The Path of the Sage

Chapter 125: Mysterious Palace

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Although eloquence cannot be accelerated by writing quickly, it can be practiced while running, using the mind to mobilize talent and the vitality of heaven and earth.

It is impossible to write war poems while running. One must use pen and ink to mobilize the vital energy of heaven and earth. It takes about three breaths to stop, turn around, write, and then turn around and run again.

Yan Yukong rushed towards Fang Yun fearlessly, not only the black mist assassin formed by "Yi Shui Ge", but also himself. At a distance of less than 20 feet, a scholar could rush over in three breaths.

Fang Yun instantly understood Yan Yukong's tactics: no matter how powerful the Arrow in the Stone was, the Black Mist Assassin could deflect or slow it down, so Yan Yukong could easily dodge it and have enough time to catch up with Fang Yun.

The two were very close to each other at this moment. If Fang Yun had not experienced the Three Mountains and Two Pavilions, he would definitely lose.

"I have spent a long time in the Three Mountains and Two Pavilions. Although the gifts of heaven or war poems of high literary rank are all fake and I have not truly practiced them, I have practiced and mastered war poems such as "Yi Shui Song" that Xiucai can learn!"

The second thing Fang Yun wrote on paper was "Song of Yishui", the same as Yan Yukong's. An assassin with black mist that was just as solid appeared!

Fang Yun’s "Song of Yi Shui" was taught personally by "Li Wenying" in the illusion!

Fang Yun used the Black Mist Assassin to intercept Yan Yukong's assassin. Once Yan Yukong was about to rush over, he could control the Black Mist Assassin to attack him. He only needed to keep a distance of fifteen feet from the Black Mist Assassin so as not to be too far away and cause the assassin to dissipate. At the same time, he could wait for his talent to stabilize again.

The Black Mist Assassin's blade was extremely strong and fast. Even though Fang Yun and Yan Yukong had combat experience, they could not withstand more than a few hits, so Yan Yukong had to stop and let the two Black Mist Assassins fight each other.

Yan Yukong's chest was heaving violently due to the high-speed running before, and his breathing was rapid. He glanced at Fang Yun who was not far away. Then he lowered his head and began to write.

"My eyes are filled with shooting stars through the smoke, they are the arrows of our army..."

Fang Yun knew in his heart that Yan Yukong might not be able to write war poems that would be passed down through the ages, but with his talent, he would definitely have his own war poems.

Yan Yukong was a juren, and he had a middle-class literary mind. His talent was consolidated much faster than that of ordinary scholars, so when he saw that he could not fight with Fang Yun in close combat, he used a trick to let the black mist assassin fight. The black mist assassin would dissipate once it was more than 15 feet away from its owner, so Fang Yun could be controlled nearby and then attacked with a small-scale war poem.

Although Yan Yukong's "Flying Arrow Poem" has a short range and small power, it is equivalent to a volley of fire from twenty archers. Fang Yun has no way of avoiding it now.

However, Fang Yun who experienced the illusion was not the Fang Yun who had only one experience of killing monsters. He was taught step by step by "Li Wenying" how to fight.

All’s fair in war is the first tactic that “Li Wenying” taught Fang Yun.

After Fang Yun discovered that the first chapter of "The Arrow in the Stone" could not kill Yan Yukong, he knew that Yan Yukong was too experienced. If he fought head-on, he would definitely not be able to kill him, so he had to use a trick.

No matter how talented Yan Yukong is, without the power of Wenquxing, his talent will be just like mist.

Fang Yun's literary rank is not as good as Yan Yukong's. But Wenqu Wudong makes his talent a step higher, and his talent is like water.

Talent like water is far more stable than talent like fog. Fang Yun actually only needs three breaths to stabilize his talent, but he spent five breaths on paper before. This is to give Yan Yukong an illusion, so that Yan Yukong will misjudge the time it takes for his talent to stabilize again. The purpose is to wait until now. Wait until Yan Yukong is distracted and it is difficult to avoid.

When Yan Yu was writing the war poem with his head down, Fang Yun picked up his pen and finished it in one breath. He also deliberately suppressed the sound of the pen dropping to prevent Yan Yu from hearing it.

Just when the "Flying Arrow Poem" was about to be completed with a few words, the silver sharp arrow of "Arrow in the Stone" had already flown in front of Yan Yukong.

Yan Yukong's eyes were filled with shock. He couldn't believe that a mere scholar could consolidate his talent earlier than a juren.

"Boom..." The sharp arrow pierced through the broken mountain shadow and killed Yan Yukong's intention.

Yan Yukong's thoughts were restored to the purest power in the mountain of books and entered Fang Yun's body.

Then the sky and the earth changed color, and a huge funnel-shaped energy appeared and poured directly into Fang Yun's head, extremely violently.

Fang Yun rolled his eyes and fainted.

Not long after, Fang Yun opened his eyes and found himself lying on the top of a mountain. At the same time, he found that there was something strange in his eyes, but he didn't know what was going on. So he kept blinking and looking around. After a long time, he finally understood.

"This is actually 'Passing Clouds and Mists'. Vital Energy can only be sensed when it is highly condensed. I have Passing Clouds and Mists. Although I cannot see normal vital energy, when the vital energy is slightly condensed or flowing, I can see the vital energy like clouds and mist in my eyes. This power is actually a higher level of Sharp Eyes Night Vision. It is a power that only a university scholar can have. I didn't expect that the Four Mountains would reward me."

"The use of passing clouds and mist is not widespread. It may be useless even after reading it for decades, but once it works, it may save your life. Juren will not get this kind of power when they go to the Four Mountains. Is it a reward for scholars going to the Four Mountains? It is very likely! Although passing clouds and mist is far inferior to Wenxin, it is worse than nothing."

Between the tops of the fourth and fifth mountains, there appeared a huge stone bridge. Strong winds were howling on both sides of the bridge. Before Fang Yun got close, he could feel the strength of the strange wind.

Fang Yun's literary talent was extremely strong at this moment, so he was not affected by the strange wind that was enough to make an ordinary scholar miserable, and he successfully reached the fifth mountain.

The others in the mountain of books went from admiration and cheering to being somewhat numb. It was a miracle for a scholar to pass three mountains, but what about passing four mountains? No one knew how to describe it. It was beyond everyone's expectations.

Those from the saintly families were the most special. They had very complicated feelings. They were very happy that such an amazing talent had emerged, but it was still difficult for them to accept that as a wealthy family they were outshined by an ordinary person.

For a long time they didn't know what to say.

The semi-saints of the Holy Temples are no exception.

"Lord Dongsheng, does Fang Yun have some particularly powerful self-composed poems? If not, he would not have been able to pass the Four Mountains. After all, the gap between a scholar and a juren is huge."

"Anything related to Fang Yun is classified as a Four Saints secret."

The three semi-saints were stunned. The secrets of the Four Saints were that only the Four Saints of the human race were allowed to know, except for a very small number of relevant personnel. And secrets of this level must be related to the fortune of the human race. It is impossible to reach this level with high potential alone. Even Yi Zhishi could not reach it back then.

"His war poems have been handed down from generation to generation? And are they better than "Song of the Yishui River"? " Mi Fengdian couldn't help asking. It was not because he lost his temper, but because he had been paying attention to Fang Yun when Fang Yun was taking the examination for the status of a student. He thought he knew Fang Yun very well, but he didn't expect that he still knew so little about Fang Yun.

"More than that." Wang Jinglong said no more.

The three semi-saints looked at each other, and Mi Fengdian whispered, "That must be something Fang Yun wrote that can increase the luck of the human race. It seems that just reading "The Holy Way" is not enough to understand him in the future."

The eyes of the saints fell on the extremely bright light on the fifth mountain.

The fifth mountain also has a stone gate light curtain, but unlike the previous green light curtain, this green light curtain is mixed with a hint of blood.

Fang Yun walked in with a serious expression.

There was also a grassland inside, but a few miles away, more than 500 demon soldiers led by three demon generals rushed over. There were wild boar demons with thick skin and flesh, bloodthirsty and warlike wolf demons, and the porcupine demons that gave the human race the most headaches.

"No wonder even Yan Yukong couldn't pass the fifth level. Ordinary scholars have to be very careful when killing these monsters without a literary treasure. Even the most experienced scholars can't kill these monsters without a literary treasure. There are too many monsters in front of us."

Fang Yun knew that it would not matter if he died here, so he did not retreat but stepped forward to face these monsters.

Not long after, the two sides met. As the porcupine monster's flying needles approached him, Fang Yun's "Arrow in the Stone" shot out, piercing through the defenseless wild boar monster and killing him.

Fang Yun could only do this much, before the overwhelming flying needles pierced him like a hedgehog.

Fang Yun's eyes went dark and bright. He opened his eyes and thought he would return to the top of the fifth mountain, or appear at the foot of the mountain or even return to the Academy of Literature, but he found himself in a palace.

This palace is very spacious and square, with a side length of about fifty meters, which is larger than the polo field in Yuhai City.

The walls, floors, roofs and pillars of the palace are all made of shiny black stones. There are no lights in the palace, but it is bright everywhere.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment. Even though he had gone through hardships in the illusion, he still felt a little excited.

"This should be one of the legendary mysterious places. Since Shushan asked me to come here, it must be for good intentions. But I don't know what good news it is. It can't be more precious than the top-grade hard-writing literary mind, right?"

Fang Yun thought about it and looked carefully, and found a huge "one" written in the center of the floor of the mysterious palace.

"This is the first palace. Is there a second one?"

Suddenly, a wolf demon soldier, a bull barbarian soldier and a man wearing a scholar's robe appeared out of thin air.

"Three scholar-level enemies?" Fang Yun slowly retreated, ready to attack at any time.

“Roar…” The wolf demon soldier roared and rushed over with the bull barbarian soldier, while the human scholar was discussing military strategy on paper.

The wolf demon soldiers were getting closer and closer, and when they were about 50 meters away, Fang Yun suddenly wrote "The Arrow in the Stone", and the wolf demon soldiers were unable to dodge and died.

After three breaths, Fang Yun recited "Yi Shui Song" again. He first used the Black Mist Assassin to kill the Niu Man soldier, then entangled the Black Mist Assassin of the scholar, and then killed the scholar with the second arrow shot by the stone.

“Is it that simple here?”

Afterwards, three new figures appeared, making Fang Yun realize that this place was not only not simple, but also very troublesome.

Among the three new figures, in addition to a barbarian soldier and a scholar, there is also a wolf demon general, which is equivalent to a human juren.

Fang Yun knew very well that the Wolf Demon General could run very fast. Unless he summoned Li Guang's divine consciousness, the Wolf Demon General could easily dodge in a head-on battle.

"There is no other way except running poetry!"

The wolf demon was very smart. He did not rush over immediately, but also looked at Fang Yun, as if thinking about how to kill him. (To be continued...)