24 Chapter 24
In the courtyard of the sect leader covered by the double-dwelling Albizia Julibrissin trees, the five elders of the Albizia Julibrissin sect each took a position and cast spells together at the sacred tree in the center of the courtyard.
At the same time, the sect leader standing in the center of the courtyard reached into the sacred tree and gently pinched it. A golden ball of hair made of countless silk threads was placed in her palm. She took out the Xuantong Mirror and gently integrated the golden ball of hair into the back of the Xuantong Mirror. The originally ordinary magic weapon immediately emitted a soft golden light.
She strolled through the courtyard holding the Xuantong Mirror, taking in the scenery as she moved. She softly asked the mirror, "Shu'er, how are you doing over there? Can you hear me?"
"Yes! I got it!" Ning Shu's excited voice soon came through the love network: "I saw Sister Zixiao and Sister Yunzhi, and the picture is very clear! With this, we can broadcast live simultaneously in different places in the city that never sleeps!"
Ever since Ning Shu proposed that she wanted the love network to transmit images that day, the sect leader took the five elders of the sect to practice in seclusion. After five days of sleepless research and experiments, they worked together to gather together the tens of thousands of surplus love threads in the sacred tree, and finally barely met Ning Shu's request.
Unfortunately, the transmission of pictures and sounds is one-way so far. Ning Shu, as the recipient with only a thread of love, cannot make a "video call" with his mother. He can only use this spell as a TV. He still has a long way to go before he can surf the Internet like he did in his previous life.
However, for Ning Shu, who just wanted to livestream a talent show, this level of support was more than enough. Moreover, this was the result of painstaking research by the sect elders. As a party A who could not help at all and could only make demands, Ning Shu gave it enough emotional value:
"Mom, you're so kind! I didn't expect you to be able to do it so quickly. I thought the show would be postponed. Now we're really saved!
I'm in the city that never sleeps right now, negotiating the broadcasting rights for the show. When I come back, I'll bring you and your sisters some cakes and snacks from here!"
As expected, her mother was comforted by her few words and was overjoyed. In the video, she covered her mouth with her hands and smiled with her eyebrows curved: "Okay, then mother and sisters will wait for you to come back. Be careful when you are alone outside. Remember to contact me if you encounter any problems."
Ning Shu praised each elder in a sweet way until they were all smiling happily. Then she finally severed the emotional connection, stood at the boat harbor by the lake, looked around, and casually walked into a cruise ship docked on the shore.
It is already night time. If it were in the past, this pleasure boat would have lit up colorful lanterns and carried tourists who came here to have fun on the lake.
Unfortunately, things are unpredictable. The sect competition organized by the Hehuan Sect has become very grand. Not only has it directly attracted the top stars of many sects, but it has also directly captured the attention of most tourists. I heard that those monks have been fighting each other for a vote in recent days, and no one can remember their flower boats anymore.
Now, these beautifully decorated pleasure boats are all quietly docked at the shore. It is dark and quiet inside, and the originally beautiful fireworks scene has a somewhat eerie feel.
"Is anyone here? Can you guys still sail?" Ning Shu asked from the doorway, peeking in. "Are you still doing business? Are you closing down?"
There was no response from the cabin for a long time. Just when Ning Shu was wondering if the houseboat had gone bankrupt, a woman with half-white hair finally stumbled out. Her clothes were messy and her face was covered with sleep marks. She ran to Ning Shu in a daze:
"Are you here for a cruise? I'm so sorry, little girl, but we haven't had enough tourists so we've closed down a long time ago."
It was obvious that she was assigned here to guard the gate. The boss and the girls were no longer here.
"I'm not here to play, I'm here to discuss business." Ning Shu tried to maintain a serious and reliable expression, and casually took out a few high-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and put them into the old woman's hand:
"Call your boss over and tell her I have a big deal to discuss with her. Tell her to come quickly. Whether your pleasure boat can regain its former glory depends on this deal."
The old woman first saw that the girl's clothes were fluttering and her temperament was lively and not like that of an ordinary person. Then she saw that she could easily take out a few high-quality spirit stones to reward people. She knew that this girl was very likely an immortal, so she did not dare to neglect her and hurriedly ran to find the boss.
But within an incense stick of time, Ning Shu heard a warm and flattering voice with a smile coming from afar. The speaker's voice was even panting from running because he was too anxious:
"Which distinguished guest has come? What kind of business do you wish to discuss? The girls and servants here are very pretty and clever, and they will definitely satisfy you!"
Not only did she run over by herself, but she was also surrounded by several gorgeously dressed handsome men and beautiful women. Seeing the boss's service spirit of not forgetting the customers even after running away with his shoes, Ning Shu finally couldn't help but sigh:
"I'll give you a business opportunity. From now on, you can join the Hehuan Sect, but you all have to change your profession." She emphasized with a serious face, "We in the Hehuan Sect are all honest and upright people. Don't mess around and ruin our reputation."
boss:……
The handsome men and beautiful women behind me: ...
How surprising! Is there actually a reputation in your Hehuan Sect that can be ruined?
After negotiating the broadcasting rights of the talent show with many pleasure boats, brothels and even restaurants that had slow business, and finalizing the decoration style of the screening room and subsequent cooperation, it was already dawn when Ning Shu walked out of the last restaurant. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, and walked towards the Linglong Tower in the city center with a refreshed mind.
The bodies of immortal cultivators are so good that they don’t feel tired at all after not sleeping for a whole night. Anyway, the voting will be closed in a few hours, so why not go to the scene to witness the birth of the first C!
At this time, there was only half an hour left before the end of voting. The clepsydra scale at the voting station rose up little by little. The projections and votes suspended in the air flashed silver light as if urging people to do so, and the monks at the voting station were completely crazy.
The contestants who were ranked lower had basically given up struggling, but the first and second place popular contestants were still very close. The two of them had left the third place Xiao Lihua with a huge gap in votes, and then they were entangled in competing with each other at a single-digit growth rate.
"Zhang Daoquan, you, you shameless man, actually used the human wave tactic..." The man who spoke had tattered clothes, his hair was crooked, and even his voice was hoarse. It was obvious that he had been through a fierce battle.
"Wang Zhicai, you were the first to show off your family's magic weapon!" The cultivators across from him weren't in much better shape either. They were all covered in dirt and dust. One had a black eye and a black eye, and another had a swollen nose. The leader stood there panting, his sword trembling in his hand. "Zhi, you know how powerful this is, don't you? Miss Pianpian deserves the title of champion!"
"You're talking nonsense! Only a lady from a noble family like Miss Shangguan deserves such an honor!"
The two groups of people clung to the ballot box, arguing as they voted, while other members were desperately trying to squeeze out the last spirit stone they had to contribute to the magazine stand.
"Just one vote! Just a few spirit stones! Hurry! We can't let them overtake us!"
"It's just one vote! Look! Those young masters are running out of money! Hurry! Overtake them in one fell swoop!"
The two groups cursed each other hoarsely. Cultivators lay scattered all around them, their lives unknown. The flat floor tiles had turned into rubble. At first glance, Ning Shu thought she had accidentally strayed into some kind of battlefield between gods and demons. After double-checking that she hadn't gone to the wrong place, she cautiously ran to Lan Xi's side: "What's going on? Are the demon cultivators invading?"
Lan Xi was actually holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand. Seeing Ning Shu coming over, she jokingly shared the seeds with her and said, "No, they were voting, and they started fighting while voting. Little Master, it's a pity you're late. It was more interesting before!"
The supporters of the top ten contestants were fighting fiercely, and it was a real mess! I don't know if I'm seeing things, but it seems like there are people from the Tianyan Sect as well... Well, those people who practice the Wuqing Dao are always quite paranoid, so it doesn't seem surprising that they would get involved..."
She was cracking melon seeds while she spoke, and she would also express her own opinions as she spoke, leisurely like a passerby watching a fun event. Ning Shu couldn't bear to listen any more and couldn't help but point at the ruins on the ground:
"This, this, this, they beat us up? Why did it turn out like this when we were just voting?"
After all, the exposure these contestants received was just one debut stage performance and a few interviews in magazines. Where did all these die-hard fans come from to make such a fuss?
"At first, during the resurrection competition, a group of cultivators came over and occupied the voting box. Later, other cultivators were dissatisfied and challenged them. In the popularity competition, some people also wanted to imitate the physical cultivators... Anyway, as they were voting, they started fighting."
Lan Xi finished cracking the last melon seed and brushed off the dust in his hands. He sounded nonchalant, "Don't worry, young master, it's no big deal. In the world of immortal cultivation, the strong are respected, and fighting is the norm. Everyone is used to it. As long as no one dies, it's no big deal."
In other words, as long as you are not afraid of retaliation, death is a small matter.
Ning Shu: ...
By the way, this is the world of cultivation, where everyone is an outlaw and killing people and stealing treasures has almost become normal.
So she could only remind herself to do as the Romans do, and then cast her eyes to the voting results in the air: "Who won?"
The result of the resurrection competition had already been announced. Miss Tieying, who had been eliminated, and another young singer won in advance with a huge margin of votes. However, the popularity competition was still tense, with the first and second places competing fiercely. No one knew the result until the last moment.
Turning his head to glance at the clock, Ning Shu cleared his throat in front of the ballot box: "There are still ten or nine left until the end of the game..."
The two groups that were still voting immediately sped up. The young man who supported Shangguan Huaijin had fewer people than the other side, and soon lost the advantage in voting speed.
He tried his best to speed up the voting process, but when he looked up, he found in despair that the vote gap was gradually widening.
"Eight, seven..."
The annoying monks on the opposite side cast a few more votes into the box, and when they looked over, they had smug smiles on their faces.
Damn it! We were just a few votes away! Why are those losers lying there like this?
"Six, five, four..."
My soulmate will never be defeated by those tasteless country bumpkins! A flash of determination crossed the young man's face. He pulled out a talisman from his storage bag and shouted, "Stop it instantly!"
Suddenly, the time around them seemed to stretch infinitely, and even Ning Shu's countdown sounded like it was in slow motion: "Three—, two—"
The young man seized the opportunity to tear off seven or eight more ballots, scribbled his name on them, and roughly stuffed them into the ballot box. Ning Shu's voice returned to normal at the last number: "One! The game is over!"
Shangguan Huaijin's votes were instantly reversed in mid-air. She rose to the first place at the last moment and became the most popular person with a slight advantage of two votes.
"Ah! You bastard! Who told you to use the talisman? You cheated!" The other monk was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick.
"Hahaha, we won! We won! Miss Shangguan won! We helped her! Hahaha!" The young man jumped three feet high in excitement and threw himself to the ground to shake his unconscious companions: "We won! Miss Shangguan is one step further away from her rubbish family!"
Ning Shu was puzzled: "What just happened? Why did this man suddenly act like he was speeding up?"
Lanxi said with admiration: "That is the cessation talisman, which can slow down the time of Jishun.
It's a life-saving talisman that can instantly turn defeat into victory when used in battle. This is the first time I've seen one in all these years."
Ning Shu: ...
It’s just a vote, it’s not necessary, it’s really not necessary!
【Author’s words】
Ning Shu: The fans at the top are so scary [dog head]
And tomorrow's update will be at midnight, three chapters in a row, and the subsequent updates will be at 12 noon as usual!
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