Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 371 You call this cultivating immortality?

However, the plot of the first episode ended abruptly here, but the sudden change of the scene at the end was a very contrasting change, which made Ito Ayumi full of curiosity.

Is this... the protagonist's ability?

Can you travel freely between two different worlds?

But looking at the protagonist's outfit after returning to a world that is clearly in the style of modern society, it looks like the clothes of a mental patient.

She couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the male protagonist is mentally ill, and everything that just happened was just his imagination during a mental illness?

But speaking of mental illness... Ayumi Ito looked at Lin Qingshan in front of her cautiously.

During these years of getting along with Lin Qingshan, she was also certain of one thing.

That is, Mr. Aoyama does have some mental problems. After all, he experienced such things in the past... It is normal for him to have psychological changes.

However, even though Mr. Aoyama looks a little abnormal and is a mental patient, he is a very good mental patient!
Ayumi Ito has always believed this.

Teacher Aoyama is a very gentle and righteous mental patient.

And the protagonist of this new comic also seems to be a mental patient?
Could it be that this is another comic drawn by Mr. Aoyama based on himself?

"how is it going?"

Lin Qingshan asked impatiently.

Although the comics of "Daoguiyixian" were mainly drawn by him based on the plot of the original novel, the comic style, storyboards and picture composition were all thought out by him personally.

This can probably be considered as one-third of his original work.

So of course he was looking forward to what others thought of the comic "Daoguiyixian".
Lin Qingshan was even a little worried that using his ideas to draw "The Tao of Strange Immortals" into a comic would have the opposite effect. The novel "The Tao of Strange Immortals" which he liked very much would not be as good after the comic adaptation.

That's why he changed his usual behavior and asked Ito Ayumi about her feelings in a somewhat anxious and nervous manner.

"The new style of this comic is pretty nice... But Mr. Aoyama, what's the situation with the protagonist of this comic?"

Ito Ayumi nodded affirmatively, and then said with some doubt, "Is the protagonist... mentally ill? Is the situation of returning to the modern world the protagonist's ability, or is it just a hysterical attack of the protagonist..."

"Well...don't worry, the protagonist can go back and forth between the two worlds...actually it's not back and forth."

Lin Qingshan blinked, thought for a moment and then said, "He actually exists in two worlds, which is equivalent to being projected into two worlds."

As Ito Ayumi listened, she became more confused. Why did she feel like... she didn't understand what Mr. Aoyama was saying at all?

"Oh... this is the later part of the story. It's normal that you don't understand what I'm saying now, Ayumi."

Lin Qingshan waved his hand and said, "But the plot must be very exciting! I'm just a little worried that my drawing is not very good."

"Can I continue reading the next two chapters?"

Ito Ayumi suddenly became curious and asked again.

"all right."

Lin Qingshan directly gave the drawings of the second and third episodes to Ito Ayumi. He also wanted to see how Ito Ayumi would react after reading them.

Then Ayumi Ito looked at the original drawings for the second and third episodes.

Sure enough, in the real world, the protagonist Li Huowang is really a mental patient!
However, after he explained his "hallucinations" in detail to the doctor, a beautiful girl named Yang Na appeared, and she turned out to be... Li Huowang's girlfriend.

The two were childhood sweethearts, but unfortunately, before his senior year of high school, Li Huowang developed hallucinations and was diagnosed with mental illness and was sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.

When Lin Qingshan painted this place, he thought about it and made a little easter egg, casually naming this mental hospital Qingshan Mental Hospital.

Just like in the previous list of victims of the Gun Demon incident, he copied the names from his own phone's address book and the address books of his three assistants' phones and put them on the list.

So when Ayumi Ito saw this, her eyes suddenly became strange.

Well, Mr. Aoyama's personality has always been weird and a bit abnormal.

But it’s fine to name it after a mental hospital, but why... the treatment in this mental hospital and the questions the doctor asked Li Huowang seem so real?

Could it be that Mr. Aoyama...has really been to a mental hospital?
The thought only flashed through Ito Ayumi's mind for a moment, and then she continued reading.

Then, the protagonist Li Huowang in the comic traveled back to the strange Taoist temple in the middle of the night. However, he saw a jade pendant that looked very valuable hanging on the waist of the Taoist named Xuanyang who had mocked him before.

Because he had tasted the sweetness before and was somewhat certain that this was not an illusion and that the two worlds could communicate with each other, he planned to "borrow" this valuable jade pendant to verify his idea again and return to the real world to make a small profit.

Li Huowang was very excited at this time. Once he could really bring the jade pendant back, it would definitely prove that he was not mentally ill.

"Maybe I'm not sick at all... Yes! That's right! I'm not sick!"

However, when she saw the protagonist muttering these words to herself, Ito Ayumi felt that the protagonist was actually a psychopath...

However, in the comics, Li Huowang really succeeded. He brought the jade pendant to Yang Na and sold it for a large sum of money.

In this way, he was sure that he was not sick, that it was not an illusion, but that he could really travel back and forth between two different worlds!

At the same time, he met the ugly old Taoist priest with bald head who used people to make elixirs - Danyangzi again in this strange Taoist temple.

He figured out the situation in the strange Taoist temple. Apart from Danyangzi, he had a rough understanding of Danyangzi's direct disciples, registered disciples, and those deformed people in the material room who were called disciples but were actually "medicine materials".

There was also the albino girl who had pulled him at the beginning, who, out of gratitude for his help, took the initiative to get to know him and introduced herself as Bai Lingmiao.

In the end, because Li Huowang refused to escape with Xuanyang and the others, Danyangzi rewarded him as a model. He became Danyangzi's registered disciple and inherited the Taoist name of Xuanyang who was killed by Danyangzi.

At the same time, he was forced to take a medicine called Hei Tai Sui given by Dan Yangzi, which directly suppressed the "hallucination". Li Huowang, who was about to return to the real world, saw with his own eyes that the body of his girlfriend Yang Na became illusory, and then he seemed to be completely left in this strange world.

Then after his impotent rage, the plot of the third episode was also read by Ayumi Ito.

Ayumi Ito blinked her eyes. The plot of these three episodes seemed to be filled with a lot of information, which made her a little confused.

But I have to say, such a brain-burning beginning really makes people want to continue watching.

Although Lin Qingshan's new work has not yet appeared in the combat power setting and the corresponding combat power system, it makes people want to continue watching.

Especially the first episode, which really inherited Lin Qingshan's explosive opening style as always. The first episode is the "Lian Ren Dan" plus the dual world setting, and there is also a setting that the protagonist is suspected of being mentally ill...

Ayumi Ito feels that this opening is not much less explosive than the first episodes of "Chainsaw Man" and "Flame Fist".

"how is it going?"

Lin Qingshan asked again with great anticipation, "What do you think of the plot and style?"

His urgent expression once again made Ito Ayumi confused.

Lin Qingshan never asks her, the editor-in-chief, about her feelings when he starts a new work.

Well, she was actually just a nominal editor and had never interfered with any of Lin Qingshan’s creations, and had never even given any opinions.

And Ito Ayumi was used to independent cartoonists like Lin Qingshan, but now Lin Qingshan asked her what she thought, which was unusual for her.

Could it be...

Ayumi Ito looked at the face of the handsome young man named Li Huowang in the comic "Daoguiyixian", and for a moment she had an illusion that the face had transformed into the equally handsome and youthful face of Lin Qingshan.

Looking at the image of Li Huowang in the real world in the comics, and his natural 3:7 hairstyle, she blinked and really felt as if...

But soon she shook her head, that shouldn't be the case.

After all, as far as she knew, Lin Qingshan had never been to a mental hospital. Even if he received treatment, he went directly to the psychiatric department for an examination, or he received a home examination by a psychiatric expert doctor who was said to be hired by Qingshan's uncle.

How could this be a personal experience? As for the concern about the impression of the beginning of "Dao Wei Yi Xian", it is probably because Mr. Aoyama's new work adopts a new style of painting that combines traditional Chinese painting and comics, so he is worried about the impression of the new work.

"Although the settings and combat system of the first three chapters have not yet been revealed, and they seem a bit brain-burning, but... they are still quite attractive."

Ito Ayumi nodded and said.

To be honest, in the first three chapters, the cultivation system of "Dao Guiyixian" was only demonstrated when Danyangzi killed a group of disciples who intended to escape, but I still couldn't see anything.

With three episodes and no setting or system, the plot progress is obviously very slow.

It may make comic fans feel bored and fail to attract them to continue reading.

But the author of the comic "Daoguiyixian" is Lin Qingshan, which is different.

Lin Qingshan's popularity is very high at the moment due to his previous works, and the quality of his works has also been very high.

Although the popularity and reputation of the four works vary, their quality has never been bad.

Therefore, with the accumulation of word-of-mouth, everyone will choose to be patient and watch it.

Moreover, the beginning of "The Taoist Immortal" is still very explosive, so it is absolutely predictable that comic fans will continue to watch it because of Lin Qingshan's famous name and the unexpected plot.

"That's good……"

Lin Qingshan said with a satisfied smile.

at this time……

Yang Dahai seemed to have finished a remote meeting. He even opened the office door himself and came to Lin Qingshan to greet him.

"Teacher Aoyama, is your new work ready?"

Yang Dahai looked at the drawing in Lin Qingshan's hand and immediately asked with a smile.

However, Lin Qingshan noticed that Yang Dahai's smile seemed a little forced...

"Editor-in-Chief Yang?"

Lin Qingshan asked curiously, "Did something happen?"

"nothing……"

Yang Dahai smiled bitterly, but still shook his head and said, "Let's talk about the next new work."

"All right……"

Although Lin Qingshan knew in his heart that Yang Dahai was definitely not someone simple, he still chose to ignore the matter and said.

If the other person doesn't want to talk about this kind of thing, he won't continue to ask out of curiosity.

Everyone has their own secrets, and as long as it does not involve others, everyone has the right to protect their secrets tightly.

Lin Qingshan and Ito Ayumi immediately walked into Yang Dahai's office.

Yang Dahai once again personally brewed tea for Lin Qingshan and Ito Ayumi. He also took a sip of the hot tea, and seemed to be in a much more relaxed mood.

"Editor-in-Chief Yang, you have heard about it last time. My next comic book is called "The Tao of Strange Immortals"."

Lin Qingshan casually handed the draft to Yang Dahai and said, "Take a look at the plot of the first three episodes."

Yang Dahai sighed, and then said, "Actually... Teacher, have you ever considered going back to serialize the second part of Chainsaw Man?"

"Why are you talking about this again all of a sudden?"

Lin Qingshan scratched his head and said, "But I promised the teacher of Fenghuangyuan..."

"All right……"

Yang Dahai gritted his teeth and said, "This is the teacher's creative freedom. I really have no right to interfere in this matter."

"So, has Editor-in-Chief Yang encountered any difficulties?"

Lin Qingshan asked curiously again.

This is not like Yang Dahai's style. This old 2D artist has always respected the freedom of cartoonists and would not rashly ask him to go back to serialize the second part of "Chainsaw Man".

"The higher-ups are a little dissatisfied with me..."

Yang Dahai sighed and said, "But it's okay, it's not a big deal..."

The main reason is that the sales of physical paper magazines in the comics industry have dropped significantly recently, and there is nothing we can do about it.

The key point is that the decision-makers at the comics headquarters felt that "Purple Air Coming from the East" should not end like this.

"Purple Air Coming from the East", a super long and popular comic that has been serialized for twenty-three years and the face and pillar of the comic world, has come to an end. How can they still make money?

The incident of Lin Qingshan willfully suspending the best-selling fantasy youth comic "Chainsaw Man" in the past decade was also brought up to accuse Yang Dahai of not exercising enough control over his cartoonists.

How can cartoonists be so willful?
Just finish it when you say it's over, just suspend publication when you say it's suspended?
Anyway, in the eyes of the top executives in the comics industry, cartoonists must be under their constraints.

Sometimes a comic is serialized for too long, so it can be suspended for a while, but can you just suspend a super popular comic and start a new one with only average popularity?

This is absolute nonsense!

The same is true for the serialization ending of "Purple Air Coming from the East". Although Feng Yiyuan now has a very high status and great influence, can't you persuade him?
If you can't persuade Feng Yiyuan, that means you are incompetent at work!
If you don’t try to persuade at all, then there is something wrong with your work attitude!
In short, Yang Dahai was severely tortured by the senior management in the meeting because of these points.

That's why his mentality has changed.

Yang Dahai sighed, feeling that being a worker was really hard. Even the editor-in-chief was just a senior worker.

"Let me take a look at the teacher's new work first."

He forced a smile again and said.

"Okay, Editor-in-Chief, take a look first."

Lin Qingshan handed over the drawing.

Yang Dahai read the first episode carefully, and was also shocked by the explosive beginning of "The Taoist Immortal".

"Is the protagonist simply mentally ill this time?"

He had a weird look on his face. My goodness, Mr. Aoyama was so hypocritical that he really drew himself as the protagonist?

Ahem... Okay, this is just a joke.

Then he finished reading the first three episodes of "The Tao of Immortals" and was really stunned by the strange and bizarre cultivation of immortals in it.

Making human elixir?
Or use the imperfect humans to make elixirs?

I can only say it’s weird... It’s really fucking weird!

"No? Teacher Qingshan, you call this cultivation?"

Yang Dahai looked at Lin Qingshan, who was smiling opposite him, with a shocked face and blurted out the question.

　Trying a new writing method, I will just write a general plot when I really start writing the story. Except for some famous scenes - the three flowers gathering at the top of the head, Danyangzi's "resurrection", and "Mom, I really can't tell the difference", which will take up more words, the main focus will be on the style of painting, feedback, and evaluation.

　　Try to write like this... and then finish the Giant part as soon as possible

　　
　
(End of this chapter)