Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Conglin

Conglin dropped the backpack from his shoulders, unrolled his sleeping mat, and sat right down on the ground in front of all his livestream viewers. He grinned and said, “Alright, bros, I’ve got my bed all made. But I don’t think that’s exciting enough. For all you guys who want to see your host smash a Buddha statue to prove there are no gods, send me 50 Cloud Piercer arrows. As soon as the gifts come in, I’ll start smashing!”

The words had barely left his mouth when someone actually sent fifty Cloud Piercer arrows.

Conglin said, “Thanks to my bro for the 50 Cloud Piercer arrows. Alright, I’m gonna start smashing!”

He pulled a hammer out of his backpack, aimed at the largest Buddha statue, and swung hard.

With a loud CRASH, the statue fell to the floor and shattered into countless pieces.

Conglin pointed disdainfully at the broken statue and roared, “How about that? I smashed you right to your face, and you’re still not going to do anything? If you’re really divine, then come and get me! HAHAHA! If you won’t come for me, what gives you the right to expect my worship!”

Although he hadn’t destroyed the entire shrine hall, his actions were still shocking.

His fans were all praising his bravery and continuously sending him gifts.

Meanwhile, Shen Zhiyao’s fans felt that Conglin’s actions were absolutely shameless:

[You don’t have to believe in everything, but you can’t just desecrate it! Isn’t he afraid of karmic retribution for doing this?]

[I feel like this guy is a total psycho. He has no shame when it comes to getting views!]

[Shoo, shoo, shoo! Keep the evil away! Buddha, please don’t be offended. This humble one didn’t mean to see this. If you’re going to blame someone, blame that moron Conglin!]

Shen Zhiyao hadn’t expected someone like him to snag a connection lucky bag in her stream.

But seeing the sinister energy clinging to Conglin, she knew he must have done this sort of thing many times before.

She said, “Let’s not even talk about whether the Buddha will hold this against you. You’ve already provoked quite a few minor spirits. You should be careful. Especially since you’re in a place where ghost souls can easily appear. Watch out, or a ghost soul might come looking for you!”

Conglin burst out laughing. “I provoked ghosts? Where are there ghosts in this world? Anyone who’s seen my videos knows I’ve slept in cemeteries. Forget ghosts, I’ve never even seen a shadow of one.”

“There are no ghosts in this world! To tell you the truth, I’m here today because my fans asked me to connect with an internet charlatan. They want me to expose the true face of online scam artists.”

He spoke with such self-righteousness, as if Shen Zhiyao were a criminal who had committed many evil deeds, and he was the hand of justice.

In reality, no fans had asked him to connect with Shen Zhiyao at all. The only reason he did was to leech off her popularity again.

Shen Zhiyao was amused by his shamelessness. “I’m a diviner. How exactly are you planning to expose my ’true face’? By having me divine whether or not you’ll see a ghost tonight?”

A sarcastic look crossed Conglin’s face. “I already said there are no ghost souls in this world, yet you’re still playing mystic in front of me! You’re a beautiful woman. What’s wrong with selling your looks or doing some dances? Did you really have to come to the internet to play mystic and court death?”

Shen Zhiyao read his facial features and said, “Many people in this world have their eyes covered. Furthermore, there’s a divide between the worlds of yin and yang. Most ghosts are very weak and cannot manifest before the living.”

“Everyone is afraid of ghosts, but the probability of a human actually seeing one is very low. That’s why you’ve been a paranormal livestreamer for so long without ever encountering anything strange.”

Conglin immediately laughed. “See that, bros? This is the standard script for all charlatans! They find a ton of excuses to ’prove’ why I can’t see ghosts. This is a scam! Relying on these deceptive lines, they can get millions of fans! I feel like anyone who follows Xiao Shen must be an idiot! Go watch my old videos! I’ve done all that crazy stuff and still haven’t seen a ghost. This streamer is a fraud. Don’t let yourselves be fooled!”

Shen Zhiyao said, “So, you connected with me just to prove that there are no ghosts in the world, not because you actually want a divination?”

Conglin said arrogantly, “Not only will I prove there are no ghosts or gods in the world, I’ll also prove that all online diviners are frauds! I’m going to teach you, an internet scammer, a lesson on behalf of your fans!”

Shen Zhiyao said, “My stream is only for divination, nothing else. I have no interest in joining your game. If you don’t want a reading, I’m leaving.”

With that, Shen Zhiyao moved to end the connection.

Conglin said hurriedly, “Wait, wait, wait! Don’t end the connection! I’ll get a reading, I’ll get one! I never said I wouldn’t! Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

Shen Zhiyao asked, “Then what would you like me to divine?”

Conglin said, “Help me find a place where I can see a ghost. I’ll go stand guard there. And let me be clear, the place can’t be more than twenty meters away from me!”

“Alright!” Shen Zhiyao glanced at his face. “Actually, you’re already surrounded by black energy. Even if I didn’t tell you, you’d see a ghost sooner or later.”

’Since Conglin wanted to play with fire, Shen Zhiyao would give him something thrilling.’

’The only question was whether Conglin could handle the consequences of this thrill.’

“Before the divination, pay the divination fee first.”

“Huh? Don’t I pay after it’s done?”

“You should pay first. If my divination is wrong, I can refund you double the divination fee and quit the internet.”

When Conglin heard there was such a sweet deal, he paid the divination fee without hesitation.

Only then did Shen Zhiyao say with an icy expression, “Go out of the ancestral hall. There’s a deep pond by the entrance, and next to the pond is a pagoda tree. Go sit there and wait all night. You will see a ghost.”

Conglin said dismissively, “That’s it? I’ve slept in mass graves and on burial mounds, you think I’m afraid of sleeping one night by a deep pond? You really look down on me, don’t you? Bros, what do you say, should we take this mission? If I take it, I feel like this streamer is really underestimating me. If I don’t, I’m afraid she’ll say I’m scared. OK, OK, you guys want me to take it. I’ll go sit under the pagoda tree by the deep pond for a night. Let’s go, I’m heading out now.”

“Hey viewers of Xiao Shen’s Divination Stream! If you want to see what happens next, you can come over to my stream and watch me. I’m going to uncover the truth about whether or not ghosts really exist in this world!”

[The hell? We’ve seen plenty of ghosts in this stream already. We need you to ’uncover the truth’ about whether they exist? Are you sick in the head?]

[Is he treating us like idiots? Leeching views so brazenly. Only a fool would go watch him.]

[Heh, who has the time to stay up all night with you to see a ghost? We’re staying right here in this stream. The host can suppress ghost souls and is immune to all evil.]

[Exactly, exactly! Now that the reading is done, get lost! After provoking the Buddha, don’t come bothering us. May the heavens protect us, we don’t know this dumbass.]

Conglin hadn’t expected Shen Zhiyao’s fans to be so die-hard. They’d rather wait in her stream than go to his to see what happened next.

’Doesn’t that mean he tried to leech all this traffic for nothing?’

Unfortunately for him, his own fans were also clamoring for him to go spend the night under the pagoda tree, so he couldn’t just back out.

’In any case, he wouldn’t lose out. Tomorrow morning, he could just clip a few fragments, take them out of context, and get another wave of traffic.’

’After all, Weibo and Douyin were different. There were a lot of Shen Zhiyao’s anti-fans on Weibo.’

’As long as he slandered Shen Zhiyao, he could gain followers quickly.’

’There was a user on Weibo called “GirlyBoy” who had gained a ton of traffic by slandering Shen Zhiyao and was already getting ad deals.’

He was still trying to poach some viewers in Shen Zhiyao’s stream when she directly kicked him out.

At that moment, only one user was left in Shen Zhiyao’s connection queue: “Northeast Mary.”

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