News About the New Book, and a Few Casual Words

It had been a long time since I last had a proper chat with everyone. Over the past year, I had worked hard with my head down, writing steadily and updating consistently. In truth, steady updates were harder than sudden bursts of output. Sheng Ji had once been among those who set the pace for the speed-writing school, but now I wanted to write better books, so I kept striving for perfection while also making myself more consistent.

Heretic Young Master Apothecary had taken over a year to write and surpassed three million words. Overall, Sheng Ji was still very satisfied with it, but there were many regrets and shortcomings within it. The new book was already prepared, and it would rise to an even higher level. This would be a new starting point for Sheng Ji, because it was the book I had poured the most care into.

Before I knew it, ten years had passed. Ten years had flashed by in the blink of an eye, yet Sheng Ji had never stopped. Every step had been just like my name—I had to be a little better than my past self, to surpass who I once was. If you wished to defeat others, you must first defeat yourself; that was Sheng Ji.

Barring any major changes, the new book would begin updating in September. Now that this book had ended, Sheng Ji could no longer speak with everyone in the book whenever I wanted. Usually, I could only chat with everyone here once a new book began. Before then, everyone could join the official group Chuangshi had prepared for Sheng Ji, where I would pop up from time to time.

317547842 was the group number. Everyone was welcome to join. Sheng Ji would occasionally pop in to answer some