Aahh, when was the last time Shang Qinghua impressed someone?? The truth is that while he may have achieved immortal status, compared to his peers he's pretty mediocre...can't fight, cultivation kind of low for someone of his status... Everyone was always disappointed in him or annoyed by him, or even worse, just plain wanted to beat him up! But Ichiban is not only impressed, he's nice to Shang Qinghua, and a guy could get used to this kind of treatment, you know?

Gosh, what would it be like to have friends who didn't insult you or were all hung up over some trivial betrayal. Honestly, some people.

"Pretty awesome, yeah," Shang Qinghua grees, looking immensely pleased. He waves away the little ball of energy with his hand and gives Ichiban a quizzical look. "Host? What, you mean like...MCing, or something?"