Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 799 Sisters Compete for Their First Time

When did the male protagonist commit his first murder in "Gu Dao Chang Qing"?

"Ah~ um..."

"Then, the protagonist can make incense. What kinds of incense did he make throughout the entire book?"

"Hmm~ How did you know that? Ah!"

"What famous tourist attractions did the main character and the female lead visit?"

"Wait! Hold on a bit... Ah~"

Xu Youyu asked many questions about "Gu Dao Chang Qing" while in bed.

The questions became increasingly tricky as they progressed, but Li Luo always managed to answer them accurately.

There were even some answers that she herself wasn't entirely sure about, but Li Luo was able to accurately repeat the content without any error.

As a result, Xu Youyu was completely unable to resist in bed and was utterly defeated.

"Are you satisfied with going to bed early?"

After the battle, Li Luo hugged Xu Youyu's naked body against the headboard, gently stroking it with one hand, and asked with a smile.

Xu Youyu slumped in his arms, panting slightly as she rested, and replied weakly, "I'm exhausted... but you actually remember everything, that's just too outrageous."

"Otherwise, how could I dare to offer to help you outline the later plot?" Li Luo said with a smile. "Now you have confidence in me, right?"

"Hmm... that's something we can give it a try." Xu Youyu nodded gently and snuggled in Li Luo's arms for a while.

She originally wanted to continue resting, but when she looked down and saw that someone's energy was showing signs of recovery, she quickly got out of bed and said, "I'm going to take a shower!"

"Let's go together then." Li Luo flipped over and followed, and before Xu Youyu locked the bathroom door, he chuckled and carried her towards the shower.

……

Several tens of minutes later, Xu Youyu emerged from the shower, supporting his aching back, and complained with a resentful look, "If I ever shower with you again after we're done, I'm a dog!"

"How about you make a couple of noises first?"

"Get lost!"

The two bickered and returned to their room. It was almost evening, and Li Luo had no appetite for cooking.

Just then, Li Luo received a call from Ying Chanxi, so she picked up her phone and replied, "I'm at home with Sister Yu."

"What are you planning to do for dinner?" Ying Chanxi asked on the other end of the phone.

"Let's order takeout." Xu Youyu slumped into a chair, leaning her upper body on the desk, and sighed, "I don't want to go out."

“She said she would order takeout,” Li Luo said truthfully.

"That won't do. We should eat less takeout," Ying Chanxi said immediately. "How about I buy some groceries later?"

"I don't really feel like cooking." Li Luo twisted her waist, feeling that she had gotten quite a bit of exercise today.

"I'll do it," Ying Chanxi said with a smile. "I haven't cooked in a long time either. I don't have class tonight, and I've finished up at the company. You can just wait and eat."

"Oh, right."

"Ask Zhusheng again if he's coming back, and I'll see how much food we need to buy."

"Okay, I'll ask." Li Luo nodded in agreement, and after hanging up the phone, she called Yan Zhusheng again.

Normally, since it's Wednesday, not the weekend, Yan Zhusheng would usually stay in her dorm and not come back unless she actively sought out Li Luo for a rendezvous.

But since Li Luo had called, Yan Zhusheng naturally chose to go home without hesitation.

So Li Luo sent Ying Chanxi a WeChat message, asking her to buy enough ingredients for four people. Then he put away his phone, pulled Xu Youyu up, sat down in a chair, and hugged her in his arms.

"Don't do anything bad again," Xu Youyu warned, turning her head warily.

"Don't worry, it's off for now." Li Luo patted her thigh, and his hand began to wander upwards, only to be stopped by Xu Youyu with a slap.

"Don't touch me like that." Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him, then turned back, grabbed the mouse, opened her outline software, and wiggled her butt to signal Li Luo to concentrate. "Then can you take a look for me?"

"I've been having writer's block lately. I want to make a later outline, but there are so many things to sort out that I can't get them all together. It's driving me crazy."

"There are too many side quests and characters, and I don't know where to start."

Once online novels reach a certain word count, unless they are more slice-of-life or have fewer characters, they will generally face problems like Xu Youyu's.

Xu Youyu's book, "Gu Dao Chang Qing," has now exceeded 250 million words and is about to reach 300 words.

Against the backdrop of the spiritual revival, although the main story still revolves around Phoenix Mountain where the protagonist is located, the number of characters involved in the plot is quite large.

It's fine to gloss over some minor characters.

However, some important supporting characters are often involved with various powerful backgrounds, and when these backgrounds are connected, they form the framework of an entire book.

If you want to incorporate all of these elements into the ending plot, and if you don't want readers to criticize the ending as a bad one, then you'll have to rack your brains and think it through carefully.

Especially since online novels are updated daily, it means that the later the story goes, the more difficult it becomes to write.

The most crucial point is that many of the plot details, foreshadowing elements, and hidden character arcs are often just flashes of inspiration that the author had while writing.

Some authors will make outlines and record all of these things, which is fine.

However, many inspiration-driven authors write whatever comes to mind, and after two or three million words, they completely forget about it and have to rely on readers to remind them.

But filling in a hole is never as satisfying as digging one.

In the end, it ended up as a poorly written, abandoned project, lacking momentum in the later stages and ultimately failing to achieve its goal.

Xu Youyu has this problem now.

After all, the previous works were entertainment stories, and the main plot relied on a realistic background, so it was relatively easy to follow.

I've recently written a book on the revival of spiritual energy, a topic that's only been developed in the last two years, so there are very few references available.

Then you'll just have to figure it out yourself.

"Simply put, let's set an ultimate goal first," Li Luo said, holding Xu Youyu. "Like, the male and female protagonists achieving immortality, right?"

"Then we followed this goal and began to think about and set up the various conditions required to become an immortal."

"Then, based on the conditions, we create the elements that these conditions produce."

"Then, by connecting various elements and characters and foreshadowing that appeared earlier, the entire later stage is brought to a close."

Although Li Luo was a struggling writer in his previous life, he has greatly improved his skills under the influence of Xu Youyu and through practical experience with "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division".

In addition, possessing the incredible ability of a memory palace gives it a truly unique and enormous advantage in dealing with the plot's conclusion in the later stages of online novels.

Following Li Luo's instructions, Xu Youyu slowly began to sort things out.

When there were things he couldn't remember or wasn't sure about, Li Luo would fill in the gaps and details as if he were an encyclopedia.

The outline was completed as smoothly as a river flowing into the sea, which Xu Youyu thoroughly enjoyed, and he quickly became immersed in it.

They didn't even notice when Ying Chanxi returned.

After finishing her work at the company, Ying Chanxi bought groceries and drove home.

After placing the ingredients in the kitchen, she went to Xu Youyu's room. Li Luo and Xu Youyu hadn't closed the door, and Ying Chanxi peeked inside and saw Xu Youyu sitting in Li Luo's lap, but there was no intimate scene.

They were actually discussing novel writing with great seriousness and dedication.

Watching the two talk like close friends, Ying Chanxi stood at the door, pursed her lips, and a hint of envy appeared in her eyes.

However, she only watched for a while before leaving them alone. She quietly retreated to the kitchen and obediently went to prepare dinner.

Not long after, Yan Zhusheng drove home. After entering the house, she glanced at her sister cooking in the kitchen and then went to Xu Youyu's room.

Like Ying Chanxi, Yan Zhusheng saw that the two were engrossed in their creations, so she didn't say anything and turned to walk into the kitchen.

"Does your sister need any help?"

"What can you do to help?" Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at her. "The vegetables are all prepared. If you had come back earlier, you could have washed them or something."

"I can help you carry the dishes."

"Then let's go prepare the bowls and chopsticks first." Ying Chanxi gestured towards the cabinet next to her. "We can call Li Luo and her senior to come out for dinner later."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded in agreement, and as she went to get the bowls and chopsticks, she turned her head and asked, "Did you and Li Luo do that just now, senior?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"They didn't actually do anything bad in secret," Yan Zhusheng said. "They were really talking about writing a book."

"It seems like the senior's book is still in the final stages of completion," Ying Chanxi said. "But she's already written two books, so why isn't Li Luo's earliest book finished yet? It looks like it's approaching ten million words."

“Hmm.” Yan Zhusheng nodded vigorously, agreeing wholeheartedly, “Moreover, none of the three female leads have slept with the protagonist yet, and the readers are urging him to write it every day, but he refuses to.”

"It doesn't really matter," Ying Chanxi said, blushing slightly. "Do people read web novels specifically for this kind of plot?"

"Li Luo said that the investigation is very strict now. Even if it is written, it will only be mentioned briefly. What is there to write about?"

"I just didn't expect a book to have so many words."

“How can you not care?” Yan Zhusheng retorted seriously. “Doesn’t your sister want Shen Dongdong to be the first one to sleep with Li Yang?”

"You..." Ying Chanxi blushed at her words, a faint hope stirring in her heart, but she was too embarrassed to say it aloud, and almost burned the dish.

She quickly ladled out the stir-fried dishes and glared at Yan Zhusheng with annoyance: "You talk too much. I'm not as boring as you."

“Then I’ll discuss it with Li Luo later,” Yan Zhusheng said, picking up the plate. “I’ll ask him to arrange for Mo Qinghan and Li Yang to be the first ones to sleep with me in the future. I don’t think you’ll mind, right? Anyway, you don’t care.”

"How can that be?!" Ying Chanxi immediately objected upon hearing this. "You shouldn't interfere with his creative process. He can write whatever he wants, and you're not allowed to say anything."

The two sisters argued for quite a while over such a trivial matter.

When Ying Chanxi was cooking the last dish, she finally interrupted the conversation and urged Yan Zhusheng, "After you take the dishes out, go and call Li Luo and your senior to come out for dinner. Don't talk about these trivial things."

"Oh."

Yan Zhusheng obediently carried the plate out, placed it on the dining table, and then turned around and went to Xu Youyu's room again to call the two of them out to eat.

Just then, Li Luo had helped Xu Youyu outline a general framework and was about to wrap things up when he responded, picked up Xu Youyu, and stood up.

"After sorting things out like this, my thoughts are much clearer." Xu Youyu scratched his head, a happy smile spreading across his face. "I probably won't have to deal with writer's block today."

"It's good that it works." Li Luo said with a smile. "Let's go eat."

The two left the room, washed their hands with Yan Zhusheng, and sat down at the dining table.

At this moment, Ying Chanxi had already carried the last dish out of the kitchen.

After the four people were formally seated, Li Luo picked up his chopsticks and announced that it was time to eat.

"Li Luo, how long are you going to keep writing your book, 'I'm Really Not a Star'?"

While eating, Yan Zhusheng started talking about the book.

Li Luo raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion, "Why are you suddenly asking this? This book probably won't be finished anytime soon; it'll probably keep going, right?"

"Huh?" Ying Chanxi was taken aback. "What do you mean by 'keep writing'?"

"Ahem... After all, the results were pretty good. In the later stages, it was all just repetitive formulas and templates, and I could never finish writing it all." Li Luo coughed and said a little embarrassedly, "Besides, once the results stabilize, as long as I keep updating, there will always be new readers."

"This income will be a continuous stream, which is much better than simply finishing the book."

"Moreover, writing this book is no longer a burden or stress for me. I only write for about forty minutes a day, which doesn't take much time."

Li Luo's book, "I'm Really Not a Star," has gradually expanded its content from purely domestic to a global perspective.

There's still so much to write about.

If he really wanted to write, he could easily write 20 million or 30 million words.

Despite his claim that the later episodes simply repeated the same formula, the quality of the plot itself didn't actually decline significantly thanks to the memory palace.

As long as the content isn't perfunctory, even if it's tens of millions of words, there will still be many readers willing to pay for it.

The most typical example is the book "Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms," which has remained at the top of the Qidian bestseller list for generations.

"My sister just said," Yan Zhusheng continued, "that she wants to see a scene where Shen Dongdong and Li Yang sleep together. Li Luo, do you want to grant her wish?"

Before Li Luo could react, Ying Chanxi interrupted, her face flushed, "What did you say?! You were the one who said you wanted to see the plot involving Mo Qinghan and Li Yang! I didn't say that!"

"But that's definitely what my sister is thinking."

"No! Don't talk nonsense!"

The two sisters started arguing again at the dinner table.

Li Luo looked helpless, glanced down at the toes that were secretly rubbing against her thigh, then looked up at Xu Youyu sitting opposite her, who was smirking. She could only roll her eyes at her.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Xu Youyu suppressed a laugh and advised, "At worst, we can let Shen Dongdong come first in 'I'm Really Not a Star,' and when Li Luo writes a new book later, we can let the prototype of Zhu Sheng come first."

"And what about you, senior?" Yan Zhusheng turned her head and asked.

"It's okay for me," Xu Youyu said with a smile. "An older sister should always give way to her younger sister."

“Look at my senior.” Yan Zhusheng looked at Ying Chanxi. “You don’t even give way to me, sister.”

"I'm only five months older than you, what's there to give up?" Ying Chanxi snorted. "Besides, it's just something written in a book, and you're taking it so seriously."

"It's clearly my older sister who's being serious."

"Where can I have it?"

"How about letting Shen Dongdong and Mo Qinghan sleep with Li Yang together?" Yan Zhusheng suddenly suggested, her train of thought quite peculiar.

Ying Chanxi: "..."

Li Luo: "..."

Xu Youyu: "..."

"Since you're all silent, does that mean you agree?"

"Get lost! I'll never agree with you!" Ying Chanxi shouted irritably.

(End of this chapter)