Fang Yun knew that the weak water, strange wind or changing fog on the Shengxu Road would not be too strong, but it was enough to prevent thousands of candidates from passing through. He was only a scholar, so he had to be even more careful.
While Fang Yun was recalling the characteristics of the fog-changing system recorded in the book, he carefully observed his surroundings.
The white fog around was so thick that I could only barely see what was about ten feet away. Any further than that was not clear.
Fang Yun looked at the fog in front of him and suddenly remembered the scene when he was trapped in the mirage by the Dragon King. The mirage was also composed of white fog, but the fog was made up of dragon energy, the power exhaled by the Dragon Saint.
The white mist here gave him a feeling somewhat similar to that of dragon energy, but the mist here seemed to have something more than dragon energy.
"According to the records of our ancestors, the Transformation Mist is something unique to the Holy Ruins. No other ancient land has it. The core of the Transformation Mist is a Mist Cocoon. The Mist Cocoon itself can neither control the vitality of heaven and earth like humans, nor has the power of Qi and blood like monsters. But the Mist Cocoon can drink weak water and eat strange wind, and can transform weak water and strange wind into a more powerful force!"
"Weak Water and Strange Wind have no intelligence, and the demons can avoid them by just using their Qi and blood power to block them. But this changing fog is the nemesis of the demons! At the same time, it is also extremely deadly to our human race. This changing fog is the same as the weak water and strange wind. Almost no cultural treasure can resist it, so it is used to test us."
Fang Yun was just thinking about this when he saw a giant wolf made of white water mist slowly walking towards him. The appearance of the giant wolf was rather blurry, but Fang Yun knew that this mist-changing creature was very ferocious because its habit of changing mist was related to its commonly used appearance.
The mist wolf opened its mouth and pounced on him with a cruel smile. Fang Yun did not move, even his eyes were closed, and his mind entered the Wen Palace.
The mist wolf pounced on Fang Yun and suddenly exploded into a mist, surrounding Fang Yun.
Suddenly, a hundred thousand little mist wolves appeared outside Fang Yun's palace. These mist wolves rushed towards the palace from all directions.
In Bianwu's eyes, the scholar's palace is food!
"Get out!" Fang Yun shouted, and the crystal-like Wen Dan on the top of the Wen Palace shook slightly. A firm force that could destroy everything spread in all directions. Before the mist wolves could get close to the Wen Palace, they were repelled by the power of Wen Dan.
Fang Yun's mind stood in the Wen Palace, and he slowly recited "Humble House Inscription": "Mountains are not famous because of their height, but because of the saints. Water is not magical because of its depth, but because of the dragons..."
The "Humble House Inscription" was originally a text for refining literary courage. As Fang Yun's voice sounded, the star representing the "Humble House Inscription" in the starry sky of the Wen Palace suddenly shone brightly, absorbing power from an unknown source, forming a thick starlight shining on the Wen Dan.
Wen Dan immediately made a sound of tapping on porcelain, and his power increased by double.
One hundred thousand fog wolves collapsed in an instant and turned into countless small water droplets. Then, all the small water droplets gathered together to form an enormous giant wolf.
Fang Yun seemed to see nothing, and continued to recite "Praise of the Humble House". The star representing "Praise of the Humble House" continuously projected starlight onto Wendan, not only greatly increasing Wendan's power, but also tempering Wendan himself.
Fang Yun's talent was being consumed at a very fast rate.
The lights of the Wenxin lamps on the Wen Palace murals suddenly became brighter.
The giant wolf roared, and a force of the same nature as the strange wind appeared. The natural strange wind entered the Wen Palace from all directions, but the roar of the giant wolf gathered together, like a sharp sword, easily piercing the Wen Palace and stabbing Fang Yun's Wen Dan.
The total power of this sword is not as strong as the Qifeng in the Qifeng Canyon before, but because it is concentrated together, its destructive power to Wen Dan is a hundred times greater than that of Qifeng!
"Confucius said: What's so shameful about it!" Fang Yun's voice suddenly doubled. Wen Dan immediately burst out with powerful strength, like a hurricane sweeping across, facing the invisible wolf's howl.
The two forces collided, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, the Wen Palace shook violently, and Fang Yun's spiritual thoughts retreated continuously.
The giant wolf's body exploded again and then condensed again, but the speed of condensation was much slower.
After a brief shock, the Wen Palace became quiet, Wen Dan's light dimmed a lot, and Fang Yun's face was pale but his expression was firm.
"I didn't expect to encounter the battle of Wen Palace so soon, and I didn't expect to stimulate the power of the stars in Wen Palace, allowing Wen Dan to be refined in advance! This time, I will take the initiative to attack!"
Fang Yun's mind moved, and his Wen Dan shook slightly. An even more powerful Wen Dan force rushed straight towards the giant wolf. The giant wolf had just condensed and had no time to attack before it was shattered by Wen Dan.
Fang Yun's body shook slightly and his face turned even paler, but he gritted his teeth and mobilized the power of Wendan again.
This time, the giant wolf was only halfway through gathering its strength before it was shattered.
Fang Yun took a deep breath, and his Wen Dan was shaken again. A fearless and courageous aura flashed within him. The power of Wen Dan, carrying Fang Yun's indomitable will, once again fell on the water droplets transformed from the mist.
Each drop of water that turns into mist breaks apart and shatters into more small droplets.
The light of Wendan is extremely dim, and even shows signs of instability. If it is used again, cracks may appear.
The changing mist was defeated by Fang Yun's almost mutual destruction approach, and the water droplets were unable to condense into a giant wolf.
Suddenly, the mural of Dayu controlling the flood in Fang Yun's Wen Palace seemed to move, and then a huge suction force formed in the Wen Palace. A few mist-like water droplets were sucked into the Wen Palace, some of which were absorbed by the walls of the Wen Palace, and some were swallowed by Wen Dan.
"ah… "
The remaining mist droplets outside suddenly screamed together and then fled at an extremely fast speed.
The mist surrounding Fang Yun immediately flew backwards several feet, then turned into a mist wolf and fled in panic.
In the Wendian of Renyong Academy, an old man said depressedly: "This bastard boy actually absorbed the dragon energy! If it weren't for the test, how would you have the chance to absorb the mist! What a loss! A big loss!"
Fang Yun's mind left Wen Palace, he opened his eyes, and found that the fog in front of him had all disappeared. He was back under the blue sky and white clouds. In front of him was a grassland and ten people standing in front of him.
"Huh? You didn't faint in the Weak Water?" Feng Yang in the crowd turned his head and looked at Fang Yun in surprise.
The others also looked over. A young man with his hair scattered behind him smiled at Fang Yun. His eyes seemed to have a clear sky. He said, "I knew you would definitely come here."
"It was just luck." Fang Yun said to Yan Yukong.
The other dozen or so people looked at Fang Yun with different expressions and surprise in their eyes. They couldn't believe that Fang Yun, a scholar, could get to this point.
Fang Yun walked over and found that they seemed to be resting, and some of them looked particularly pale.
In front of everyone was a bridge with seven pairs of pillars on both sides, and each pair of pillars had an animal head.
Feng Yang seemed to be talking to himself, "Just now, a few people came out of the fog and walked across the Beast Bridge. They got a little injured, so they retreated to rest."
Fang Yun did not act rashly, because this was the last level of the Holy Ruins Road. It was simple to say, just to accept the blood and energy attacks of seven pairs of monsters, but it was very difficult to do.
Fang Yun's talent was extremely exhausted at this moment, and his literary talent had been used many times, so he did not rush across the Beast Bridge and decided to rest for a while.
An unusually amiable scholar came over with a smile and asked, "Fang Zhenguo, right? I relied on my literary talent to get through the weak water wind and the changing fog. Of course, I also used a little bit of my family's power. As for you, I'm curious about how you solved the changing fog."
One person asked, "Brother Zong, why don't you ask me?"
Fang Yun's heart was slightly shaken.
The semi-saint of the miscellaneous school in Qing Kingdom was named Zong.
Fang Yun looked at this Zong Juren. He did not look outstanding in appearance, but his kind look made people involuntarily let down their guard. He had unparalleled affinity.
"I'm lucky." Fang Yun smiled, without any change on his face.
"It is possible, but I believe that you did not rely on luck. Besides, Shi Jun is a magnanimous person, but his disciple died because of you, and as a mentor, he cannot let it go. He might cause trouble for you at the Shengxu Mid-Autumn Literary Festival tonight." Zong Juren said.
"Thank you, Brother."
"Don't be polite. The ten human nations are of the same blood. Maybe when we meet in the Holy Ruins in the future, I will need your help. However, I see that you don't seem to care about Shijun." Mr. Zong said with a smile.
"If you have an evil king who says he will give me a hard time at the Mid-Autumn Literary Conference in Shengxu, you won't care about Shijun." Fang Yun said with a smile.
"I had forgotten about this matter. The ten nations of the human race are of the same blood. If he makes things difficult for you, I will go find my classmates in the Holy Academy and join forces to stop him." Zong Juren said.
"Thank you for that, but I don't know your name yet."
"Zong Wude."
"When I heard your last name was Zong, I guessed this name. The twin pillars of Qing State, Yan Yukong and Zong Wude, are well-deserved."
"I'm a little worse than Yukong. I just want to be a great scholar, and he wants to be a semi-saint. Come, let me introduce these people to you." As he said that, Zong Wude enthusiastically introduced the other scholars to Fang Yun. Most of these people were very polite, but there were a few who were very cold.
Fang Yun had heard of each of these names; almost all of them had appeared in the "Wen Bao" in recent years. Those who had not appeared in the "Wen Bao" were from a few large families, as they did not need to publicize their literary reputations.
The top scholars from the ten countries gathered here.
Not long after, Yan Yukong said, "Meeting with you all." Then, he put his hands behind his back and walked towards the Beast Bridge.
Every time he passed a pair of animal heads, Yan Yukong's body shook and his walking speed slowed down. When he reached the last pair of animal heads, his speed was as fast as a turtle.
In the end, Yan Yukong crossed the Beast Bridge safely, but when he was leaving the Beast Bridge, his clothes suddenly turned into pieces, and he had to change into new juren clothes.
"I'll do it." The Mohist disciple riding the mechanical elephant controlled the mechanical elephant to move forward.
Under the gaze of everyone, the Mohist disciple walked across the Beast Bridge smoothly, but he walked much slower than Yan Yukong. At the end, he simply fell asleep on the mechanical elephant.
Then, a military disciple suddenly strode across the bridge. His speed was faster than Yan Yukong's, and he walked faster and faster. However, when he passed the last pair of beast heads, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"I've had a good rest." After saying that, Zong Wude walked towards the Beast Bridge. After only a few steps, Feng Yang followed him.
The rest of the people started to move. The top ten people would receive double the Moonlight, which was much more than the rewards after them, and it could even be a life.
Fang Yun was not willing to be outdone, so he quickly walked onto the Beast Bridge and competed with the top candidates from the ten countries for the top ten spots.
Several of them glanced at Fang Yun and shook their heads slightly. (To be continued...)