Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 490 - 327: Celebrity Effect

Back then on Earth, unless you avoided the internet and had no social interactions, there was no way you wouldn’t know Ji Xinghuo.

But such people were almost non-existent in the Asia-Pacific Community.

Especially since half a month ago, when Ji Xinghuo had topped the Heavenly Ladder, his name kept popping up in the trending searches, making it hard to not know about him. Just earlier, he had directly cursed a Heavenly King on a social media platform, shocking many.

Despite this, Ji Xinghuo managed to maintain an air of mystery in the eyes of many.

This name was merely a symbol, an insignia; no one knew what he looked like and couldn’t connect it to a real image.

Now that he all of a sudden appeared before their eyes, it naturally sparked immense curiosity.

The place quieted down for a few seconds.

Ji Xinghuo watched the expressions on the faces around him—curiosity, surprise, awe, inquiry, skepticism—and more as if they were watching a colorful giant panda. He felt somewhat helpless inside, but it didn’t bother him.

When he had chosen to protect his online privacy, he had anticipated such scenarios.

"Ahem..."

Ji Xinghuo chuckled, "Yunhai, aren’t you going to introduce me?"

"Right, right." Lu Yunhai’s face showed some embarrassment; he hadn’t expected his family and elders to react this way.

The sound of their voices returned the atmosphere to normality.

The staff members around them continued with their work, though their glances frequently shifted their way, with some even sneaking out phones to take pictures.

Ji Xinghuo pretended not to see it.

Lu Yunhai walked over to a middle-aged couple and said, "Xinghuo, these are my dad and mom, the ones I’ve told you about."

His parents, nearing sixty but well-maintained and appearing only in their forties, clearly didn’t belong to the upper class; it was merely because they didn’t have to work that they looked younger.

Lu Yunhai was an only child and often complained about his parents.

The two had met while playing video games and after marrying and having children, they treated Lu Yunhai like a child left in care while they continued gaming.

Though they couldn’t provide much financial support for their son, the family atmosphere was relaxed and comforting, both as a couple and as friends.

"Uncle Lu, Auntie Li."

Ji Xinghuo smiled as he greeted them; he remembered their names from the video calls they had previously.

"Ji, you remember me," said Lu Tao excitedly, "I always knew you were no ordinary person."

His wife, Li Ziyun, shot him a stern look, "Don’t speak nonsense."

"It’s fine, Auntie Li, you are my elders, there’s nothing wrong in calling me little Ji just like before." Ji Xinghuo was never bothered by these formalities.

Lu Yunhai hastily introduced the others.

Compared to Lu’s parents, Fang Yinpeng’s family was much larger. Her parents, grandparents, an older sister, and two younger brothers were present, visibly a wealthy family of a different class.

In that era, the better the economic condition and the higher the social status of a person, the likelier they were to have more children.

A couple from the upper class typically having three or four, or even five or six children, was not uncommon.

Over generations, they could form a large family nearing a hundred members.

The Fang Family had started to prosper from her grandfather’s generation, thus having only three generations, but the whole family consisted of more than thirty people. In Chang’an, they were just a small family barely past the middle class, far from the truly powerful elite class.

Their family business primarily involved investments in Martial Arts, fitness centers, and archery venues, with total assets close to one billion.

Ji Xinghuo had heard from Lu Yunhai that the Fang Family had four Mutants.

However, including Fang Yinpeng, none of them had particularly good talent, and with the family’s wealth, they still had only managed to develop one Advanced Mutant, Fang Yinpeng’s uncle.

Today, the head of the Fang Family was still Fang Yinpeng’s grandfather, named Fang Yanbin.

"Mr. Ji, I have long admired your reputation."

Fang Yanbin shook Ji Xinghuo’s hand, "Our family has always heard about you from Yunhai. Today, it is indeed an honor to finally meet you in person."

He dressed in simple yet expensive attire, his face adorned with a kindly smile, maintaining the dignity of an elder.

Despite his good cover, Ji Xinghuo could see at a glance that he was actually very nervous, more so than Lu Yunhai’s father, and his words had obviously been carefully considered beforehand.

Ji Xinghuo responded, "You flatter me, Director Fang."

"Haha, Mr. Ji is indeed a remarkable man. With the whole world curious about what Mr. Ji looks like, they certainly wouldn’t be disappointed if they saw him in person," complimented Fang Yanbin appropriately.

Lu Yunhai was even more humble when introducing the rest of the Fang family.

Everyone’s faces carried a kind smile, with some flattering words, including Fang Yinpeng’s parents.

Ji Xinghuo kept an easygoing demeanor throughout, without any airs, just like any ordinary young man.

However, others didn’t see him that way.

This was the first time Ji Xinghuo had interacted with ordinary people in an official capacity since his rise to fame, and he profoundly realized how the world had changed.

To be exact, the world hadn’t changed, but he had.

Truthfully, he didn’t like it.

But if others wished to treat him this way, Ji Xinghuo couldn’t do much about it; he just needed to maintain his composure and not let it affect him.

Ji Xinghuo glanced at Lu Yunhai, who was beaming at the moment; his fame, strength, and status straightened his back in front of Fang Yinpeng’s family, and even Fang Yinpeng herself felt proud.

"Is this what they call ’face’?"

Ji Xinghuo chuckled to himself, playing along with Lu Yunhai’s act.

It took a few minutes for Lu Yunhai to finish introducing all the elders and relatives of the Fang family before getting down to business.