Chapter 100

In such anticipation, in such pain and desire, how could the sales possibly decline?!

After the final chapter of "Lian Cheng Jue" and the publication of "The Great Treasure," the sales figures shocked everyone in the industry.

The "Wuxia" magazine had already fallen to its lowest point in history, with only 20,000 subscriptions.

If it weren't for the knowledge that such extreme figures were only short-term and due to the intense appeal of "Lian Cheng Jue," Cheng Xiong would have shut down the magazine directly.

However, no one was laughing at him or the subscription numbers of "Wuxia" at the moment.

Wasn't this too normal?

And "Wuxia Story" had directly surged to 250,000 subscriptions!

Compared to the previous issue, it had increased by 100,000 subscriptions!

This was just the pre-order numbers; it was easy to imagine that the scattered sales in various places would also increase to an astonishing level!

From the initial stable sales to the beginning of thousands of sales increases, each chapter brought a change in sales!

At the very beginning, the increase was only 10%, 20-30%, which was already a shocking increase, after all, for a magazine to increase by 10,000 subscriptions in the past, it might take a whole year!

But this was just one issue!

After several chapters of buildup, the unfolding of the story and the development of the plot made the sales of "Wuxia Story" skyrocket, from a 10-20% increase to a 100-200% increase!

By the second-to-last chapter, "Wuxia Story," which originally had only 30,000-40,000 sales, directly increased by 50,000 in one issue!

The final chapter saw an even more dramatic increase of 100,000 sales!

This was no longer a fluctuation chart; it was a chart of morning stiffness caused by a hundred-year-old virgin seeing the fluctuations!

The advertisers who had spent several times the advertising fees were still a bit uneasy, wondering if they had been too crazy.

But when they saw these sales figures, they felt that it wasn't they who were too crazy, but the world that was too crazy.

Those advertisers who had backed out due to a little money were now regretting it, cursing their short-sightedness and wishing they had offered a higher price.

But there was no medicine for regret, and even if they wanted to make up for it now, "Lian Cheng Jue" had already ended; where could they make up for it?

As for the next serialized work?

Ha ha!

These people, for the sake of profit, were regretting and shocked.

But those who truly loved "Lian Cheng Jue" remained silent.

Qifang, as expected, still "a night of marriage is a hundred nights of affection," went back to save Wan Gui.

But her nostalgia for old feelings was met with Wan Gui's betrayal, as he stabbed her with a dagger.

The cruelty was evident in just a few words:

Qifang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, they say a night of marriage... sigh, don't say it, don't blame me. I couldn't bear to let my husband go... he... he... he..."

Diyun gritted his teeth and said, "He... he... he stabbed you, didn't he?"

Qifang nodded with a bitter smile.

Diyun's heart ached as if cut by a knife, seeing Qifang's life hanging by a thread, with Wan Gui's stab wound so severe that there was no way to save her.

In his heart, a venomous snake of jealousy was gnawing at him: "You... you still love your husband! You would rather die yourself to save him."

Everything happened as everyone had expected, Qifang still went back to save Wan Gui!

No, everything was even more cruel than anyone had imagined!

Before, readers thought that Qifang going back to save her husband was already a heart-wrenching thing.

But now, they found that Qifang's death was even more cruel.

The Qifang they cherished was mercilessly discarded and killed by Wan Gui like a piece of trash!

Not only was there a venomous snake of jealousy in Diyun's heart, but there was also one in everyone's heart, gnawing fiercely!

Is the best ending for lovers to think of each other as the only one in their hearts when they leave the world?

Qifang's eyes were scattered, her voice muffled, and she said softly, "In that cave, two big butterflies flew in. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai... Brother, look, look! One is you, one is me. We two... flying back and forth, never separating. Isn't that good?" Her voice gradually faded, and her breathing slowly weakened.

Liang Shanbo, Zhu Yingtai!

Unable to be together in life, they only wished to be buried together in death...

The more emotionally sensitive readers were already in agony, tears streaming down their faces.

What was the cruelty they had thought of, the pain they had felt?

Qifang had been his wife, had given birth to his child, so what?

She couldn't forget the old affection, so what?

Feelings returned to the beginning, to the initial love.

Just wish for your lifetime peace and no worries...

In many people's hearts, the story of "Lian Cheng Jue" had already ended.

Yes, it was over, ending with the "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" that symbolized a lifetime together.

Some people put down the magazine and composed themselves.

Others, however, continued to read with a lingering sense of sadness.

The plot took a sudden turn, and "Lian Cheng Jue" had already been destroyed, but when Diyun went to bury Ding Dian's ashes with Ling Shuanghua, there was a twist.

Diyun silently prayed, "Brother Ding, Miss Ling, you two could not be together in life, but your wish to be buried together after death has finally come true. May you two rest in peace in the netherworld."

He untied the bundle on his back, opened it, and sprinkled Ding Dian's ashes on Miss Ling's body.

He knelt down and paid his respects with four bows, then stood up, wrapped the bundle in his hand, and went to lift the coffin lid to close the coffin.

In the moonlight, he saw that there were words written on the back of the coffin lid.

Diyun moved closer to look and saw the words written in a crooked manner: "Ding, my love, let's be together in the next life."

Diyun's heart turned cold, and he fell to the ground, realizing that these words were carved with fingernails!

After a moment of thought, he understood: "Miss Ling was buried alive by her father and was still alive when she was placed in the coffin. These words were carved with her fingernails as she was dying. Her hands were raised until the end. What a heartless father! Brother Ding never gave in, and Miss Ling never betrayed Brother Ding. Her father's hatred grew, and he finally resorted to such a cruel act."

Furthermore, before her death, Ling Shuanghua had carved the numbers of "Lian Cheng Jue" on the coffin lid, which Ding Dian had once told her. It seemed that the promise "Whoever buries us together will be told the secret of 'Lian Cheng Jue'" had stayed with her until the end.

Thus, the deeply moving chapter "A Person as Calm as Chrysanthemum" and the love story of Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua finally came to an end.

This also gave Diyun the chance for revenge. He used the secret of "Lian Cheng Jue" to lure out the Wan family father and son, as well as his hidden master, Qi Changfa.

The schemers met their end, and the great treasure was revealed to the world.

But so what?

The word "love" was ultimately as hard to achieve as a full moon!

PS: At 7 PM, there will be another chapter. If the performance is good, I'll have a burst this week, with three updates a day. How does that sound?

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