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Chapter 960: Chapter 891: Five Uniques (2nd Update) Chapter 960: Chapter 891: Five Uniques (2nd Update) Actually, the printing speed of Silver Blue Books wasn’t that slow, and major bookstores replenished their stocks quickly after less than two days of running out.

This was the fifth day since the release of The Legend of the Condor Heroes!

This time, there was no embarrassment of being sold out, as the shelves of major bookstores were well-stocked with The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Amid such a big commotion, the media of course could not remain silent.

For instance, Qin Continent News did a special report early in the morning.

The program began.

The host started with a broadcaster’s tone, introducing the situation:

“Renowned author Chu Kuang recently launched his new work The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel. As everyone knows, apart from on Zhao Continent, wuxia novels don’t have a big market on Blue Star. This is a generally recognized niche genre. Yet, a work of such a niche genre was continuously sold out in major bookstores within three days of its release, until it was restocked this morning. Now, let’s see what kind of magic this wuxia novel holds for its readers…”

As the host narrated, the screen switched to the entrances of various major bookstores.

New Cathay Bookstore, Soaring Dragon Bookstore, Tranquility Bookstore, and other famous national bookstores flashed one by one on the screen.

Followed by close-ups of various covers of The Legend of the Condor Heroes on the shelves.

Then, a field reporter randomly interviewed customers at the bookstore entrances.

“I came to buy The Legend of the Condor Heroes.”

A male customer waved the book in his hand at the camera.

The reporter asked a standard question, “Do you really like reading wuxia novels?”

The male customer nodded and then shook his head, speaking again amidst the reporter’s confusion, “I like wuxia, but I’ve stopped reading wuxia novels because after a while, they seem uninteresting. But the day before yesterday, my buddy bought a copy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and I casually flipped through a few pages and was completely hooked…”

“What hooked you?”

“Of course it’s because it’s interesting, I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I just feel this wuxia novel is different from the others.”

The screen flickered again.

Similarly, several random street interviews.

“This book is so hard to get, I barely managed to buy it!”

“I don’t know if it’s good or not, but since so many people online recommend it, it probably won’t be bad.”

“I trust the old rascal, everyone says it’s good, so it can’t be too bad.”

“No time for interviews, I’m off to buy The Legend of the Condor Heroes.”

These were scenes captured randomly at the entrances of various bookstores, and as more people got their hands on The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the resounding boom of its popularity finally peaked!

At home.

Between bookstores.

On the subway.

Inside companies.

Even in tense classrooms, people were sneaking peeks at The Legend of the Condor Heroes they had just bought.

…

At a university.

Some male student was buried in reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes, completely immersed in the world of martial arts, completely forgetting that he was in class.

Suddenly.

Someone beside him asked, “Is that book any good?”

The male student, without even lifting his head, said, “Definitely!”

With a snort,

the surrounding burst into laughter.

The male student then realized something was amiss, looked up perplexedly, and just happened to meet the stern face of the professor.

“Professor… Professor Wang…”

The male student quickly put away The Legend of the Condor Heroes and stood up conscientiously, his face turning pale with awkwardness and tension.

Professor Wang was terrifying!

As a professor in the literature department, the thing Professor Wang hated most was when students read so-called frivolous books with no literary value.

Fantasy literature like wuxia novels couldn’t possibly appeal to Professor Wang.

Today, not only had he read such a book, but he had done so during the professor’s class, so he could only imagine the forthcoming storm.

The other students also gradually stopped laughing.

Given Professor Wang’s style, someone reading a wuxia novel in his class was bound to make him extremely angry.

However.

Just when everyone thought Professor Wang would burst into a fury.

Professor Wang surprisingly picked up “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” from the student’s hands, then raised it and asked everyone:

“Have you all read this book?”

No one dared to answer, each bowing their heads as if playing dead.

Professor Wang smiled, “None of you have read this book, isn’t that a bit outdated? Even I, an old man, have almost finished reading it!”

What?

The crowd was stunned and then quickly said, “We have read it!”

Professor Wang’s laugh grew even heartier, “This class discusses the symbolic meaning of literary creation, as well as the methods and techniques involved. Since you’ve all read this book, I can talk to you about these aspects.”

The students below widened their eyes in astonishment!

Was the sun rising from the west?

Professor Wang had read “The Legend of the Condor Heroes”?

And it seemed like he had a positive impression of this novel?

Hadn’t Professor Wang always been dismissive of martial arts novels before?

What’s going on here?

In the students’ curiosity, Professor Wang returned to the podium.

He still held “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” in his hands:

“I know what you’re thinking. I indeed don’t like the whole set of martial arts novels; martial arts, martial arts, the emphasis should be on ‘arts’. However, ninety-nine percent of martial arts novels on the market only know how to fight and kill. They focus on ‘martial’, yet they are ignorant of the fact that ‘arts’ should restrain ‘martial’. These so-called vibrant revenges are just a patchwork troupe named ‘rivers and lakes’, lawless, with only their moral standards, sometimes right but not always. Yet, they always think they are right. This idealistic moral standard can easily corrupt children. The inadvertent reveal of self, yet cheaply crowned with the name of heroism, is the scariest part.”

The conversation took a turn.

Professor Wang continued, “However, there are a few martial arts novels that know the emphasis of martial arts should be on ‘arts’, like Canyang, like Duan Qingshan among the greats of the genre, and even Chu Kuang’s ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’. Even the concept of heroism carried in Chu Kuang’s novel, as well as its superior literary scope, is better executed than those two top figures of Zhao Continent, in my opinion. I believe those in the literary field would agree.”

“You think ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’ is literature?”

A student spoke in astonishment.

Although everyone liked “The Legend of the Condor Heroes”, pulling a fantasy novel into the category of literary works seemed somewhat exaggerated, didn’t it?

It was like everyone enjoying those fast-paced exhilarating web novels.

But as appealing as they were,

web novels were web novels, and literature was literature; the two should not be confused, a fact well understood by the readers.

“I think it is.”

Professor Wang smiled faintly, “Speaking this from my mouth might attract some criticism, but I firmly believe so. Why don’t you answer me a question first, do you all know what the Great Five are?”

“Yes!”

The students below spoke in unison.

Nearly everyone in the literary department had read “The Legend of the Condor Heroes.”

Their interest in this type of class far exceeded the knowledge in textbooks!

As for the Great Five?

Anyone who had read the book knew about the top masters in the martial world like the Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Southern Emperor, and Northern Beggar.

“Very good.”

Professor Wang placed “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” on the podium:

“Then do you know why Huang Yaoshi is called the Eastern Heretic, why Ouyang Feng is called the Western Poison, why Master Yideng is the Southern Emperor, and why Hong Qigong is the Northern Beggar—why not Winter Poison, Western Heretic or such names, but specifically these directions?”

The students looked at each other in bewilderment.

Why Eastern Heretic and Western Poison?

Isn’t it all just random naming by Chu Kuang?

Could it not be because those names rhyme and sound more domineering when shouted?

Seeing the response of the students, Professor Wang sighed:

“It seems you have returned all the knowledge I previously taught you, undamaged. Do you still remember our previous discussion about the Five Elements and Bagua?”

The Five Elements?

The Bagua?

The students grew even more bewildered.

Although they had learned about this before, it seemed unrelated to the Great Five, didn’t it?