Plot-wise, Volume 8 has accomplished my previous goals.
It explains Chu Xianping's "rebellion or not" issue, and gives a staged ending to the stories of Li Zimu, Chu Xianping, and Tang Chen. The Seven Kingdoms War comes to an end, laying the groundwork for the next plot.
A foreshadowing was made.
Starting from the next volume, the pace of the story will speed up, and it is estimated that there will be no more large-scale national wars (after all, I found that writing about wars is really not my strong point).
And the perspectives will no longer be too scattered, and the narrative will basically revolve around Wei Changtian.
In fact, in the eighth volume, I have deliberately reduced the space given to supporting characters.
But for the completeness of the story, some things must be written, so it may give some readers the feeling of being "too group-like".
How should I put it... This way of writing should have good and bad qualities.
After all, when I first wrote about You Jia's plot, I asked everyone whether it would be better to write the story of the supporting characters simply or carefully.
And the answers I got back then were basically more careful.
But now that there are more and more important supporting characters, it is difficult to balance the distribution of story length.
If there is less writing, the characters will not be three-dimensional enough, and they will eventually become mere tool men, and there will be no impressive story left.
If you write too much, Wei Changtian's role will be compressed, and sometimes he won't even appear for several chapters.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Chu Xianping and Tang Chen are leaving.
To be honest with you, the two of them leaving Wei Changtian is actually inevitable from a story point of view.
On the one hand, the plot has advanced to this point, and they don't have much choice except leaving.
On the other hand, both Chu Xianping's resourcefulness and Tang Chen's ability to "read minds" are actually a bit too perverted.
If they continue to stay with Wei Changtian, it can be said that it will be difficult for Wei Changtian to encounter any problems that need to be solved by himself.
The same goes for Qin Zhengqiu before. If he didn't leave, Wei Changtian would be invincible.
"Wudi Wen" may look cool, but I think it's too cookie-cutter.
To put it bluntly, this kind of novel is not telling a story in essence, but just adding interesting points through some very forced logic.
It’s not that I can’t write purely enjoyable articles. Even if I really write purely enjoyable articles, even if it’s only at the level of the first volume, I’ll make more money than I do now.
More importantly, this is easy to write. Just let Wei Changtian go to various occasions to show off, and then slap him in the face, and then cause the next conflict, and then show off and slap him in the face... and the cycle goes on and on.
That’s it.
But to be honest, I don't think this can be called a "story".
At the very least, this kind of repetition would be too boring for a novel of several million words.
Therefore, even if it is not very pleasing, I would rather leave some plots that people can remember.
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The above is what I want to say recently.
Although the updates in the past few days are all one update, the number of words is large.
Two updates will return to normal starting tomorrow.
Thanks again to all readers!
I wish you good health and all the best!
Volume 9: Silver saddle and white horse crossing the spring breeze