The Urban Cultivation Grandmaster

Chapter 17: The Cross-Dressing Master’s Livestream

When Mu Tian didn’t act, it was one thing; but once he did, the entire audience was stunned. In full view of thousands, Mu Tian did not channel his spiritual energy nor cast any secret arts. Relying solely on his eloquence—his words as brilliant as lotus blossoms—he manifested extraordinary phenomena. It was as if a Sage spoke, his words carrying the weight of divine decree, with the laws of the universe following in his wake—truly like a deity. The entire venue erupted in a thunderous commotion, with endless whispers of discussion; everyone stood there with their mouths agape. The students who had not yet become cultivators did not grasp just how astonishing Mu Tian’s actions were, but those who had achieved some level of cultivation—both teachers and students alike—were left speechless. Without any fluctuations of spiritual energy, a single word alone had caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to resonate—how utterly incredible. “Teacher Mu, how did you do that? I clearly didn’t sense you using any spiritual energy at all. Why did such a raging fire appear? It’s simply unbelievable.” “Teacher Mu, have you become a god? That’s just too amazing.” “Teacher Mu, is this the legendary ‘Voice of the Great Dao,’ where words become law? That’s so awesome.” Mu Tian called on a few students to speak. After listening to their questions, he smiled and said, “Indeed, I did not use any spiritual energy, nor did I secretly cast any secret arts or divine abilities. It was simply a single character of the Dao.” “This is ‘Daowen Communicating with the Divine.’ That student was right—the ‘Voice of the Great Dao’ has a bit of that meaning. Daowen are naturally formed by observing the primordial source of the universe: the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the sun, moon, and stars, earth, water, wind, and fire, birds and beasts—all things in the universe manifest as Daowen. When Daowen communicate with the divine, one can face the primordial source of heaven and earth directly; with a single word spoken, heaven and earth respond...” On stage, Mu Tian lectured and imparted the Dao, while the audience below listened, utterly spellbound. It wasn’t just the more than a thousand students in the auditorium who were left speechless by Mu Tian’s “Daowen”—in fact, his lecture had already caused a massive stir online. In the grand auditorium of Tianjiang Cultivator Academy, among the four thousand faculty and students, a student dressed in women’s clothing stared at his phone in utter astonishment. Seeing the rapidly soaring viewership in the livestream, he was still completely dumbfounded. That’s right—it really was him! Dressed in women’s clothing—innocent and cute, yet alluring and seductive—he was a bona fide cross-dressing master. This cross-dressing master’s name was Yang Chun—a cute young man with delicate, beautiful features. Yes, that’s the right word—beautiful. His features are so delicate that even girls feel ashamed by comparison, calling him a “demon of beauty.” Combined with the fact that he doesn’t grow a beard and his Adam’s apple isn’t very prominent, when he puts on women’s clothing, he’s undeniably a breathtakingly beautiful woman—so innocent and adorable that he could turn even the straightest guy gay. Yang Chun was feeling quite upset at the moment. He had originally been a signed streamer for Zhuzi TV, usually streaming games and the like. However, after he mentioned during a stream that he was a student at Tianjiang Cultivator Academy, the viewers in his chat started chanting for him to livestream Professor Mu Tian’s lectures. Yang Chun’s eyes lit up at the suggestion—it was an excellent idea to boost his viewership. However, he was still a bit worried that streaming without official permission might cause trouble, so he kept making excuses. But faced with nearly 10,000 viewers in his chat room clamoring for it, Yang Chun couldn’t hold out much longer. So, using the excuse that class spots were in high demand and he wasn’t guaranteed a spot, he made a bold promise to appease the restless audience: if he were lucky enough to secure a spot, he’d stream Mu Tian’s lecture while dressed as a woman—and become a “cross-dressing legend” for a day! As it turned out... as it turned out, quite by chance, Yang Chun became the only one in the entire class to secure a spot. At that moment, the whole world seemed to spin. Yang Chun felt utterly devastated. With a mix of anxiety and thrilling excitement, Yang Chun put on the schoolgirl uniform he’d bought online. The moment he went live, his innocent and adorable face appeared before the viewers, and the comment section instantly exploded with excitement! Unable to bring herself to pay attention to the chaotic comments, Yang Chun’s heart gradually sank. What worried Yang Chun even more was what happened next: the title of his livestream, “Master Daowen, Teacher Mu, Is Teaching,” was immediately pinned by the super admins at Zhuzi TV, featured prominently on the homepage, and promoted through a dizzying array of traffic channels—and his username, “I’m a Cute Boy,” went viral as a result. Originally, Yang Chun had thought that dressing in women’s clothing was just for the guys in his own livestream to see—no big deal. After all, he was just a small-time streamer; who would care about him? But he had forgotten exactly who his audience was. A person’s reputation is like a tree’s shadow—the mere mention of “Mu Tian” was enough to attract countless eyes, let alone a public lecture by Teacher Mu Tian. Within just a few minutes, Yang Chun’s livestream was on the verge of reaching capacity, with viewership skyrocketing—the number of viewers growing by tens of thousands every second. Even though the Bamboo TV administrators had anticipated this and boosted the traffic channels for “He’s Such a Cute Boy” in advance, the stream still crashed several times, causing the screen to go black. The viewership continued to climb at an absurd rate. Starting from less than 10,000, the number jumped in the blink of an eye, adding a zero to the end. If you looked away for just a few minutes, it jumped again, adding yet another zero. 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, 1 million... 10 million Before long, the viewership for “What a Cute Boy” had surpassed 10 million—a thousand-fold increase from the 10,000 just minutes earlier. Even more staggering was that the growth hadn’t stopped; in fact, it was accelerating. Especially when Mu Tian spoke and the flames surged skyward—the screen was instantly transformed into an ocean of comments. The “66666” comments flooding in at that moment, if strung together, could circle the Earth three times. At that moment, the probability of suffering a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke was several percentage points higher than at any other time. Tens of millions of people were in a frenzy; those incredible feats and that utterly satisfying humiliation left countless netizens on the edge of their seats. The viewer count was skyrocketing; ten million was no longer enough to contain it. Yang Chun watched in despair as the live stream’s viewership surpassed twenty million. Under normal circumstances, he would have been overjoyed, but at that very moment, as he touched the women’s clothing he was wearing, his face was as still as water, and his heart felt as cold as ashes. On stage, Mu Tian was delivering his lecture with great enthusiasm, speaking eloquently and passionately, drawing on every possible analogy—wind, fire, thunder, and lightning—to illustrate his points, leaving the entire audience thrilled and exhilarated. Some viewers, while watching, shared the livestream link—along with the comment “He’s such a cute boy”—through various channels. Instantly, the livestream’s viewership began to skyrocket once again. Master Daowen verifying the authenticity of the “Daowen” text, Mu Tian silencing online trolls, the incredible “Daowen” text... The speed of online dissemination was explosive. In a very short time, viewers and visitors from all over the world flooded into the “He’s Such a Cute Boy” livestream. When Yang Chun saw a flood of foreign-language comments floating across the screen, he was completely taken aback. Why was this going viral? Why was it spreading so fast? In the blink of an eye, even international netizens had joined in? Yang Chun glanced at the live stream’s viewer count again—30 million! Instantly, Yang Chun felt utterly despondent; life suddenly seemed utterly meaningless. A cross-dresser! He figured he’d never be able to shake that label from now on.