Many people looked puzzled and were unable to judge the value of what Fang Yun held in his hand.
"If you are not a doctor, shut up!" A doctor from a nearby university said angrily, "Why does Qing country always produce such idiots who pretend to know everything? Open your eyes and watch carefully, this is not ordinary ambergris, this is holy ambergris! It is the whale holy ambergris that has been washed by sea water for hundreds of thousands of years! This holy ambergris, even if it has been washed by sea water for hundreds of millions of years, it still stinks. Only after being diluted countless times will it have a fragrance."
The Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple of Qing State looked at Xiang Shanling with half belief and half doubt, but found that Xiang Shanling's face was extremely embarrassed. Then he realized that when Fang Yun took out the holy ambergris, Xiang Shanling already knew the origin of this thing, and he was frightened.
"This is indeed holy ambergris. I have seen it when I was young. Moreover, the quality of this piece of holy ambergris is far better than what I saw when I was young."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and were shocked to find that the person who spoke was actually a great Confucian scholar from the family of Zisi, who was also considered a great Confucian scholar from the family of Confucius.
It is extremely rare for a great scholar of Confucius to say the word "far better".
A university scholar working in the Engineering Hall smiled and said, "I was not able to say much before, but now that Saint Fang Xu has brought out the Holy Ambergris, I will not keep my mouth shut. As early as two years ago, Saint Fang Xu had brought out a piece of Holy Ambergris and asked the Engineering Hall and the Medical Hall to jointly make the Holy Incense for Enlightenment and the Holy Incense Sachets for Protecting Gallbladder. I have personally participated in the production of the Holy Incense for Enlightenment, of course, I was only assisting the great scholar in making it!"
Everyone looked at the university scholar, who turned out to be a member of the Mohist School. Everyone knew that ordinary wisdom-enhancing incense only needed a skilled craftsman or a doctor to make it, but something that could be made with the assistance of a Mohist university scholar was no less difficult than making a mechanical beast!
Just as everyone was shocked, the university scholar said, "As for the process of making the Holy Scented Sachet for Gallbladder Protection, I am unable to participate, and it is all done by the great scholar."
Many people's eyes widened, unable to believe this. This meant that Fang had used a divine object of far higher quality than the holy ambergris in his hand to make the holy sachet for protecting the gallbladder, otherwise even the Grand Secretary would not be unable to help.
Xiang Shanling looked at Fang Yun with a dark face. Only then did he understand why Qing Kingdom had not received the news that Fang Yun had the holy ambergris. The Palace of Works and the Palace of Medicine would never reveal any news about any holy objects.
Every official in the Qing Kingdom had a burning face. They kept comparing the Whale King Ambergris with the Holy Ambergris. Some of them even went out of their way to look at the seemingly ordinary blue sachet on Fang Yun's waist, their faces blushing.
Fang Yun took back the Holy Ambergris, waved his hand at the Whale King Ambergris held by Xiang Shanling, and said, "Jingguo does not welcome people from Qingguo, and neither does this Saint's small Xingtan! You, go back to Qingguo!"
A strong wind blew up, blowing the box and ambergris in Xiang Shanling's hands to the ground.
The Whale King Ambergris broke into pieces and scattered all over the ground.
Ambergris would not fall to the ground and break into pieces. It was obviously because of Fang Yun that it did so. Xiang Shanling's face was full of shame and anger, but he did not dare to show it. He could only use his talent to carefully pick up every tiny piece of Whale King Ambergris.
The rest of the Qing officials were stunned, this was Whale King Ambergris, even if it was only as big as a grain of rice, it was more than all the assets of a prominent family, and it could not be bought with money.
The crime of losing a grain of whale ambergris the size of a rice grain is enough to get a Hanlin demoted!
Xiang Shanling used his talent to pick up the items for a few breaths, and suddenly shouted angrily: "A bunch of rubbish! What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and pick up the sacred items!"
All the officials of Qing State were silent. Only those with high literary rank could pick up the coins by themselves, while those with low literary rank had to bend down and pick them up with their hands.
Everyone was originally surprised by the appearance of the holy ambergris, but now they found it very funny to see so many officials of the Qing government sticking their butts out looking for ambergris on the ground, especially the generals of the Wu State, who laughed unceremoniously.
Officials from other countries shook their heads slightly, with disgust or sympathy in their eyes. This time, Qing State first used despicable means to coerce Fang Yun, and then bribed him, but the two-pronged approach of coercion and bribery failed completely, and he had to roll back to Qing State in such a terrible way, which was a complete loss of face.
A group of Jing State officials finally felt relieved, which meant that Jing State not only saved its face, but also did not have to worry about Qing State using food as a threat.
Soon, Qing Kingdom once again became the object of ridicule by people from all over the world. Someone used the four words "broken ambergris" to express that one failed to show off but was humiliated instead, and the phrase spread from mouth to mouth.
To the surprise of many people, the behavior of the Qing officials not only did not gain sympathy from the Qing scholars, but was even ridiculed by them. Many Qing scholars did not blame Fang Yun, but instead criticized the Qing officials for being stupid and saying that they should not use food to threaten Jing.
Although Xiaoxingtan was extremely important, it had nothing to do with 99% of the scholars, so Qing State and its officials who visited Xiangzhou became targets and were brutally bullied by scholars from all over the human race.
The most tragic person was the former left prime minister of Jing State, Liu Shan. Although this incident had nothing to do with him, he was still picked out and ridiculed by many scholars. Ji Zhibai was not forgotten either. Xiang Shanling was said by people of Qing State himself to be "at most ten Ji Zhibais, no more. As for the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, he is probably only half of Ji Zhibai."
Outside the Xiangzhou Academy of Literature, the officials of the Qing Kingdom finally picked up all the Whale King Ambergris, and without saying a word, they turned around and left.
No official from Qing State mentioned asking Jing State for an explanation anymore. All of them were thinking about how to keep their official positions after returning home.
The Jing State official in charge of all affairs hurried to Fang Yun's side and quickly reported what had happened before.
Many noble families or countries have sent their gifts to the Governor's Mansion. Everyone in the Governor's Mansion is busy. The officials from the capital and Fang Yun's scholars and private soldiers are responsible for counting the gifts, because many of the gifts are unprecedented to ordinary people. Even Fang Daniu, who has followed Fang Yun for many years, is not responsible for counting the gifts.
A curfew and checkpoints have been set up near the Academy of Literature, prohibiting residents from entering or leaving the city.
After hearing this, Fang Yun nodded, then communicated with Jiang Hechuan via voice transmission for a few breaths before looking up at the envoys from various countries and families.
Fang Yun wanted to practice right away and slowly digest what he had learned from the Little Apricot Altar, but since so many great scholars had come in person, some of whom had even participated in the Ning'an War, he had to personally come out to receive them. Moreover, this was just the beginning. After a few days when the Holy Apricot Fruits were produced, a Holy Apricot Literary Conference would be held, and he would have to preside over it and distribute the Holy Apricots.
All the noble families and countries want to strive for the admission quota to Xiaoxingtan, and the allocation of holy apricots is a matter far more complicated than handling political affairs.
Fang Yun smiled bitterly in his heart, but he was still in high spirits to receive the great scholars from various schools. Moreover, he had to meet them one by one, and it was impossible to meet a large number of them at once like he did with ordinary envoys.
Fang Yun quickly came up with an idea about the quota for Xiaoxingtan. The holy land of education was of vital importance and must not be controlled by others, but it could not be completely monopolized. Except for some fixed quotas, the rest would be recommended by the Holy Academy or Jingguo, and finally decided by himself. This would save his energy and gain a good reputation.
Next, in order to compete for the quota of Xiaoxingtan, various families and countries began to fight openly and secretly. Fang Yun could only temporarily stay in the Governor's Mansion to deal with the affairs of Xiaoxingtan, while waiting for the result of Shengxing and the opening of Shengxu Valley.
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