5: Chapter 5 has surpassed 100,000 likes!

"Three days?" Xiao Tiantian suddenly looked up. "Are you serious?"

Xiao Tan looked at her with a complex expression and countered, "Do you want that comment to be true? Or false?"

Xiao Tiantian's eyes flickered as she hurriedly said, "I'm not feeling well, I'm ending the stream now."

With that, she hurriedly went offline without even saying goodbye to her fans.

Xiao Tan shook his head. "...You haven't given me your address yet. How am I supposed to send you the spirit talisman?"

However, he wasn't in a hurry. If he guessed correctly, it wouldn't be long before Xiao Tiantian came looking for him again.

Within three days!

"Alright, benefactors, I'm ending the stream too. Today was just a trial run. We'll meet again if fate allows."

The netizens were still immersed in Xiao Tiantian's gossip, feeling unsatisfied.

"Don't go yet! Chat with us for another two cents' worth."

"Tell us how you crossed over from being a paparazzi. What bizarre things did you experience?"

"Streamer, what do you mean by 'if fate allows'? When is the next stream?"

"In three days, if you end up slapping your own face, you won't delete your account and run away, right?"

"Streamer, I've screen-recorded this. In three days, either you'll be famous and I'll send you big rockets, or I'll invite you to have tea at the police station for defamation."

Xiao Tan saw the bullet comments, gave a faint smile, and ended the stream.

After ending the stream, he ordered some cinnabar, yellow paper, and other materials for making talismans online. Then, he pulled out the Newbie Gift Pack from the system to study.

The Newbie Gift Pack consisted of a [Manual of Heavenly Secrets] and a [Cultivation Secret Manual].

The [Manual of Heavenly Secrets] had two parts: "Observation" and "Solution."

"Observation" meant insight into heavenly secrets, allowing one to know a person's past and future.

Just "Observation" wasn't enough. It was like understanding the prompt of a problem but not knowing how to solve it; it was futile.

One also needed to know how to "Solve"—the way to break or resolve things.

There were many ways to solve things, such as resolving someone's internal conflicts through words to help them make the right choices in life—this was the subjective aspect.

Of course, objectively, the "antidote" that could help people seek good fortune and avoid disaster was the spirit talisman.

Spirit talismans needed spiritual power to function. The higher the cultivation technique, the more spiritual power one had, and the better the talisman's effect.

So, Xiao Tan prepared to focus on cultivation for a few days.

After all, drawing talismans was something he was trying for the first time in his life.

On the second day of Xiao Tan's tireless cultivation, the internet suddenly exploded.

On Weibo, an anonymous account leaked a piece of information: an intimate photo of a young girl with Wu Zhifeng.

Judging by the background, it seemed to be white hotel sheets. Wu Zhifeng was sleeping shirtless, while the woman was making a face at the camera.

This news hit the trending searches in a short amount of time.

At that moment, Wu Zhifeng was in the recording studio preparing to record a song.

Having started in a talent show, he was a triple-threat star in film, television, and music, able to sing, dance, and act.

Suddenly, the recording engineer was stopped by an assistant. With a pale face, the assistant gestured to Wu Zhifeng from outside the glass window, signaling him to take a call.

Wu Zhifeng took off his headphones and left the recording booth.

"What's wrong? Whose call is so urgent?"

"By the way, did you order the birthday gift I asked you to get for Jingjing?"

Wu Zhifeng didn't notice the assistant's gloomy expression; she looked like she was about to cry.

The assistant whispered, "It's a call from Sister Xiaoyan."

Sister Xiaoyan was Wu Zhifeng's manager.

Wu Zhifeng said, "Is Sister Xiaoyan still angry? It was just making an official announcement without her consent."

The assistant stammered, "No, it's not that."

"Not that? Then why... what is it?"

At this point, Wu Zhifeng was still unaware that a scandal about him had just broken.

He glanced at the assistant, thinking she was acting very strange.

The assistant handed him the phone. "Y-you should just take the call first."

Wu Zhifeng took the call, and as he listened, his brow furrowed.

His manager, Sister Xiaoyan, was contacting people to pay for the removal of the trending search and told Wu Zhifeng to return to the company immediately.

On the way back to the company, Wu Zhifeng opened his phone and saw the leak.

When he saw the photo, he couldn't help but swear.

He naturally recognized the leaker; she was one of his fans.

He hadn't expected that after the fan had gotten such a huge "bargain," she would actually backstab him!

Sharing a bed was a "blessing" to them, okay!

In a fit of rage, Wu Zhifeng called the fan and had a heated argument with her.

The assistant sat to the side like a quail, shivering.

Back at the company, Sister Xiaoyan didn't even have time to scold him; she was constantly on the phone.

There were calls from endorsement partners, as well as producers of upcoming TV dramas and shows.

Wu Zhifeng opened his account and saw that the comments under his official announcement video had exceeded one million, with the top comments all being people bashing him.

Reaching one million comments was the kind of traffic a top-tier star would get.

However, he never expected to go "viral" in this manner.

One of the top comments caught his attention.

"The marriage compatibility between the two is 44%. Type: Ill-fated relationship, commonly known as a Peach Blossom Calamity. Outcome: Mr. Wu will likely be disgraced."

Disgraced?

Wu Zhifeng flew into a rage. "What is this rubbish! This paparazzi called Young Master Xiao—send him a lawyer's letter!"

***

After finishing his cultivation, Xiao Tan casually checked his phone before going to bed.

That one look was all it took; he saw a string of red dot notifications on the Moyin app.

"Little Foodie and 100,270 others liked your comment."

"Someone Disordered in the Wind and 23,101 others replied to your comment."

"Little Piggy Sister and 15,684 others followed you."

Xiao Tan was slightly shocked by the string of little red dots.

When he clicked in to look, he saw that his comment had actually surpassed 100,000 likes.

And his follower count had increased fifteen-fold.

While Xiao Tan was dazed, he saw that the number of followers was still steadily rising.

At the same time, he received many private messages.

Could it be...?

Xiao Tan raised an eyebrow slightly, guessing what had happened.

Although the trending search had been removed, searching for Wu Zhifeng's name still brought up the leaked scandal.

Under Wu Zhifeng's official announcement video, his comment had been liked to the top, and the replies below were incredibly lively.

"Impressive! A prophet has appeared!"

"Did the little entertainment reporter snap something? Does he have evidence?"

"Why call him a little reporter? Call him Young Master Xiao!"

"Young Master Xiao, I'm willing to call you the rising number one paparazzi!"

"What paparazzi? Please call him the Entertainment Industry's Discipline Inspection Commission!"

"No, no, no, call him Master Xiao!"

Some who had watched Xiao Tan's first stream were educating everyone in the comments:

"You guys don't know, do you? He's not just a paparazzi; he's also a Metaphysics streamer!"

"A Metaphysics streamer?"

"Master Xiao, please accept my humble bow!"

"Master Xiao, who's the next one to have their career ruined? Make a prediction, bets are in!"

"It's just a scandal; it shouldn't reach the point of career ruin, right?"

"Master Xiao said we'll see within three days. There's still one day left. Let's wait and see how far this thing ferments!"

"No way? Is there even more explosive news coming out next???"

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