Time passes.
Lin Xi’s new books come one after another.
Each one is different.
Each book is a new genre.
Although many people have followed behind him.
But he was always unique.
Such behavior also dispelled the concerns of many people in power.
Everyone knows that the emergence and power of a strange skill requires relatively unified popularity, mystery, and society's inherent understanding of it.
Lin Xi's chaotic rhythm is undoubtedly challenging this inherent concept.
Even if some people think that Lin Xi gained something from it, they feel that what he gained is quite limited.
In this slow progress, Lin Xi continued to accumulate the unique skills he needed, and then combined and spliced them together.
Fortunately, the extraordinary abilities of this world are always just smoke and mirrors and not real.
Seriously speaking, everyone is an ordinary person, and their life level has not been truly improved.
Therefore, Lin Xi's skills are very useful and will not fail because of their simplicity and roughness.
By the time Lin Xi published the tenth book, he knew... something had to change.
Because the world is big.
There are always some people who don't like reading.
Or rather... people who like reading are a very small part of the crowd.
Even though the stories he wrote were spread by storytellers in teahouses under deliberate guidance and adapted into operas and sung, they were still approaching their peak.
"If electricity had appeared now, maybe in a while, we could still try to make movies."
"But obviously, this is a luxury... I do know how to make electricity, how to promote electrical appliances, and guide the emergence of film equipment and film culture. But... if I get involved personally, it will change other people's impression of me. I am no longer the foreseer of the future, the compiler of destiny... These superficial labels will be replaced by names like 'the originator of film' or even 'the originator of electricity'."
"Perhaps, I can become famous all over the world in one fell swoop and become a human legend who has mastered electricity. Just like the one who masters the power of steam now."
"However, such hypocritical power does not do me any good."
"If I hide behind the scenes and control, then I need huge power and influence to push everything in the direction I expect."
Thinking of this, Lin Xi was stunned.
He suddenly thought of the conversation he had with the eldest prince on the train.
Perhaps, that conversation had hinted at the choice he had to make today.
"It seems that the choice of birth and entry into the world is decided... I already have it."
"In a world without real extraordinary intervention, controlling secular power is more conducive to my plan. However... I also want to reduce my existence as much as possible, at least among the people, those who have to hear my name, It doesn’t have to be too much.” Lin Xi naturally made a decision after thinking of this.
As for who to support, is there any need to say?
Of course it’s the eldest prince!
Although the eldest prince is not a direct descendant, he cannot take advantage.
But he is 'sincere' enough, no matter what form this 'sincerity' is expressed in.
Some people assist the king and like to find a pure white flower.
I feel that such a king is affectionate and righteous.
However, there is no doubt that this will also make the entire assistance process very tiring.
Maybe the opponent's IQ is slightly higher, and the whole situation will turn over.
To be honest, there is nothing wrong with a guy like the eldest prince who is ambitious, insightful, more capable of execution and has a desire to kill.
If it were just a transaction... the eldest prince would be a good trading partner.
After Lin Xi rejected the eldest prince's solicitation.
There were several civil strifes in the Xiahou family.
Among them, three more unfortunate heirs of the Xiahou family died in the civil strife.
Now Lin Xi only has an eldest brother and a fourth brother as Xia Houzun.
The eldest brother is alive because he is a homebody.
And if the fourth brother is alive... he must have taken refuge with the eldest prince.
In recent days, all matters in the Xiahou Mansion have been transferred to the hands of this fourth brother. Even the eldest brother Xiahou Yu's life has become difficult...
It was also because Lin Xi originally had no desires and demands, and had a special status, and had strong fans like Luo Cheng to help support him, that he was able to escape from the outside world, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
The prerequisite for him is that he does not participate in the competition for power.
Otherwise, with Luo Cheng's help and care, he might have encountered brutal assassinations again and again.
A revised letter was sent to the capital.
Lin Xi waited for the eldest prince's reply.
The reply came faster than Lin Xi expected.
It was obvious that the Xiahou Mansion had been riddled with holes by the eldest prince.
About six days later, Lin Xi met the eldest prince again.
Compared with the last time we met, this time it has been four years since we met.
Four years later, the eldest prince's power was even stronger.
It's also tainted with the taste of iron blood.
It is said that he led a navy to destroy an island country in the Far East and completely turned that country into the territory of Xia Kingdom.
Not colonization...but real immigration.
Because the folk customs of that island country were fierce, the entire island country was almost wiped out.
And the rich silver mines on the island naturally fell into the pocket of the eldest prince.
This time when they met, the eldest prince was much more upright.
He came directly to visit, and in Xiahou Mansion, he seemed to be the host, while Lin Xi and his nominal fourth brother Xiahou Jie, who were standing under the hall, were the guests.
Xia Houjie's skin is dark.
His mother is black.
He was favored by Xiahou Mingde not only because Xiahou Mingde himself was not picky, but also because his mother was a female priest of a large tribe in the distant Heizhou land. Although her skin was dark, her appearance was not the same. Not bad, and has extremely high power and influence.
However, this background and confidence all vanished in the land of Xia Kingdom.
Dark skin is the shame that Xia Houjie hates the most.
Standing next to him, you can smell the extremely rich smell of fragrant powder.
He used a large amount of white powder to whiten his face and neck, and at the same time cover up the strong body odor on his body.
At this time, Xia Houjie was looking at Lin Xi with extremely angry eyes. The scimitar on his waist seemed to be drawn out at any time and cut off Lin Xi's neck.
However, after seeing the two muskets on Lin Xi's back, his anger subsided a little.
"Xiahou Zun...what should I think of you?"
"Back then...you rejected me outright on that train. I shouldn't have given you a second chance...but I really admired you, so...I came to see you anyway. After meeting you, the first thing I want to ask you is, why? Why did you not agree at first, but now you take the initiative? "
"Is it possible that...you are really short-sighted? Now that I have achieved great success, you want to get something for nothing?"
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