Chapter Eleven Progress

  PS: Tender new people ask for everyone's support, giving it to the great god is adding flowers to the brocade, but giving it to the ordinary person is sending charcoal in the snow, can you not support?

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  Two hours passed quickly under Li Minghui's frantic typing, and it wasn't until he felt a hint in his mind that he reluctantly closed the creation software.

  This time he felt that his writing ability had improved a bit, although this improvement was a tiny little bit, but still made Li Minghui feel a kind of progress.

  Li Minghui is now slightly excited, and in one breath, he carefully read through the text he had just coded out. The more he read on, the more Li Minghui felt unable to extricate himself. Although the language was still simple, it seemed to flow smoothly as he read it all at once. With a sense of incompleteness, Li Minghui looked at the word count statistics.

  "Ah, 5,000 characters, this number is a bit lower than usual!"

  Seeing the number of words decrease a bit, Li Minghui was not disappointed, but still very happy, because although the number of words decreased, the quality has improved, and for good web articles, quality is a very important factor.

  Although web novels are fast food literature that requires a large number of updates, Li Minghui has many manuscripts stored up, so the demand for updates is not urgent. What he yearns for most now is to improve his writing level and make the words he writes have higher quality.

  Speed is king, but quality is fundamental. As a new author, Li Minghui fantasizes about succeeding and becoming an online literary giant, so he must focus on the factor of quality. The classic "Prequel to the Immortal" can't be buried here because of him.

  "Uh, classic works may be dull and tasteless, but still need to slowly savor every day, my literary accomplishment improves a little bit, it can make me use the genius talent better after using creative software, the coded text has stronger readability!"

  "And also, this will be beneficial for me in the future, the more I accumulate, the more I can succeed!"

  Li Minghui deeply understood this truth in his heart, so he had secretly made literary works a compulsory course for himself every day, and even if it took a lot of time, he didn't mind.

  "It's just a pity that this progressive article can only be read by readers afterwards!"

  In a flash, Li Minghui felt a little proud in his heart, because as the author, he must have done something good first.

  Five thousand words, correcting typos wasn't difficult, after half an hour, he checked three times and confirmed there were no problems. Only then did Li Minghui paste the coded text into his draft storage. Next, he logged in to Qidian's author backend to look at the data that interested him most.

  It has to be said that at this time, "Jade Dynasty" already has the potential of a small fire, and the collection volume is growing very rapidly. It has now broken through the 300 mark.

  As an old-brand website, Qidian's collection is still of high value, with 300 collections, although there are some watered-down versions such as mobile client, but the watered-down part is not big.

  The book review section was unusually lively, with posts from online water armies, advertisements, and some die-hard readers who were drawn in by the engaging plot and sense of immersion in "The Great Ruler", as well as new readers who had just started reading the book and were eagerly awaiting updates. The active participation of members like Zhou Dian immediately gave Li Minghui a strong sense of satisfaction.

  "Hmm, now there are more than ten people who have rewarded me, haha, it seems that the power of my writing is already showing its effect. Now let me take a look at my ranking!"

  Li Minghui was delighted in his heart, and then his gaze shifted to various rankings.

  He first checked the new book list of the Xian Xia category, and after taking a look, Li Minghui immediately felt a sense of pride in his heart, because at this time, his "Xian Jian" was already ranked first on the weekly list of new books in the Xian Xia category!

  Firstly, although it's just a new book in the fantasy category, it still got Li Minghui extremely excited. Moreover, what's most important is that Li Minghui found his own work ranked 15th on the weekly click ranking of the Fantasy Club members, although it was only the last rank, but being able to get on the list is enough proof that "Xian Xia" has already shown its charm and attracted some readers, which is rare among new authors.

  Li Minghui then came to the homepage with an expectant mood, but unfortunately, perhaps due to a delay, the new book list of the new people's chart on the homepage only had a value of just over 20,000, while "Xian" was ranked with a value of more than 20,000 and did not make it onto the homepage chart.

  But Li Minghui was still very much looking forward to it, looking forward to seeing his book appear on the homepage after data synchronization.

  If readers who are willing to categorize only account for one percent, then the readers who come to the homepage and look for books will have ten times as much traffic.

  Li Minghui stared wide-eyed, constantly refreshing the homepage, hoping to see his book appear on the page, his eager mood making him refresh non-stop, with a sense of not giving up until he reached his goal.

  Time and time again, refreshing the page only to be met with disappointment. Li Minghui's passionate heart gradually cooled down. Feeling somewhat disappointed, he habitually refreshed the page once more. Suddenly, Li Minghui became excited all at once, his entire being refilled with passion. On the homepage, under the New People and New Books Weekly Chart, Li Minghui's "Xian Jian" had appeared in 12th place.

  "Awesome, finally appeared on the homepage!"

  Excited Li Minghui let out a loud whoop and with great satisfaction opened his book on the homepage.

  "Wow, member Zhou has over 30,000 points now, which is at least 200,000 list values when converted, not bad!"

  Li Minghui nodded calmly on the surface, but his heart was somewhat excited, and his fingers holding the mouse were slightly trembling, only he pretended to be calm.

  In a great mood, Li Minghui read all the good posts in the book review section, which were all marked as excellent, and didn't bother to look at the spam or water army posts. Feeling very pleased, he stretched his waist and then shut down the computer.

  The next day, Saturday, November 30th, Li Minghui started the day by washing his face and brushing his teeth, then boiled some porridge. He opened his computer but didn't log in to the author's backend. Instead, he scrolled down to the bottom of the Qidian page, excitedly looking for his ranking. However, after searching left and right, Li Minghui anxiously discovered that his work was not on the New Author New Book Chart. Unconsciously, he looked at the chart value of the last book on the list, which was over 200,000.

  "How could it be gone?!"

  Anxious in his heart, Li Minghui was about to go backstage to contact the administrator, but at a glance, Li Minghui suddenly felt an instant of wild joy, because on the last name of the new book signing list, he actually found the book "Xian" (Slayer).

  "The contract has been sent and the status has changed!"

  With a happy heart, Li Minghui didn't think much and quickly opened "Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan". Seeing the words indicating the signing status, Li Minghui instantly let out a sigh of relief: "The contract has finally arrived, haha! The day of my rise as Li Minghui has come!"

  Suddenly, Li Minghui's heart moved, as if he had thought of something. He looked at the book review area, but soon he was disappointed. Because he thought that the book friend 'Little Chili Pepper' seemed to be rushing to the alliance leader after he signed a contract, but he didn't see the red flag.

  The alliance leader needs to reward 100,000 gold coins, which is also an honor. Therefore, if rewarded, a red congratulatory post will appear in the book review area, affectionately called "floating red" by netizens.

  However, it didn't appear, which means there was no reward.

  "It's all just lip service!"

  Li Minghui felt somewhat disheartened and muttered to himself.

  But taking a casual glance at the time, Li Minghui's heart was filled with anticipation again, because it was just past 7 o'clock in the morning, and many people hadn't gotten up yet. It was impossible for them to be so early, so he might as well wait!

  Thinking of this, Li Minghui became expectant again. If a true Alliance Master really appeared, that would be an important recognition for his writing. As long as he could reward the Alliance Master, that would also make him a die-hard book fan.

  In his heart, Li Minghui thought for a while and decided it was better to start writing first, not wanting to waste this time. His brain power could only be used twice a day with the creative software, each time limited to two hours. If he didn't use it now when his brain power was full, it would be a waste.

  He opened the creative software, and immediately he became a super genius with 100% brain power for writing. With just a little thought, countless plots were transformed into text, and finally through his fingers, they were tapped on the keyboard, transforming into jumping characters.

  It seems that due to excitement, and also seemingly because of the slight improvement in his literary cultivation yesterday, Li Minghui felt that the words he wrote today were full of spirit, with wonderful phrases popping out from time to time, each giving him a feeling of "the pen bringing forth flowers".

  Two hours of unbridled joy, in Li Minghui's small underground room, was not the sound of fingers flying across the keyboard, but rather a quiet and undisturbed atmosphere that allowed Li Minghui to focus wholeheartedly on his creation without any distractions.

  Finally, after two hours, Li Minghui stopped typing. The crisp keyboard tapping sound suddenly stopped, and the entire small basement was instantly quiet.

  "Mmm, smells so good!"

  Smelling the aroma of rice porridge, Li Minghui suddenly felt his stomach growling loudly. He immediately saved the document and left the computer desk, very skillfully taking a bowl and chopsticks, scooping out the thin gruel and swallowing it in big mouthfuls.

  "Mmm, delicious!"

  Li Minghui ate while loudly praising himself, with a shameless expression.

  After eating his fill, he lit a cigarette and comfortably puffed out smoke rings. Li Minghui's anxious heart couldn't wait to log back into the Qidian page again, wanting to see if 'Little Chili Pepper' had fulfilled her promise of rewards. Ah, for someone as worldly as Li Minghui, that was just like having a lovely soft girl by his side.