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After reading Yang Shen, I couldn't sleep anyway. After reading carefully for a long time, I saw from the gaps in the words that the two words written throughout the article were: "Eating people"
To be honest, many people read this book based on current concepts. When this book was published, it took less than a year to write, about half a month to a year. It just came close to winning the monthly ticket championship for ten consecutive months. It was stolen in the middle, and it ranked first in the monthly vote list for eight months. You must know that the monthly ticket rankings at that time were full of murderous intent. By the time I published the book, the first month had almost passed. The last month was less than half a month in total.
I just want to say, why is Mengrushenji not a great god?
This book is well written, but the main character is too self-righteous. If he were not the main character, he would have died a long time ago. He keeps cheating on the main character, and the main character even boasts that it is the result of his hard work! After practicing for a year, you dare to fight an old monster who has been practicing for hundreds of years, ugh
The reason for posting this post is that I was bored with the novel I was chasing at Qidian. There was no update yet, so I suddenly remembered Yangshen. I clicked into Yangshen and read a few chapters in nostalgia, then read the comments, and then looked at the book club To be honest, I thought that the book club would have a lot of excellent comments due to its popularity back then, but I didn't expect that the number of discussion posts displayed was less than 300! I'm really sad. I wonder if some posts will be deleted when the time comes? When everyone was chasing Yang Shen, they were not chasing her at the starting point, haha😁 But what is more surprising is that the posts I saw at the beginning were from 2019, 18, 20, and a few were from February and March of this year. Actually, many of them were complaining about the novel being not very good As a reader who likes Yang Shen, I definitely don't agree with this idea, but times have changed, and I don't care about such posts. After all, until today, Yang Shen has many A classic in people's eyes But these objectionable posts brought back memories for me: I searched for "Yang Shen's Martial Arts Encyclopedia" on a whim (I think many people must have this interest, right?) During the search, I found several links to posts on Baidu Tieba. I clicked on it: many of them were complaining about the protagonist Yang Shen, how hypocritical and a hypocrite Hong Yi is, not so much... I can't remember the content clearly, but I remember what he said about having noses and eyes, which made me think it was ridiculous. It should have been written by a negative fan. However, in the process of thinking about the rebuttal, I couldn't help but brainstorm. The more I thought about it, it should be the influence of being bombarded by many videos over the years So at that time, I personally felt that the person who posted that kind of post should have some small thoughts. Corresponding to reality, it should be that after reading Yangshen novels, he objected to some of the views, but was inconvenient to say so, so he labeled "Hong Yi is a hypocrite" Under the guise of "gentleman", I quietly expressed my support for certain views And I followed this path and reflected on the ideas expressed in the novel Yang Shen, and the conclusion I came to made me admire the author even more (just a personal head) Brainstorming belongs to the category of brainstorming, don't criticize if you don't like it, don't laugh when you see it) Because of this, the impression is quite deep, so I entered Yangshen's book club at the starting point, and it brought back memories. I was so excited that I couldn't help but write this post. Prior statement: The content of this post mainly comes from my brainstorming, and the content involving Yangshen only comes from fragments of my memory. Please forgive me if there are any mistakes (I am afraid that it will take too long to confirm, and the enthusiasm will fade, so I don't want to post it) If there is anything very controversial about Hong Yi, the protagonist of Yangshen, I think it should be the relationship between him and his father Hong Xuanji from beginning to end! I remember when I was chasing the sun god, I only stared at this novel. I was hanging from a tree and couldn't stop reading it. But when I was about to finish it, I couldn't stop reading it because my appetite was whetted. I finished reading this novel early. What should I read next? So I didn't know the ending until a long time later It was very subversive: the son actually made the father into a wheel! In a sense, this is even more awesome than Wu Zixu! I guess whoever it is? Anyone who pays more attention to the relationship between father and son in reality will not be able to help but laugh when they see this paragraph! Greetings to the author! The part I stopped watching back then was when Hong Yi disabled Hong Xuan's martial arts skills and was imprisoned in his mother's ancestral hall to force him to repent. I thought that would be the end of the story for the father and son, but the author was merciful and did not do the kind of righteous act of exterminating relatives To be honest, when I stopped following this part, I also felt that there would be nothing to see in the future. It should be just killing and crushing all the way. I didn't expect that there were so many surprises? I really regret it! So, I think some people posted posts to criticize Hong Yi because they felt that he conveyed a worthless and distorted concept of family father and son, and actually allowed a son to be so merciless to his father and not stop until death! But why not just say it? But to call him a hypocrite in a roundabout way? Probably because Hong Xuanji has a rather unflattering image. He treats his wife and children badly and treats them differently. He is still a scumbag, cruel and sanctimonious. Even so, some people must feel that facing such a person should not use such decisive measures in the end... I thought so at first... But Yangshen's novel is not specifically about the relationship between father and son. Like other novels, it focuses on the actions of the protagonist and tells the meaning of doing so, but the connection is expressed through the relationship between father and son! From beginning to end, the father-son relationship is used to thread the needle! So try to think carefully, why are Hong Yi and Hong Xuanji a father and son? In the novel, there is almost no reconciliation from beginning to end, but it develops into a never-ending situation, so that in the end it becomes: one person playing yo-yo? I thought about it and found out that the hidden and absolute protagonist responsible for the relationship between father and son is called Meng Bingyun. She is the mother of Hong Yi, the concubine of Hong Xuanji, the saint of Taishangdao, and the sister of the best person in the world. For such a character, she died before the protagonist's story began and only appeared in everyone's memories. Her life was full of doubts. I personally think that as long as we sort out these three people, we should be able to roughly understand what Yang Shen wants to say First of all, let's talk about Hong Xuanji When I was chasing Yang Shen, my perspective was with the protagonist Hong Yi. From his perspective, his father He is so powerful, but he is so weak This makes sense, after all, he is the protagonist, and his father exists as a boss But as the protagonist progresses, he discovers that in addition to his strong military power, his father actually has several mistresses? What about the Yaochi Sect, the Daluo Sect, and the Jingyuan Palace, not to mention the mother of the protagonist? If you think about it carefully, Hong Xuanji achieved success at a young age, met the prince Yang Qian, and battled wits and courage with many masters including the world's number one Meng Shenji. He grew up rapidly along the way, accompanied by beauties. Isn't this the template for a protagonist? If we try to start from this point and combine it with the identity of Hong Xuanji Daqian's son in the later period, we can conclude that in the world of Yangshen, Hong Yi is a protagonist, and Hong Xuanji is a protagonist before him. They both have similar experiences, but different choices have created completely different results And based on what the two do, we can see their opposition from head to toe: ① Hong Yi only has one woman, Yinsha, and Hong Xuanji But they have many wives and concubines, which represents the two completely different concepts of women. The former is probably tolerant and equal to women under the education of his mother, while the latter can see the suppression of women from his identity as a Neo-Confucian scholar ② Faced with the unjust death of his mother, Hong Yi chose to fight and faced his brothers and sisters of the same generation. But Hong Xuanji's choice from the beginning to the end was to send people to capture Hong Yi and raise him as a pig. Seeing that he killed his son and daughter who had done evil, he decided to kill Hong Yi. The conversation in front of the tombstone was also very intriguing. In the face of his son's emotional words, he spoke very calmly about the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles, and ethical rules. Based on this aspect, you can try to deduce the logic behind everything Hong Xuanji did... ③ Hong Yi wants everyone to be like a dragon, while Hong Xuanji and the emperor want the gentry to pay for themselves and promote Neo-Confucianism. This is already a confrontation between two grand concepts... Let's talk about Meng Bingyun There are many mysteries in her, which make people daydream. There is a lot of time ① The mystery of cultivation. As a saint of the Supreme Way, her cultivation must be outstanding, but she died of the poison of a woman in the end. It is really confusing. Try to recall the content of the novel. It seems that his cultivation was ruined by Hong Xuanji? Or was it useless because the Taoist heart was broken? ②The mystery of death, her death must be Hong Xuanji's acquiescence, but what is the motive? What does a disabled person have to fear? Or borrow it from others? Still raising Hong Yi for seven years before taking action? Did Hong Yi notice this? Some people may think that Hong Xuanji never cared about it from the beginning to the end, and there is no need to think about it so much, but there is a very important sentence in the following article. After Hong Xuanji was sent to Meng Bingyun's ancestral hall after being deprived of martial arts, he said: Meng Bingyun, you win! ③ The mystery of experience, Meng Bingyun's deeds are pitiful in the novel. It seems that just to win over Hong Xuanji, he showed him the secret book of Taishangdao, but he did not expect that the other party saw the more profound ones, which seems to have led to the destruction of Mr. Meng Shen Jiren, and in the process of joining the Hong Mansion as a concubine, when Hong Xuanji was discussing with a group of Confucian scholars, he wrote a satirical poem! The above points are rough calculations from my brainstorming, and they don't seem to count. However, I still try to express my inner views on Yang Shen through the above, and try to explain the relationship between Hong Yi, Hong Xuanji, and Meng Bingyun: Let's start with the generation before Hong Yi, the son of the era, was born Since ancient times Since ancient times, there have been legends about the martial arts of humans and immortals shattering the void, and the thoughts of ghosts and immortals creating extraordinary creations. Generations of masters practice just to reach the other shore and live forever At that time, the young and proud Hong Xuanji and the prince Yang Pan faced more enemies for a common goal, formed an alliance and set their ambitions to achieve great things, unify the world, and reach the other shore! But there are countless difficulties and obstacles ahead, such as the Meng Shenji who is a professional assassin, the long-standing saint family, the hostile Yunmeng, the Tocharian Empire, the looming Central World, not to mention a group of masters from the Taixu Shenyuan where it originated! They needed to be patient and dormant, so Hong Xuanji chose to accept the invitation from Meng Shenji, and then read the secret book to peek at all They needed resources to suppress their opponents, so they organized a siege of Dazen Temple. Not only did they get the resources, but they also took the opportunity to destroy the dream. Shenji's human-immortal clone They needed a layout and plan, so they asked the champion Hou who was born from Tianwaitian to expand the territory, so Hong Xuanji traveled around the four sects and took in several mistresses, and somehow got the inheritance of the Tao of Creation They needed a way to reach the top, So Hong Xuanji became a master of Neo-Confucianism, and wanted to help the emperor realize his great wish of the gentry and the gentry to enjoy the cool air together, and use this idea to achieve thousands of miles of spiritual practice The unity and unity shown by the monarch and his ministers is an example The idea was very beautiful, but they met Meng Bingyun It seems that apart from her status as a saint and her cultivation, this woman is just a woman played by Hong Xuanji After all, she married Hong Xuanji as a concubine, her cultivation was abolished, and she gave birth to a son. What else can she do in this life? Break and then stand! ! She is not an ordinary woman, she is a strange woman Hong Xuanji took her as his concubine, maybe for humiliation, but maybe more to prove Neo-Confucianism, because Neo-Confucianism talks about the three cardinal principles and five constant principles, men are superior to women, even the most saintly women have to serve men and have children Did Kemeng Bingyun give in? And what can Hong Xuanji do to him? Does a great Neo-Confucian scholar use force? He could only be reasonable, and he had to be consistent on the outside, otherwise his cultivation would be in vain But until Hong Yi was seven years old, he saw that he would definitely be unable to defend Meng Bingyun. Even if he let the other party give birth to his own son, the other party would not be convinced as a mother, and if his son studied literature or martial arts under the other party's guidance, he would definitely become a serious problem that did not agree with him. At this time, Hong Yi Xuanji had to recognize himself and tell himself: The essence of the so-called Neo-Confucianism is to suppress the rising stars and prevent them from posing a threat to themselves and the emperor's cultivation. Although the effect may not be ideal, it at least suppresses female practitioners. However, this idea is really dark and dirty, so he ignored it and let others poison Meng Bingyun to death, and planned to raise this son like a pig... I didn't expect that my son was the son of the era! In order to counter his Neo-Confucianism, he came up with the idea that everyone is like a dragon! Moreover, the very beginning of writing the book proves that he cannot handle Neo-Confucianism at all! Can he recognize it? The father is the guide for the son, but in the end, the strong father wins over the ancestor, men are superior to women, and they insist on admitting their mistakes to a woman. The three fundamental principles and five constant principles, but they insist on everyone being like a dragon This is negative, but Hong Xuanji's life is inside and out! It also denies the inside and outside of people of the same class as Hong Xuanji. Isn't this what it is? It took me a long time to write this, and I feel tired, so that's it, please forgive me (><)
It was this book that crushed Tudou's struggle to the death. He couldn't even get to the top of the monthly ticket list.
Speaking of online literature writers, the most famous and most profitable one should be the Third Young Master of the Tang Family. However, there are actually several authors who are closely related to the Third Young Master of the Tang Family, such as I Eat Tomatoes, Tiancan Potatoes, and Mengluishenji. Meng Ruishenji has written many popular online novels. For example, his debut novel won almost all major annual awards. He also pioneered the field of prehistoric novels, many years before Fu Yuanhui uttered the popular phrase "prehistoric power." What I want to tell you today is "Yangshen" written by Meng Shunji. When you see the title of this novel, you know that it is a fantasy novel involving the fairy world. The protagonist Hong Yi is easily despised by others in the Hong family. Why? His mother was a saint. Because she was too stupid and naive when she was young, she was so fascinated by the appearance of Hong Yi's father, Hong Xuanji, that she married Hong Xuanji as a concubine regardless of her. Not long after Hong Yi was born, his mother passed away. As the son of his concubine, not only did he receive cold treatment from other people in the house, he was even ignored by his own father. Hong Yi was depressed and wanted to get ahead. Firstly, he wanted to get the title of "Madam" for his mother who died young, and secondly, he wanted his father to take him seriously. On a dark and windy night, Hong Yi was invited by a mysterious woman to teach Fox how to read while he was studying at an ancient temple. This thing is quite ridiculous, but Hong Yi still did it! It has to be said that good intentions really pay off. This time, he accidentally obtained the supreme treasure "Past Buddha Sutra", which made him very happy. But who would have thought that extreme happiness would lead to sadness. Oh, no, the truth should be revealed. Hong Yi still thought that he would strive for success and earn a status for his mother, but he did not expect that this status would be lost in his lifetime, because the reason why his mother died was because of his father Hong Xuanji. Hong Xuanji is a very scheming person. He married Hong Yi's mother in order to obtain the sect's martial arts manual from her. After he "understood" the book, he was ready to cross the river and demolish the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey. But he was smart and didn't do it himself, because besides him, there was someone who wanted to kill Hong Yi's mother, and that person was Hong Xuanji's first wife. Poor Hong Yi's mother didn't know until her death that the reason why she was poisoned was because of Hong Xuanji, the man she had loved all her life. Hong Yi, who knew the truth, could no longer stay in the Hong family. He took the "Past Buddha Sutra" and embarked on the path of dual cultivation of martial arts and Taoism. The path of cultivation is very long. You must first train your muscles, muscles, skin, bones, etc., Which fully embodies the true meaning of "When heaven gives a great responsibility to a person, he must first work hard on his mind and muscles." After practicing this series, it is not over yet. You still need to practice the soul step by step, such as concentration, coming out of the shell, night swimming, etc., In order to slowly evolve into a Yang Shen. But Yang Shen is not the end. All cultivators want to go to a "pilgrimage place", which is the other side. But the other shore is not something you can just go to if you want to. It is the same as "If you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace" in the "Sunflower Collection". If you want to reach the other shore, you have to crush the Yang God and complete your great ambitions before you can get there. What happens when we get to the other side? That means you are invincible! Hong Yi, who also wants to reach the other side, can only do it step by step. He first took refuge in Prince Jade, helping him fight everywhere while practicing seriously, greatly increasing his soul power, and successfully counterattacked and became a dark horse. The reborn Hong Yi aroused the jealousy of everyone because he was so good, and even successfully attracted the attention of the powerful enemy Daluo Sect. Although Hong Yi made enemies along the way, he possessed the magical power to make people surrender, so he upgraded while killing enemies while collecting waves of "die loyalists". He even surrendered to Henglian Taibao Lei Lie, and worked with him to kill Wei Lei, the legitimate son of the governor of seven provinces, and harvested the supreme magic weapon Shattering Divine Sword and the "Thunder Prison Sword Sutra". This is like meeting a master who is set as a mortal enemy during the game. The two hit it off, killed the common enemy, and obtained props that can increase abilities and replenish blood. Here Hong Yi is heroically killing the enemy, but over there his father Hong Xuanji can't sit still, and he sends a mysterious master to take Hong Yi's life. Hong Yi, who had made great military exploits, suddenly had the Da Luo sect chasing after him, and his own father wanted to take his life behind him. For a moment, he felt really anxious. But he soon found a strong backing for himself, which is the current imperial court-Daqian Dynasty. He participated in the scientific examination of the Daqian Dynasty, and wrote with great skill in the examination room. Immediately, this article became a hit article, causing a sensation in the government and the public, and Hong Yi became famous as soon as he wrote it. Although he was in the court, Hong Yi did not forget that his goal was to reach the other side. In frequent battles, Hong Yi captured more and more supreme spells from others, and also created his own unique skills such as "Big Mudra" and "Soul Vortex" that were very powerful just by their names. In the process, Hong Yi came up with the great aspiration of "I wish that everyone in the world would be a dragon!" He even made a peerless magic weapon, the "Holy Temple", hoping to use it to reach the other side. This path of cultivation was not easy for Hong Yi. In addition to enemies on all sides, his father Hong Xuanji has always wanted to take his life. So when Hong Yi became the Yang God, he immediately smashed his body and killed Hong Xuanji. And in the process of reaching the other shore, he withstood the energy of the bridge on the other shore, successfully reached the other shore, and became a super strong man, waiting for his arrival.
At that time, the mortals' cultivating immortals, covering the sky, and Jiuding Ji... All the divine books of the same period were not enough to beat Yang Shen.
The pinnacle of Mengru Shenji, he had a falling out with the senior management of Qidian in the later stage. Although he was only at level 5 and not very powerful outside the circle, but this ancient great god was one of the Five Whites in the Central Plains and the master of the four major schools.
Where did Shenji's "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" go? It's a classic among classics.