Chapter 58: Chapter 58: The Proud Xiao Cangtian
Editor: Henyee Translations
“This book is really well-written. For a new book, the clicks and recommendation votes are coming in fast!” The numbers were increasing rapidly today. Tianyi-Mowu refreshed the novel’s page occasionally to see how much the clicks and recommendations had grown. He was bored anyway, so he just refreshed the page again…
“Damn! An Alliance Hierarch!” The refresh stunned him! An Alliance Hierarch suddenly appeared! What was going on?!
Logically, a new book with just about twenty thousand words wasn’t even considered a sapling. A few one-yuan, two-yuan, ten, or hundred-yuan rewards barely made sense, but an Alliance Hierarch appearing out of nowhere…
He quickly messaged Wang Hao: “Boss! Boss, look! An Alliance Hierarch! Your book has an Alliance Hierarch!”
Tianyi-Mowu: “Boss, are you asleep? Reply when you see the message! Your book has an Alliance Hierarch!”
The unlucky day finally ended!
Early the next morning, Wang Hao stared at the luck dice and gulped.
Yesterday was unlucky, so today should be fine, right? Following the usual pattern, today should at least be normal, but more likely good luck. Heh, yesterday was so miserable, today I must turn the tables!
“Clatter,” the luck dice spun on the table, then stopped…
Damn it, unlucky again today!
Unlucky with a critical hit, damn it!
“I’ve been helping this kid with hype for two days,” Xiao Cangtian woke up in an extremely foul mood. He didn’t get the book title, didn’t win the battle, and helped the opponent with hype for two full days. Discussions were still ongoing on the Dragon Mountain Forum.
He turned on the computer and entered the Stormy Chinese website, habitually opened the Break the Heavens page to check the data, and was instantly stunned!
An Alliance Hierarch!
Break the Heavens, with only about twenty thousand words, had an Alliance Hierarch!
Damn, are you trying to reach the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?!
“Damn it, how is this possible? Shit!” Xiao Cangtian was so angry, his mouth almost twisted!
No wonder he was so shocked.
A new book with twenty thousand words, after two days of hype, had almost reached two hundred collections, nearly four hundred recommendation votes, but damn it, now it had an Alliance Hierarch!
This author called Tian Can Dou was definitely a complete newcomer, how could this be possible?
“This is impossible, absolutely impossible,” Xiao Cangtian fiercely rubbed his temples, murmuring, “My new book has been out for so long without an Alliance Hierarch, why does a newcomer get one? Why?! There’s definitely something fishy about this.”
Jealousy! At this moment, Xiao Cangtian’s heart was filled with sheer jealousy!
If a flop just wasted such a good title, it could be understood, but now, with less than twenty thousand words, there was an Alliance Hierarch…
I, a bona fide great author, don’t even have an Alliance Hierarch, but you got one, do you really think people are all idiots?
Xiao Cangtian opened Hao Chen’s personal page, carefully looked it over, then decisively opened the Dragon Mountain Forum. After pondering, he posted—
“Dear Dragon friends, I am Xiao Cangtian. Explanation of the book title incident and a few questions.”
The body of the post—
“Dear Dragon friends, hello, I am Xiao Cangtian himself. I heard that the book title incident involving my new book caused quite a stir here. Originally, I didn’t want to say anything, but friends who knew about it asked me to explain, so here I am.”
“I felt it was a pity about the book title, but in any case, it’s just a title; while important, it’s not enough to directly affect the overall success of a book. Since the title was taken, changing it wouldn’t significantly impact my success. What truly surprised and outraged me today is that this newcomer shamelessly tried to gain attention! Everyone look, there is evidence!”
Below was a screenshot of the reward section of Break the Heavens, where Hao Chen’s reward of a hundred thousand Storm Coins in big red letters almost blinded people.
“A newcomer, a complete newbie with no fan base, whose new book has just over fifteen thousand words, has an Alliance Hierarch! I believe everyone can figure out what’s going on. Let’s dig deeper—”
The second picture was Hao Chen’s personal page, empty with only one honor listed: the book Break the Heavens!
“A complete newbie, with no previous books, who suddenly appeared and rewarded this new book with an Alliance Hierarch. The only explanation is that Hao Chen himself is the author’s alternate account! The purpose of this Alliance Hierarch reward is very simple, to attract attention!”
Finally, Xiao Cangtian concluded, “First, the book title was preempted, then the chat records were fabricated, now he rewards himself with an Alliance Hierarch to attract attention. Any one of these actions might be tolerable, but not three in a row. So, I call on all Dragon friends to boycott such a low-boundary newcomer! We can’t ask the website to delete his data, but we can avoid collecting, avoid recommending, and let him perish on his own!”
As soon as Xiao Cangtian’s post was published, it instantly swayed the public opinion on the Dragon Mountain Forum.
Deserving of an old expert, Xiao Cangtian timed it perfectly.
He aggressively attacked the author’s weakness—being a newcomer with no foundation—and countered the previous equal battle by focusing on the appearance of the Alliance Hierarch.
It must be said, his strategy was spot on—quickly, the tide of Dragon Mountain users turned to his side—
“I knew it, this guy is just shameless. We must strongly boycott such an author!”
“Exactly, someone who even grabs a title can’t have good character. Immediate blacklist!”
“I used to think it was a big-shot suppressing a newcomer; now it looks like the newcomer is shameless. Blocking, no explanation needed!”
Watching the comments from Dragon Mountain users, Xiao Cangtian laughed heartily: “Damn it, dare to fight me, I will destroy you!”