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Early April, Mingkong Publishing Company.

Huang Zuqi walked out of the elevator and entered the door. He saw the receptionist who was flipping through "Love Letter" and then he coughed deliberately.

"Cough cough!"

"who are you looking for?"

The receptionist was startled and stood up hurriedly to greet him.

"I'm looking for Mr. Pan. I made an appointment with him yesterday."

Huang Zuqi introduced himself.

"Excuse me, please wait a moment, I need to confirm."

The receptionist gave an apologetic smile, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

Huang Zuqi nodded, and then waited patiently for her to confirm the information.

"plz follow me."

The receptionist put down the phone.

Huang Zuqi followed her and walked in the long and narrow corridor. There were various posters on the wall on the left.

There are posters of Li Bihua's "Green Snake", as well as novels related to dialects such as "The Three-Body Problem" and "Love Letter".

Soon, my eyes were attracted by a poster, which was naturally an enlarged version of the cover of the novel "Broken Void".

My heart suddenly felt happy, my steps became lighter, and I even couldn't help whistling.

At this moment, I glanced to the right inadvertently, and through the glass window, I could see a group of people who were busy.

"Hey, I remember when I came here before, the offices here were still empty."

"This is the company's new comics department."

The receptionist briefly introduced that Mingkong will be expanding its business and entering the comics field in the near future.

"The Comics Department?!"

Huang Zuqi was quite surprised.

"Yes, these people were recruited in the past half month. There are editors, painters, screenwriters, and assistant producers..."

The receptionist said as we walked by, "They are busy designing, drawing, and holding meetings all day long, and sometimes they even work overtime until late at night."

"Do you know what they are painting?"

Huang Zuqi asked curiously, "Is it Ghost Blows Out the Light?"

"I don't know about that. I'm just a receptionist and I don't know anything about the company."

The receptionist became extremely alert and said nothing more. She took him straight to the door of the deputy general manager's office.

"Dong dong dong."

Accompanied by a series of knocks on the door, Pan Yaoming in the room shouted "Come in".

Huang Zuqi thanked him, then pushed the door open and saw Pan Yaoming putting a stack of drawings into the drawer.

Then, he took out the sample book of "Breaking the Void" that he had prepared long ago from the table and handed it over.

"Come and take a look at your first martial arts novel that is about to be published. Do you like the jacket, cover, and layout?"

"it is good!"

Huang Zuqi couldn't wait to take it and started to read "Broken Void".

After flipping through a few pages, I was immediately excited when I saw that the preface was written by Fang Yan himself, and that he emphasized the concepts of "low-level martial arts" and "high-level martial arts". I couldn't help but flip on the page, and saw that Fang Yan praised "Broken Void" as a new style of martial arts in the preface.

"Most of Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels focus on the level of moves. Each move is delicate and realistic. Both sides counter each other's moves. Overall, they belong to the low level of martial arts... Gu Long's martial arts novels win with 'weird moves', emphasizing realm rather than moves, but in terms of destructive power and scenes, they are close to the level of 'high martial arts', such as Yan Nantian's ten-foot sword wind demolishing a wooden house, and the Heavenly King's Demon-Slaying Sword slashing a temple with one strike."

"For example, the three overseas immortals in "Sword, Poison, Plum Blossom" can beat everyone within a ten-mile radius into pieces."

"As for the most popular martial arts masters at the moment, Jin Yong's novels cover the three levels of 'low martial arts', 'middle martial arts', and 'high martial arts'. For example, Wang Chongyang, who has practiced Xiantian Gong and Yiyang Finger, can only write a few words on a stone." "But there are also people like Shi Potian, the 'little bastard' in 'Xia Ke Xing', who has already shown signs of breaking the void through the 'Tai Xuan Jing' he has learned."

"It's just that in terms of text description, fighting scenes, and scene portrayal, it has not yet completely reached the standard of 'high-level martial arts'."

"........."

He read it word by word, line by line, from beginning to end. When he saw "What is 'Gao Wu' like? You will know after reading 'Broken Void'", Huang Zuqi's heart skipped a beat. He never dreamed that Fangyan would give such a high evaluation.

"If there are no problems, we will print 1500 copies as planned."

Pan Yaoming said that "Broken Void" will be released simultaneously at Sanlian Bookstore and other places, and he also arranged an interview for him with Wenhui Daily.

"Really!"

Huang Zuqi was extremely surprised and felt that he was so lucky to be chosen by Fang Yan, this talent scout!

"Also, if the sales of Shattered Void are good in the future, we will consider turning the novel into a comic book."

Pan Yaoming took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

Huang Zuqi suddenly realized that the newly established comics department actually had such a use.

Pan Yaoming was surprised. "You also know that the company has set up a comics department?"

Huang Zuqi replied that he saw him by chance on his way to the office.

"In that case, I have nothing to hide."

Pan Yaoming confessed that the first issue of "Comic World" is expected to be released in late April.

Huang Zuqi said: "Then I must buy one!"

"You really should buy a copy. It contains not only Ghost Blows Out the Light, but also the fantasy works you are looking forward to."

Pan Yaoming gave him an intriguing look.

Hearing the word "fantasy", Huang Zuqi suddenly became excited, "Could this fantasy work be related to Fang Sheng?"

Pan Yaoming smiled without saying anything and just nodded.

"What kind of fantasy story does this work personally directed by Fang Sheng tell?"

Huang Zuqi's eyes were burning as he asked a series of questions one after another, and he even hoped to take a look at the manuscript of the novel or comic.

"I'm afraid that's not possible. You should know that this is a trade secret."

Pan Yaoming declined politely, but did not reject it outright. “So whether or not you can watch it depends on Mr. Fang’s opinion.”

"Understand, understand."

Huang Zuqi sighed, a look of regret showing on his face.

"Although I can't show you the manuscript now, I can reveal a few things to you."

Pan Yaoming said: "For example, the entire story background and the general plot, but you have to promise me that you will never let anyone else know."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Pan, I will keep it a secret and will not leak any information to anyone!"

Huang Zuqi swore and made a solemn vow.

"That's good. The name of this work is "Xuan-Yuan Sword"..."

Pan Yaoming spoke succinctly.

When he heard the word "Xuan-Yuan Sword", Huang Zuqi immediately realized that this fantasy work by Fang Yan must have incorporated many Chinese myths and legends.

But the result was far beyond his expectations. It not only contained elements of myths and legends, but also took the end of the Sui Dynasty as the background. It fictionalized a series of plots based on real historical facts, just like the Tang Dynasty legendary novel "The Story of the Bearded Man", creating a fascinating fantasy world.

When I thought about how metaphysics, history, fantasy, mythology and other elements could be so cleverly integrated into one, I immediately had an epiphany.

My mind began to run wild with thoughts. When I write fantasy novels in the future, could I also refer to the dialect version of "Xuan-Yuan Sword"?

The historical background is also set at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. One or two protagonists master earth-shaking mysterious skills and artifacts recorded in mythology. They compete with Li Shimin, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Yu Wenzhi and others for supremacy in the world and the Central Plains. This is an epic fantasy battle for supremacy! (End of this chapter)