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Zhang Zian was busy the whole day and now it was almost time for him to go to bed. 
Zhang Zian had been exhausted throughout the day, but now that he knew the elves' lives could be extended, his tiredness vanished completely. However, he hadn't told the news to Old Time Tea or the other elves yet. As Pi had said, it wasn't the right time. If he hastily told the news to everyone, they would be too expectful. The reality might be too disappointing. For that reason, they might as well not know about it in the first place. 
Even if the lifetime of the elves really could be extended infinitely, the elves had to go through an extremely difficult process to do so. Judging from Pi's stern expression as it read the untitled book, Zhang Zian figured that this may be his biggest challenge and trial since he downloaded the Pet Hunter game.
Although he couldn't understand the untitled book, whether it was the Hyperwebster Dictionary, The Book of Sand, or a fantasy book from another civilization in the universe, he was still very grateful for it. Without it, he wouldn't have found out about such reassuring and hopeful news.
The elves had fallen asleep, one after the other. Before going to sleep, Richard had been very active that night, as if everything put him in a good mood. Zhang Zian had to hang it upside down to calm it down. 
When everyone was in bed, Pi was still sitting in front of the computer, typing away.
"Pi, did the noise bother you?" Zhang Zian came over and asked. He knew how annoying Richard and Snowy Lionet were.
Pi shook its head no.
"Well, we're all going to bed now. Please go to sleep as soon as you finish writing." Zhang Zian brought over a small desk lamp. The lamp light was turned away from the bedroom, so it wouldn't affect anyone's sleeping.
He didn't plan on telling Pi what he was doing later, because he wasn't sure whether he would be successful or not. He didn't want Pi to be disappointed after giving it so much hope. 
Pi grinned and nodded.
Zhang Zian glanced at the elves again. After confirming that each elfin was in its correct place, he turned off the ceiling light. 
With the light from the desk lamp and his own nightlight, he laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling, listening to Pi type. He thought about the elves' lives for a while, and then thought about the situation of Uncle Li's diner. He tried to allow all of his thoughts to occupy his mind and keep himself from falling asleep.
About an hour later he heard a click, and the fan noise from the laptop disappeared. Pi turned off the desk lamp and the room grew darker. It climbed into the basket hammock chair to go to sleep.
Zhang Zian kept his eyes open for a while, and almost fell asleep. He pinched his thighs to keep himself awake. 
He looked up and guessed that Pi had already fallen asleep. Then, he grabbed his cell phone by his pillow and opened the Qidian app.
That day, as he watched Pi write, he had secretly browsed the Internet on his cell phone, trying to find out what the amazing reading lists were.
After he finished researching, he knew that reading lists were an important supplement to the Official Recommendation Spots from the Qidian website. A reading list was created by an individual, who would list his or her favorite books and the reasons why they would recommended those books on their list. If other readers agreed with the owner's suggestions, they would start following the creator of the list. The reading list owners were similar to bloggers who reviewed digital products on video websites, and the digital products recommended by bloggers tended to receive more attention. Some reading list owners even had tens of thousands of followers. 
After careful searching, Zhang Zian discovered that the reading list owners were roughly divided into two categories. One type introduced and reviewed each book in great length, while the other kind of reading list owners introduced each book with only one sentence. The former type attracted much more followers than the latter. After all, through the detailed evaluations and introductions, the readers could tell that the reading list owners had put in a lot of work into every book. 
That day, he had mentally noted the reading list owners' IDs who wrote long book reviews and then went to the comment sections of their lists. He first ruled out the most popular reading list owners, because in their comment sections, numerous authors or authors who pretended to be readers were promoting their own books. Those reading list owners wouldn't be able to read all the books being recommended to them, even if they tried to read 24 hours a day.
As for the reading list owners that attracted fewer followers, their comment sections were basically empty. It wouldn't be helpful for Zhang Zian to advertise Pi's novel in those lists. 
After more research, he targeted a reading list owner who had the tenth most followers. The ID name of the reading list owner was Morning Gorilla Star, who was mentioned by the author of Diplomats of the Underworld. 
Morning Gorilla Star had written down his requirements about posting advertisements in his comment: Do not copy and paste your ads. I will promote urban novels that have no or only one female protagonist.
Zhang Zian felt relieved when he read these requirements. He was extremely popular with women, and many cute girls were desperately hoping to be his girlfriend. Pi had just hidden this fact while writing the novel based on the life in Zhang Zian's pet shop. Therefore, Pi's novel had managed to meet Morning Gorilla Star's requirements.
Advertising was like sending resumes to hiring managers. The key points of the novel must be written as concisely as possible. What was the highlight of Pi's novel? It certainly wasn't that the protagonist didn't have a girlfriend! 
He typed on his phone: Can I promote my own book? The title of the book is Pet King. The protagonist, who is the owner of a pet shop, downloads a game that can capture elves. Together with the elves, he witnesses the growth of the pet shop. There is no female protagonist in this book. 
He thought it over and added "Currently" in front of the sentence, "There is no female protagonist in this book." Then, he satisfyingly clicked the "Send" button.
After sending the message, Zhang Zian repeatedly refreshed the comment section and anxiously waited for a reply from the reading list owner, just like a job seeker who was constantly refreshing emails and nervously waiting for replies after sending out his resume. Zhang Zian had read the books recommended by Morning Gorilla Star, and all the books were well-written. Perhaps Morning Gorilla Star wouldn't think Pi's novel was good enough. However, Zhang Zian hoped that Morning Gorilla Star, who had read countless books, could at least tell him why Pi's novel failed to be recommended by him. In that case, Zhang Zian could help Pi revise the novel. Zhang Zian was acting like a job seeker who was close to starving to death and desperately needed a job, whatever the job was, to feed himself.
Since it was nearly one o'clock in the morning, the owner had probably gone to bed already. Watching his comment drowning in other comments from authors promoting their own books, Zhang Zian couldn't help but sigh in dismay.
Perhaps he sighed too loud, because Zhang Zian heard a squeaking sound come from the hammock chair. It sounded like Pi had turned over.
He locked his phone screen and waited a little longer. He didn't unlock his phone until there wasn't any more sounds coming from the chair.
What should he do?
He was very sleepy. Should he wait till the reading list owner woke up and try advertising again? 
No, he shouldn't wait. Tomorrow, Pi would receive its first Minor Recommendation Spot. If its novel failed to be ranked in the top three or top four spots, it might never have a chance to receive a recommendation again.
With that thought, he decided to advertise on another reading list. Advertising was just like begging, and as long as he could swallow his pride now, he would gradually become thick-skinned. 
This time, he lowered his expectations by moving his attention from the reading list owners with tens of thousands of followers to ones with hundreds of followers, hoping that some of them hadn't fallen asleep yet.
Zhang Zian noticed that there was one whose ID was Yang Chenkong. In his reading list, Yang Chenkong wrote reviews with thousands of words for each book and offered many thoughtful insights. However, Yang Chenkong only had a mere 3,000 followers. Would it really be useful to advertise in this list?
Zhang Zian desperately went to the comment section. To his surprise, he saw that this reading list owner was still online, discussing his opinions with his friends about a certain book. 
Zhang Zian hadn't read the book that they were talking about. However, from reading their conversation, Zhang Zian felt as if he had read it and learned about its successes and failures. From observing, Zhang Zian could tell that Yang Chenkong was very professional. 
For some reason, the comment section of his reading list was blank and had no advertisements. Zhang Zian chuckled to himself. He could take advantage of this rare opportunity to advertise. 
There were some basic rules of advertising for all reading lists. Unlike like people who put advertisements in bathrooms,  book-promoting advertisements couldn't be randomly posted. Each reading list owner had different requirements for advertisements. For example, Morning Gorilla Star had explicitly stated that he would only recommend novels with no or one female protagonist. Yang Chenkong, however, had a wide range of book choices. Except for supernatural novels, Yang Chenkong basically read every genre. 
However, the most difficult thing was that the list owner didn't specify which book genres he would recommend, and Zhang Zian didn't know how to cater to his preferences. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zian rewrote the message that he had sent to Morning Gorilla Star. He deleted the sentence "Currently, there is no female protagonist in this book." He added, "Feel free to read the sample chapters, but don't blame me if you're poisoned (Translator's Note: Read and Poison sound the same in Chinese)," hoping that his self-deprecating tone would draw Yang Chenkong's attention. 
After clicking "Send", he was too tired to repeatedly refresh the comment section as he did before. It was almost half past one in the morning, and he would need to get up early that day.
Putting down his cell phone, Zhang Zian lay down flat on the bed. Soon, he was half-awake and half-asleep, and he would completely fall asleep at any moment. 
In the darkness, Pi had been watching him the whole time. It had barely moved, except to slightly change its posture after its legs started to get numb.
Pi had always known about Zhang Zian's actions. It could tell from Zhang Zian's exhaustion. 
Since Zhang Zian was so tired, it wouldn't matter if he did these things later, right?
Pi opened its mouth and silently imitated the shape of someone saying "thank you."
What?
Zhang Zian thought he heard something. It seemed like someone was talking to him. He barely could open his eyes. His drowsiness was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on his eyelids.
He looked around and found nothing out of the ordinary. He unlocked his phone screen and saw that it was past two in the morning. 
Since he hadn't logged out from the Qidian app yet, he clicked open Yang Chenkong's comment section, the second reading list owner he advertised on that night, hoping to find Yang Chenkong's review on Pi's novel. However, he found no review, and saw that the advertisement he had posted was gone.
No wonder the comment section was so empty. As it turned out, Yang Chenkong deleted all of the advertisements in his comment section. Zhang Zian's efforts were again all in vain. 
He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. He shoved his cell phone under his pillow and fell asleep.


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

For new authors like me, the reader's comments give us support. Reviews give us direction, and collection gives us motivation.

So what is collection? Collection is the number of people that add our stories in their libraries. It is a way for authors to gauge whether their story is popular or not. There is a hidden truth that most readers don't know about the "Collection" count on Webnovels. 

The Collection count is the number one killer of new authors. Killing would be an extreme word for it, more like…the number one "reason" why authors drop their stories.

Why? Because a story that no one reads is a dead story. 
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Xandarx: You guys have any idea how to build mercenary?

WWFire: Money can answer most of things.

Elyon: If all else fails USE LOLIS.

WanderingQi: I got flamed for introducing a loli in my novel LMAOO!

Elyon: Who is that heretic?

WanderingQi: And all my collections dropped by like 200 lol.

Elyon: Give me the name and I'll set LittleSister loose on him.

Madreader: @WanderingQi 200? Really?

WanderingQi: Yea, I dropped a lot. Made me go on hiatus and considering dropping the entire novel.

WWFire: Do u lewd the loli?

Elyon: Are you sure it's the loli's fault? I don't believe it.

WanderingQi: No. I made the system take the loli form lol.

Elyon: That doesn't make any sense.

Murakami: I bet it was those MILF lovers.

Elyon: Having a loli system gives you brownie points. Maybe you did something wrong?

Murakami: Loli Grand Summoning.

WWFire: That is highly possible will lead to lewd the loli path.

Madreader: @WWFire loli lewd path will achieve top ten ps ranking.

Elyon: Adding lolis will guarantee that you get high ratings it's a fact.

WWFire: What a dilemma of lewding the loli. #lolialwaysright

Elyon: Yes.

Madreader: @WanderingQi you must've added them late.... after absorbing the 1 percent loli haters.

WanderingQi: Haha, it was added in the beginning. Well, near the beginning. But then again, I'm also a scrub author.

Madreader: @Elyon Probably his dao of lolis is low.

Elyon: @Madreader sir my respect to you have increased by ten points.

WanderingQi: What is your dao? "The dao of lolis."

Elyon: The Dao of lolis is a passive. It just boost your skills. It allows you to freely give lolis head pats and hugs without making them run away.

WanderingQi: Favorability +1 towards lolis

Elyon: Yes +2 to charisma. Oi oi I'm not a lolicon SMH <-- member of the Lolita no Touche Faction.

[A/N: Let me say it loud and clear! I, AM, NOT, A, LOLICON. Don't listen to the authors of Webnovels, they are besmirching my good name especially Zenith. Hmmph! I saw your comments while I was sleeping. Don't make me catch you later!]

WanderingQi: I'm a trash author, but I think it works lol.

Elyon: Fellow trash author hello.

WanderingQi: Hello.

Elyon: *Shakes hand*

WanderingQi: *shakes hand* Nice to meet you fellow trash author!

Elyon: It's good to see you too fellow trash author!

Murakami: *looks in disdain at the trash discovery writers*

WanderingQi: We can continue to write junk food novels for the masses!

Elyon: Yes, give them diabetes, kidney stones, and gallstones.

WanderingQi: Haha.

Elyon: Haha! cheers to trashy authors.

Murakami: Kek.

Elyon: Wtf is this nonsense? I posted that I'll be taking 2 days vacation and I get 3 collections? What kind of logic is this? *is considering taking an extended vacation*

Murakami: Goes on hiatus, collections shoot through the roof.

Elyon: *goes back with 1k collections feels good man*

Murakami: Kek.

Rychil: @Elyon you also write smut?

Elyon: AHEM!

Rychil: I thought you're a pure and innocent person.

Elyon: I am pure and innocent. *nods*

Murakami: Rychil you are trolling me.

WWFire: *suddenly posted a real loli with big muscles.*

Elyon: Aargghhh! My eyes! What is seen cannot be unseen.

Rychil: *laugh emoticon*

Elyon: OMG! She has Ladybeard with him?!

The authors in the discord chatroom once again descended into procrastination mode, and some of them failed to write their chapters for the day. Another normal day in the discord chatroom.






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Author's Thoughts

When I first started writing, I was unaware of the importance of collection. I just want to write my story so that people can read it. But, after posting it in this platform called Webnovels, you tend to learn about things that make you change your perspective.

When I got my first ten collections, I was very happy. I thought that this number will continue to rise as I write my story. Then my senior authors started talking about collection count and I found out that my collection/view count is way "toooooo looooooooow".

Mmm, thinking back, it was one of the most depressing days of my life as a new writer. I only got ten collections after writing so many chapters and I thought that, how can people not love my story? It's so awesome, so epic, so fabulous that they will be pestering me instead to release more chapters. 

Authors are like that. They think that their stories are the best. The most beautiful, the most exciting, the most engaging, the most…so on and so forth. Unfortunately, in the face of reality, all of "THESE" crumble.

That day, I stared at my collection and asked myself. Why did they add it? Is my story interesting enough? Did my drop-dead, gorgeous, sexy body passed through the walls of space and time, and forced them to reconsider to add my story to their libraries?

For them to survive my story that had been labeled as… a story that will make people want to stab their eyes for the horrible grammar, tenses and sentence structures, breaks my heart.

To this day, I still don't know the answer. But, I'd like to believe that these ten silent readers of mine are there because they genuinely loved my story. That was enough, that was more than enough for me.

Silent readers is a term used by some of the authors in Webnovels. They are the people who love to read stories, add them to their libraries, but don't give comments or leave reviews. They're just there. Silently reading, silently supporting their favorite authors with their presence. 

We appreciate these readers, but you know…we want you to talk to us too. We want you to say something. We want you, to make your presence known. 

Do we really have to say "Please notice me Senpai?".

My friend, sleepteddy, said a few words before about improving his grammar for the sake of his reader's mental health. Believe it or not, some of the authors worry about our reader's mental health as well (Sleepteddy and I are the perfect examples of responsible authors!)

My beloved readers, I'm not telling you this so that you will avoid removing stories in your libraries. No, that's not the reason why this chapter was written. I want you to know that every time you remove a story from your library, somewhere out there, a new author is facing a heartbreak (LMAO! Guilt-tripping eh?)

A small snippet is needed to show you, how a decrease in collection count affects new authors. 
(Some of the conversations here was made up…or was it?)
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A Certain Story Teller: We ain't genius authors mate we're just amateurs. I'm not crying TWAT! TWATS!

A Certain King: *kicks the chair next to him* Damn it... I knew I had a problem with character connections.

A Certain Chat Killer: I'm depressed, please give me a shoulder to cry *cry emoticon*

A Certain Story Teller: BOI WE THE DEPRESSED DUO.

A Certain Hateful Person: *sings* Hello Darkness my old friend…I've come to talk with you again.
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Mmm, I'm surrounded by these kinds of authors. Can you think of my mental health whenever you remove a story in your library?

Joking aside, I do believe that a good story will always have fans waiting for the author to upload the next chapter everyday. If a story is interesting enough, then having a big collection count is just around the corner.

A gem will always shine once it is discovered, so it's just a matter of time, a bit of luck, and pray to the RNG GODS that your novel will be featured on the trending and daily updates list.

For new authors, their first 100 collection is a milestone. This gives them the assurance that there are people, somewhere out there, that are reading their story. The second milestone is 500 collections, then next 1,000, then 5,000, and finally 10,000.

The moment a story hit a collection count of 10,000, the authors can give themselves a pat on the shoulder because they had crossed a certain threshold. It means that a small minority of people deemed their story to be worth reading.

Of course, it doesn't stop there. There is a certain author in Webnovels that I know that have…millions in his collection.

Perhaps, someday, some of the authors in the discord chatroom will also reach that milestone. Until then, we just have to keep writing, keep improving, and keep making exciting stories that will make people "Want to ADD our stories in their libraries."

Have you ever wondered what your favorite Authors in Web Novels do during their free time? Don't forget that Authors are humans too and they have their own quirks and opinions. 

How can those Domineering CEO's that you love to read even compare to the manliness of our drop dead gorgeous authors who cries like little babies when they are stressed out and can't write anything due to Writer's Block!? Cultivation Chat Group can't even compare! 

Join our fearless Author Elyon as he show you a world filled with Frustrations, Stress, Anxiety, and Procrastination! 

WELCOME to The Webnovel Writer's Chatgroup!
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Meet and greet some of the aspiring authors of Webnovels. Join us on discord!
 https://discord.gg/sBHSFVm

P.S The Cover Drawing is not mine. I just find it nice so I used it. Full credits go to the owner.

You will get about five chapters today or more if you vote power stones up to top 20. There will be about 3 daily chapters now about 1,000 words or more each. Depends on the chapter.

On August 1st there will be a huge pa treon deal for advanced chapters. 

Discord: https://discord.gg/vRcGCsy

Important: I was talking to another popular R-18  author and I was thinking about changing the name of this novel. Since some people may confuse this story with Game of Thrones fanfic.

Here are some new names. 

Harem Kingdom Building 

Harem System 

Harem Overlord 

Etc.

You can also give me new names and whoever gets the most likes gets the name chosen. 

Remember top 20 and you get 5 or more chapters I promise now I have way more free time. I hope to get out way more chapters. Just know that most of the new chapters need to be edited by my editor who is now editing bulk chapters. 

Also I was thinking if anyone likes the cover art? I kind of want a cover art of some warrior/knight with long white hair setting on throne with a bunch of woman around him. Something that can be custom made will be nice. If you guys find a pic let me know. 

If you join discord you can always talk to me.

>>All non-chapters will be deleted. This chapter will be up so everyone can comment and join my discord<<

This will be the final authors notice. I will be putting up Ranks and Character list on the AUX section.

A college student is reborn in a fantasy world that is fused with Magic and Cultivation. Myths, Legends, and Mythical Creatures all exist in the world of Zareth. Clans and Kingdoms filled with Harem Lords roam these lands which are inhabited by the most radiant Maidens and Goddesses of all races. But this world is a brutal and unforgiving one, in which only the strong thrive. Dragons, Spirit Beasts, and an ancient darkness lurk in the shadows. 

Will he rise up the ranks and become a Harem God? Conquer the Divine Lust. 


Support: https://www.patreon.com/ghostybones

[Tags]: Overpowered MC, System, Anti-Hero,Harem,Monster Girls ,Reincarnation, Netori, Action, Kingdom Building, R-18, Extreme Gore, Harem, BSDM, NSFW, Dual Cultivation, Summoner, Mature, Sex, Dungeon ,Thrones

>WARNING!<  Incest, Mind-Control, Hardcore, Hidden Tags


Novel also being posted on Royal Road and Scribblehub.

I'm actually a little doubtful there are people still here now... I mean, there's only two Original Works I even want to work on: Those being this and An Adventure Beyond Greatness! ...Though I feel kinda unmotivated when I'm writing by myself and there's no one to talk to. Life's empty these days...

There are times I'm motivated by 'Hey, there might be a comment the next time I post' and then I just wait for it, feel satisfied once I see it, then go write the next chapter because I feel some worth in spending my time writing a story for readers.

I've also tried working on a Gaiaverse RP Amino that has three works as it's foundation (Battlefield Restart, An Adventure Beyond Greatness, and An Identity Beyond Self, that are basically three different variants of Isekai) but don't have any experience in Role-Playing so I don't know how to write the Guidelines. I already made plans to write a fictional universe like the Gaiaverse but there's too little things I am able to do for it right now...

A lot of IRL stuff have been weighing down on my mind recently. I'm not sure if I should be following the trends online to grab readers or just do as I want... Ah, I'm jealous of those who do as they want and don't question it like the characters I create. And also feeling inferior to actual authors...

Anyway, I find myself a better critic rather than writing my own works thanks to my very nitpicking nature acting up whenever I see a good story that only needs some improvements. There are those who I've seen give 'feedback' on stories online but why do I feel they miss the point of being a critic?

I've went around A LOT of websites that have to do with writing and in the end, I found there was one big example of what I mean on closer than I thought Discord. There was a chapter that ticked all my boxes and made me interested as a reader on top of it about its plot but in the end of the day all I saw was a 'feedback' telling this good writer that they 'made a mistake by not explaining the core conflicts and character's personality in-depth'.

This critique really made my head turn as I couldn't understand how they missed the point of the chapter as well as how 'not giving information that isn't needed right now' adds an air of mystique.

I mean, there's a difference between 'narrating' for your audience and 'telling them the details'. The former layers a story with emotions while the latter only make them this 'yep, this is happening now'.

After all, investment doesn't come from knowing the overall situation but the characters who draw intrigue. Question like: 'What are this man's intentions?' And 'Does this person actually mean what they say?' Are what adds subtext that shows that the writer is trusting their reader connect the dots that aren't outright stated in the story.

Of course, there's a difference between holding back information because you yourself don't have the answers and doing it because you have a plan for later. Even Professional Authors like the J.R.R Martin name drop organisations and places before going in-depth once they become relevant later.

What my point is that as long as you have a plan for later, it isn't NECESSARY to give all the information at once. If you summarise the story in the first chapter alone, what will you have for later?

It's like how badly the Cautious Hero Anime could have become if it only repeated its main gimmick without any flare later on (though if your story is based off nothing more than a gimmick then you should keep it as a short story rather than lengthening it for no reason). Instead it actually had a lot more elements that was explored later on.

My reason for going on and on about this is because I feel that there are too many with their critics aiming towards what they want to see later because it's interesting rather than if the written draft is good right now.

I know this sounds similar to what I wrote that time I quite this story which was basically 'I got harassed by people not knowing how to criticise a story properly' but I feel like it's still relevant now.

Well... That's all I got. Be sure to tell me if you guys want a rant or analysis on something and I'll add it to the list of numbered blogs in the Auxiliary Chapters. And you might want to tune in since a plot twist you kinda saw coming but didn't expect to happen will come up in the next few chapters.

The end of the 2nd Arc is near!

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

His fingers danced over the keyboard once again but this time duration was long, as he was creating a trojan horse to gain access to Long Xie's computer system as well as his assistant's computer system.

With his extraordinary speed and knowledge from his previous life, he created an advanced horse in about 15 minutes. He double-checked the code to prevent any backdoors in the code. Once he was satisfied with the code, he created a mail address with the name 'Wang An' and started typing a mail.
{ AN: Wang An  literally means King Dark in Chinese. }

[
 Hello Mister, you have won a lottery of 1 million global dollars, To claim your reward click on the link below.

If you think this is fraud then just ignore us. 

Link: http://fk.you/42069

]

He then created a copy of the mail for his assistant too and attached the Trojan horse to the link. This was the easiest method to gain access to any computer system. All he needed to do now was to wait for those greedy bastards to click the link and f**k their lives.

He sent the mail to both of them and was quite confident that this mail will not be blocked by spam filters as the technology here is quite lagging and he was ahead of them.

Just as he thought, he got the confirmation of mail being received on the other end.

He didn't waste time to wait for them to click on the link. He rather opened the crappy search engine once again and started searching about web novels and he found that the number of Web novels here exceeds the number of web novels in his world.

In this world, there wasn't a single company who was viewing these randomly scattered books as a potential business. He saw in his world a company who purchases web novels and novels from the authors and then present them at their own platform, under paywall to earn quite a huge fortune. 

He chose this model of business, because his investment was quite low because of his own experiments and this business can grow exponentially overnight.

After collecting the name and contact details of about 100 top authors who were randomly scattered around the web, blogging on their personal blogs, he started sending them a common mail from his own personal email address.

[ Hello Author, I read your book and I liked it. I would like to buy your stories for $10000 GD per story. If you are interested then reply me back. This offer from me is valid only for 2 days only. ]

After he mailed this to several people, he was quite tired and hungry. Due to his headache and morning exercises, he was hungry as a beast. He took out a packet of cup noodles and started eating it while staring at the trojan client application.

Since his trojan horse was completely new, this would enable it to bypass any kind of anti-virus program on the system. As he finished his eating session, a green light lit up on the client program indicating the installation success of trojan horse on the Long Xie's assistant's system. 

Alexander placed his cup on the table and grabbed the laptop excitedly. He clicked on the browse function of the client app to connect his system to the horse. 

A ring started to rotate on the centre of the screen indicating the connection progress. As Alexander saw this he cursed out loud, "F**k, this world is still stuck on 3G connection! Only God will know how long it will take to connect to my advanced horse. "

But after 4 minutes he was unexpectedly connected to the system. As he saw this an evil smile appeared on his face as he laughed, "Hehehe… here I come!"

He clicked on the directory structure and started browsing through all of the folders and files available on the system.

As he surfed through the files, his smile widened.

"This assistant is really stupid. Not only he kept everything on his computer system but he arranged everything systematically for me… kekeke"

All the proofs of Long Xie's corruptions over the years was on his assistant's computer. He clicked on the download option as he started downloading the data.

Another green light lit up and this made Alexander more excited. He laughed maniacally, "Hahaha… this pair of master and servant is really a fool. They fell for the trap so easily."

Alexander didn't waste any time after this, fearing that they'll disconnect themselves from the internet and browsed through Long Xie's computer as well. He didn't find any evidence of corruption on his system but found another interesting thing, "List of Long family's secret investments and associates."

This was bloody good!

Now he knows everything about Long family, with his nearly photographic memory he imprinted everything in his mind as well as downloaded the file. He then started browsing again to try his luck again.

While he was browsing through the system, he was attracted by a file named 'accountkey.swsb'. This was a file to used an extension of  Swiss bank.

Another crazy laughter resonated throughout the cottage, "Hahaha…". But this laughter startled David who was just outside the door.

David frowned a bit thinking about the cause of Alexander's laughter and then opened the door with his spare key.

When he entered the cottage, he saw Alexander smiling evilly while doing something on his laptop.

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"Another new master in the Ranking List of Young Masters!" Their innocent eyes blinking, the Martial Club's disciples were both curious and excited. They kept chatting like a group of sparrows.
Although the world was large, not every new version of the Ranking List of Young Masters had newcomers listed, especially newcomers that they had never heard of before!
"Gentleman sword? It sounds like a chivalrous swordsman."
"Of course, the first time he met Hua Lun, he offered to help him. He walked to the mountain at night without fear of Luo Denomination. He deserves the reputation."
"If Jianghu is full of these noble men like Young Master Meng, then that would be quite good!"
Meng Qi, in the white robes of a scholar, listened to their conversations but wanted to die. He found that he still could not accept the nickname of "Gentleman Sword". Compared with Reckless Monk and Thunder Blade Furious Monk, it sounded much less terrifying.
Meanwhile, he was confused. Why did the Six Fan School not recognize me? Why did they note "needs to be confirmed" and "may be a fake name"? What's their real goal?
Well, anyway, I do not intend to use the identity of the Gentleman Sword!
After scanning the latter part of the Ranking List of Young Masters, he found that the death of Flowers-spreading Fairy had not caused too many changes to the list. Thus, he packed up and was ready to leave.
Just then, the Club Principal instructed his disciples to put up a thick stack of papers on the wall facing the door.
"Talents List of Zhou County?" Meng Qi slowed down. Since he had opened his Eye Apertures, he could see the words clearly even though they were small and distant.
As he read, he found that it was a list of local masters and their legends edited by the Six Fan School of Jun City. There was no ranking. Instead, it only introduced the masters' name, background, Kung Fu and most outstanding successes. Comments about them were added in the end of each description. They were all famous in Zhou County.
"It's truly the biggest city in the southeast. Their branch of the Six Fan School is so special that they even publish a local talent list..." Meng Qi praised. He had passed Xiliang, Three Mountains and Four Waters and Xuanwu City along the way, but he had never seen such a list in Zhou County.
Three Mountains and Four Waters was small, so it was reasonable that it did not have its own list. The main roads of the Western Regions and the Great Jin Dynasty converged in Xiliang and all kinds of people passed Xiliang, so it was hard to collect all the information. Aside from that, people here were tough and fierce. Among them, there were numerous horse bandits. A wrong comment might trigger a fight. Thus, it didn't have one either. Nobody in Xuanwu City, within the momentum range of Zhen Wu Sect was willing to have one like the Ranking List of Young Masters.
He glanced through it but did not read it carefully, because it was too much.
Suddenly, he was surprised to see "his" name again:
"Name: Tang Jing."
"Age: 26."
"Identity: The legitimate son of the Tang family in Yi City, ranking second."
"Nicknames: Thunderclapping Bully Knife, Ghost-faced Knife, Childe Tang."
"Kung Fu: With Six Apertures opened, his bladesmanship has entered the court, and he has just learnt strong and tough essence. Aside from his family's "River-splitting Bladesmanship", he is also good at many bladesmanships."
"Reason for listing: He killed Nine Apertures Master Tang Shu with one blade; when besieged by Iron Hand Devilman and Joy Devilman, he turned the situation and killed Iron Hand Devilman."
"Comment: Jin Jinxian, Club Principal of Sun-scorching Martial Club said, his bladesmanship can not be underestimated and he can defeat Seven or Eight Apertures Masters. But he was not sure about killing Nine Apertures Masters. Tang Shu was the elder of the Tang family. Inquired by Potential Master and girdled by his family, he is unlikely to defend. He might even just defend subconsciously. The besiege was a chaos and not a single body could be found. The only witness Tang Ren did not see how Tang Jing killed Iron Hand Devilman. It remains a mystery. Maybe Iron Hand Devilman was injured by precious weapons."
"Huang Yuanba, the Deacon Elder of the Huang Family in Yedu: He was brave after feeling ashamed. A fault confessed is half redressed. When Tang Jing was in his twenties, he had only opened Two Apertures and had not even acquired the basic skill of bladesmanship. After the humiliation, he went out to travel for around three years and endured all kinds of troubles. Now he has opened Six Apertures and his bladesmanship has entered the court. He could easily kill a demon and is not afraid of Nine Apertures Masters at all. He is a perfect model for descendants."
"Wang Zai, 'Right-guarding Sword': The blade of Tang Jing is violent and powerful like thunder. It absorbs all the surrounding airflow and vitality and destroys everything. He fully understands the toughness of Knife Dao. He ranks in the top five among the swordsmen who have enlightened the Apertures. Were it not for its normal records, he would be listed at least at the end of the Ranking List of Young Masters. It's a pity that his reputation does not match with his strength."
Wang Zai is kind of just and objective... Meng Qi was a little complacent and changed his impression of Wang Zai. The name he called me was much better than Reckless Monk, Thunder Blade Furious Monk or Gentleman Sword!
But why am I still described as a fierce and tough man instead of a cold, cool and handsome young man... Meng Qi grudged. Should I exchange for "Heavenly Fairy" to save my face in the future?
Meng Qi gritted his teeth and then left shaking. Suddenly, an exclamation came from behind.
"Our Club Principal was listed!"
Puzzled, Meng Qi turned around. Following their eyes and figures, he saw the words at the end of the list,
"Name: He Ye."
"Age: 62."
Identity: Club Principal of Qingfeng Martial Club, the Disciple of Tide-rising Sect."
"Nickname: Tide-listening Sword."
"Kung Fu: He has opened Six Apertures and is good at 49 moves of Tide-listening Swordsmanship and 18 moves of Frenzy Sword Arts."
"Reason for being listed: He is a benevolent elder who charges little for teaching. He treats everyone equally. Every year, his Disciples are chosen by sects and aristocratic families. Three Disciples are likely to win in this year's competition between Martial Clubs."
The following comments were basically praise of his kindness and his easy-going personality. A few comments were about his excellent method of teaching Disciples.
Meng Qi was idle, and he read it through with interest. He did not know what the contest between the Martial Clubs was. Neither did he care about it. Thus, he let it go immediately and headed to Yi City.
...
"What? You are going to be a Manager of Yedu?" Meng Qi looked at Qi Zhengyan in surprise.
Qi Zhengyan said without any expression, "Yes, my sect is sending me to be the manager of food, oil and salt branches in Yedu."
"Is it degradation in disguise?" Meng Qi frowned. It seemed like a promotion for he was being sent to the prosperous Yedu but it wasn't any better than his current status as a duke.
Qi Zhengyan nodded. "Yedu is the capital city of Jun City. Aside from an Elder in charge of general affairs, there are many Deacons and over 20 managers."
"Why is Huanhua Swords Sect doing this?" Meng Qi was confused.
Qi Zhengyan slowly said, "I did make great contributions. But I involve too many feelings in my decisions. Even though I was right, I could not control one place alone anymore."
Not a single sect had chosen to designate land to a selfish Disciple. But as long as he did not violate the disciplines or damage the benefits of his sect, he would still be awarded. But he would be strictly supervised.
Meng Qi nodded. "It was because of me."
Meng Qi had changed his identity. He was now a scholar travelling to Yedu.
"Never mind. It was my own choice. We should put the death task as our priority." Qi Zhengyan was never regretful or angry. "Now I can have regular matches with you."
"Yes, but be careful of being tracked." Meng Qi was not so regretful and warned him.
The world is amazing. I will meet Senior Brother Qi in Yedu again.
For the following six months, Meng Qi lived alone and focused on his practice. From time to time, he had a match with Qi Zhengyan and consolidated what he had learnt before. His sixth level of Golden Bell Shield was almost consummated, and he began to concentrate the Aperture points related to the Mouth Aperture. Moreover, he began to concentrate his Eye Apertures of Eight Nine Mysteries and got better eyesight. It became twice as strong as his previous eyesight.
He had laid a strong foundation of Nine Strategies Beyond the Swords with the strong Purple Thunder Force. Also, he mastered changes of "Violent Thunder Shocking the Sky". If he learnt the Gist of Trueness of Thunderclap later, his move could reach the level of the Exterior.
Meng Qi was not worried. Other people, like Tang Ren, needed to spend decades accomplishing the primary level of bladesmanship and understanding Thunderclap's Gist of Trueness. But Meng Qi had the partial impartation of "Nine Annihilation at Heavenly Nights" and he understood much of it due to his efforts day and night. Although it was a little different from the Knife Intent that "Violent Thunder Shocking the Sky" required, they were similar for they were both Thunder God skills. They could narrowly match with each other. Facing such an urgent Death Task, they did not have much time to consider it.
The only bottleneck was the lack of progress of Meng Qi's "Outline of Heavenly Knife". Aside from the four Essences of Knife Dao, he had only acquired the new momentum of "Cloud-churning Knife" which turned clouds and rains based on the user's strength!
Meng Qi clearly knew that it was due to his lack of knowledge of bladesmanship. Thus, it was hard for him to comprehend a new one by analogy. Only by observing numerous bladesmanships could he fully acquire Outline of Heavenly Knife.
No wonder Sword Washing Pavilion demands Disciples to observe different sword arts to build up their swordwill... Meng Qi felt that the big sects really were worthy of their names. Thus, he planned to practice "Coldwind Knife Technique" which he had seldom practiced before and learn its Essence of Knife Dao.
"Ah, above the 'Outline of Heavenly Knife' is Nine Moves of Asking Heaven. Although I am unable to exchange for that, I can buy a "Asking Heaven" to study..." Meng Qi locked the door and headed to the shop.
The world was strange. Meng Qi had read many poems in the last world, that were here. Moreover, the signatures were all the original authors'.
However, since the ages they passed down were too far away, no one could tell who the original authors were and what their backgrounds were.
Of course, there were many poems whose origins and popularity were well-known.
It was close to the new year when it started to freeze. But there were numerous passers-by who hurried to do New Year's shopping.
In loose clothes, Meng Qi hid his hands in his sleeves and walked towards the book shop. He glanced at the alley.
"What should I eat? The goat soup in Wealth-bringing Alley or the oil nuts in Peaches Street?" Meng Qi was thinking about his lunch.
Yedu had many delicious foods, all of which suited Meng Qi's taste. After his hard practice, he did not bother to go a long way to search every "Unrecognized Pearl" to taste. He would be quite satisfied once he found anything new.
It was a pity that Qi Zhengyan was unwilling to spend his energy and time on food, so Meng Qi often acted alone. Meng Qi would think of Ruan Yushu every time he went out alone. If Ruan Yushu were here, she would have definitely followed him.
After buying "Asking Heaven", Meng Qi planned to eat oil nuts. Upon arriving at the stall, he heard some greetings.
"Hello, teacher Su."
"Hi, good to see you again."
Near the stall were several Disciples of the Green Peak Martial Club. They lived in the opposite yard and often met Meng Qi near the door and in the food stalls. As time went by, they saw that Meng Qi was a scholar, so they would ask the meanings of words in scripts from time to time. So they called him teacher.
Meng Qi nodded with a smile. "The Spring Festival is coming. Are you still coming here?"
A little girl with big eyes said with a sad face, "Master said that we should never stop practicing, even for a single day. What's more, after the festival, there is the contest between Martial Clubs. We want to stand out and be chosen by big sects or aristocratic families."
"Tianhe, you've only learnt Kung Fu for one year. Don't be so hurried." Meng Qi understood well the thoughts of a normal child who wanted to ease the family's burden.
Qu Tianhe said with a smile, "Teacher Su, I was just saying. Right now, anyone in the Martial Club could defeat me."
After some greetings, Meng Qi, who was using the name "Su Meng" returned to his own yard with a bag of oil nuts. When he passed by the Green Peak Martial Club, he heard someone crying.
He raised his head and saw it was his familiar, He Mu, a Disciple of the Martial Club. He twitched his mouth and asked, "Why are you crying?"
He Mu was fourteen years old and he had been learning Kung Fu for four years. He had accomplished the primary level of Qi-cultivation and was keen about sword art. He often asked Meng Qi questions about new words that he did not understand in the sword scripts.
He Mu wiped his eyes and pretended to be strong. "I wasn't crying!"
"Hei, did you lose a competition?" Meng Qi looked at the scar left by a wooden sword on the back of his hand.
He Mu quickly hid his right hand behind his back and said, "I was just distracted. You don't understand."
"Who says so? I'm a master in the Martial Artists Community!" Meng Qi said with a half smile.
He Mu seemed to want to find a person to pour out all his sadness. Hearing Meng Qi's words, he did not take it seriously but sadly said, "The contest between the Martial Clubs is coming, but I was defeated by my fifth senior brother seven times... Our strengths are not so different. So why did I lose?! I, I think that Master He is disappointed with me."
Meng Qi tabbed his left hand with "Asking Heaven" in his right hand, and asked with interest, "How did you lose? Show me."


I care not of my past and neither of my future.
Conquering all heroes and foes while looking with disdain at the horrors of the Samsara, I yearn only for a life of thrilling wonders!
History will repeat itself after many ages as the menace of the Great Calamity rises once more.
Which will rise with triumph in the face of adversity; the Golden Form of the Great Buddha or the invincible Heavenly Taoist Form?
Which will seize all glory amidst all struggles; The Buddha's Palms or the  Seven Strokes of Heaven's Interception?
From the sanctum of the Shaolin Temple, Meng Qi's adventures and struggles through the Samsara begin as we follow his climb to claim the title of "the Unrivaled and the Invincible One"!


When Xiang Wan reached the entrance of her neighborhood, she noticed that she was hungry.
It was a shame to come back from making a meal for someone and yet she was going hungry.
She bought a steamed bun and lowered her head to take a bite. At the moment, she could care less about the gazes from the pedestrians. A layer of mist formed in her eyes.
It's really tasty.
Yeah, it's really tasty.
She exclaimed inside her heart.
What's happiness? Happiness is, there's food when you're hungry and clothing when you're cold…
As for those spiritual pursuits, she was currently unqualified to seek them.
To love requires ability, being loved also requires ability.
Xiang Wan, do your best to earn money.
…
After eating the bun, she reached her neighborhood.
Xiang Wan threw the paper bag used to contain the steamed bun into the trash bin and continued to walk with her head lowered.
A while later, she heard an anxious young voice of a child, "Mama, mama, mama…"
The child kept calling his mom, but there was no response from her.
Xiang Wan turned to search for the voice and saw the mother and child who lived on the fourth floor.
The little boy kept pulling his mother's hand and calling for her, but the woman continued to walk quietly. The child's shouts fell on deaf ears as the mother seemed lost in her thoughts.
Eh?
That abnormality attracted attention.
Xiang Wan stopped and waited for the mother and son to walk over. When the woman noticed someone was standing ahead, she lifted her head and met Xiang Wan's gaze.
Xiang Wan smiled. "Good morning."
The woman smiled at her, her eyes looking rather beautiful when curved. However, there were some faint lines of wrinkles at the corner of her eye. Her skin also looked dry and yellowish due to lack of maintenance, and her eyes were red like a white rabbit's.
"Morning," she paused for a while.
She appeared to have cried earlier, and her voice sounded slightly muffled. She pulled her son to her and went past Xiang Wan in a haste, their back view quickly disappearing into the building.
Xiang Wan pursed her lips, puffed a sigh, then put on a smile and walked slowly to her apartment. 
The relationships among neighbors were limited to greeting and nodding at each other.
Every family had their own problems. Who wasn't struggling with life?
…
Xiang Wan made up her mind to adopt Fang Yuanyuan's suggestion.
"A man who's always in the midst of hesitation and longing to pit against himself would not go far. Don't worry, just do it!"
Back to her apartment, she made herself a cup of instant coffee, stick a post-it note on the desk, and opened the MacBookPro.
Previously, as she was in doubt of the origin of the MacBookPro, she dared not use it.
Now that she had ascertained who had sent her this, she decided that she should just use it.
While she was setting up the new laptop, she also planned her plot outline using Fang Yuanyuan's laptop.
The original plot outline of her second case was different from what she wanted to write now.
To get more ideas and details, she surfed the internet for more news with regards to the case at 'The Palace'.
The rate at which news spread in the modern online world was astonishing.
A case which involved a death in a huge city would normally be not as widespread.
Nevertheless, due to Ye Lun's involvement, the case harnessed a great deal of attention just like the 720 case.
[The Case Of The Fountain Goddess!]
This was the name the netizens came up with for the case.
There weren't any useful information from the police with regards to the case. They only revealed the last name of the deceased as "Sun". Sun and Ye Lun were friends and had a social gathering at "The Palace". When the police went in to check on them, Sun was terrified and fell off from the balcony, landing on the hands of the goddess statue. She had passed away due to heavy injuries during dawn that day.
Next, Xiang Wan did a search on news about Ye Lun.
And, she found out something even more shocking.
A prominent headline with the title "The Grey List" stated that Ye Lun was in the original cast of actors where he would be casted as the third leading male character.
His role in "The Grey List" was a major villain. It would be the biggest challenge in his acting career so far. If he could do well, he would get remembered by the public and prolong his acting career in the industry.
Unforeseenly, getting involved in a case would mean his role in the drama might be replaced.
And when that happened, he would be considered finished.
His agency almost went crazy due to this incident.
"The Grey List" was the debut novel of the renowned mystery writer, Second Young Master Mu. It was also the book that shot him to fame and publicly ranked by the mystery fiction readers as the number two book.
Well, the book that ranked number one was Second Young Master Mu's ongoing installment—"The White List".
In fact, Xiang Wan didn't understand why he used such a title for his book.
But she liked the title and thought the title was really cool!
"The Grey List"—Baidu explained this as between blacklisting and whitelisting. It was used to explain the backend programming or rules as well as SMTP status tags to create blacklists and whitelists dynamically…
Back then, she was rather crazed about Second Young Master Mu, so when she was thinking about the title of her first novel, she also wanted to use the word "list".
In the end, she got chastised for submitting the name "The Pink List" to her editor.
She made changes again and again, but her title was still being rejected.
The editor then offered suggestions of titles like "The Sweet Wife Of The Tycoon", "When Kidnapping His Wife Becomes Addictive", and more. These were all the typical titles of romance fiction.
At that time, Xiang Wan relented and chose the second title, but the end result was depressing. Her book failed horribly. She soon realized that she might not be cut out for pure romance fiction and decided to follow the example of her idol, Second Young Master Mu.
"The Grey List" has been popular for three years and still ongoing.
Games, anime, and comics were so popular in the market that a drama would be produced for it.
A well-known company and a renowned director would be shooting the drama, but the cast list had not been confirmed for a long time which was puzzling to many.
Is it really Ye Lun? she thought.
Xiang Wan thought of the scene when she saw Ye Lun outside "The Palace" last night.
He had a pair of eyes that could talk as well as the flamboyance of his histrionic personality—he was actually quite a good fit for a villain role inside the "The Grey List".
…
It was very lively in the internet.
Ye Lun's fans were still trying to uphold a positive image for their idol. They kept saying that their idol was being wronged and had been invited to "The Palace" for a social gathering with friends. He was there for less than 30 minutes and did not take any drugs at all.
It was a pity that Ye Lun was not popular enough.
The more heated his fans were, the more intense they got attacked by public opinion.
Hence, after a wave of argument, the fans suffered a heavy defeat.
Finally, the fans got smarter, and they only replied with one argument.
"The police has not even released any news about the case. On what basis you are accusing our Lunzi[1]?"
Indeed, the police had not released any news on the case.
Even though Xiang Wan was there last night, she was not sure if Ye Lun had taken drugs as well.
She had Huang He's number, but she thought it was not convenient to disturb him for she did not have the right to know what was going on with the case.
However, an author has no lack of creativity.
Wasn't writing a novel all about talking through one's hat and delivering the story with the tongue in cheek? Just make up the story then…
And so, she started to write about her second criminal case.
The case was still in the preparation stage where she would have to pave the way for it. Therefore, it was easy to write a chapter on that.
Around one o'clock in the afternoon, she had already uploaded a chapter of around 3,000 words.
She had not updated for days. When her readers saw her update, her reviews and comments page started to get lively.
"Wonderful chapter!"
"Hurry and update! It's a chore to refresh everyday!"
"Dear Author, when will you be updating more?"
"Xiang Gongzi, persist in your own style and pace, don't bother with the others."
"It's about a month, and there's only about tens of thousands of words written…"
Xiang Wan saw a lot of familiar IDs and felt a feeling of warmth as if she had met up with her old friends again.
She was not a popular author, and the small group of readers who had followed her for a long time was her source of motivation.
At the very least, there were people who treated her book as their favorite.
Therefore, for this love they have for her, she told herself to return her fans a miracle.
She wanted to write a popular book to prove that they did not love the wrong author.
Ding!
A notification from the mobile phone popped up.
"'The White List' has just been updated!"
Eh? Second Young Master updated!
Somehow, there was always some form of energy to offer encouragement and get her motivated.
Xiang Wan instantly got excited. She stretched herself, went to the restroom, then lied on the bed feeling relaxed.
Reading Second Young Master Mu's book had become her most extravagant enjoyment.
However, Second Young Master Mu would seldom update.
Oh! Same as her, he also updated 3,000 words.
She could not resist the urge to reread another time…
…
Around seven o'clock in the evening, Fang Yuanyuan came back from work.
Not only had she brought back food to make dinner, she brought back Huang He as well.
These two were in the most beautiful stage of being in love—three months of the "honeymoon" stage where they would make time for each other no matter how busy they were.
Fang Yuanyuan had worked for a full day while Huang He was also busy with the case. But even then, he could squeeze out some time to send her home.
Who said that time was not being squeezed?
Xiang Wan laughed when she saw the two of them.
"Is our Miss Yuanyuan going to cook tonight?"
Fang Yuanyuan was bathed in the happiness of being in love, her face was filled with inexpressible femininity, and she even sounded soft-spoken.
"Who's going to make dinner for him? If I fall in love and become like his mom, won't I become his maid in future? We the new age women don't like to fuss over husbands or enter the kitchen."
Xiang Wan could not control her laughter. "Yo, so he's now a husband and you're thinking about the future already? When are you treating me wedding candies?"
Fang Yuanyuan blushed in an instant. "Nonsense, I'm just stating an analogy."
"Ahem!" Huang He saw that Fang Yuanyuan was flushed red and immediately chimed in, "Erm… Yuanyuan, Teacher Xiang, I still have something on, I need to go now."
"Detective Huang," Xiang Wan called out to him.
She moistened her lips in an awkward smile and asked softly, "I would like to find out what happened last night. Is it against the rules?"
Huang He was startled then he gave a smile. "That depends on what you're asking."
Xiang Wan contemplated for a moment. "Did Ye Lun take drugs?"
Huang He chuckled. "Is Teacher Xiang a fan of him?"
"No, I'm not a fan of him," said Xiang Wan, "I'm a fan of Second Young Master Mu. Ye Lun's taking an important role in his story, so…"
"I understand," Huang He suddenly cheered up and even extended his hand for a handshake with her. "I'm also a fan of Second Young Master Mu, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Hah!" Xiang Wan could not stop laughing in amusement. "It's my pleasure as well."
Huang He's expression eased up a lot. "Well, this actor, Ye Lun," he hesitated and looked somber for a moment, "he did not take drugs."
"What?" Then why did they take him away?
"Last night, we caught more than 20 people. The urine test showed that there are a dozen drug offenders, while a few of them just drank some wine and did not take drugs."
"So…"
"Ye Lun has since undergone education and has been released."
"What about the woman?" Xiang Wan could not resist her urge to ask more questions.
Huang He knew that she was asking about the woman who landed on the goddess statue at the fountain.
He mulled over for a while and said apologetically, "Before the case is solved, I'm unable to reveal anymore details… Sorry about that, Teacher Xiang."
He's an honest man!
Xiang Wan nodded her head.
"I understand that. Detective Huang, sorry to have troubled you."
"Then I'll get going now."
Huang He walked two steps, turned to wave at Fang Yuanyuan, and made a "call me" gesture.
"Eat more, call me if you need anything."
"Okay, okay!" Fang Yuanyuan went up to him and pushed him out of the door. "You've said that too many times. Just get going or they're going to rush you again."
It was clear that she was all smiles when she said that. After Huang He left, she started to ramble to Xiang Wan about him.
"He did not sleep last night. I've already told him that he need not come fetch me after work, but he insisted. In the end, he need to rush back after meeting up for a while. Moreover, at this hour, he's going to waste a lot of time on the road. He's so stubborn like a mule, he just wouldn't listen…"
Pffft! Xiang Wan held her arms and looked at her idly. "So you're complaining?
"Of course!" snorted Fang Yuanyuan.
"You're showing off your sweet love in front me, didn't you notice?"
Fang Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment seeing how Xiang Wan was smiling at her teasingly and could not resist breaking into laughter.
"Alright, alright, I'm wrong, I shouldn't have done that…"
"Good that you know you're in the wrong. Singles like me need to be loved and protected, okay?" Xiang Wan snorted and turned around. "I'll write my story, you make dinner!"
"Ah!" Fang Yuanyuan looked at the food she bought, feeling upset as she was caught in her own trap. "I'm in the wrong, I'll never show off again."
…
Huang He seemed to have left together with Fang Yuanyuan's soul.
The next day, she came back by herself.
The third day was the same too.
Huang He was so busy that he could only make phone calls as he was unable to send her home.
After Fang Yuanyuan said that she would not show off her love in front of Xiang Wan, she would stare at her mobile phone from time to time.
A couple who was in their "honeymoon" stage tend to want to stay by each other's side all the time.
Her heart was numb from missing him terribly.
Her boyfriend was too busy with work, and she needed to be a sensible girlfriend so as not to distract him.
There were various speculations by the public circulating in the internet. Without a doubt, it was very stressful for Huang He as he was the interim Captain.
"Xiang Wan, why didn't you console me?"
Fang Yuanyuan sat on the side of the bed and sighed the umpteen time.
Xiang Wan did not even raise her head and replied while writing her story, "I need more consolation than you."
"Don't be like this." Fang Yuanyuan went up to her. "Come on, talk to me, I feel so lonely and cold."
"Tch, it's only been two days and you're lonely and cold? So I should have died of coldness as I'm always alone by myself."
"That's different. You love to stay at home."
"Please, that's because I have no choice, alright?" Xiang Wan rolled her eyes, her lips turned downwards, "Isn't this what you, my Lord Editor, has always wanted to see? Well, I've continuously updated for three days."
"You still have the cheek to say this?" Fang Yuanyuan gave her a glare. The next moment, she suddenly thought of something, "Oh yes, there's a piece of good news."
"Say it!" Xiang Wan continued typing on her laptop.
"Stop for a while. Be serious, turn to face me."
Xiang Wan had no choice but turn around with her chair and face her.
"As you wish, Lord Editor, you can tell me now."
Fang Yuanyuan sat on the edge of the bed and asked seriously, "Wen Quan's organizing a training programme at the capital for selected authors. Do you want to go?"
Training?
Xiang Wan knew that every year, the website[Wen Quan] would organize a training for a limited number of authors to learn at the School of Liberal Arts. Basically, the selected authors were usually the ones whose books had done well enough or authors who had shown a lot of potential.
She wanted to go, but with her novel's subpar performance, would she get a chance?
"I can help you fight for it." Fang Yuanyuan winked.
Her cousin was still very reliable; she could offer her assistance in the critical moment.
"Although your novel 'Murder The Dream Guy' is not the key novel of our company, the statistics of your novel is increasing, fast. More importantly, your book is actually so well-known that it is the most widely spread book of the year. I think our Chief Editor will agree! Your chances are very high."
"Really?" Xiang Wan raised an eyebrow and asked hesitatingly, "Did she know that we're cousins?"
Achoo! Fang Yuanyuan rubbed her nose and sneezed. "Do you think I'll disclose such an embarrassing thing?"
"D*rn!"
"Hahahaha!"
The two of them bantered and laughed cheerfully together. Xiang Wan was feeling good.
No matter which industry one was a part of, one should always strive to get better!
She might learn something from the training as her background was not from a literary arts school after all. Hence, she might be lacking in certain areas and all these need to be learnt.
The strong feelings of anticipation made her almost forget about Bai Muchuan.
…
She suddenly felt like laughing.
Maybe the feeling of falling in love with someone was just like that?
These were the feelings of the modern day men and women—nobody was indispensable.
…
Ever since that day, Xiang Wan never saw Bai Muchuan again, but met Cheng Zheng twice at the breakfast eatery.
In the two occasions, he was also donned in sports attire which was simple and comfortable. He would greet her politely and did not act as if they were very familiar with each other.
They would just exchange a few words casually and leave respectively.
Xiang Wan had also met her fourth floor neighbor once as well.
She was still the same as last time, looking very depressed and lost. 
Xiang Wan did not know why she cared about her.
Maybe it was because the woman had called the police for her sake or perhaps she looked like someone with a story that the curiosity residing in Xiang Wan wanted to find out more.
…
That day, when Xiang Wan received a phone call from Bai Muchuan, she also received a piece of news sent by Fang Yuanyuan.
The list of authors selected to go for the training was out.
Three authors were being selected, and Xiang Wan was one of them.
Because of that, Bai Muchuan could sense very clearly Xiang Wan's delightful mood through the phone.
She smiled pleasantly, as though she had never been troubled before.
"Detective Bai, what's up?"
Few days had past, and her mood underwent an obvious change.
Of course, Bai Muchuan could feel it.
He paused for a while and said, "I'm leaving."
[1] Lunzi - nickname given by fans to Ye Lun


Aspiring author Xiang Wan was deemed hopeless by her family and better off married when her fourth novel still did not do well. 
Just as she started to doubt herself and wonder if she should continue to pursue her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and she was taken away by the police as a prime suspect of a murder case.
A murder had taken place and the details were eerily similar to her mystery novel. 
From then on, her life turned topsy-turvy.
...........
Translator Review:
This is a novel encompassed with mystery, ethics, family ties, and romance. Of course, the highlights of this book are the murder cases. 
Although it’s a modern setup where none of the characters have a system or any other cheats, the Author managed to delight me with her writing, creative plots and a good pace without dragging her story. 
I marvel at the way the Author links up the clues and plot to explain the individual cases as well as paving the way to unravel the huge conspiracy behind the individual murders. Romantic plots are light-hearted so readers could take a breather from the plots of gruesome murders.
Frequency of release:  1 chapter/daily

Although Xia Ming was revered as a warrior, he was now caught up in deep torment. He had gathered his strength for a whole semester to confess his feelings, but had dropped the ball at the critical moment… He didn't know why the words he wanted to say actually turned into that rubbish.
Xia Ming was now in a dilemma; he didn't want to be a warrior in the Warrior Union, and he still liked Lotus Sun a lot. But the Warrior Union in school now revered him as a hero; if his feelings were exposed, these people might retaliate against him… 
Xia Ming was preoccupied in class the whole day, and he experienced what only Classmate Lotus Sun had ever experienced — the feeling of being in the spotlight at school.
If No. 60 High had its own list of top searches, Xia Ming would definitely be at the top, and there might even be the word "hot" next to his name.
But he had no idea when he would drop out of the list… 
Xia Ming looked at Lotus Sun's empty seat when he passed by Class Three during the break. He had heard earlier that it seemed Lotus Sun had gone crazy with anger yesterday and hadn't come to school today.
Xie Ming hadn't thought it was that exaggerated, but realized that it was actually true when he passed by the classroom and had a look.
Of course, he didn't come to Class Three purely to look for Lotus Sun… 
... 
The sudden appearance of the man of the moment in class during the break instantly caused quite the stir around Wang Ling.
"Isn't that Xia Ming…"
"The hero everyone's talking about from yesterday!"
Several people in class started to make a big fuss.
"I'm really sorry about yesterday…" Xia Ming walked to the dais and bowed to everyone in class. He knew what Lotus Sun's status was like in Class Three — basically everyone liked her. After his brain fart yesterday, when he did that outrageous thing, the entire class definitely hated him. In order not to make more enemies, he had struggled for a very long time before plucking up his courage to apologize.
And this apology immediately won applause from the students in Class Three.
Xia Ming raised his face suspiciously, and looked a little lost.
Super Chen came over and hooked one arm around Xia Ming's neck. "Bro! Honestly speaking, I was awed by your awesome move yesterday! Who taught you how to chat up girls?"
Chat up girls?
Xia Ming: "???"
"There's never been anything that could make Classmate Lotus Sun react so strongly." Super Chen laughed. "Don't worry. I've asked about it, and she isn't angry. If she really was angry, her bodyguards would already have taken care of you on your way to school."
Wang Ling: "…"
What Super Chen said was true. If Lotus Sun really was angry, she didn't need to say a single word; given Huaguo Water Curtain Group's status, it would take no time at all to arrange for a student to be transferred to another school. And now that Super Chen had opened his blessed mouth, this was more concrete proof that Lotus Sun wasn't angry.
At least, that was what Wang Ling felt.
"How can you be so sure?" Dopey Guo couldn't believe it, and for one moment, everyone in class gave Super Chen curious looks.
"It's like this: Lotus Sun has a childhood friend who's been training at my family's body technique dojo. I have her WeChat account, and I was talking to her about Classmate Sun just now. I didn't expect her childhood friend to tell me everything," said Super Chen.
"What did she say…"
"She said that after Lotus Sun returned home, her bodyguards saw her remain silent the whole time, and looked for her childhood friend to help talk to her. After talking for around two hours, her childhood friend realized that Lotus Sun didn't really seem angry." Super Chen rubbed his chin. "But she didn't tell me the details… In any case, one thing we can be somewhat sure of is that Classmate Lotus Sun seems to like Xia Ming a little. Of course, it might not be 'like'! It might just be a good impression."
Wang Ling: "???"
Xia Ming: "???"
Everyone: "???"
As soon as Super Chen said that, the whole class instantly started swearing.
In a flash, it was as if everyone seemed to understand the deal with what Xia Ming did yesterday.
As it turned out, it wasn't real dislike, but a backward confession in front of everyone!
So it was a backward confession to catch Classmate Lotus Sun's attention, to try and use a novel way of expressing one's feelings!
Everyone was dumbfounded!
It wasn't just Class Three; when the students in the corridor who had gathered to look at the hero of the hour heard this, their jaws dropped open and there were awestruck expressions on their faces.
"My god, what kind of godly operation is that?" Everyone was completely shocked.
With this unexpected twist in events, No. 60 exploded once again.
It was normally very hard for this sort of scenario to happen in real life — maybe it was only those crack authors who wrote songs every day rather than update their novels, who stopped updating for no reason yet still acted shameless about it, who would come up with such a plot.
Thus, the whole school this time knew that Lotus Sun actually liked Xia Ming… 
After this twist, Xia Ming thought that the Warrior Union would retaliate against him. However, after they learned the truth, the Warrior Union bros all looked at him in worship! In an instant, Xia Ming became No. 60 High's love guru… During the afternoon recess, people came non-stop to consult him on confessing their feelings.
"Master Xia Ming! Please teach me how to pick up girls! We can't use this technique of yours!" A boy from another class approached him, a worshipful expression on his face. "I've been chasing a girl from another school. She can't be considered very beautiful, but is the tsundere sort. Master Xia Ming, please teach me the right way to confess my feelings. How should I confess so that I won't be rejected?"
"You should be brave…" Xia Ming had no idea how to respond.
After all, he himself had gotten lucky… who on earth could have known that his backward confession would conversely cause Lotus Sun to have a good impression of him… 
A second boy found him. "Master Xia! I have a big sister neighbor whom I've liked for a long time. She's very gentle, and what's more, she likes manga and cosplay! How should I make her think well of me?"
"You should be brave…" Xia Ming said.
A third boy found him. "Mr Xia Ming… Actually, I have a younger sister. Of course, my parents adopted her at an early age, and we actually aren't biologically related! I want to ask: Can I also be brave?"
"Hm… You should be brave, and then go and learn the criminal laws of our nation…" said Xia Ming.
"…"


As a cultivation genius who has achieved a new realm every two years since he was a year old, Wang Ling is a near-invincible existence with prowess far beyond his control. But now that he’s sixteen, he faces his greatest battle yet - Senior High School. With one challenge after another popping up, his plans for a low-key high school life seem further and further away...
Wang Ling: I just want to eat my crispy noodle snacks in peace...
Father Wang: If you're careless enough to destroy the country, it’s coming out of your pocket money. 
Wang Ling: It’s not my fault that the backlash from punching me kills you.
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