands of followers, and the views have already exceeded 500,000. It's definitely driving traffic!]

[How dare you take credit for half a million? My views are already over two million. I must have contributed to the surge in popularity in the livestream today!]

[So, in consideration of us helping you attract traffic, could you please tell us what your special ability is?]

Lu Xuan didn't expect that this group of audiences would turn into tap water and actively help him drain water.

He confirmed, "If I confess, no one will get any physical rewards. You all know how much supplies I have. Hundreds of kilograms of natural food, including fruits and meat. Do you really not want it?"

Audience in the live broadcast room: Of course we want it!

A few hundred kilograms of natural grains can be enough to eat for several years if you save them, and you can become rich overnight if you sell them!

However……

[Well, I want the reward, but it's hard to guess.]

[The reward isn't mine anyway, I just want to take advantage of what's already available, and then just mess around with the jpg.]

[I once had a chance to get rich, but I didn't have the brains to fight for it. If I were given another chance... Never mind, host, tell me! What kind of supernatural power is this?!]

Lu Xuan shrugged, "Okay, since you all gave up, then-"

He was halfway through his words when a wave of expensive gift special effects interrupted him.

[Host, please don't rush to speak. I have a rough guess. See if I am right.]

The other viewers were shocked after seeing the barrage.

Someone actually guessed it! ?

Lu Xuan took a look at the gift list and found that the person who threw the gifts was the rich fan who had previously ranked first in the live broadcast room. He couldn't help but become interested.

"Tell me about it."

[The host said he's not a multi-powered person, yet he can use multiple powers. I'm guessing... your powers must have been borrowed from other psychics? As for how you borrow, do you directly plunder their powers for your own use? Or is it something like cloning, or even copying?]

Lu Xuan's eyes deepened.

It seems that there are still smart people in the Star Alliance.

He curled his lips and smiled, "My ability isn't that harmful and selfish. It's not plundering, it's copying, a special type."

The live broadcast room instantly became lively.

[Big Boss really guessed it right!? Copying ability? There is such a magical ability?]

[So, can the streamer copy other people's abilities? Can he copy any abilities? This is too outrageous!]

Lu Xuan sighed, "How can I copy all abilities? I can only copy the physical enhancement and five elements abilities. I can't copy the special abilities."

[Still ‘at most’, how many more do you want to copy?]

[The physical enhancement system includes strength, speed, defense, and strengthening of the five senses... Adding the five elements and eight systems, the host can use a total of sixteen abilities!? Ahhh! So cool!]

I'm so excited I want to run ten laps around my neighborhood, but I'm also afraid the security robots will mistake me for a psychopath and arrest me. Aa ...

[I won’t tell you who is jealous.]

The audience was crazy for a while before asking Lu Xuan how he copied other people's superpowers.

Can you copy something just by thinking about it? Or does it require some kind of medium? Like a drop of the other person's blood?

Lu Xuan did not hide it: "You can copy it just by touching it, but the ability copied back will be one level lower than your own ability level."

Assuming he is a level five mutant, the ability he copies back is only level four, and the copied ability itself has no combat power, which means that the strength he can exert will always be one level lower than his actual level.

[…So it really doesn’t sound as outrageous as expected?]

[Being one level lower is also awesome! The Five Elements are inherently interdependent. With flexible use, challenging opponents of higher levels is a piece of cake. The impact of being one level lower can be completely ignored!]

"Ahhh! I want this ability too! I've long envied people with abilities from other branches. If I had the ability to copy, wouldn't I be able to use wind or fire whenever I want? Wouldn't that be much cooler than my own earth branch?"

【Go to bed early, you can dream about anything. 】

Lu Xuan said to the fan who ranked first on the list, "When the time is right, I will prepare 500 kilograms of natural food. You can choose fruits and meat. You can choose the specific proportions yourself."

As for when the time is ripe, I believe the number one on the list knows it well.

[Then I will wait for the host's reward. I believe the host won't make me wait too long.]

The others were envious.

That’s 500 kilograms of natural food!

According to the prices of the Star Alliance, it would be easy to sell it for one or two million star coins or even more.

The top of the list gave so many gifts to the anchor and obviously has no shortage of money, so why didn’t they get this reward!

Lu Xuan said, "You don't have to be envious. Just keep helping me attract traffic, and you can also share in the rewards when I give out rewards to the top of the list."

The audience, who had been somewhat listless just a moment ago, instantly became alert.

This is possible!

Although you still have to compete with countless other viewers in the live broadcast room, and what you get will definitely not be as much as what the top guy on the list gets, it’s better than nothing!

[…Have you forgotten that the original intention of helping the streamer attract traffic was to ask about the contracted mutant plants?]

After being reminded, others realized that they had forgotten about the things they had forgotten. That’s right!

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You want to know this?"

[Yes, yes, yes! Can the host tell us? ]

[Someone with Wood-type abilities in the Star Alliance has tried this, but failed.]

[How did the streamer contract the mutated vampire vine? Can you share some of the secrets?]

Lu Xuan didn't keep anyone in suspense this time.

"There's no secret. First, crush the mutant plant with your strength and subdue it to win a contract. If you're compatible or the mutant plant likes you, your chances of success will be higher. Otherwise, you'll fail. Forcing a contract may even permanently damage your abilities."

"If you're lucky, you might be able to sign a contract after trying eight or ten times. If you're unlucky... then be prepared to try a hundred or eighty times."

[Hiss—a hundred and eighty times? Is that so troublesome?]

Lu Chen moved his fingertips, and the blood-sucking vine instantly sprang out from his palm and wrapped around his arm neatly.

"You want to become stronger but find it troublesome?"

Even in the end times, less than one-tenth of wood-type mutants can own contracted plants, and many of the contracted plants are not very useful, and some can only be used for ornamental purposes.

Lu Xuan played with the tip of the vampire vine with one hand and said casually, "If you are not picky about the type, ability, and level of the mutant plant, the chance of success is still very high."

If it really doesn't work, I can just make a contract with a dogtail grass. It won't work, right?

As for the fact that the contract will be of no use...what does it have to do with him?

[It turns out there are so many tricks to contracting mutant plants. It's not surprising that the previous wood-type mutant failed. After all, it was only the first time.]

[One attempt would cost millions of star coins. Even if you were lucky enough to succeed within ten attempts, it would still cost tens of millions... Sigh, that's a huge investment. The average person simply can't handle it.]

However, when the audience recalled the fighting power of the vampire vine and looked at its well-behaved and harmless appearance at this moment, they couldn't help but sigh and envy it, especially the wood-type mutants who were peeking at the screen.

Think about it from another perspective. As long as you can contract a powerful mutant plant, why worry about not having opportunities to make money in the future? It's just tens of millions of star coins, so it's a drop in the bucket.

[Since it's not easy for a wood-type mutant to contract a mutated plant, the host's vampire vine shouldn't have been successfully contracted in one go, right? How many times has the host failed?]

[Speaking of which, in the ancient times the host lived in, no other mutant plants have been discovered to this day. How did the host find so many mutant plants to try to contract with?]

Other audience members: Yeah! How come they didn’t notice such an obvious loophole?

Is it because the host bound the system for too short a time and didn't have time to take them to find the mutant plants hidden in other parts of this world, or... the mutant plants he contracted don't exist in this world at all?

Lu Xuan's face was intriguing, "Well..."

"Ah Xuan!" Li Tie's greeting interrupted their conversation.

Lu Xuan said casually: "I have something to do here, let's continue this topic next time."

audience:! ! !