"But, he's dead. Even if he had amazing talent, it's all in vain."
"well… "
"It's nothing that you're on the Hanlin Hunting List, but it's troublesome to be rewarded with a drop of holy blood. Holy blood is very important to the demon clan. It can create a demon marquis who is equivalent to the Hanlin, and even allow those demon marquises who have practiced hard to go one step further and become a demon king who is equivalent to a university scholar. You are just a scholar, and you will be rewarded with a drop of holy blood as long as you are killed. Those demon kings don't care, but those demon marquises and demon generals will probably be excited and go crazy." Feng Yuanjun's eyes were filled with deeper worry.
"Yes, this is indeed worth worrying about." Fang Yun nodded calmly.
"Many times we are powerless. I am here mainly to remind you to do everything you can to improve your strength. The main reason is that you are too outstanding and you are not from a wealthy family, so your path is a hundred times more difficult than those people."
"So my achievements must be a hundred times greater than those people's, otherwise I would be too sorry for those who obstruct me!" Fang Yun said firmly.
Feng Yuanjun was delighted and said, "Great! I'm glad you think so! I was afraid that you would lose your literary talent due to suppression from all sides, and I was afraid of those semi-saint families."
"I know my limits." Fang Yun said.
"That's great! After you become a juren, I will follow you to Qing State and see with my own eyes that your writing is better than that of a whole state and can defeat a whole country!"
"Thank you for your good words. However, the front page of the Holy Way caused such a big stir, which was more important than the Qixi Literary Festival. Why was there no response from the capital?"
Feng Yuanjun smiled helplessly and said, "Yes, it made too much noise. Now no one knows what to do and is still considering it. However, there is finally good news."
"What good news?" Fang Yun asked.
"Some neutral officials have already made it clear that they are staying away from the Left Prime Minister, while some civil servants from the Left Prime Minister's faction are also openly praising you. There are even censors from the Supervisory Council who have impeached the Left Prime Minister. It can be seen that the scholars in Jingguo are still clear in their minds. Since your article has been on the front page of the Holy Way, it is a great feat of revitalizing the culture of our Jingguo, and it is a great achievement. If they oppose you again and again, they deserve to be called traitors. Therefore, the officials of the Left Prime Minister's faction are rarely silent, as if they are waiting for the Queen Mother and the Minister of Literature to take action."
"Well, then I'll wait a little longer." Fang Yun said.
Fang Yun waited until the tenth day of August, but the reward from the court had not come down yet. Today was the day when Li Wenying took him to Kongcheng at the foot of Daofeng Mountain, and it was also the day when the second issue of "Wen Bao" of each month was published.
Before breakfast, Fang Yun flipped through the "Wen Bao" bought by Fang Daniu.
The wars in the "Wen Bao" were more frequent than before. The three barbarian tribes of Cao Man, Sha Man and Lin Man attacked the human race many times. Except for Gu State, which paid tribute and asked for peace, there were no casualties in other countries.
Jing State lost another county town, 3,000 people were killed in the battle, and nearly 10,000 were captured or injured. However, at the same time, good news came that Zhang Poyue led his army to launch a surprise attack on a wolf-barbarian tribe, killing 2,000 enemies and less than 300 of his own people were killed. This was the best record of Jing State in the past two years.
"As expected of him, he is the Crazy General of Jiangzhou. He is really capable. However, as a former general of the second rank, commanding an army of 100,000, how could he win by a surprise attack?" Fang Yun thought to himself that this was indeed Zhang Poyue's usual style.
Wen Bao was not a large newspaper like later generations. Like Sheng Dao, it was similar to magazines of later generations, but much thicker.
Fang Yun flipped the page again, and several large fonts appeared in front of him: "Fang Yun of Jingguo ranks fourth on the Hanlin Hunting List."
Fang Yun read it carefully. It announced the changes in the demon hunting list and saw several familiar names.
The evil king Meng Lintang was originally outside the top 30 on the list of Grand Scholars, but this time he was ranked 11th on the list of Grand Scholars. The bounty was also increased to five drops of holy blood.
"The evil king is only a Hanlin now, but he ranks higher than hundreds of grand secretaries in the Ten Kingdoms. The key is that he is younger than the four great talents of this generation. He majored in military strategy and got the "Three Essays of Han Xin". If he becomes a grand secretary, he may very well squeeze out the position of the last of the four great talents, the Poet, and put on a good show in the Saint Academy. He is really lucky. If Han Xin had not died, he would have become a semi-saint, and the "Three Essays of Han Xin" could have become the foundation of Han Xin's sainthood."
Fang Yun discovered that Li Wenying had risen one step further and was ranked second on the Grand Secretary List. His bounty was as much as nine drops of holy blood. Among the top ten on the entire Grand Secretary List, he was the only one who was not a descendant of a semi-saint family.
After Wen Bao listed the changes in the Monster Clan Hunting List, it conducted an analysis and only had one sentence to evaluate the opponent's luck.
"The demon tribe overestimated this man. The reward may be revenge from the Yangtze River dragon. Don't worry about it."
Fang Yun sensed a hint of indifference from this sentence, and this comment was in obvious conflict with the eye-catching title.
Fang Yun looked for some celebrities in Jing State and discovered that Zuo Xiang, as the head of the civil servants in Jing State, had a high ranking, ranking 49th on the list of Grand Secretaries, but his bounty was only one drop of holy blood, while the bounties of many people behind him were two drops of holy blood.
At this moment, the conversation between Yang Yuhuan, Jiang Pozi and others came from the kitchen.
"Madam, this is the barbarian goat meat. I stewed it before going to bed last night."
"Oh? I heard about this thing a few days ago. I don't know how it suddenly became famous. Now many people buy some to eat. Ordinary mutton has become cheaper."
"In fact, goat meat is far inferior to mutton in terms of taste, but this barbarian goat meat is amazing. What makes the barbarians so powerful? Their qi and blood. These goats eat the barbarian grass and grow up among the barbarians, so they absorb some qi and blood to a certain extent. Humans can absorb the power of qi and blood by eating barbarian goat meat, so barbarian goats have suddenly become popular."
"Really? Then Xiaoyun will buy barbarian goat meat every day when he is at home. But how do you distinguish between ordinary goat meat and barbarian goat meat?"
"No need to distinguish. This kind of sheep is called 'stubborn sheep'. They like to jump around naturally and are very strong. But the key is that they have a bad temper and humans can't raise them. Barbarians are different. They are half human and half beast. Stubborn sheep behave well in front of them, so they can be raised. Besides, other sheep can't absorb the blood of barbarians, so it's useless to buy them."
"Is that so? Then I feel relieved."
Mrs. Jiang whispered, "Madam, this thing is very nutritious. Let the master keep eating it. You will understand it later."
"What do you know?" Yang Yuhuan asked curiously.
"It's to make a man powerful."
"where?"
"You will know when you enter the bridal chamber."
"… "
A faint smile appeared on Fang Yun's face. He didn't expect that the human race would take action so quickly. The stubborn sheep ate more than ordinary goats and even ate grass roots, causing more serious damage to the grassland.
Fang Yun continued to read the Wen Bao and found a piece of news about a county that mainly engaged in animal husbandry. The grass did not grow well, but after diverting water from distant rivers and lakes, a large number of ditches and waterways were opened up, the grass yield increased significantly, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses that could be raised increased significantly, which people from other places learned from.
Seeing the strategies he discussed in the mountain of books being implemented one by one, Fang Yun felt indescribable joy in his heart.
"Finally, I can do something practical for the human race. But this is just the beginning!"
After breakfast, Fang Yun began to pack up and kept putting things into the shells.
Nunu, who was standing by, stared at the Hanhu shell with curiosity in his eyes. After a while, he stretched out his paw and put it on Fang Yun's hand. He looked up and cried, as if asking what was going on. Was the food eaten by the shell
Fang Yun didn't explain, and Nunu became even more curious. He kept walking around the Hanhubei, his big furry tail wagging all the time.
Finally, Fang Yun put the Zhendanqin into the Hanhu Shell, and then put the Hanhu Shell on the table to do other things. The little fox immediately jumped onto the table, stretched out its little paw, gently touched the Hanhu Shell, and then quickly retracted it, fearing that its paw would be lost like those things.
After trying several times, Nunu found that the Hanhu shell did not react, so he immediately touched it with his claws, but he still could not figure it out.
"Okay. I'm leaving." Fang Yun said.
Nunu jumped into Fang Yun's arms holding the Hanhu shell in her mouth. After Fang Yun took the Hanhu shell away, she looked at Fang Yun with a questioning look.
"I don't know when I will be back, why don't you come with me to the Holy Ruins?" Fang Yun asked.
The little fox immediately showed a look of alertness and shook his head vigorously.
"Are you afraid of the Holy Ruins?"
Nunu shook his head.
"Hate?"
The little fox nodded.
Fang Yun smiled and stroked its little head, saying, "Well, you don't have to go."
Nunu hesitated, lowered his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.
Fang Yun carried Nunu out of the bedroom, and everyone in the family was in the yard.
Yang Yuhuan tried her best to hide her reluctance and worry. She walked forward and helped Fang Yun to tidy up his clothes. She said, "Be careful when you go out. This is Kongcheng, at the foot of the Holy Courtyard, which is different from other places. Since you are the top scholar in the Ten Kingdoms, you will definitely bring back good things from the Holy Ruins, maybe the Longevity Fruit."
Fang Daniu said, "Yes! Anyway, I am 100% assured. It's a pity that you can't eat moon cakes and appreciate the moon with us during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Yang Yuhuan took a box of beautifully packaged mooncakes from the servant and said, "This is the old Yufeng mooncakes from Yuhai Mansion. You can take it with you on the road."
"Okay." Fang Yun took the mooncake and held it in his hand.
Yang Yuhuan gave a few more instructions, trying hard to suppress her reluctance, and said, "Go quickly, don't waste time. Lord Li is so busy, we can't let him wait."
Fang Yun looked at Yang Yuhuan's familiar face and said softly, "Then I'll leave first. When I come back, I'll bring you some gifts from Kongcheng."
"Um."
Fang Yun walked out, and Fang Daniu said, "You forgot to bring your luggage. I'll get it for you."
"No need, I brought them all." Fang Yun said.
"Ah?" Fang Daniu looked at Fang Yun in confusion.
Fang Yun had no choice but to take out the Hanhu shell, shake it, put it back, and walked out.
Fang Daniu blinked and asked, "What do you mean? Magic tricks?"
Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but said, "That's Hanhu Shell."
The servants looked at each other in shock. They didn't expect Fang Yun to have the legendary treasure.
"Awesome! Even more awesome than my Fang Daniu! It's weird that such an awesome person would go catching cicadas in the middle of the night." Fang Daniu muttered in a low voice.
"Don't see me off. Go back. Nunu, goodbye." Fang Yun said as he handed Nunu to Yang Yuhuan.
Nunu suddenly cried out, and suddenly bit off a tuft of hair from his body. Tears welled up in his eyes due to the pain. Then he held the hair in his mouth and raised his head to signal Fang Yun to extend his hand. (To be continued...)