The Path of the Sage

Fang Yun sighed and said, "Actually, inspired by An Chengcai and the Snake Demon, I plan to write a long novel about humans and demons. This one thousand taels is a deposit, and I plan to donate all the income from this novel to the An family and Lu Family Town to help them rebuild their homes."

"I didn't expect you to be so righteous and virtuous. You are truly a true gentleman. We are ashamed in comparison. Please accept my bow!" Ning Zhiyuan solemnly bowed to Fang Yun, but was helped up by Fang Yun.

"No need, no need. This is what I should do." Fang Yun knew in his heart that a book could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was insignificant compared to the remaining fragment of "The Peach Blossom Spring" and the Dragon Saint's blood that he didn't know if he could use. He had taken a big advantage, and moreover, he would earn more money from writing books in the future.

Wen Zhenghuan praised, "Good! This is the demeanor of a scholar. I heard that you entrusted all your books to Xuanting Bookstore for sale?"

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"Yes," Fang Yun replied.

"Then I will personally go and persuade them to only take half of the share and donate the rest to Lu Family Town and the An family."

"The old Hanlin Academy is benevolent." Everyone praised one after another.

Leaving Lu Family Town, everyone got on the carriage. Wen Zhenghuan informed the officials who didn't get off the carriage about Fang Yun's plan to donate money to Lu Family Town. The officials immediately praised him because Fang Yun's actions fulfilled both "benevolence" and "righteousness," which very few people of his age could achieve.

Fang Yun didn't feel proud. He thought that this was what he should do. While others were talking, he was thinking about the plot of his new book in the carriage.

"Since it is a love story between humans and snakes, I will adapt 'The Legend of White Snake.' But I can't write it now. I will spend my energy on it after I pass the Talented Scholar exam. Xu Xian is there, Bai Suzhen is there, adding a little Qing is no problem, but Fa Hai should be replaced by a high-ranking scholar."

"Who should play Fa Hai? He is dedicated to subduing demons and evil spirits, and has amazing talent. It seems that Li Wenying is the most suitable. But... if I really write him as Fa Hai, will he come to the gate of the academy to confront me with a brush after school? Forget it, I'll write Cai He as Fa Hai. He is far away in Ji County and won't come to the gate of the academy to confront me."

Hundreds of armored carriages headed towards Dayuan Prefecture, stirring up clouds of dust along the way, creating a magnificent scene. Especially the carriage carrying the body of the Dragon Turtle was particularly eye-catching.

The speed of the armored carriages in the hills was slow, but on the smooth official road, they were extremely fast. The group was getting closer to the Thirty-Li Pavilion.

When there were still ten li left, the slave who was sleeping in Fang Yun's arms suddenly woke up, and all the Imperial Scholars and Hanlin Scholars in the convoy looked puzzled. Then they gave orders, and two Eagle Demon soldiers and one Eagle Demon general on the back of the armored carriage soared into the sky.

Fang Yun stood at the door of the carriage and looked up at the sky. Apart from the three Eagle Demons that had just taken off, there were two more Eagle Demons. It seemed that those Imperial Scholars and Hanlin Scholars had sensed the presence of enemy Eagle Demons.

Before long, the Eagle Demon general swooped down and shouted loudly, "I have discovered a large number of demon races and rebellious literary people ambushing ahead. They have also discovered us and are in dispute. Some want to leave, some want to fight. I heard them mention Fang Yun's name."

Everyone in the carriage looked at each other.

"Could it be that they already know that Fang Yun has become a Saint Before the Talented Scholar and sent people to kill him?"

"How many of them are there? Why didn't they run away even after seeing thousands of prefectural soldiers? Could there be a Demon Marquis or a rebellious literary person among them?"

"That Eagle Demon cannot see us in the carriage, so they don't know our numbers and literary positions. They probably think we are ordinary prefectural soldiers. They are far superior to us as a whole, so they naturally won't run away."

Wen Zhenghuan sneered, "Feng Chengjue is indeed clever, but foolish for a moment! Little bird, go and observe. If they want to escape, immediately inform me." Wen Zhenghuan said to the Eagle Demon general.

"Yes, sir!" The Eagle Demon general immediately spread its wings and flew high.

All the people in the carriage prepared themselves for a big fight.

The Eagle Demon in the sky never made a move, indicating that those rebellious literary people had not decided to escape.

After a while, Chen Xibi said, "Order all the carriages to stop and arrange the armored carriages into a defensive formation! They will naturally charge over! Fang Yun, go to the door of the carriage and let their Eagle Demons see you all the time. They must have your portrait."

Fang Yun realized that he had overlooked this point and thought to himself that it was no wonder General Fu had wanted to become a Hanlin Scholar. If they directly charged over, those people would naturally be suspicious. Now, by forming a defensive formation to protect themselves, it would appear to those rebellious literary people that they were waiting for rescue, and it was highly likely that they would attack.

Not long after, the Eagle Demon general descended and said that the rebellious literary people were rushing over with all their might.

"Everyone, be prepared to wait for the rabbit." Chen Xibi smiled.

"It's like catching a turtle in a jar!"

"It's like closing the door to catch a dog."

Everyone smiled, waiting quietly in the carriage. Only Fang Yun occasionally showed his head, pretending to look panicked.

After a while, Fang Yun saw many rebellious literary people and demons wearing blood robes appearing on the road ahead.

Among them, a lion demon general and a wolf demon general were particularly eye-catching, emitting a strong bloody aura, and their fur was gradually turning blood-red, forming a powerful protective ability. This was the talent of a demon general. They could do many incredible things with their blood and aura.

The two demon generals were imposing, like gods descending to earth.

The soldiers, even though they knew that many important figures were on their side, still felt fear. The Talented Scholars had to write inspiring poems to dispel the soldiers' panic.

The two demon generals stared at Fang Yun.

Fang Yun's heart pounded. Even though they were far apart, he felt the threat of death. These two demon generals were not as powerful in defense as the Dragon Turtle, but their killing power was no less than that of the Dragon Turtle.

"Roar..."

The two demon generals roared together and charged forward. Many demon soldiers followed behind, and then came the rebellious Imperial Scholars and Presented Scholars.

Every rebellious literary person had a smile on their face.

"It seems that even heaven is helping us. These prefectural soldiers are nothing but rotten wood and dead grass. No one can stop the two demon generals. We may not even need to take action. The two demon generals will kill Fang Yun."

"Leaving earlier was the right decision. If we had escaped earlier, Fang Yun would have been alert, and it would be difficult to kill him in the future."

"Right, the two demon generals, please don't eat Fang Yun. He is the food of Lord Feng!" someone shouted.

"Roar..." The lion demon general growled unhappily.

Seeing that the two demon generals were about to reach the front line, the carriage where Fang Yun was suddenly emitted a strong aura. At the same time, the spiritual energy of the surrounding area rushed towards it.

The two demon generals were frightened and quickly stopped.

One of the rebellious Imperial Scholars shouted, "What's going on? Could there be a Hanlin Scholar hiding there? Don't be afraid, kill Fang Yun first!"

"No, besides the Hanlin Scholar, there must be at least four Imperial Scholars inside! We have fallen into an ambush!"

The carriage where Fang Yun was exploded in all directions, and then all the rebellious literary people saw that one Hanlin Scholar and eight Imperial Scholars were discussing military strategy on paper, and they were almost finished.

However, unlike the other Imperial Scholars, the old Hanlin Scholar Wen Zhenghuan had a page of paper and a brush floating in front of him. His hands were clearly not holding the brush, but the brush was still floating in the air and writing the war poetry automatically.

Hanlin Scholars kill enemies with their divine brushes.

While the divine brush was writing war poetry, Wen Zhenghuan recited the war poetry flawlessly.

Fang Yun's eyes lit up. No wonder Governor Ge was so eager to become a Hanlin Scholar. With the divine brush, the strength of a Hanlin Scholar was several times stronger than before. This divine brush was truly amazing.

In just a blink of an eye after the carriage exploded, all the war poems were completed.

Wen Zhenghuan wrote "The Cavalry on the Frontier" with the divine brush, and a hundred images of heavily armed cavalry appeared, holding shining spears and charging straight towards the two demon generals.

He recited "The Killing Demon Song," and a shining sword slashed at the lion demon general.

The other eight Imperial Scholars also displayed their abilities, and the power formed by the eight war poems fell on the wolf demon general.

The two demon generals were immediately overwhelmed by the terrifying attacks and suffered heavy injuries.

Then, one Hanlin Scholar and eight Imperial Scholars simultaneously recited the Lip Spear and Tongue Sword, and seven swords and two spears were unleashed, completely killing the three fleeing rebellious Imperial Scholars.

Everyone was stunned. Those were two demon generals, equivalent to two Imperial Scholars, but they were killed just like that.

"Run!"

Rebellious literary people never had any loyalty. They activated their defensive treasures and tried to escape.

However, the Hanlin Scholar and the eight Imperial Scholars also had defensive treasures. Therefore, the power of three Hanlin Scholar treasures and six Imperial Scholar treasures, combined with the nine Lip Spear and Tongue Sword, attacked the three fleeing rebellious Imperial Scholars.

Fang Yun thought it was really unfair. Regardless of strength or numbers, they completely overwhelmed the enemy.

The three rebellious Imperial Scholars, even though they had defensive treasures, couldn't withstand so many attacks. In the blink of an eye, they were killed.

Wen Zhenghuan spat out a word, "Kill!"

Then, with his refined and condensed talent sword, he moved at a speed faster than sound, beheading one literary person or demon after another. In just a dozen breaths, he killed more than a hundred rebellious literary people and demons, even though most of the rebellious Presented Scholars had defensive treasures.

Fang Yun finally realized the power of the old Hanlin Scholar. After decades of refining his talent sword, he could kill a thousand Presented Scholars in one breath.

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