I Just Wanted to Live, but I Somehow Became Better Than the Main Character

Chapter 61: Noble Persona

Ye Yong had to take a flying artifact toward Heavenly Luo Mountain, which was quite far from Echo Mountain. Along the way, Ye Yong noticed more and more flying artifacts appearing around him, all of which were used by young female cultivators. The scene he saw upon landing in the Heavenly Luo Mountain was even more insane- thousands of female cultivators were there as if they had been waiting for him.

“This is the rumored Ye Yong? Not bad, but I wonder if he really is that amazing.”

“Leaving aside other matters, isn’t having a 7-color foundation impressive enough? Old hag, you should look at a mirror first.”

“Wh- why are you insulting people?”

“You deserve it for saying Junior Brother Ye isn’t amazing!”

“I didn’t say he wasn’t amazing, I just wanted to be reserved. Why do I have to praise him without reservation as soon as I meet him?”

“Modest my foot, you’re just asking to be insulted.”

Similar conversations occasionally occurred.

Ye Yong was dumbfounded. He had not expected his previous performances to have so much impact that it created braindead fans.

Ye Yong might not have realized, but anyone who had either a 7-color foundation, exceptional music and art skills, or the achievement of being the first male cultivator in a century to pass the Music and Art Hall’s assessment would shine brightly. Ye Yong, who had all of those, shone brighter than the sun.

Upon hearing the news that Ye Yong was going to the Contribution Hall, many senior and junior sisters rushed over. Some truly admired Ye Yong, being captivated by his music and painting on the first day, while others were curious whether or not Ye Yong was as amazing as the rumors said.

“Damn it… Someone was eavesdropping on us at the gate, and learned our destination.” Yi Bai and others gritted their teeth. At the time, they had been focused on Ye Yong, so they hadn’t checked and didn’t find out that someone had been eavesdropping on them.

Do you have nothing else to do? Do you not have to cultivate? If Junior Brother Ye didn’t go out, were you planning to lurk there forever?

Ye Yong felt like he had become a famous idol. Although he wasn’t very thick-skinned, as a young man who enjoyed showing off, he was still very happy and excited about such a situation. However, no matter how excited he was, he had to maintain his image. Ye Yong’s facial expression remained natural, with a humble smile on his face. However, his walking was a bit different than normal, almost revealing his inner excitement.

“Step aside, don’t block the way.” Luckily, Yi Bai and the other Foundation Establishment senior sisters had followed him and acted as bodyguards. Otherwise, Ye Yong felt like he would have drowned in a crowd of women.

Now Ye Yong understood why the young idols in his previous world were so arrogant. How could they not feel so high and mighty with so many enthusiastic fans around them? It feels like the whole world belongs to me and revolves around me. However, Ye Yong still had some self-control and self-awareness. After being slightly high for a short while, he returned to his usual self.

Protected by Yi Bai and the others all the way to the Contribution Hall, Ye Yong bought what he wanted with his own spirit stones, refusing their offer to pay for him, and he got ready to return to Echo Mountain.

There were even more female cultivators outside waiting for him now, with some male disciples mixed among them, trying to take advantage of the situation and sexually harass some female cultivators, but they were soon discovered and received severe beatings.

Glancing around, Ye Yong saw that most of the cultivators present were at the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Crystallization Realm, with the highest ones only at the early layers of the Golden Core Realm. In other words, they were all relatively young cultivators, which was about the right demographic of idol fans.

Ye Yong felt that since they had all come to see him, he might as well show off a bit more and give them an opportunity to break through, making his noble persona more prominent. It would also allow new heroines to have better impressions of him through his fame, allowing their favorability of him to rise faster.

Ye Yong immediately acted on his thoughts. He took out a voice amplification charm and stuck it on himself, shouting to the noisy crowd, “Greetings, senior and junior sisters and brothers. You all have come here to see me, and for that, I am thankful and in awe. Unfortunately, I am just an ordinary cultivator and cannot fulfill your expectations. However, I am somewhat good at music, so I plan to perform a song for you all at the New Wind Valley as a gift for us to know each other.”

The New Wind Valley was the place where they had chosen a hall to join when they first joined the Heavenly Luo Sect. It was spacious and far from where the higher-ups lived, so it wouldn’t disturb them, making it a suitable place for Ye Yong to hold a small “concert”.

When they first joined the Heavenly Luo Sect, only a few thousand new disciples and a few dozen inner disciples had been there to witness Ye Yong’s performance when trying to join the Music and Art Hall. Most of the cultivators present had only heard rumors about it.

Hearing that Ye Yong was going to perform, the female cultivators were overjoyed, feeling that their trip hadn’t been in vain.

The male cultivators were also curious, but they secretly snickered. If Ye Yong’s music didn’t live up to the rumors, then they would use it as black history material.

“Junior Brother Ye, what are you doing?” Yi Bai and others couldn’t understand Ye Yong’s actions. In their impressions, Ye Yong wasn’t the type to show off.

“A man dies for those who understand, a woman dresses for those who admire.¹ They might have come to listen to my music, so how can I let them down?”

“A man dies for those who understand, a woman dresses for those who admire…” Yi Bai and the others were all music and art cultivators, with a strong artistic atmosphere. Hearing such a sentence, they would naturally savor it, which further elevated their appreciation for Ye Yong.

This statement spread among the crowd, causing many female cultivators to marvel at how Ye Yong even knew poetry and sigh about how he was such a civilized gentleman and was much better than the other male cultivators who only knew how to wield swords and shout to fighting and murder all day like barbarians.

The barbarians- the male cultivators saw Ye Yong being praised for a single sentence, so they repeated the line, which caused them to be despised by the female cultivators around them.

New Wind Valley…

In about 30 minutes, about 20,000 people, or 1/3 of Heavenly Luo Sect’s people, had gathered in New Wind Valley Normally, only Elders giving lectures would see so many young cultivators gathered together.

It wasn’t because Ye Yong had such a great appeal; rather, as a newly enrolled disciple, he had recently gained a lot of attention, causing many people to be curious about him.

Liang Xiao Rou was also among the crowd. She had been unhappy for a long time after hearing the news that Ye Yong had passed the assessment given by the Music and Art Hall’s hall master. If Ye Yong hadn’t passed the assessment, she could have forcibly brought him to the Sword Pavilion Hall, even if she couldn’t dig up his secrets, she could make him play music for her every day. Unfortunately for her, things don’t always go the way people want.

Ye Yong had purchased a rank 3 spirit musical store from the system store. It could gather the surrounding spiritual power and accelerate a cultivator’s breakthrough. Today was the start of Ye Yong’s journey of having a noble persona. Everything he did was to pave the way for the future, and besides, he could test his 9th spiritual vein.

He closed his eyes, and at this moment, a gust of wind blew across Ye Yong, blowing his hair, and the sound of the flute rang out. At first, the flute was very gentle, making everyone feel relaxed. None of the cultivators present noticed anything unusual. Some male cultivators even thought, Is that all? It seemed quite ordinary.

Just as they were about to say that rumors could not be believed, the flute sound began to intensify. They felt like they were in the middle of the ocean, with waves rushing toward one after another.

No, this isn’t waves! This is spiritual energy!

Boom! A Foundation Establishment cultivator instantly broke through. He was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned ugly as if he had eaten a fly. But in the end, he could only accept reality, cross his legs, and sit down to strengthen his foundation. He was unhappy because reaching the Crystallization Realm meant he couldn’t participate in next month’s secret realm.

Boom! Another person broke through to Crystallization. “No…” He wanted to cry, but he could only sit down and stabilize his foundation.

These cultivators had been suppressing their cultivation and had already been breaking through to the next realm, so it wasn’t too impressive, but what happened was not so simple.

“Spiritual energy is gathering here! Such rich and dense spiritual energy!”

“Is Junior Brother Ye playing spiritual music for us?” Some senior sisters were moved and began to absorb spiritual energy frantically by cultivating their mental arts.

The junior sisters, who didn’t really understand what was happening, followed suit. They found that the absorption rate of spiritual energy was accelerating and that it was much easier to break through than usual.

The male cultivators who had planned to find fault didn’t miss this opportunity. Those who needed to break through did so, and those who needed to absorb spiritual energy did so. Taking advantage of the opportunity and benefiting for free was just such an amazing feeling.

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Translator’s Notes:

¹ 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容. Basically means that a man dies for those who admire and understand him, while a woman dresses up and puts on makeup and other cosmetics for those who appreciate and like/love her.