{{唐准}} then began registering an account and an author profile, following the process to publish and wait for review. At the end of one chapter, he also wrote a special line—a link to one of the Dao-rhyme combination templates related to the work.

　　This kind of template, whether written as text or depicted in photos or drawings, all has an effect.

　　Just like truly profound and enduring articles: whether you read them from online images, online text, or in print, as long as you read the content and sense the Dao-rhyme within the words, you can gain strength.

　　The effect of this textbook-style template is similar.

　　“Not hoping to make money—just want to receive feedback from readers who can sense the Dao-rhyme.”

　　“The only problem now is, with such an ordinary opening and novel, how many readers can I attract? In the future world, only one in ten thousand geniuses can sense the Dao from a textbook-style template. If a book isn’t popular, the number of readers will be limited.”

　　……

　　While waiting for review, he couldn’t upload chapters related to the work, but {{唐准}} couldn’t worry about that anymore. The ways he could think of to accumulate Dao-rhyme were only these, and he had done his best within his abilities. All he could do was wait.

　　Next, {{唐准}} continued practicing the Dao-rhyme templates.

　　For a literature student, mechanically and repetitively practicing to imitate Dao-rhyme templates is fundamental.

　　And for the same person, even a super genius, looking at a Dao-rhyme template can at most trigger a single burst of extraordinary power, with a slight improvement in some ability afterward. But when you look at a second template, there will be new stimulation and improvement.

　　{{唐准}} practiced the first textbook-style template for a week, and then still needed to practice more.

　　Time passed as he waited. A day later, the reviewed chapter was approved, which surprised him a little. Eagerly, he wrote the content for chapters two and three, spending three or four hours to finish four thousand words. After uploading, {{唐准}} started practicing a new template.

　　After uploading chapters two and three for a day, he was dismayed to find that the new book had only accumulated ten clicks and eight recommendation votes.

　　“Jeez, even if I look at this book from a reader’s perspective, the content is old-fashioned and unoriginal, but the stats shouldn’t be this low.”

　　Ten clicks—compared to the tens of millions or millions that the top authors get—was just too few. How many readers would be drawn to check out the related content with such low clicks?

　　But aside from complaining, there was nothing else he could do.

　　Three days later, as {{唐准}} practiced the second Dao-rhyme template more deeply, he opened his author backend again to upload chapters. Casually clicking on the book page, he was finally pleasantly surprised to find that his click count had not only broken through to 27, but there was also the first reply in the book review section.

　　“[Evil God Dao] visiting…”

　　“……”

　　{{唐准}} almost spat blood.

　　An ad?! The first book review he’d been waiting days for was an ad?

　　Speechlessly closing the book page, {{唐准}} even began to wonder whether he should keep writing and practicing Dao-rhyme templates like this.

　　He currently had just over a thousand yuan to his name, and next month’s rent would be 700, since he lived in a high-rise, large apartment in a residential complex—700 a month.

　　If this went on, even survival would become a problem.