Chapter 683 - 216: Dao Foe Harry Fan
"Sect Leader! Master! Teacher! Grandma!"
"Get lost!"
"I’m your disciple!"
"From today onward, you are banished from the Cyan Cloud Sect!"
"Don’t do that, at least incorporate Harry Potter’s teachings into the Sect before kicking me out!"
The Cyan Cloud Sect is a legitimate Cultivation Sect.
Although Zi Yuan, as the Sect Leader, is quite lenient with the disciples’ choices, generally not caring about their practice.
Bai Mei is a Sword Cultivator, Cyan Flower focuses on puppetry, Si Ye and Liu Ye on arrays.
The paths vary, but the Great Dao is diverse and unified, and Zi Yuan naturally does not oppose it.
But Qianzhen Cao is an exception.
Creating her own Outer Sect teachings, she has ignored Cyan Cloud Ancestor’s myriad arts, studying Harry Potter instead.
Of course, if it were just this, Zi Yuan wouldn’t have minded.
After all, the Cyan Cloud Sect is quite open.
Zi Yuan isn’t a narrow-minded person; if it’s an unorthodox path, so be it, as long as there’s cultivation without hindering the Sect’s development.
But it’s not okay.
Qianzhen Cao is a Harry Potter fanatic. What does fanatic mean?
It means having a strong sense of self-promotion and devotion, like viral fans, that’s what fanatic is.
Essentially, they are zealots.
Generally, such fans come in two types.
The first is the easiest to deal with and most disliked, highly aggressive, exclusive, believing their favored work is the best and others are trash—typical zealots.
Zi Yuan especially despised such free publicists, led by capital. Initially, she only pointed out a truth: Harry Potter falls short compared to web novels.
She hoped the author would read web novels well, learn how to write real novels, improve themselves, even copy "Dragon Race" if needed.
Only by doing so can they create truly great works, rather than relying on capital for any buzz-promoting trash.
As a result, she was berated by Harry Potter’s die-hard fans.
Were my words wrong?
They couldn’t bear a word of truth, even retorting that most web novels are trash! They claimed Harry Potter’s worst is superior to ordinary web novels.
Zi Yuan couldn’t help but laugh.
It felt like dealing with elementary schoolers, about to cry.
She didn’t attack Harry Potter, merely stating facts already made the fans jump and babble, mimicking her style, and spewing baseless rebukes at web novels.
Most web novels have detailed upgrade settings and processes, beyond Harry Potter’s scope.
Originally, Zi Yuan didn’t want to engage in mutual insults with them, realizing it’s a waste of time to bicker with elementary kids.
Unexpectedly, they dragged "Heavenly Covering" into this, saying both "Heavenly Covering" and Harry Potter have strengths and weaknesses, that it’s impossible to determine a winner.
Claiming the North American Dragon Race’s praise for Harry Potter is arrogance! Attempting to defy heaven!
Zi Yuan immediately argued with them for three days and nights; if she knew their whereabouts, she would have confronted them offline.
She intended to make them admit face-to-face that Harry Potter is far inferior to "Heavenly Covering"!
Having endured such Harry Potter fanatics, Zi Yuan absolutely refused to communicate with such people.
Without basic aesthetics and discernment, they are stubborn and repetitive, but shy away from offline challenges.
What do you call it?
Yes, functional illiteracy.
Students who love Harry Potter are a group of functional illiterates, can’t reason with the unlettered.
If Qianzhen Cao were that type of fan, she would have been easily marginalized, and taken extreme actions, Bingtang could have persuaded her.
Such rebellious Magical Girls should be sent to the Disaster Strategy Bureau instead.
However, Qianzhen Cao insists on staying in the Cyan Cloud Sect.
What’s most troublesome for Zi Yuan is that Qianzhen Cao isn’t the first type of fanatic.
She’s the second type, disguised fanatic.
Disguised fanatics act normal, differentiating little daily, merely nodding to any criticism agreeing, yes yes, okay okay.
Then reveal their fangs at a critical moment, staunchly defending their favored work.
Spreading the virus everywhere, even more damaging than the first type.
The first type can be detoxified timely, while the second type, like Qianzhen Cao, couldn’t be expelled from the Sect initially.
By the time it’s realized, it’s already too late!
"Harry Potter is both dull and lacks a reasonable hierarchy system, yet you still like it?"
"Even if it’s dull, one can still like it, Sect Master! Web novels are good, but Harry Potter is one of a kind!"
"Nonsense! Web novels are the one-of-a-kind!"
"For every thousand web novels, there are a thousand Harry Potters, Sect Master!"
See, just like that.
It’s hopeless.
Zi Yuan originally wanted to ditch her, but Qianzhen Cao has considerable flight speed.
This is why Zi Yuan dislikes Qianzhen Cao.
Qianzhen Cao possesses great talent; she joined the Cyan Cloud Sect rather late.
By then, the Seven True Inheritances were full, after all, the Seven True Inheritance represents the seven most talented and strongest in the Cyan Cloud Sect, primarily meant to inspire disciples.
Everyone strives towards the Seven True Inheritance.
According to Bingtang, it’s like an excellent employee system.