It was going to be published.
Old Niu didn't expect that he would write a testimonial in this lifetime. He was a little confused.
Imagine — ten years ago, when you were young, you were a good basketball player. You used to sweat profusely on the court on countless sunny mornings or evenings when withered leaves fell. You used to make friends with countless hot-blooded brothers who shared the same ideals and received loud cheers and praises from girls.
One day, you were injured, fractured, and broke a leg. Then you left the court, took off your jersey, studied hard, and worked hard for the exams. Then you entered society, wore a suit and tie, worked hard, got married, and had children. You didn't play basketball for a long time, and you didn't even have time to watch the NBA for a long time. The unique rubber smell of the basketball and the squeaking sound of the shoes rubbing against each other on the court seemed so distant that it was like something from your previous life.
Then, one day, for no reason at all, and no one knew what had happened, you suddenly appeared on the court with a loud "f * ck ~" sound. You were not wearing a suit but a singlet, and you were holding a basketball instead of a computer. And you were about to enter the real competition!
At that time, you must have been as confused as Old Niu was now.
Because although the court was still the same court, the backboard was still the same, and the basketball was still the same.
But the people playing the ball had changed, the people cheering had changed, the tactics had changed, and even the rules had changed. Now, the basketball could actually be kicked with the feet!
This was what Old Niu, a "newcomer", discovered when he came to the starting point.
It was like a trilobite from the Cambrian era that surfaced from the deep sea, only to discover that it had become a completely new species that couldn't adapt to the environment.
It wasn't just the writing technique, the narrative style, and the rhythm of the story … all these things had a completely new way of playing. There were also things like the "Three Golden Chapters", "short-term goals, mid-term goals, long-term goals," and so on.
How to slap the face, how to control the rhythm, and brand new posturing skills … everything had to be learned from scratch.
Even the names of the novels were completely different from those of several years ago.
Especially when Old Niu opened his beloved science fiction section and discovered that the readers loved to read "ship girls, American comics, Marvel, and Model Moon." He had a feeling of "Damn, what's this? Damn, what's this? "Such a deep sense of disconnection.
So when he first thought of the idea of "40,000 Years of Cultivation", Old Niu actually rejected it.
Future Cultivation, or in other words, sci-fi cultivation, was not a new idea.
From Huang Yi's "Interstellar Wanderer" to Mo Yan's "Galactic Heroes" to Dian Xuan's "Gods' Stories", many senior experts had tried to explore the field much earlier than the "classical Cultivation" such as "Ethereal Journey".
But today, from [Misty] to [Mortal Man] to so many other excellent works, a hundred flowers had blossomed. Classical Cultivation had flourished, but future Cultivation was still … a loser!
This meant that there would definitely be huge flaws in the future of cultivation. Or it could be said that it would be extremely difficult to write, or it could be said that it would be extremely difficult to be welcomed by the market.
The more likely possibility was that all three of them existed at the same time.
No one wrote it. It was not that other writers were stupid enough to not discover such a "creative" theme. Only Old Niu had discovered it.
No one wrote it because all the writers had discovered such a "creative" theme, but after careful consideration, everyone felt that this theme was too difficult to handle and there was no point in it, so they all gave up.
Other writers were so smart, but Old Niu was not stupid.
After careful consideration, Old Niu also decided to give up. He could just change the theme and write about some hot-blooded soldier returning to the city, or write about some American comics after watching a few episodes of "Iron Man" and "Spiderman". Wouldn't that be very easy and enjoyable?
However —
One day, Old Niu found himself sitting in front of the computer for some reason, opening a document for some reason, and typing out "40,000 years of Cultivation, Rust Lake, Xing Yao Federation …" These words, Old Niu knew that he was done for.
Old Niu's Qilin Arm acted up again.
The Qilin Arm acting up was a very painful thing. It would enter a state of "Even if you know that you won't make money, you still have to write. Even if you know that you won't be welcomed by the readers, you still have to write. Even if you know that cultivation and technology are super difficult to combine, you still have to write. Even if you have to waste your time and energy, you still have to write."
Qilin Arm was a terminal illness for writers. Once it acted up, there was no cure.
Then there was no other way but to persevere and continue writing.
To Old Niu, writing was not a difficult thing. Although it was tiring, it was very refreshing.
What was difficult was the reaction of the readers after it was posted online.
To be honest, Old Niu did not have much confidence at that time.
Because the theme was a little biased, Old Niu's writing style was also a little old. The rhythm was still a few years ago, when a villain could step on 200,000 words.
It was not like the new generation of writers who could kill eight villains in three chapters and seduce two beauties at the same time.
Moreover, Old Niu's theme was also very old-fashioned "hot-blooded, fighting, friendship, protection" — it sounded too weak.
Therefore, Old Niu was really worried — with this kind of thing, this kind of style, this kind of theme, would there be anyone who would read it?
Although once the Qilin Arm acted up, he would persevere and continue writing even if no one read it, but …
This was completely Old Niu pretending to be cool! Which writer would really be willing to let no one read the things that they had painstakingly written! These were all words for the occasion!
Fortunately, with the support of his friends, the data of "40,000 Years of Cultivation" had greatly exceeded Old Niu's expectations before it was published.
What made Old Niu the happiest was not the data itself, but Old Niu suddenly realized something through the data.
Some things would become outdated, and some things would never become outdated.
Themes would become outdated, ideas would become outdated, writing styles would become outdated, routines would become outdated, face-slapping methods would become outdated, and golden fingers would become outdated.
But hot-blooded feelings would not become outdated, friendship would not become outdated, persistence would not become outdated, and dreams would not become outdated.
As long as he wrote hot-blooded feelings, friendship, fighting, persistence, protection, and dreams … there would always be people who liked to read it, and there would always be people who would be moved.
Very good.
Because Old Niu only knew how to write, and was only willing to write these things.
Dreams, friendship, hot-blooded feelings, hard work, fighting with all his might to obtain victory … Old Niu only knew how to write these old-fashioned things that would never become outdated.
After "40,000 Years of Cultivation" was published, it would continue to tell stories of persistence and giving up, dreams and reality, protection and destruction, friendship and strong enemies …
Finally, I would like to thank Editor-in-Chief Wei Ni and Editor-in-Chief Hu Shuo for giving Old Niu this opportunity.
I would also like to thank all the friends who had been supporting this book. In the past one and a half months, every click, every recommendation, every tip, and every comment seemed to have brought Old Niu back to his youth, to the golden years when he first typed on the keyboard. I am very ashamed that I could not find more time to interact with everyone because I did not have enough energy. I am very sorry.
Of course, I would also like to thank all the friends who were willing to support, subscribe, tip, and vote after "40,000 Years of Cultivation" was published.
Although asking for subscriptions and monthly votes was somewhat tacky, Old Niu himself did not want to write completely for commercial purposes.
But after all, it was not the time for one person to be full and the whole family not to be hungry.
Old Niu still had a large family to protect behind him, as well as the responsibility of his wife and children.
Because writing took up too much time and energy, he did not take enough care of his wife and children. Old Niu felt very guilty.
If he could get more support from everyone, Old Niu would be able to provide more material security for his family. Then, Old Niu would be able to write more calmly and steadily.
In short, the support of all the friends decided the future of "40,000 Years of Cultivation". From this moment on, we will pursue our dreams together and gallop through the sea of stars!
Let's stop here first. The whistle sounded, and the game started. Old Niu was going to play with his life.
Win or lose, no matter what, Old Niu would continue to write.
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