People’s gazes shifted back to Chu Yang, eager to know the Immortal Brother’s opinion.
Chu Yang offered no commentary, tacitly approving of the situation.
The era of immortal cultivation was not simply defined by how many people practiced cultivation techniques.
Anything related to cultivation would inevitably become a commodity circulating in human society.
Spirit stones, magical artifacts, cultivation methods, secret manuals, and so on; as cultivation permeated every aspect of people’s lives, valuable items would naturally become trade goods.
The market entry of these items also facilitated their circulation.
Through circulation, they would eventually reach the right people.
While resources would most likely be controlled by the wealthy, these wealthy conglomerates would, much like sects in the cultivation world, use their resources to attract numerous geniuses. Once these geniuses matured, they would serve these benefactors.
Seeing that Immortal Brother did not object, everyone began to chatter and discuss.
Li Qingyun, still planting trees, was now completely forgotten.
Only Chen Xiaohan watched him from the shadows, a victor’s smile gracing her lips.
When Li Qingyun was no longer the center of attention, she could convince herself that she did not regret abandoning him.
However, her smile faded as quickly as it appeared, for Li Qingyun seemed unaffected by anything. Regardless of the surrounding clamor, he patiently kept his head down, burying seed after seed into the soil before circulating his cultivation technique to accelerate their growth.
This repetitive process appeared tedious and mundane, yet Li Qingyun truly relished it.
Watching each seed break through the soil by his own hands and gradually grow into a large tree filled him with a sense of accomplishment. He also felt an indescribable subtlety in this process.
Chen Xiaohan could even see a satisfied smile on Li Qingyun’s face, a smile so pure, purer than when she had known him before.
She inwardly roared with a twisted emotion: “Stop pretending! You must be in agony now that you’re no longer the center of attention!”
Chu Yang continued, addressing everyone: “The cultivation techniques here are all single-use consumables. The moment you open one, it automatically transfers into your mind, losing all its transactional properties.”
Those who had just brought techniques from the Cultivation Pavilion, fearing they might lose them, hastily opened the manuals in their hands.
Instantly, rays of light of various colors surged into their bodies.
After absorbing the techniques, they could all feel the difference in this world.
The air was filled with rich spiritual energy, making them feel incredibly comfortable.
It was already four in the morning, yet the crowd gathered around the plaza had not diminished; in fact, it had grown larger.
Chu Yang looked at the dense throng of people and sighed inwardly.
If one didn't know better, they might think he was inciting a rebellion!
“It seems I’ll be here for two days. I’ll have to ask Miss Xue to arrange for someone to help me identify talented individuals with top-tier aptitudes…”
For the entire day, Chu Yang’s Cultivation Pavilion had firmly occupied the trending topics on Weibo.
The traffic stars who had hired online trolls to flood the search results were dumbfounded. They had waited all day, yet the top ten were all occupied by things related to immortal cultivation.
This was the result of genuine numbers, something they couldn’t achieve no matter how much they bought traffic.
The long night did not dampen their enthusiasm; as soon as daytime arrived, it was time for the Cultivation Pavilion to open.
When Wang Teng arrived at the scene, he was utterly stunned.
He had never witnessed such a massive gathering! There must have been tens of thousands of people here.
Where did the queue even begin?
“Holy crap, that’s a little scary, Old Lei!”
Lei Yan was Wang Teng’s good friend; they were both notorious troublemakers in the capital.
Ever since Wang Teng had begun practicing the Shattering Jade Hegemony Body Art, he exuded a more formidable aura than before.
The sliver of true dragon intent contained deep within his bloodline seemed to have been ignited by this body-refining technique. He could now push a truck with his bare hands.
After cultivating, his demeanor had completely changed.
Walking down the street, young ladies were now asking for his WeChat. His luck with women had been soaring recently.
At night, he could even hold his own in a 1v10 fight until dawn.
This made Lei Yan incredibly envious. After some inquiry, he learned that Wang Teng had somehow gotten into immortal cultivation.
So, today, Wang Teng brought Lei Yan along, intending to get him some cultivation techniques from the Cultivation Pavilion.
The main reason was that Chu Yang hadn’t been live-streaming to sell techniques for the past couple of days. Otherwise, Wang Teng would have simply used his wealth to bypass this crowd.
Lei Yan said with a teary face, “Brother, how are we supposed to push through this crowd?”
“Force our way through!”
As a body cultivator, Wang Teng’s physical prowess was no joke.
Grabbing Lei Yan, he charged forward relentlessly, carving a path through the gaps between people.
Those he pushed past cursed him vehemently while trying to push him back.
Unexpectedly, when they tried to push back, they were the ones who were repelled.
By eight o’clock the next morning, many people had noticeable dark circles under their eyes.
Chu Yang stood before them and announced loudly: “From now on, the [Aptitude Testing Stone] and the [Cultivation Pavilion] are open to everyone for free. Each person has only one chance to enter the Cultivation Pavilion. I wish everyone the best in obtaining a good cultivation technique. Only two hundred people can enter at a time. The soldiers on site, please help maintain order! Those who cause trouble will be permanently marked by me and lose the opportunity to enter the plaza!”
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expression froze, and they swallowed hard.
Nothing was more intimidating than that last statement. If they couldn’t get in, it would be very difficult to obtain cultivation techniques from others in the future, as they could only afford to buy the unused ones that others released.
Furthermore, they didn’t even know if those cultivation techniques would match their aptitudes. The techniques circulating in the market would undoubtedly be sky-high in price.
To buy a top-grade mortal-level cultivation technique for 999 yuan was pure wishful thinking anywhere except in Chu Yang’s live stream.
Thus, the first batch of two hundred people rushed in. However, because they couldn’t compete, Meng Zibin and Chen Xiaohan did not manage to enter in the first batch.
But soon, Chu Yang continued to call out: “The next batch, prepare to enter and take your seats in the audience area. I have already divided the zones, which can accommodate 60,000 people.”
“Once you enter and take your seats, wait for the next batch after the first group finishes. Everyone must adhere to the order, or the consequences will be severe!”
Chu Yang had arranged the seating in a style similar to a football stadium, ensuring that when geniuses emerged, there would be people to widen their eyes in disbelief, gasp, and exclaim loudly.
At that moment, everyone was overjoyed.
Good heavens, so that circle around the Aptitude Testing Stone was actually the audience area!