Ying Wenjie's Frustration

[Wuling Mountain Qin Family]—Verification details: The Qin family of Wuling Mountain, a hereditary family of physicians.

The chat exploded:

[Shadowless Kick Fan: Holy shit?! The Ye family's official account?!]

[Yaoyao's Little Red Riding Hood: The Wu Family is here too?!]

[I Am Ying Zheng: The Qin family?! That legendary secluded Qin family?!]

[Yifan: These families never show up in livestreams, do they?]

[Mr. Moneybags: I know the Luocheng Wu Family. They're seriously wealthy—their assets are worth hundreds of billions!]

[Popcorn Spectator: I've heard of the Ye family. A martial arts family, and a really powerful one.]

[New User 001: What kind of god-tier lineup is this?]

[New User 002: Who exactly is Celestial Master Chen? How did he get so many great families' attention?]

[New User 003: I'm on my knees. Literally on my knees.]

The username [I Am Ying Zheng] looked especially awkward now.

Ye Chendong looked at his ordinary alternate account, then at the glittering gold [Chancheng Ye Family], and couldn't help laughing.

He switched to the family's official account and sent another wave of gifts:

[Chancheng Ye Family] sent Carnival ×50! Message: Ye Zhengying, head of the Ye family, respectfully invites Celestial Master Chen to visit the Ye residence should you ever pass through Chancheng!

The moment that message appeared, the livestream erupted again:

[I Am Ying Zheng: A personal invitation from the head of the Ye family?!]

[Popcorn Spectator No. 1]: Am I seeing this right? The Chancheng Ye Family? The one that carries on Ip Man's legacy?!

[Chancheng Shadowless Kick Successor]: Oh my god! The Ye family actually joined in! I'm from Chancheng! They're legends around here!

[Thirty Years of Boxing]: Even the Ye family recognizes him as a true master! Does that sting, you people claiming it's special effects?!

[Old Zhou the VFX Artist]: I've worked in visual effects for fifteen years! I can say with confidence: no human could make this!

[Yaoyao's Little Red Riding Hood: That's some incredible respect they're showing him!]

[Shadowless Kick Fan: Ye Zhengying! He's one of the most revered figures in martial arts!]

[Popcorn Spectator: I heard Old Master Ye is over seventy and hardly ever receives visitors.]

[New User 001: Celestial Master Chen is about to reach the heavens.]

[New User 002: Not about to. He's already there.]

[Kai the Film Prop Maker]: Aren't you exaggerating a bit too much? This has to be a publicity team! Actors and special effects!

[Influencer Hater No. 1]: Exactly! What won't influencers do for fame these days? They probably paid those martial arts families to show up too!

[Anti-Pseudoscience Alliance]: This needs a thorough investigation! Feudal superstition! Ban it!

First place: Chancheng Ye Family (officially verified)

Gifts sent: Supreme Divine Dragon ×100

The dazzling yellow verification badge made everyone's eyes blur. The chat froze for half a second, then erupted even more wildly than before!

[Martial Arts Nobody]: It's really officially verified! The Ye family is one of the most respected martial arts families in the south! They're the real deal!

[Stubborn Skeptic]: Could it just be the same name? Why would the Ye family send gifts to an influencer?

Almost that same second, the contribution leaderboard refreshed again!

Second place: Luocheng Wu Family (officially verified)

Gifts sent: Starry Sky Secret Realm ×88

Third place: Wuling Mountain Qin Family (officially verified)

Gifts sent: Carnival ×188

[The Internet's Biggest Sycophant]: This isn't a livestream! It's elite families fighting to latch onto a powerful patron!

[I Want to Cultivate]: Celestial Master Chen's prestige is off the charts! Three great families paying homage together!

[Skeptics Get Lost]: Where are the people who said this was scripted? Show yourselves! Would the Ye and Wu families play along with a script? What a joke!

[Little Zhou the Delivery Guy]: I'm not making deliveries today! I'm staying right here to watch this stream on my knees!

The three great cultivation families held the top three spots like the three legs of a tripod, with the total value of their gifts rising by hundreds of thousands every minute.

The livestream chat had gone completely insane:

Yang Wanqing watched the earnings figures leap wildly on the backend, her hands trembling. "Chen Hao... th-the gifts are worth over ten million now!"

Chen Hao nodded lightly, his tone as calm as ever. "Just donate it."

That single sentence sent the livestream into another frenzy!

Ten million in gifts, and he would just donate it? What incredible generosity!

[Son of the Richest Man]: Boss! Need a sidekick? One who knows how to spend money!

[The Green-Eyed Monster]: I'm so jealous! Donating ten million just like that! What generosity, Celestial Master!

The skeptics who had still been stubbornly arguing instantly vanished, not daring to post another message.

Looking at the screen full of gifts and comments, Yang Wanqing was so excited that her voice shook. "Hao! Look! The Ye family! The Wu Family! The Qin family! They're all sending you gifts! And the head of the Ye family personally invited you!"

Chen Hao glanced at the rearview mirror and said indifferently, "Mm."

Mm?

Just an "mm"?

Yang Wanqing was speechless.

Cai Jingwen couldn't help laughing. She asked softly, "Chen Hao, aren't you surprised? Those are all great families. They never normally show up in livestreams."

Chen Hao said indifferently, "What's there to be surprised about?"

Cai Jingwen froze, then understood.

That was right. To him, what did these so-called great families amount to?

He was a man who had slain a Gu Diao with a single sword strike, who walked on water as though it were solid ground, who casually produced cultivation techniques lost for a thousand years.

Before him, these families were merely mortals.

A sudden swirl of complicated emotions rose in her heart.

There was admiration, awe, and a faint trace of disappointment.

This man stood far too high—so high that she could only gaze up at him.

Holding the wolf cub, Li Li muttered, "These great families are so rich. They send millions in one go..."

Chen Siyao leaned over and asked curiously, "Are you going to visit the Ye family, big brother?"

Chen Hao thought for a moment, then said indifferently, "If it's on the way, I could stop by."

Anyone else who heard that would have been furious.

With a personal invitation from the head of the Ye family, anyone else would have rushed over eagerly. Yet his response was, "If it's on the way, I could stop by"...

In the livestream:

[Chancheng Ye Family] sent another wave of gifts: Should Celestial Master Chen visit, the Ye family will make every preparation to welcome you!

Yang Wanqing couldn't help laughing aloud. "Hao, the Ye family is so enthusiastic!"

Chen Hao said nothing and kept driving.

Meanwhile, in a luxurious villa in Capital City, Ying Wenjie sat staring blankly at his phone.

He looked at the three glittering gold verified accounts on the gift leaderboard, then at his own ordinary [I Am Ying Zheng], his heart filled with mixed emotions.

The Ye family, the Wu Family, and the Qin family had all joined in.

And each had started by sending gifts worth millions.

Though he was the only son of the Ying Family, one of Capital City's Four Great Families, and had plenty of spending money, he couldn't compete with these families.

Most importantly, he couldn't get his own family involved.

The Ying Family had been in business for generations. Wealthy as they were, they had never been interested in martial arts or the mystical arts of Qimen Dunjia. His father and grandfather would never use the family's official account for some "expert" on a livestream.

He gritted his teeth and sent another wave of gifts:

[I Am Ying Zheng] sent Carnival ×20! Message: Celestial Master Chen, I may not have my family's backing, but I'm sincere! I truly want to become your disciple!

When that message appeared, some viewers laughed:

[Clearheaded Realist: Hahaha, feeling outclassed?]

[Popcorn Spectator: Poor kid, taking on three families all by himself.]

[Yaoyao's Little Red Riding Hood: Don't cry, Ying Zheng! We're behind you!]

[Evening Breeze Meets the Woods: Sincerity is what matters most! Families and all that don't matter!]

Reading those comments made Ying Wenjie feel a little better.

But he still couldn't help sighing as he looked at those three glittering gold usernames.

He picked up his phone and called his father.

"Dad, there's something I want to talk to you about..."

Half an hour later, he put down his phone, looking even more miserable.

Just as expected, his father wasn't interested at all. He had even scolded him for wasting his days watching livestreams and sending gifts instead of doing something worthwhile.

After hanging up, he looked at the three family accounts still sending gifts in the livestream and gritted his teeth.

Forget it. I'll rely on myself.

I've got plenty of time anyway.

I'm becoming Celestial Master Chen's disciple, no matter what!