Fang Yun flipped through "Three Essays on Han Xin" and sighed for Han Xin.
Han Xin was praised as the "God of War" and "Unparalleled Patriot", and was the greatest contributor to Liu Bang's establishment of the empire. When the Han Dynasty was founded, Han Xin had already become a great scholar, and if he had not been harmed by Empress Lü, he would have become a semi-saint.
Fang Yun had read some analysis by great scholars, saying that Han Xin's death planted the seeds of disaster for the Han Dynasty, because the royal family could sacrifice a great military scholar for their own interests, but the Holy Academy did not want to see such things happen frequently. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, there has been no unified regime in the Shengyuan Continent.
Military strategists have long reached a conclusion that in terms of battle records and application of military tactics, Han Xin surpassed many great military strategists before the Han Dynasty. This is not only related to the times he lived in, but also because the greatest ability of the human race is continuous improvement.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended with each other, talents flourished, and many saints emerged, thus giving birth to a glorious era. Although no later era can be compared with the Hundred Schools of Thought, it has been making progress in other aspects.
In addition to the Mohist school and Lu Ban's school, Zhang Heng, Zu Chongzhi and Ma Jun appeared to complete the craftsman school.
After the medical practitioner Bian Que, there emerged another generation of medical figures such as Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo.
Confucianists such as Dong Zhongshu, Yang Xiong, Wang Chong, Zheng Xuan, etc. also explored and developed Confucian thought.
As for military strategists, the military concepts of the time did not surpass those of Sun Tzu, Wu Qi and other military saints, but their methods of employing troops far exceeded those of others. The reason was simple: practice makes perfect. The increasing number of wars and battle examples in later generations allowed the military strategists to continue to grow.
There are many speculations in Shengyuan Continent about why there are no sub-saints or even saints in later generations. Some think it is because of insufficient talent, some think it is because of insufficient talent, some think it is because of insufficient talent, some think it is because the path to sainthood is blocked, some think it is destined to be inferior to the predecessors, and some think that a new direction of the path to sainthood should be opened up.
Fang Yun's mind was full of thoughts, but he quickly suppressed them. Just as he was about to put away the first chapter of "Three Chapters of Han Xin", he suddenly found that the military book in his hand was gone! He immediately entered the world of strange books, but he did not find the original copy of "Three Chapters of Han Xin" at all. The military book written by Han Xin himself had completely disappeared!
Fang Yun checked carefully again and soon discovered that there were subtle changes in his "Thirty-Six Strategies". After the first and second strategies, the eighth strategy appeared, which was to sneak into Chencang.
It’s just that the words of “secretly crossing Chencang” in “Thirty-Six Strategies” are a bit vague, which is different from the previous two strategies.
"It was actually eaten by the Thirty-Six Stratagems..."
Fang Yun didn't know what to do. He just thought that he had never seen the first chapter of "Three Chapters of Han Xin".
In addition to the Thirty-Six Stratagems, the evil king's Yinjiangbei contains many treasures, including seven Shengshen Fruits that can make people reborn. If a person has any physical disability, no matter how long it has been, as long as he eats the Shengshen Fruit, his body will return to normal within a few days, which is extremely magical.
There are as many as nine longevity fruits, with different shades of color on the surface. Six of them can extend life by ten years, and the other three can extend life by about twenty years.
Fang Yun didn't expect that he had been busy in the Holy Ruins for so long and didn't find a single fruit of life-giving and longevity, but this clone of the Evil King actually found so many.
In addition to the Shengsheng Fruit and the Yanshou Fruit, there are many other rare and magical items. Among them, there is even a thunder stone, and there are seven or eight magical items of the same level, such as a demon king dragon bone and a demon marquis dragon bead. This evil king is indeed well prepared. Just what he got in the Holy Ruins is enough for the Meng family to regroup. What if he becomes the king of the stars? The consequences are simply unimaginable.
There are a large number of cultural treasures in Yinjiangbei. There is not a single cultural treasure for Juren, but there are twenty-six cultural treasures for Jinshi, and six cultural treasures for Hanlin. Some of them are his own, and some should be obtained by him after entering the Holy Ruins.
Soon, Fang Yun discovered that there were a lot of debris in a corner of the Yinjiangbei. After taking a closer look, he sighed.
There were all the things of the human race's successful candidates, and there were even some books with successful candidates' names on them, which must have been destroyed by the evil king.
Then, Fang Yun saw something familiar again.
A torn page with yellow and gold highlights.
Fang Yun immediately took it and checked it.
"It is indeed the fragment of The Peach Blossom Spring! When the evil king was separated from his spirit and fled in the strange woods, I felt a familiar power."
Before Fang Yun could do anything, the fragment of "Peach Blossom Spring" was sucked into the strange book world and combined with Fang Yun's original fragment, but the two fragments were the beginning and the end, and the middle was missing. If the fragment in the middle could be put together, the complete "Peach Blossom Spring" could be formed.
"However, even if it is a fragment, it can be used. Generally speaking, only Hanlin can call upon the power of the fragments of the great scholar's true text. The evil king is a Hanlin, so his clone can borrow some of the power."
Fang Yun was happier to get the fragment of Peach Blossom Spring than he was to get the longevity fruit and the life-promoting fruit. This was the authentic copy of Tao Yuanming's famous work and was of extraordinary significance. Any scholar would regard it as a treasure.
"Alas, it's a pity that I don't know whether the semi-saint treasure 'Utopia' still exists in the world."
"Huh?"
Finally, Fang Yun's gaze fell on a stone slab. There was a faint door frame on the stone slab. Upon closer inspection, it was just a messy stone carving. There was no mystery, but the aura exuded by this stone carving was extremely familiar.
The breath of the dragon clan. Fang Yun had eaten many dragon beads and was very sensitive to the breath of dragons. Although the breath on the stone carvings was not much due to the passage of time, the breath was pure and far stronger than those dragon beads, which reminded Fang Yun of the real dragon bone.
"Could this stone carving be related to Longling's blood purification?"
Fang Yun checked everything in the Xiongjun Yinjiangbei and had to admit that Xiongjun's "evil" in the first eight years was worth it. With these treasures, if Xiongjun could become the King of Stars and go through all kinds of hardships, his chance of being canonized as a saint would be as high as 80%, which is even higher than Yan Yukong's current chance.
But now, these treasures have changed hands.
From then on, Fang Yun's foundation became more solid, far surpassing that of the famous families. Not counting the incalculable wealth, such as stone carvings, real dragon bones, etc., it was already equivalent to an ordinary wealthy family. However, it was still far worse than the Semi-saint family, because the Semi-saint family had many other powers.
Fang Yun didn't expect that he would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the wealthy families so soon. He felt a kind of pressure. Those wealthy families had gone through several generations of hard work to get to where they are today, and each wealthy family had at least one great scholar. There were only a few in a state, and the number was only slightly more than that of the semi-saint families. Because many wealthy families rose and fell, and they were constantly changing, unlike the saintly families that remained unchanged for eternity.
Suddenly, the sound of eagles crying one after another was heard in the sky.
Fang Yun had heard similar sounds before. When he first came to the Demon Ancestor's Gate, he was taken to the top of the mountain in the First Star City by a huge giant eagle.
Fang Yun looked up and saw ten giant eagles flapping their wings and slowly descending. Each giant eagle had a wingspan of nearly twenty feet. Fang Yun was now different from when he first entered the Demon Ancestor's gate. He immediately realized that these giant eagles had the blood of ancient demons.
On the back of each giant eagle stood three to five demons. Leading the group was a giant golden-crowned eagle, on its back stood a great ape demon king. They were all the star demons of the ancestor.
The aura of the ape demon king frightened Fang Yun, and he couldn't help but think of the scene when the demon ancestor wanted to kill him.
"This person might be the descendant of the demon ancestor!"
The great demon king of the ape clan looked at Fang Yun coldly without saying a word.
The Dog Demon King on a giant eagle nearby growled, showing his sharp teeth, and said in a cold voice: "Human child, you destroyed my Comet Corridor for the Star King. The Demon Saint has ordered that you be imprisoned in the First Star City!"
Fang Yun felt a little nervous, but he couldn't let it show at this moment. He kept his face calm and shouted, "I am the Moon Emperor. Who dares to catch me?"
"You are just a Moon Guard, how dare you hit..."
The great demon king of the ape tribe suddenly said, "He is indeed the Moon Emperor."
The Dog Demon King immediately shut his mouth and stared at Fang Yun with dissatisfaction.
Fang Yun felt that there was something strange here. If the Demon Saint was really sure that he had destroyed the Comet Corridor, he would have captured him personally long ago. However, the attitude of the Ape Demon King was not too harsh, but the Dog Demon King insisted that he had destroyed the Comet Corridor, and there must be a reason.
"The Demon Saint has ordered that Moon Emperor please come with us to stay temporarily in the First Star City." The voice of the Great Demon King of the Ape Clan was very cold, as cold as his eyes.
"Since the Demon Saint has invited me, I will go." Fang Yun knew that there were several Demon Saints among the descendants of the Demon Ancestor. At present, there seemed to be two Demon Saints in the ancestral clan, and the Demon Ancestor's sect was under the jurisdiction of the two Demon Saints.
"Come to me." The Dog Demon King stretched out his dog claws towards Fang Yun, and a huge force sucked Fang Yun onto the giant eagle.
"Back to the city!"
Ten giant eagles flapped their wings vigorously, creating a strong wind, and flew rapidly towards the direction of the First Star City.
"Human, you are dead!" the Dog Demon King sneered.
Fang Yun naturally could not give in, and said: "It turns out that Yue Huang's status in Zuyuan is so bad that a dog can threaten me."
"What did you say?" The Dog Demon King was furious and raised his big claws to slap Fang Yun.
"Stop!" the ape demon king shouted.
The Dog Demon King looked at Fang Yun gloomily.
Fang Yun pointed at the small meteor that was circling him and said, "Don't you recognize this thing?"
All the star demons on the giant eagle took a look, and even the great demon king could not recognize him.
"Hmph, just trying to be mysterious!" said the Dog Demon King.
Many thoughts flashed through Fang Yun's mind. He had no grudges against the Star Demon Barbarians, and even the Great Ape Demon King had not said that it was he who destroyed the Comet Corridor. The Dog Demon King would never be so hostile to him simply because of the Demon Saint's order.
Fang Yun suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the Great Demon King, this dog demon king is very problematic. The saints of my human race have just joined forces to kill the soldier barbarian saint, and you, the star demon barbarians and the blood demon barbarians, have a deep hatred for each other. Even if you are not grateful to our human race, you should not be so hostile to me. Could this dog demon king be connected with the blood demon barbarians in the demon world?"
"What did you say!" The Dog Demon King opened his eyes wide and pretended to bite Fang Yun.
The great demon king of the ape tribe didn't say a word, stretched out his hand towards Fang Yun and grabbed him in mid-air onto his giant eagle.
There was a subtle change in the way the demon kings looked at the Dog Demon King.
The Dog Demon King glared at Fang Yun, then lowered his head and said nothing.
The giant eagle flew at an extremely fast speed and quickly flew out of the sandstorm area.
Just after getting out of the sandstorm, Fang Yun looked around and found that not far away on the ground, Niu Shan, Yan Yukong and others were moving towards the direction of the sandstorm and were about to enter it.
Fang Yun immediately shouted with his tongue bursting into spring thunder: "What are you doing in the sandstorm?"
Everyone looked up, all with surprise on their faces. (To be continued...)