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Chapter 175 Why is your incense wheel emitting black smoke? (Bonus chapter for the leader of the Law Master Alliance)

"First, there was Luo Yunxi hyping up a 40-pound prop gun, and now Xia Tang is making a cross on the rings. Just how outrageous are the idol groups in the Chinese entertainment industry? Don't you guys have any common sense at all?"

"Hanging rings cross?"

"Everyone, take a look and see who can do the rings cross at the Olympics?"

“Look how thick their arms are, and look at the expressions on their faces when they do the rings cross.”

"Everyone, take another look at how thick Xia Tang's arms are, and look at the expression on her face when she does this."

"Does her expression suggest she's trying hard?"

"So you're not even going to act anymore, are you? Couldn't you at least put on a show of struggling?"

"I'm increasingly convinced that the saying is absolutely true: cultural workers must be cultured. I have no problem with you promoting new talents, but can you please stop treating the audience like fools?"

Within the video.

A blogger is passionately posting.

That disdainful, mocking expression was completely undisguised.

In the comment section of his videos, almost all the reviews are negative.

Obviously, no one believed that Xia Tang did that move herself; she must have been suspended by wires.

However, some viewers searched for "Supernova Games" after seeing the video and found that this season had only just started filming, and only this short, incomplete video had been leaked.

Therefore, their opinions differed somewhat from the blogger's, and they all commented.

[You're criticizing this video so enthusiastically, even though it's so incomplete. Maybe this part is just imitating some gymnastic swing poses?]

[Exactly, nobody said Xia Tang made the rings cross herself, I don't understand what you guys are so excited about.]

[Marketing accounts don't care about this? Let's criticize them first.]

I think the production team used Xia Tang to generate buzz, otherwise why would such a video be leaked? The recording of the show is all confidential, and there were no ordinary audience members present.

Surprisingly, this type of commentary has gradually gained a lot of support from netizens.

Many people think it's not that outrageous. "Supernova Games" is a reality show, and it's normal to have some fun segments.

On the contrary, some of these bloggers seem to have abandoned all decorum in their pursuit of traffic.

After about a day, more and more netizens felt that the explanations of "fun activities" and "staged publicity" were more reasonable.

This resulted in far more criticism of the production team and marketing accounts than criticism of Xia Tang.

However, this situation soon reversed.

Because Meng Bai used the account 【Xia Tang】 to reply to a comment in the comment section of her latest video.

The comment read: "Why doesn't your team protest to the production team? This is clearly just making things worse for you; look how many people are criticizing you now."

Meng Bai replied: "I don't know why so many people are criticizing me. I can indeed do the rings cross; it's not difficult for me."

The comment section exploded as soon as this reply was posted.

[You said you could do a cross on the rings, fine, but you had to add, "It's not difficult for you." How can you be so pretentious?]

Why pretend when public opinion is clearly in your favor?

I don't really understand your mindset. Are you going down the "black-and-red" route? You don't need to, your image was quite good before.

I used to quite like you, but you've really overdone it. You're now just like those so-called sophisticated socialites. I've unfollowed you.

Accompanied by comments in the comment section.

Screenshots of Meng Bai's reply using Xia Tang's identity have been circulating everywhere.

The hashtag #XiaTangRepliesToGymnasticsCross# has seen its popularity skyrocket.

Countless bloggers, like sharks smelling blood, flocked to the scene, some posting videos with related topics, others leaving comments.

It only took two hours.

The hashtag #XiaTangGymnasticsCross# topped the Douyin trending list.

Not just on Douyin.

The topic has also expanded to mainstream platforms such as Weibo, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili.

Bilibili's film and television content creators immediately started a team-building activity, piecing together "Xia Tang's reply" and other outrageous marketing cases from past popular celebrities to make videos.

He launched into a tirade with a condescending and mocking attitude.

On Zhihu, the question "How do you view Xia Tang saying she can do the rings cross?" also topped the trending list.

In the replies, some people even did force analysis.

It's gone viral.

Xia Tang's name has now truly gone viral.

She also gained another nickname, "Gymnastics Rings Girl," as countless AI-generated memes appeared like snowflakes. At this moment, her popularity is arguably approaching that of Kun Ge back in the day.

Seeing this, Meng Bai decided to add fuel to the fire. Since they were already involved, they might as well go all out this time.

Then he posted another video using the account 【夏棠】.

The video consists of two document images.

In the first document image, Meng Bai immediately activated the Khan's Great Military Review mode, naming hundreds of bloggers, basically anyone with even a little bit of followers was named.

In the second document image, Meng Bai wrote: "Four days later, I will do the rings cross again in Shenzhen and hold it for more than 10 seconds (the holding time in the circulating video is about 4 seconds).

I hope that the bloggers I've tagged will come and see this in person. If I do, I hope you will sincerely apologize to me.

If any blogger is unable to come and see this in person, please delete the videos about me immediately and apologize.

Because you have no right or qualification to make inappropriate comments about me without fully understanding the facts, I reserve the right to pursue legal action.

Finally, I would like to advise some people not to start saying things like "holding on for 10 seconds is nothing" just because the wind is not going your way. That will only make you look low.

Because when you guys criticized me, you said I couldn't even last a second.

Good guy!
Meng Bai's actions have truly ignited the fire, causing the topic to explode in popularity.

While there are many outrageous tactics online, and sending mass legal letters is commonplace, this is the first time someone like Xia Tang has directly confronted hundreds of bloggers and even arranged to meet them in person.

Most importantly, compared to the formulaic declarations commonly seen today.

Xia Tang's reply felt very real and lifelike, yet also had a touch of inexplicable arrogance.

As a result, more people are paying attention to this matter, and some have begun to quietly switch sides and support Xia Tang. There are also more trolls, and their attacks are even more intense.

They felt that Xia Tang was just trying to scare them, and that she was being stubborn.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the river.

Su Xintang was invited to the Purple Lotus Temple to preach to her junior brothers and sisters.

As they talked, everyone noticed that Su Xintang's incense burner had started to emit thick black smoke.

This is not common.

Even for demons and gods entangled in the mystery of all living beings, the incense and prayer wheels are at most gray and misty in color.

The reason is simple: among the incense offerings and distractions on the He Gu side, cursing accounts for a very small percentage. How audacious must the beings of He Gu be to curse their gods in front of their idols?

If you keep cursing, you might actually be killed by God.

Therefore, the distracting thoughts associated with incense and offerings mostly stem from various desires. Although these distracting thoughts are black when Meng Bai absorbs them, they do not significantly affect the color of the incense and offering wheel; they only erode the minds of the deities.

In short, it is very rare for a Taoist wheel to emit black smoke.

Meng Bai and his two companions were ultimately special; they were able to enjoy the most extreme forms of foul language.

Nowadays, it's unheard of for the entire internet to erupt in criticism, and for hundreds of thousands, even millions, of netizens to engage in concentrated criticism and discussion within a short period of time, to do so in Hebei, where information doesn't flow as smoothly.

In short, the surge of distracting thoughts broke through the barrier and remotely affected the color of the incense burner of the Su Xin Tang.

In an instant, Su Xintang guessed what had happened. She put away the incense and the Dao wheel, finished her sermon with feigned nonchalance, and then bid farewell to the temple master before returning to her cave.

But rumors and gossip are inevitable.

On Purple Lotus Divine Island, a group of celestial beings were waiting for the opening of the Precious Edict Dream Realm, and it was a lively time.

In addition, it can be spread by those with ulterior motives.

Some rumors also began to circulate on Purple Lotus Island.

"I heard that the incense and prayer wheel of the God of Salvation has produced black energy, perhaps indicating that his cultivation level is about to decline."

"real or fake?"

"Why would I lie to you? Think about it, the God of Salvation was originally just a Celestial Spirit at the Jade Bone Realm. In just two months, he attained godhood without even serving as a sacrificial attendant. He must have used some kind of evil and mysterious magic. Now, he has suffered a backlash."

"Hiss... How could this be?"

“That, that Precious Dream Realm…”

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer. If she is alright, she will surely come out and release her Dao Wheel after hearing the rumors to dispel them."

"That's true, then let's wait a little longer."

But the spirits didn't expect that this wait would last for nearly four days, and Su Xintang hadn't even stepped out of her cave.

Now, there are even more rumors.

"Have you heard? The incense and prayer wheels of the God of Salvation have vanished!"

"really?!"

"I only heard this secondhand, but it's probably true. Otherwise, why would the spirit remain secluded? The rumors are getting worse and worse. Even if she's just trying to save face, she should come out and make a move."

(End of this chapter)