Rong Yu is currently waiting to audition for the role in "The Swordsman's Wandering Swordsman", so she has been studying and practicing the character's lines.
Fortunately, Yin Chengjue got through the busiest period, and he could leave the rest of the work to his employees, so he took a few days off.
Of course, the most important thing is that Rong Yu has been suffering from back pain for the past few days and can't get out of bed.
Yin Chengjue placed the freshly cooked porridge on the bedside table to air it out, then took Rong Yu's script and went over the lines with him.
Rong Yu had her eye on a villainous character in "The Wandering Swordsman"—the leader of a demonic sect.
"The Wandering Swordsman" is a martial arts novel that combines transmigration into a book and a system.
Through the perspective of the female protagonist, Li Xiaochen, the author uses a humorous and witty style to depict a portrait of the various characters in the martial arts world.
Right and wrong, good and evil, black and white, who can judge who is right and who is wrong?
Even the reclusive monks of temples who claim to be detached from the world and only follow the Buddha cannot avoid being tainted by worldly affairs and getting caught up in a tangled mess of worldly matters.
The writing style of "The Wandering Swordsman" is humorous, but it is by no means the kind of bubble-like, easily burst, boring joke that you laugh at and then forget. Instead, it is the kind of joke that carries a deeper meaning, even a derogatory and sarcastic tone, which makes you laugh and then unable to help but stop laughing and ponder the truth.
Although this martial arts novel incorporates elements of transmigration and a system, it doesn't prevent the occurrence of various melodramatic events in the martial arts world, nor does it detract from the classic element essential to martial arts novels—the righteous path slaying demons.
How should I put it? As a wuxia novel, it seems like the story wouldn't be complete if the righteous path didn't gather together to attack the demonic sect once or twice.
If this were a harem-style martial arts novel with a strong male protagonist, then the demonic sect would definitely have one or more female characters who fall in love with the male protagonist and help him attack the demonic sect.
If this were a romance-martial arts novel, the female protagonist's aura would surely cause the leader of the demonic sect, and even the protectors around him, to fall at her feet. Then, the righteous path and the demonic sect would fight each other, all for the sake of winning over the female protagonist.
If this were a BL (Boys' Love) novel, then... the leader of the demonic sect would either be locked up with the most outstanding newcomer of the righteous path, or have another partner, or be a cursed lone star destined to die alone.
In short, since it's a martial arts novel, the character of the leader of a demonic sect is indispensable, even if the character with this title has different endings.
And this piece, "The Carefree Swordsman," is no exception.
The role of the leader of the demonic sect that Rong Yu wanted to audition for in "The Wandering Swordsman" ended in a lonely old age. This was not because the leader was indifferent to worldly desires or cold-hearted, but because he was arrogant, willful, and disregarded everyone.
Of course, he had reason to be arrogant, because he was a martial arts prodigy. The old master taught him unique martial arts techniques, which he could memorize with just one glance and master after a few repetitions. At the age of twelve, he had already mastered the old master's skills. At the age of fourteen, he went down to Demon Mountain to train. In less than half a year, he defeated the top martial arts masters on the martial arts strength list and all the famous martial arts experts, turning the entire martial arts world upside down.
Many of the older generation he defeated found it hard to bear the blow. Some chose to go into seclusion to cultivate, while others secretly sent people to assassinate him. Some sects wanted to take him under their wing, but all of them were rejected by this fourteen-year-old boy.
Of course, later on, when some people learned that he was a member of a demonic cult, they immediately threw away the olive branch they had offered and accused him of winning unfairly and using evil and forbidden arts.
In short, these people refused to admit that they could be defeated by a fourteen-year-old boy, preferring to believe that he was a little devil, and a little devil who had defeated them using evil and forbidden magic.
So they joined forces to devise a trap, hoping to eliminate this "little devil" completely. The young leader of the demonic sect, lacking experience, fell into the trap and was crippled in one eye and one hand by those self-proclaimed righteous people.
In the end, the old cult leader stepped in and took his disciple back.
However, snatching someone from so many martial arts masters was no easy task. The old leader desperately rescued his ravaged and mangled disciple and brought him back to the Demonic Sect. He himself was on the verge of death and did not survive the harsh winter of that year.
After this upheaval, the arrogant yet kind-hearted and carefree young man disappeared. The moment the old cult leader closed his eyes was also the moment his spirit collapsed and his personality became completely twisted.
Ruthless, merciless, fickle, wicked, and capricious became his synonyms. He hated those so-called righteous people to the bone and scorned their superficial and hypocritical justice. He was happy to use all sorts of methods to peel off their skin and expose the black hearts hidden under their white skin, revealing their dirty, ugly, rotten, and foul flesh to the sunlight.
And so, one after another, events in the martial arts world began to unfold.
The above is the background story of the Demonic Cult Leader in "The Wandering Swordsman".
Of course, this story is not told from the perspective of the leader of the demonic sect, but from the perspective of a female protagonist who transmigrated into the book. Therefore, the style of the whole book is cheerful, funny, refreshing and lively. If you don't read it carefully, you will only think that it is a story that you can just laugh at and get through. Even if it is adapted into a TV series, it will be the same.
“Although this demonic cult leader is not the male lead, and even his screen time is less than that of the third male and female leads, his character development is even more complete than that of the male lead,” Yin Chengjue analyzed. “I suspect that the author of this story really wanted to write about this demonic cult leader. Although the male and female leads and the main characters appear frequently, their impression is probably not as good as the demonic cult leader’s first appearance.”
Because the story is written from the perspective of the female protagonist who transmigrates into the book with a system, it will definitely not go into detail about the childhood experiences of the Demonic Cult Leader. When the female protagonist came to this world in the book, the Demonic Cult Leader was already twenty-four years old, and ten years had passed since those events.
The female protagonist in the story comes with a system. In order to complete the various tasks issued by the system, she has to travel around. On this journey, she encounters the male protagonist, the second male lead, the third male lead, the second female lead, the third female lead, and many other key plot characters. With the help of these main characters, her martial arts skills gradually improve, and she eventually revives and strengthens her original sect.
During the process of the female protagonist getting to know the main characters, she first encountered the leader of the demonic sect when she went into the mountains to collect herbs.
Because the world is viewed from the female protagonist's perspective, that was also the first appearance of the Demonic Cult Leader in the book.
A blood-red rope tied up some of his long, jet-black hair, while the rest of his ebony hair fell like the finest silk. The man's skin, which had never seen the sun, looked pale and bloodless, which made his thick, dark eyebrows stand out even more. His captivating peach blossom eyes were alluring, and his dark pupils were deep and unfathomable, as if no light could penetrate them. Beneath his straight, high nose, his thin lips were bright red, as if dripping with blood.
The man wore a long black robe with cloud patterns embroidered in gold thread on the collar. At the waist, large clusters of spider lilies were embroidered in gold and red thread, the flowers so lifelike that they seemed to have just been picked from the banks of the River of Oblivion in hell and inlaid on it.
In the center of the golden belt is a white jade glass bead, surrounded by obsidian, which makes the white jade appear as clear as a cat's eye.
A gold and jade ring, strung on a red cord, was tied around his waist. The ring had three red bells attached to it, and the bells would make a unique, clear sound with each step he took.
When the female protagonist first saw this leader of the demonic sect, she first heard the unique sound of the bell. Only then did she look up and see the man who was leaning against a tree branch, resting his chin on his hand and looking down at her.
Because the author endowed the leader of the demonic sect with absolute good looks, even though this leader was blind in one left eye and could only wear a half-mask and use a half-wooden prosthetic hand, it could not diminish his handsomeness.
As stated in the original text, the most basic requirement for anyone wanting to audition for the role of the leader of this demonic sect is—to be handsome, handsome, so handsome that the heavens are jealous and people resent him, and so beautiful that he could topple kingdoms.
Otherwise, they are destined to be ridiculed by everyone.
Therefore, Yin Chengjue was certain that there weren't many people who would dare to audition for the role of the leader of the demonic sect.
Yin Chengjue looked at Rong Yu's face carefully again, and said with some concern, "I don't think I've ever seen you play a male martial arts role before, and I don't know if you can handle it."
"How will I know if it will work if I don't try?" Rong Yu lay on the pillow, clenching her fists. "I really like this role. I want to give it a try. If I don't succeed, it's okay. At least I've tried my best."
"Hmm, I do have an idea." Yin Chengjue snapped his fingers.
“Xinming’s next step is to make a game. I did some research and found that web games are no longer very suitable. Mobile games are more convenient to download and operate, so the positioning is mobile games, and the models will be characters from anime.” Yin Chengjue said, “First, we will set up a large framework, that is, a relatively broad story background. In this way, on the basis of the original game characters, we can also include characters from various anime through ‘cross-over’ to form a small collection of two-dimensional characters.”
Yin Chengjue said, "However, the early promotion of the mobile game still requires a lot of preparation. I want to find some celebrities to endorse it, that is, to wear the clothes of the game characters. So, if you want to try the martial arts style, you can try wearing those game character costumes first. This way, when the game is being promoted, others can also see how well you match these kinds of costumes."
Rong Yu was almost dizzy from Yin Chengjue's words: "Whether I'm suitable or not, I can just find an outfit for you to wear and show you. Why make it so complicated?"
Yin Chengjue shrugged: "In my eyes, you look good in anything, but if you wear that outfit directly, take a picture and post it on Weibo, it will make you seem like you are determined to get that role. Whether you get the role or not, people will gossip. It's better to use a different gimmick first."
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