I saw that lots of readers in the reviews were asking for more updates. I really did post less this month than last, and I'm sorry about that.
I had three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival. I spent two of them dining and socializing with coworkers and friends. Not going would have made me seem like a misfit, so I only managed one extra update.
Work was also pretty busy in the lead-up to National Day. I barely had any time to write during working hours, so I didn't build up a backlog.
On top of that, I finally ran into writer's block. Even though I've been following my outline for the latest chapters, I'm not satisfied with them myself.
So I'm not planning to travel over the National Day holiday. I'll just go home, then settle down, organize my outline, and start writing. Three updates a day is the minimum; if things go well, I might manage four.
One reader in the reviews said I wasn't working hard and was just trying to trick people into giving me monthly tickets. But I really have reached my limit. I spend all my spare time writing; for me, it's practically become a second job.
To focus entirely on writing, I angrily deleted over 500 gigabytes from my E drive. My hands were trembling with heartbreak.
Still, even though I plan to give writing my all, unexpected things can happen—as this writer's block shows. I used to write 2,000–3,000 words an hour, but now I'm barely over 1,000.
I could pad out this stretch of the story by bringing in a few more Su Family cannon fodder characters to get slapped down, describing the ancestor-worship ceremony in greater detail, and writing more about cultivation. That would probably get me through a