Chapter 7

Jiang Qiuxu agreed almost without hesitation. "Luochuan" was a game that came out at the beginning of her freshman year of high school, and she has persisted as a player until now. Among the many characters in "Luochuan", her favorite is Luo Mingyao. She will read all the content related to Luo Mingyao.

While typical online games often leave bosses or monsters for you to fight, Luochuan is different. As a cultivation online game, its combat system is an unusual turn-based system. However, turn-based games have always struggled to gain popularity. After almost a year of release, Luochuan received mediocre reviews, and Jiang Qiuxu gradually lost interest in the rigid turn-based system and was on the verge of quitting the game. A twist occurred in the first-anniversary PV for Luochuan, marking the first time Luo Mingyao appeared in the game's storyline. At the time, the storyline focused on the protagonist leaving a mountain village to join the Qingfeng Pavilion, the world's most powerful sect. While fighting monsters, they also learned about the feuds between the sect's major factions. The feud between the current "Saintess" (a title reserved for outstanding female disciples of a sect, while male disciples are called "Saint Envoys"), Shangguan Lan, and the previous "Saintess," Luo Mingyao, had just begun. At the time, Luo Mingyao wasn't even mentioned by name. However, the PV showed a portion of their feud, a confrontation between Luo Mingyao and Shangguan Lan at the sect conference, and a few shots of her after leaving Qingfeng Pavilion. This momentum towards filling in the gaps truly resonated with a large number of players.

The true driving force behind the popularity of "Luochuan" is undoubtedly the character and background of Luo Mingyao. Luo Mingyao's father is a former Saint Envoy of Qingfeng Pavilion, and her mother is one of the two daughters of the leader of the Southern Xinjiang Five Poison Sect, a rival sect of the immortal cultivation sect. At the time, the factions of Saint Shangguan Che (Shangguan Lan's mother) and Saint Envoy Zhao Tingya (Luo Mingyao's father) were in deep conflict. Upon discovering Zhao Tingya's relationship with Luo Yunming (Luo Mingyao's mother), Shangguan Che led hundreds of men to attack them. Zhao Tingya died while protecting Luo Yunming, who was pregnant at the time. Luo Yunming fled to the mountains and took up residence with a family. She suffered heavy bleeding during childbirth, leaving Luo Mingyao with the family she was staying with and then passed away. Meanwhile, Luo Yunqing (Luo Yunming's younger sister), upon hearing of the murders of her sister and brother-in-law, infiltrates Qingfeng Pavilion and gradually gains the trust of the sect leader, becoming as powerful as Shangguan Che. The two rival, intensifying the sect's factional strife. At the height of the strife, Luo Yunqing travels and finds Luo Mingyao, who has been living in exile for many years, and brings her back to Qingfeng Pavilion to be her apprentice. Luo Mingyao and Shangguan Lan, both of similar talent and age, compete with each other in every way, ultimately emerging victorious and winning the title of Saintess. However, not long after, at a sect meeting, Shangguan Che, upon learning of Luo Yunqing's identity, infects her with a Gu poison deadly only to those from southern Xinjiang. Having been away from southern Xinjiang for years and lacking in Gu techniques, Luo Yunqing is accidentally struck by the poison, leaving her in critical condition. Luo Mingyao confronts the Shangguan mother and daughter on the spot, then defects from Qingfeng Pavilion, taking the poisoned Luo Yunqing with her and retiring into the underworld.

Luo Mingyao's character design is well-crafted, and her modeling is top-notch. When the PV shifts to her sorrowful yet resolute eyes during the filming, they're incredibly moving. The shots of Luo Mingyao after she leaves Qingfeng Pavilion are even more captivating. Luo Mingyao, clad in a stunning white dress amidst a bamboo forest, is graced by the addition of Southern Xinjiang-style rings on her ankles and wrists, adding a touch of sinister aura to her otherwise cool and ethereal demeanor. Her beautiful, powerful, and tragic character, her distinct personalities, her aloof and detached demeanor, her exquisitely beautiful eyes, and her captivating anklets... these combined elements have made Luo Mingyao incredibly popular, and Jiang Qiuxu is no exception.