Chapter 298: The Great Demon King Jiang Ming

Xu Chujing looked at the WeChat message sent by Luo Mo, and she was slightly stunned.

"Luo Mo is 'Earth'?" she froze.

But very quickly, a smile appeared on the face of this beautiful and moving woman.

"That makes sense," she couldn't help but say.

When she watched the show before, her "sixth sense" had been vaguely telling her that something was not quite right.

Now, everything suddenly became clear.

She sent a WeChat message, asking: "Why tell me this secret?"

Since Luo Mo is "Earth", she could actually have naturally guessed that "Superstar" is Li Junyi.

Because his height and build are similar, and although his vocal timbre has changed a lot, there are still traces to follow.

Li Junyi came from her show, so she naturally has an impression of him; what's more, she knows the personal information of everyone in Luo Mo Studio by heart.

The reason she asked Luo Mo this way is because she thought that Li Junyi and the "Masked Singer" side must have signed a non-disclosure agreement.

As the provider of the song, Luo Mo likely signed one too.

Because even if one covers someone else's song, one must pay royalties to the original creator, so while paying the money, one must certainly sign a supplementary non-disclosure agreement to prevent the identity from leaking.

Luo Mo telling her that is based on unconditional trust.

He quickly replied to Xu Chujing on WeChat: "What's the big deal, I just told you. But this matter, I only told you."

People sharing a secret known only to each other can actually instantly shorten the distance between them.

Xu Chujing looked at her phone, a faint smile appearing on her face again.

She teased: "Then you really have no sense of contract."

"Ha! I'm being open and honest with you, and you're mocking me?" Luo Mo sent a meme of someone beating a dog's head.

Then, he added: "Actually, it's nothing; the publicity and operations departments in my studio also know about this."

"Well, they are people from your studio, and I am not," Xu Chujing said.

"Then I welcome Jing to come and provide guidance at any time," Luo Mo said directly.

Xu Chujing looked at his words and understood that this person had started being cheeky and glib again.

What kind of status would one need to command Luo Mo's studio?

Either she buys shares in his studio, or she herself gets bought into by him.

Luo Mo didn't give her time to let her imagination run wild, but asked again: "Then let me ask you again, what do you think of the lyrics and music written by this 'Earth'?"

How could Xu Chujing let him have his way? She still replied with two words, just like before: "Not bad."

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After the two went back and forth on WeChat for a few rounds, they stopped the conversation, as Luo Mo still had work to handle.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Chujing followed suit and shared this song, "Xiao Chou", on her Moments.

But she only shared the song and did not add any text.

After knowing that Luo Mo was "Earth", she looked at the netizens' comments again and recalled the critiques from those professional judges, and suddenly felt that everything had become much more interesting.

"This is quite interesting," she thought to herself.

Luo Mo telling her the secret was equivalent to adding a bit of fun to her life.

She went online immediately to see what everyone was saying.

"This song is awesome! It hits the heart too hard!"

"A song that touches the soul, the lyrics are written so damn well!"

"I'm blowing this song up!"

"He is not some second Luo Mo, he is just himself!"

"This style is not a style Luo Mo is good at at all; this is not his area of expertise."

"Yes, the lyrics written by Luo Mo are also very, very good, it's just that both people have their own strengths."

Xu Chujing looked at the comments, slightly pursed her red lips, and said: "He just hasn't written this type before, and you all directly say he's not good at it?"

At the same time, she also thought in her heart: "What other types of songs are there that you can't do?"

She began to look forward to "Superstar's" subsequent performance on the show.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered one more thing.

She picked up her phone, made a call to someone at the studio, and asked: "Xiao Liu, you mentioned before that Director Ke Ming had contacted our studio, what was it about?"

Xiao Liu from the studio replied: "He came to ask about Jing's schedule; Director Ke is drawing up the list of celebrity guests for the Semi-finals and Grand Finals of the new variety show."

Xu Chujing nodded and said: "Then take a look, if there are no schedule issues, talk to the show production team."

"Ah?" Xiao Liu was slightly stunned, because she remembered Jing saying before that she should participate in fewer music variety shows, as they no longer held much significance for her and were purely for money, a waste of time.

But Xu Chujing's word was law in the studio, so after being stunned for a moment, Xiao Liu quickly said: "Okay, okay, I'll go communicate with the show team right now."

"Tomorrow, get some good rest after work," said Xu Chujing, who was in a good mood.

"Alright!" Xiao Liu said.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Chujing curled back onto the sofa, her whole body slightly huddled, and she began to close her eyes and rest.

On her phone, "Xiao Chou" was playing at a relatively low volume.

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Overnight, "Xiao Chou" became a hit.

The speed at which this song became popular far exceeded the previous song, "People Like Me".

The data team at Penguin Music was dumbfounded: "How is the share count for this song so high?"

"With this many shares, both Moments and Penguin Space must be flooded, right?"

Generally speaking, when people share a song, it is either because they have a strong resonance with it and can use it to express their current mood or state of mind, or because they think it sounds very good.

The former carries a bit of affectation, while the latter is pure sharing.

The song "Drowning Sorrows" fits both situations.

Many folk songs come with their own stories.

But in reality, many listeners are not listening to the creator's story.

They are listening to their own stories.

After the second episode aired, everyone became even more curious about the identity of the Superstar, wondering what kind of experiences he must have had to interpret this song so well.

At the same time, everyone was even more curious about the identity of Earth.

How could this Lyricist write such talented lyrics? Does he really have that many insights into life?

The "Eight Cups of Wine" in this song made countless people marvel.

That very night, "Drowning Sorrows" directly Air Dropped to the number one spot on the New Song Chart, and the most terrifying thing was that the song had a very high number of comments.

In just a few hours of Kung Fu, the number of comments exceeded ten thousand.

Overnight, comments exceeded fifty thousand!

You have to know, under normal circumstances, if a song's comment count rises this fast, it's eighty percent likely that—the fans are manufacturing the data!

Yes, when many traffic-driven Singers release songs, fans even manufacture the comment counts, leaving crazy messages and heaping all kinds of praise to make the data look good.

Because on some platforms, the comment count can indirectly demonstrate a song's popularity.

But the comment section for "Drowning Sorrows" was undoubtedly full of "organic fans."

Everyone's enthusiasm for commenting was unprecedentedly high, and quite a few netizens even started getting literary.

"One stroke to write of gain, one stroke to write of loss. One stroke to write of the past, one stroke to write of the future. One stroke to write of joy, one stroke to write of sorrow. One stroke to write of oneself, one stroke to write of others. One stroke to write of smooth sailing, one stroke to write of adversity. One stroke to write of persistence, one stroke to write of letting go."

Of course, there were also those making memes: "My boyfriend said this song didn't sound good, so I changed boyfriends."

On the Weibo Hot Search list, terms like "Drowning Sorrows," Superstar, and Earth all made the list.

Besides that, there was content related to "Sword Fairy."

This made many netizens joke: "Although Luo Mo hasn't been active in the music scene lately, he still occupies half of the Weibo Hot Search!"

Thinking too much; actually, he occupies the whole thing.

And the reason "Sword Fairy" made the Hot Search today is because Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru finally entered the Lock Demon Tower.

The Zhao Ling'er rescue plan is in progress!

Regarding this plot of entering the Lock Demon Tower, the audience has been looking forward to it for a long time.

Moreover, the previous few episodes had been conducting various flashbacks and foreshadowing, with multiple subplots and past events intertwined, making everyone's anticipation for these episodes explode!

Rescuing Zhao Ling'er was enough to make people care, not to mention that there was also a Shushan genius disciple who became a demon because of a fox demon—Jiang Ming!

This is a person whose strength is so powerful it makes people fearful.

Looking at the protagonist Li Xiaoyao's current combat power, he wouldn't even be able to pass the Jiang Ming hurdle alone.

"Ah! I want to see the scene where Li Xiaoyao and Jiang Ming meet!"

"How can he fight this? Jiang Ming is ridiculously strong; he almost wiped out the Shushan lineage!"

"The Sword Saint will make a move, right? The Sword Saint will make a move, right? The Sword Saint will make a move, right?"

"The betting is open; place your bets. Is the Sword Saint stronger, or is Jiang Ming stronger?"

"What I'm thinking about is, if Zhao Ling'er is rescued, what happens to Lin Yueru?"

Once the latest two episodes were updated, the audience couldn't wait to open Penguin Video to watch.

In episode 26, Li Xiaoyao finally met Jiang Ming.

And on the other side, the Sword Saint was casting Daoist magic inside his room.

Relying on his Daoist magic, he possessed Li Xiaoyao's body!

This scene made the audience's anticipation rise once again.

Damn it, this Sword Saint finally made a move!

And this kind of remote-action scene is truly satisfying to watch.

This plot actually tests acting skills quite a bit; if performed well, this plot can be treated as a scene of dueling acting.

Therefore, at this moment, Luo Mo is not playing Li Xiaoyao; what he is portraying is Yin Ruozhuo, the Shushan Sword Saint!

Jiang Ming, with his white hair flying, looked into Li Xiaoyao's eyes, and through his pupils, he actually saw the Sword Saint Yin Ruozhuo, who was far outside the Lock Demon Tower.

Past memories surged at this moment; this old man, also with a full head of white hair, overlapped with a figure from his memories.

He remembered the child who followed behind his master, and remembered that this was his own junior brother from back when he was young.

"You?"

"It's you!" Jiang Ming couldn't help but say.

Inside the Lock Demon Tower, Li Xiaoyao stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at Jiang Ming, who appeared as tall as the heavens and earth after being etherealized.

With a calm and composed smile on his face, he said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother."

(ps: Second update, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)