Chapter 3166: Argument of a Book
“I was wondering what book it was. So it was this book!”
Before Li Yao could react, Yu Xin pursed his lips and said, “I’ve already skimmed through this d.a.m.n a while ago. It’s clearly a big poisonous gra.s.s that’s both white and watery. The plots are simple, the characters are crude, and the writing is crude. Tsk tsk tsk tsk. The entire article is shoddy. It’s all nonsense. Zhao Kai, your taste hasn’t plummeted so much as to recommend this kind of trash, right?”
Zhao Kai’s face was flushed red from Yu Xin’s words. He spat and said, “Where’s the ‘big poisonous gra.s.s’? I think it’s alright. I can still read it alive. As for online literature, I don’t have high requirements for the characters. It’s fine as long as it’s pa.s.sable. The key is creativity. Do you understand creativity?”
“The requirements are not too high. It’s not that there are no requirements. Even if it’s online literature, there can’t be three ‘dumbfounded’, five ‘racing to the limit’, and seven ‘huge’!”
Yu Xin paused for a moment. “Wait. Let me confirm with you first. This book you were talking about, is it the one with a lot of ‘stunned, soaring to the limit, enormous, and astronomical figures’? I’ve been reading so many books every day that I’ve almost forgotten its name.”
“You are exaggerating!
Zhao Kai also started laughing. He scratched his head and said, “Alright, the words used in this book are a bit monotonous. The writing style is a bit like a high school student’s essay, but there aren’t three to five ‘dumbfounded’ words on each page!”
“Yes, yes.”
Yu Xin said, “Not only will the author be dumbfounded, he will also be dumbfounded!”
“I told you not to bother about the details!
Zhao Kai was somewhat embarra.s.sed by Yu Xin’s reb.u.t.tal. He waved his phone and said, “Don’t you think that the writing method of cultivation and technology is very creative?”
“I don’t think so. Cultivators are Cultivators, and technology is technology. Not everything can be mixed together. What kind of creativity is Malatang and pasta?”
Yu Xin shrugged his shoulders and said, “What’s more, even if it’s creative to combine completely unrelated elements, this author simply doesn’t have the ability to mix them, alright? On the surface, maintenance magical equipment, sects going on sale, all these messy things are quite interesting. But if you look at the back, you will know that it’s still the same old wine in the new bottle, the same water in the new bottle, the same medicine in the new bottle. It’s the same Little White acting cool face slapping set. Moreover, it’s written in the most ancient, the crudest way. Don’t glare. I remember there’s a villain in front. What’s his name? What’s his name?”
“Helian Lie?”
Zhao Kai said.
“That’s right. Their cla.s.s monitor was also the president of the student union. For the sake of a cla.s.s beauty, he took the initiative to come looking for trouble with the protagonist. In the end, he was ruthlessly beaten up by the protagonist.”
Yu Xin said, “Wow, how many years has it been since I’ve seen such an idiotic villain, such an idiotic plot, and such an idiotic author? At that time, when I saw this Helian Lie being beaten up by the protagonist, I couldn’t help but abandon the book… I reckon the latter part of the story will be similar to this. Acting cool and slapping the face, subduing the cla.s.s belle and school belle, becoming the king of the universe. In short, there’s no need to waste time on this kind of trash book!”
“Alright, I admit that this book is a little childish in the early stages. I really didn’t have any books to read, so I casually flipped through it.”
Zhao Kai’s face was flushed red. However, what Yu Xin said was reasonable, and his deduction was quite reasonable. He had nothing to say, so he could only say, “But you’ll know after you read it. It’s still alright to use the game as an example. This book follows the path of late-stage development. At worst, you can skip ahead!”
“Jump over?”
Yu Xin asked, “How much?”
“Well…”
Zhao Kai thought for a moment, “In fact, I think we can watch the beginning, but you really don’t have the patience. 400 chapters should be enough, but this way, we won’t be able to see the growth of the protagonist. Maybe it will affect the brilliance later.”
“What? Four hundred chapters? Three thousand words per chapter means more than a million words, big brother!”
Yu Xin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “How many words has this stupid book written? What’s there to read if it’s over a million words?”
“Believe me, it is true!”
Zhao Kai’s face was about to turn purple. It could be seen that he sincerely wanted to recommend to his roommate. “The author himself has said that this book will be written very, very long. It will take more than a million words to leave the novice village!”
“More than a million words to get out of the beginner village? Then wouldn’t the entire story be over ten million words? These unscrupulous writers nowadays, in order to cheat money, are really getting more and more unscrupulous!”
Yu Xin said in disdain, “Zhao Kai, do you really not have a conscience to recommend such hydrology and poison to your brothers?”
Zhao Kai was rendered speechless by Yu Xin.
Li Yao watched the fire from the side with a smile.
He didn’t feel that Yu Xin’s words were too sharp and caustic. The way the second brother and the third brother got along was just like this. The second brother was a fan of novels, while the third brother was a fan of comic books. The two often recommended their favorite works to each other. However, their aesthetic tastes were a bit different. Every time they recommended something, the other party would bring a gun and a stick to the head and criticize it. They would make a big fuss and completely forget about it the next day. They would continue to suffer and forget to remember the beating. Once again, they would enthusiastically recommend something to the other party.
There was also a reason for today’s incident. A few days ago, Yu Xin had recommended a comic that was said to be “extremely good” to Zhao Kai. In the end, when Zhao Kai read it, he had criticized it with thousands of holes, angering Yu Xin. Today, it was Zhao Kai’s turn to recommend his beloved novel. How could Yu Xin have any good words to say?
However, Li Yao didn’t care as long as he had his own dreams. He wouldn’t argue with anyone over a novel or a comic.
“Forget it. If you don’t want to see it, then don’t. It’s not like I’m recommending it to you!”
The argument between his two roommates had reached its climax. They were both blus.h.i.+ng and foaming at the corners of their mouths. Zhao Kai said angrily, “You deserve to be short of books. I recommended this book to Li Yao!”
“If you can’t find a good book to read, you don’t have to force yourself to swallow a poisonous gra.s.s with more than a million words!”
Yu Xin said, “Li Yao, you don’t need to waste your time. Just think about it. A book has over a million words written. The author’s writing style, ideas, and characters are all fixed. The author’s level is all here. How good can the later chapters be? A dog can’t change its habit of eating sh*t. Can this ‘Master Lie Niu’ change his habit of being ‘dumbfounded’ all the time?”
“Uh…”
Zhao Kai was at a loss for words. After breathing heavily for a long time, he looked at Li Yao and said, “Anyways, you must go and take a look. The reason is simple. The protagonist of this book is called ‘Li Yao’!”
“Huh?”
Li Yao was dazed for a moment.
Speaking of which, it was not very strange.
After all, the name ‘Li Yao’ was too ordinary. He had met several people with the same name when he was growing up. They were almost the same as ‘Zhang San Li Si’.
Even when he was reading a book in the past, he had encountered a villain named Li Yao in the book. In the end, he was killed by the protagonist after only a few chapters. He had simply laughed it off.
If his name was ‘Ximen Dazhuang’, and the protagonist of the book was also ‘Ximen Dazhuang’, wouldn’t that be weird enough?
However, Zhao Kai was looking at him with such eagerness that it was hard to refuse. He could not bear to embarra.s.s Zhao Kai.
In fact, Li Yao was quite grateful to his three bros in the dormitory, because he had a habit of having strange dreams. Many a time, he would wake up from the dream with a start and cause quite a stir. If it were his dorm mate with a bad temper, they would have long been at loggerheads with each other. In the end, no matter how Zhao Kai and Yu Xin ridiculed him, they didn’t care about it in their daily life and were quite concerned about him. Everyone got along quite well.
Li Yao nodded and said, “Alright. Cultivation and technology sounds very interesting. I’ll check it out later.”
“Yes, you must be patient. The beginning isn’t that bad. You can still continue watching without a brain. Then, there will be a change in the first 100 chapters. The entire theme will sublimate. Then, you have to grit your teeth and persist until 400-500 chapters. Everything will be flat. The more you watch, the more exciting it will be!”
“Alright.”
Li Yao couldn’t help but laugh.
In fact, he also believed in Yu Xin’s theory. Although online novels nowadays were getting longer and longer and 3-5 million words were nothing unusual, a million words was enough to show the skill of the author.
Even Zhao Kai, who liked it so much, didn’t dare to say how good it looked in the beginning and even asked him to grit his teeth and persist. It seemed that this was indeed lacking.
Li Yao did not believe that such a mediocre work would be reborn after a million words.
Unless it was a different author, or the author was suddenly struck by lightning, or the author’s brain mutated, and a few imps crawled into his brain to help him write.
In any case, whether was gold wrapped in dog sh*t or dog sh*t wrapped in dog sh*t was not a big deal. Just now, it was just a joke. If he continued talking, it would hurt the brotherhood.
“Right. Don’t you know?”
Li Yao changed the topic. “Gilson had a heart attack and died. He is the author of ‘Blood and Sand’ and ‘Song of the Abyss’.”
Li Yao didn’t say anything about Gao Wuyi, because he knew that Zhao Kai was not very interested in Fusang Comics. Maybe he didn’t know who Gao Wuyi was. In fact, Li Yao didn’t know why many netizens were celebrating Gao Wuyi’s death.
But he had seen Zhao Kai watching ‘Song of the Abyss’ on his phone. Even if he was not interested, it would still be a piece of news.
As for the online novelist’s death, it was not a big deal in the first place. Now that it was so noisy, n.o.body really cared.
As expected, Zhao Kai’s interest was piqued. He crawled a bit out from under the covers, “What’s what? Which one? What’s going on?”
“Let me tell you… Such a big fatty… With a crack… Heart attack… He died all of a sudden… He’s even more fragile than the characters in his books!”
Yu Xin had forgotten that the two of them had been arguing with each other just now. Instead, they were telling Zhao Kai what had happened today in great interest.
Seeing that both of them were born in the year of the bear, Li Yao smiled and walked to the balcony at the end of the dormitory.
For some reason, his heart was beating faster and faster.