Chapter 69: Speaking For Myself
Wu Xian saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.
Unfortunately, after Brother Pillar stepped down, the live broadcast room’s popularity instantly dropped to normal levels.
Fans came and went like the tide, fast in both directions.
After several rounds of weak players pecking at each other, the Ghost King Club player’s appearance finally arrived. As soon as Soul Devouring Ghost King appeared, the live broadcast room’s popularity also welcomed a small peak.
To be fair, Xue Lingling, this dojo scroll painter, still had some charisma.
Unfortunately, the opponent was too weak, resulting in a completely one-sided situation that couldn’t demonstrate Soul Devouring Ghost King’s abilities at all.
Next, other Ghost King Club players took the stage one after another, showing off all kinds of bizarre Ghost King Scroll Paintings that stunned the entire field.
In the WeChat group, club members chatted and laughed with no pressure at all.
It wasn’t until Du Yifan took the stage that a real tough battle finally arrived.
The moment they saw the club player uniform on the opponent, the group instantly went quiet.
“Not good, it’s a trainee player from War Maniac Club!”
Because the first round of the bubble match is random opponent matching, and you can advance by earning a certain number of win points, no one knew who their opponent would be before the match started.
“Hasn’t War Maniac Club stopped recruiting trainee players for a long time?”
“There were trainee players from other clubs before too. Could they all be targeting us?”
President of Beauty and Wisdom: “This was expected. Other clubs naturally don’t want to see an emerging club rise. Blame only our president for being too prominent.”
“Ah? Then wouldn’t it be very difficult for us to get league qualification?”
Xue Lingling: “That’s why I told you to take it seriously. Don’t think that getting my Ghost King Scroll Painting means you can rest easy.”
Du Yifan: “Don’t panic, it’s just the trainee team, not the main team. Watch my performance~!”
After saying that, he confidently started the match.
The opponent’s controlled painting was a three-star Copper Scroll 【Frost War Maniac】, an ice-attribute close-combat melee-type scroll painting, one of War Maniac Club’s War Maniac series scroll paintings, with consistently good sales volume.
Additionally, War Maniac Club’s president had been famous for a long time, and the five dimensions attributes of the series scroll paintings had been optimized to a very high level, not to be underestimated.
Facts proved that Frost War Maniac was indeed powerful, trading blows evenly with Du Yifan’s Soul Devouring Ghost King.
The group members couldn’t help but be extremely nervous.
On the contrary, Xue Lingling remained calm, “Not bad, not bad. This kind of matchup is worth watching. Let this president add some fuel to the live broadcast.”
Wu Xian and the other members were baffled.
Moments later, a strange scene occurred.
For some reason, the live broadcast room’s popularity suddenly began to climb steadily, even briefly appearing in the event live homepage recommendations.
“Whoa, what’s going on?”
“Why did the live broadcast room’s popularity suddenly explode?”
Everyone sent out question marks one after another.
Xue Lingling: “Spent a little gold points to boost it.”
“There’s such an operation?” Wu Xian exclaimed in shock.
The other members were also amused and helpless.
Unfortunately, this wave of traffic came fast and left fast. Most were people who clicked in casually, and upon seeing it was a bubble match live broadcast, they immediately left.
Fortunately, the battle between Soul Devouring Ghost King and Frost War Maniac was quite exciting, retaining some viewers.
After an intense battle, Soul Devouring Ghost King successfully won the match, causing cheers among the group members.
But Xue Lingling’s excitement seemed different from theirs, “Hee hee, gained twenty-three rubbing orders and two instance orders. Dinner on me tonight.”
Zhou Qi: “Congratulations, President. There’s a new barbecue shop that’s pretty good recently.”
Xue Qingyang: “Little aunt is mighty, you’re the best!”
Wu Xian（Vice President）: “……”
Though Wu Xian was somewhat speechless, he was envious to tears.
Good grief, in the blink of an eye, twenty-three rubbing orders plus two instance orders were secured. This was going to make a fortune~!
After a long wait, it was finally Xue Qingyang’s turn to take the stage.
But what left him speechless was that Xue Qingyang didn’t use Black and White Impermanence, but Xue Lingling’s Many Evil Ghost King.
Wu Xian, who had been full of anticipation, suddenly froze.
Later, Xue Qingyang easily won with 【Many Evil Ghost King】 and showed off in the group.
“Don’t say it~ Many Evil Ghost King is indeed more handy to use. Little aunt is wise~!”
Xue Lingling: “Enough, stop flattering.”
Wu Xian was full of resentment, “Why not use my Black and White Impermanence? Is Black Impermanence not handsome, or White Impermanence not beautiful?”
“Uh,” Xue Qingyang responded blankly, “This is to promote and do sales for little aunt, right? And for this minor opponent, no need for Black and White Impermanence to step in.”
“……”
Wu Xian was actually speechless.
Yeah, after all, the club members were essentially Xue Lingling’s players, drawing Xue Lingling’s salary.
In future tough battles, Black and White Impermanence might be used, but for regular matches, 【Many Evil Ghost King】 would definitely be prioritized.
Not just them, players from other clubs did the same.
To ensure points and ranking, they would definitely prioritize whatever the club was mainly promoting.
Of course, if you had money, you could also send money and scroll paintings to ask those star players to do sales promotion for you.
Especially those first- and second-tier star players in the Gold Tier League.
Often, a bunch of scroll painters would proactively send them scroll paintings just to get their own scroll paintings on the field.
But Wu Xian definitely wouldn’t bear to spend that wasted money. Crucially, he didn’t have much money now; all his savings had been turned into instance scroll paintings and rubbing scroll paintings last night.
He had thought to take off directly with today’s bubble match, but now it was stuck.
After some hesitation, he decisively asked in the group: “Um, is it still in time for me to register now?”
Du Yifan: “Ah? Vice President wants to compete too?”
“It’s in time~ It’s in time, you can register before the 15th of every month.”
Zhou Qi: “Perfect, we can go together then.”
Wu Xian was shocked: “Brother Zhou is competing too?”
Zhou Qi: “What else? We can’t be like President. At the start, we can only rely on ourselves.”
“……”
Xue Lingling: “Good disciple wants to compete? Don’t you dislike being competitive?”
Wu Xian: “Disciple doesn’t like being competitive, but likes making money! Please help me register, Master Sister.”
“That’s fine,” Xue Lingling replied with a chuckle: “With you and little Zhou competing, the follow-up will be more secure.”
Soon after, Wu Xian received a text message confirming successful registration.
Looking at the bubble match live broadcast in front of him, it instantly became dull. What was there to watch without Black and White Impermanence appearing?
Meanwhile, the other club members were still focusing on the trainee players from various clubs.
In the North Street District Small Villa.
Wu Xian searched online and reviewed the formats of various leagues, as well as some details and tricks, preparing for tomorrow afternoon’s match.
That’s right, he was going to endorse himself and do sales promotion for himself!
Sell off this batch of goods in hand first.
He spent the whole day in cultivation, maximizing his spiritual power cultivation as much as possible. After all, it wasn’t convenient to use the 【Laurel Tree】 cheat on the field.
In the evening, a sudden knock on the door made Wu Xian inexplicably nervous.
He thought those Evil God Followers had come again.
After carefully opening the door, he realized it was a false alarm, “Brother Zhang Mazi, why are you here?”
Zhang Mazi at the door hesitated to speak, his expression showing some embarrassment.
“Could something have happened to Tattoo Brother?” Wu Xian asked worriedly.
“No, no,” Zhang Mazi waved his hands hurriedly, “I have a favor to ask.”
Wu Xian was inevitably stunned, “Just say it directly. We’ve known each other for so long.”
“Those scroll paintings of Zhao He and Blondie are your works too, right?” Zhang Mazi asked cautiously.
He had noticed before that Zhao He and Blondie’s scroll paintings were quite powerful, and after seeing Ox-Head and Horse-Face yesterday, he was even more amazed.
Wu Xian neither confirmed nor denied.
“To be honest, I want to ask you for a scroll painting. Please give me a price.”
Zhang Mazi took a deep breath, his eyes showing plea.
Hearing this, Wu Xian was both surprised and delighted. He was worrying about no sales for his scroll paintings, and someone came to his door proactively.
But there was one thing he couldn’t figure out, “Strange, isn’t Brother Zhang doing human scroll painting art? Why think of using scroll paintings?”
“Actually, it’s for my son to get a decent scroll painting. You should have met my son before.”
