My Years as a Great Sword Saint

The novels in the room were favorites of Kuina or Koshiro's wife, but perhaps because Koshiro was a Sword Saint, there weren't many romance novels among them. Instead, they were mainly adventure novels like those about swordsmen and knights.

Their main themes were the protagonist's journey of growing stronger and bringing good to the world, fully reflecting the pursuit of fairness and justice by the people here, as well as their yearning for powerful strength.

However, because this world truly had supernatural abilities, imagination was actually limited. Apart from swordsmanship, marksmanship, Haki, and Devil Fruits, there were few other power systems, let alone magic or chakra.

Besides adventure novels, there were also a few historical and conquest novels. The themes covered almost everything except Xianxia, fantasy, urban supernatural, and multiverses.

The protagonists' identities were also varied, with no set pattern. Marines, pirates, and bounty hunters were the most common professions, with a few involving the mafia and merchants.

In terms of background, perhaps because there were too many kingdoms here, fallen princes were the most numerous. The female leads were often fallen princesses, followed by those from the next generation of Marines, merchant families, noble families, and the posthumous children of pirates.

With different backgrounds and professions, the future development goals were basically determined.

Among them, the most noteworthy was a novel titled Vice Admiral Dodolayde. This book tells the story of a person named Dodolayde, who rose from a commoner boy to become a Vice Admiral in the Marines.

The author of this book might have been an insider in the Marines. Not only were the various functional departments and promotion systems of the Marines clearly described, but the book was also filled with descriptions of collusion between officials and businessmen, internal strife, and power struggles. The descriptions were so detailed and the data so precise that it felt as if it happened right before the author's eyes.

Of course, there were also vivid and colorful passages, and quite a lot of them, which made Zhou Qi hard.

Compared to these plotlines, the scenes of fighting pirates were actually few.

"This is a good book!" As Zhou Qi read through it, he felt completely exhilarated. Although it wasn't his preferred genre, he couldn't put the book down.

If he were to evaluate it, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the One Piece World's Jin Ping Mei.

To use official language, this book, through its description of Dodolayde's promotions, recreated the lives of soldiers and officials within the Marine corps. It depicted a world from the power-mongering Five Elders of the World Government at the top, down to the local hellscape composed of Marines, pirates, bounty hunters, and mafia, exposing the corruption and disgrace within the Marines, and possessing profound social insight.

In fact, the influence of this book was indeed enormous. It directly led to a major reform within the Marines, supporting a new generation of Marines with Kong at the head, and Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and Zephyr as the core.

This book also made the public aware of the darkness of the World Government for the first time. Before this book, although there were pirates on the sea, they were not on a large scale. But after this book, various powerful individuals emerged one after another, many of whom directly aimed to overthrow the World Government. The most representative among them was Rocks D. Xebec.

Afterward, as expected, this book was banned by the World Government. Not only was the publisher not allowed to publish it, but even privately possessing it became a serious crime. Over the decades, this book had basically disappeared from the seas.

In Zhou Qi's opinion, the rise of the Great Pirate Era should be the result of class contradictions reaching their peak. This book should have just been a catalyst, but the World Government didn't care about that. They couldn't solve the contradictions, but couldn't they solve a novel?

So, this book suffered.

"Should I move this book?" Zhou Qi hadn't made up his mind.

The issue of explicit content wasn't a major problem; he could simply use ellipses and let the readers imagine.

Besides, this is a One Piece fanfiction. No matter how dark it gets, it's the World Government that's dark. It's not meant to allude to anyone.

But the problem is, this novel requires a certain reading threshold. After all, the protagonist isn't invincible from the start, and in the end, he doesn't defeat the Four Emperors or kick the Shichibukai. He's not even an Admiral, just a Vice Admiral. It might not be very satisfying to read.

Moreover, the era the protagonist is in is before Kong's time. The various characters who appear are completely unknown, making it hard for readers to immerse themselves.

There's another problem. This novel is only 700,000 characters long. If the explicit parts are deleted, it'll probably be only around 400,000 characters. Novels are put on shelves after 200,000 characters. The remaining 300,000 characters can only be charged for two months?

"Damn, why am I thinking so much!" Zhou Qi felt he was going crazy. He wasn't short of money now. He was just simply moving novels to pass the time.

Besides, fewer characters are good. Fewer characters mean faster copying. Twenty thousand characters a day, and it'll be finished in a month.

"Let's do it!"

Zhou Qi directly moved his laptop over and placed it on the desk. The environment here was different from Earth, very refreshing, and with every breath, he felt himself constantly getting stronger.

First, the title.

Vice Admiral Dodolayde is actually fine, but it's not particularly outstanding. It's just ordinary.

But to think of a better one, one that makes people want to click on it at first glance?

Zhou Qi couldn't think of one. If he had that ability, he wouldn't be working in an electronics factory.

After agonizing for a long time, Zhou Qi decided to copy a popular title written by someone else and modify it.

The Years I Was a Vice Admiral.

Synopsis: One Piece fanfiction. Rocks read this book and immediately went out to become a pirate. Roger read this book and directly went to sea.

That's it.

Oh, right, I have to submit it to the editor first.

Opening the writing software, he created a new book, The Years I Was a Vice Admiral.

Chapter 1, ...

"?" Zhou Qi suddenly realized that this book was in Japanese. He wasn't copying a book; he was translating!

"Holy crap!" Zhou Qi suddenly became nervous. If he was just copying a book, he was just a transporter, and there was no pressure.

But if he was translating, then he'd be a translator!

When he was in elementary school, his teacher taught him that translating an article must be "faithful, expressive, and elegant."

In short, not only must the content be accurate, but the language structure must be correct, and it must even have literary merit!

Let alone famous translators, even some amateur subtitle groups can find the most suitable wording and phrasing while fully understanding the original spirit.

If he messed it up and made a masterpiece unreadable, it wouldn't be cultural transportation; it would be cultural blasphemy...

"So, starting with such a difficult novel right away is really not advisable. I should find something simpler to practice with first!" Zhou Qi had to be cautious. After all, he not only wanted to translate books from here to there but also wanted to translate books from Huaxia to here.

Translating books from here to there might not be a big deal, but if he made Romance of the Three Kingdoms unreadable, Zhou Qi truly couldn't forgive himself.

"Hmm, let's start with this one!" Zhou Qi found a novel called Legend of the Great Sword Saint, which was quite substantial with seven volumes and a large word count. This book was a straightforward power fantasy. The protagonist accidentally found the legacy of a powerful individual – a secret manual and a Supreme Grade Sword. He buried himself in training for eight years, and by the time he emerged, he was practically invincible.

It sounded fantastical, but it was actually quite realistic. Many people in this world skipped the growth process. By the time they were first widely known, their achievements were already terrifying.

Take Luffy, for instance. It only took him a few months from setting sail to reaching a bounty of 300 million. It was as if he sprang from a rock!

"Perhaps the reason people in this world like to develop to a certain extent before emerging is influenced by novels like these. Who knows!" Zhou Qi shook his head, grabbed his keyboard, and started copying!

Hmm, the book title will be The Years I Was a Great Sword Saint. Later, I'll create a "The Years I Was..." series and include a Vice Admiral in it.