Ink Painting: Hundred Palaces of the Immortal Realm

"Hahaha, the boss is teasing the streamer."

"He even took the name Demon Supreme."

"The boss is really generous, sending over 600 rockets just like that."

"The boss is so foolish!"

"..."

The live stream chat became lively again, but Long Yue couldn't help but sigh and rest her chin on her hand dejectedly.

She should have been happy receiving over six hundred in gifts, but she couldn't feel happy at all.

This was because the person sending her gifts wasn't just anyone, but the Demon Supreme...

She heard that the live streaming platform took a cut from gifts. With over six hundred in gift money, the platform would take a portion, and only the remainder would be hers. Thinking about it made her feel even worse.

It would have been better if the six hundred had been transferred directly to her...

However, compared to the small amount of gift commission money she was losing, she was more troubled by how to prove her identity as the Empress of the Immortal Realm to everyone.

Even if she couldn't make everyone believe her, she at least didn't want these mortals to look down on her anymore!

But after thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure out what she could possibly do to prove herself without any spiritual power.

Just as Long Yue was lost in her worries, a comment in the live stream chat caught her attention:

"The Empress has lost all her cultivation, but she must have some special skills or abilities that don't require spiritual power, right?"

Hmm... skills and abilities that don't require spiritual power...?

Long Yue pondered, repeatedly thinking if she possessed any such skills.

In the Immortal Realm, almost everything required spiritual power. Even drinking water involved a flick of a slender finger, and the water would float directly to her mouth without her needing to move at all.

But if she had to say something that could be done without any spiritual power at all, she seemed to actually have it!

"I've got it! Besides immortal techniques, magical artifacts, and alchemy, this Empress is also quite confident in her skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting!"

Long Yue excitedly declared to everyone in the live stream.

Whenever she thought of her talents, her first thought was always cultivation skills like immortal techniques, magical artifacts, alchemy, and artifact refining. After all, she couldn't do without these skills in the Immortal Realm, and she spent almost every day cultivating.

When Zhou Yan asked her about her special skills, she subconsciously only thought of those cultivation skills she was most proficient in, completely forgetting that she was actually just as skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. It was just that she didn't have as outstanding a talent in them as she did in cultivation.

It wasn't until she saw that comment reminding her that she recalled these techniques she rarely showcased.

When everyone in the live stream heard this, they immediately became interested.

"Music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, singing and dancing, the streamer knows so much?"

"Really? I don't believe it, unless you perform for me."

"Why not show us?"

"Don't just talk, show us your talent directly!"

"..."

Long Yue was considering whether to turn on her camera and showcase her dancing skills to everyone. But when she turned her head, she saw Zhou Yan and Lin Fan staring with wide eyes, their snacks changing from sunflower seeds to watermelons, their faces full of anticipation and expectation as they waited for her to perform.

For some reason, she didn't want to dance in front of these two at all, let alone in front of the Demon Supreme...

For her, the dignified Empress of the Immortal Realm, to perform music and dance for the Demon Supreme was too strange...

"Hmm... This Empress doesn't have any musical instruments with her right now, and the room is quite small, so I can't fully display my dance and music."

"Let me show you this Empress's calligraphy and painting skills instead~! You all wait!"

Long Yue made up an excuse, got up from her computer desk, and walked with her long, slender legs between Lin Fan and Zhou Yan. She rummaged through her bedroom.

Lin Fan and Zhou Yan disappointedly took a bite of their watermelons.

What a shame, they didn't get to see the Empress's (sister-in-law's) dance moves...

"Found it!"

After finding the ink brush and Xuan paper, Long Yue excitedly walked past Lin Fan and Zhou Yan again, returning to her computer desk. She slightly adjusted the camera to point at the desktop and then turned on the camera.

At this moment, in addition to her original Empress image, there was also a small window on the live stream showing the computer desktop.

When live streaming, it was inevitable that there would be times when she needed to turn on her camera. Therefore, Lin Fan had already taught her this necessary live streaming skill of turning on the camera before the stream.

Under the gaze of everyone in the live stream, Long Yue held the ink brush, her strokes flowing like a dragon, as she outlined and painted on the Xuan paper, stroke by stroke.

Initially, people in the live stream chat would occasionally send comments to tease her. But as the picture gradually took shape under her brush, everyone became engrossed, gradually forgetting to send comments.

During the painting process, Long Yue concentrated, her mind focused, without any pause or hesitation, completing it in one go!

"Finished!"

The moment she laid down the final stroke, she let out a soft breath and held up the completed painting towards the camera.

Instantly, a magnificent Hundred Palaces of the Immortal Realm Painting was revealed before everyone's eyes!

Although it was just an ink wash painting, it vividly depicted over a hundred immortal palaces and jade towers standing in the clouds, exuding a majestic immortal aura, as if the glorious scenery of the Immortal Realm was presented before them!

Upon seeing this, the silent live stream chat exploded.

"Holy crap! She's amazing!"

"This painting is so beautiful!"

"She painted so fast, and it's this good!"

"Damn, the streamer is actually talented."

"With drawing skills like that, why are you a virtual streamer?"

"Streamer, streamer, can you draw [it]?"

"..."

The bullet comments in the live stream suddenly increased, almost all of them filled with astonishment and praise. Long Yue, with a face full of pride, raised her fair, jade-like neck high and said sarcastically:

"Oh my~ You mortals are all making a fuss over nothing. This is just something this Empress drew casually, and I only used thirty percent of my effort. It's not worth mentioning~"

"Now you know how amazing I am, ho ho ho~"

Lin Fan: "..."

Looking at Long Yue, who practically had her arrogance and smugness written all over her face, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel speechless.

Just moments ago, she was angry and embarrassed because the bullet comments doubted her. Now that she'd found an opportunity, it was her turn to mock the audience in the comments, looking like a petty person who had finally gotten their way...

It seemed like the Empress was exceptionally vengeful and petty...

However, after watching the whole process, she indeed had the right and the skill to be smug.

The Hundred Palaces of the Immortal Realm Painting she held in her hand was something ordinary people couldn't create. Even a master who could actually paint it wouldn't be able to do it in such a short amount of time!

"Lin Fan, if sister-in-law was this good at painting, why didn't you say so earlier? Did I still need to help her find a job?"

Zhou Yan involuntarily stood up from his stool. Looking at the Hundred Palaces of the Immortal Realm Painting on Long Yue's desk, he was so shocked that he forgot to continue eating the watermelon in his hand.

Back then, when he asked sister-in-law about her special skills, she spouted a bunch of strange things, making him think she couldn't do anything...

If she had casually shown off her painting skills even once, he wouldn't have had to rack his brain and pull strings to find her a job.

With this level of artistic skill, she could casually paint a picture, put it out for sale, and people would gladly pay thousands or tens of thousands for it!

"I only found out recently that she could paint too," Lin Fan said calmly.

He truly didn't know that this Empress, who was usually aloof and cold, possessed skills in arts like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, in addition to her fighting prowess.

Looking at it this way, he had indeed underestimated this Empress a little