Everyone went back to their respective tents to prepare, while Fang Yun took out several unused cultural relics and gave them to Li Fanming and others. When these people fought with the Wolf Barbarian Saint that day, their cultural relics were either damaged or they had to use life-saving items, so the cultural relics were given to them in case of emergency.
Those people were extremely grateful.
After two quarters of an hour, everyone officially set out. The barbarian generals and demon generals who had followed Fang Yun before came forward on their own initiative. Four barbarian soldiers also followed Niu Shan, and there was one more person, Xun Ye, among the successful candidates.
Xun Ye took the initiative to swear that he would never make things difficult for Fang Yun. Everyone agreed to let him join, and Fang Yun accepted with a smile.
According to the information given by the dragon head spirit bone, Fang Yun formulated a route, connecting the places where the mist butterfly might appear, and the end point was the demon ancestor gate very close to the center of the Holy Ruins. Because he didn't know whether the demon ancestor gate was real or not, Fang Yun didn't tell others.
The crowd walked quickly and visited some places one after another, including the Weak Waterfall, Qifeng Mountain, Conifer Forest, Mirror Lake, Sunken Volcano and many other strange places.
Near noon, the group encountered a group of blood demons coming from the demon world. There were more than ten demon generals and nearly a hundred demon soldiers, led by an extremely tall tiger demon general from the holy clan.
"Haha, you human idiots, I killed one on the road and now I meet you again!" After the tiger demon general finished speaking, blood mist swirled all over his body and a blood shadow of a tiger head condensed behind him. That was the ancestral spirit of the demon clan, which was equivalent to the human race's Wen Gong Wen Dan. Only the most talented or holy blooded demons could possess it. The previous holy bear demon general relied on the power of his ancestral spirit to reject all the candidates, while the Wolf Barbarian Saint never used the ancestral spirit from beginning to end.
The tiger demon general knew the temperament of humans and thought that the humans in front of him would be scared, but he found that everyone was looking at the person on the chair.
"Master Fang, you hold the line. Last time we encountered the Wolf Barbarian Saint, we have to fight back!" someone said.
"Take action! These demon bastards, relying on their large numbers, think they are invincible among the ten countries. Let them all stay here today!" said Li Fanming.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "I will celebrate your victory after the battle!"
This sentence was ordinary, but it made all the candidates worry-free and gave them an indescribable confidence.
Those ordinary monsters rushed forward foolishly, but the Saint Clan Tiger Monster General was suddenly stunned, his eyes fell on Niu Shan and other star monsters, and after a moment of silence, he ran away without saying anything, even without reminding other monsters, and finally consumed his life to activate the power of the ancestral spirit. He fled at a speed that Fang Yun and others could never catch up with.
"I..." Li Fanming's hand trembled, the tip of the pen tilted, and a large amount of ink stained the white paper, interrupting the paper discussion that was being written quickly.
Among the candidates who were reciting fluently, two were so startled by the strange behavior of the tiger demon general of the holy clan that they stopped reciting halfway and their fluent recitation was interrupted.
I've only heard of such a weird demon general from the Holy Clan!
Fang Yun was also speechless as he looked at the tiger demon general's back.
Li Fanming couldn't help but say, "The Saint Clan's demon barbarians are indeed cunning. They saw through at a glance that we are different from the ordinary Juren team."
"Go on!" Fang Yun said with a smile.
The demons didn't know their leader had run away, so they rushed over foolishly, each of them looking ferocious and full of confidence.
However, what awaited them was a team of experienced candidates.
The protective treasures were opened, and battle paintings flew out to summon demon generals. Some scholars used chessboards to confuse some demons. Some scholars used military tactics to contain some demons. The remaining scholars used the most powerful war poems to attack, forming various substantial attack forces. The strong wind of "Da Feng Ge" swept away. The huge waves of "Cang Lang Xing" rolled, and the arrows of "Zhan Cheng Nan" flew...
The power of these Juren's war poems was much stronger than that of ordinary Juren, more than double. Those demon generals could only protect themselves, while the nearly 100 demon soldiers did not even have the ability to protect themselves. In the blink of an eye, half of them were killed and half were seriously injured by the powerful Juren's war poems, completely losing their ability to fight.
Those evil generals then charged forward in disbelief, and what was waiting for them was a powerful Jinshi Wenbao. When the Jinshi Wenbao was used up, the talent shocks of the candidates stopped, and the second round of war poems appeared.
There was no need for Fang to move at all. All the demon soldiers died, and only three demon generals were still alive, but they were lying on the ground, unable to escape.
The three living demon generals did not look towards the human race, but used all their strength to look behind them, looking at the back of their leader, their eyes filled with endless anger and resentment.
“Why…” a wolf demon general said this before spitting out blood from his mouth and dying. His eyes reflected the scorching sun in the sky, and he died with his eyes open.
Niu Shan ran to a pile of monster corpses holding the Hanhu shell in his hand, then took out a big axe from them and complained in a low voice: "At least leave one for me!" After that, he chopped to death two monster generals who were about to die.
Fang Yun nodded and praised, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone." He thought to himself that this was where the human race was superior to the monsters and barbarians. In the face of efficient teamwork, both the monsters and barbarians would collapse at the slightest problem, not to mention the leader running away.
After cleaning up the battlefield, everyone found that most of the Hanhu clams were broken by the power of Zhan Shici, and everything inside was destroyed, with only two intact. This was much better than the battle in the village on a rainy night a few days ago. The battle that day was too intense, and the wild Hanhu clams were all broken by external forces.
After a brief reorganization, everyone set off.
Fang Yun said to Li Fanming: "You have all learned how to coordinate war poems, right?"
"Of course, actual combat is a compulsory subject for candidates. In the Confucius Academy and the Holy Academy, it is second only to poetry, policy essays and classics. Every year, the strongest class and individual in actual combat will receive generous rewards. Take the Confucius Academy for example. Every year, the top candidate will be recommended to study in the Holy Academy for three years. As for Jinshi and Hanlin, there are no examinations. Instead, they go to the monster battlefield to kill monsters and barbarians. Whoever kills more will be the first, and the ranking will be determined by military merit."
"After leaving the Holy Ruins, I will need to learn the fighting methods of the Juren and Jinshi." Fang Yun said.
Li Fanming immediately handed Fang Yun a worn-out book and said, "This is the textbook of the Confucius Academy. Even though I have been away from the Confucius Mansion for many years, I still read it carefully every year. It is very suitable for you to read. I give it to you."
"Thank you." Fang Yun said.
Fang Yun took the two practical teaching materials and said, "Let me take a quick look first." After that, he sat in the wheelchair and lowered his head to flip through the books, with Niu Shan pushing him from behind.
Those scholars nodded slightly, thinking that no wonder Fang Yun had achieved what he had today, as he never forgot to study even at this time.
Fang Yun was pleasantly surprised to find that his reading speed was much faster than before. In the past, he had to read carefully word by word to understand the complete meaning, and then he could form a book in the world of strange books, but now he could read ten lines at a glance, and the effect was exactly the same as before.
Soon, Fang Yun finished reading a book.
Han Shoulu suddenly asked, "Who wrote the third sentence on page 52 of the Practical Book of War Poems?"
Fang Yun blinked. Without even turning the page, he said, "It is Sun Tzu's words: A good general avoids his enemies' vigor and attacks their laziness."
Everyone was amazed. They were not surprised that Fang Yun had a photographic memory, because after becoming a Jinshi, everyone could have a photographic memory. Fang Yun's ability to do it in advance was not particularly miraculous, but even Hanlin could not do it. At least one had to be a Grand Secretary to be able to do it.
Li Fanming asked curiously: "Then recite page 14."
Fang Yun memorized it smoothly immediately, and not only did he memorize fourteen pages, he also continued to memorize the following pages one by one. He did not rely on the strange book of heaven and earth, but it was all thanks to the blessing of Wenquxing that gave him such powerful abilities.
After Fang Yun had memorized five pages, Xun Ye suddenly exclaimed: "Alas, today I realized the gap between me and Fang Zhenguo."
Li Fanming smiled and said, "If you were born twenty years earlier... No, even if you were born ten years earlier, I would be proud to be your disciple now. I wouldn't be afraid to travel around the world."
Shi Tang suddenly said: "In three years at most, you will be proud to be his disciple."
"Three years? You think too much. After three years, Master Fang will at most be a Hanlin. Even if he becomes a Grand Secretary, it will be just barely enough. He should at least become a great scholar so that we can be proud of him."
Han Shoulu suddenly said: "It may be difficult to become a great scholar in three years. But it is easy to enter the Great Scholar Hunting List of the Monster Clan, and it is even possible to enter the top 20 of the Great Scholar Hunting List!"
"I don't believe it! Do you dare to bet on a dragon feast?" Li Fanming said.
Jia Jingan suddenly smiled and asked, "Master Fang, which side do you bet on?"
"I won't bet." Fang Yun said unhappily. It seemed that these guys were still obsessed with the Dragon Banquet.
Fang Yun knew that although these people were from famous families, they were still juniors, and the various cultural treasures in their hands were all from their families. Even if the various spiritual medicines their families gave them were worth far more than a million, if they really had to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to go out for a meal, they would have to be beaten by their elders. It was not that the elders were reluctant to part with the silver, but that they could not indulge the juniors in spending money recklessly.
"It's worth waiting three years for a dragon feast! Those who believe that Master Fang can be in the top 20 of the Great Scholars Hunting List in three years should stand to the left of Master Fang, and those who think that he cannot should stand to the right."
Li Fanming immediately stood on the right side, determined that Fang Yun could not be on the Great Confucian Hunting List.
The other candidates hesitated. Fang Yun held his forehead and said, "Can you guys be a little more serious? This is the Holy Ruins. How come you are just having fun while walking?"
"That's the Dragon Banquet, a banquet worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, of course it's worth a gamble! After the Dragon Banquet, I'll treat everyone to wine!" Li Fanming said with a smile.
Niu Shan and other demon barbarians could not understand the human language, so they looked left and right and asked, "What's going on?"
As soon as Li Fanming explained the matter, Niu Shan immediately stood to the left and said, "Your Majesty the Moon Emperor can certainly do it!" The other demon generals also walked to the left to support Fang Yun.
Soon, the candidates split into two camps, ten on the left who believed Fang Yun could do it, and ten on the right who believed Fang Yun could not.
Xun Ye was on the right first, but after everyone was standing in place, he said, "I made the mistake of underestimating Fang Yun before, I can't make the same mistake this time, I'll go to the left!"
The scholar on the left nodded, and felt that Xun Ye had changed more and more.
The big rabbit stood in the middle, suddenly blinked, and jumped to the left, thinking that Fang Yunneng.
Li Fanming on the right was angry and said, "Whose rabbit are you? Come here!"
The big rabbit rolled its eyes at Li Fanming, then curled its lips and made two soft calls, as if to say: Only a fool would stand with you.
"If you don't come over, don't even think about eating radishes anymore!" said Li Fanming.
The big rabbit immediately jumped over dejectedly, then stretched out its paws pitifully.
"Hmph." Li Fanming handed the carrot to the rabbit.
The rabbit ran back to the left with the carrot in its mouth, then looked at Li Fanming proudly while chewing the carrot, making a crunching sound.
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed, and some people who supported Fang Yun even laughed so hard that they held their stomachs. (To be continued...)