Chapter Ten: The Reward of Fifty Strands of Velvet-Sky Sovereign(Icy Blaze)

“Not bad at all.” Huang Yunshuo nodded with a satisfied smile; when it came to chick down, the more the better.

Fox Softpaw sent a friend request. Once Huang Yunshuo accepted, she left the party, waved goodbye, and headed into the village.

With only three hours left until the deadline, Huang Yunshuo glanced at his experience: 180/250. He knew he wouldn’t be leveling up just yet.

He opened his bag—thirty pieces of chick down and sixty copper coins. That should be enough to get some more benefits from Granny Sun, shouldn’t it?

At the tailor’s shop, Granny Sun’s eyes lit up when she saw the pile of chick down and thirty copper coins he offered her.

Ten minutes later, Granny Sun handed him a pair of greaves.

Chickling Greaves, Level 1.

Defense: +2

Constitution: +2

Agility: +2

Now his defense was five and his health seventy! Pulling the greaves onto his legs, Huang Yunshuo felt a warm strength flooding his limbs, as if he could run endlessly. He was thoroughly satisfied.

“You’ve collected fifty pieces of chick down. Here’s a reward for your efforts.” As Huang Yunshuo was about to leave, Granny Sun unexpectedly produced three vials of Minor Healing Spray, each restoring twenty health. It was only worth nine copper coins, but a windfall was a windfall, and Huang Yunshuo accepted them with a grin.

“Send copper coins.”

He mailed thirty copper coins to Ye Piaoxue, not giving her any chance to refuse, then logged off.

“I’ve still got a Small Healing Spray that restores fifty health, haven’t even used it yet. These three little ones probably won’t even come in handy.” Huang Yunshuo set his Hurricane Helmet aside, pondering. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

Of course—he could use them for a giveaway in the streaming room!

Giveaways in the streaming room—a trick beloved by many streamers. It could attract a huge crowd, liven up the atmosphere, and, if done well, send a streamer’s career soaring.

So Huang Yunshuo opened his streaming room again and entered drz02825: “All My Fans Are Fools.”

As soon as he went live, two viewers popped in.

Welcome, lv3 Dummy, to the stream.

Welcome, lv12 Fishy Cucumber, to the stream.

Huang Yunshuo was puzzled. Didn’t these two ever level up?

“You two morons aren’t still crying over getting killed by chicks, are you? Too scared to face reality, so you don’t even log in?” Huang Yunshuo asked.

Dummy: “You idiot, get lost!”

Fishy Cucumber: “What’s it to you if I’m off giving cucumbers to a girl, you single mutt?”

Huang Yunshuo shrugged it off. “If you’re scared of being killed by chicks, just admit it. Why all the whining, you fools?”

Welcome, lv1 Cute Meng, to the stream.

Welcome, lv29 Daddy, to the stream.

Huang Yunshuo pointed at Daddy’s username and mocked, “You must be an idiot. With a name that dumb, if your old man sees you, does he have to call you ‘Daddy’ too?”

Dummy: “Are you insane? Don’t just call my name for nothing.”

“I think you’re the real idiot here. This dumb streamer didn’t even call you out,” Fishy Cucumber couldn’t help but retort.

Daddy: “What are you yapping about, you mutt? With a face as flat as my shoehorn, you dare to stream?”

“Idiot, get lost.”

“You have been kicked out of room drz02825 by the streamer ‘Idiot.’ Please keep the chat civil. If the streamer or moderators abuse their power, you may report them. You can also earn a permanent immunity to kicks by gifting 10,000 fan points in this room.”

Daddy found himself booted from the stream, staring dumbfounded at the notification, nearly fit to burst with anger.

Damn it, true to his name, this streamer really is an idiot!

What did I ever do to him?

Just because my ID isn’t flattering, he scolded me and kicked me out?

Daddy was about to lose his mind. He’d never seen such a ridiculous streamer before. He was level 29 on Starry Sky, and he’d spent a fair bit of money. No-name streamers like this one should be practically groveling at his feet, shouldn’t they?

Ten thousand fan points meant a thousand credits, and the worst part was that you had to follow this idiot to be counted as a fan.

Whether it was following “Idiot” or gifting him a thousand credits, Daddy found both ideas unbearable.

“Damn it, I’ll show you what streaming means!”

Furious, Daddy pulled up the previous stream recording and reported it for verbal abuse and abuse of authority.

“Still not satisfied.”

Gritting his teeth, Daddy waited out the five-minute cooldown from being kicked, then rushed straight back into the stream. As soon as he saw the idiot streamer look down at his name in surprise, Daddy was anxious.

Don’t tell me he’s going to kick me again?

Daddy, though not old, cared deeply about his reputation. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have picked such an overbearing username, nor would he have spent so many gifts in various streams, coaxing lesser-known streamers to call him “Daddy” a few times.

He’d always been a big shot in Starry Sky; how could he possibly be humiliated by a minor streamer?

“To hell with it, I’ll gift! Even if this stream gets shut down in a moment, I’ll go head-to-head with this idiot and curse him out good.”

Without another word, Daddy clicked follow, then went straight for the priciest gift—a yacht.

A yacht cost 13,140 Starry Sky coins, or 1,314 credits, and brought 13,140 fan points. Heart aching, Daddy sent the yacht anyway.

Platform announcement: “Daddy has sent a yacht in ‘Idiot’s’ stream. Everyone, hurry over for the giveaway!”

As soon as the platform banner rolled out, countless viewers flooded into Huang Yunshuo’s stream.

The chat exploded.

Dummy: “Someone really spent money on this worthless streamer? Damn it, I’ve been arguing so long my mouth is dry, and that bastard sends a yacht? Is he insane?”

Fishy Cucumber: “With a name like Daddy, what else could he be but an idiot? Kicked out one minute, back the next to grovel—pathetic!”

Swagger Doggo: “I really want to kick Daddy’s head in with a donkey hoof. Is he just begging for it?”

Their comments were drowned out by a torrent of welcome messages. Watching the screen scroll like mad, even Huang Yunshuo couldn’t help but marvel at the power of gifts.

Welcome, lv…

The welcome messages flooded the chat, filling more than ten pages in the blink of an eye, and still more viewers poured in.

Huang Yunshuo noticed a countdown timer for the gift box in the bottom right corner of the chat. Clearly, the three thousand new viewers (in this story, popularity equals number of viewers—don’t compare to platforms like Douyu) were all here for the giveaway.

“Doesn’t matter if the streamer’s ugly, I’m out as soon as I grab the yacht!”

“Get the shooting star and I’m gone—stay one second longer and I’m a dog!”

“6666666.”

“Why’s the streamer called ‘Idiot,’ is he mad?”

“Daddy sent a yacht to Idiot—damned if I’m not laughing just thinking about it.”

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