Chapter 193: A Major Star-Chasing Scene

The bullet comments completely exploded.

Netizens who had been in Ning Fei's stream earlier didn't think much of it, but the viewers watching Yearning 6 were every bit as shocked as Teacher He and the others.

"Holy shit!"

"Holy shit! The Daoist priest is raising a panda?"

"He's got some serious nerves!"

"He actually dares to raise a national treasure? Amazing!"

"This panda is so cute. It's just a cub!"

"To be honest, every time this Daoist priest shows up, he completely exceeds my expectations."

"What an absolute legend."

"This is a real eye-opener. This must be the world of a cultivator."

Back in Qingfeng Temple, the atmosphere turned a bit awkward for a moment.

The panda stared at the six people from Yearning 6, and the six people stared back at the panda.

"Ahem."

Ning Fei gave two fake coughs, breaking the silent deadlock.

"Temple Master Ning, this is..."

Teacher He pointed at Dark Circles and asked.

"It's a wild giant panda that wandered into my Daoist temple," Ning Fei explained.

"Is this, uh, legally allowed?" Chen Xiaokun asked cautiously. Though he was being quite direct, it was a question everyone was extremely concerned about.

Ning Fei continued, "I've already spoken with the Forestry Bureau. It's completely within the law, of course."

"Wasn't there a very popular short video a while ago? A golden snub-nosed monkey parked itself at a farmer's house and refused to leave. After the people from the Forestry Bureau went up to check on it, their official decision was:"

"The golden monkey could stay at the farmer's house, but the Forestry Bureau would come up every month to check on its condition."

"Wild animals often run down into mountain villages, and giant pandas have done so before."

"I reported my situation to the people at the Forestry Bureau, and their response was that as long as I don't harm the giant panda, I can handle it myself. However, I'm not allowed to keep it as a pet. It can stay for a while, but eventually, it has to leave."

With Ning Fei's explanation, everyone nodded in sudden realization.

So that was how it worked.

That meant it was legal.

Knowing that this panda's presence was legal, everyone's gazes instantly changed, their eyes filling with intense interest.

Who wouldn't want to pet a panda?

Who could resist a panda this cute?

"Can I touch it?" Peng Xiaochang immediately asked in excitement.

Ning Fei replied, "It's best if you don't."

"It is a wild giant panda, and they do not like to be petted. Furthermore, a wild giant panda has an astonishing bite force. If you rashly try to pet it, it could easily bite your finger off."

"I'm not trying to scare you. Wild pandas are quite dangerous animals."

Ning Fei was telling the truth. Wild pandas really were fierce, but looking the way they did, no one believed they were actually dangerous.

At that moment, Dark Circles seemed to sense that something was off. Shaking its rear, it happily waddled away.

It ran straight out the back door and into the bamboo forest outside.

Dark Circles currently lived in that bamboo forest out back.

It was safe to say that, aside from the wall separating them, there was no difference between this panda and one Ning Fei raised himself.

Everyone wanted to say more, but Dark Circles had already left.

"Please, have a seat," Ning Fei said, turning back to look at them.

"Temple Master Ning, we've intruded quite abruptly, so we won't sit down. The main thing is that we were just talking about how Ms. Zhou really admires you and wanted to come over and ask for a group photo, which is why we came," Huang Sanshi explained.

"A photo?" Ning Fei was a bit confused.

"Is that not okay?" Zhou Xiaoxun asked, sounding slightly dejected upon hearing his response.

"Of course, it's not a problem," Ning Fei nodded.

He simply hadn't expected a massive celebrity to run over and ask him for a picture.

After that, Zhou Xiaoxun stood beside Ning Fei and snapped several pictures in a row, her face carrying an excited and shy smile.

The netizens watching the stream immediately erupted into heated discussion.

"Sister Xun is so free-spirited."

"Haha, a massive star-chasing scene."

"For a second, I didn't even know who I should be jealous of."

"Zhou Xiaoxun's expression is exactly how I look when I meet my idols. Spot on."

"So jealous!"

"Temple Master Ning is seriously too amazing!"

After finishing the photos, the guests of Yearning 6 departed. Before leaving, Zhou Xiaoxun gave Ning Fei a hug, and she seemed visibly thrilled afterward.

Ning Fei returned to the backyard and immediately hurried to the back mountain to find Dark Circles.

At that moment, Dark Circles was sitting in the bamboo forest eating bamboo, looking incredibly relaxed.

Outside the back door of Qingfeng Temple was a mountain forest, and in the middle of it was an area overgrown with bamboo. However, the bamboo was a very ordinary type, nowhere near as plump and succulent as the bamboo found deep in the mountains.

"So you're living here now," Ning Fei said, glancing around and confirming that Dark Circles was operating within this area.

Wild pandas preferred to live alone. They typically claimed a fixed territory and lived within its bounds.

"I'll take a trip into the mountains tomorrow and find some bamboo for you."

Ning Fei patted it and said with a smile.

Dark Circles munched on the bamboo and looked at him, as if it had been waiting for him to say exactly that.

Ning Fei stepped forward, rubbed its head, and turned to walk back to the Daoist temple.

'This is nice too,' Ning Fei thought to himself.

'From now on, whenever I want to pet a panda, I can just walk out the back door and find it.'

By the time he returned to the Daoist temple, it was almost evening. The river crabs he had caught in the fish pond during the day had not been touched yet, so he set up the steamer baskets, preparing to make steamed crabs for dinner.

There were relatively few opportunities to eat crabs in the mountains; it was only possible during this specific season.

The process of steaming crabs was very simple. They only needed to be placed in the steamer baskets and steamed for about fifteen minutes.

Ning Fei gathered some light soy sauce, fragrant vinegar, white sugar, and minced ginger and garlic into a bowl, mixing them evenly to create a dipping sauce before taking out the cooked crabs.

That evening, he simply sat in the courtyard, eating crabs while watching Little Dog and Little Fei play and roughhouse.

At that moment, the super-administrator of Douniao Live, A Duo, called him.

"Hello, Temple Master Ning? I have two matters I need to bother you with."

A Duo's voice was crisp and quite pleasant to listen to.

"Mm, go ahead."

"It's like this. The first matter is that there's an annual Douniao Live celebration in November. They will invite some of the major streamers to attend the award ceremony, and I wanted to ask if you have time for it?"

"No time," Ning Fei answered crisply. He definitely wasn't going to attend that kind of award ceremony.

A Duo seemed to have expected this response, so she directly moved on.

"The second matter is that a few foreign live-streaming platforms want to buy your broadcasting rights so that you can stream simultaneously on overseas platforms. I wanted to ask for your opinion on this."

"Foreign ones?" Ning Fei asked in confusion.

Generally speaking, it was very rare for a foreign live-streaming platform to approach a Huaxia streamer for a simulcast.

Live-streaming was mainly divided into a few large sections. It was either various gaming streamers, beauty streamers heavily relying on filters, or outdoor streamers.

Foreign countries also had their own massive streamers in these sections, so there was no reason to go through so much effort to recruit a Huaxia streamer.

Furthermore, when it came to outdoor streaming, local customs and habits varied vastly across different regions. Foreigners wouldn't necessarily enjoy watching it.

Ning Fei thought about it briefly and shook his head.

"Forget it. There's no need."

The current clips of his short videos were getting massive hits abroad simply because his 'interactions' with the animals were filled with a violent aesthetic. Not everyone actually liked Huaxia culture.

Foreigners tended to prefer things that were rough, direct, and muscular, rather than this gentle, refined, and restrained temperament.

"If you agree to it, you would be the very first Huaxia streamer to broadcast internationally. This is a tremendous promotional opportunity that would massively boost your popularity."

A Duo tried to persuade him.

"I stream my life. I don't really want to be discussed and debated by foreigners, so I'll pass. Is there anything else?"

"Um... the old question. Do you want to renew your contract? The new terms are extremely generous."

"I'll think about it."

After chatting about work for a while longer, Ning Fei hung up the phone.

As a side note, his income on the Douniao Live Platform was extremely high now. He could already rank in the top three.

As a newcomer who had only been streaming for three months, he had directly shattered multiple broadcasting records on Douniao Live.

When other platforms saw this situation, they could only look on with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Ning Fei set down his mobile phone and continued eating his crabs. His crab-eating technique was incredibly high. After he finished eating a crab, the empty shells could still be pieced back together into a complete crab shape.

Just as he finished eating the crabs, he received another call. This time, it was from Yong Tao.

"Hey, Ning Fei, the stuff you wanted will be here tomorrow," Yong Tao's voice rang out.

"What are you buying so much wood for? And it's all top-quality timber. Are you building a house?"

Hearing this, Ning Fei replied with a smile, "Mm, you're half right. I am building a house, but I'm doing a few other things too."

Upon hearing his words, Yong Tao wasn't particularly curious and simply said, "Alright, suit yourself. You're the one with all the ideas anyway."