"I was wondering what kind of book it was, so it was this one!"
Before Li Yao could react, Yu Xin curled his lips and said, "What the hell is this < 40,000 Years of Cultivation >? I skimmed through it a few times a while ago. It's clearly a white and watery poisonous grass. The plot is routine, the characters are simple and crude, and the writing is crude. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, the entire text is crude and shoddy. What nonsense. Zhao Kai, your taste hasn't deteriorated so quickly that you would even recommend this kind of trash?"
Zhao Kai's face turned red from Yu Xin's words. He spat and said, "How is it a 'big poison grass'? I think it's okay. It's passable. It's a web novel, so the requirements for characters and writing aren't too high. It's fine as long as it's passable. The key is creativity.
Do you understand? "" The requirements aren't too high, but it's not that there aren't any requirements. Even if it's a web novel, it can't have three 'dumbstruck', five 'crazy to the limit', and seven 'enormous'! "
Yu Xin paused for a moment, "Wait, let's confirm first. This' 40,000 Years of Cultivation 'you're talking about, is it the one with a lot of' dumbstruck ',' crazy to the limit ',' enormous', and 'astronomical figures'? I've been reading too many books every day, so I kind of forgot the name."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say!"
Zhao Kai laughed himself. He touched his head and said, "Alright, the words used in this book are a bit monotonous. The writing is a bit like a middle school essay, but it doesn't have three to five 'dumbstruck' on a page!"
"Yeah, yeah."
Yu Xin said, "The author not only uses' dumbstruck ', but also' flabbergasted '!"
"I already said, don't mind these details!"
Zhao Kai was reprimanded by Yu Xin. He was a bit embarrassed, so he waved his phone and said, "Don't you think that the way to write 'cultivation plus technology' is very creative?"
"I don't think so. Cultivation is cultivation, and technology is technology. Not everything can be mixed together. Mixing together can be considered creative. How can spicy hotpot and spaghetti be considered creative?"
Yu Xin shrugged and said, "Besides, even if it is creativity to combine elements that are completely unrelated to each other, the author is not capable of mixing them at all. On the surface, the maintenance of magical equipment and the listing of sects are quite interesting. But if you read further, you will know that it is just a new bottle of old wine. He is just pretending to be cool and slapping people's faces. Also, he is using the most ancient and clumsy way of writing. Stop glaring at me.
"Helian Lie?"
Zhao Kai said.
"That's right. It's their class monitor and the president of the student council. For the sake of a class belle, he took the initiative to find trouble with the protagonist. In the end, he was beaten up by the protagonist."
Yu Xin said, "Wow, I haven't seen such an idiotic villain, such an idiotic plot, and such an idiotic author in many years. When I saw Helian Lie being beaten up by the protagonist, I could not help but abandon the book. I reckon that the later parts will be similar. Pretending to be cool and slapping people's faces, subduing the class belle, school belle, and becoming the king of the universe. In short, there is no need to waste time on this kind of trash book!"
"Alright, I admit that the early parts of this book were a little childish. I really had no books to read, so I just casually flipped through it."
Zhao Kai's face flushed red, but Yu Xin's words were reasonable and his speculation was quite reasonable. He had nothing to say, so he could only say, "But you will know as you continue reading. The later parts are still okay. Using the game as an example, this book follows the path of the later parts of the game. At worst, you can just jump ahead!"
"Jump ahead?"
Yu Xin said, "How much?"
"Hmm …"
Zhao Kai thought for a moment. "Actually, I feel that you can read the earlier parts as well, but you really don't have the patience. Jumping around 400 chapters should be enough. But this way, you won't be able to see the protagonist's growth. It might affect the later parts of the book."
"What? 400 chapters? 3000 words per chapter? That's more than a million words, bro! "
Yu Xin did not know whether to laugh or cry. "How many words has this broken book written in total? What's the point of reading after jumping to more than a million words?!"
"Believe me, it's true!"
Zhao Kai's face was about to turn purple. It could be seen that he sincerely wanted to recommend "40,000 Years of Cultivation" to his roommates. "The author himself said that this book will be very, very long. It will be more than a million words before it leaves the novice village!"
"More than a million words before it leaves the novice village? Then won't the entire book exceed 10 million words by the end of the book? These unscrupulous writers these days. In order to cheat money, they fill up the word count. They are getting more and more without a bottom line! "
Yu Xin said disdainfully, "Zhao Kai, you are recommending this kind of great hydrology and great poisonous weed to your brothers. Does your conscience not hurt?"
Zhao Kai was rendered speechless by Yu Xin's words.
Li Yao watched from the side with a smile, watching the fire burning across the river.
He did not feel that Yu Xin's words were too sharp and unkind. His second brother and third brother got along like this. His second brother was a fan of novels, while his third brother was a comic book fan. The two of them would often recommend their favorite works to each other. However, their aesthetic tastes were a little different. Every time they recommended something, they would be criticized and praised by the other. They would argue until they completely forgot about it the next day. They would continue to bear the pain and recommend something to each other in high spirits.
Today's matter had a cause — a few days ago, Yu Xin had recommended a comic book that was said to be "extremely good" to Zhao Kai. In the end, after Zhao Kai read it, he criticized it, making Yu Xin seethe with anger. Today, it was Zhao Kai's turn to recommend his favorite novel. How could Yu Xin have anything good to say?
However, Li Yao did not care. He had his own strange dreams. He would not argue with others over a novel or a comic book.
"Forget it. If you don't want to read it, then don't read it. I'm not recommending it to you!"
The argument between the two roommates had reached its climax. They were both red in the face and foaming at the mouth. Zhao Kai said angrily, "Serves you right for not being able to find a good book to read. I'm recommending this book to Li Yao!"
"Even if you can't find a good book to read, you don't have to force yourself to swallow a poisonous herb with more than one million words!"
Yu Xin said, "Li Yao, you don't have to waste time. Even if you think with your toes, you will know that a book with more than one million words, whether it is the writing style, the ideas, or the characters, they are all fixed. The author's standard is also here. No matter how good it is in the future, how good can it be? A dog can't change its habit of eating sh * t. Can this' Crouching Bull 'change his habit of being' stunned 'later on? "
"Uh …"
Zhao Kai choked and stared blankly. After gasping for a long time, he looked at Li Yao and said, "In any case, you must go and take a look. The reason is very simple. The main character of this book is called 'Li Yao'!"
"Huh?"
Li Yao was slightly stunned.
Speaking of which, this was not that strange.
After all, the name "Li Yao" was too common. He had met three to five people with the same name since he was young, and they were similar to "Zhang San and Li Si."
Even when he was reading books in the past, there was a villain called Li Yao in the book. In the end, he was killed by the main character before he could be arrogant for a few chapters. This kind of thing was just a matter of laughter.
If he was called "Ximen Dazhuang," and the main character of this book was also called "Ximen Dazhuang," wouldn't that be strange enough?
However, Zhao Kai was looking at him so eagerly. It was hard to refuse such kindness, and he couldn't bear to embarrass Zhao Kai.
Li Yao was actually very grateful to his three roommates because he had the habit of having strange dreams. Many times, he woke up from his dreams and made a lot of noise. If it were his roommates with bad tempers, they would have already had conflicts. In the end, no matter how much Zhao Kai and Yu Xin teased him, they didn't care about him in their daily lives. They were quite concerned about him, and everyone got along well with him.
Li Yao nodded and said, "Okay, cultivation plus technology. It sounds quite interesting. I'll read it later."
"Well, you must be patient. The beginning isn't that bad. You can read it without using your brain. Then, after a hundred chapters, there will be changes. The whole theme will be sublimated. Then, grit your teeth and persevere until four or five hundred chapters. It will be a flat plain. The more you read, the more exciting it will be!"
"Okay."
Li Yao couldn't help but laugh.
In fact, he believed Yu Xin's words more. Although online novels were getting longer and longer, and three to five million words were commonplace, one could see the author's skill in one million words.
Even Zhao Kai, who liked reading so much, didn't dare to say how good the beginning was. He even told him to "grit his teeth and persevere." It seemed that this "40,000 Years of Cultivation" was indeed lacking.
Li Yao didn't quite believe that such a mediocre work would be reborn after a million words.
Unless there was a different author, or the author was suddenly struck by lightning and his brain mutated.
In any case, whether "40,000 Years of Cultivation" was gold wrapped in dog poop or dog poop wrapped in dog poop was a trivial matter. He was just joking. If he continued to talk about it, it would hurt the brotherhood.
"By the way, you still don't know?"
Li Yao changed the topic. "Gilson had a heart attack and died. He was the author who wrote 'Blood and Sand' and made it into 'Song of the Abyss.'"
Li Yao didn't say anything about Takaya Yoshihiro because he knew that Zhao Kai wasn't very interested in Japanese comics. Maybe he didn't know who Takaya Yoshihiro was. In fact, Li Yao didn't know why so many netizens were "throwing flowers to celebrate" under the news of Takaya Yoshihiro's death.
But he had seen Zhao Kai reading "Song of the Abyss" on his phone. Even if he wasn't interested, it was still news.
As for the death of the online novelist, it wasn't a big deal. Now that it was noisy, no one cared.
Sure enough, Zhao Kai became interested and got out of bed a little. "What, what, what, what happened? Tell me, what happened?"
"Let me tell you … such a big fat guy … Kacha … Heart attack … He died in an instant … He's more fragile than the characters in his books!"
Yu Xin also forgot that the two of them were just arguing. He was in high spirits and vividly told Zhao Kai what he saw today.
Seeing that the two of them were like bears, forgetting everything, Li Yao smiled. He didn't want to participate in their gossip and walked to the innermost balcony of the dormitory.
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