Facing Sheng Wu's question, Tai Yu smiled and shook his head. "I don't have that concept."
Sheng Wu was not surprised. He replied with a quiet laugh, "I don't know much either. In my impression, Qiong Yin Publishing House was one of the old established publishers from the Sky Abyss Empire era. After the Calamity Era began, the publishing house declined. I definitely don't know how many editions they put out."
After a brief pause, Sheng Wu continued, "But during the Calamity Era, an associate editor in the Han Guang Star System used that name to establish a branch. In 1001, they released a royal collector's edition, made with gold-thread soft pages. It really was a classic. Later, it was reprinted once every 1001 years, for five editions in all. After that, it was absorbed into the Royal Publishing Group and gradually disappeared. Only those five editions remain in existence... If it was the Han Guang Qiong Yin edition, there were only those five versions in total."
Ran Ming looked eagerly at Tai Yu. "Have you confirmed which edition it is, little brother?"
Tai Yu shook his head. "I never paid attention to that."
Where was he supposed to get a photocopy to compare? There was no way to confirm it!
Sheng Wu sighed softly. "Even if it was the fifth edition, it would still have a history of seven or eight thousand years by now. Even with gold-thread soft-page craftsmanship, it was truly not easy for it to have survived. I never expected someone to make a photocopy of it. That was rather thankless work. I wonder whether the inheritance was still clear?"
Clearly, he was not asking anyone in particular. He was simply lamenting.
Ran Ming truly loved collecting such things, so he looked at Tai Yu. "Little