CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 166: LIVESTREAMING CULTIVATION (PART 3)

What kind of people are these!

"..."

Ye Qingzhou sighed. No matter what, he couldn’t make these cross-dressing silly videos.

Skip!

Next, for any popular Martial Arts video, there was basically no serious martial training; it was all flashy, crowd-pleasing stuff, yet the likes were extraordinarily high, often over a million.

It’s simply a dance of demons!

For example, some people claim they’re teaching "Dragon Fist," but they haven’t even tamed the great dragon of the spine, can’t mobilize the whole body’s Qi and Blood, and the punches they throw are limp, more like worm fists, leaving one wondering where the dragon is.

Or it’s acrobatics like somersaults or breaking stones on the chest, leaving Ye Qingzhou speechless.

"Brother Wen, are these also called Martial Arts videos? I think they should be called acrobatics," Ye Qingzhou said.

Ye Qingzhou scrolled through Douyin, and two hours passed by without him realizing it, with zero success.

Huang Liwen chuckled and said, "There are serious Martial Arts training videos, but they are usually paid and very expensive. You have to realize, most ordinary people actually don’t have the aptitude for martial arts, so they won’t spend money on such videos."

Ye Qingzhou suddenly understood, "I see."

Because of his passion for Martial Arts, almost no one around Ye Qingzhou was weak.

Even classmates in Class 7 of Grade Two have mostly successfully reached the Entry Level of the "Six Military Techniques," after all, Linjiang First High School is a prestigious school, and students who can get in typically have good aptitudes.

But this isn’t the norm.

The reality is, in the Dongji Kingdom, whether in high school or university, only prestigious schools can offer corresponding Exotic Treasures, allowing a few outstanding students to embark on the Martial Dao path.

Out of the country’s 1.4 billion population, the number of Professional Martial Artists is actually less than a million.

"No wonder the videos genuinely showcasing Martial Arts cultivation don’t get that many likes, indicating not many people are interested. Instead, those eye-catching, gimmicky videos gained more popularity."

Excluding funny antics, borderline suggestive content, and film edits, the popular ones related to Martial Arts in a broad sense fall into two categories.

One category uses Martial Techniques to smash objects, like chopping stones with bare hands or punching through steel plates. The other one demonstrates arena combat skills, countering techniques with techniques.

Such combat skills do not involve teaching technique methods, so they can be freely shared.

Videos that do offer serious instruction on how to train techniques are all paid, which is normal as Martial Techniques are not to be lightly passed on.

As for finding someone to spar with?

Ye Qingzhou thought about it and found it too troublesome, so he decided to go for something simple and straightforward.

"Looks like I can only showcase the pure violent beauty of Martial Arts."

Ye Qingzhou sighed inwardly.

......

"Hello?"

"It’s me, Lii Yan’Er!"

"Oh, long time no see."

"Busy guy, what have you been up to since the Phoenix Cup ended?"

On the other end of the phone, Lii Yan’Er was curious.

"I’m planning to do live streaming."

"Really, you’re live streaming too?"

"What, are you..."

"Hehe, I can’t beat you in Martial Arts, but in terms of Douyin followers, you definitely can’t beat me."

Yan’Er’s silvery laughter came through the microphone. She had attracted quite a few fans online with her outstanding looks.

This is quite normal. Truly strong Martial Artists are either busy exploring the Grotto Heaven Secret Realms or diligently cultivating to enhance their strength and realm.

Who has time to live stream and seek attention?

Just like successful entrepreneurs and Olympic champions, they usually have their own things to do and can’t live stream like internet celebrities.

This leads to the situation on Blue Star, where within the Martial Artists, there aren’t no internet celebrities, but those with real skills are few.

At least this is the case in the Dongji Kingdom. With no large-scale promotion of Thought Ability Martial Dao, relying on the internet to gather followers and absorb Power of Thought Ability to enhance cultivation is obviously not easy.

Moreover, the official control in the Dongji Kingdom is very strict in this regard.

"How about this, give me your ID number, and I can help promote you."

"Thank you so much."

"We’re classmates, after all. Helping each other is normal."

Lii Yan’Er ended the call, her heart pounding with excitement.

Since meeting Ye Qingzhou, Lii Yan’Er had seen the immense potential in him. Plus, their relationship was pretty good. So, she naturally offered to help when Ye Qingzhou wanted to try live streaming.

Lii Yan’Er had begun getting involved in live streaming since the second semester of high school.

With the rise of Douyin, she started posting some dance videos to attract fans. Having learned dance from a young age and displayed talent in Martial Arts after entering high school—and with her good looks and figure—she quickly gained a batch of fans on Douyin and made some pocket money.

These days, "relying on one’s face" is no joke!

The internet permeates every household, giving many ordinary people a chance to become stars.

Initially, Lii Yan’Er’s followers grew quickly, but after her follower count surpassed 50,000, the growth stagnated noticeably.

Even recently, because she was busy with the Phoenix Cup, her video updates became less frequent, leading to a decrease in followers, with fewer and fewer active users in her live streams.

This is quite normal. In today’s internet world, with beauty software and retouching, there are tons of pretty girls, and even older women can transform into goddesses.

Compared to full-time female streamers, Lii Yan’Er didn’t have a particularly distinct advantage.

To become popular, one needs luck and professional team packaging and operation.

Unfortunately, in over half a year as a streamer, Lii Yan’Er hadn’t attracted interest from any big company, nor had the Douyin platform signed her.

Besides some ill-intentioned invitations and scammers, the professional internet celebrity operation teams she encountered, though not explicit, privately hinted at her various things, hoping her videos would be bolder and more open—in other words, they wanted her to take a more risqué route.

Lii Yan’Er wanted to become famous, but she was only 16 and chiefly a student, unable to accept the style they suggested.

After much consideration, she ultimately didn’t sign with any team and is still working solo, trying her luck, uncertain of when she might become famous.

The Martial Arts path is incredibly difficult, and to quickly enhance her cultivation, Lii Yan’Er needs a lot of money.

Her family definitely can’t provide it, so Lii Yan’Er can only find her own way.

"Ding."

On Messenger, Ye Qingzhou sent over his ID number.

Lii Yan’Er opened Douyin and searched for this ID.

"Sword Saint—Ye Qingzhou."

"Prove the Way with martial strength, convince people with virtue."

The name and introduction were simple, the avatar depicted a figure with a sword at his waist standing atop a mountain peak, exuding an air of immortality, secluded and detached from the world.

Lii Yan’Er clicked in and found that Ye Qingzhou was a "triple zero" newcomer with 0 likes, 0 followers, and 0 fans, having just uploaded a single work three minutes ago.

"I never expected Ye Qingzhou, such a promising Martial Arts Hidden Dragon, would also venture into becoming an internet celebrity. This field is really getting competitive,"

Lii Yan’Er found it interesting and was curious about what Ye Qingzhou had filmed.