30: Chapter 30 Third Stage Rewards

"Holy crap, what's with this streamer? I just came in and saw him emitting steam?"

"Is this a human-shaped walking steam engine?"

"Looking at the title, it's about Traditional Martial Arts? Do people still practice Traditional Martial Arts nowadays?"

"Exactly, I've been a Chinese Kickboxing trainee for two and a half years; I could KO the streamer with one punch!"

"Everyone, watch closely; this streamer has real skill."

Perhaps because this scene was so astonishing, the screenshot in the category browsing section attracted a huge wave of traffic. Soon, the livestream's popularity broke a thousand and was rapidly heading toward two thousand.

However, Li Changsheng didn't notice this; instead, he was stunned by his own panel.

[stamina: 5.4]

[energy: 7]

[Lifespan: 172.]

"So lifting weights can increase stamina?!"

This discovery made Li Changsheng somewhat pleasantly surprised.

This also meant he had found another way to farm stamina in the future, and he would be able to move more bricks every day.

To think he had only done one set of Dumbbell Deadlifts, just five reps, and it increased by 0.1 just like that.

"But this should also be a newbie bonus period. Once I adapt to this weight, the increase won't be so obvious."

After his mind calmed down, Li Changsheng quickly regained his composure.

Although he had a System, this System really did estimate the values strictly according to his physical condition, which was very reasonable.

"The popularity is so high today?"

His gaze happened to catch the livestream screen, and Li Changsheng was immediately delighted.

"Maybe I can do something big and try to see if I can push it to ten thousand popularity."

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng felt a bit excited. If he could complete this stage of the task, the reward might be combat martial arts. It would be great if he could be rewarded with the techniques of the three major schools of Internal Martial Arts.

However, seeing many insults and disdain for Traditional Martial Arts in the livestream chat, Li Changsheng still frowned inwardly.

"Welcome everyone to the livestream. I am a Traditional Martial Arts enthusiast, and today is my fifty-seventh day of streaming. Perhaps everyone has some prejudice against Traditional Martial Arts, but since you're here, why not watch for a bit? What if this time you can change your old stereotypes?"

As soon as Li Changsheng said this, the bullet chat became even more intense.

"What big talk from a Traditional Martial Arts enthusiast? Didn't you see how powerful Master Ma claimed to be a while ago, with such invincible titles? And the result? Wasn't he still KO'd by someone!"

"Exactly, it's a fact that Traditional Martial Arts can't fight. What's this about changing stereotypes?"

"Yeah, streamer, show us something if you've got the guts. We just saw you smoking earlier; you're just being mysterious!"

It must be said that Li Changsheng had underestimated the internet's keyboard warriors.

Thinking carefully, he could only give a bitter smile. There was no other way; before he came into contact with Traditional Martial Arts, he was similar to this group of people. It was because there were too many fake masters nowadays using the title of Traditional Martial Arts Great Master to swindle people.

"I can't show everyone any combat right now, but I have a trick I can show you."

Li Changsheng smiled at the livestream again.

Currently, there really weren't any combat Traditional Martial Arts he could demonstrate, and combat Traditional Martial Arts didn't have much performance value unless it was a one-on-one duel, but that would be a matter of life and death as well as skill.

Soon, the viewers in the livestream saw the streamer quickly disappear from view, and when he reappeared, a deck of playing cards was in his hand.

"Playing cards? So streamer, playing cards online is your special skill?"

"LMAO, streamer, maybe you don't know there's a game called Fight the Landlord now. I have a hundred million Happy Beans; if you've got the guts, log on for a round!"

"Can't you newcomers just watch properly? This really is the streamer's special skill."

Some old fans couldn't take it anymore, but their messages were quickly covered by the dense bullet chat, without making a ripple.

"Perhaps everyone is a bit confused about what I'm doing, but I'm not playing cards. Instead, I'm demonstrating a secret technique that once flourished in our Xia Country's history." Li Changsheng explained while showing the authenticity of the playing cards to the camera.

"What? Secret technique? Oh, I get it; chess and card entertainment indeed count as historical secret techniques."

"Haha, this streamer is too funny. Come on, show me your special skill. If I'm happy, I'll give you a Rocket."

The new viewers were just there for the spectacle and weren't in a hurry to leave because the bullet chat was quite interesting to watch.

Seeing this, Li Changsheng shook his head and continued, "This secret technique of mine is called Plucking Flowers and Flying Leaves. Of course, it's not like the kind in Wuxia novels; it's not that exaggerated."

"Tch, I bet it's just some Card Throwing. I've seen this stuff; what's so extraordinary about it?"

"Yeah, streamer, you call this move a secret technique? I can throw cards too; my accuracy just isn't that great."

The newcomers obviously hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation yet; the old viewers had already quietly stopped talking and started waiting for the show.

During this time, Li Changsheng had been livestreaming Card Throwing every day, and the old viewers had seen with their own eyes how ridiculous Li Changsheng's Card Throwing was.

Especially in the last few days...

They saw Li Changsheng casually throw out a playing card. The card was very fast, but everyone could see clearly that the card's accuracy was obviously lacking.

If nothing unexpected happened, it would definitely fail to hit the bullseye.

However, just when everyone thought they were going to see the streamer make a fool of himself, they saw Li Changsheng strike again.

Whoosh!

The time the previous card and the subsequent card flew out was different, but the next moment—Bang!

With a dull thud, both cards landed on the bullseye together.

But it was one card pinning the other card to the bullseye.

Seeing this scene, the bullet chat in the livestream fell into a brief pause, but then a massive explosion followed.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! That works too?"

"Man, I thought the streamer was the clown, but it turns out I'm the clown."

"To be honest, it's really exaggerated. Actually, if the streamer had just hit the bullseye, I would have considered him passed, but he could actually do this."

"So powerful! There was still a long gap between the times the cards were thrown. How on earth did the streamer manage to have the later one arrive first? This speed is truly exaggerated!"

"Damn, is this a bullet? I couldn't even see the flight path of that second card."

Li Changsheng's current Card Throwing speed was indeed very fast, but saying it was comparable to a bullet was a bit much.

It could only be said that it was absolutely fast to the extreme. Nothing else, because Plucking Flowers and Flying Leaves had already reached LV4 after this period of hard practice.

The so-called LV4 was actually the level of Mind.

This also contained the concept of Traditional Martial Arts.

The so-called Mind is the deep-level application of using intent to guide Qi. As the saying goes in martial arts, 'Intent', 'Qi', and 'Power' must be united, with intent coming first, showing the importance of Mind.

Health-preserving Qigong emphasizes using intent to guide Qi and Qi to guide the body, while here it becomes using intent to guide Qi and Qi to guide power.

Upon reaching this level, some applications of force will become even more fierce.

This already belongs to the essence of Internal Martial Arts, so after stepping into this level, Li Changsheng felt that although Plucking Flowers and Flying Leaves was a hidden weapon technique, it still shared the same origin as hand-to-hand martial arts.

And at this moment, Li Changsheng noticed that the livestream's popularity began to soar rapidly.

[Refined Baihui Point gifted the streamer a Rocket!]

Then Li Changsheng discovered that this brother, Baihui Point, sent seven Rockets into the air in a row.

Besides the old fans, Tingxu, Yu Tianlin, and other old fans also refused to be outdone and sent several Rockets into the air.

It must be said that if you do well in the livestreaming industry, money really comes fast. In just a few short minutes, the livestream viewers gifted nearly twenty thousand worth of gifts.

With a fifty-fifty split, he could get ten thousand.

Seeing this, Li Changsheng felt that he should care more about the viewers in the future.

Eight thousand!

At this time, the livestream's popularity jumped to eight thousand, and as gifts continued to be sent, this value was still rising.

It only barely stopped when it reached fifty thousand popularity, and as the treasure boxes were gradually claimed, this popularity began to fade quickly.

In the end, the livestream maintained a popularity of three thousand.

But Li Changsheng was already smiling; the stage task had been completed.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the third stage task of Promoting Traditional Martial Arts. Rewards: Half-Step Crushing Fist, Herbalism.]

[Now issuing the fourth stage task of Promoting Traditional Martial Arts: Appear on the news or a trending internet topic once.]

PS: The author's note is very important; don't miss out.