No one expected Xian Yu to suddenly leap to eighth place on the writer rankings!
However, not everyone missed the update prompt from the Literature and Art Association’s list...
Amidst countless voices of disbelief and uncertainty.
Someone took a screenshot of the notice from the Literature and Art Association:
"Poetry writers hadn’t been included in the Blue Star writer rankings before, but we all know that poetry has always been a very important literary form throughout history, holding a highly esteemed place in literary history. Once poetry writers are included in the rankings, it’s no surprise that Xian Yu, who has achieved astronomical success in classical poetry, ranking first globally, would enter eighth place. I even think this ranking is too low, given the quality of Xian Yu’s poetry deserves a much higher position!"
"Xian Yu can write poetry?"
"Xian Yu, who excels in singing, composing, screenwriting, and dancing, is also a literati who can write poetry, and made it to eighth in the writer rankings?"
"What kind of divine being is this?"
"Top ten in music rankings, top ten in dance rankings, now top ten in writer rankings too; what can’t Xian Yu do?"
"Fish Papa, take my knee!"
"Once again, the awkward truth is right before us: After the grand merger of the Blue Star, we thought the whole world knew that Fish Papa could sing, dance, write poetry, compose, and such; however, the fact is, some continents that joined later knew nothing of this, especially the Wei Continent and Zhong Continent, or perhaps they knew but didn’t comprehend the transcendental level of Xian Yu’s poetic talent. Here, I strongly recommend that everyone in all continents go to the bookstore and buy a copy of ’The Anthology of Xian Yu.’ You’ll discover one of the most genius souls in global history!"
"Is the book just called ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’?"
"I’m going to buy it now; this ranking is too absurd to be believable!"
"Chu Kuang fought so hard over the years, and his ranking is only a bit higher than Xian Yu’s?"
"And this is just Xian Yu’s initial ranking!"
"I recall Chu Kuang’s initial rank was only thirteenth!"
This was everyone’s first reaction!
Amidst all the doubt and shock, countless people rushed to buy "The Anthology of Xian Yu" at the first opportunity, for reasons like "I want to see why his initial ranking is so high" or "to see what poems Xian Yu has written," and so on.
This phenomenon was most prevalent in the Wei Continent and Zhong Continent.
Because these two continents had the least understanding of Xian Yu’s poetry.
The so-called ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’ was published by Silver Blue Books several years ago.
This book almost entirely collected all of Xian Yu’s released poetry articles.
However, since it was an old book published a few years ago, there naturally wasn’t much stock in various bookstores.
After all, no one could predict that the Literature and Art Association would suddenly include poetry in the writer rankings; even if one did foresee it, few could have imagined Xian Yu’s initial ranking would be eighth!
Major booksellers across the Blue Star soon faced that classic headache:
There weren’t enough books to sell.
"It used to be Chu Kuang’s books not being enough to sell; now it’s Xian Yu’s turn, so indeed this Xian Yu truly is Chu Kuang’s good buddy, even giving us the same problem!"
"It’s as if overnight the whole world wants to buy ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’!"
"All major bookstores sold out instantly; there’s truly no stock left. My home bookshelf has a copy. If I didn’t love it so much, I’d think about selling it."
"This book should’ve been popular long ago!"
"There are many works in it that I’ve memorized!"
"Quickly contact Silver Blue Books to restock!"
"This matter is quite sudden, and Silver Blue Books will need time for reprinting, so the book market will face a drought in the coming days."
"I’ve been selling books for years, and if anyone asked me to recommend a few essential reads, ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’ would definitely be one of them!"
The crazy book-buying frenzy began as soon as the rankings updated.
Even if some continents were still in their nighttime, they opened online bookstores the first chance they got to buy ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’ and then sat waiting for delivery.
Those who bought ’The Anthology of Xian Yu’ years ago were enjoying themselves.
Some of them were Xian Yu fans; they bought it to read, of course.
However, more people bought it back then because it was hyped up by the media, brought it home, and may not have opened it to read closely.
Just to fill their bookshelves.
Many even forgot to unwrap the packaging.
But on this day, many people opened this ’Anthology of Xian Yu,’ which had been dust-covered for many years, to read it earnestly for the first time.
Many realized what kind of magnificent work they had missed all those years ago!
Those immortal lines shine brightly regardless of how many years pass!
There is the grandeur of "a cascade descending three thousand feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven";
The ease of "Heaven gave me talents must be put to good use, wealth may be dispersed, yet it will return";
The elegance of "Don’t say you’re not moved, the curtain sways in the west wind, people look more delicate than yellow flowers";
The sadness of "Things are different, everything is in repose, wanting to speak, tears flow first";
The arrogance of "Not hating the ancients that I never met, just hating the ancients never saw my wildness";
The dominance of "Remembering the past, golden armor and iron horse, with a momentum as mighty as a tiger";
And the solitude of "Ten years apart and wistful, no thought brings but longing";
As well as the beauty of "Wish people long-lasting, though thousands of miles apart, share the bright moon together";