Chu Men watched the audience's emotions ignite and seized the moment to drop his first advertisement.
"Follow the streamer! Eight o'clock tonight, Q&A session—don't miss it!"
He glanced at the live-streaming panel; gift donations were being converted into streaming points at a steady rate.
A notification even popped up: Detection of platform attempt to ban the stream; system has automatically intercepted!
Chu Men's lips curled upward. The Inversion Pen in his hand turned into a streak of light and vanished into his palm right before everyone's eyes.
Since he lacked specialized offensive soul skills, Chu Men followed the "One Punch Man" route: suppressing others with raw strength.
If he encountered a higher-level soul master or a more powerful soul skill, he had no choice but to... The gentleman is no different from others; he is simply good at utilizing external objects.
He would pull out a soul tool and get to work!
Following the path of the Daoist of Ten Thousand Treasures, he would unleash a rain of attacks, providing full-scale fire coverage.
This was also a major reason why Chu Men had been researching soul tools.
Xiao Wu, who was struggling incessantly, could feel that Chu Men's strength was shockingly great, but she still gritted her teeth, kicking and wriggling unyieldingly. Taking advantage of Chu Men's distraction, her movements grew increasingly frantic.
"Smack!"
"Be a good little bunny~ If you don't listen, you're going to get your bottom spanked!"
As it turned out, before Xiao Wu could even react, someone else couldn't stand it!
"Heh, so our Young Master Chu has this kind of hobby? You really don't show your true colors until the moment comes!"
A voice laced with ice and fire, dripping with mockery and sarcasm, rang out from outside the door.
"Crash!"
The door was kicked off its hinges by a foot imbued with scorching soul power. What greeted Chu Men and Xiao Wu was a fiery figure clad in black tight-fitting gear!
Liu Erlong!
In her hand, she clutched a crumpled leave request form—the one Chu Men had handed to the dean: "Requesting three days off to avoid the limelight!"
Now, the "limelight" herself had come knocking!
Little Chu Men froze in place.
The live-streaming system's camera shifted to the newcomer.
[Who is this gorgeous beauty?]
[If we're in Heaven Dou City, looking at that outfit, it has to be Liu Erlong!]
[The Fire Dragon Soul Saint? No wonder she's so imposing and domineering!]
[This is what they call 'the heavens punishing the wicked'!]
[If you offend Sister Xiao Wu, this is the kind of end you deserve!]
Rational fans in the chat were in the minority; most of the audience were just there for the spectacle.
However, the follower count for "The Truman Show" channel surged by 90 degrees, fueled by the speculation about the other world and the double-whammy of Liu Erlong's appearance.
It even pushed "Xiaoyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion" to break through 3 million concurrent viewers!
And this was on a weekday morning!
Lin Xiaoyu's studio was filled with cheers!
"Sister Xiaoyu, the platform called. They want to sign us to an S-tier contract."
The young assistant ran over, excited. "And there are many brands that want you to be their spokesperson. Here is the list of advertisers."
With that, the assistant placed a stack of freshly printed A4 paper on Lin Xiaoyu's desk.
Meanwhile, at the Special Incident Investigation Bureau:
"The signal source is locked in outer space? That's impossible!"
The real world was ablaze with activity, but the Douluo World was as cold as an ice cellar.
"Mother Tyrant... ah, no, Dean, hehe, Sister Erlong, when did you arrive? Please, have a seat, have a seat! You should have let someone tell me in advance so I could have come to welcome you."
Chu Men released Xiao Wu, whom he had been pinning to the workbench, and greeted Liu Erlong with a beaming smile. "Your Fire Dragon armor is almost finished. I'll be sure to deliver it to you personally when it's done."
Liu Erlong ignored Chu Men's fake pleasantries. Her beautiful eyes flickered toward Xiao Wu, and she let out a cold snort. "Young man, I didn't realize you had such wild tastes!"
"Not at all, not at all. It's just... I ran into some robbers while I was out, and I saved a little girl."
Chu Men casually fabricated a reason that was clearly nonsense.
Once freed from Chu Men's suppression, Xiao Wu's boneless fingers nimbly slipped out from the constraints of her scorpion braid.
With a light twist of her waist and a clever flick of her fingertips, the knot loosened. She quickly jumped behind Liu Erlong before retorting:
"You're the robber! I'm the one you kidnapped!"
Her voice was crisp and lingered in the air... in short, it made Chu Men extremely embarrassed!
"It's a misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding!"
Facing Liu Erlong's increasingly strange gaze, Chu Men's eyes darted around as he scrambled to explain, "This is a new student I recruited for our Blue Tyrant Academy. Look at this—six years old, level twelve, a melee genius! She's the perfect match for your Fire Dragon martial soul!"
After speaking, he even winked at Liu Erlong as if fishing for a reward.
"Blue Tyrant Academy is an advanced spirit master academy; it does not accept children who have just awakened." Liu Erlong's voice was calm, devoid of joy or sorrow.
Chu Men disagreed with this. Was this a matter of age? No, this was a matter of educational philosophy!
As the youngest lecturer in the history of Blue Tyrant Academy, Chu Men felt it was necessary to correct the dean's rigid and inflexible educational philosophy.
"Ahem, Sister Erlong, haven't you always upheld the principle of education without discrimination? This little girl is from a commoner background; she's very pitiful~"
"Then why were you bullying her?"
Chu Men struck a respectful pose, invited Liu Erlong to sit in the main seat, and placed all the tea and pastries he had prepared for Xiao Wu right by her hand.
After stealthily tucking away the sack as if trying to cover his ears while stealing a bell, Chu Men straightened his expression and said, "It's for her own good, after all... her identity is quite unusual!"
Liu Erlong saw Chu Men's little movements but did not expose him. She took a sip of the tea in her cup, her repeated words laced with skepticism: "A little girl from a commoner background has an unusual identity?"
Do you even hear yourself right now?
Chu Men gave a sheepish laugh. "It is a bit contradictory, haha, but... you should hear the explanation from Xiao Wu herself."
Chu Men looked at Xiao Wu, passing the buck directly to her.
Liu Erlong rolled her eyes at the "at a loss for words" Chu Men, then turned to ask Xiao Wu with a gentle expression:
"Your name is Xiao Wu, right? A very lovely name. Tell me, what is this all about?"
Seeing that she had someone to back her up and that Chu Men looked quite afraid, Xiao Wu instantly transformed into a pitiful little girl who had been wronged.
She instinctively concealed her identity as a spirit beast: "I am a work-study student at Nuoding Academy, and I just enrolled... This strange uncle snuck into my dormitory, didn't say a word, and just tied me up and stuffed me into a sack!"
Her sharp accusation, paired with her pure and flawless appearance, felt like a sharp arrow piercing straight into Chu Men's chest.
Strange uncle!
Chu Men's eyes widened. He subconsciously touched his own smooth, youthful face, feeling a mix of laughter and tears.
[Hahahaha! Strange uncle!]
[Personally certified by Sister Xiao Wu! A young, strange uncle indeed~]
[Is this Liu Erlong? That sitting posture, so domineering!]
[She is worthy of being the Horn of Slaughter of the Golden Iron Triangle; her heroic bearing is filled with a domineering, voluptuous charm. I love it, I love it!]
[Sister, love me!]
The barrage became instantly lively, filled with "strange uncle" comments. Some big shots had even created memes, using the exact dynamic image of "Chu Men touching his face in shock."
The popularity in the comment section soared, nearly knocking the "image of Liu Erlong's domineering posture with her legs crossed" from the top spot.
Fortunately, with the support of a crowd of male fans, the beautiful image of Liu Erlong held its ground, firmly pinning Chu Men's meme beneath her feet!
As for Chu Men, he was facing the two great mountains of Liu Erlong head-on!
He grumbled internally: Strange uncle? I've been bumped up a generation for no reason; I had no mental preparation for this.
"A sack?"
Hearing this, Liu Erlong raised an eyebrow, a trace of amusement flickering across her face.
She hadn't known that little Chu Men possessed such skills.
He was truly full of surprises!
Chu Men and Liu Erlong's gazes met—one filled with helplessness and speechlessness, the other with curiosity and playfulness.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Wu. With Sister here, that strange uncle won't dare to bully you. Where is your home, and where are your parents?"
Liu Erlong pulled Xiao Wu into her arms, her maternal instincts overflowing and becoming completely unstoppable.
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