Bibi Dong Came Knocking, and Gu Xingzhou Got Three Rewards from One Visit!

[I'm going first. Flender can get out of the way!]

[He sounds like some rotten old geezer. You think everyone's Gangzi?]

[Bibi Dong's making another appearance?]

[Is this livestream hinting at something?]

[I really am dying to see Her Holiness!]

[Can we have just one chance?]

[Are Spirit Hall's people still watching?]

[There's a reward this time. Will Her Holiness really not consider it?]

[Are we supposed to pick Tang San again?]

[Wouldn't that be handing him another reward?]

[I'm jealous enough that he's won rewards back-to-back! He already has Twin Martial Souls. Does he need to have it this good?]

[Gu Xingzhou looks promising to me. He even shares a dorm with Tang San! If someone's getting a reward, give it to him. It might slow Tang San's meteoric rise!]

[I don't know about anything else, but Notting isn't big, and it keeps producing legends. Gangzi and Tang San have already proved that.]

[Gu Xingzhou is so close to Gangzi and Tang San. I bet he has a special trick up his sleeve too!]

[Why not give him a shot?]

Gu Xingzhou was quite pleased as he watched the comments in the Ordinary Livestream Room turn his way.

The Fanfiction Livestream was his system. Apart from the lottery draws, which were completely random even for him as its host, he controlled everything related to the show.

He decided what information to display and who appeared on the ballot.

He could even create a pile of alternate accounts to steer the conversation in the Ordinary Livestream Room, just as he was doing now.

Naturally, his goal was to wring free lottery draws out of the Fanfiction Livestream.

Of course, he could not control the viewers' votes. That was one restriction on him, and a test.

If he wanted to grow stronger, he had to keep coming up with something entertaining every day while managing the pace. Raise the audience's expectations too high at once, and he would have no way to build anticipation or keep them eager to participate.

Besides, some viewers refused to contribute any information at all. They would not spare a single Popularity Vote and only watched. Despite everything he had put on, ten million viewers had still abstained.

[Countdown complete!]

[This round of voting has ended!]

[Popularity Vote results announced!]

[Tang San: 5 million votes]

[Bibi Dong: 12 million votes]

[Flender: 1 million votes]

[Gu Xingzhou: 10 million votes]

[A total of 28 million people across the continent voted. The remaining 72 million abstained.]

[The Fanfiction Livestream's accumulated Popularity is currently 259 million. Reach 1 billion to upgrade the livestream again and unlock new features! Everyone, please cast your Popularity Votes!]

[Winners of the next Popularity Vote: Bibi Dong and Gu Xingzhou.]

[Bibi Dong and Gu Xingzhou will compete in the next round.]

[This livestream will end in one minute. Look forward to tomorrow's broadcast!]

[It's finally over...]

[I was already short on sleep, and it woke me up by force. Now that I've watched the whole thing, I have to go to work.]

[It's all Gangzi's fault!]

[Exactly. If he hadn't brought Tang San breakfast, why would the livestream have started out of nowhere?]

[Still, I'm kind of looking forward to tomorrow's broadcast!]

[Finally, a woman!]

[It hasn't been easy!]

[I've had enough of that shameless Gangzi.]

[Wonder what kind of thrilling show Her Holiness will put on for us!]

[I hope it's a Peace Sign!]

[Now that would be thrilling. If she really picks that, Bibi Dong has my vote!]

[But I'm a little nervous!]

[Didn't Spirit Hall's people warn us earlier? If they get angry and take it out on us, we're done for.]

[The livestream only cares about its own fun. It doesn't care whether we live or die!]

[Didn't you notice how restrained everyone was in this vote? Seventy-two million people abstained.]

[She's the pope of Spirit Hall, and we're just ordinary people in the Ordinary Livestream Room. How could we stand against her?]

[Man, I wonder if us poor guys can even...]

[Elite Livestream Room]

[Yu Xiaogang: ...]

[Liu Erlong: Heh. It's finally your turn, Bibi Dong.]

[Ning Rongrong: I don't dare say a word...]

[Xiao Wu: +1...]

[Ma Hongjun: I'm so scared I could cry...]

[Bibi Dong: Gu Xingzhou, I'll send someone to find you. If you're willing to choose an ordinary, unpopular script tomorrow, I'll pay you handsomely.]

[Bibi Dong: I intend to win this reward. Rather than gamble on a vague, unpredictable prize, take the tangible benefits Spirit Hall can offer you. You're a work-study student at Notting Academy, so you must need money. I can give you enough to buy every cultivation resource you need at this stage.]

[Bibi Dong: But if you insist on taking this reward and deliberately make things difficult for me, be prepared for the consequences of offending both me and Spirit Hall.]

[Bibi Dong: That's enough for now. I'll send someone to speak with you privately.]

[Gu Xingzhou: Of course. But I can't guarantee what script the livestream will give us...]

[Bibi Dong: I understand that. You only need to cooperate as best you can. Choose whatever I tell you to choose. As for your payment, I am the pope of Spirit Hall, and I've made this promise before so many people. I won't go back on my word. I'll have it rushed to you. Just wait at Notting Academy.]

[Gu Xingzhou: All right.]

[Countdown complete!]

[Today's livestream has ended. Tomorrow's will begin at a random time!]

"How can she do that? Isn't she just throwing her weight around?!"

"That Bibi Dong is awful!"

In Dorm Seven at Notting Academy, Xiao Wu fumed on Gu Xingzhou's behalf.

Gu Xingzhou agreed with her aloud, but inside, he was grinning from ear to ear.

He had only planned to squeeze a random lottery draw out of the livestream. Now Bibi Dong was coming to his door with an offer. Who knew such a good thing could happen?

As for what she would give him, he was not strong enough yet to demand the lion's share. He would take whatever Bibi Dong offered.

After all, passing up a free benefit would be a waste, and when it came to taking advantage, the process was often more satisfying than the result.

Bibi Dong could not give him what he truly wanted anyway.

Things like evolving his Martial Soul and increasing his Soul Ring Age were what held real value.

As for resources that increased Soul Power, using them sounded like a hassle. He would rather put on a wild show, rake in Popularity, and buy levels from the system. One step, and he would be there without even having to train.

If he was honest, he really was short of money right now. He lacked fine clothes, good food, and pretty maids to warm his bed. The livestream could not provide any of that. He was still only a level-ten Soul Scholar; however great his potential, he could not get those things on his own.

Otherwise, he would not have become a work-study student at Notting Academy. If things followed their normal course, he would have to keep working his way through school until he became a Soul Master.

So Gu Xingzhou had no objection to Bibi Dong's proposal.

He had come to Notting Academy and met Xiao Wu, that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. In truth, he had already achieved his goal.

Whether he stayed or left now depended on whether that Soul Ring would go with him. He could do without the ring, but he absolutely could not let Tang San have it. Otherwise, what had he crossed into this world for?