The Path of the Sage

Chapter 2176: New Notes on the Analects

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The stone fetus and blood egg failed to develop at the last moment, and its internal organs completely stopped beating, turning into a dead fetus.

As Fang Yun's mind moved, the stone blood egg slowly shrank, and finally could be held in one hand. It was like a blood jade egg, translucent and smooth.

When the sacrifice was interrupted, the power of the stone fetus and blood egg was greatly reduced, and it could no longer give birth to the treasure. But the good thing was that Fang Yun could take it for himself and would not be suppressed because he was not the master of all worlds.

The Snake Emperor's eyes flickered, as if he remembered something. Finally, he sighed softly and said, "So it was the work of Tree Master. Never mind, never mind."

The other monsters and barbarians understood at this moment and sighed helplessly. The Blood Tree and the Tree Lord were life forms of the same level, and according to the human race's bloodline, they were like brothers. A mere stone-born blood egg was not worth a quarrel between the Blood Tree and the Tree Lord.

In the end, the stone fetus and blood egg that the demon world had been refining for thousands of years fell into the hands of Fang Yun.

The Snake Emperor thought that he would be killed by the Lord of Plague if he left the Burial Valley, and resentment rose in his heart. He could not help but say: "The Stone Embryo Blood Egg is a rare divine object in the world. If you dare to use it, I am afraid you will not be able to suppress the evil thoughts in it, and you will have to hand it over to the Holy Court of the Human Race. Even if it is a fully fertilized Stone Embryo Blood Egg, there will be many twists and turns in the future ritual and refining process. Many will become the treasure of the Great Saint, but few will become the treasure of the Ancestor. Instead of keeping this thing in your hands, why not give it to us? We can fight to the death to protect you in the Burial Valley."

More than a hundred demons were killed or injured in the sacrifice, and now there are only 127 left. After a few days of recovery, they will become a powerful force in the Holy Burial Valley. They have the Snake Emperor and three emperor spirit corpses. Their strength is almost weaker than that of the Demon Emperor and other few powerful emperors.

Fang Yun stretched out his hand and said, "Hand over all your holy energy balls. In addition, after taking the stone embryo blood egg, you need to use the bird holy egg shell to store it. Take it out together."

Many monsters looked towards the Snake King.

"Take out all the holy energy." Snake Emperor said, and took the initiative to send out a ball of holy energy.

After a few breaths, two hundred and thirty-four holy energy balls appeared in the air.

Fang Yun glanced at them, and some of the monsters actually showed shame on their faces. It was obvious that such a small amount of holy energy was a bit embarrassing, and this was also the main reason why they did not resist.

Fang Yun took over the holy energy ball, and the Snake Emperor said: "The eggshell of the bird sanctuary is in the middle layer of the Snake Emperor's gallbladder. There should be other sacred objects. You can't take them out, so you need me to take them out."

Fang Yun immediately took out the complete body of the Snake King from the Sea-Swallowing Shell.

Many monsters took a closer look and changed color. If the body of the Snake Emperor was beaten to pieces, they would have other ideas. However, the body of the Snake Emperor had mostly superficial injuries, with only one fatal wound. This showed that Fang Yun's strength was far above that of the Snake Emperor of the fourth realm at that time, and he might have the strength to defeat the fifth realm. So they had no other ideas.

The Snake Emperor did not play any tricks and took out the middle layer of the Snake Emperor's gallbladder. That was a layer of skin attached to the snake's gallbladder. There was a space similar to that of a seashell inside. Taking out the things inside would also consume a lot of holy energy.

After opening the middle layer of the gallbladder, the Snake King's body shook, as if he saw something unbelievable, and threw it towards Fang Yun with gritted teeth.

Fang Yun took the middle layer of the gallbladder, which was only the size of a palm and shaped like a white membrane bag. He opened it and nodded slightly.

Not only are there eggshells from the eggs laid by the Bird Saint, but also various treasures and sacred objects from the Snake Emperor, among which there is still the aura of the Wolf-Head Holy Hammer.

Fang Yun originally thought that the magical object in the middle layer of the gallbladder that was truly used for combat had long been used up by the Snake Emperor, but upon closer inspection, he found that there was actually a piece of scale about a foot high inside, which was the fake dead clone of the Lord of Plague.

Taking this item out consumes more holy energy than taking out the Semi-Saint Burial Treasure, and once it is taken out it needs to be carefully cultivated before it can take shape, so the Snake Emperor originally wanted to take it out later.

Fang Yun immediately understood that the Lord of Plague had great ambitions. He wanted to release his clone in the Sacred Burial Valley and then absorb the power of the stone fetus and blood egg. By then, his strength would even be greater than that of the Demon King, and he would be able to escape without dying even when facing an ordinary half-saint in the Sacred Burial Valley.

For Fang Yun in the near future, this plague holy scale is more important than the stone fetus blood egg. Once he obtains the source of holy energy, he will definitely take it out.

"Thank you, Snake Emperor. I have taken away everything. As I said before, I will spare your lives. However, you must swear an oath to be buried in the Holy Valley and not attack the human race." Fang Yun said.

"What if the human race takes action first?" asked the Snake Emperor.

"Run, run as far as you can." Fang Yun said.

The monsters rolled their eyes, and Fang Yun almost told them to offer their necks to the human tongue swords.

The Snake Emperor knew that Fang Yun was not easy to fool, so he had to say: "Please ask Saint Fang Xu to give us a letter to make the human race believe that we have no ill intentions, so that they will not keep chasing us."

"Yes." Fang Yun picked up the great scholar's writing brush, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote the word "Fang" in the air. The ink took shape in the air and then split into more than a hundred small "Fang" characters, which flew to the center of each monster's eyebrows.

"Can we leave?" asked the Snake King.

Fang Yun said slowly: "The former Japanese sage read the Analects and had some insights. He suddenly decided to write a volume of New Notes on the Analects. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Today, I will pass it on to you."

"This..." The Snake King felt cold all over and immediately thought of Confucius' teachings. The other monsters also looked extremely unnatural.

"Why, you won't give me this face?" Fang Yun's face darkened.

"Give it! Give it! How can we not give Mr. Fang face! Everyone, be good and listen carefully to Mr. Fang's lecture!" Snake Emperor shouted loudly, with the emphasis on the word "carefully".

Those monsters understood immediately and decided to do their utmost to resist Fang Yun's educational power.

Many monsters sat in several rows under the altar.

Fang Yun sat beside the stone boat, took out writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone from the seashell he had swallowed, and wrote "New Notes on the Analects" on the spot while teaching.

These great demon kings and barbarian kings know the human race very well, and they know very well how important it is to annotate the "Analects of Confucius". It is almost the highest goal of all scholars who specialize in the "Analects of Confucius", and it is also extremely difficult. If they are not careful, they will be attacked by other human beings and their holy way will be affected.

Fang Yun was better. He was lecturing and writing in front of so many monsters. He was like a standing bookcase. It was amazing.

Fang Yun first wrote the preface to "New Notes on the Analects", expounding his process of reading the Analects, and finally interpreted the origin of the Analects. Based on the content and wording in it, he determined that the Analects was the words of Confucius or his disciples summarized by Confucius' disciples and their disciples. Finally, it was originally sent to Confucius for correction and became one of Confucius' holy scriptures.

Then, Fang Yun wrote and recited the first chapter "Learning".

The chapter "Learning" talks about learning, benevolence, and filial piety. It is a typical philosophy of life and is easy to understand. No matter if you have read enough books or have rich life experience, you will find familiar shadows in it.

Fang Yun's "Learning" is different from most of the predecessors' annotations to the Analects.

Firstly, Fang Yun pointed out the punctuation in the Analects, which was a great risk to the Saintly Way, because punctuation marks were very common in ordinary books, and using them in the Analects and other saintly classics was almost equivalent to "serious history writing", because the ancient original Spring and Autumn Annals had no punctuation marks, which led to confusion in meaning and many interpretations. Once punctuation marks were given, it was almost equivalent to determining most of the meaning, which was bound to be different from other interpretations, thus triggering a dispute over the Saintly Way.

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