Sun Quan's inspiration for Taotie Gong came from a work by the great god Chen Dong.
Sun Quan remembered that in that book, Chen Dong unprecedentedly wrote a protagonist with a naughty character. The nickname of the naughty protagonist seemed to be "Little One".
They look harmless and cute.
But my mouth is very greedy.
How greedy are you?
Other young geniuses entered a certain secret realm, and all they thought about was how to be one step ahead and seize such a secret treasure, but that naughty kid entered a secret realm, but chased all kinds of rare birds and animals everywhere, and killed them if they caught up with them.
After it's done, bake it or make soup.
Such a naughty kid turned out to be the protagonist, and he was leveling up quickly.
The most important thing is that when Sun Quan first read that book, he really liked watching the naughty kid looking for food.
So, at that time, he had an idea: to write a work about upgrading through eating.
Then he thought of the Taotie in Longsheng Nine Sons, the Taotie who eats everything.
Following him, he came up with two writing methods based on this inspiration.
One is to evolve the protagonist's stomach into a gluttonous stomach, or to practice a unique skill and improve the protagonist's cultivation by refining various natural materials and earthly treasures eaten in the stomach.
Finally, he came up with the name "Taotie Gong".
But he had too many inspirations before, and had already accumulated hundreds of similar new book ideas. So when he was reborn, he only had a few new book ideas accumulated in his computer, and most of the others remained unchanged.
Into a real online article.
This time when he was rewriting "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon", he used the creativity of Taotie Gong.
He knows what kind of works book fans of this era like to read.
Humorous, interesting and fun, are a major criterion for choosing books for many people.
Lin Bowen and Lin Erdan at the beginning of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" are both very serious protagonists. Sun Quan planned to make Xia Changle's story non-serious when writing about it.
But Xia Changle's predecessors were Lin Bowen and Lin Erdan, and his soul has not changed. How could he have a sudden personality change and become deviant after being reborn twice?
After much deliberation, he did not change Xia Changle's character, but arranged this gluttonous act for Xia Changle.
What he thought was simple - no matter how serious a person is, it would be difficult to remain serious after practicing Taotie Gong, right?
Just like the fat man who taught him Taotie Kung Fu - Qin Mufeng.
Maybe this fat man was also a serious person before he practiced the Taotie Kung Fu.
But how did he die?
He was chased to death because he stole the mount of the master of the Hagoromo Sword Palace.
The characteristics of Taotie Kung Fu determine that those who practice this technique will definitely try their best to eat some heavenly materials, earthly treasures, birds and beasts with the same attributes.
Not eating?
It is difficult to improve your skills.
eat?
As the skill increases, the level of the genius treasures and birds and beasts that cultivators need to eat will definitely become higher and higher. In the end, you will have to take desperate measures to kill the mounts or pets of powerful people, and finally seek death.
The road goes further and further.
In Sun Quan's writing, Xia Changle failed to resist the temptation of cultivation.
He secretly practiced Taotie Kung Fu, and then first of all, the various rare birds and animals raised by their Xia family suffered misfortune.
The first to be unlucky was his second sister's pet, the golden-threaded snake.
Because the snake had bitten him before, Xia Changle secretly cooked it into a pot of snake soup and drank it.
Soon her second sister became depressed for a long time because of the disappearance of the golden snake.
Seeing his second sister, who had always been nice to him, so sad, Xia Changle was a little ashamed, but he wanted to practice! So, he turned around and stewed the turtle that his grandfather had raised for decades, because he heard that the turtle was rare
Variety, after stewing, it is really fresh and fragrant.
Because of this, his grandfather didn't think about eating for more than half a month, and often uttered the name of his beloved turtle.
…
Sun wrote all these plots in an interesting direction.
How come it is interesting.
To add to the fun.
Sun Quan deliberately set up Xia Changle to be discovered by his second brother when he was stewing his grandfather's love turtle.
Then his second brother was dragged into the water by him, and his second brother also drank a lot of the turtle-loving soup.
Still for fun!
Sun Quan writes that Xia Changle's second brother has since become Xia Changle's accomplice, making suggestions for Xia Changle and targeting various rare birds and animals raised by other members of the Xia family.
Moreover, after several successes in succession, Sun Quan sold Xia Changle's second brother.
His second brother was made the scapegoat, and the elders of the family discovered that all the rare birds and animals that were missing from the family were all the work of Xia Changle's second brother, Xia Youhu.
And Xia Youhu was also very tough, even though his butt was spread open, he also kept tight-lipped and never recruited his younger brother Xia Changle.
Of course, when Sun Quan wrote this plot, it was not entirely for fun. While it was fun, he also wanted to express the brotherly love between Xia Youhu and Xia Changle.
Because Sun Quan knows that in the real world, most young people are only children. In their hearts, everyone hopes to have a brother or sister who can grow up with them and play with them.
So he deliberately wrote about the brotherhood between Xia Youhu and Xia Changle.
He believes that many book fans will like it.
…
The fact was not what he expected.
In January, as time passed by, after Sun Quan wrote the above plots in the book one after another, the feedback in the book review area and the book fan group of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" became more and more positive.
The average number of subscribers to chapters that can be seen in the author's backend is also slowly rising.
In the book review area, readers often offer suggestions, suggesting that Sun Quan let Xia Changle harm other families and kill rare birds and animals outside.
Some people also suggested writing more plots about Xia Youhu.
All the data that Sun Quan could see showed that the reputation of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" was improving little by little.
His efforts paid off.
This was the best outcome he could foresee when setting the outline.
By now, more than half of January has passed.
It has been a month and a half since this book topped the monthly voting list in November.
Thinking of the ranking on the overall list, Sun Quan took a look.
I found that "Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is currently ranked 44th, which is a very unlucky number.
Looking at this ranking, Sun Quan lit a cigarette, frowned and fell into thought.
He is hesitating whether to try asking for a monthly pass?
If the reputation of this book has really changed, then he should have an effect by posting a single chapter asking for votes. Otherwise, it will naturally be of no use. Instead, it will further confirm the outside world's judgment that the plot of this book has collapsed.
After half a cigarette, Sun Quan coughed lightly, opened the author's backend, uploaded a chapter, and then immediately wrote a short chapter asking for votes.
The content is as follows: "I haven't asked for a monthly ticket for a long time. I wonder if you are satisfied with the recent plot? If you are satisfied, please give me a monthly ticket. If you are not satisfied, please ignore this single chapter. Well, that's it!"
It was as simple as a single chapter, and he sent it out.
Then he sat back and waited for everyone's reaction. He refreshed the "Undying Dragon Ring" page from time to time and stared at the changes in the total number of monthly tickets.
When the single chapter was first released, he noticed that the total number of monthly votes for "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" was 3,362.
Ten minutes later, he refreshed the web page.
I saw that the total number of monthly tickets became 3588.
The effect is okay.
Sun Quan was slightly pleased, but not surprised. 10 minutes was too short, so he continued to wait. He believed that there were still many book fans who had not seen his vote-seeking chapter.
Another 10 minutes later.
The total monthly tickets for "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" became 3,721.
The effect seems to be more obvious.
Sun Quan continued to wait.
After another 10 minutes, the total number of monthly votes for "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" became 3,931.
In just half an hour, the total number of monthly votes for this book increased by nearly 600 votes...
This number and the speed of increase were beyond Sun Quan's expectation.
He imagined that if everyone also liked the plot he wrote recently, the effect of his vote-seeking chapter might be very good, but his boldest idea was that it would probably increase five or six hundred votes before 12 o'clock tonight.
But now it has increased by nearly 600 votes in half an hour.
Surprise for sure.
He really didn't expect that everyone would be so enthusiastic about voting.
So, he went to read the new book reviews in the book review section.
"Just vote for one monthly ticket if you are satisfied? What nonsense are you talking about! I insist on voting for two! - Huang Tiansanca"
"Haha, you salted fish finally asked for a monthly pass again. I thought you wouldn't ask for it anymore! Fortunately, I have kept the monthly passes in my hand for this month. Take it! 3 pieces! You're welcome! Hehe - Huang Qiankun"
"How come you don't seem very confident in this single chapter of Xianyu? Xianyu! You are a man who has won the championship, can you be more domineering? Who are you showing it to like a frustrated little daughter-in-law? A monthly ticket, right?
Give it!——Ling, Zifeng”
"The author asked us if we are satisfied with the recent plot... To be honest, I am not very satisfied, but very satisfied! The monthly tickets are gone, who told you not to ask for them at the beginning of the month? But the recommendation tickets are still available, and they are given to you!
Don’t be dissatisfied!——Aim for the world”
“If you don’t ask for a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month, why do you ask for it in the middle of the month? Author, what kind of cool move are you doing?—I want to eat squid.”
"I just checked my account, and there are two monthly passes. Since you want it, I'll give it to you! Hurry up and add more updates! How much do you still owe for the additional updates from the Golden Alliance? Don't you know how much you have in mind? Go and code.
!——Large Wenjing”
…
Sun Quan took a quick look at the dozens of new book reviews in the book review area, but there was not a single negative review that was destructive.
Most of them were old book fan accounts that he was familiar with, expressing their support in different ways.
His fans still seem to love him...
He smiled.
Smiling a little with emotion.
He once again realized that the support of book fans is the real confidence of an author.
If one day all his book fans leave him, it will probably be time for him to say goodbye to this industry.
Writing novels is a dead end...
This sentence flashed through his mind again. In fact, he had known this sentence a long time ago. Many colleagues had said it, but he still never thought about leaving this industry.
Always keep moving forward on this dead end.
Why?
Is it just for the royalties?
If it was just for the royalties, he would have stopped writing as early as when he was thrown into the street again and again.
He wanted to prove that he was on one side, but deep down in his heart, why was he willing to leave these book fans who had been silently supporting him?
Just like this, when he looked at these fresh comments in the book review section, he felt an inexplicable emotion surge in his heart. He felt that he was still willing to go on this dead end of online writing for another ten years, or even longer.