Remarks at the End of the Book: Where in Life Is There No Green Hills?
Completed.
Feeling relieved and feeling lost.
Man is such a complex creature.
At the end of the last volume, I said that I actually had a lot to say, but I had to save it for my final remarks.
This statement is true.
It’s as true as when I said I will finish the book in February. (no)
1. Some things about opening a book
After looking through the records, the first chapter "Arrival" was written on January 3, 2020.
It was the end of the first semester of my senior year, the last exam week in my life. I was reviewing in the library and getting up to leave. It was just like the ending in the book. The bright moon was in the sky, the breeze was blowing in the leaves, and I was in a happy mood.
So I sat down again and coded the first chapter on my laptop while I was having fun. M..
This is where it all begins.
On January 6, I received a text message signing the contract backstage.
Then we signed the contract.
The next story is as you see it now.
The last chapter "Heaven and Earth" was written on March 5, 2023.
It has been three years, two months and two days, during which I have experienced major events such as graduation - finding a job - going to work - taking the editor's exam - landing and other major events. Work is constantly changing, life is constantly changing, but the one thing that remains unchanged is this book. The story of the book continues, and the story of Lu Qingshan continues.
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Friends who came here a long time ago (I don’t know how many more there are, my memory is not particularly good).
I must have known that it would not be easy for this story to come to an end.
The signing of this book went smoothly, but the new issue was canceled after it was recommended for the first time.
To put it simply, it's a rush.
Then, the book ran naked for four months and was gloriously put on the shelves.
The initial subscription is about RMB 50+, and the first month's manuscript fee should be around RMB 100, because the manuscript fee will not be paid until it reaches RMB 200, so it took me five months to write this book, but I haven't made half a penny yet.
In this case, according to incomplete statistics (personal subjective), about 90% of authors will choose to cut the book directly, and 7% of the authors will choose to struggle for a period of time and then cut the book.
I am 3%.
But luckily, things gradually turned around and my results gradually improved.
At the best time, the average subscription was close to 5,000. Although the score dropped a bit later due to the scumbag update by the scumbag author, the average subscription has always been above 4,000.
I'm not saying it's great, but compared to the first order of 50+, it's about sixty or seventy times more.
If the update is normal, the results should be better.
But who knows?
There are not so many ifs.
It’s already a good thing for a person to be better than his past self, let alone sixty or seventy times better (laughing), right?
Be content and happy.
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Why persist?
For a while, I was cleaning up my room and suddenly found my composition book from junior high school. It was yellowed and the handwriting was ugly.
So I sat down and read it carefully.
It was really a wonderful experience, looking back at the words I had written after so many years.
Then I thought, ten or twenty years later, when I open the starting point and open this book, I will definitely have endless joy in my heart, thank you for my persistence at that time.
So, I persisted.
Encouragement with you.
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2. About this book.
The book consists of fourteen volumes.
Volume One [Chang'an Rebellion]: In the last years of Chang'an, the chaos began.
Volume 2 [Dragon Bird]: Ande Yitian Sword, cross the sea and kill the long whale.
Volume Three [Nine Marks Golden Pill]: Although there are many demons, kill them all with one sword.
Volume 4 [Peach Blossom]: The human face does not know where to go, but the peach blossom still smiles at the spring breeze.
Volume 5 [Seven Avenues Sect]: Thousands of flower trees bloom in the east wind at night. More blowing down, the stars are like rain.
Volume Six [Wangchuan]: The world is safe and sound, and I will live up to the Tathagata and live up to you.
Volume 7 [The Four Strongest Realms]: Who can resist in twenty years?
Volume 8 [Suppressing Demons]: I have an old friend who went with his sword and cut off the spring breeze but refused to return.
Volume 9 [Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate]: People say that I love Chang'an, but in fact I only love someone in Chang'an.
Volume 10 [Swinging]: The roc rises with the wind in one day and soars ninety thousand miles.
Volume 11 [The First Method]: After a hard encounter, only a few stars are scattered around.
Volume 12 [List missing]: Peach plums, spring breeze, a glass of wine, rainy nights in the rivers and lakes, ten years of light.
Volume 13 [Sword Immortal]: Don’t worry, there are no friends in the future, and no one in the world knows you.
Volume 14 [Unparalleled in the World]: Not only do you praise the king when you meet others, but you are also crazy, chivalrous and gentle.
The title and preface of each volume are actually the main theme of the volume.
I am a person who likes to answer questions very much.
Everyone must also be able to see it.
Just like the God of Chu Mu who ascended to the sky, Qi Butian moved the sky.
Therefore, I don't like the title "This Sword Cultivator is A Little Stable".
Therefore, I almost never refer to the book by its title, I always refer to it as the book.
But I don’t want to change the title of the book.
Man, it's so strange,
This is probably because no matter how ugly the child is, he is still his own child, not another child.
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"This Sword Cultivator Is A Little Stable" is a very traditional and cliched story, and I never deny this.
The first enemy is also the last enemy.
This setting alone has a history of at least ten years.
You can also see many similar old plots in this story.
Although this book is published in the game category, it is actually a fairy novel, which can also be called a martial arts novel.
In the book, I wrote about too many sword cultivators, such as Ji Chuan, who "failed the Sword Sect, but also failed her", Li Qiubei, who "should have been a drunken god, smashing the white clouds into pieces", "a little awe-inspiring spirit, "The wind is blowing thousands of miles", Li Shiyi, "The whale has not swallowed the sea, but the sword energy has spread across the autumn", Ning Fengchen, "I have a pot of wine, enough to soothe the wind and dust", "The sword energy stretches across thirty thousand miles, and a sword is frosty" Xia Daoyun of "Jiu Jiuzhou"......
Without the support of a heroic spirit, this would not be possible.
No one doesn’t love martial arts.
Therefore, writing a "martial arts" novel like this really brings me endless joy.
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Also, this book has been written for too long, so there may be some omissions. If later readers find that the final plot conflicts with the previous article, I mean if so, please follow the later article. (laugh)
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3. About Lu Qingshan
He is an ideal character.
A character who exists only in the story.
It is he who is said to be unparalleled in the world, and he is also said to be both crazy, chivalrous and gentle.
Some seniors said that if you want to write a character in a book well, it is a good way to write both sides of him. Therefore, it is best for the positive character to have an innocuous shortcoming, such as greed for money... This way the character will be more three-dimensional.
I recognize this.
But I never deliberately added any shortcomings to Lu Qingshan from beginning to end.
Because he entrusts me with all my beautiful imaginations about Sword Immortal.
Sword Immortal is a very beautiful word in Chinese culture.
So, just allow me to be a little more selfish.
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4. About the heroine
There is only one heroine from beginning to end.
Xia Daoyun.
The story of Lu Qingshan and Xia Daoyun is also a very old plot, that is, the couple of the Condor Heroes.
Maybe we can add the mouse who calls himself the king, but The Legend of the Mice is a bit unpleasant.
So for now we’ll just look at Lu Qingshan and Xia Daoyun.
Yang Guo only loves Xiao Longnu.
The same goes for Lu Qingshan.
There is only one female protagonist, never because I am a staunch single female protagonist.
I actually read a lot of books, including no heroine, single heroine, multiple heroines, and even harem novels.
I have no preference on this one.
As long as the book is good, I don't care about that.
I am not a single-woman advocate, but Lu Qingshan is.
How could a swordsman like him fall in love with two women at the same time?
How could a woman as domineering as Xia Daoyun share Lu Qingshan with other women?
Therefore, if there is a second female protagonist, both of their characters will collapse.
Tantai Qingrun, Lin Yao, Zang Xiaojian and others were just partners to Lu Qingshan from the beginning to the end.
——Qin Yitian is an exception.
The bond between her and Lu Qingshan was too deep and too complicated. She and Lu Qingshan grew up together and experienced countless life, death and battles together.
They are the princess and the general, the sword master and the sword spirit, colleagues, comrades-in-arms, confidants, and relatives.
So, in the end, her relationship with Lu Qingshan was out of my control.
I don’t know what Lu Qingshan’s feelings are for her, and what her feelings are for Lu Qingshan.
I just think that it should not be love, but it is higher than love.
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A little easter egg: Lu Qingshan's feelings for Xia Daoyun during the "Nine Heavens" period were already very special, so in the first chapter "Arrival", Xia Daoyun appeared with Lu Qingshan in the form of a genius sword cultivator NPC mentioned by Lu Qingshan.
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5. About gratitude
People who write books must love reading.
I have been a book lover since I was a child.
To be precise, I like to read stories.
So, when I was in the third grade, other people’s hobby was to go outdoors, while my hobby was to go to the supermarket and read.
I sit in front of the bookshelf in the supermarket and read all afternoon, and I am not picky about food. I will read any book as long as it has a storyline.
Soon, I had finished reading the books in the two supermarkets.
I really can't find new books to read, so I can only take out the books I have read and read them again.
My favorite is the Shuke Beta series.
When I was in the fourth grade, my sister helped a male classmate in the class return books and brought back a novel. This was a very ancient thing. At that time, the Internet had not yet emerged, and there were still many bookstores to rent. For a deposit, I can rent novels from the bookstore for one yuan a day.
That novel is called "The World of Online Games".
I have never seen such a wonderful story, I was fascinated by it.
Then, I read many, many novels later.
After reading too much, I naturally had the idea of writing my own book.
So "This Sword Cultivator Is Somewhat Stable" was born.
During this period, I made many friends.
Although there is no communication, if you are willing to spend money to subscribe and support the stories I write, why are you not considered a friend? ——None of my real friends would spend money to read my books! (laugh)
Thank you all very much.
real.
Thank you to the 50+ friends who supported the first order when it was launched in 2020.
Maybe without you, I might not be able to persist until now.
Thank you to everyone who has come and gone over the past three years.
Thanks to the twelve alliance leaders, the boss is confused!
Thanks to Dao Meng who has been helping to manage the book club group, although I don’t watch the group very much.
Thanks also to all the brothers who support genuine subscriptions!
I love you all.
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6. About the new book
I should be able to write a new book. I have the idea of a new book and the urge to write a new book.
But not so quickly.
I want to take a good rest, play games, and go out for a while.
I lost weight by the way. After three years of writing a book and two and a half years of graduation, my weight skyrocketed from 110 to 130, and I gained 20 pounds. If I continue to gain weight, I will become obese. (laugh)
Then recharge your batteries and read the stories that are currently popular. Writing a book cannot be done behind closed doors, right?
Finally, there will be a long period of time to prepare a new book.
The reason for the sloppy update of this book in the later period is that I was too lazy to do more than one thing and was not well-prepared before starting the book.
To elaborate on the third point, there are two aspects to the lack of preparation. First, the outline is not perfect enough, so that in the later stage, I have a big direction in mind, but how to connect the details is a mess.
The second is that I didn’t save the manuscript. I started the book on a passionate night in the library, and then it just went on like this. I haven’t even saved a single chapter.
Therefore, for new books, preparations must be sufficient, and the manuscripts must be organized.
I said that in the process of writing the book, I found many shortcomings and many problems.
One of the things that makes me most dissatisfied.
For world construction, texture is not enough.
To put it more harshly, the whole world is illusory.
Moreover, within the existing framework, there was no way to solve this problem. I had no choice but to make mistakes and push it all the way, focusing entirely on people.
This is serious partiality and is not good.
Want to change.
After so long of trial and error, I have learned a lot, and I can’t wait to try it out in the new book.
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It may disappoint everyone, but I still need to say something in advance.
The new book will not be about fairy tales.
My favorite author is Squid (although I have only finished his books).
Therefore, I agree with him on many ideas about writing a book.
Therefore, two consecutive books will not write about the same subject.
This book is about sword cultivation with the most oriental characteristics.
In my next book, I want to write about the profession with the most Western characteristics.
right.
mage.
I already have some ideas that need to be refined.
But it’s hard to say, maybe you’ll change your mind?
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Although Lu Qingshan’s story has come to an end.
But, as the saying goes.
There is no place in life without green hills.
Goodbye, everyone!