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Chapter 229 The Book King Competition and the True and False Book Kings

"Brother Heiying, although you are the future king of the novel world, don't be careless." Lin Shishi reminded, "The King of Books has a supreme status in China, and many scholars are eyeing this position of King of Books covetously. Be careful. There is one person you should pay special attention to, and this person is called Ouyang Tian."

"Ouyang Tian?" Liu Xing was curious, "Who is he?"

"Ouyang Tian is Ouyang Wen's father, a talented writer from Tuxue Fiction Academy, and currently the president of Xuelian City Star Writers Association and Xuelian City Appreciation Association." Lin Shishi introduced, "In the fourth 'Xiaoyao Cup' In the novel competition, Ouyang Tian passed all the tests and finally won No.1 at the age of 29."

Liu Xing suddenly realized that it really was a tiger father without dogs.

Ouyang Wen won No.20 in the just-concluded 3th Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, and his future is boundless.Unexpectedly, his father Ouyang Tian's talent is even more astonishing. He won the championship of the 29th Novel Contest at the age of 4.

The champion of each Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest will automatically become a candidate for the King of Books and have the opportunity to challenge Xiaoyao Ke, the King of Books.If the challenge is successful, Qashqai must directly give up the position of King of Books.

From the 1st session to the 17th session of the Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, a total of 17 book king candidates were born, all of whom have challenged Xiaoyaoke.Unfortunately, the challenges of 17 challengers failed in the end, and Ouyang Tian was one of them.

As for the champion of the 18th Novel Contest, out of respect for the Book King, he voluntarily gave up the opportunity to challenge the Book King.The champion of the 19th Novel Contest was terminally ill and died soon after, so he did not challenge the Book King.

Therefore, in the past 40 years, Qashqai has always been the king of books in eastern China, and no one can shake his status.

According to relevant regulations, the shadow man won the championship of the 20th Novel Contest, and originally had the qualification to challenge the book king.It's just that the Qashqai has disappeared, so this challenge is naturally impossible at present.

"After Ouyang Tian failed to challenge the Qashqai back then, he realized the huge gap between his own Qashqai." Lin Shishi introduced, "Ouyang Tian discovered that Qashqai is an all-rounder, he is proficient in writing, appreciating books, and reading. Therefore, Ouyang Tian determined to become an all-rounder. After decades of hard work, he has now become the president of Xuelian City Star Writers Association and Book Appreciation Association, and is the only president of both associations in Eastern China. Ouyang Tian has been Thinking about the position of Book King, now that Xiaoyao Ke is missing, this is Ouyang Tian's best chance, and he will definitely not let it go."

Liu Xing said: "According to what you say, Ouyang Tian can be regarded as a genius."

"That's right, Ouyang Tian is indeed someone who can accomplish great things, because his heart is ruthless enough!" Lin Shi said, "In order to devote all his energy to novels and become the king of books, Ouyang Tian set up a scheme to kill himself more than 20 years ago." His wife, he thinks his wife will drag him down."

"Kill your wife?" Liu Xing frowned, "How do you know?"

"I found out about it in the dungeon of the forbidden book area." Lin Shishi said, "Some stories can only be heard from the mouths of prisoners, which is one of the reasons why I have lived in the forbidden book area for a long time. Ouyang Tian is even willing to kill his wife, I believe this person can do anything. Brother Heiying, you'd better find a way to clean up Ouyang Tian first, so as to avoid future troubles."

After finishing speaking, Lin Shishi took out the first volume of "The Stories Collection of Chinese Celebrities" that had been compiled recently, handed it over, and said, "This book contains some secret information of Ouyang Tian, ​​you can take a look."
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three days later.

Meteor Book Bar, the TV in the lobby on the first floor is broadcasting news.

"The latest news from our station, Fu Changding, the runner-up of the 20th Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, just stated on his personal Weibo that he will participate in the Black Shadow Man Cup Novel Contest and support the Black Shadow Man as the king of books. With Fu Changding joining, Among the top ten writers in this year's novel competition, 9 writers have publicly supported the Shadowman."

"As of today, more than 57000 writers have participated in the second Black Shadow Man Cup Novel Contest, among which 289 are star-rated writers, and an astonishing 59 are five-star writers, setting a record in the history of the folk essay contest .”

……
After reading the news, Wang Lanlan was a little excited: "There are 14 more five-star writers who support Sombra, and Somra's popularity is indeed very high. Liu Xing, do you think Somra will agree to be the king of books?" ?”

Liu Xing said: "Probably not. Book King is a hard job. He has to manage hundreds of millions of scholars and deal with a lot of messy things every day. It's not as easy as ordinary people."
"But, the shadow man is the best candidate for the Book King!"

"How do you know that the shadow man is suitable to be the king of books?"

"It's a girl's intuition."

"This is clearly the intuition of the brainless fan."

"Hee hee." Wang Lanlan rested her chin in her little hand, with an expectant expression on her face, she muttered to herself, "It would be great if the black shadow man could become the king of books. I think I can review my new books sooner."

"..." This girl thought far ahead.

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Yufeng Fiction Academy, meeting room.

"The essay competition has been launched for three days, and the shadow man has not appeared yet." said the dean of the Tuxue Fiction Academy, "It is not an option to wait any longer. We should make more plans."

Ouyang Tian agreed: "We can't hang ourselves on a tree. We have a total of 20 candidates for Book King, and the Sombra Man is just one of them, and it's hard to convince everyone if Hem Shadow Man is the Book King directly. Let me say, We simply vote for the 20 book king candidates, and whoever gets the most votes will be the book king.”

"Ouyang Tian's proposal is good, and the voting method is the fairest."

"I also agree to use voting to elect the book king. This is the most popular way."

Several members of the council expressed their views one after another.

Hearing this, Du Hefeng frowned slightly, as if the last thing he wanted to see was about to happen.

Du Hefeng knew very well that once the book king was elected by voting, the council would definitely be torn apart and turned into several opposing camps.

At that time, before the external conflicts are resolved, the internal conflicts may erupt first, which is undoubtedly the worst situation.

It was precisely because he understood the consequences that Du Hefeng insisted on proposing that the Sombra Man be the book king, because only the Sombra Man had enough deterrent power to make everyone united against Feng Manlou.

Dealing with Feng Manlou is the most important thing right now.

It's a pity that there has been no news of the shadow man so far, and many people in the council naturally want to take advantage of the fire and take down the position of book king.

"If everyone has no objection, we will start the voting ceremony for the election of the book king immediately." Ouyang Tian directly proposed.

Du Hefeng hurriedly interrupted: "We held the Sombra Man Cup Essay Contest just to invite the Sombra man to help with the greatest sincerity. If we invite the Sombra man and at the same time vote for the King of Books, it will be a disservice to the Som figure man." It's a kind of disrespect. I think the voting is temporarily suspended, and we can wait for the shadow man to show up."

Ouyang Tian asked back: "Dean Du, if the shadow man never appears, are we just waiting to die? Fengmanlou will definitely have a big move soon, we have no leader, how to deal with emergencies? We don't have time to wait for the shadow man. It should be done immediately.”

"Ouyang Tian is right, you should vote for a Book King first."

"I also agree to vote."

Seeing many members of the council standing on Ouyang Tian's side one after another, Du Hefeng's expression suddenly became a little more solemn. After thinking for a while, he could only take a tactic and said, "If you don't do this, wait another three days. If it goes dark after three days If the filmmaker still doesn't show up, let's elect the book king again."

"Three days?" Ouyang Tian pondered for a while, nodded and said, "OK, wait another three days!"

……

after the council meeting.

In the afternoon of that day, a piece of heavy news appeared in Tianhai City. Du Hefeng publicly stated that he would participate in the Black Shadow Man Cup Essay Contest.

After the news was exposed, it immediately aroused heated discussions from all walks of life.

Du Hefeng has been the dean of the Yufeng Novel Academy for more than 40 years. He is the first generation disciple of the book king Xiaoyaoke, and he is considered to be the oldest generation in the Reading League.

A character of his level hardly participates in any novel competitions.Because once you participate, you can win the championship in all likelihood.

Although Du Hefeng has never participated in the Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, in the eyes of many scholars, he is also one of the candidates for the Book King.

But today, Du Hefeng chose to participate in the Black Shadow Man Cup Essay Contest and personally invited the Black Shadow Man to succeed the book king. This move surprised many people.

Du Hefeng's entry is called "To Mr. Shadowman", which is not so much a novel as an invitation letter to the shadowman.

Du Hefeng knew that he didn't have much time left, so he could only do his best, hoping to impress the shadow man with his sincerity.

As one of the deans of the four major novel schools, Du Hefeng's influence in Eastern China is still very significant.
After the publication of "To Mr. Shadowman", many scholars responded positively. On the same day, 19 five-star writers publicly supported the Shadowman.

The next day, the number of five-star writers participating in the Black Shadow Man Cup Essay Contest exceeded 150, and many old writers who had retired for many years came out one after another to write novels again.

On the third day, Zhang Lihua, the dean of the Lianhua Fiction Academy, also announced her support for the Shadowman. Under her leadership, the number of five-star writers participating directly exceeded 200, and the lineup of writers was no less than that of the "Xiaoyao Cup" novel competition.

In addition to writers, many top book appraisers, reading masters, novel media and other groups have expressed their support for the shadow people in their own ways.

In just three days, the voice of the shadow man to succeed the book king became louder and louder, and the momentum of publicity overwhelmed the previous wind, and no one could match it.

The only regret is that after three days, the shadow man is still missing.

……

Late at night, halfway up Yufeng Mountain.

On an uphill path, Du Hefeng and Zhang Lihua walked side by side.

Zhang Lihua is the dean of Lianhua Novel Academy. Like Du Hefeng, she is the first generation disciple of Qashqai.

"Sigh, the black shadow man is not really interested in being the king of books, is he?" Du Hefeng sighed.

"Brother Du, the three-day agreement has expired, and the shadow man still hasn't appeared, what are you going to do?" Zhang Lihua asked worriedly.

"In any case, voting is not allowed." Du Hefeng said, "Since the shadow man has not appeared, we will pretend to be a shadow man."

"Pretending to be a shadow man?" Zhang Lihua had some clues, "Brother Du, are you planning to let someone pretend to be a shadow man, and then recommend this fake shadow man to be the king of books?"

"That's right." Du Hefeng nodded and said, "Let the fake black shadow man support the situation first, stabilize the situation, and talk about the rest slowly."

Zhang Lihua said worriedly: "The crime of impersonating the book king is no small matter. If you are exposed in the future, your reputation will be ruined, senior brother."

Du Hefeng said: "If this crisis can be resolved, what is my reputation? Junior sister, do you still remember what Master said to us when we became the dean of the School of Fiction?"

"Of course I remember." Zhang Lihua recalled, "At that time, Master repeatedly told us that the establishment of the reading alliance was for the benefit of scholars all over the world, not for our own selfishness."

Du Hefeng sighed: "Now the reading alliance is in danger. If it is not handled properly, not only will it fall apart, but many people will die. For the sake of the overall situation, we can only take the risk and find a fake black shadow man to act as the king of books. If something happens Whatever happens, I'll take it on myself."

Knowing that he had made up his mind, Zhang Lihua asked, "Brother Du, the black shadow man has extraordinary martial arts skills, who are you going to let pretend to be him?"

"You'll know in a while."

Not long after, the two came to a forest on the hillside of Yufeng Mountain. There were bursts of strange noises in front of them. When they looked closely, they saw a black figure jumping around in midair.

The black figure was dressed in black, flying back and forth in the woods, and looked somewhat similar to the shadow man.

"Hong'er." Du Hefeng called out.

The black figure stopped immediately, and greeted him: "Grandpa!" He took off the black hat on his head, revealing a handsome face. He was a handsome young man in his early twenties.

This young guy is Du Feihong, the grandson of Du Hefeng.Du Feihong liked martial arts since he was a child. He is currently studying in the martial arts department of Yufeng Fiction Academy. He has learned leg skills from many martial artists.

Since the shadow man appeared in Tianhai City two years ago, Du Feihong has regarded the shadow man as his idol.
"Brother Du, are you going to let Feihong impersonate the shadow man?" Zhang Lihua saw something tricky.

"Not bad." Du Hefeng explained, "Hong'er wears super elastic shoes, which can show good jumping ability. In addition, in the nearby forest, I have had someone design a steel wire to assist Hong'er in flying. In this way, Hong'er can pretend to be a shadow man in this forest."

Zhang Lihua asked again: "At that time, Feihong will agree to be the book king in the name of the shadow man?"

Du Hefeng nodded.

Zhang Lihua questioned: "However, paper cannot contain fire."

Du Hefeng said: "Now we can only take one step at a time. Let's wait for a while. I hope the real shadow man will show up soon." Turning his head, he told Du Feihong, "Hong'er, you need to practice pretending more. The skills of the shadow people, I hope to bluff the old people in the council."

Du Feihong assured: "Don't worry, Grandpa, I will definitely not reveal my secrets."

After a few words of advice, Du Hefeng and Zhang Lihua left Yufeng Mountain.

As for Du Feihong, dressed in black, he continued to practice in the woods. He kicked his elastic shoes on the ground, and with a bang, his body jumped 10 meters high. After drawing an arc in the air, he fell back to the ground.

With a bang, Du Feihong bounced up again and continued flying.

With the help of the elasticity of the super elastic shoes, Du Feihong rose and fell in the woods, jumping up and down.This kind of elastic shoe looks cool, but it is not easy to use.

The force generated by elastic shoes is too great, and most people need to practice repeatedly to adapt to its strength.At the same time, when flying at an altitude of ten meters, the requirements for balance are also very high, and accidents may occur if you don't pay attention.

Bang!
Suddenly, because Du Feihong didn't control the strength of the elastic shoes well, his flight direction deviated, and he hit a big tree directly. With a scream, he fell from midair and fell on his back.

Had it not been for the airbags on his body, his life would have been lost.

"It won't be broken, will it?"

When he landed, Du Feihong only felt severe pain in his left ankle. He took off his shoes and found that his ankle was swollen and bruised.

"No, I'm going to start pretending to be a shadow man in the next few days, I have to practice again! I can't let Grandpa's plan go to waste!"

Thinking of this, Du Feihong put on the elastic shoes, gritted his teeth, stood up again, and continued to practice flying.

bass!
His body bounced up again, but his left foot couldn't bear the strong elastic force at all. Du Feihong screamed in pain, his body lost his balance again, and fell to the ground again.

"Ah—" After falling to the ground, Du Feihong groaned in pain. His coat was already drenched in cold sweat. He clenched his fists, pushed himself on the ground, and got up again, "A man, don't give up lightly!"

After speaking, Du Feihong was ready to continue practicing.

"If you keep practicing like this, this leg will be useless." At this time, a middle-aged man's voice came from above his head.

"Who?" Du Feihong looked up and saw a man in all black sitting on a branch more than ten meters high.

Du Feihong thought he was hallucinating, rubbed his eyes, and looked again, there was indeed a man in black on the branch, his body was completely wrapped in black, and his appearance could not be seen.

"Black... shadow man?" Du Feihong's eyes lit up, and his voice trembled with excitement.
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(End of this chapter)