Chapter Ten Faith

  Seeing the gratifying results, Li Minghui felt his whole body filled with energy and became more confident. He thought to himself: "My luck is not bad, now everything is starting to develop in a good direction. Under this virtuous cycle, my grades will inevitably rise step by step!"

  When people encounter happy events, their spirits are refreshed. Li Minghui is now in such a state. His "Zhān Xiān" has successfully entered the new book list, although it is currently ranked lower and only on the category list, not on the more popular home page. However, he has had many more opportunities to show his face, and the number of readers who can see him must be greater.

  At noon, as usual, Li Minghui made and ate his lunch, took a nap, and woke up refreshed. He immediately entered the author's backend and found that the increase in collections was still gratifying. The current collection had broken through the 240 mark. When he opened the page again, Li Minghui discovered that the growth rate of popularity was even more terrifying. The number of recommendation votes had exceeded 300, and some readers had started to reward him.

  The number of rewards is not many, just three book friends each rewarded 100 gold coins, but for Li Minghui, this is a good omen, this book finally made money, although the number is too small, it's also a good start, isn't it?

  As I scrolled down, I arrived at the book review section. At this time, the book review section was even more lively, with some people posting advertisements, website editors leaving messages, and of course, some fans of "Xian" urging for updates. All of these made Li Minghui feel warm in his heart. What he wrote for was not only to earn a living but also to gain recognition from readers and have a group of supportive book friends.

  Li Minghui was reading through the posts sent by his book friends, and he added "essence" to the good ones. At this moment, Li Minghui suddenly saw a post with an extremely high number of replies. Upon closer inspection, it made Li Minghui laugh and cry at the same time.

  "The book has a strong sense of immersion, and the writing isn't overly excellent, but overall it has a captivating spirit. I think this is a rare gem, yet what puzzles me is why the website hasn't signed a contract for this book yet? It's really strange. Are they going to let good books be buried and the authors cut off too?"

  2nd floor: The landlord is an idiot, identification complete!

  Third floor: Strongly support the signing of this book!

  4th floor: The owner is speaking nonsense and deceiving everyone. If such a good book is censored, I won't play with the owner anymore!

  5th floor: I'm so nervous, Author, please don't be too strict!

  …………

  Li Minghui looked down at the first floor, and most of the replies were worried that he would be banned from posting on this book, which made Li Minghui smile to himself. Just then, he suddenly saw the fifteenth floor's Li Minghui with a stunned expression.

  15th floor ID Xiao La Jiao: Author, hurry up and sign the contract! If this book gets signed, I'll reward you with a Alliance Master title (cheering emoji)!

  Seeing this reply, if Li Minghui didn't move his heart, that must be fake. The alliance master, at least, has to reward one thousand soft sisters, and after sharing with the website, Li Minghui also gets five hundred yuan. For Li Minghui, who is now in an economic crisis where every penny counts, this is not a small amount of money.

  Li Minghui wasn't too bothered, because flooding and that kind of thing is too common on the internet now, and this 'Little Chili Pepper' obviously looked like a new account, so Li Minghui just took it as a joke.

  However, this post was obviously meant to be replied to. Netizens are a lovely bunch of people and Li Minghui didn't want his readers to be heartbroken, so he replied: "Everyone can rest assured, the book contract has been sent out, and I won't be too monitored!"

  After Li Minghui's post was sent out, some readers who refreshed the page waiting for updates immediately went crazy, and the floor of this post was also getting higher and higher.

  31st floor: Haha, I grabbed it! The author of "Tiger Mochi" is awesome!

  32nd floor: The author suddenly appears and forcefully inserts a floor!

  Thirty-third floor: The author has appeared, don't worry as long as the contract status changes, I will definitely reward the alliance leader, what I say is what I do.

  Looking at San Shi San Lou's reply, Li Minghui was taken aback: "This little chili pepper, could she really be a female tuhao?"

  But Li Minghui didn't think much about it, being able to get the alliance master was the best, and without him, he wouldn't be too concerned, because as "The Great Ruler" went on, the plot became more and more exciting, and all sorts of previous pits and foreshadowing would slowly reveal themselves, one by one, the suspense would absolutely surpass what it is now.

  The building behind was a bit crooked, and various onlookers, including female tycoons and authors with impressive language skills, kept emerging one after another. Li Minghui felt overwhelmed and took another look at the rankings, only to find that he had already reached the top ten in his category. He smiled and then quit the Creation Website, starting to read books with a clear mind.

  However, as he delved deeper, he found that online literature could bring a certain degree of freedom to his thoughts, but it didn't do much good for improving his writing skills or increasing the literary connotation. He furrowed his brow and thought of downloading some classic literary works online to take a look. Although reading e-books on his phone was convenient, these classics required careful study, so the cursory glance approach on his phone wasn't ideal.

  "Do I have to spend money to buy a book just to take a look?"

  Thinking of the expensive genuine books, Li Minghui felt a pang of heartache.

  However, Li Minghui soon made up his mind that the money must be spent, even though it was already at the end of the month and he had to pay his parents and repay his student loan, he still had to buy it.

  This parallel space is surprisingly similar to Li Minghui's previous life, and since he has become the current world's Li Minghui, he naturally also has to accept this Li Minghui's responsibilities.

  The creative software can make Li Minghui a creative genius with extremely outstanding spirit and talent, but no matter how high the talent is, he must learn knowledge to convert it into value. Now he is like a person who guards a gold mountain but has no tools to dig it up. This knowledge text reserve is used to manufacture tools, only with good tools can he excavate this huge gold mountain of creation.

  He thought and did it, gritting his teeth. Li Minghui promptly sent out the 800 yuan student loan for this month and the 1,000 yuan he had been saving to send home, and also bought a well-made genuine literary masterpiece.

  Looking at his bank card with a balance of only 2,000 yuan, Li Minghui couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. It seemed that he really had to make some money within the next two months, otherwise he would have nothing to eat and would worry his family.

  Thinking of his family, Li Minghui has been in Beijing for over a year and is also somewhat nostalgic. However, he quickly put aside his homesickness. Now he is at the lowest point in his life, but Li Minghui believes that as long as he works hard, with the creative software, he can transform into a creative genius and will surely make his life take a magnificent turn!

  Back in the basement, Li Minghui opened the first page of the classic novel. However, after reading just a few sentences, he started to feel a headache coming on. For someone who was used to reading web novels with fast-paced plots, this classic novel was really hard to get into. Nevertheless, Li Minghui knew that although web novels were entertaining, they were essentially junk food for the mind - filling but not nutritious. To gain any real insight, one needed a discerning eye.

  Although using creative software can give him this skill, it requires brain power and he only has two chances to use it every day, adding up to only four hours. Time is precious and it's impossible to do so.

  So, although it was a headache and painful to watch, Li Minghui still slowly read word by word, sentence by sentence. Now, Li Minghui felt like a primary school student who had just learned Chinese characters, struggling painfully with the book, at a speed similar to that of a snail crawling.

  When it comes to snails, Li Minghui's mind is slightly distracted again. He suddenly thought of a joke he saw online: "A snail was moving slowly forward when a turtle whizzed by and hit him, injuring the snail. The snail was sent to the hospital, where the police were investigating and asked him, 'Did you see the perpetrator?' The snail burst into tears, 'Damn it, it was too fast, I didn't get a good look!'"

  Li Minghui now feels that his reading speed is as slow as a snail's crawl, and even the speed of a turtle seems like super speed to him. Two hours have passed, and time has already reached dusk, but Li Minghui just discovered that he had only finished half a page of the book because he needed to savor it carefully. This speed is driving him a bit crazy.

  "My goodness, he's always been a genius, able to read over a million words in one day, like it was nothing. Now, he can't even finish half a page of a book, just half a page, with only 100 words?"

  Don't exaggerate, it's just like that. Although this classic has strong literary qualities, it is indeed difficult to read and digest, and if you want to absorb its nutrients, you have to savor it slowly.

  After dinner, Li Minghui spent more than an hour struggling to finish one page, and it was already 8 o'clock in the evening. At this time, his brain's thinking power had fully recovered, and he felt excited in his heart. He immediately cheered up, put down the book in his hand, didn't even need a bookmark after reading only one page, and rushed to the computer.

  "It's too painful, this classic is really not for human eyes!"

  Li Minghui exclaimed, but suddenly his eyes lit up: "Although I only read one page, I am meticulous and slow, I don't know if after using creative software to embody 100% of my brainpower, can I thus produce sparks of inspiration?"

  The more he thought about Li Minghui, the more excited he became. He felt his spirit was too excited, and his adrenal glands didn't know how much hormone they had secreted. Without any hesitation, he immediately used his brain to click on the creation software, and then clicked on the shining creation icon.

  Suddenly, Li Minghui seemed to have changed completely. Although his spirit was still high, there was a glimmer in his eyes. At this moment, countless scenes were transformed into words in Li Minghui's mind, and some of the words, although simple and straightforward, had more flavor, even adding a touch of brilliance to the entire text. Although not much, if one wasn't a literary expert, it would be hard to notice, but there was indeed a hint of progress...