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Chapter 1004: Chapter 931: Centennial Birthday Banquet Tears the Heart
Chapter 1004 -931: Centennial Birthday Banquet Tears the Heart
In a past life,
the CCTV version of “The Smiling, Proud Wanderer” had aired to great acclaim, and the Qingcheng Sect had invited Jin Yong to visit.
Later on,
Jin Yong indeed visited Mount Qingcheng, and the Qingcheng Sect prepared a sword formation to welcome him.
Some said it was the Qingcheng Sect’s way of showing grand welcome to Old Man Jin, a grandmaster of martial arts fiction;
others thought it was their way of expressing dissatisfaction with Jin Yong’s depiction of them as villains in his novels.
In truth, it was both.
The incident became a beautiful tale among people.
More than anything, it demonstrated the terrifying influence of Jin Yong’s martial arts fiction.
Without that influence, no matter how one might vilify them in a book, they wouldn’t care much, nor would they invite you to visit and make a grand gesture after being vilified.
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This was similar in intent to the Six Great Sects inviting Chu Kuang nowadays.
At that time, Mount Qingcheng’s invitation also had a self-promotional motive.
Lin Yuan wasn’t opposed, but he didn’t immediately respond to Mount Lu, which first contacted him.
He wanted to publish his novel first.
And in the following few days, the new book “Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer” continued to be serialized on the blog.
Chapter Seven!
Chapter Eight!
Chapter Nine!
These three chapters carried a lot of information.
For instance, in Chapter Seven, Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu had a son named Zhang Wuji.
And in Chapter Nine, the story indirectly mentioned the news of Guo Jing and Huang Rong dying in defense of Xiangyang City.
Although this plot point was briefly mentioned in the book, readers who saw this were full of resentment toward the “old rascal” Chu Kuang!
“Guo Jing and Huang Rong actually died defending the city!”
“No wonder the previous chapters didn’t mention these two; probably to avoid upsetting the readers.”
“Heh, even the ‘old rascal’ has fears?”
“I think the ‘old rascal’ has softened, after all. Guo Jing’s death was ultimately a perfection of his character. With Xiangyang City fallen, his personality would never allow him to live dishonorably, and if he chose death, given Huang Rong’s feelings for him, how could she continue living alone?”
“To kill the main character is indeed a traditional technique of the ‘old rascal.'”
“Guo Jing can really be considered a true hero in the eyes of the ‘old rascal,’ even surpassing Yang Guo in that respect. The role of a hero for the country and the people is too striking – it’s inappropriate if Guo Jing lived.”
“That’s why I like Yang Guo the most, but I have the utmost respect for Guo Jing.”
“Tragedy is indeed more memorable than comedy. The tragic bravery of Guo Jing and Huang Rong dying for the city, although not directly described in the novel, still profoundly moves the heart and commands genuine admiration for this great hero.”
Resentment aside,
this plot development didn’t trigger a reader uproar like the Dragon Maiden Incident.
Because from “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” to “The Return of the Condor Heroes,” the stories involving Guo Jing were always somber and oppressive.
Chu Kuang had long set the emotional groundwork.
Similar to Guo Xiang’s situation, the regret over Guo Jing’s death far outweighed any feelings of anger.
Even so,
some literary critics reviewed both “The Return of the Condor Heroes” and “The Legend of the Condor Heroes,” writing many articles in remembrance of Guo Jing.
This was influenced by Yi An.
Yi An’s “To Guo Xiang” achieved a significant effect of homage.
Furthermore,
the baby Zhang Wuji, who had just been born in Chapter Seven, also sparked much discussion.
Readers were wondering,
Why did Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu have a child?
This itself was not hard to understand; marriage and childbirth between a man and a woman are the most natural things. But the issue was, this is a novel!
In martial arts novels,
the confirmation of love between the main male and female characters often requires extensive plot development.
Yet, the union of Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu broke the norm, marrying off quickly within just a few chapters.
People were wondering at the time, which martial arts novel has the main characters solidify their relationship so quickly?
Let alone…
These two even had a child!
In martial arts novels, which protagonist carries a child while wandering the Jianghu?
Regarding this, some people wildly speculated:
“I’m seriously suspecting that Yin Susu will die, and then Zhang Cuishan will be devastated until a new female character appears to rekindle his desire for life, and this new girl might just be a Little Lolita…”
This fan theory is quite intriguing.
Someone immediately asked, “Why a Little Lolita?”
The person explained, “First of all, Chu Kuang is very good at killing off characters, so if he really writes Yin Susu’s death, I definitely wouldn’t be surprised and I believe no one else would either. Considering Zhang Cuishan’s love for Yin Susu, how devastated would he be if his wife died?
He’d definitely be devastated!
Now think about Yang Guo in the later parts of The Return of the Condor Heroes!
In his devastation, Yang Guo created the ‘Heartbroken Warrior.’
And when Yang Guo mistakenly thought that the Little Dragon Maiden had died, what did he do?
He jumped off a cliff in despair!
Given Chu Kuang’s depiction of Zhang Cuishan’s character, do you think Zhang Cuishan would live on alone if Yin Susu died?
Certainly not!
So Zhang Cuishan would become like Yang Guo.
But the difference between Zhang Cuishan and Yang Guo is that he has a child, what would happen to the child if he died?
So Zhang Cuishan wouldn’t die in the end!
He would definitely strive to raise his child into an adult!
So this time, Chu Kuang might be trying to turn Zhang Cuishan into another Yang Guo.
Yang Guo met Little Lolita Guoxiang, and Zhang Cuishan would also meet a character similar to Guoxiang.
This Guoxiang-like character would heal Zhang Cuishan, develop feelings for him, reawaken his desire for life, and together they would raise Zhang Wuji into adulthood!
In doing so, Chu Kuang might arguably be indirectly making up for Guoxiang’s regrets.”
Convincing and compelling!
The readers instantly worshipped the idea:
“Big Boss!”
“I was wondering why the relationship between Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu developed so quickly!”
“So it was because Chu Kuang was in a hurry to let Yin Susu die, so that Zhang Cuishan could turn into the second Yang Guo, and then meet his own Little Lolita Guoxiang!”
“But to prevent Zhang Cuishan from committing suicide, he wrote that Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu had a child.”
“A child is a tie!”
“A child is the reason why Zhang Cuishan can’t die.”
“Chu Kuang, old rascal: come on, give me the pen, and you write it!”
“Hahaha, I feel this old rascal has been totally seen through, even his identity card number has been guessed by this boss!”
This fan theory really makes sense!
It makes so much sense that everyone immediately feels like Chu Kuang probably really intends to do this!
Why is the book opened with Guoxiang falling for Yang Guo at first sight and ending up heartbroken, and then, with a sweep of the pen, Guoxiang is gone?
Because he wanted to write a new girl to echo Guoxiang, to make up for that regret!
And this child named Zhang Wuji is just a tool, a reason for Chu Kuang to keep Zhang Cuishan alive!
Whoosh!
This plot guess instantly went viral!
Even Lin Yuan, who was reading book reviews online, was taken aback by this speculation:
Since ancient times, have all GOATs come from folks?
This speculation is so realistic that Lin Yuan started to wonder if Old Man Jin might have thought the same!
He almost couldn’t help but like the post.
Because he was really impressed by this fan theory!
This person had turned ‘Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer’ into a dad-centric story.
And if it were really written this way, there would actually be no issues at all; it could even spice up the plot, and indeed provide another ending for Yang Guo!
What a pity.
Everyone still underestimated the capriciousness of a master.
That very night at midnight, Lin Yuan, who couldn’t wait any longer, uploaded the tenth chapter of ‘Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer’.
A hundred-year birthday that broke hearts!
Meanwhile.
Silver Blue Books announced that the online serialization of ‘Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer’ was over and that a complete edition would be published for sale that very day!
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ps: This fan theory was developed by Polluted White themselves, feeling quite interesting, writing it out to boast a bit, just to entertain everyone.
