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Chapter 178: Learning martial arts for the work, "Telling the truth" sent an invitation

Life in the third year is much more relaxed than in the first and second years.

Cao Sheng could clearly feel that this semester's course schedule was much shorter than the previous two years. Although there were still five days of classes per week, there were two afternoons without classes and the other three afternoons only had two classes.

The rest of the time is free time.

The teachers have become much more perfunctory in their lectures and spend less time talking about the content in the textbook. Several teachers would start chatting about irrelevant things while teaching in the middle of explaining the content in the textbook.

This teacher talks about what to pay attention to in terms of dress when applying for a job and what the dress etiquette is.

The teacher told us what are the better career options for this major.

Some teachers went even further and talked about what kinds of jobs previous graduates of this major are doing now, and gave examples to tell everyone: the major you studied in college may not be the industry you will work in in the future. They suggested that everyone should not hang themselves on one tree and should be flexible in employment.

and many more.

Even the counselor Lu Xiangwei rarely came to the classroom for morning self-study this semester.

When he was a freshman and sophomore, Lu Xiangwei would come to the classroom every few days during morning self-study to manage classroom discipline.

It seems like I’ve just let the sheep run wild in my junior year.

The learning atmosphere in their class, which was already weak to begin with, became even weaker.

As the weeks passed.

Cao Sheng found that some people in his class started to skip classes frequently; during class, there were more and more people who did not pay attention like him; some people also changed their personalities drastically, and their originally quiet personalities became quite outspoken, with an attitude of "I'm a junior now, so who am I afraid of?"

The reduction in school courses gave Cao Sheng more time to write.

In class, he wrote an outline for a new book every day.

When I get back to my residence, I spend most of my time typing. When I get tired of typing, I read a book or recall movie plots that I need for my new book.

I still do morning exercises every day. When the weather is good, I go out for a run. When the weather is bad, I work out in the gym which is converted from the mezzanine floor on the first floor.

His interest in various fitness equipment faded, and he began to like putting on boxing gloves and hitting sandbags.

Recently he has been thinking about learning some traditional Kung Fu, hoping that learning Kung Fu will help him write fighting scenes in the future.

The most important thing is that I want to prepare for writing martial arts novels in the future.

The "Dragon and Snake Romance" written by Yuan Shikong Shenji is a classic in his mind.

When I followed the updates back then, I always got excited watching him.

It was a feeling he rarely had when reading other novels.

In his memory, "The Legend of Dragons and Snakes" was the work that emerged after Shen Ji had been silent for a period of time. He remembered that after Shen Ji amazed countless book fans with his book "The Buddha is the Tao", he wrote a book "The Old Demon of Black Mountain".

"The Old Demon of Black Mountain" has a good reputation.

But he couldn't get into it, and neither could many readers.

The data of "Black Mountain Old Demon" in all aspects are far from comparable to "The Buddha is the Tao".

Therefore, during the writing period of "The Old Demon of Black Mountain", in the eyes of many people, Shen Ji was on a downward slope, and it was difficult to see this book on the major charts of Qidian during that period.

Many people thought that Shen Ji’s heyday had passed.

"The Buddha is the Tao" is his peak work.

About a year later, Shen Ji published The Legend of Dragon and Snake.

This book is not classified into the category of fairy tales or fantasy, but into the category of traditional Chinese martial arts in the urban category.

At the beginning, no one thought that Shen Ji would be so good at writing about urban scenes.

result?

As the plot of this book unfolds bit by bit, Shen Ji stages a comeback as a king.

"The Legend of Dragons and Snakes" has topped all the charts on Qidian.com, and few books can stop its rising momentum.

You know, that was the peak period for the platinum masters of Qidian.

At the same time, Tudou wrote "Battle Through the Heavens", San Shao wrote "Douluo Dalu", Wang Yu wrote "Mortal's Journey to Immortality", Fanqie wrote "Panlong", and Chen Dong wrote "The Immortal Realm"...

There are not many vegetarians among the other great gods, and each one is more powerful than the other.

It was also during this period that Qidian dominated the online literature circle and put its peers under great pressure.

Since its inception, Qidian.com has produced many popular works in the urban category. However, it is generally difficult for urban works to make it into the top ten of major rankings, which are basically dominated by fantasy and fairy tales.

"The Legend of Dragons and Snakes" has the label of an urban drama, but it has forced its way into the market and has long occupied a high ranking position.

The key point is that after "The Legend of Dragon and Snake", Shen Ji went to a higher level and wrote "Yang Shen" right after that.

It is this book that has won the unprecedented eight consecutive monthly ticket championships in the history of Qidian.

The work "Yang Shen" suppressed the works of the same period for a full eight months, and they could not raise their heads. In the eyes of many people that year, "Yang Shen" seemed to have settled in the first place in the monthly ticket list.

There were some great writers of the same period who tried to finish this book.

The battle for monthly tickets continues, round after round.

But Shen Ji was invincible during that period. Not only was the quality of his works excellent, but the update speed was also not slow at all. After several months of fighting for monthly tickets, almost no one competed with him for the next two or three months, and everyone acquiesced that "Yang Shen" was number one in the monthly ticket ranking.

There should be no online writer who has ever seen such glory who would not be fascinated by it.

So, after rebirth.

Cao Sheng has always wanted to write "The Romance of Dragons and Snakes". Even if the book is not called this title, he wants to write a martial arts work like this.

This book is his favorite online article.

He still remembered the general plot and some of the moves mentioned in the book.

For example, the crocodile's tail-cutting move can tear the opponent in half alive.

The Ox Tongue Palm can snatch a blade with bare hands, and swords and knives cannot hurt it. The Spider Treading Water, after mastering it, a person can walk on the water surface, just like a spider treading water on the water surface.

When performing the Heaven-Flipping Seal, the spaces between the joints widen, and the whole person seems to grow half a meter tall in an instant. With both hands, seals are formed and from top to bottom, it is like a Heaven-Flipping Seal that strikes down, and with one move, a person's head is knocked into the chest.

and many more.

He really wanted to write this book.

But he is not very confident that he can write it well at the moment.

Shen Ji’s works are not so easy to imitate.

Many people say that Shen Ji’s works are full of violence, and the protagonists are always killing people without mercy, and will kill people at the slightest disagreement. But it is precisely because of the extreme violence in his works that readers often feel their blood boiling when reading them.

Cao Sheng had this kind of violent temper when he was young.

Everyone who has a hard time in life has it in their heart.

But he was already 40 years old before he was reborn. When people reach middle age, their mentality will inevitably become gentler, and they will consciously or unconsciously reconcile with life and themselves.

Your mind will be much more open than when you were young.

When you encounter unfair things, it is difficult to feel any more upset.

When encountering setbacks, I will no longer look for reasons in the outside world, but reflect on myself.

But with this kind of mentality, how can one write "The Legend of Dragons and Snakes"?
How can you write a plot like that in "Yang Shen" where the character regards his biological father as his enemy and vows to kill him with his own hands?
So, recently he wanted to learn some traditional Kung Fu.

I hope that in the process of learning Kung Fu, I can deepen my understanding of traditional Kung Fu and gradually strengthen my will to prepare for writing "The Legend of Dragon and Snake" in the future.

Anyway, practicing martial arts is not a bad thing.

Apart from being more laborious, there are many other benefits.

Is he afraid of hard work?

If he was afraid of hard work, he would not choose to continue making a living by writing after his rebirth.

As a reborn person, there are easier ways to make money.

Since he chose to continue writing novels, he must have something he wanted to pursue.

More than half a month after the new semester started.

He hired a personal trainer at a nearby fitness center.

Teach him Tai Chi.

In this fitness center, there is only one coach who knows traditional Kung Fu, and this coach only knows Tai Chi.

Cao Sheng didn't know what the coach's Tai Chi level was.

Just practice first.

He didn't want to become a Kung Fu master, he just wanted to learn more about traditional Kung Fu. Tai Chi was the first style of boxing he learned.

I will learn other types of boxing in the future.

What he wants is understanding.

Only when he has sufficient understanding, when writing works on Chinese martial arts, can he be sure to write the fight between the enemy and us in a sufficiently exciting way.

He remembered that Shen Ji once revealed that in order to write "The Legend of Dragon and Snake", he personally visited many famous martial arts masters. In order to understand the spiritual will of martial artists, he even walked along the route that our army took when crossing snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

Cao Sheng didn't know whether what Shen Ji said was true or false.

But he was willing to believe that what the other party said was true.

He was also willing to follow the other party's example and make these preparations for this book.

Some people may think that it is not worth it for him to do this. Is it worth paying such a high price to write a novel?

But he felt it was worth it.

If this can improve my ability to write fight scenes, it will be worth it.

Because once his ability in this area is improved, it will not only benefit this one art work, but all his future works.

……

Learning martial arts is boring.

After practicing hard day after day, it is difficult to see much progress. How to persist is a test of willpower.

Since Cao Sheng hired a personal trainer at the fitness center, he has gone to the fitness center three afternoons a week to learn Tai Chi with Coach Sun.

In private, he would practice at his residence every morning and evening until he was sweating profusely before stopping.

Through this day-to-day practice, he slowly learned all the moves of this boxing technique.

This habit of practicing boxing every day gradually influenced his writing.

When he was writing "God's Tomb" recently, he could feel that he was much more comfortable writing the action scenes than before, and he felt that he had made progress in writing fighting scenes.

I just don’t know yet whether readers feel the same way?
In a blink of an eye, it was already the end of October.

That night, when he logged into his mailbox, he saw two unread emails.

One letter was from Wang Jing from Under the Banyan Tree, telling him that CCTV had asked Under the Banyan Tree for his email account and mobile phone number, saying that they wanted to invite him to a show.

Another email was from someone claiming to be from the CCTV program team, inviting him to be a guest on the talk show "Tell the Truth".

"Tell the Truth"? Isn't this the show hosted by Cui Yongyuan?
Cao Shengting was surprised to receive the invitation to this program.

His first reaction was - is this true? Is he a liar?

(End of this chapter)