"It must be! Hehehe!" the woman chuckled, feeling incredibly lucky to have actually encountered that reclusive expert in this mountain.
Zhou Hong was speechless and too lazy to explain; after all, she was just a stranger he'd met by chance.
At this moment, the woman took out a mobile phone and a power bank from her backpack.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Hong asked, confused.
"Senior, besides being a hiking enthusiast, I'm also an outdoor streamer."
"What do you mean?"
"Haven't you watched livestreams before? I'm a streamer who specializes in outdoor content. I came to this mountain specifically to broadcast. Now, many fans are waiting for me to start my stream. I want to broadcast that I've met a reclusive expert. If I do this, it might attract countless attention for me," the woman said excitedly.
Zhou Hong finally understood what the woman intended to do.
"You can stream if you want, but don't film me," Zhou Hong said.
"Don't worry, I won't film you," the woman assured him.
However, Zhou Hong wasn't entirely at ease. After some thought, he immediately used a skill he'd learned in his previous life: the art of disguise. This way, it wouldn't matter if she accidentally filmed him.
Instantly, Zhou Hong's facial muscles began to contract and deform.
After about a few minutes, Zhou Hong had completely changed his appearance.
Zhou Hong's disguise wasn't about creating something out of nothing. It was entirely different from what was shown on TV, where one could transform into anyone they wished. Instead, it involved controlling facial muscles to alter one's features.
"Senior? You?" At this moment, the woman noticed Zhou Hong's altered face and was startled, thinking she had encountered a ghost.
"Heh, don't be nervous. I've just disguised myself. I was afraid you might accidentally film my face," Zhou Hong said calmly.
"My heavens, you say you're not a reclusive peerless expert, yet you even know such mysterious and unfathomable disguise techniques." The female streamer was astonished.
"Heh, I really am not a reclusive peerless expert," Zhou Hong denied again.
However, the female streamer refused to believe him, no matter what.
"Senior, can you let me film you now?" the female streamer asked cautiously.
"As you wish! But don't say that I'm in disguise right now."
"Okay, thank you, senior."
The woman immediately connected to the satellite network. She wasn't using ordinary internet; as an outdoor streamer, she was well-prepared.
"Hello, everyone, are you all there? I'm now in the most mysterious Tianyuan Mountain. Remember what I told you yesterday? I said I was going to Tianyuan Mountain to find that reclusive expert. Guess what, have I found him?" the woman greeted her fans immediately after starting her stream.
"Streamer, you're really brave to go into the mountains alone at night."
"Hurry up and tell us, streamer, did you meet the reclusive expert?"
"If she really meets a reclusive expert, I'll stream myself eating dirt."
"My guess is, an old man will soon appear and claim to be a reclusive expert. It's all a cliché."
In the barrage of comments, many viewers posted their thoughts.
"Everyone, I really didn't lie to you. I really met a reclusive expert. I'll show you now."
The woman immediately turned the camera to Zhou Hong.
Suddenly, a young man roasting chicken appeared on the screen.
"Wow, even a peerless expert roasts chickens."
"Where did you find this actor? He doesn't look professional enough."
"Exactly. At least wear a mask, or stick on a fake white beard. That would look more like a reclusive master."
"Everyone, look, this reclusive peerless expert is even wearing Hongxing Erke!"
"Hahaha, this reclusive expert is quite patriotic."
After the female streamer showed Zhou Hong, countless mocking voices came from the comments.
"I really didn't lie to you; he truly is the reclusive peerless expert living here." The female streamer quickly explained, feeling a bit dejected that no one believed her when she was telling the truth.
"Alright, streamer, if you want to trick us, at least put in some effort. Just finding anyone like this is too unprofessional."
"Why don't you believe me?" The female streamer wanted to explain, but no one believed her; they even accused her of tricking them.
At this moment, Zhou Hong was roasting the chicken. He was unaware that the female streamer's camera was pointed at him, and he, of course, couldn't see the comments on her phone.
Seeing that the chicken was cooked, but with no stool, squatting on the ground was inconvenient.
So, Zhou Hong glanced at a large tree nearby, about half a meter in diameter.
Zhou Hong walked over and, with a single palm strike, cleaved the tree. The cut surface was as smooth as if it had been sawed.
In this manner, Zhou Hong used the tree trunk to fashion a wooden stool.
What Zhou Hong didn't know was that those watching the female streamer's live broadcast were stunned by what they saw on screen.
Earlier, everyone had been mocking the streamer for finding someone to impersonate a reclusive expert. But in the next second, before everyone's eyes, they saw Zhou Hong cleave a tree half a meter in diameter with a single palm strike.
"Holy cow, am I seeing things? He actually cut down such a thick tree with one palm strike."
"My heavens, could he really be a reclusive peerless expert?"
"Special effects, this must be special effects."
In the female streamer's live broadcast room, some were shocked, while others claimed it was special effects.
"To those who say it's special effects, please help me create such effects in my own broadcast."
"Exactly. Even movie post-production can't create such realistic effects. Some people actually suspect that such effects can be created in a live broadcast."
"I didn't expect the streamer to actually find a reclusive peerless expert in Tianyuan Mountain. She wasn't trying to trick us."
After many viewers realized what was happening, they immediately started sending gifts to express their shock.
"Streamer, don't take the camera away from him. I'll send you ten rockets."
"Streamer, you're amazing! You actually found a reclusive peerless expert. I don't know if you found him or he came on his own, but to find such an incredible expert to cooperate with you is worth me sending a sports car."
Instantly, gifts poured into the female streamer's broadcast room.
At this moment, the female streamer herself hadn't recovered from the shock of what had just happened.
In this era of highly developed information, even ordinary people had seen many martial arts experts. However, someone as powerful as Zhou Hong, let alone her, even true martial arts experts might not have encountered someone like him.
Indeed, in her live broadcast room at this moment, there was a young man who was staring at Zhou Hong, unable to recover for a long time. This was because, in reality, he was a martial arts prodigy who had already reached over level 60 of the Martial Practitioner realm. Yet, just moments ago, he had seen a young man under thirty cleave a tree with a single palm strike. He found it hard to believe: what level of expert was this?