Xia Xin never anticipated that Jiangli’s account would now garner such strong appeal.
It seems that netizens are still very curious about and drawn to these odd and fantastical matters.
Xia Xin conveyed the online buzz to Jiangli.
Both paid attention, and replies quickly started pouring in on the forum thread that Xia Xin had just posted.
"Knowing the Abbot is here, I rushed over! Please consider me when drawing names!"
"An old fan of the Abbot, here for the Abbot, please notice me!"
"Abbot, pick me, pick me!"
Many of the early comments were from old fans.
Seeing the word ’old fans,’ Xia Xin found it inexplicably amusing; their account had only been registered for a few days, and they already had old fans.
However, with the support of these fans, the post quickly turned hot and remained pinned at the top of the homepage.
But the sudden surge in popularity also caught the attention of some members of the association.
"What’s going on? Why suddenly so many people?"
"A new account, and it has old fans? What’s the situation?"
"When did our forum become so lively? All sorts of old fans, really makes me want to vomit."
"A first-level small account, with so many newcomers and new accounts bumping the post. This wouldn’t be self-promotion, would it?"
"Be more confident, upstairs, remove ’wouldn’t be’ and the question mark, and it is self-promotion!"
"Jiaoyang Temple’s Abbot Jiangli? Who is this person, and what place is Jiaoyang Temple? Never heard of it."
"I looked it up, and Jiaoyang Temple isn’t even listed in the Xuanmen Association. How did they register?"
"Has a hacker set their sights on us?"
After the replies from the Xuanmen Association’s internal staff rose to the top, those so-called old fans of Jiangli, who didn’t understand the forum rules of the association, started quarreling directly with them.
Their messages were full of support for Jiangli and claimed how popular Jiangli had been before, amassing a huge following in just a few days.
The post became noisy in an instant because of the fans’ replies.
Jiangli and Xia Xin didn’t have time to stop it, and the thread had already descended into a huge commotion.
Xia Xin was somewhat bewildered, "Great Ancestor, what do we do?"
Jiangli was also taken aback; she didn’t understand these things and had no idea what to do.
Meanwhile, Xun Tianhai, who had been monitoring the forum situation closely, instantly noticed the post by Jiangli and the chaos within the thread.
"Old Xun, what are you doing here not eating? Got a wife on the phone, looking so happy?" Xu Ju was sitting opposite Xun Tianhai at that moment.
The two were sitting in the police canteen, and after being busy all morning, they were only now managing to have lunch.
Lunch was about to turn into dinner.
Yet, Xun Tianhai wasn’t in a rush, playing with his phone since he sat down, ignoring his meal.
Xu Ju didn’t understand. Could a phone be more important than eating?
"I might not have a wife on the phone, but there’s definitely an idiot," Xun Tianhai didn’t even lift his head, his fingers furiously typing on the phone.
Xu Ju was afraid he would smash the phone screen, "Old Xun, you run into some kind of trouble or you’re too busy and got muddled up, got sick?"
Why are you talking all over the place?
Xu Ju’s face was a giant question mark.
Little did he know, Xun Tianhai was in the midst of a heated three-hundred-round battle on the forum.
He entered Jiangli’s post and called out several familiar IDs for a direct confrontation.
"You blind folks, just shut it. Jiaoyang Temple’s Abbot is someone I brought in, someone whose strength I’ve confirmed and is much stronger than me. If any of you think you can beat me, then come and squabble; otherwise, scram and take on your missions!"
The called-out users initially wanted to argue back, but upon closer inspection, they recognized Xun Tianhai’s ID.
All of a sudden, they fell silent.