Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Chapter 245 Rebellion

It's bright.

The two, who had been busy all night, returned to Chaoxi Bookstore, where the shop assistants they had hired had already arrived.

After yesterday's hectic work, with the threshold worn down by countless visitors, these workers' skills were thoroughly tested. Moreover, since Zhu Wuyao and his companion's main objective wasn't to make money, they were given extra money as a reward.

Everyone's enthusiasm for work has increased even more.

After a day of fermentation yesterday, and with many people only finishing reading the entire book today, the popularity of Chaoxi Bookstore has not decreased but increased.

Many people are also clamoring to pay their respects to Zhu Daren.

Zhu Wuyao was currently in the bookstore, cramming on stories about the demon race.

She frowned for a while, then frowned again, and then frowned again.

If this continues day after day, she will naturally develop forehead wrinkles.

To become a wiser figure.

After she managed to finish reading two books, her mind was corrupted by something indescribable.

My heart was struck by a ton of blows.

She helplessly slammed the storybook face down on the table and drank three or four cups of tea in succession.

Outside, the voices of everyone wishing well were heard incessantly:

"Girl, I'm begging you, please just let me see everyone once! Just once..."

"Young man, this is my visiting card. Please be sure to give it to Miss Zhu!"

Some people were also quietly making deals in secret.

"Shh, don't make a sound. Here's a tael of silver. Tell me where the back door is, and I'll sneak in quietly without letting anyone know you told me..."

……

Zhu Wuyao put down his teacup and listened to these sounds, his expression quite interesting.

She had already spent a lot of extra money to make the clerks who dealt with the outsiders act arrogantly and disdainfully.

She presented herself as a "superior person" to the outside world, intending to use her arrogant attitude to dispel the respect and admiration of everyone in Biyi City.

Such statements as "As you all say, I will not see anyone who comes," "You think you can just see Miss Zhu from Chaoxi Bookstore whenever you want?" and "This article will be delivered to Miss Zhu's doorstep"...

They wanted to use this to discourage the group of people outside.

They were almost successful—after all, they were all scholars, and they were all proud, so they naturally couldn't stand Zhu Wuyao's attitude.

But who knew that the incident at the teahouse would be exposed yesterday!

"Ha, this Miss Zhu may write well, but she disdains associating with us and yet she's trying so hard to curry favor with us! She'll probably just become a laughingstock!"

No sooner had these words been spoken than the scholar who had seen Zhu Wuyao at the restaurant the day before immediately objected!

He immediately became indignant and began to defend Zhu Wuyao.

Regardless of what outsiders think, they have met Zhu Dajia in person.

"You're so out of touch! Yesterday, Miss Zhu showed up at the restaurant and immediately said that her travelogue was empty and meaningless, and that she was overly modest about 'The Travels of Zhu'!"

"And they kept asking for our opinions, as if they wouldn't give up until we found something wrong with them."

"How could someone as learned as us find any flaws in such a wonderful article?"

"To say you wish everyone arrogance? What a joke!"

Many scholars nearby offered corroborating evidence and echoed the sentiments, but Zhu Wuyao released his divine sense to investigate—

Where were you people yesterday at the restaurant?!

Uninvited, I couldn't help but start thinking:

Could you concoct a potion to make them mute, and secretly render them speechless tonight...?

A dangerous thought flashed through my mind.

"Oh, by the way, have you ever found a book next to your pillow when you wake up in the morning?"

Zhu Wuyao immediately perked up his ears, eager to hear their evaluation of "What's on the Other Side of the Mountain".

A scholar who had failed to deliver his visiting card heard this and nodded, saying:

"I saw it, how should I put it..."

"I guess they were envious of Miss Zhu's fame, so they did this attention-seeking thing. Although the content is quite interesting, it's not well written."

"It's not concise at all! It's too pedantic. If I weren't so knowledgeable, I wouldn't be able to understand what it means!"

Zhu Wuyao was drinking tea, preparing to receive everyone's praise.

Hearing this, he coughed several times, choked by the words.

Am I envious of my own fame?

Am I trying to attract attention?

Unless you are extremely knowledgeable, you wouldn't understand what's being written.

I……

Zhu Wuyao was somewhat confused. Before she could sort out this mess, she heard many scholars outside echoing her sentiments:

"Absolutely, absolutely. Clarity and conciseness are paramount. Keep everything in the bedside book hidden. Take the first story, the Easter Island part, for example."

"I read it three times before I understood the author's intentions. At first, I thought I had misunderstood."

"When did simply staying home and maintaining one's family business become a curse?!"

"That's right, that's what I think too. Take that article about Martians, for example! Could it be that they're using Martians to allude to our Biyi City, which has little interaction with outsiders?"

"They even spread alarmist rumors, saying that if you don't communicate with the outside world, you'll become hideous and have low intelligence..."

"Tsk, when I turned on the stove this morning, I was short of a kindling, so I put it in the stove."

...Although I didn't allude to Biyi City, this interpretation seems quite reasonable.

Sure enough, the articles were all deciphered.

Zhu Wuyao is really in a bit of a headache this time.

No, that's wrong, it's backwards!

According to the original plan, "What's on the Other Side of the Mountain?" should have been used as a stepping stone to "The Travels of Zhu".

Now, things have turned out differently; people clearly agree with the travelogue more.

He was particularly dismissive of adventure stories.

This is truly an unexpected stroke of luck; if this continues, the adventure series won't be able to hold up.

She tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, beginning to think about how to solve the problem.

How about we kill it all again and start a new game?

I feel like this playthrough is hopeless; it's just too absurd.

No, if we think about the worst-case scenario, even a powerful sword immortal like Qi Suowei would run out of opportunities to regain his senses after hundreds of reincarnations.

It is still unknown whether it is among the myriad beings.

Even if they are still alive, after many reincarnations, once the opportunity for clarity is exhausted, they may not be able to awaken again.

Therefore, each restart of the cycle increases the risk of falling into chaos and being homogenized with all living beings.

Moreover, since we didn't make it to the end in the last cycle, we have to find out the reason for this endless cycle this time...

The thought of this made Zhu Wuyao feel somewhat irritated.

Two or three years...

She probably won't be able to leave so early.

If the opportunity to break the deadlock is only found at the very end, then this time we have to go through a whole cycle, find out the reasons, and start all over again before we can begin to break the deadlock.

Unexpected changes may occur along the way; one wrong step could waste an entire cycle of reincarnation.

What worries Zhu Wuyao the most is—

Qi Suowei ultimately failed.

To spend one's entire life immersed in the myriad aspects of human existence, breaking free from this predicament will likely be no easy task.

She stopped tapping on the armrest, leaned back to calm her slightly agitated mind, and then said to the waiter:

"Let me see those visiting cards."

Now that she's become famous, she has to make the most of that fame.