Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

After turning to the first page, Zhu Wuyao fell silent.

"It opened its blood-red maw, roared, and bit the enemy to death. This feat silenced the surrounding beasts, who dared not utter a sound or challenge its majesty."

Seeing the unusually docile appearance of the surrounding monsters, it grinned with satisfaction.

"This is the power of the strongest beast of the demon race!"

"From this day forward, it! The golden-crowned, mighty serpent that roams the heavens and earth, awe-inspiring all beasts, is the King of the Demon Race!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

……

...Why are you laughing like a teapot?

Zhu Wuyao awkwardly slammed the "Beast King Showdown" storybook shut.

She realized something was very wrong.

Although "The Travels of the Zhu Family" was a hastily written work, its opponents were too weak. Even though it was a hastily written travelogue, it still stood out among the various beings of the demon race.

The demon race's powerful members are terrifyingly powerful...

It's truly beyond our reach!

How on earth did this rubbish come about? The demon race has existed for so long, haven't your cultural standards improved at all?

Zhu Wuyao was somewhat questioning the meaning of life.

She returned the storybook without making a sound.

Just as she was pondering some profound questions about racial evolution, someone smiled, handed her a glass of wine, and asked:

"How about it? I hope everyone's travelogue is unparalleled?"

Zhu Wuyao took the wine glass in a daze, pulled down his hood, took a sip, and then nodded haphazardly. This absurd world will never get better.

Let's just destroy it.

Just as she was about to put the wine glass on the table, she suddenly heard a "click" sound.

Someone dropped their wine glass.

But he paid no heed to the shattered glass, abruptly stood up, a look of surprise on his face, and pointed at Zhu Wuyao, stammering:

"Wishing...wishing everyone...!"

Wishing everyone booming business and daily profits!

The moment those words popped into her mind, Zhu Wuyao froze. Had she just lifted her hood?

She looked up with a slight startle and saw that all the scholars at the table were staring at her in complete silence.

The scene immediately became lively—

"Congratulations everyone! Could that woman who buried the flowers really have the strength to uproot the willow tree?"

"Is it really that dangerous outside? I was thinking of traveling, but thanks to Miss Zhu's book, I changed my mind. It's still peaceful in Biyi City!"

"Congratulations, young lady! There's a poetry gathering the day after tomorrow... Oh dear! Don't push!"

Come visit my garden!

……

Zhu Wuyao fled in panic.

Behind him, he could still faintly hear the whispers of the crowd through his divine sense.

"I didn't expect Miss Zhu to be so modest, saying that her travelogue is completely worthless?"

"Yes, it's said that scholars are often jealous of each other and are quite arrogant, but this Master Zhu took the initiative to listen to our opinions, and even criticized his own travelogue to make us feel awkward!"

"This is what we intellectuals should be like..."

I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!

Zhu Wuyao refused the invitation three times, then used his escape technique to quickly return to Chaoxi Bookstore to discuss important matters with Ye Xiaozhou.

Things have now spiraled completely out of control.

This was an unexpected turn of events.

It was all because the plan was too rushed and the time was too tight that I didn't read more books about the demon race.

They really haven't made any progress.

Back at Chaoxi Bookstore, the number of customers outside had gradually decreased, and only the hired staff were busy.

Zhu Wuyao found Ye Xiaozhou counting money in the backyard.

He hurried over to Ye Xiaozhou and patted her on the shoulder:

"The plan has changed. The demon race is too useless. 'The Travels of Zhu' has become a hit. If this continues, I'll soon become the leader of the literary world!"

Ye Xiaozhou glanced up at her, poured the copper coins from the small box into the large box, and said:

"Don't panic, let me count how much money I made today."

"There are no other cultivators among the crowd, so where will you buy spiritual herbs and pills after you earn money?"

Ye Xiaozhou paused for a moment while counting the money.

Her initially excited expression immediately turned into a riot of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.

Finally, looking somewhat dejected, he sat down on the money box and said:

"Something seems off. I had planned how to respond when they gathered and shouted 'Refund!', but not a single person came to return the books!"

...You've even come up with an emergency plan?

You deserve to make this ill-gotten gain.

Zhu Wuyao sat on the money box opposite him and recounted the scene that had just unfolded in the restaurant, finally sighing:

"I really overlooked this matter."

"The fabricated memories also lacked the storybook content from Biyi City. I guess they were worried that if I thought about this, I would start to question how storybooks of that caliber became so popular, and then realize the absurdity of this world."

"Moreover, the scholars in Biyi City all spoke in a refined manner, which made us overlook this matter."

"This shows that all living beings have become similar, including learned individuals among the human race, and even among the demon race, there are learned people, giving scholars the appearance of refined scholars, but not the substance of them..."

As they talked, Zhu Wuyao became somewhat doubtful again.

Since the concept of "all beings in one world" cannot be reconciled, why not simply remove the existence of the bookstore altogether?

Or perhaps it's because most of those entering Biyi City are demons, and therefore they don't notice anything amiss?

Could this be one of the reasons why Zilong invited outsiders to Feidu Lake?

Although doubts remained, Zhu Wuyao managed to convince himself for the time being.

Ye Xiaozhou thought for a moment and said:

"In that case, 'What's Beyond the Mountain?' needs to be distributed as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Biyi City gains a preemptive advantage and establishes the Zhu family's travelogue as the mainstream, then everything will be over!"

Zhu Wuyao nodded solemnly and said:

"Without further ado, let's start placing books next to each child's pillow tonight. You can go to the south of the city, and I'll go to the north."

After saying that, he got up to leave.

Ye Xiaozhou was puzzled. They had to work all night tonight, so where were they going?

Zhu Wuyao put away the kitchen knife he was carrying and said with slightly heavy steps:

"Go home and eat."

Although she had no parents, and the parents in the various characters were also fictional, the two were still too enthusiastic.

Every morning, she would get up early, prepare breakfast, stand in front of the courtyard gate with loving eyes and a sense of pride, and watch Zhu Wuyao go to Chaoxi Bookstore.

This weighty concern felt awkward to Zhu Wuyao, who had been raised in a free-range manner.

However, due to a lack of experience, they did not know how to refuse.

Left with no other choice, I had to endure it!

As soon as I pushed open the courtyard gate, I saw Zhu Chaoyun, her mother in the "Portraits of All Beings" scene, bringing out a steamer of buns from the kitchen, and Zhu Liang, her father in the "Portraits of All Beings" scene, washing a pot, his face still covered in dust.

Upon seeing her return, he quickly invited Zhu Wuyao to dinner.

The simple pleasures of everyday life are what truly soothe the soul.

The sunset was beautiful on the horizon. A-Meng had just finished school and cheerfully greeted Zhu Wuyao before continuing to read her book on a small stool in the courtyard.

This gave Zhu Wuyao a false impression of a peaceful and idyllic life.

"He accepted the bribe of ten thousand bushels of grain without understanding propriety..."

Hearing the reading voices around her, Zhu Wuyao's slightly upturned lips suddenly stopped.

Is it because there are schools in the various aspects of life that there are bookstores?