Chapter 548: Nine-Direction Tea Party 3: Main Line, Goal, and Certainty

Nine-Direction Tea Party 3: Main Line, Goal, and Certainty

Nearly 1.5 million words into the writing, having experienced the fog of the early stage, the context of this article is gradually becoming clear. But still, some little friends are always unclear about what the main line of "The Immortal" is and what the direction of the protagonist's struggle is.

Also, where is the protagonist's motivation and motive for doing things?

In this issue of the Tea Party, Nine-Direction will chat about this issue.

To avoid ambiguity, let's speak openly and honestly, the main line is written in the introduction:

"Pursue the clues left by the immortals, reverse the established fate, unravel the truth of gods and demons, and incidentally build a career."

Book friends who have followed until now can already vaguely perceive the crux of the distortion of this world, the root of the contradictions, and who the enemy the protagonist will ultimately confront is.

At present, such an enemy is still more majestic than the distant mountains and more powerful than the Heavenly Dao for the protagonist.

Right, so this is another boring salvation novel.

Why not throw out the main line from the beginning of the article, why not set a good goal for the protagonist and the readers from the beginning?

Because this goal is too empty and too high. To put it bluntly, too big.

Someone just traveled over, and you said to him: "The gods of this world are incredibly awesome, whoever they point at dies. Now I give you an important task, go and defeat the Heavenly God."

People will only spit in your face and scold you for being a lunatic.

No one is a born fighter.

Even love and hate need reasons, let alone ethereal things like belief, will, and perseverance?

As a working person who traveled from modern society, you can't expect him to have firm fighting spirit and noble awareness from the beginning; after all, he might not have lived his previous life clearly.

You should let him start from what he is best at, which is:

Going with the flow.

This is not a derogatory term. The best result for ordinary people struggling to survive in chaotic times is to go with the flow and make a living—who isn't tired after three years of epidemic? We are still in a prosperous age, who dares to say they haven't been cut by this damned world? —wanting to be Liu Bang or Zhu Yuanzhang, the probability is so small it can be ignored.

One general succeeds and ten thousand bones wither; ordinary people wither when they go.

So the protagonist first rolls in the red dust, experiencing the sinister hearts of the world and his father—Volume 1 "Panlong."

Then officially open the copy + golden finger of the Great Fang Hu-Panlongcheng, secretly cultivating to improve himself—Volumes 2 and 3 "County Magistrate."

Experience the rise and fall of the empire, the waves of officialdom as the eldest son of the Xiazhou Superintendent, get involved in military and political struggles, and experience the first great battle in life—Volume 4 "Shi Shi Huan," Volume 5 "Dunyue."

Leave his hometown and father by water escape, and from then on, the sky is wide and the earth is broad, developing freely—Volume 6 "Demon Nest."

Under the guidance of Panlongcheng and fate, move toward the territory of his lifelong enemy, observe, integrate, and study it, and, destroy it—Volumes 7 and 8 "Ideal Nation of Monsters (Upper and Lower Parts)."

After experiencing the ruthless grinding of the author, Chuan-ge's experience gradually enriched, and only then could he establish his own goals.

Goals compatible with the main line.

For example, unraveling the secret of the Great Fang Hu, for example, finding the soft underbelly of the Heavenly God, and for example, raising his own forces to protect himself, to confront... well, these are all later stories, let's decompose them later.

Actually, it's not impossible to view the main line of this book as the protagonist's personal growth process, focusing on water coming to the canal and following nature.

Since we are talking about goals, let's talk about "certainty."

Allow me to apologize to everyone first; the main line and goals of this book were indeed not obvious at the beginning of the article, and most people could vaguely feel them, but couldn't say them out.

Moreover, every time the protagonist does something, there isn't necessarily a very clear gain, which is the lack of the so-called "light-pulling effect":

I pull the switch, and the light turns on.

The feedback is very timely, the effect is very obvious, and there is a lot of satisfaction in the heart.

These two points have fueled the uncertainty of this article.

In the web novels everyone usually reads, these are basic elements, important coordinates; lacking even one can be sentenced to death.

So writing "uncertainty" well is actually a high-difficulty challenge.

Why does Nine-Direction want to do thankless work, wouldn't it be fragrant to honestly write a novel with a clear main line and clear goals?

On one hand, it's a bad taste.

If this article lets everyone see the end at a glance, and know exactly what the protagonist will do in the future, then the author's fun will be reduced by at least half.

(Well, just kidding)

On the other hand, I hope that this atmosphere shrouded in unknown fog will make it easier for book friends to substitute into Chuan-ge's perspective, see what he sees, think what he thinks, and be anxious about what he is anxious about, so that they can put themselves in his shoes and empathize more with the situation and environment the protagonist is in.

After all, "uncertainty" is the biggest problem the protagonist faces.

It's as if on the vast ocean, you, me, and the protagonist are all on the same broken boat, swept by the waves of the era, facing the unknown and danger together.

As for the problem of insufficient "light-pulling effect," Nine-Direction doesn't evade it, this is also one of the directions for future efforts.

As Chuan-ge becomes more and more powerful, this aspect will also be strengthened accordingly.

Characters need to grow, and authors need to grow too.

Our article is not perfect, not beyond reproach.

So, give "The Immortal" some time to tackle difficulties, some patience to overcome difficulties, and some happy irrigation; it might also have growth beyond expectations.

Isn't it more worth looking forward to having some unexpected joy? ===== CHAPTER 549 =====