Chapter 77

Just returned to school, Luoyang buried himself in the dormitory.

Opening the text document on his computer, after a brief moment of thought, Luoyang quickly typed out a book title—*The Seven Weapons*.

Indeed, Luoyang was preparing to submit a manuscript to *Hero Magazine*.

Originally, this was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. After all, *Hero Magazine* was a failing publication. Even if his work was sufficiently captivating, Luoyang couldn't guarantee that he alone could revive a magazine on the brink of collapse. He wasn't that confident.

But...

When he learned that *Hero Magazine* was backed by *Hero World*, a well-known domestic magazine, Luoyang's impulse turned into action.

He believed that as long as his work was of high quality, it would certainly attract the attention of *Hero World*. At that point, the circulation of *Hero Magazine* wouldn't be an issue.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief, Zhou Hai, had already resigned.

His uncle, Lu Dashan, was about to become the new editor-in-chief of *Hero Magazine*. Out of both sentiment and reason, Luoyang would help his uncle, who was in a difficult situation.

Even if it failed, it wouldn't matter. At worst, he could help his uncle start a new magazine. With the funds he currently had, starting a magazine wouldn't be a big deal.

Let's get back to the main point.

This time, Luoyang planned to write *The Seven Weapons*, one of Gu Long's most classic short martial arts novels.

Gu Long, when mentioned, was truly a household name on the blue planet of the previous life. Some even believed that Gu Long's achievements in martial arts fiction had surpassed those of the master Jin Yong.

Unfortunately, this brilliant martial arts writer passed away at a young age, leaving countless martial arts novel fans in deep sorrow.

*The Seven Weapons* is a series of novels written by Gu Long.

This novel is divided into seven stories, each a mid-length martial arts story, perfectly fitting *Hero Magazine*'s requirement for mid-length and short martial arts serials.

The seven weapons, divided into seven mid-length martial arts stories, each with a unique protagonist, tell seven distinctly different stories, each with its own unique writing style—fast, slow, gentle, fierce, cold, and warm.

The Sword of Eternal Life, the Peacock Feather, the Jade Knife, the Passionate Ring, the Parting Hook, the Tyrant Spear, and the Fist...

These seven extraordinary weapons, each exquisitely crafted, are wielded by great heroes with incredible skill. The seven weapons weave together seven captivating martial arts stories. The stories are bizarre and intriguing, with characters of diverse personalities, deeply meaningful.

However, when writing martial arts novels, there was one unavoidable obstacle: historical elements.

To understand the history of Longguo, Luoyang spent several days in the library, thoroughly researching the historical process of Longguo.

Later, he discovered that, being a parallel world, Longguo's historical process had countless similarities to the Earth of his previous life. The only difference was that Longguo's history did not include the Qing Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty, with the reform of the imperial court, it naturally evolved into modern society, and the imperial system disappeared from the annals of history.

Moreover, Gu Long's novels had a characteristic: they lacked a clear historical setting and relied very little on historical elements, which spared Luoyang some trouble.

Therefore, Luoyang planned to write all seven stories of *The Seven Weapons* and gradually publish them in *Hero Magazine*. The first story he intended to write was the first weapon of *The Seven Weapons*—the Sword of Eternal Life.

"Up in the sky, the White Jade Capital, with its five towers and twelve cities. The immortal pats my head, and from my youth, he grants me eternal life."

The old sword scabbard, and the silk wrapped around the hilt, were equally old, showing no signs of any killing intent.

However, the sword inside this old scabbard was terrifyingly sharp. This was the most fearsome sword in the martial world—the Sword of Eternal Life from the White Jade Capital!

People in the martial world feared the White Jade Capital, and they feared the sword of the White Jade Capital. Because he killed others, but no one could kill him! But in fact, the most terrifying thing about the White Jade Capital was not his sword, but his smile.

His smile caused many great figures in the martial world to fall under his sword, and his smile saved him from death countless times under the swords of others.

The story Luoyang intended to write was just such a tale.

Gu Long's unique style flowed from his fingertips, a feeling as if he was connected to the master's soul, conversing with his previous life, which captivated Luoyang.

Time passed bit by bit. When the moon rose above the willows, and the campus of Tian Du University was bathed in the bright moonlight, Luoyang finally completed the creation of *The Sword of Eternal Life*.

——

Dusk.

Suddenly, nine strange people appeared on the stone-paved street. They wore short yellow hemp shirts and multi-eared hemp shoes, with large golden rings hanging from their left ears. Their messy hair was a fiery red, cascading like flames over their shoulders. These nine people varied in height and age, with different appearances, but their faces were all as expressionless as the dead. They walked with stiff shoulders and unbent knees, like zombies.

They slowly walked down the street, and wherever they passed, all sounds immediately ceased, even the cries of children were abruptly silenced.

At the end of the street, a thirty-foot-high flagpole held up four large lanterns.

Crimson lanterns, black letters!

"Wind and Cloud Inn"...

The first story of *The Seven Weapons*, *The Sword of Eternal Life*, was about fifty thousand words, a mid-length martial arts novel. Looking at the first chapter he had written, Luoyang nodded in satisfaction.

Just as he was about to package the novel and submit it to the official email of *Hero Magazine*, Zhu Changhong's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Luoyang, it's raining outside, go and collect the clothes."

"It's raining?" Luoyang was startled and quickly got up to go to the balcony to collect the clothes.

Zhu Changhong, seeing Luoyang run to collect the clothes, suddenly had a mischievous smile on his face: "This guy, always holed up in the dormitory, today I finally have a chance to catch him. I want to see what he's secretly doing in the dormitory, maybe watching some adult movies."

Slipping into the dormitory and sitting at Luoyang's computer, Zhu Changhong found that it was not as he had imagined. On Luoyang's computer screen, there was not a paused scene from an adult movie, but an unfamiliar folder called *The Seven Weapons*.

Could this guy have hidden the adult movies in this folder?

Zhu Changhong immediately opened the folder and saw a text document—*The Sword of Eternal Life*.

Judging by the style of the title, this should be... a martial arts novel, right?

Zhu Changhong searched his memory but couldn't recall any novel called *The Sword of Eternal Life*.

Zhu Changhong was a hardcore novel enthusiast, enjoying all genres, and he had a particular interest in martial arts novels. He had read almost every famous work.

But the novel called *The Sword of Eternal Life* was completely unknown to him.

"Let's see what it's about."

Opening *The Sword of Eternal Life*, Zhu Changhong was immediately intrigued by the first paragraph: "This writing style, this tone... so unconventional, I wonder how the plot of this novel will be."

With this interest, Zhu Changhong continued reading...

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