Chapter 441: Chapter 441: 419: One Against Nine_1

Why are they all coming for me?

Lin Yuan arrived at the studio early on the first day of the Chinese New Year. As soon as he logged into Chu Kuang’s account in the Tribe, he saw nine renowned fairy tale authors issuing challenges for a Literary Duel. He was taken aback and puzzled. He always considered himself as a low-key persona.

“Boss!”

Jin Mu also rushed over.

After quickly wishing each other a ‘Happy New Year,’ Jin Mu hurriedly asked, “I suppose you know about the challenges from the nine great authors today, right? Have you decided which one of them you will take up for the duel?”

Jin Mu seemed a little nervous.

Who wouldn’t be? Those are nine of the best authors in fairy tales. Even by Yan Province’s Literary Duel rules, a work can only accept one challenger at a time. But still, being targeted by nine heavyweight professionals all at once, it’s impossible not to break out into a cold sweat!

“I’ve made up my mind.”

Lin Yuan had pondered quickly.

He’d already formulated a strategy.

Lin Yuan had experience with this as he had previously been challenged under the name of “Literary Duel”. The last time was when Leng Guang insisted on competing with him in detective stories. This time, the scale was just a tad bigger, going from one to nine challengers instantaneously.

“Who’s the choice?”

Jin Mu asked quickly, “Personally I would suggest Teacher Qiqi or Teacher Jin Shan. We’ve already won against them once, so even if we lose the second round of this literary duel, it would only be a tie. It wouldn’t tarnish our reputation. As for Yan People, their duels often get turned down, so that wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Let’s choose Teacher Qiqi first.”

Lin Yuan seemed to have thought it through thoroughly.

Jin Mu heaved a sigh of relief, showing a smile. This was the best choice since Teacher Qiqi’s fairy tale writing caliber was slightly lesser than Teacher Jin Shan’s. So, choosing Teacher Qiqi meant having a higher chance of winning.

Unlike the public’s perception,

Jin Mu had much stronger confidence in Chu Kuang than most people. He didn’t doubt Chu Kuang’s abilities just because Chu Kuang had only written one fairy tale before. It was only because the opponents put on such a great show of force, causing Jin Mu to feel a bit flustered instinctively.

“Then let’s take Uncle Jin.”

Lin Yuan looked at Jin Shan’s tribe account.

Jin Mu’s smile froze, and he seemed to understand Lin Yuan’s intentions immediately. “Boss, are you planning on taking on two at a time? The rule is that a single work can only compete with one opponent. There’s no provision for a work to duel against two opponents simultaneously.”

“Who said it was just one work?”

“Are you prepared with two works, Boss?”

Jin Mu started to feel nervous again. Competing against two simultaneously was like fighting on two fronts – the difficulty level was seriously different from taking on just one opponent!

However, Lin Yuan didn’t answer his agent directly.

In front of Jin Mu, he directly tagged Teacher Qiqi and added a few words:

“New work ‘Cinderella’. I look forward to your guidance!”

…

On the internet,

Netizens were still passionately discussing the matter of Chu Kuang being challenged simultaneously by the nine renowned fairy tale authors. Many people were speculating about which author’s challenge Chu Kuang would eventually accept. Whoever ended up in a duel with Chu Kuang would certainly garner the most attention!

“I think it’s Qiqi.”

“Teacher Qiqi is relatively low ranking among these authors. Besides, the story that Teacher Qiqi published in ‘Fairy Tale King’ was completely overshadowed by old rascal Chu Kuang. Chu Kuang has a natural psychological advantage over Qiqi.”

“So, Jin Shan could be a possible pick too?”

“Chu Kuang has always been known for not playing by the book. I think he might not choose either Jin Shan or Qiqi, but rather randomly select one of the authors from Yan Province. Otherwise, wouldn’t those Yan People get too cocky, maybe even start propagating that Chu Kuang dared not to accept their challenge.”

“…”

As the lively discussion was underway, someone suddenly announced, “Chu Kuang finally responded. It looks like he has accepted Teacher Qiqi’s challenge. But I don’t understand the meaning, is ‘Cinderella’ a professional term?”

“What?”

“Chose Qiqi?”

“How boring.”

“Chu Kuang should have chosen someone from Yan People this time. Seven from Yan People challenged him and he didn’t choose any of them. He chose a Qin instead, making it look like we Qin people are fighting amongst ourselves. The Yan People might find that amusing.”

“A little disappointed.”

“I’m a bit disappointed too. Qiqi is the weakest among the nine authors. It seems Chu Kuang isn’t very confident in his work this time, so he chose an opponent he feels most assured of. I understand the rationale, but still, it’s a bit disappointing.”

“My youth is over.”

“It’s true that fairy tales may not be Chu Kuang’s strongest genre, but seeing Chu Kuang playing it safe is quite hard to take. Am I getting old, or is it Chu Kuang?”

“…..”

The netizens were quite disappointed.

But before this disappointment lasted too long, they were all bewildered when they saw Chu Kuang tag Teacher Jin Shan.

“New work ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

Many netizens were stupefied. What did Chu Kuang mean by this?

He had already accepted Qiqi’s challenge, why tag Jin Shan?

“Whoa!”

Finally, someone regained composure. Actually, Chu Kuang’s reply had made it quite clear. He was planning on taking both of them on at once, a magnificent two-front war, taking on both Qiqi and Jin Shan in a fairy tale duel at the same time!

“My vigor has returned!”

“Chu Kuang is the boss!”

“As expected of Chu Kuang!”

“Chu Kuang is quite pompous!”

“But I like it, hehe!”

“I thought Chu Kuang was being conservative, but he turned out to be utterly arrogant. Clearly, the old rascal Chu Kuang has engaged in malicious mischief again and wants another round with Jin Shan and Qiqi. The subtext being, ‘You two still not satisfied? Here is your second chance!'”

“That’s Chu Kuang!”

“Although he didn’t acknowledge Yan People’s challenge, the mere fact that he is fighting on two fronts is already very bold. Even those from Yan wouldn’t dare to say anything about it. Would they dare to duel two great fairy tale authors simultaneously?”

“Chu Kuang dares!”

The online atmosphere was immediately invigorated, but while the excitement was at its peak, it was abruptly interrupted again!

Because Chu Kuang made yet another move!

He directly tagged Lan Meng, a renowned fairy tale author from Yan Province, with a similar format as before:

“New work ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

The netizens were astounded again.

This is …

A three-front war?

No, not three…

While everyone was flabbergasted, Chu Kuang’s moves accelerated, and he tagged every other renowned fairy tale author from Yan Province:

“New work ‘The Ugly Duckling.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

“New work ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

“New work ‘The Frog Prince.’ I look forward to your guidance!”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“New work ‘The Little Mermaid.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

“New work ‘The Little Match Girl.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

“New work ‘The Story of the Fisherman and the Goldfish.’ I look forward to your guidance!”

“…..”

Fighting on two fronts?

Fighting on three fronts?

Sorry, no.

A nine-front war!

This is not a storm!!

This is clearly a goddamn Thunderstorm!!!

Years later, when people look back on this day, they still get goosebumps all over, and a tingling sensation on their scalp —

Chu Kuang!!

Took on nine opponents!!!

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PS: Sorry for keeping you all waiting, I finish for the day. I somehow got fired up writing a fairy tale.