92: Live confrontation

Tang Ruoling watched the overwhelming deluge of insults in her phone's private messages, her chest heaving.

She had endured it for over a month.

These netizens, knowing nothing, dared to say anything.

Previously, due to confidentiality regulations, she couldn't expose herself.

But now, the principal had explicitly stated in the class meeting that Kunlun Cultivation Academy was about to be revealed to the entire world.

So, what was there to endure anymore?

She exited the private message interface and opened the live streaming application.

Without the slightest hesitation, she changed the Streamer's title to a highly provocative line of text.

"Drawing Talismans Online to Prove My Innocence; If You Disagree, Come Debate!"

She clicked to start streaming.

The familiar Streamer interface lit up, and the number of online viewers, starting from zero, rapidly climbed.

In less than a minute, thousands of people had poured into the Streamer's room.

The bullet comments instantly scrolled.

"Holy crap, the missing person is back?"

"LOL, the scammer sister is streaming again? What fake goods is she planning to sell this time?"

"Do you still have those talismans from last time? I stuck them on my forehead and felt my IQ drop."

"Didn't the Streamer say she was exposing fakes? How did she become the biggest fake herself?"

Tang Ruoling watched these taunts expressionlessly, her heart completely calm.

Just then, a prominent System notification popped up.

"[Heavenly Master Zhang] has requested to connect with you."

Heavenly Master Zhang.

He was a somewhat well-known anti-fraud Streamer online, specializing in exposing various so-called "Great Masters" and "supernatural events," with hundreds of thousands of followers.

Last time, when she streamed an "anti-fraud" session, it was recorded, and this Heavenly Master Zhang took the lead in attacking her, labeling her a "scammer" and drawing ridicule from the entire internet.

Tang Ruoling's face finally showed a slight change.

She clicked 'Agree'.

The screen split in two, and a man with black-rimmed glasses and an ordinary appearance appeared in the right window.

Seeing Tang Ruoling, he immediately forced an exaggerated smile.

"Oh, isn't this Great Master Tang? What's up, didn't you scam enough last time, so you're back again?"

Heavenly Master Zhang's tone was full of contempt and mockery.

His followers instantly flooded into the Streamer's room, and the bullet comments became even more unbearable.

"Brother Zhang is awesome! Slapping her face directly!"

"Hahaha, the scammer met her nemesis!"

"Streamer, just go offline, don't humiliate yourself further."

Tang Ruoling adjusted her camera, sitting up a little straighter.

"I am not a Great Master; I am a student of Kunlun Cultivation Academy."

She said calmly.

"As for you, a clown who distorts facts to gain attention, what right do you have to bark here?"

Heavenly Master Zhang's smile froze for a moment, then became even more sarcastic.

"Kunlun Cultivation Academy? Hahaha, you're killing me! Is your school registered with the Ministry of Education? Do they issue Immortal Cultivation certificates upon graduation?"

"And you say I distort facts? Alright then, show us your real skills, don't just talk big! If you've got the guts, draw a talisman right now and let us all see!"

He was trying to provoke her.

He was convinced that Tang Ruoling couldn't produce anything, and if she couldn't draw it, or if what she drew was useless, he could permanently brand her as a "scammer."

"Alright."

Tang Ruoling readily agreed.

She couldn't be bothered with more nonsense and directly aimed the camera at the desk in front of her.

On the desk, yellow paper, cinnabar, and a wolf-hair brush were all present.

She picked up the brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and held it over the yellow paper.

Her movements were fluid and unhesitant.

Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of people in the Streamer's room, her wrist moved lightly, and intricate and profound patterns quickly formed on the yellow paper.

The entire process took less than ten seconds.

A [Clear Wind Talisman] was already drawn.

"Watch closely."

Tang Ruoling picked up a copy of the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" from the desk, a book thicker than a brick.

She gently placed the drawn [Clear Wind Talisman] on the dictionary's cover.

The next second.

Under everyone's gaze, that heavy dictionary, defying the laws of physics, slowly and steadily floated up from the desktop.

It just quietly hovered in mid-air, about ten centimeters from the desktop, completely still.

In the entire Streamer's room, whether Tang Ruoling's or Heavenly Master Zhang's, the bullet comments paused.

For a full three seconds, the screen was clean, with no new bullet comments appearing.

Three seconds later, the bullet comments erupted.

"Holy crap!!!"

"Am I seeing things? What's going on?"

"???????"

"How... how did she do that?!"

In Heavenly Master Zhang's Streamer's room, his expression also froze, his eyes behind his glasses filled with shock.

But he was an experienced Jianghu veteran after all, and he adjusted his emotions in just a few seconds.

"Tsk, I thought it was something else."

He let out an exaggerated sneer.

"Isn't that just a magic trick? Child's play! Is there a fishing line hanging underneath? Or a powerful fan below? Or perhaps it's magnetic levitation. How dare she show off such a trick to fool children?"

He spoke self-righteously to his own camera.

"Brothers, did you all see that? This is her true face, a clumsy magician! Come on, let's report her en masse. Doesn't the platform manage Streamers who pretend to be gods and ghosts and spread feudal superstition?"

Incited by him, his followers immediately began frantically clicking the report button.

Heavenly Master Zhang looked at Tang Ruoling triumphantly.

"Why aren't you speaking? Did I hit the nail on the head? If you've got the guts, show us something even more impressive! Let's see what other tricks you can pull!"

He continued to use provocation, trying to trap Tang Ruoling in a cycle of endless "self-validation."

As long as she continued to perform, he could continue to use "magic" to deconstruct all her actions.

However, Tang Ruoling didn't take the bait this time.

Watching the man's clownish antics on the screen, she actually smiled.

"You say this is magic?"

"Alright then."

She leaned back in her chair, adopting a more comfortable posture.

"Then, as a professional anti-fraud Heavenly Master, can you explain to everyone the principle behind my magic trick?"

"You said there's a fishing line; where is the line? Point it out."

"You said there's a fan; where is the fan? Let everyone hear the sound."

"You said there's a magnet; where is the magnet? This dictionary is not metal."

Tang Ruoling countered unhurriedly, each question hitting a vital point.

"Come on, explain it to me. If you can give a proper explanation, I'll admit right here that I'm a scammer and immediately end the stream and delete my account."

"Go on, speak."

Heavenly Master Zhang's expression completely froze.

Explain?

How could he explain?

If he could explain it, he would be a Great Master magician himself!

He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a single word, his face starting to flush.

The direction of the Streamer's room subtly shifted at this moment.

"Yeah, Heavenly Master Zhang, why don't you explain?"

"Aren't you an anti-fraud expert? You can't figure this out?"

"Why do I feel like Brother Zhang is stumped?"

"Hahaha, LOL, he hit a brick wall."

"Streamer is awesome! She turned the tables!"

Sweat beaded on Heavenly Master Zhang's forehead.

He could only maintain a facade of strength while inwardly weak.

"I... why should I explain to you? You're a scammer, what right do you have to question me! This is fake! It's a scam!"

He began incoherently repeating these sentences.

Just as he was making a fool of himself and about to be unable to recover.

In Tang Ruoling's Streamer's room, a row of shimmering golden gift effects suddenly flashed across the screen!

[Shenxiao Emperor Lord sent a Super Rocket x 1 in the Streamer's room]

[Shenxiao Emperor Lord sent a Super Rocket x 2 in the Streamer's room]

...A series of special effect notifications directly dominated the entire screen!

One Super Rocket cost two thousand yuan.

Fifty of them, that was a full hundred thousand yuan!

Everyone in the Streamer's room was stunned by this sudden lavish spending.

Amidst the screen full of gift effects, a golden bullet comment from "Shenxiao Emperor Lord" slowly drifted across.

"Streamer, how much are these talismans? Name your price, I'll take them all."