Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

The director swiftly cut to a commercial, and Lu Zhiyu hurriedly got up to find the executive director, while Su Yunjin pulled Xie Ruoxi aside and whispered:

"Ruoxi! What are you talking about? How can you say things like that on the show?"

"I said I like anime..." Xie Ruoxi also gradually realized the situation, her face growing pale, "Can't I say that?"

"It's not that you can't say it." Su Yunjin patiently said, "Hobbies are a personal freedom, but you have to consider that on a television show, every word and action has a strong exemplary effect. Some topics are more likely to spark unnecessary controversy. For example, if there's a child who is addicted to animation and games and not studying, and they tell their parents, 'My idol Xie Ruoxi does this too,' and their parents expose this to the media, accusing you of misleading minors, what will you do?"

Xie Ruoxi's face turned deathly white, and she stuttered:

"How, how is that related to me! If they can't teach their child properly, how can they blame me?"

"It isn't related." Su Yunjin shook her head and said, "But you need to understand, human nature is to shift the blame. Sigh, let's see how the production team handles this..."

Before she had finished speaking, Yan Yu's call came through.

Xie Ruoxi picked up, trembling, only to hear Yan Yu sneer:

"Cultivator Xie Ruoxi, you really think abstractly, huh? Treating the TV station like your own personal livestream room, saying whatever you want?"

Xie Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, then a rush of desperation surged up, and she cried out in the most familiar tone:

"Captain, save me! Please!"

"Haha." Yan Yu thought to himself, your true nature hasn't changed; you show off when it's smooth sailing but kneel when facing adversity!

Of course, given Xie Ruoxi's status as the top cultivator in Hua Mansion, even claiming she liked pop boy bands wouldn't pose a serious political issue; at most, it would just cause fans to see her through a somewhat different lens— in the future, when people mentioned Xie Ruoxi, they might not refer to her as "that top-ranked cultivator," but as "oh, that anime girl cultivator"...

Damn it, wouldn't it be something if the entire Zhenghai Team's image was altered to that of an anime team because of her?

Xie Ruoxi! If you really cause the whole team to lose face along with you, I'll twist your head off and use it as a chamber pot!

"Don't rush, rushing is useless." Yan Yu slowly said, "Old Li is dealing with it, let's see how the production team handles it later."

"Old Li?" Xie Ruoxi asked, trembling.

"Zhendong Army's Commander-in-Chief Li Weiguo!"

"Oh, oh, oh." Xie Ruoxi wanted to cry but had no tears, thinking, how did this even involve the Commander-in-Chief?

This matter didn't warrant the Commander-in-Chief's attention; it was mainly that a few big shots in the Privy Council happened to be watching TV and heard the "top-ranked cultivator from Hua Mansion" say "I like anime," and they ended up laughing so hard they phoned Li Weiguo.

Seriously speaking, Xie Ruoxi's deed could indeed be interpreted as "damaging the cultivator's image." If it were any regular monk from the team, they'd definitely face censure, but Xie Ruoxi, having both skills and status, especially under Yan Yu, not only couldn't they penalize her, they had to help her recover her image—otherwise, everybody would think that Lu Country's first advanced cultivator from Hua Mansion was an anime nerd, which would be embarrassing to the authorities.

Li Weiguo personally intervening meant that the professionals at the TV station, being skilled in media management, quickly prepared a new script and sent it over for Xie Ruoxi to memorize. Then everyone returned to the set, and filming resumed.

"Thank you for your patience, dear viewers, and welcome back to the "Monk Interview" show." Lu Zhiyu said with a smile, "Ruoxi, you just mentioned you like anime, right?"

Xie Ruoxi, fully aware of the stakes by now, was completely reluctant to acknowledge it, but having already said it on TV, she could only nod reluctantly and said with a forced smile:

"Yes, yes..."

"Do you generally prefer watching domestic animations or foreign cartoons?" Lu Zhiyu asked with a smile.

"Um, both." Xie Ruoxi nervously recalled her lines, "I watch foreign ones too, but lately, there have been many excellently produced domestic animations, so I've been keeping an eye on that field."

"Speaking of which, I have a brand-new domestic animation to recommend to you. I'm sure you'll be very interested." Lu Zhiyu pulled out a promotional poster from behind his chair, unfolded it toward the camera with a smile, and said, "It's Jianghai Art Studio's latest animation, "Dinghai Little Divine General"..."

"Pfft!" Yan Yu, who was drinking water in front of the TV, choked when he heard this, "What the heck?"

"Jianghai Art Studio's latest animation "Dinghai Little Divine General"." Chen Lingyun said smilingly, "Which word didn't you hear clearly?"

"What nonsense!" Yan Yu exclaimed angrily.

Just finished mocking a pretty idiot as a stupid axolotl, and the next moment, damn it, I've become an anime character myself!

"It's not nonsense." Chen Lingyun said smiling, "It's an animated work based on your story, "Dinghai Little Divine General"."