Chapter 154: Chapter 151: Swordsmanship Test

Crazy Zen smiled, “Alright, I’ll be honest. I have two reasons for helping you. The first is because my younger brother has cancer, and I want to ask for your help through the connections you have with the natives in the Flesh and Blood Plague world to treat him.”

“Cancer?” Bai Pu was taken aback.

In the Spiritual Era, humanity’s overall physical fitness had greatly improved, but cancer was still a stubborn disease.

The essence of cancer is the loss of control over the growth and division of normal cells, leading to infinite proliferation.

Even though ordinary people in the Spiritual Era have greatly improved physical fitness, cancer cells have also strengthened, maintaining a relationship of mutual increment. The stronger cancer cells become even harder to eradicate.

This situation doesn’t change even if one becomes an Awakened, because the cancer cells of the Awakened are even more powerful.

Only a few native scholars specializing in this field have the ability to solve this problem.

For instance, in the “Flesh and Blood Plague” world of the Source Plane, the main focus is on the research of biological anomalies, and the scholars there certainly have the ability to cure cancer.

Crazy Zen knew Bai Pu had connections with the natives in the Flesh and Blood Plague world because he had learned through certain channels that Bai Pu’s trial task was to fuse with Source Blood. This step must be entrusted to a trustworthy native scholar! Hence, he made this request to Bai Pu.

“I can agree to this request and will do my best to help you, but I can’t guarantee success,” Bai Pu said, “Now, tell me the second reason.”

Crazy Zen took a deep breath, and a rare hint of hatred appeared in his eyes, “The second reason is precisely the existence of the ’Superstar Alliance’.”

“You have a grudge against the Superstar Alliance?” Bai Pu asked.

Crazy Zen shook his head slightly and said, “It’s not me, it’s the entire Jiangnan Xu Clan that has an unresolved grudge with the Superstar Alliance!”

He then smiled and said, “Speaking of which, that piece of Primordial Heart Tissue you obtained…its original ownership was with our Xu Family.”

Crazy Zen did not elaborate on the specifics.

Bai Pu was well aware that this should be a feud between the Jiangnan Xu Clan and the senior experts of the Superstar Alliance from years ago.

It seems the grudge runs deep.

No wonder Crazy Zen was so honest with Bai Pu; turns out they had a common enemy.

Bai Pu and Crazy Zen signed a temporary agreement. The agreement was that Crazy Zen would fully assist Bai Pu in completing his transition task, and in return, Bai Pu would do everything he could to help his brother “Xu Shijie” cure his cancer.

As for the common enemy, the Superstar Alliance, no formal agreement was needed between the two families. Since this was a long-term struggle against a mutual enemy, it wasn’t suitable for a short contract certified by the Spirit Realm Will.

Having agreed on the time to enter the Spirit Realm, Crazy Zen floated away.

He didn’t plan on teaming up with Bai Pu to enter but instead was forming another team, also needing to collect anchor tickets from the Flesh and Blood Plague: Anomalies world.

In the following half month, Bai Pu’s life was quite routine.

He would start a livestream every day, practice swordsmanship, practice swordsmanship, and practice swordsmanship.

This style of livestreaming really struggled to retain fans.

Many passersby who were initially struck by Bai Pu’s looks would become bewildered during the process of watching his sword practice, then question, and finally become numb, either staying to become his die-hard fans or leaving for other streams in search of fun.

Even the super admins of the Hundred Battle Platform privately messaged Bai Pu, asking him to slightly change his streaming style, to learn from the big streamers at the top, acting goofy, being cool, skirting boundaries, and so on.

In this age of eyeball economy, as long as it attracts fans, anything goes.

So what if you’re an Awakened? Awakened can’t stand aloof, because the gifts from the audience can be converted into Spiritual Points, which is the lifeline of the Awakened!

Still, Bai Pu remained unchanged.

His nature could not be altered.

Bai Pu himself was not the type to stir up the atmosphere or drive the tempo.

Although with his high IQ and EQ, Bai Pu could quickly pretend to be capable of doing so and even maintain such a facade with strong self-control and perseverance,

this would only leave Bai Pu physically and mentally exhausted, failing to achieve any mental relaxation.

One must know that the exploration of the Spirit Realm is nerve-wracking at every step, with intense battles everywhere. With nerves constantly on edge, if one can’t rest well in the real world, even the strongest nerves would eventually snap.

Now those who are willing to stay are mostly sticky fans with very high “loyalty,” unlikely to leave easily.

These fans are mainly young women, and their combat power is truly formidable. Although not many, the gifts never really stop coming.

Apart from “Fluorescent Sticks,” which can be obtained for free by logging in daily, many people would send paid gifts like “Golden Melon Seeds” or “Coca-Cola,” valued at one to five Huaxia Coins, and occasionally, some fans even send “Golden Treasure Boxes” worth hundreds of Huaxia Coins.

Accumulated, the daily income actually reached over a thousand! But when converted to Spiritual Points, it’s just a dozen or so, akin to a mosquito leg.

“Now, it’s almost ready,”

Bai Pu felt that his swordsmanship had almost reached Beiming Jihu’s required standard. In the training space of the Virtual Spirit Realm, he had managed to use a simulated practice Heavy Sword to mark eight hovering wooden boards with ink stains simultaneously without causing them to shake noticeably.

Back in reality, Bai Pu took out the practice Heavy Sword and released the flies he had previously asked Li Ling to capture—fortunately, it was the transition between summer and autumn, or catching flies would have been difficult.

Once freed, the flies flew around for a while before settling in different locations.

Bai Pu’s “puzzling behavior” caused quite a stir in the live stream, as the audience was delighted to find that Bai Pu was finally doing something different from the monotonous sword practice.

[Bright Moon in the Clouds: What is Gangxin brother doing?]

[Bright Moon in the Clouds presented 10 Gangxin Small TVs.]

The Small TV is a relatively valuable gift on the Hundred Battle Platform, costing 100 Huaxia Coins each, and sending them amounts to 1000 Coins, equivalent to about 17 Spiritual Points.

Truly fitting for the top supporter, such generosity.

It was clear that [Bright Moon in the Clouds] had figured out Bai Pu’s nature, sending a gift each time before interacting.

Sure enough, Bai Pu, hearing the notification for the gift, glanced up at the screen and said, “Checking the results of this period’s sword practice…using this Heavy Sword to simultaneously kill eight flies without leaving stains on the wall.”

The comments erupted; although the number wasn’t large, they were all active fans, and seeing Gangxin, who usually kept to himself, finally interact, everyone was excited.

“Is this a sword? Looks like an iron rod from a construction site…how heavy could it be?”

“Does the streamer really think he can do it? I don’t believe it!”

“Didn’t you see the streamer poking the boards?”

“Boards and flies aren’t the same! Flies can fly!”

The comments were a mess.

Bai Pu patiently waited until more than a dozen flies had settled on the wall.

He warmed up a bit, holding the practice Heavy Sword with both hands horizontally.

If it were a streamer who liked to create an atmosphere, they might hold a bet, attract a crowd, then begin.

But Bai Pu, without any warning, stepped forward as the Heavy Sword thrust out at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

This was the speed of the sword when practicing; light in force and fast, causing very minimal damage, mainly to practice the “Lifting Heavy as Light” technique and control over force!

Unlike in combat, where the sword’s force would be strong, causing high damage, but the speed wouldn’t be so exaggerated.

Swish, swish, swish!

After a series of dazzling thrusts, eight flies slowly slid down the wall.

The other flies scattered in all directions.

The wall remained spotless.

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