Chapter 184. The Great God of Refreshing Texts, Xuan Ling
Fang Zhou’s impression of Xuan Ling was only that she was a frivolous woman, suspected of being a sickly person, harmful to himself and hence he wasn’t interested in whatever novels she published.
Yuqing had now developed a habit of running to Moon Viewing Peak every day, wandering around with or without reason, getting on Fang Zhou’s nerves.
However, Yuqing’s emotions had been somewhat downcast these past few days, looking like she was hosting Aunt Flo and not talking much.
Fang Zhou asked Lu Qiuling about it and finally figured out what was going on.
Xuan Ling’s novel had suddenly become popular, gathering a large number of fans and becoming the second-best author after Lao Shi Ji.
Only then did Fang Zhou become curious and got a newspaper to look at, discovering that Xuan Ling was indeed a master of feel-good novels.
Her writing wasn’t as beautiful as Yuqing’s, quite plain actually, but the advantage was obvious: the tight-paced, quick rhythm with climaxes one after another, making readers unable to stop.
The novel told the story of a rural girl named Xuan Ling who was bullied and humiliated due to her poor talent. One day she had an encounter, rising strongly, jumping off a cliff to get a secret manual, creating a self-created technique in her sleep, counterattacking all the way, boasting and slapping faces, beating down those who looked down on her, and attracting all sorts of handsome men to build a grand harem, truly a Dragon Princess.
In Fang Zhou’s view, such formulaic novels were just average, with many plot points not handled well, catering to readers’ feelings in a forced manner, lowering intelligence for enjoyment.
However, it was only because Fang Zhou had read too many feel-good novels in his previous life and had high immunity that he felt indifferent. For the other naive readers of this world, Xuan Ling’s novel was like a drug, quickly making them addicted.