My name is Wei Qing, and I want to fight the Xiongnu.

After all, Di Hongyu, who came from the future, had personally said that in her time, she was indeed a minister who was good at flattery and fawning.

But so what?

Some people live to wield power;

Some people live to leave their mark on history;

Some people live to indulge in pleasure;

Some people live in order to manage their families and govern their countries;

Some people live to satisfy their selfish desires;

Some people live to have a clear conscience;

There is another type of person who lives with a mission, destined to leave their mark on the river of time.

Even if they are despised, ignored, misunderstood, and misrepresented in the future, as time flows on and generations come and go, more and more strong individuals will be able to go against the current and trace back to their roots.

One day, the true history will be revealed.

And one's actions in this era will ultimately receive the fairest evaluation.

ten years!

Ten years later, I, Wei Qing, will return.

By then, I hope to see a more prosperous, more flourishing, and more beautiful Han Dynasty.

After all, this is the faith I protect!

(End of the book)

Author's Closing Remarks

The book is finally finished. I have a lot to say, but after thinking about it, I realize that not a single sentence is about this book.

During this period, especially in the second half of last year, I watched a lot of videos and read a lot of books. To put it nicely, I enriched myself; to put it bluntly, I acted a bit like a teenager.

So what I wrote was a bit of a hodgepodge, touching on everything but ending up not writing anything well.

I won't apologize anymore; saying it too many times just makes me feel like I'm being pretentious.

I'll try to make my next book more interesting.

Regarding writing books, I've always felt like I have a problem.

This illness isn't about being a literary youth; it's more like being unconventional, or even just rebelling against conventions for the sake of rebelling.

For example, I like to give the protagonist a cheat code, but I also like to add some negative effects to that cheat code, and I like to trip up the protagonist.

The key point isn't to torture the protagonist; it's more like wanting to write an unexpected story.

In other words, even though the protagonist has a flawed cheat ability, he can still use it to his advantage, or write stories that are unexpected yet logical to the reader.

However, this kind of writing is often difficult to read and accept, and it's also quite insane.

For example, there's a very popular anime recently called "The Resurrection Warlock's Reboot". After watching the first three episodes, I felt that writing a fanfiction based on it would definitely be a hit, as long as it didn't get banned.

I could even say that if I just randomly came up with a book title like "The Reboot of the Life of the Stick Hero," it would have a chance to become a minor hit just based on the title alone.

However, when I was brainstorming the story plot, my first reaction was that the protagonist's cheat ability was too strong. This kind of writing wouldn't show how awesome the protagonist was, so I wanted to cut off the protagonist's cheat ability while making the story more reasonable.

So he quickly came up with a brilliant idea.

The story is original, but it's the kind that involves raising dogs and selling dog meat.

The main character is still a priest, whose ability is healing.

The difference is that the protagonist can only treat minor illnesses.

The rule is that damage caused by a first-tier mage's magic can only be healed by a first-tier priest or a priest of a higher rank.

The protagonist can heal common fevers, colds, and superficial injuries, but is powerless against damage caused by magic and martial arts.

Furthermore, as the protagonist's level increases, the range and efficiency of healing will increase, but it still cannot heal damage caused by magic and battle aura.

As the protagonist, and the chosen warrior to challenge the Demon King, the protagonist's position as a priest was taken up, increasing the difficulty for his teammates in fighting the boss. Therefore, he was despised, ostracized, and even bullied and treated like a dog. This can be considered a natural development in the story.

It feels more reasonable to portray the female lead as an inherently evil person who constantly humiliates the male lead.

(It's said that in the book "The Reply Sorcerer," the female protagonist was tricked by the Demon King, which is why she became a villain. I haven't read the original book, so I don't know the actual situation.)

With this setup, when the protagonist is reborn and seeks revenge on the female lead, after venting his anger, he will find that the female lead, whom he hasn't even interacted with yet, isn't actually that bad.

Her evil stemmed from the fact that the protagonist was unable to help the team and instead became a burden, which gradually led to the fact that the female lead was not killed in the end.

I think this approach is more appropriate from the perspective of interpersonal relationships and social interactions.

but!

The problem is that attributing some of the problems to the protagonist is actually a flaw, or even a fatal flaw, from the perspective of a wish-fulfillment novel.

A satisfying read doesn't require the protagonist to be absolutely righteous, but it must allow the reader to fully vent their emotions.

It can be unreasonable, but it can't be not satisfying.

What you're doing seems reasonable, but it gives the reader the feeling that the protagonist actually has a problem? That won't do; it would be a bit unreasonable to retaliate like that.

We Chinese people value reason and persuasion, and we really value reason. Even if we know we are wrong, we will still give ourselves a reason.

When the reason cannot support the protagonist's actions, the cathartic satisfaction is blocked, and this kind of half-satisfying story is the most undesirable.

......

Next, I'll write about the protagonist of "The Reboot of the Warlock's Life," whose various skills basically make him omnipotent. Although he's called a warlock, he can actually be understood as an amalgamation of all professions.

Although it's mindless and features an overpowered protagonist, it's definitely satisfying.

To put it bluntly, even though everyone looks down on the "Long Aotian" trope, there's a reason why it was accepted in the beginning, rather than these current tropes.

Although the aesthetic standards of online novels are getting higher and higher, it should be noted that the first batch of online novels to become popular were because they could hit people's G-spot (censorship).

However, people have become tired of seeing and fed up with such stories, so their tastes have gradually become more discerning.

Before the rise of cunning, these online novels were indeed the stories that best stirred people's desires.

So, as I said before, rationality and enjoyment are not contradictory, but it is very difficult to achieve this. Most authors can only make trade-offs between the two.

Some people chose the former, while others chose the latter.

Now, let's change the subject. If the protagonist can only heal ordinary injuries, how will the story unfold?

First of all, I think this skill is actually very powerful, incredibly powerful.

Since there are priests in other worlds, and in some other world stories, priests heal the common people, the protagonist's skill seems to have little significance.

However, considering that the healing efficiency and range of the "golden finger" (a powerful ability to enhance one's abilities) increase with the advancement of one's cultivation level, this is practically a natural promotional tactic.

Whether it's attracting believers for the church or increasing public approval as a pastor for the country, these are extremely powerful abilities.

If you can't take the high-level route, then take the low-level route.

When mobilizing the masses, there's no need to focus solely on the top few powerful figures; there are many formulaic ways for stories to unfold.

However, after calming down and thinking about it, I realized that this kind of writing style is actually not very suitable for a wish-fulfillment novel.

Taking the mass line is most suitable for farming novels, but farming novels are almost always associated with slow-burning stories.

The worst thing for a fast-paced, exciting novel is a slow burn.

Therefore, this setting immediately raised a second problem: slow to warm up!

From this, I realized something.

I used to think that the most useful settings were often the ones that had been used to death.

The reason why a routine is a routine is that it has withstood the test of time.

But they didn't think about why it was able to withstand the test.

In reality, I'm the same way; I often overlook the most important parts.

For example, when I see a viewpoint, my first reaction is often to find its flaws and try to refute it. This is because it makes me seem smarter, more capable, and more insightful.

But now that I think about it, instead of thinking about how to refute it first, why not learn first, consider what's good about the other person's point of view, or even if I really wanted to refute it?

Or is it just refuting for the sake of refuting?

This reminds me of a classic saying:

Confucius said: "When three people walk together, there must be one who can teach me. I will choose their good points and follow them, and correct their bad points."

Historical Essay Contest: "I Raced Tanks in the Tang Dynasty"

I participated in this year's historical essay contest. If you're interested, you can check it out. It's a Tang Dynasty novel with a similar style to another book called "I, Wei Qing, Am Really Not a Sister-Complex." If you're interested, you can take a look.

I participated in this year's historical essay contest. If you're interested, you can check it out. It's a Tang Dynasty novel with a similar style to another book called "I, Wei Qing, Am Really Not a Sister-Complex." If you're interested, you can take a look.

"I'm Racing Tanks in the Tang Dynasty"