"Don't blame me for not reminding you. Flying boats are difficult to control. It takes a few days to learn how to use them like an arm. Moreover, every year, students of the same academic rank in the Holy Academy will participate in flying boat races, with generous rewards." said Grand Secretary Fan Wendong.
Fang Yun nodded to show that he understood.
The saintly families have privileges, and all candidates have the opportunity to enter the Holy Academy. Scholars who are not from the saintly families are generally accepted into the Holy Academy after the palace examination because of their outstanding performance in some aspect, but not everyone stays in the Holy Academy.
For example, Ji Zhibai, after enrolling in the Holy Academy and learning the basics, found his own shortcomings, so he returned to Jingguo, preparing to hone his skills for a few more years before returning to the Holy Academy.
There are also some late bloomers or grand secretaries who have the opportunity to enter the Holy Academy and become students of the Holy Academy.
It was night time and there were not many students in Chongwen College, but there were still four or five students passing by on flying boats. After they looked over here, they braked the flying boats, surprised and happy.
"Fang Xusheng is here!" A scholar in his twenties suddenly burst into words.
"What? Where?"
"Right at the door!"
"No one is allowed to speak loudly in Chongwen Academy! Keep your mouth shut for seven days. If it happens again, you will be banned from speaking for a year!" A cold voice sounded, and then the scholar made a bitter face and tried to open his mouth to speak, but he couldn't utter a word.
Fang Yun couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect that the Holy Academy could also ban speech. It was good to have authority.
When the scholar saw Fang Yun smiling, he scratched his head in embarrassment even though he was obviously older than Fang Yun.
Fang Yun no longer cared about other people. He took a deep breath, and with a thought, the flying boat slowly floated up. After it reached one foot above the ground, it stopped rising and stayed steadily in mid-air.
"Huh?"
Not only did the Grand Secretary exclaim in surprise, but several students in the Criminal Hall and nearby were also very confused.
One person whispered, “Even the most outstanding genius will wobble when using a flying boat for the first time, but he didn’t move at all.”
"Could it be possible that Fang Xusheng has entered Chongwen Academy?"
"Someone said a few days ago that Fang Xusheng had never been to Chongwen Academy. He would not enter until he was in Xuehai. You see, he was accompanied by Scholar Fan from the Criminal Hall. This must be his first time using a flying boat."
"Fang Xusheng is indeed a strong writer. He will definitely be the champion in the Hanlin Flying Boat Race."
"Not necessarily. His flying boat is only stable, but his spiritual power may not be as good as other Hanlin scholars, let alone his talent."
"makes sense."
Fan Wendong smiled and said, "It seems that I underestimated Fang Xusheng. The most difficult thing about this flying boat at the beginning is to keep it stable, but Fang Xusheng, you can do it easily, so you must be able to control the flying boat easily."
Fang Yun devoted himself to the flying boat, controlling it to move slowly forward.
"Go forward ten feet and then turn right. I'll show you the way." After Fan Wendong finished speaking, he drew a line in front of him. His talent surged out, forming a faintly bright line to show Fang Yun the way.
Fang Yun nodded, and after moving forward ten feet, he slowly turned. Although the flying boat looked heavy when turning, it was already very stable, without the slightest tremor.
"Fang Xusheng's literary talent is well-deserved."
In the distance, flying boats were breaking through the air, some of them even reaching the speed of a roar, with a terrifying momentum.
"Brother Fang!"
Then, the voice sounded again: "Student Li Longxiao, your flying boat exceeded the speed limit. You are prohibited from using any holy places in the Holy Academy within 15 days. You will be deducted 100 points for your writing skills!"
Li Longxiao muttered quietly: "One hundred points of writing? This is too much!"
Fang Yun stopped the dragon boat and said with a smile, "Brother Li, long time no see."
"Not long, less than a year. You...you should get familiar with the flying boat first, don't worry about me." Li Longxiao said.
Fang Yun nodded and continued to control the flying boat.
More and more people came, but because of what happened to Li Longxiao, they all came slowly, then gathered together and talked in a low voice.
Fang Yun had long been accustomed to this kind of scene and ignored others. He would only return the gift when someone he knew came over.
Fang Yun's learning speed was so fast that many students in the Holy Academy were amazed. In just a quarter of an hour, Fang Yun mastered the skills that others could only master in a day.
Slowly, more and more students from the Saint Academy followed Fang Yun. Fan Wendong said in a deep voice: "Fang Xusheng will compete for the head of the country tomorrow. He will have important things to do afterwards, which requires a lot of time to prepare. Within three days, if there is nothing important, don't look for Fang Xusheng to reminisce or chat. Let's go."
Some people have already received the news that Fang Yun is going to the ancient land of Xuemang. They look worried and advise their classmates to leave.
Soon, all the scholars dispersed.
The flying boat moved forward and soon arrived at the entrance of a garden.
There were two stone lions squatting at the entrance of the garden, and four tall soldiers holding spears guarding the gate. Inside the gate, more than forty women were standing in two rows on both sides of the road. There were petite girls, heroic girls, gentle and kind women, and so on.
Fan Wendong said, "The Confucian literary world is very large. The area allocated to Chongwenyuan is equivalent to the area of a county. The upper house is ten small gardens. After all, not many people come to live here, so it is not very big. As for the lower house, each has its own door and courtyard. The maids inside are all new. They are all from the literary world. They are all well-educated and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. If they were born as men, they would at least be scholars. These women are no different from our human race in the literary world except that they cannot have children."
At the end, Fan Wendong looked at Fang Yun with a smile.
As a man, Fang Yun naturally knew what was hidden in Fan Wendong's smile, but he really didn't have the time and energy to mess around with other women, so he just said, "Well, since he's from the literary world, I can use him with more confidence."
Fan Wendong and Fang Yun got off the boat and entered the garden, and personally named the garden Fang Mansion. Then Fang Yun chatted with the maids from the literary world for a while, and after knowing their names and identities, he let them leave and had a long talk with Fan Wendong to learn everything about the Holy Academy.
They chatted until the early morning before Fan Wendong left.
The second person, Fang Yun, woke up and slowly dealt with the accumulated letters.
After finishing the meal brought by the maid, Fang Yun sang "Water Melody" to share the beauty of the moon from afar, and chatted with Yang Yuhuan, Nunu and others to relax, because the afternoon was the competition for the top spot in the country!
The competition for the top spot in the country will be held in the Confucius Literary World, and someone will come in a flying boat to pick up each top scholar.
Soon, the Green Dragon King Ao Qingyue came and the two talked about many things about the Blood Mango Ancient Land. Ao Qingyue also brought some related books to help Fang Yun learn more about the Blood Mango Ancient Land. Before leaving, Ao Qingyue gave Fang Yun a Dragon King Dragon Ball.
After lunch, there was a sudden bustle outside the garden, and then a maid came in to report that some scholars wanted to see them.
Fang Yun could hear the loud voice of Sun Naiyong, the top scholar of Wu State, from afar.
"Fang Yun, don't sleep anymore, let's fight for the top spot together!"
Fang Yun smiled and walked out.
When he stepped out of the door, Fang Yun saw more than a dozen boats parked outside, with many champions. Most of them were driving their own boats, and a few champions were entering Chongwenyuan for the first time and had others driving their boats.
"Good afternoon, everyone!" Fang Yun bowed.
"Good afternoon, Saint Fang Xu!" Everyone greeted back.
"Let's go and talk while walking." Fang Yun said with a smile.
Fang Yun boarded his own Kuafu Sun-chasing boat and slowly moved forward with everyone else.
Dai Cheng from Liangjie Mountain coughed lightly and said, "Although we have benefited from Fang Xusheng in Xuehai, but... the fight for the head of the country is of great importance. I don't know what others think, but I will definitely do my best."
(To be continued…)