Chapter 79 is all about arguing, and it's a bad review, so don't read it.
Shen Cangyu seemed to be different from others from birth.
She was exceptionally intelligent and mischievous from a young age, always harboring many strange ideas that set her apart from most people in Kunlun. It's said that everyone's different beliefs and convictions determine their ultimate choice of Taoist practices. Pei Wenjing felt that Shen Cangyu was unsuitable for any particular Taoist path because her views always differed from theirs, yet in reality, Shen Cangyu could master the spells and mental techniques of all Taoist practices.
That's one of the strange things about her.
She understands everyone, and therefore she can master all the principles of Taoism; however, she does not accept all viewpoints wholesale. She has her own convictions and judgments, and she will not change her opinion simply because others have a louder voice.
At that time, Pei Wenjing felt that Shen Cangyu was like someone who was detached from the world. She always examined everything in the world with a calm eye.
How could Kunlun produce such a person? Pei Wenjing found it unbelievable.
She was like a goddess descended to earth to inspect the human world.
But Pei Wenjing didn't know that the immortals were arguing with someone else.
[You keep saying you don't like Pei Wenjing, but then you go back behind his back. You're just saying one thing and meaning another!]
【knock】
"Get out of here," Shen Cangyu cursed, lifting Pei Wenjing, who was sliding down his back, back up. "I can't just let him die there."
Stop shipping them!
Cang Yu is still too kind-hearted, not ruthless enough...
[Why be so heartless at a time like this? That's the male lead! It would be even stranger to let him die in a place like this.]
Why can't the male lead just die? He's going to die sooner or later, why can't it be now? The current plot development is actually scaring me... Is the female lead just obsessed with sex? It's a shame we didn't meet and now we have a romantic relationship.
[+1, The person upstairs said what I wanted to say. Men will only become stumbling blocks for the female lead. When she starts dating, her moment of glory will be transferred. Dating is just the first step towards her downfall, merely the beginning of her decline.]
Why must the main character be in a romantic relationship? Why can't they be the only one to enjoy the romance?
Putting all that aside, even considering the plot, didn't the female lead say she wanted to eliminate the Five Evils? Now, isn't PWJ one of the Five Evils? Why didn't she kill him? Even if she didn't kill him herself, letting him drown would have been fine. She didn't because she was soft-hearted. If this Five Evil wasn't PWJ, the female lead definitely would have acted. She didn't kill him only because of the male lead's plot armor (disdain).
Why are they arguing again?
"They're starting to talk about that so-called love again," Shen Cangyu thought to himself.
She's saved so many people, does that mean she's fallen in love with everyone? Every time she gets close to someone else, half the viewers in the comments are shipping them, and the other half are worried that she'll fall in love with so-and-so.
It was as if everyone who got close to her was a bloodsucker, only wanting to get a share of the plot and the spotlight from her.
Can't she have her own life?
[Lone wolf life is life too. There are a million ways to live your life well, why do you have to get close to others?]
[The child has entered a rebellious phase (not really)]
Honestly, men are like old clothes; once they're gone, they're gone. You can just get a new one, it's no big deal. There's no need to take them so seriously.
Shen Cangyu had tolerated all the previous comments, but when she saw this sentence, she stopped and suddenly said, "In my eyes, Pei Wenjing is a person first, and a man second. He is not a symbol or a label. In your eyes, he is just three words, but in my eyes, he is a living, breathing person."
Today they can say that if a man dies, he's gone; tomorrow, will they say that if a nobody dies, he's gone?
Are insignificant little people supposed to die?
[Wasn't she supposed to be going for the villainous route? Turned into a saint? She can't even kill a single person, what kind of villain is that?]
[This is probably another coming-of-age story. The female lead hasn't developed a hard heart yet; she'll wake up when the whole world abandons her and realize how naive she was.]
"I don't know what a 'bad girl' is, but does a 'bad girl' have to look the same? Does the protagonist you're talking about have to be printed out from a template? Can't I have my own ideas? Do I have to follow your instructions?"
As if she had started a conversation, she continued speaking into the air: "The absolute protagonist must be a lone wolf. She can't have a teacher because all her knowledge can only be learned through her own efforts; having others guide her would only make her seem less valuable. She can't have friends because any friend might betray her at any time and take away her resources. The protagonist's resources can only be used by herself and absolutely cannot be shared with others. If the protagonist has a team, she must become the leader of the team, and everyone must obey her. The protagonist can't have a lover because love will only become a stumbling block, hindering her from reaching the top..."
If she does this, how is she any different from Shen Qingyan? Isn't this exactly what Shen Qingyan did in the past?
Could it be that even if she did the same thing as Shen Qingyan, and the protagonist changed from Shen Qingyan to her, would everyone accept it? It turns out that what everyone cares about is not their actions, but who the protagonist is.
"Why must I be bound by all those rules and regulations? Why must the protagonist be the same?" Shen Cangyu gritted his teeth. "I am not the label you use. I am myself. I have my own choices. No one can control me. Neither the author nor the readers can."
Yes, yes, yes, that sounds so nice, but these are just excuses you're making up.
[It's about to be revealed again]
I've seen that excuse before. Can't you come up with something new?
[This is the first time I've seen a protagonist insult readers. Go ahead and do whatever you want. You've had your fun today, but I'll avoid you tomorrow.]
Shen Cangyu said viciously, "You should really be sent to guard the Hall of Good and Evil."
Pei Wenjing felt a buzzing in his ears. He frowned, opened his eyes with difficulty, his nose and throat still dry from drowning. He coughed a few times, and Shen Cangyu stopped, turning his head to look at him: "You're awake?"
Pei Wenjing grunted, and Shen Cangyu put him down: "He's so heavy. Now that you're awake, you can walk by yourself."
Looking at her expression in a daze, Pei Wenjing asked, "Did you have another argument?"
What do you mean by "again"? Shen Cangyu glared at him.
"Hey, starting to flirt again?" the comment in the live chat said sarcastically.
Shen Cangyu was so angry that her liver hurt, but unfortunately she couldn't find a way to turn off the bullet comments.
Perhaps because there are so many readers, the comment section is filled with all sorts of people. Different people have different perspectives on things due to their different past experiences, so contradictions and conflicts are always present.
Sometimes, Shen Cangyu can learn a lot from the comments, and sometimes, she gets so angry at them that she's half-dead.
In the early stages, when there were few readers, it was manageable; Shen Cangyu could calmly analyze the thoughts expressed in the comments. However, as the number of readers grew, so did the volume of voices, and they could find countless angles and methods to criticize her. Since the comments couldn't be turned off, it was difficult for her to remain unaffected.
Interestingly, every time she finished arguing with the viewers in the live chat, her honor points would increase significantly.
Now it really is true that "being infamous is still being famous".
Shen Cangyu even suspected that the author had orchestrated this whole thing. She deliberately released the comments for Shen Cangyu to see, then had Shen Cangyu and the readers argue, all to create hype and generate buzz for her work! It must be like that! This author is too evil; she must be the most wicked of the five evils.
Shen Cangyu was furious with the author. She had suddenly changed the plot and inexplicably made Shen Cangyu the protagonist. Not only did she not return her memories, but she also didn't tell her what the main storyline was. She didn't even know how to end this farce.
What's most infuriating is that even Shen Qingyan has a system, but she doesn't. All she can do is argue with the comments section.
That's so biased, so hateful.
[Pure hatred for the protagonist, hatred for everyone in the world (laughs)]
[Alright, stop arguing. The entire chapter, almost two thousand words long, is just arguing. It's too awful.]
Although we don't know the author's intention in writing these plot points, putting aside the arguments, at least we know that Shen Cangyu doesn't want to be an ordinary protagonist. Let's see how the author writes next.
"What is the author's intention in writing these plots..." Shen Cangyu sneered, "This is not what she wrote, this is what I said. This is not a plot, but I have only one intention: I want to tell you that I am a living person."
[Does anyone understand the chilling feeling I had when I turned the page after posting comments in the previous paragraphs and immediately saw replies? It's a bit like the uncanny valley.]
[The Ouija board has appeared (just kidding)]
[May the Ouija board spirit bless me so I can pass all my exams!!!]
[I feel like this book is going to get locked if I keep going. Promoting feudalistic rice noodles is prohibited (x)]
"Who...are you talking to?" Pei Wenjing looked at Shen Cangyu and felt that her rambling to herself was very familiar, just like the image of her he had seen in his memories.
“With a group of people trying to manipulate me,” Shen Cangyu replied casually, the image and sound overlapping with the image and sound in his memory.
A sense of panic arose in Pei Wenjing's heart.
He knew that because he had inherited the Tai Chi Daoist arts, he would be reincarnated like everyone else upon death, but instead, he would be reborn back to his former self. However, after his rebirth, he had no memories of the past; only as his Daoist arts grew stronger would the memories trapped in his mind be gradually unlocked.
He didn't know why he had to be reborn again and again, but just now, he found the key in the memories he had unlocked.
He was looking for someone, someone he could never find.
That person was Shen Cangyu.
In his memory, when Shen Cangyu began to speak to the void, it meant that she would suddenly disappear from this world and from everyone else's minds, as if she had never existed. Even if he searched high and low, he would only find that she was nowhere to be found.
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