In the early hours today, Confucian Sage's results came in.
6,500 subscriptions in 24 hours.
Setting aside the long-established superstar authors, Qidian had not seen results like this in years.
Dear readers, all of Qidian had witnessed your sheer dominance!!!
In the early hours yesterday, I was full of drive. I mixed Red Bull with coffee and kept writing until after five in the morning before going to sleep.
Then the aftereffects of the Red Bull hit. I slept for an hour before jolting awake, and I was wired all morning. I clearly wanted to write, but my mind was blank and both hands were numb. As a result, I only wrote a few hundred words yesterday morning. It was not until I took a nap at noon that I recovered.
I posted four chapters yesterday. Actually, I wanted to squeeze out a fifth before dawn today, but I was afraid I would fail, so I did not dare admit it publicly. I only told Alliance Leader Shouhou and a few readers in private. Then I drank another can of Red Bull, thinking I could hold out until I finished, brag a little that I could update five times a day too, and ask for monthly votes...
Unfortunately, reality was cruel. This chapter had to cover the Imperial Examination. Both Appeal to the Sage's Words and Classic Interpretation were important; neither could be brushed over in a stroke, nor could I make things up and fool the readers.
Take that Classic Interpretation on the Ritual of Propriety, for example. Aside from the two opening lines, which came from Wang Anshi, I had thought through the analysis of the question, the line of reasoning for the Classic Interpretation, and the examples used myself. It could genuinely be used in a Classic