All-rounder Artist

What is a hero?

The students scratched their heads in puzzlement.

And in the following class, Professor Wang not only sparred with the students but also dissected "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to reveal the aspects of its cultural representation. He made various extensive references, so much so that when class ended, the students were still reluctant to leave!

"Professor Wang, tell us more!"

"We haven't had enough yet!"

"You've just finished analyzing Huang Yaoshi. How about analyzing some of the others next, like Master Yideng?"

"Professor Wang is GOAT!"

"I'll never call you an old rascal again!"

"Anyone who dares to say Professor Wang's class is boring, I'll fight them!"

Professor Wang: "..."

He used to be polite to these students, and they didn't appreciate it; today, he scolded them vigorously, and they seemed to enjoy it?

"Class is over!"

He waved his hand, "We'll continue with 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' next class. Now go back and do your homework properly!"

What is a hero?

This question was the homework Professor Wang had left them.

Just as Professor Wang was preparing to leave, a somewhat embarrassed student approached him and said, "Professor Wang, today's class was too exciting, I couldn't help but record a video. Can I post it online?"

"..."

Playing with your phone during class?

Professor Wang responded with irritation, "Not again!"

The student excitedly replied, "Understood, Professor Wang!"

Sure enough.

The student quickly uploaded the video online.

To the student's surprise, Professor Wang's lecture went viral rapidly!

His elaborate analysis of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in class had won countless netizens' admiration and awe!

"Damn!"

"GOAT, I bow down to Professor Wang!"

"As expected from a literature professor. Are we even reading the same novel? 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' has so many literary allusions?"

"A marvel to behold!"

"The talk about the Five Elements and the Bagua was brilliant!"

"The coolest part was the martial skills analysis. I had no idea that techniques like the 'Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms' originated from ancient texts!"

"Ah, this professor is so adorable, saying he's uneducated. Who is he dissing?"

"Spending the whole lecture roasting students in various imposing ways, yet it ends up making you speechless because he truly understands!"

"After watching the professor's analysis, I realized just how terrifying this old rascal is. The other martial arts novels pale in comparison to 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'!"

"Talking about nationalism is easy, but who dares make it the main theme?"

"Only Chu Kuang could handle that theme. Normal martial arts writers simply can't grasp it. But seriously, after listening to Professor Wang's analysis, I realized 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' is even more GOAT than I thought!"

The netizens were truly shocked!

Everyone was solely focused on the storyline when reading "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," completely overlooking the numerous traditional cultural references embedded in the text!

Professor Wang is outstanding!

Chu Kuang is even more so!

A martial arts novel was endowed with such profound literary depth by Chu Kuang, that even Professor Wang, a proponent of traditional culture, couldn't help but give a thumbs up in praise!

You should know.

The traditional culture circle has always been mainly critical of fantasy works, and it is rare for such works to receive such outright approval!

And as netizens were busy lavishing praise,

the student who uploaded the video couldn't help but say:

"Don't just spit rainbows; offer some suggestions. Ol' Wang is asking what a hero is!"

"How should we know!"

The netizens certainly weren't interested in doing homework.

But Professor Wang's lecture gained not only the likes and approval of netizens.

Other renowned figures from the field of traditional culture also shared the video, affirming this viewpoint.

This was a first.

The traditional culture circle has such respect for a wuxia novel!

…

Meanwhile.

Starlight Entertainment.

Lin Yuan was sitting in his office writing a novel.

If someone were standing behind Lin Yuan, they would certainly see that the document he was writing was boldly titled "The Return of the Condor Heroes"!

Yes.

After finishing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," Lin Yuan didn't fall into his usual salted fish mode.

He immediately began writing "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Jin Yong is known for the Condor Trilogy, consisting of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," "The Return of the Condor Heroes," and "Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer".

Among them.

The stories of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes are tightly connected.

Lin Yuan could put off "Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer" for later, but he couldn't let go of the story of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Only with the release of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" would the character development of Guo Jing be truly completed.

Of course.

This was also related to Lin Yuan's need for Chu Kuang to earn him more reputation points.

Lin Yuan was aware of how popular "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was, and he knew that striking while the iron was hot would ensure good sales for subsequent works.

And until today.

He had already finished nearly half of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and planned to complete it before April and then publish it.

Just like that.

He continued writing until four in the afternoon before deciding to call it a day.

Sitting in the car on the way home, Lin Yuan took out his phone to check the online comments about The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

It had become a daily routine for Lin Yuan to assess the System's mission progress of reviving the martial arts stories by reading silly netizens' comments on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

At that moment.

Lin Yuan saw Professor Wang's classroom video.

After watching the video, Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile.

The interpretation was excellent!

Actually, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" encompasses a rich array of cultures and ideas, and Professor Wang had only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

However, one must know:

It has been only a few days since The Legend of the Condor Heroes was published.

Being able to discern so much in just a couple of days showed Professor Wang's literary accomplishment.

This saved Lin Yuan quite a bit of trouble.

If these things weren't pointed out by others, Lin Yuan would have had to log in to Yi An's account and boast about it himself. Although there would be nothing wrong with that, it might be somewhat embarrassing, fearing that he could potentially embarrass himself in public one day.

However…

At the end of the class, the question left by Professor Wang was indeed very interesting, nearly striking at the core of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

With a thought.

Lin Yuan felt it was better to let Yi An fill in the gaps, as Yi An's existence was indeed meant for this.

With that thought.

Lin Yuan quickly logged into Yi An's account and took the opportunity to share the video on his blog.

In the comments section, Lin Yuan typed out eight characters:

"The hero's greatest pursuit, for the country and for the people!"

Actually, this phrase would be more concretely exemplified in "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and also complements the character development of Guo Jing.

With The Return of the Condor Heroes yet to be released.

Lin Yuan deciding to write out this phrase earlier would help people understand Guo Jing's actions and thoughts more deeply.

Making up his mind.

Lin Yuan clicked "Publish".

Thus, the concept of "The hero's greatest pursuit, for the country and for the people" in wuxia was introduced for the first time on Blue Star!

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ps: Does this bit capture the essence of a prolific word-spinner?