It has been one year, three months and one day since the book was published on May 8, 2021.
As a newbie, the journey has been really bumpy. Many nights when I was coding, I wanted to fail.
I remember that when I was writing the first two hundred chapters, I averaged less than 600 words per hour, and it took six or seven hours to write 4,000 words.
To be honest, I had the thought of giving up at one point along the way.
Whenever this happens, the author will open the backend and see that fellow Taoists have voted for recommendations and are still waiting for updates, so he grits his teeth and continues to persevere.
Many times when I felt that I couldn't hold on, the author would recall a sentence from "Fang Yuan's Quotations" and his fighting spirit would be rekindled.
I especially like one of the lines - Who is undefeated when Yang Mang regrets his death? Make a comeback and become king again!
As a god, there will be times when you fail, but when you come back, you have to fight again!
How could the author give up because of the difficulties before him?
Do you give up when the future is rough?
Are you afraid of being surrounded by thorns?
No!
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I remember when I started writing the beginning of this book, it was just because I had no books to read, and the two books I was following were both a bit slow to update...
In fact, I had the idea of writing a book for a long time, but due to various reasons, I gave up in the end.
On May 8, 2001, the author came up with this idea again. He was afraid that he would grind and grind again and end up in vain, so he turned on the computer on the spot and started working on it.
After some searching, four hours later, the first chapter of Immortal Mansion came out.
Unexpectedly, on the first day, a Taoist friend voted for recommendation. The author remembers that it should be the Taoist friend "Love has gone and the wind has stopped".
I don’t know if it was searched through the keyword “Xianfu”.
Unexpectedly, no one would read it, so the author worked hard and wrote the second chapter the next day, which resulted in the collection of several more Taoist friends.
The author guesses that he is a fellow Taoist who prefers farming style.
Just like Liu Yu's ordinary qualifications, this book is also very ordinary among the new books of the same period. I remember reading it at the time and there were several books published by mortals.
Some of the routines are really, almost exactly the same. The author knows that if he continues writing like this, he will inevitably usher in the final ending - being beaten on the street.
So there was "Essentials of Demonic Cultivation". The author wanted to not follow the general routine, but to conceive the plot by himself without referring to other books.
To be honest, since then, I have rarely read fairy tale books because I was afraid of being affected unknowingly.
It's just that at that time, I didn't know how to describe the environment, what the dialogue between the characters should look like, so I still opened some old classic books for reference.
But don't worry, I definitely didn't copy it. It was only after having a reference that the author knew how to start writing.
Imitate, learn, and transcend.
Since "The Essentials of Demonic Cultivation", there should be many differences from the mortal stream at the same time.
Although they are both classic fairy tales, their styles are very different, rather than just a few books that look like they have the same formula.
But even so, the second round of new book selection was still postponed for a week.
Fortunately, a new book was released a week later, so I didn’t sink into it.
In my impression, there was a new book of the same type at the same time that had more recommendations than this one, but the first order was twice as low as this one.
This problem has troubled the author for a long time. Maybe sometimes it really depends on luck.
The style of this book has always been realistic.
Some fellow Taoists may have noticed that the author never wrote about "dust removal techniques" from beginning to end.
Because it feels like it is impossible for low-level monks to clean all the fine dust on the body without damaging the body and clothes, at least not quickly.
"Dust removal technique", in the eyes of the author, should have very high requirements on spiritual consciousness.
Write, of course you can write.
It's just that the author doesn't want to write about the feeling of upgrading to defeat monsters, or adding points to the system, so spells that generally cannot explain their principles are rarely written.
I don’t want to keep entering the secret realm, or grinding a copy over and over again.
Rather, it follows the historical context to describe and construct a real world of immortality.
The style of this book can be summarized in one sentence: the protagonist will do whatever it takes to live forever, but he is not ruthless and will also have emotions and desires.
At least, that's the case in the lower realms, which are, in mystical terms, "demigods."
People come first and God comes last.
Faced with various choices in difficult situations, this book attempts to depict the true side of human nature without deliberately beautifying it.
On the premise of avoiding the gaze of the 404 master.
But the author uses limited knowledge to imagine an infinite world. Even if he tries his best, there will definitely be many flaws.
I hope fellow Taoists will understand this point.
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The author's original intention was just to write the story in his heart, not for any utilitarian purpose.
That’s why I dare to say that no matter what the results are, I will write it until the Nascent Soul stage and finish the story of this world.
Because I have really made preparations to persevere until the end alone.
Of course, the better the results, the more motivation the author will have to write.
Most of the promises made at the beginning have been fulfilled one by one.
Two thousand are ordered and five thousand are updated every day.
An average of 3,000 is reserved for daily updates of 6,000. If there are no make-up updates, please take two days off each month.
As the number of words in this book increases, the author also feels that he is making progress. Now when I look back at the beginning, I can see that the writing is really immature~
A fellow Taoist asked before, how do you feel about going from 300 orders to 3,000 orders?
The author immediately thought of the word "persistence", but then there was no further explanation.
Because I have been thinking, is "persistence" just the lowest meaning?
Maybe I don’t like writing.
Just because of the original promise and wanting this story to have a perfect ending.
All, that's why I kept going.
Of course, the most important thing is that the results are pretty good so far. I can add some chicken drumsticks tonight~
When he realized that there was something wrong with his own mentality, the author actively tried to adjust it.
I want to use a positive attitude every day to treat my daily writing, instead of persisting in a negative way every day and just want to get it done and leave early.
During this period, I also thought about finding a friend who also writes books, and make an appointment every day to code and supervise each other.
But, it’s hard to put it into words.
At this time, I couldn't help but think of another sentence: Everyone is born lonely, just like islands of floating ice.
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After more than a year of ups and downs, many old Taoist friends suddenly disappeared, and many new Taoist friends joined.
The two Taoist friends who impressed the author the most are probably "Love Has Gone and the Wind Has Stopped" and "Sorrow Has Passed".
One has been following it from the first day I opened the book until now.
One person cast the first monthly vote for this book and has been chasing it till now.
As for the fellow Taoist who voted for the first recommendation, his nickname is a long series of numbers, and I really can’t remember it clearly.
Thanks to the Taoist friends who have supported me until now, as well as the alliance leaders, sect masters, and guardians who have given strong support, as well as the several Taoist friends who joined the book operation team and suffered infamy!
thank you! ! !
I also want to thank the platform for giving Changting a chance to write and add a chicken drumstick!
Changting will learn from the lessons of "Xian Road xx", pay attention to his own mentality, and write this book seriously.
Until the protagonist goes through all kinds of hardships, sees all kinds of scenery, and becomes a "great and true immortal"!
This story is not over yet!
