Fang Yun remained calm and composed as he counted the number of great scholars from Haiya who had come here.
At that time, there were 57 great scholars outside Zhuge Shengju, and now, there are 31 great scholars at Haiya in the Tongsheng Conference, which is far beyond the normal probability. No matter how big Shu City is, it is only one of the ten cities. No matter how stupid the workers are, they can't let them gather together like this.
However, Fang Yun figured it out quickly and sighed inwardly that it is easier to get things done with more people, and that experience always makes the most sense.
I was alone, weak, and just wanted to pass the test without considering other factors. Even if I wanted to use other means, it would be difficult to achieve, after all, I was alone.
However, the great scholars of Haiya Ancient Land are different. They are naturally self-interested. This is the ethos of Haiya Ancient Land and one of the reasons why Haiya Ancient Land can continue to develop. Therefore, after they entered here, they did not want to pass the test by their own strength at the first time, but united and concentrated all their strength to exclude the enemy.
It is very easy for fifty-seven great scholars to exclude one person.
Fang Yun could fully imagine that those great scholars would try every means to gather together and even find out that he was in Tianjifang, but they did not alert the enemy. Instead, they arranged a large number of people to enter Shu City and suppress him with absolute power.
However, they also knew that one should not put all their eggs in one basket, so they dispersed other great scholars in different places so that even if the suppression operation failed, others would remain unscathed.
Fang Yun's face seemed a little gloomy. He looked frustrated and even a little discouraged.
The great scholars from the ancient land of Haiya exchanged glances with each other, stood up one after another, and came to Fang Yun, scaring the other student craftsmen nearby so that they hurriedly made way.
The Tongsheng venue is the largest, with a huge platform in the front. All the Tongsheng will go up and show their tools and mechanisms, and three great scholars and craftsmen will judge them.
The participants' seats are on the left side of the platform and are relatively dense.
All the great scholars of Haiya Ancient Land came over with their followers and sat around Fang Yun, almost surrounding Fang Yun.
Among these great scholars, there are three masters of literature, but the one who is the leader is Jing Lan, a great scholar from the four realms.
Jing Lan bowed slightly to Fang Yun and said, "Thank you, Brother Fang, for opening the door to the world of industry. After entering here, I have been sleepless for days, and have been learning the engineering techniques here. If nothing goes wrong, I will be promoted to Wen Zong in a month at most."
Fang Yun did not answer. The other great scholars of Haiya looked at Fang Yun with a smile.
Jing Lan suddenly sighed softly and said, "I apologize to Brother Fang first. After Mr. Tingyu revealed the Ning'an technology to me, I was conflicted. As a great scholar, I shouldn't keep it for myself, but on the other hand, for the sake of Haiya Ancient Land, I must give up my likes and dislikes. You should know that even without the Ning'an technology, I can easily be promoted to Wenzong craftsman when I come here. So, in order to avoid me hurting Mr. Fang in the future, please ask Mr. Fang to hand over the fragments of Wenquxing and withdraw from Zhuge Shengju. When the Haiya Ancient Land is connected to Shengyuan Continent, we, the great scholars of Haiya, will definitely take the blame."
Fang Yun looked at Jing Lan carefully. Although this man's eyes flickered, unlike Lei Tingyu, he did not want to make an enemy.
Fang Yun said slowly: "Your heart to protect the ancient land of Haiya is strong, but I must tell you that the ancient land of Haiya can only continue to exist if it is integrated into the Shengyuan Continent. In history, any group that lives in a corner will eventually be swallowed up by a powerful tribe, or even completely wiped out from the world. I can guarantee with my literary courage that I must have selfish motives, but everything I do is far more beneficial to the ancient land of Haiya than you. You are just sitting in a well and looking at the sky!"
There was no change in the expressions of most of the great scholars of Haiya, only a few who did not like to hide their expressions showed anger.
Jing Lan nodded and said, "I believe that some of Fang Xusheng's practices may indeed be beneficial to Haiya Ancient Land. However, before the results come out, we cannot trust that an outsider can help Haiya Ancient Land better than us. So, if you insist on your own opinion, then I can only choose to protect Haiya Ancient Land between you and Haiya Ancient Land."
Fang Yun said firmly: "If a tribe wants to truly progress, it must eradicate all remnants, even if it will undermine the tribe's beliefs. Only in this way can the tribe lower its head, put aside its arrogance, and humbly learn and absorb advanced knowledge, concepts and power from the outside world. Since you insist on doing what you want, I will show no mercy when I clean up the ancient sea cliff land."
"Fang Yun, you are too arrogant. You cannot deny the efforts of us Haiya people by yourself!" Jing Lan was not angry, he just thought that Fang Yun was wrong.
"No, I am using the experience of our ancestors, the lessons of history and the development of the universe to negate the wrong efforts of you Haiya people! If the direction is wrong, all efforts will be in vain." Fang Yun said.
"Then, start by defeating us in Zhuge Shengju! If you can defeat all fifty-seven of us, I will entrust this ancient land of Haiya to you, so what!" Jing Lan suddenly smiled with relief and turned to leave.
Most of the other great scholars had gloomy expressions, only a few seemed to have realized something.
"We will do our best to protect the ancient land of Haiya. If we are unfortunately defeated, we will be glad to have you." A great medical scholar said with a smile before leaving.
"I really hope we can win, but I won't despair because of failure!" A great military strategist left proudly.
"You are bound to be wrong!"
"If you perish in the Sea Cliff Ancient Land, we will protect the Shengyuan Continent for you!"
One after another, the great scholars expressed their attitudes and left.
Fang Yun smiled.
When the time came, the passage leading to the seats for the students was closed, and a Jinshi craftsman who presided over the tool and mechanism competition walked onto the platform. He first gave a speech with eloquent words, and then neatly invited all the student craftsmen to the platform and stand in the corresponding positions according to the numbers of the small mechanism clocks they received.
More than a thousand boy craftsmen lined up to receive a small bronze bell about three inches high from the entrance of the platform, and then climbed onto the platform.
Fang Yun signed up late, and the small brass bell he received had the words "974" engraved on it, very far back. Fang Yun picked up the small brass bell, found the place on the platform where the words "974" were engraved, and then placed the small brass bell at his feet.
These child craftsmen all have one or more gray brocade bags hanging around their waists. These are the mechanical brocade bags unique to the working world.
With each promotion in rank, a craftsman will receive a free mechanism bag. Each bag can hold mechanisms, materials, tools and other things related to craftsmanship. The higher the rank, the bigger the bag.
Some craftsmen with prominent family backgrounds may receive extra tips from their families.
Fang Yun also wore a mechanical brocade bag, but the space was too small, so he was used to using the Tiandi Bei.