Chapter 342: Sword Fairy 3

It is well known that many songs in "Sword Fairy" are written specifically for certain characters.

For example, "Always Very Quiet" is for Lin Yueru.

And "Forgetting Time," from certain perspectives, seems a bit like it was written for Feipeng and Xiyao.

When the Heavenly Emperor looked at Jingtian, he once said: "Asking the world why loneliness is so hard to bear; such is the person, I know not who they are."

"Do you still remember... Xiyao?"

Jingtian looked at the Heavenly Emperor and repeated the name: "Xiyao?"

Then, he fell into a daze and confusion, blankly saying: "Who is Xiyao?"

She is still waiting bitterly beneath the Shenshu, yet he has already forgotten who she is.

Even though he had put on the same armor and worn the same helmet, the look in his eyes and his entire temperament had changed, as if he had returned to the Feipeng era.

Yet, when Xiyao saw him, with just one glance, she understood in her heart: "He is not Feipeng."

The female lead, Xuejian, is an illusion created by Xiyao using the divine fruit of the Shenshu.

Xuejian possesses a face exactly like hers; perhaps she also thought that having this child by his side might allow him to remember her.

Xuejian said: "So it turns out that in the dark, there really is a destiny; you gave me life, gave me the Jade Pendant, and I brought Feipeng back to your side."

Xiyao, however, only said sadly: "No, he is not Feipeng."

She knew very clearly that Feipeng would never return again.

Xuejian pressed: "Then what about you? Can you bear to let go of Feipeng?"

Xiyao has already waited for a thousand years beneath the Shenshu.

"Feipeng."

"I have long since... grown accustomed to forgetting Feipeng."

She often forgets due to the passage of time, yet remembers again because it is etched into her bones.

So much so that...

——"Forgetting Time"!

After the Feipeng and Xiyao arc ended, the audience became even more obsessed with "Sword Fairy."

"I'm starting to like the songs in it more and more."

"So moving, my heart aches for Xiyao."

"Can anyone tell me, does Feipeng treat Xiyao as a soulmate, or does he truly love her?"

"I feel like Xiyao is the most pitiful person in the whole Drama, the loneliest person."

"Luo Mo is truly too strong at writing songs; every song fits the Drama so perfectly."

"Every character is flesh and blood; the emotional scenes are truly excellent."

Because every character is so deeply rooted in people's hearts, the audience is calling out: "There must be a happy ending!"

Everyone wants to see Xu Zhangqing and Zixuan together forever, for their love across three lifetimes to be fulfilled, and for them to raise Qing'er together.

Everyone wants to see Jingtian and Xuejian continue their bickering for a lifetime, and live well while taking care of Long Kui.

Shen Yinuo and Ding Xiaoyu's popularity skyrocketed again thanks to the "Jingtian Arc."

With the Drama only halfway through, they already have the momentum of top young starlets.

It is just a pity that after the Tianjie arc ends, the direction of the entire series will be officially set.

The ending of "Sword Fairy 3," to use a popular term now, is—"everyone gets a bad ending."

The moment Xie Jianxian appears, the tear-jerkers will begin to sweep through.

Luo Mo looked at the netizens' guesses and only felt that they were all too young.

"Someone actually said: Luo Mo was scolded miserably at the end of 'Sword Fairy 1,' so he must have repented this time."

"They actually look down on me!?" Luo Mo was greatly indignant.

"I was wrong, but I'll dare to do it again next time!"

"Your tears, I am determined to harvest!"

As "Sword Fairy" aired episode after episode, it gradually reached the final stages.

The total views for this series had long since broken ten billion, overtaking "Feudal Prince."

This means that in just one short year, Luo Mo has brought about two phenomenal hits.

Next weekend is the finale weekend for "Sword Fairy: Jingtian Arc," with only the last four episodes remaining.

The villainous Da B, Xie Jianxian, has already absorbed a massive amount of evil thoughts from the human world and is wreaking havoc on the mortal realm.

It is worth mentioning that in the final plot, Luo Mo made modifications to the scenes involving Mozun Chonglou.

According to the normal worldview settings, Xie Jianxian is absolutely no match for Mozun Chonglou; Chonglou is at the ceiling of combat power.

Yet in the Drama, Chonglou has his horns pulled out by Xie Jianxian, and in the end, he even transfers all his power to Jingtian.

This point, in fact, does not seem logical no matter how you look at it.

Jingtian's greatest cheat code is actually: he is the reincarnation of Feipeng.

And Feipeng's combat power is actually about the same as Chonglou's.

However, when people watch the Drama, they don't really consider whether the power system has collapsed; they are more concerned with the plot and the emotions between the characters.

Luo Mo made a subtle logical adjustment to this, changing it so that those from the Demon Realm cannot interfere in the affairs of the human world.

When the weekend arrived, countless people began waiting for the broadcast of the last four episodes of the "Jingtian Arc."

As soon as episode 34 was played, everyone began watching it immediately.

They saw Xie Jianxian invite Jingtian to participate in a gamble, with food as the stake.

Jingtian lost the bet, and everyone lost their food for sustenance.

At this moment, human nature began to be exposed.

The audience all knew that Xie Jianxian grew by absorbing the evil thoughts of humans, so the end of this series should be focused on the kindness and evil of human nature.

The more evil human nature is, the stronger Xie Jianxian can become!

If people turn toward kindness, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope.

Seeing everyone telling Jingtian to go find the food, the big fat man Maomao grabbed Jingtian at this moment and said, "Boss, you are too tired. Leave the matter of food to me."

The reaction of many viewers when seeing this scene was: "What kind of solution can you come up with?"

Many people felt that the character Xu Maoshan was just there to create Comedy effects.

He was of no use, and he was not likable.

Even worse, some felt: "Maomao is just there to pad the runtime."

This also led many viewers to feel that the ending of this Drama was going to be filled with filler.

Everyone was focused on the plot of the main character group; who cared how a fat supporting character found food? What was there to watch in that!

Honestly, everyone was actually a bit used to it.

The current environment for television dramas is just like this: before key plot points, they grasp the psychology of the audience, knowing that the audience will have expectations and will insist on watching, so they take the opportunity to crazily pad the runtime and add scenes for some supporting characters.

But no one expected that the fat man they looked down upon and the content they felt was uninteresting would bring them such a huge shock in the following moments!

……..

……..

Xu Maoshan arrived at the Pilintang, which had already submitted to Xie Jianxian, wanting to see if he could find life-saving food there.

Luo Rulie of the Pilintang had already fallen into demonic ways; when he saw Xu Maoshan, his eyes revealed endless greed and immense hunger.

He began to order his servants to bring a large amount of food, saying it was all for him to eat, telling him to eat quickly, eat quickly.

Xu Maoshan was already very hungry; this big fat man's impression on all the viewers before this was that of a useless person and a glutton.

He picked up a roasted chicken, his whole person swallowing saliva crazily. Having been hungry to the point of physical weakness, he was greedy to the extreme.

You must know, when he saw the shooting star, the wish he made was only: "I want to eat a lot of meat, I want to go to Changan!"

But in the end, he still gritted his teeth and prepared to take all the food away.

"What are you doing?" Luo Rulie asked.

"I want to take it out for everyone to eat," Xu Maoshan said.

Luo Rulie immediately stopped him, stating that he would only give the food to him.

"Why?" Xu Maoshan asked.

Luo Rulie told him that because there were no evil thoughts in Maomao's heart, everything about him was the purest.

The meat on his body was of the highest quality.

Eating his meat could help increase one's cultivation!

But because he could not be forced, otherwise this purity would be ruined, Luo Rulie proposed a suggestion: trade one jin of his meat for one jin of grain.

Xu Maoshan was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "No, no!"

"One jin of meat for ten jin of grain!" Luo Rulie said again.

"No, no!" Maomao was so scared his lips turned white.

He ran out of the Pilintang, but after returning, he found everyone surrounding Jingtian and Long Kui, begging for food.

Everyone was like a hungry ghost, their expressions ferocious, their behavior unsightly.

Jingtian was blocked in the crowd, unable to get away.

Xu Maoshan hurriedly stepped forward to resolve the situation, saying he had already found food.

He turned back to the Pilintang and agreed to Luo Rulie's terms.

Luo Rulie threw a pile of knives onto the ground and told him, "This kind of thing, you have to do it yourself."

The screen went black, and Xu Maoshan returned with a large amount of grain; everyone crowded around, unable to believe it.

Everyone scrambled for the food, but no one noticed how haggard Maomao was at this moment, his face bloodless, his walk staggering.

With so much food, how much of his own flesh and blood must he have cut away?

Maomao specifically saved some food for Jingtian, and Jingtian called for him to sit down.

When this fat man sat down, he hurriedly used his hands to pull at the hem of his clothes, covering himself tightly.

Everyone was praising him, and everyone felt he was wonderful.

But with so many people, how could the food be enough?

Since you can find food, you are capable and should do more; why not think of another way?

Maomao went to the Pilintang time and time again, trading for grain time and time again.

Everything was like a bottomless pit.

Finally, he sought out Luo Rulie again, but Luo Rulie pushed him away and said, "Look for yourself, what meat is left on your body!"

"There is, there is still..." The incomparably weak Xu Maoshan began to lift his clothes, searching bitterly.

Even though it was the terrifying act of cutting his own flesh, he was lamenting: "Look here, look here... there is still a little meat here, there is still a little meat here."

"Look, look."

"Here, there is still some here."

"Look again... look, there is still some here, there is still..."

"Please, the food is not enough. Please give me the food, I... I will definitely grow more meat, definitely..."

"I have meat, I have meat."

Finally, on the long bridge, Jingtian suffered a mental breakdown, feeling that he had failed everyone's expectations of him and could not bear the responsibility of saving the world.

Xu Maoshan, no longer able to hold on, collapsed before him, and everyone immediately crowded around, discovering the abnormality of his body.

In the final moments of his life, he told Jingtian: "Boss, I used a pound of my own flesh... to... to trade with Luo Rulie... for ten pounds of grain."

On his pale face, his signature silly smile appeared.

This fat man, whom almost no audience members liked from beginning to end, this marginalized minor character, this tool used in the audience's eyes merely to pad the Drama, had as his greatest wish nothing more than to go and take a look at the legendary Changan.

Upon hearing this, Jingtian shouted, "Why are you so stupid!"

He tried to lift Xu Maoshan's clothes to check his injuries.

This fat man, who had been full of Kindness to everyone from start to finish, had trembling lips, as if worried that Jingtian would be sad and heartbroken. He feared Jingtian being upset the most, feared his boss crying and then no longer being imposing.

"No... Boss... don't look, don't look." He begged bitterly.

In this episode, Luo Mo made modifications during the editing process.

The scene switched at this moment, returning to the footage from the first few episodes when everyone saw the meteor.

At that time, everyone was so carefree, innocent, and happy. At that time, He Biping had also not yet lost his life to save Qing'er.

This fat man looked at the meteor, high-spirited like a fool, and shouted: "My wish is—that all of Boss's wishes can come true!"

How could there be such a Gentle person in this world?

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(End of this chapter)