Livestreaming the Hunt - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: The Teas of Jianghu

[Haha, is he getting hungry?]

[Big Butt is remembering the epicness!]

[Dripping with sweetness, and it had yet to fully express itself!]

***

Wang Kui was fuming and glaring as if to say: look what you’ve done!

Big Butt, however, was quick to yield. It promptly turned its head aside. After all, it had almost died twice when it had been defeated, so it was now feigning subservience as it should.

Wang Kui then took the time to check the Hunting Partner function.

[Hunting partner: Wolfdog]

[Bloodline: Mixed-breed Laizhou Hong]

[Age: Youth]

[Shoulder height: 78.1cm]

[Weight: 30.5kg]

[Endurance: 154.9%]

[Attack: 83.6%]

[Senses: 173.4%]

[Reflexes: 130.2%]

[Testosterone burst: 1.42]

(Note: Partner data is measured using various aspects of the human physique as the standard reference. Different species possess different stats.)

I see.

I will be able to strengthen my hunting partner with the Hunting Partner Ticket, and it only requires halved costs in Hunting Points.

By relying on physical strengthening and the training regimen of his Hunter Card, Wang Kui could develop a world-class hunting dog.

“Wang Kui, you are too hasty for leaving Fangshan right now. Come visit me if you’re in the area in the future, I’ll treat you to some full mutton soup, the most famous dish around here!”

It was past noon by the time they arrived at the bus station. Officer Zhao clapped Wang Kui on the shoulder with a smile and appeared to be attempting to lure him to stay with good food.

“Very well, I’ll come back if I get the chance!”

The men shared a hug, and Wang Kui then carried the dog cage to the bus station.

It must be said that Big Butt’s fearsome muscular form and bandages certainly drew many stares.

It was all thanks to Old Liu’s transit pass that security allowed him to pass.

Moreover, to avoid Big Butt from suffering and delaying transit, Wang Kui bought one more ticket for his adjacent seat, making things convenient for himself and others.

“There’s nothing to stream on the bus, and both Big Butt and I need some rest. So, let’s end the day with the lottery to decide who will get the flint edge, and I’ll stream tomorrow if I have the time when I reach home. One must experience the teas of Jianghu to know how its tastes for yourself—hence, the hunt for the wolfdog concludes here!”

After the lottery had been completed, Wang Kui ended the livestream despite the reluctant comments.

Behind the scenes, Tigerfish had summed up the gifts he had received over the last few days of streaming, most of which were from CE and Zaun Gotta Run, as well as some sizeable gifts from other viewers. Either way, the income from his trip to the Jixi Province had reached a frightening forty-seven grand!

While Wang Kui had indeed earned this much before, he had not done so in such a short time!

However, since he was not contracted and there was no draining demand, he opted for a direct withdrawal that only cost him a 12% tax and would be banked in within 48 hours.

There were also many personal messages sent by viewers and guilds which he had never noticed before, but there were too many for him to reply to anyway.

However, the private messages from guilds and emperor accounts such as CE’s stood out.

[CE: Reply to me if you see this message, Old Kui. Let’s add each other on WeChat and set up a circle!]

Wang Kui replied with an affirmative and sent his WeChat number.

Soon, someone named Yang Ce had added him on WeChat—which explained his CE ID.

After some small talk, he learned that Yang Ce was almost his own age and had been studying overseas before this. He had returned just last year and had been watching livestreams every day since he had nothing else to do.

It turned out that he was a rich kid.

Still, he enjoyed setting up management groups, and he had soon brought all the other admins in Wang Kui’s stream channel into their group.

Wang Kui was just about to make small talk when a series of vibrations made him jump.

[Zhao Zhongheng: What the hell! Where have you been, Old Kui?!]

[Where were you over the past few days?]

[Is this you?!]

[It looks so much like you!]

[You’re trending now, you know?!]

***

The dozen or so messages and a video clip were thrown at him as if it was carpet bombing.

What the hell?!

With question marks popping up all over his head, Wang Kui opened the video clip sent to him.

“No backing down…”

It was a TikTok video clip, and the instant it started, a remix tune ‘Ensemble’, composed by Vitalik Buterin and was a popular theme in League of Legends and Honor of Kings started playing.

The image, however, was of Wang Kui hiding in a bush and waiting for Big Butt to close in.

Huh? Is that not footage from my livestream?!

As the rich rhythm played, he suddenly moved in the video, launching his spear and using his kneecap to defend himself. In a single breath, he went for a vicious sweeping kick before pivoting to throw his spear, the flow of his movement combining perfectly!

However, that was when the wolfdog escaped.

[Dawn is right before your eyes!]

“Stay down!!!”

As the League dialogue and the theme hit a climax, Wang Kui bellowed in the video as he lunged toward the wolfdog, using his knee to pin it to the ground just as it was about to get up!

The video clip editing was so well done!

Wang Kui himself felt his blood heating up after watching it.

[Where did you find this?] Wang Kui asked.

[Just a moment ago on TikTok.] Zhao Zhongheng replied: [What the hell were you doing? Did you even know that the video is now the fourth top-trending video with over 2.4 million likes and a hundred thousand comments!]

He was trending?!

Wang Kui was a little confused.

That was when someone else sent him a message.

[Is this you, Wang Kui?]

It was Zhang Yuning, a university classmate of his whom he had been quite close with before. However, she had decided on taking an internship at a hospital while he had become a research student—a frivolous period which the System had now adjusted to service with the Armed Police.

In truth, Wang Kui had been nestling in the libraries every single day in his two years of being a research student, basically detaching himself from society. That was why he and Zhang Yuning had drifted apart.

[Yeah.]

Wang Kui replied briefly when he saw that she had sent him the same video that Zhao Zhongheng had just sent to him.

It was not just Zhang Yuning either—soon enough, old classmates and dormmates were messaging him, and someone even linked the video in his neighborhood’s community.

[CE: Cool, huh? Who edited it anyway?]

[Zaun Gotta Run: Whoa! Old Kui is so manly there!]

One way or the other, there were too many messages to reply to. Therefore, he logged in to TikTok directly and searched the trending leaderboards.

Just as expected, there was a topic titled ‘Man Fights Dog Over Food’.

He clicked inside, and the first video was titled ‘Doggie: Don’t Kill Me, Bro, I’ll Even Give My Bones!’

The likes and comments were certainly numerous, and it was even shared over 150,000 times.

[Rare footage of a primitive human taming a dog in the paleo ages. To think that I would see this today!]

[Haha! A flying kick on a dog—does it get any better?!]

[He might be handsome, but his behavior is so indecent!]

[Isn’t that too cruel?! This should be reported directly to the police for animal cruelty!]

[People will really do anything they can to gain popularity in this day and age! Such rashness!]

[I think that’s my classmate… (this is so embarrassing…)]

***

Wang Kui checked out the most upvoted comments. When he clicked on the last one, he saw that the account had many self-taken videos… and it turned out to be Zhang Yuning’s.

The reason her comment was trending must have been thanks to her ten thousand fans’ upvotes.

Many other netizens also replied to her comment:

[You’re beautiful, miss. How could you be in the same school as that sort of person?]

[Just ditch him, beautiful. Such a person should be spat upon!]

[Are you single, miss?]

That was when Zhang Yuning sent Wang Kui another message.

[So it really was you. I knew you worked at a media company, but you did not have to do this to get popular, did you?]