Shadow Weaver

Chapter 26 Lan Keshan

The girl's voice was clear and melodious, and her tone was neither hurried nor slow. She first carefully explained to Bai Miaomiao and the others her current ideas, and then briefly reiterated Yang Yan'an's views and ideas on intangible cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage-themed games.

After listening to what she said, the two girls opposite her were silent for a moment. After a while, An Qing raised his hand and tugged at the corner of Bai Miaomiao's clothes. This Hanfu girl in their family always knew more about this kind of things. There was a hint of inquiry between his eyebrows: "Xiaobai, what do you say?"

"I think the gameplay Xiaoyi came up with is still very desirable," Bai Miaomiao rubbed her chin and murmured softly, "but the world view and the background are indeed not perfect yet."

"If we follow the conventional method, it must be like those fantasy novels, first fabricating a token that connects to the other world - such as that damn jade pendant, ring, bracelet, treasure tripod - or directly letting the main controller accidentally travel to the other world..."

"But the key is that we are making a traditional Chinese game with an intangible cultural heritage theme. If you ask me to really make the world view and background into a pure fantasy time travel, I always feel that it is awkward."

Bai Miaomiao frowned as she spoke - if the game was made into a purely imaginary fantasy background, it would always give her the illusion that it was a high-quality mobile game that could be transformed into a mini-program to make money by reskinning in seconds.

After all, there are many such things on the market, which just change the characters, copy two plots randomly, and slightly touch upon embroidery, paper-cutting and cultural relics, and then hype themselves up as the only true Chinese style, highly free to develop the big world, and protect traditional culture.

When she watches videos and plays with her phone every day, she can come across four or five of them with just a casual swipe!

"Yes, indeed." Upon hearing this, An Qing lowered his head and reached out to pull the flesh on the front of his jaw. "Also, a purely fabricated fantasy background does not have enough connotation and is not easy to integrate with folk tales with historical prototypes such as 'Legend of the Yang Family Generals' - if the integration is not good, it will easily create a sense of separation and confusion."

"But Xiaoyi's very bright infinite flow backtracking element... does require a theme world background with a certain fictional nature, fantasy or legend..." Bai Miaomiao murmured in a low voice, "Let me think... Does China have a ready-made and similar legend setting?"

"Emm...Classic of Mountains and Seas?" An Qing squinted and stared out the window - this was quite mysterious.

"No, it's full of strange people and monsters, and it also describes a lot of ways to eat the monsters and their effects... It sounds like the recipes of ancient people." Bai Miaomiao rejected it outright.

"That's right." An Qing scratched his head, turned around and came up with a new idea, "Then... Investiture of the Gods or In Search of the Gods?"

"This is all about gods." Bai Miaomiao's brows knitted even more. "Besides, these two are too far away from the Northern Song Dynasty... We can't just make up a story about King Wu attacking Liao or something like that."

"Then you're going to be in trouble, Xiaobai." An Qing smacked his lips, "Ordinary myths and legends won't work... We can only look for any famous mountains or rivers known as 'immortal mountains'."

"Like Penglai, Kunlun, Zhongshan..."

"Or...Lan Ke Mountain?" Xu Yichi raised his hand weakly, "I remember seeing the 'Legend of Lan Ke Mountain' project on that intangible cultural heritage search website before... and it was approved for several protection sites."

"Lan, Ke, Shan." Bai Miaomiao put these three words on the tip of her tongue and savored them carefully for a long time. After a long time, her brows relaxed slightly. "The one in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province?"

"Yes, that's it." Xu Yichi nodded, "I saw that Lingchuan next door also got approval... This is also a legendary immortal residence, and it is also a 'cave paradise' clearly written in Taoist scriptures."

——The key point is that the first official and verifiable written record about Lan Ke Mountain appeared early, in the Water Classic compiled by Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It has no special attributes, and is simply a blessed land for immortals, which is more inclusive. "Don't say it, Xiaoyi, your idea is more reliable." Bai Miaomiao pulled her hand and snapped her fingers, "'Blessed Land of Immortals' and the idea of ​​'Traveling Back in Time' are also quite compatible."

——Building a fantasy world where time goes backwards in the land of immortals! Reasonable.

This even sounds a bit like "A Dream in a Dream".

"Then... why was Mu Guiying trapped in Lanke Mountain, or in the illusion derived from Lanke Mountain?" Seeing that the basic model problem of the background was solved, An Qing quickly raised a new question, "Which direction is more appropriate for the special force that forced Mu Guiying to stay here?"

"That special power that restrains Mu Guiying..." Bai Miaomiao tapped the coffee table with her fingers, muttering to herself, "Lan Ke Mountain, Mu Guiying, the blessed place in the Taoist canon..."

"Fairy mountain... blessed land..." The girl in Hanfu chewed on these words, and suddenly a light bulb flashed in her mind. She immediately lit up her eyes, "Since we have both fairy mountains and legends here, why don't we just borrow some of their basic Taoist ideas to make the setting?"

"Anyway, all the traditional cultures of China can't escape those theories... Taoist Master Jiazi just happens to be here!"

——It just so happens that this ready-made resource is available, why not use it?

Bai Miaomiao thought so, her eyes turned, and she immediately looked up at Lu Shinian with great action: "Master Jiazi, do you have any basic theories that are particularly suitable for being disassembled and adapted into game elements, and are particularly well-known?"

...Very good, “Master Clamp” is late but has arrived.

He knew this would happen sooner or later!
Lu Shinian, who was caught off guard and was hit in the face again, felt a blockage in his throat uncontrollably, but "Clip" was indeed the name his master gave him...

It seemed that he had no other choice but to grit his teeth and forcefully swallow the blood that had gotten up in his throat.

"...The most widely spread theories are naturally the Yin-Yang and the Five Elements theories." Lu Shinian clenched his teeth, and his voice sounded somewhat resentful.

"In addition, there are other theories related to the Five Elements, including but not limited to the Five Directions, Five Colors, Five Tones, Five Seasons, Five Emotions, Five Zang Organs, and Five Stars."

"If you go up a little bit, it will be a little bit more complicated, and then you will find the eight trigrams and the five elements and the sound of nature."

"We need to go even further, including the sixty-four hexagrams, the Qimen Dunfa, and various arithmetic operations."

"These...are good enough for game settings." Lu Shinian said tactfully, "But their core theories are relatively complex. If you don't have the corresponding qualifications, it might be a little hard to understand."

"——If you don't study this kind of thing thoroughly, the finished product may not be ideal."

　Look at Xiao Xu's performance! (Applause)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)