The video needed to be reviewed before being posted, so Mu You didn't concern himself with it anymore, turning back to training his other pets.
After successfully casting the Beast Taming Spell ten more times, he had trained another ten pets to a 'sophisticated' level, and Mu You had become quite proficient at the spell.
Now, he could silently chant the spell at super-fast speeds within half a second.
However, with each spell cast, Mu You found himself growing more listless.
At first, it was not noticeable, but after casting the spell over a dozen times consecutively, he felt lightheaded and somewhat nauseous.
"It seems there are limits to magic use. It can't be used indefinitely, and using too much at once might lead to mental exhaustion, possibly even unconsciousness," thought Mu You.
After realizing this, he stopped pushing himself and instead went to the kitchen for some grub before returning to his room to rest.
Overwhelmed by mental exhaustion, he fell asleep almost immediately the moment his head touched the pillow.
...
What Mu You didn't know was that while he was deep in sleep, his video had passed the Bilibili review, and the views started to skyrocket at a visible speed, reaching ten thousand within just an hour.
Soon, his video was caught by the algorithm, made it to the Bilibili homepage, resulting in an explosive increase in views. It was handpicked by the editor for promotion, and by four in the morning, it had made it to the hot list…
...
The next day, when Mu You woke up, the first thing he did was to reach out for the pocket watch and the Magic Wand beside his pillow.
Thankfully, they were all there.
Everything that happened yesterday was not just a dream!
Mu You heaved a sigh of relief, but instead of getting up right away, he lay in bed and started to browse Bilibili on his phone.
But, to his surprise, his Bilibili inbox had exploded with unread messages, reaching a staggering 999+.
Only after reading a few fans' messages did he realize that his video from last night had actually made it to the hot list!
Mu You hurriedly opened the video to look at it.
Sure enough, it had garnered over five hundred thousand views overnight!
At this rate, reaching four million views would be a breeze.
Meanwhile, his follower count had also surged from an initial 23 thousand to 94 thousand, just shy of the hundred thousand mark!
There was already an editor in the background urging him to continue updating videos in this series, seeing as they had the potential to blow up!
All these reactions to his video left Mu You in a daze.
He had anticipated that the video might be popular, but he certainly hadn't expected it to reach such high view counts!
Hurriedly, he opened up the video comments and saw that they had reached over four thousand two hundred.
"Believe me, after watching this you'll definitely say, 'Wow!'" read the first top comment, followed by a flood of 'wows'.
"OMG, how did he do that? How can a hamster be so obedient?" a famous streamer commented, leaving a row of 'Master Ball catches'.
"Holy cow, a hamster doing push-ups deserves mad respect!"
"Everyone knows you can't have pets that are too smart after founding the nation!"
"The owner of this channel is a certified modern-day Druid!"
"My mom asked me why I was watching this video on my knees!"
"I bet a hundred bucks that the effects in this video were edited. If I'm wrong, I'll live-stream myself eating crap while doing a handstand!"
"@ above, marking your words, I've got a spot in my live-stream room for you."
"This video is clearly clickbait, there's no way this could be trained in only ten minutes. Half a year minimum."
"@ above, the hamster in the video is clearly a pup, they grow fast, so if you look closely, you can see there is nearly no change in size, proving the video was shot within a week!"
"A week is still impressive! Is the uploader a professional pet trainer?"
"Looking at the previous videos from this uploader, it appears he runs a pet store. It's not surprising he knows how. "
"Save me! This is just too cute, does anyone know where this store is? I really want to pay a visit!"
"I want to go too!"
"Ah, this is my boss's shop!" a user named 'Light and Elegant Fragrance' exclaimed excitedly.
"Hmm? An even employee spotted above?"
"Yes, yes, I work at the shop. It's located in the Development Zone on Xiangjiang Road of K City. The store's name is Fun Pet Store and everyone is welcome to visit!" replied Light and Elegant Fragrance.
"Huh? That's not too far from my house!"
"I'm actually in K City, I'll swing by tomorrow."
...
Mu You was deeply engrossed in the comments when suddenly, he heard a knocking sound coming from downstairs.
He got dressed and went downstairs to open the rolling shutter door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a crowd of people gathered in front of his store, including Little Ya. Everyone curiously peered inside as soon as the door opened.
The moment Mu You opened the door, Little Ya rushed into the store with an excited look on her face, pulling at his sleeve, "Boss, you've hit the big time!"
"Ahem, let's stay calm, this is just the beginning," Mu You replied, trying to seem unfazed even though he was actually quite excited.
This was the first time in two years that his store had so many customers waiting to visit even before opening.
Checking the time, he saw it was only half-past seven.
"We're still half an hour away from opening. Little Ya, you go clean the fish tank, I'll change the sand for our hamsters. Today is our first day post-rebranding, we can't let anything fall through the cracks."
"Sure."
The two quickly got to work.
Typically, half an hour would never be enough. They'd have their hands full just dealing with the cats' and dogs' feces.
But now, after selling all of the cats and dogs, their workload had shrunk by 70%.
With deft movements, Mu You quickly finished cleaning up and then moved the eleven pets that completed their training yesterday to the central pet display area.
These eleven pets that had been 'baptized' by magic consisted of five hamsters, two chinchillas, two rabbits, a prairie dog, and a canary.
"You must all behave well today. If you see a potential owner who you like, show them your cutest side and try to get them to take you home. If successful, you'll never have to worry about food and drink again in your lifetime."
"And the most important point: no matter what happens, never bite someone!"
Mu You gave a serious lecture to the little critters, who all responded by nodding their heads.
The animal conversation technique only worked on Mu You, the spell caster. This meant that they couldn't understand anything if someone else tried to communicate with them.
However, after gaining consciousness, these pets had become much more clever than their peers. The actions that Mu You had trained them on were deeply ingrained in their memory. Whenever they heard someone makes similar sounds or gestures, they could immediately respond. As household pets, they were definitely qualified.
By this time, Little Ya had also finished cleaning the fish tank and replaced the water with fresh water.
Seeing that everything was ready, Mu You walked to the door, took a deep breath, and opened the large glass door.
"Sorry for the wait, everyone, welcome to Fun Pet Shop."
Mu You looked at the crowd of people waiting outside and gave a slight smile.
Just in a short time, there were another seven or eight people lining up. The advertisement effect of the video was indeed surprisingly good.