Preface

On a sunny day

Therefore, the preliminary work has taken quite a long time. Every day, I look at the old version, contemplating how to cut and add new plots, attempting to reveal the hidden storylines from back then like flipping cards, in order to make the narrative more complete and rich. However, during this process of revelation, I suddenly realize that the writing style, plot, and ideas are intertwined with the old version, still exhibiting disparities in quality; this is the distance of twenty years! One side of a face bears the smooth and innocent skin of twenty years ago, while the other side reflects the weariness and complexity of twenty years later. Even if the readers do not notice, in the eyes of the author, it remains unsatisfactory. I suddenly realize that the writing style, plot, and ideas are intertwined with the old version, still exhibiting disparities in quality; this is the distance of twenty years! One side of a face bears the smooth and innocent skin of twenty years ago, while the other side reflects the weariness and complexity of twenty years later. Even if the readers do not notice, in the eyes of the author, it remains unsatisfactory

Yes, it is a rewrite. If everyone wants to read a new story, that is also fine. Once the new version of "Dragon" is completed with the writing style and plot from ten years ago, since the framework is from twenty years ago, we will then use the rewritten "Dragon" as a foundation to make further refinements to the plot.

If a work from twenty years ago can still receive high praise from the author upon re-reading, it signifies that the author has not progressed, even though this progress may not necessarily be appreciated by the readers

In other words, the framework is an old version of the Wave Dragon from 20 years ago, but the new version of the Wave Dragon presented before you is roughly in the style I had ten years ago

In fact, I do not particularly like revising due to reprints, as I have a very serious personality. Should I only correct typos? Revise sentences? Or modify the plot?

This is the process completed by the new version of Langlong

Over the past twenty years, many ideas have changed, and many plot twists are not something I would write now. At the same time, I am aware that many readers do not purchase it for the sake of the "Reprint of the Wandering Dragon," but rather because they want to support "all of Yu Qing's books." In this situation, having readers collect two nearly identical books, with only a revised afterword or a small side story added, is something I find difficult to accept.

Although readers need not concern themselves with the author's writing methods, it is still necessary to provide an explanation for everyone's understanding

Although I am not clear on how most writers approach revisions, this is how I confront the works I created twenty years ago

Therefore, everything is voided and we will start anew. This time, I will attempt to revert my writing style and the plot by ten years, using the storyline of the old version of "Dragon of the Waves" as the framework for a rewrite

How should a work from twenty years ago be repaired? This is the dilemma I am facing. (I must emphasize, a work from twenty years ago)