Chapter 10

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

There was a large group of students gathered at the Creative Writing Department of the University of Iowa.

“Hey, did you guys manage to buy the second volume of ‘The Coiling Dragon’? Please lend it to me after you’re done reading it, I promise I’ll pay you handsomely!”

“Me too! I got up at 5:00 am and didn’t even get to queue up.”

“5:00 am? I f*cking waited outside the bookstore since last night! In the end, all copies were sold out right before I reached the door.”

“Oof…that’s tragic.”

“No way! Our class is so big and not even one person managed to get a book?”

“You’re all trash! Useless piece of sh*t!”

“As the classmate of the author, I can’t even buy his book. I’m furious at my own incompetence!”

Sakazaka Rion said, “Even though every copy was sold out online and you can’t buy them anywhere, I know a place where you can still see it.”

“Where?!”

“Ms. Sakazaka, please don’t keep us in suspense! Hurry up and tell us!”

Rion said sneakily, “It’s in Fang Yuan’s computer. His first draft should be there. Hades’ creative writing class will be held at the lecture hall in the afternoon. Aren’t there excellent works to share in every class? Why don’t we share about Fang Yuan’s new volume of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ this time? Hades, I remember that you were queuing behind me this morning, so you didn’t manage to buy a copy either, right?”

Hades was speechless.

“Wonderful! I can’t wait to go to your class!”

“I’ve never looked forward to class this much.”

“I’ll go to the lecture hall now to book a seat!”

“Let’s go! There aren’t that many seats available. First come, first serve!”

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In the afternoon, Fang Yuan, who had stayed up all night writing, woke up from his sleep in a daze. Hades’ class was about to begin.

He remembered that creative writing classes were usually small classes held in the office.

Today, Fang Yuan was notified at the last minute that there was a change of venue to the largest multimedia classroom in the school, the lecture hall.

Along the way, he met many students who he did not recognize rushing in the same direction.

Hades’ class was a public elective.

In fact, not many students chose that class. After all, Hades was known as “King of Hell” and had very high requirements for attendance and passing marks.

No one wanted to ask for trouble.

Unexpectedly, so many students showed up for that class today. Fang Yuan even had the illusion that every student in the school was rushing to the lecture hall.

Fang Yuan was afraid that if he was late, there would be no seats left.

When he arrived at the lecture hall, all three thousand seats were filled.

The atmosphere was even more spectacular than the opening ceremony of each school year.

On the stage, Hades was happily reading the excellent works of his student, which was Chapter One of the second volume of “The Coiling Dragon”.

“Shadowmouse? A magical beast? Grandpa Doehring, what’s so special about this creature? What is its rank? Linley was communicating with Doehring Cowart telepathically while he looked at the old man expectantly…”

Hades’ storytelling was quite intriguing.

He was playing two characters and managed to convey the ignorance and inexperience of Linley as well as the wisdom of Grandpa Doehring, who was in the ring.

Everyone in the audience was mesmerized.

The stairs in the auditorium were also filled with seated people, but not a single person made a sound. Not even a cough could be heard, as if they were afraid of missing out on the next part of the story.

As a plagiarist, Fang Yuan naturally knew which part of the story they were at.

This was “Growth”, the second volume of “The Coiling Dragon”, which was also the most exciting part of the book.

The main character had just realized that the old man’s soul that had appeared in the ancestral ring was actually a magical leader of the Pouant Empire.

He had been framed by his opponent five thousand years ago and hid his soul in the coiling dragon ring.

With his vast knowledge and vast experience, Grandpa Doehring was able to continuously guide Linley through his early stages of growth.

At the same time, the main character, Linley, had just left the small town of Wushan, where he was born. On his way to the Ernst Institute, he had unintentionally tamed a violet Shadowmouse that had boundless potential and had named it Bebe. Bebe was an important supporting character and had the ability to devour anything. Afterward, it proved great assistance to the main character.

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When Fang Yuan entered the room, they were at the exciting part of the plot.

It was a story about how, during the Ernst Institute’s innate talent magic test, the main character Linley’s spiritual energy was eighteen times more than his peers.

The spiritual energy of a sorcerer was closely related to the strength of spells they cast.

Linley, with his boundless potential, had gained the favor of many teachers as well as the envy and jealousy of his classmates.

Suddenly, someone shouted, “Fang Yuan is here!”

Everyone turned to look in Fang Yuan’s direction. Someone took the lead in clapping, then very quickly, a round of applause reverberated in the hall.

It lasted for a long time.

Fang Yuan tried to take a seat, but he was bombarded with questions from his classmates no matter where he went.

“When will Linley awaken the true power of the Dragonblood Clan?”

“Will Grandpa Doehring, who’s trapped in the ring, be released in the future?”

“What’s so special about Bebe the Shadowmouse?”

“Fang Yuan, did you use yourself as a model to create the main character, Linley?”

“Now that you mention it…his talent in writing is indeed eighteen times greater than ours!”

Hades slammed the blackboard eraser on the podium a few times to get everyone’s attention. “Students, calm down! Settle down, everyone!”

Only then did everyone shut up.

Fang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief and felt like he had been saved.

He cast a grateful look at his tutor from afar.

However, Hades said, “Since everyone has so many questions, then this class will be conducted in a Q&A manner. Now, let’s invite our beloved Fang Yuan to come up to the stage and answer everyone’s questions!”

Fang Yuan was dumbstruck.