I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 49 Unexpected Discovery
While netizens enthusiastically joined the fan club, Qi Xuan's live stream continued.

To be honest, he originally thought he might not be able to successfully kill the round-striped leech during the afternoon's live broadcast.

He was even prepared to interrupt the live stream at any time, since live streaming requires continuous energy expenditure, which is equivalent to him fighting with a debuff on his body.

If I can beat my opponent, that's fine, but if I can't, I'll definitely have to stop the live stream for the sake of my life.

Unexpectedly, this round-patterned leech was much weaker than I had imagined.

After reflecting on it, Qi Xuan realized that it wasn't the Circular-Patterned Leech that had become weaker, but rather that he had become stronger.

They've become so much stronger.

When he was initially ambushed, he didn't even have the thought of revenge.

Because the water arrow was so fast, he couldn't dodge it even from a distance, which shows how difficult his opponent was.

However, after advancing to the second level of Qi Refining, especially after awakening [Spiritual Sense], he was even able to dodge the opponent's water arrows in advance during close combat.

Most importantly, due to the heavy workload of live streaming, he was not at his peak and was unable to go all out.

According to Qi Xuan's estimation, if it weren't for the live stream debuff, and he fought with all his might, this spiky leech would most likely have been killed before it could even release its water arrows.

"It's ok."

"At least now we have some ability to protect ourselves."

"As long as we don't encounter monsters of the level of the Giant Octopus, even if they are stronger than the Circular Ribbon Leech, with the terrifying boost from [Spiritual Sense], even if we can't win, we can at least escape."

Qi Xuan was very satisfied with the results of this battle.

But he also knew that there were likely far more ferocious beasts in the vicinity than the spiky leech.

He wasn't able to escape every time he encountered a monster of the giant octopus level.

Ultimately, everything depends on one's own strength.

Only by becoming stronger can one gain a greater sense of security and freely explore the jungle without fear of any danger.

However, because the spiritual energy in the outside world is too thin now, it takes too much time to improve through cultivation alone.

The only usable accelerator is the system lottery.

Popularity is the key!

With this in mind, Qi Xuan didn't delay any longer and moved the camera closer to the already dead round-striped leech to give it a detailed introduction up close.

In any case, there's definitely no such thing on Earth. Even just seeing something novel should increase his popularity.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as Qi Xuan had imagined.

After the live stream ended today, he successfully returned to the shelter, dragging his enormous spoils.

During a break, I opened the lottery page, and in the upper right corner was a bright 21B.

21B!

For the first time since the start of the live stream, it has exceeded 20!

If he only drew the lowest grade Black Iron, he could draw it a full twenty-one times!
Even if you only draw from the Bronze level, you can still get two draws!

This is an unprecedented and enormous achievement!
At this moment, Qi Xuan couldn't help but fantasize that if he saved up for five days, wouldn't he be able to participate in a higher-level silver-level lottery?

But this idea only lasted for a moment before it quickly dissipated.

The reason is also very simple.

First of all, he simply couldn't wait five days.

In this dangerous jungle, increasing your strength as quickly as possible is more important than anything else.

He needs to quickly convert popularity into usable combat power.

If he hadn't drawn the Qi-replenishing pill yesterday, and had accidentally run into the round-striped leech today, it would definitely have been a life-or-death battle. Even if he won, he would probably have suffered heavy damage.

There's even a chance of dying in battle if you're not careful.

There's no way he'll continue to build up his popularity.

Furthermore, even if you accumulate enough to reach the Silver level, it might not be useful.

While the probability of drawing a treasure is higher for Silver-level players than for Bronze-level players, since it's based on probability, there's always the possibility of not drawing it at all.

If you save up for five days and end up with a belt, you'll be devastated.

Finally, even if he has five days, he probably won't be able to reach the Silver rank.

He was able to get 21B today entirely because he killed the round-striped leech.

But he doesn't encounter a monster comparable to the Circular Ripper every day.

Even after netizens get used to monsters of this level, they will have to hunt even more powerful monsters to have any chance of regaining their previous popularity. However, Qi Xuan remains quite optimistic about the future.

Ultimately, there are probably not many netizens watching his live stream on Earth yet, and there's still a possibility that the number will continue to increase.

Furthermore, his strength is not static.

As he continues to break through realms, as he acquires new abilities, as he draws more and more treasures, and as his exploration of other worlds deepens, he will surely bring even more shocks to the netizens of Blue Star.

The future is expected!

Absolutely!

Qi Xuan was full of confidence.

Pulling his wandering thoughts back to the lottery disc in front of him.

21B, shouldn't we give him a good beating on the spot?

Qi Xuan didn't delay and immediately started whipping the victim hard.

For his first shot, he spent lavishly and fired a bronze-level shot.

The pointer spun and spun until it landed on the "Various Materials" section.

"It seems I'm destined to be without the elixir."

"Fine, I'll accept a spirit herb too."

Touch the ball of light.

The dropped item was a bulletproof vest.

Seeing this result, Qi Xuan was both disappointed and not disappointed.

Those who were disappointed naturally drew an ordinary item.

What's not disappointing is that the bulletproof vest is very useful; it's a high-quality item even among ordinary products.

"Finally, I can get rid of the wooden planks on my body. At least I can wear something more comfortable."

After putting on the bulletproof vest and experiencing its protective capabilities, Qi Xuan was quite satisfied.

Although bulletproof vests cannot protect against all damage, they can at least reduce some of it, and that reduction might be his chance to survive.

Qi Xuan then began his second draw, obtaining a 1B Iron-tier item.

I wasn't expecting to get anything good, but it turned out pretty good; I actually got a compass.

Although he makes various marks every time he explores the jungle, he might get lost in the wild if he encounters a terrifying downpour like the one before.

With a compass, at least you can tell which way to go.

Then came the last draw, which was also the second draw to reach the Bronze level.

Qi Xuan rubbed his hands together, feeling a little nervous.

He couldn't resist going to the side to drain the water before he officially started pumping.

This draw also resulted in the [various materials] category.

Concentrating and calming himself, Qi Xuan finally managed to touch the ball of light after a full three seconds.

What was revealed this time was actually a spiritual herb.

If it were just an ordinary spiritual herb, that would be fine. Even if it couldn't be refined into pills or cultivated, it would still be nice to chew on it a couple of times.

Unfortunately, the herb drawn this time was Bone-Rotting Grass, a highly poisonous herb with potent medicinal properties that can be used to make various poison pills.

"From a certain perspective, it can be considered a good thing."

"If my folding knife were poisoned, it might kill the leech with the first strike."

Even if it doesn't kill them, it can significantly weaken their combat power.

"No loss, no loss."

Qi Xuan carefully put away the bone-rotting grass.

The lottery is over, now it's time to deal with the loot.

Such a large, round-striped leech... it must be edible, right?

Looking at the limp, foul-smelling corpse, Qi Xuan was momentarily unable to accept it.

But soon, his gaze changed:
"No, this is..."

(End of this chapter)