A bookstore.
Lu Yang secretly observed the sales of the two novels.
What makes Lu Yang depressed is:
Although his own "A Thousand Mile Boat" also sold well, it was obviously inferior to Chu Kuang's martial arts novel.
What made Lu Yang almost vomit blood was:
He also encountered the situation where Chu Kuang's fans shouted "Support Lu Yang" while buying "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
What a psycho!
What about supporting me
So you just support me with your mouth
He shouted so loudly, but all he bought was "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"!
The louder you shout, the more people buy!
What a rip off!
It's such a fucking scam!
Exhaling deeply, Lu Yang calmed himself down: "Chu Kuang's sales are indeed impressive, but in the Blue Star Writers Ranking, sales are just one of the data references. What I want to compete with him is reputation. Besides, once my reputation is established, who says that sales can't surpass him?"
That’s right!
Word of mouth!
Lu Yang quietly bought ten copies of "A Thousand Miles Journey" and then left alone.
Not long after.
The bookstore's first wave of sales is over.
The number of people buying books is finally not as crazy as it was at the beginning.
at the same time.
Readers who bought the book went home and read it immediately.
…
The novel "A Thousand Mile Journey".
Smooth writing, perfect rhythm, profound connotation, interesting story, and skillful techniques.
Lu Yang is worthy of being the top writer on Blue Star. After reading just a few chapters, readers can already form the outline of a fantastic and magnificent story.
It's like the door to a brave new world.
Many people were drunk.
Major forums on all continents.
"Master Lu is still as skilled as ever. He has mesmerized me in the first three chapters!"
"Is this the legendary three golden chapters?"
"I feel like Teacher Lu Yang is even better than before he stopped writing!"
“No wonder he made a comeback!”
“Too strong!”
"The protagonist's lines are so classic!"
“The visuals of the story are also very good!”
"It's more literary than before. Although I like it very much, I don't think it's suitable to read it all in one go."
“A good book is one that needs to be savored.”
"You thought you were reading Chu Kuang's martial arts novel, where he was so cool that he learned a peerless martial arts skill by falling off a cliff?"
"Teacher Lu Yang is still the best at writing books!"
"If Teacher Lu Yang were to stop writing, it would be a loss for the literary world of Blue Star."
"I feel like Master Lu has secured a win this time. This book looks very likely to become his new masterpiece!"
…
The other side.
Chu Kuang's readers also opened "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
Surprisingly, the beginning does not go directly into the plot, but instead has a wedge.
To be precise, it is an explanation of the name.
The term "Eight Divisions of Heavenly Beings" comes from Buddhist scriptures. Many Mahayana Buddhist scriptures describe that when the Buddha preached to Bodhisattvas and monks, the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Beings often participated in the listening. For example, in the "Lotus Sutra: Devadatta Chapter": "The Eight Divisions of Heavenly Beings, humans and non-humans, all saw the dragon girl attain Buddhahood from afar."
Just like what the internet celebrity professor guessed before.
This novel is about Buddhism.
At the end of the writing, I briefly introduce the background of the novel.
The historical background of The Legend of the Condor Heroes trilogy is fictional, that is, the "Song Dynasty" that everyone is familiar with.
The Dali Kingdom is also a fictional creation.
This is a Buddhist country and the emperor is a devout believer in Buddhism.
The Southern Emperor Duan Huangye written in the early "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was the Emperor of Dali Kingdom.
The story of this book also takes place in the Song Dynasty.
To be precise, it happened during the reigns of Emperor Zhezong Wuhu and Emperor Shaosheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, around 1094 AD.
The novel introduces the eight groups of Buddhists.
The ending even gives the specific era of the fictional dynasty.
When other people write fictional novels, most of them are just superficial words.
And Chu Kuang’s imaginary dynasty always seems so real, as if it actually existed.
This sense of reality has always been talked about by the public.
At present, this book seems to be another background supplement for the fictional dynasty created by Chu Kuang.
Interest was piqued.
The reader happily opened the first chapter.
…
A novel of 1.5 million words cannot be finished in one day.
As fast as two days.
At least three days.
Or even longer.
This is the case with Chu Kuang’s “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”.
The same is true of Lu Yang's "A Thousand Mile Boat", which is a novel of 1.3 million words.
In terms of the length of the works, there is not much difference between the two new books.
And when it was night time.
Luyang's readers were even more excited.
"The more I read Teacher Lu Yang's new book, the more I find it full of charm!"
“I totally love it!”
“I read it slowly, savoring every word.”
"Yesterday I felt that this book would become Mr. Lu Yang's new masterpiece, but today I feel that this is still true. It's just that the direction is a little different from the previous style. I have an indescribable feeling."
“There’s too much stream-of-consciousness stuff.”
"The plot later on is a bit sad and inexplicably aggrieved, but his writing has a charm that makes people unable to stop reading."
“It’s a work that can be rated above nine points.”
"That's right."
"Does anyone know what's going on with Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils?"
"have no idea."
"Who cares?"
"Keep reading our book, Chu Kuang is bound to lose!"
…
At home.
My sister is reading a book.
Lin Yuan was feeding water to Nan Ji.
Sudden.
The younger sister asked Lin Yuan: "Why don't you read?"
Lin Yuan casually said, "I've seen it eight hundred times."
My sister was stunned for a moment, then asked, "So what do you think of this book?"
How about this book
Lin Yuan originally wanted to say that this was a martial arts novel that fully demonstrated Jin Yong's profound knowledge.
Before "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Jin Yong liked to use traditional Confucianism to narrate and explain martial arts.
This can be seen from Chen Jialuo, Yuan Chengzhi, Guo Jing and Zhang Wuji, all of whom have an active or passive desire to serve their country.
Jin Yong uses these protagonists to express his own outlook on life.
It was not until the publication of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" that Jin Yong used the "great compassion and great mercy" of Buddhism to break sin and eliminate stupidity!
In this work, he began to use the Buddhist concepts of "getting rid of greed", "getting rid of love", "getting rid of desire", and "getting rid of entanglement" to enlighten readers, which increased the ideological depth and philosophical connotation of the martial arts novel.
From then on, martial arts became mainstream and was placed on par with traditional literature.
But obviously these words are not suitable to be said to my sister. She doesn't know who Jin Yong is, and she doesn't know who Chen Jialuo and Yuan Chengzhi are.
So he asked back: "Where did you see it?"
Da Yaoyao said, "Xiao Feng fell in love with Ah Zhu, but he found out that Prince Duan might be the leader who murdered his parents."
Lin Yuan thought about it, then stood up and said silently: "I'll cook you a bowl of noodles."
Dayaoyao:
Ten minutes later.
Dayaoyao ate a bowl of noodles with tears in her eyes.
Tears fell on the eggs floating in the clear soup.
Lin Yuan wisely avoided all online comments.
It was not until the second night after the novel was published that he dared to open Chu Kuang's account to go online.
As a result, when I logged on, I saw someone mentioning me. It was the honorary professor of a certain university who had previously posted a short essay criticizing Chu Kuang's martial arts writing for getting worse and worse:
"You really can grow wings and fly like a dragon in the sky!"
Lin Yuan smiled.
This wave is called, Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon!