Chapter 75: Chapter 75: July Chart Lock

Jiang Qin replied, [Do you know the title of this ancient book?]

[The cover is too badly damaged. We can only make out the character for ’tale’ or ’biography,’ so we’re guessing it’s some kind of autobiography.

The first page records the protagonist’s name, age, dynasty, and place of origin.]

’It just goes to show how well-developed Earth’s entertainment culture was,’ she thought.

’After all, the first Chapter of most novels starts by introducing the male or female lead.’

So she sent another message to the Ancient Culture Research Institute: [Is it possible that it’s just a novel?]

Professor Gu’s immediate reaction was, “Impossible. Absolutely impossible. We’ve unearthed more than just one record like this.

There are many other records on this subject, and their contents are all more or less the same.

If these things didn’t actually exist in reality, how could so many authors have conceived of them?

There’s no smoke without fire!”

Not only did Professor Gu refuse to believe it, but he even tried to convince Jiang Qin.

So he had a researcher send a file to Jiang Qin.

It was filled with fragmented records.

For example, one account told of a certain person being pursued by assassins late one night. After dropping their weapon, they casually plucked a handful of leaves and threw them.

Each leaf took a life.

Another example suggested that Beastmen might have appeared far earlier than they imagined.

Ancient texts mentioned seductive women with fox ears and tails, as well as beings with a human torso and a snake’s tail.

But after long research, they still couldn’t understand how, in an era without even electricity, the conditions existed to fuse human and Alien Beast genes.

There were also mentions of things like the Dantian and karma, which left them completely baffled.

Jiang Qin could only think, ’Isn’t this just a collection of fantasy novels?’

’As for whether Qinggong actually existed in ancient times, to be honest, she didn’t know either.’

’Martial Arts probably existed, just maybe not as fantastical as depicted in novels.’

’But it seemed the Ancient Culture Research Institute didn’t agree.’

So she said, [I’ll give you an answer to this question a little later.]

[Of course, Miss Jiang.]

After ending the conversation, Jiang Qin logged onto the Star Network and registered an author account on the Federation’s largest novel platform.

Then, she began to write using her spiritual power.

That’s right—in the Interstellar era, writing was hands-free. You could just dictate it or imagine it in your mind.

She used her spiritual power to write mainly because she wanted to practice her control over it.

By using the minimum amount of spiritual power to control her Superpower, her reserves would deplete more slowly.

***

On the last day of July, at 11:59 PM, the new song chart was finalized.

“Flower Fragrance” had unquestionably taken the number one spot.

Furthermore, almost all of the top ten songs were Jiang Qin’s.

The Jiang Fans who had stayed up all night felt their energy surge, and they immediately jumped into battle, fired up.

[To those who questioned my Qin Bao for getting the spot through connections, I can only say you don’t know anything.]

[What is this? This is what you call strength!]

[Don’t even get me started. I love Qin Bao’s music, but I’m so tired of hearing it this past month.

I don’t even know when Qin Bao suddenly blew up, but it feels like everyone around me is listening to her songs.

Especially “Flower Fragrance.” Even my seven-year-old niece can sing it.

Every day it’s, *Memory is the lingering fragrance of flowers~*]

[Hah, what does that prove? It proves Jiang Qin’s songs are just bubblegum pop. A song that even a seven-year-old can sing, isn’t that the definition of basic?]

[I don’t deny that Jiang Qin’s songs are catchy, but those freaks over in the Empire all love to challenge themselves with high-difficulty stuff.

Jiang Qin’s current songs are only getting by on the merits of having a good message or being novel.

When it comes to technical skill, she can’t even hold a candle to the worst of them!]

[Exactly, isn’t it better to just be an idol here in the Federation? Why go over to the Empire and embarrass herself?]

[They used to mock us for having no successors. Now, they’re going to mock us by saying each generation is worse than the last.]

[The competition hasn’t even started and you’re already predicting our doom. Are you sure you’re not spies sent by the Empire?]

…

Jiang Qin, as usual, did not stay up late tonight.

After all, whether she slept or not wouldn’t change the rankings, so she might as well get some sleep.

’In this life, she just wanted to take good care of her body, live a little longer, and see more of the world.’

However, Xie An’an and the others in the living room weren’t nearly as carefree.

Seeing the final chart, she let out an excited “Yay!” and shouted, “Miss Jiang is number one again this month!”

“Hmph. Lately, those people have been saying our Miss Jiang has no real talent. Let’s see what they have to say now.”

Ba Zi was on the night shift, so he was also in the living room.

Having worked by Jiang Qin’s side for so long, he had long since become a die-hard fan.

In his spare time, he often battled trolls on the Star Network.

He couldn’t help it. Miss Jiang was just too outstanding, so she always attracted the jealousy of others. There were always people who couldn’t stand to see her do well and wanted to slander her.

It was as if putting Miss Jiang down was the only way to make themselves feel superior.

In order to defend the gentle, cute, and good-tempered Miss Jiang, he had lost count of how many salty haters he had argued into silence.

He had even met a good buddy named Ning Feiyu.

The two of them were now the top fighters in the fan group!

“Ba Zi, quick, look! That Lilia is being passive-aggressive again,” Xie An’an said.

Lilia’s latest post was a congratulations to Jiang Qin for taking first place, but some of the wording was very unsettling.

For instance, she said things like she had known all along that “Sister Jiang” would definitely get first place.

Combined with the recent controversy, what else could this be but a veiled hint?

Fortunately, the fairness of the Star Network charts was rarely questioned, so no one was guessing it was an inside job.

People just felt that the reason Jiang Qin’s songs were so popular was simply because they were all very simple.

Because they lacked technical substance, everyone liked them.

The number one spot didn’t represent skill, but rather the preferences of the masses!

So what everyone was still hung up on was the fact that Jiang Qin was a newcomer who had come from behind to snatch the spot from so many other composers.

Even the haters didn’t dare say Jiang Qin’s songs were bad; they could only criticize them for being too simple.

Ba Zi was also furious with Lilia for constantly mooching off Jiang Qin’s popularity, but there was nothing he could do. They dared to curse at males, but not at females.

He could only watch angrily as she put on her act, successfully gaining a bit of clout from it.

Public perception of her was getting better and better.

People praised her for being a good sport, saying that even after being expelled, she could still be on peaceful terms with her rival, which showed true magnanimity.

Lilia, even more shamelessly, had labeled herself a Jiang Fan.

She even claimed she had been thoroughly convinced of her loss back then and was now an ardent fan of Miss Jiang Qing!

She hoped to learn more about composing from her idol.

A beautiful young female who was diligent, ambitious, and good-tempered really appealed to the tastes of certain males.

As a result, she had now accumulated a considerable number of fans on the Star Network.

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