Fang Yun was in the beam of light, staring at the giant pen and jade seal in the sky with wide eyes.
Suddenly, the whole Kongcheng city lit up, and a golden Bagua diagram covering dozens of miles rose into the sky. With a slight turn, the invisible force insulated the collision between the giant pen and the jade seal.
A strange sound of thunder was heard in the air, as if there was a conversation between gods and men, and then the giant pen and the jade seal disappeared.
Hundreds of light beams disappeared, and Fang Yun and others officially entered the Holy Ruins.
The evil king breathed a sigh of relief, and a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.
The bodies of the rest of the Meng family members kept shaking.
"Huh? Why is there a scholar who didn't enter the Holy Ruins?" someone suddenly shouted.
Everyone looked over there and saw a scholar standing there. A few people recognized him as a genius from the Jiang family, a wealthy family in the Wu State, who was ranked 54th on Shengxu Road.
Mr. Jiang showed a little panic in his eyes, and he nervously bowed to the evil king and said, "I hope you will keep your word and not only forgive my Jiang family's sins, but also give me a great scholar's treasure."
"Yeah." The evil king nodded slightly, took out the great scholar's pen holder on the table and threw it to Mr. Jiang.
Everyone looked at each other, unable to understand.
The Meng family slowly recovered. Not only were they no longer frightened, but they were extremely excited, as if some great event had happened.
A person who was closer to Mr. Jiang suddenly said, "I remember now! Mr. Jiang had a spirit beast by his side, but it has disappeared! A spirit beast is not a human, so how could it enter the Holy Ruins?"
"If someone can separate their divine consciousness and occupy the body of a spirit beast, they can enter."
"But the person who passed by the Holy Ruins Road was Mr. Jiang, not that person. How could the power of the Holy Academy not be able to tell the difference?"
"This... I don't know."
However, all the people from the holy families showed expressions of realization and looked towards the seat where Han Xin's wealthy family was located. Everyone in the Han family gnashed their teeth, but dared not speak out.
"Repairing the plank road in public and crossing Chencang in secret. The first chapter of "Three Chapters of Han Xin." A person said slowly.
The others nodded as well. They finally understood why the evil king targeted the Han family.
“However, the method of splitting the mind requires a semi-saint to do it, and the evil king is just a Hanlin, how could…” The man suddenly shut his mouth halfway through his speech, not daring to continue, and hurried away.
The great scholar Confucius said, "It can be done with just the holy blood and some classic sacred texts, such as the "Book of Changes: Xici Shang" and "Lüshi Chunqiu: Dale".
With the reminder of Confucius, many people immediately recalled the two original passages, found the method of distracting the mind in them, and discussed it.
Li Wenying figured everything out and looked directly at the evil king with murderous intent in his eyes.
Ci Jun immediately said, "Not good! Fang Yun and the others don't know that the spirit beast is the evil king's spirit. If the spirit beast attacks by surprise, Fang Yun will definitely die!"
The Wuhou car started moving and slowly drove outward.
The murderous intent in the eyes of the evil king gradually faded, but the arrogance remained. He raised his head slightly and said, "The great event has been accomplished. When the day of canonization comes, anyone who has helped me will be rewarded handsomely!"
The hearts of the enemies of the evil king sank to the bottom of the valley. It was clear that the evil king plundered the treasures of many wealthy families not because of greed, but mainly for this Holy Ruins. Eight years ago, he must have discovered the great secret of canonization in the Holy Ruins. That's why he did it at all costs. This means that the shame they suffered before will never be washed away.
"What you are thinking, someone here may have guessed it. It seems that you do have some secrets. However, your clone only has the power of a scholar after all. Facing Yan Yukong, Mo Shan and others, your chance of winning is only 50%!" said someone sitting at the table of the Military Saint Sun family.
"I have been preparing for this day for more than seven years. There is nothing I haven't expected!" said the evil king.
"What you can think of, we can naturally think of as well. The "Three Essays of Han Xin" is a military book by a great Confucian scholar. You need to put it on the spirit beast and activate it with your main body before you can let the spirit beast enter the Holy Ruins. But when it arrives at the Holy Ruins, your spirit beast will only have the strength of a juren and will never be able to use the military book. What you have, Yan Yukong and other semi-saint disciples also have it, what can you use to compete?" said the military strategist.
The evil king smiled contemptuously and was too lazy to answer.
A Jing countryman suddenly said, "If you don't provoke Fang Yun in the Saint Ruins, you may succeed. If you harm Fang Yun, you will be courting death! Once the word spreads throughout the world, Fang Yun may become a candidate for the Sainthood!"
"Oh? It seems you don't know where my goal is."
Many Jing people felt a chill all over their bodies. The directions from which those people entered the Holy Ruins were different. If they used the "Three Essays of Han Xin" written by Han Xin, they could indeed change their directions slightly when entering the Holy Ruins and appear near Fang Yun.
Everyone then understood, if the evil king only used the method of sneaking into Chencang, the giant lightning pen would never show up to kill the evil king. It must be because the sneaking into Chencang was aimed at Fang Yun that caused the semi-saint to take action, but unfortunately he was blocked.
The evil king had a faint smile on his face, it was the smile of a winner.
At this moment, a cold and majestic voice came from the sky.
"Meng Lin Tang violated the rules of the Holy Academy by using a military book. His crime is extremely serious and he will be exiled to Zhenyuhai to guard the sea for ten years!"
The evil king's face changed slightly, but then he said: "No need to escort, I will set off for Zhenyu Sea immediately! What a pity, Fang Yun, I cherish your talent, but I cherish the Meng family more!" After that, he sat in the Wuhou car and left as if no one was around.
Below the platform, countless people sighed and lamented.
"This evil man has taken advantage of all the 'risks' of military strategists. If he fails, then that's fine. But now that he has entered the Holy Ruins, let's prepare for Fang Yun's funeral." After a military scholar said this, he left with a sigh.
"A swan song for the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
The square of the Confucius Academy was filled with sadness, and everyone sighed as they looked at the moon in the sky.
In the Holy Ruins, Fang Yun was looking at the same moon, but the moon he saw was hazy and shrouded in mist.
"I should first find the village of the Star Demon Clan and exchange the latest information about the Holy Ruins from them. With the Moonlight on me, everything will go smoothly!"
Fang Yun thought to himself as he held the spear upside down to explore the way, his body swaying as he stepped on the mud and water, walking crookedly in the swamp.
This is a swamp, with black mud and dark green aquatic plants everywhere. There is a piece of land one mile away, and the farther away is shrouded in fog.
These muddy waters contain not only normal water, but also weak water.
Outside Fang Yun's Wen Palace, weak water like a vast ocean attacked from all directions. The weak water here was the same as the weak water outside the Holy Ruins, both were like wild beasts, but the difference was that the weak water outside the Holy Ruins were domesticated beasts, while the weak water here was untamed, full of wildness, and more aggressive.
The weak water here seems rare, but its power to impact the Wen Palace is more than ten times that outside the Holy Ruins. If Fang Yun relies solely on the Wen Palace to passively defend against the weak water at this moment, he will definitely be knocked unconscious by the weak water, but with the help of the power of Wen Dan, he can easily resist this level of weak water.
Fang Yun glanced at the swamp in front of him and used the experience summarized in the travel notes to identify these places. The red-striped water plants liked to live in deeper swamps and must be stayed away from, while the purple-striped water plants could grow in deep or shallow swamps. Only those water plants without stripes or with serrations grew in shallow swamps.
Fang Yun held the spear in his hand, with the tip of the spear on top and the tail of the spear deep into the black mud. When it reached the bottom at a depth of about two feet, he stepped forward with confidence.
After walking for a while, Fang Yun looked at the land that seemed very close, and thought that if the candidates ranked outside the top 60 on Shengxu Road were here, their literary strength would probably be exhausted by the weak water and they would die in the swamp.
When he was twenty feet away from the land, a gust of wind blew and Fang Yun hurriedly quickened his pace, but after a few steps, his body shook slightly and his speed slowed down significantly.
There was no sign of anything unusual happening outside, but outside his Wen Palace, Qi Feng and Ruo Shui actually formed a terrifying combined force, attacking both Wen Palace and Wen Dan together, and the power was even greater than the simple addition of both.
Fang Yun silently changed the 60th place to 40th place in his mind. The strange wind and weak water were too strong, and there was no chance that anyone ranked after 40th would survive.
"This is just the first small swamp I've encountered!" Fang Yun thought helplessly.
After a long struggle, Fang Yun finally left the swamp and came to land. Under the effect of the fake dragon ball, the mud on his body quickly slid off, making his clothes clean again. But the strange wind did not stop, and he walked more than a mile before avoiding it.
Fang Yun looked around carefully. The sky was dark, there was fog in the distance, and the dark red ground was barren of any grass.
The gray sky, white fog, and dark red land are full of inexplicable weirdness.
"These grounds have been impacted by the power of a semi-saint, and are harder than metal. However, not only can the longevity fruit and other magical objects in the demon world grow in this kind of land, but they grow even better! A few months ago, when fighting the turtle demon general, Mr. Wang and the other five sacrificed their lifespans to use the Blood and Heart, which indirectly saved my life. If there is a longevity fruit, it can extend their lifespan."
Fang Yun recalled the map Li Fanming gave him and found that there was nothing landmark here. Swamps, fog and dark red ground were everywhere.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake slightly, and a terrible oppressive force rushed from the front left. Fang Yun was secretly shocked. The power was so powerful and rich that it was second only to the Qingjiang Dragon King.
A monster of this level was coming too fast, and there was no way he could escape. Fang Yun immediately stood still to avoid angering the other party, and at the same time prepared himself for a fight to the death.
A huge strange beast walked out of the fog. It was three people tall and had a lion-like ring-shaped mane on its neck, but it had a tiger's head and a horn on its head.
"Horned Tiger Demon King." Fang Yun's whole body was cold. His methods were useless in front of the demon king.
Fang Yun immediately looked into the eyes of the Horned Tiger Demon King. If there were blood-red rings in its eyes, he would fight directly. It would be better than not resisting and being eaten directly.
There was no blood-colored ring in the eyes of the Horned Tiger Demon King. Instead, they were very clear, with a faint layer of starlight covering them.
Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It was a star demon clan, different from the blood demon. He had so much moonlight, so unless this horned tiger demon king went crazy, he would not take action.
"The human race's... peerless genius?" The horned tiger demon king asked in demon language. Its eyes were calm, without the slightest bit of ferocity, just a hint of disgust, but also curiosity.
Fang Yun immediately said in the demon language: "Hello, senior, I am a human scholar from Shengyuan Continent."
"You are braver than the scholar I just met." The Tiger King praised.
"Is there a companion of ours? Senior, could you please tell me where that person is?" Fang Yun saw that it had a good attitude and asked for help without hesitation. (To be continued...)
ps: The third update will be in the late night.