Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the student from the upper dormitory of Qing National Academy.
Fang Yun glanced at the ten people. Except for Yan Yukong who smiled and kept silent as if nothing had happened, five of the other nine people did not hide their hostility. Although the remaining four people were not hostile, their expressions were not good.
Fang Yunwen's suppression of Xizhou of Qing Kingdom was only a minor pain, but later the Holy Pen Commentary and the Heaven's Will Recitation shattered the literary courage of many Qing Kingdom scholars, becoming a bleeding scar that continues to bleed throughout Qing Kingdom to this day.
Hu Shang of Yue State smiled and said, "Isn't this Brother Xun Li? I thought you were already a student of the Holy Academy. Last year, my Yue State was not as good as Qing State, but my Yue State has also surpassed Qing State many times. Why are you so arrogant?"
Xun Li said coldly, "Stop interrupting! I'm talking about Fang Yun! The Ten Nations Competition is not about the strength of one person, but the strength of ten people! Fang Yun, what are you so happy about? Not to mention that there are still six Jinshi from the original Shangshe of Qing Kingdom. Even if all ten of our Shangshe people leave and are replaced by the people behind, they will far exceed your Jing Kingdom! How can the ability of one person compare to the ten people of our Qing Kingdom who are united! You, Jing Kingdom, have no right to speak in this Ten Nations Competition venue! Shut your mouth, and admit defeat after the Ten Nations Competition is over!"
Fang Yun looked around and said, "There is no green grass here, where does this ass chewing on something come from?"
Everyone laughed secretly. Xun Li cursed for a long time, but it was not as good as Fang Yun's two witty remarks.
When Fang Yun heard Hu Shang call out this person's name, he immediately knew his origin. Xun Li and Xun Long were known as the twin gems of the Xun family. Xun Long was demoted to a Juren in a literary duel with Fang Yun, and was finally punished by Tianxing Shidao. Xun Li was also a Jinshi. He had been training in the ancient land of Shihan, but he didn't come back at that time. Unexpectedly, he is back now.
Fang Yun knew that according to the rules, the main disciples of the Saint Family or those who entered the Saint Academy were not eligible to participate in the Ten Nations Competition. Xun Li was in the transitional stage of leaving the Qing National Academy and preparing to go to the Saint Academy, so he would not have participated in the Ten Nations Competition. This time, he suddenly gave up entering the Saint Academy and continued to return to the Qing National Academy, probably to avenge Xun Long.
Xun Li narrowed his eyes, then quickly returned to normal, saying: "I won't argue with you. In the Ten Nations Competition, the heroes are judged by their rankings! No matter how lucky you are, my Qing Nation will always suppress your Jing Nation! I..."
Yan Yukong interrupted and said, "Brother Xun, don't be so sure about some things. If Jingguo didn't have Fang Yun, everything would be fine. If Fang Yun was there, who knows what tricks he could play. You don't want this face, but I still want it."
Xun Li wanted to retort that Yan Yukong and Fang Yun were flirting with each other. But he was not stupid enough to do that. Instead, he said, "Yukong, don't encourage others and destroy your own prestige. My Qing Kingdom has been ranked second for many years and has never lost to Jing Kingdom. How can we not be satisfied? You and I should work together and go all out to make Qing Kingdom go further! Only in this way can we eliminate all the unfavorable rumors."
Yan Yukong said: "I naturally want to go all out for Qing Kingdom, so I didn't waste my energy on verbal disputes."
Xun Li looked at the Jinshi of Qing State. He found that the expressions of other people were different, and they were all reminding him not to argue with Fang Yun. Fang Yun could even surpass the whole state in the literary competition. If he really started to scold him, it would probably take more than ten of him.
Xun Li had to suppress his anger. He glared at Fang Yun and said, "You are a frog in the well. We will know the result after the competition!"
Fang Yun said: "My Jing country is not as powerful as your Qing country, so it is naturally inferior to the Ten-Nation Competition. Since you think I am a frog in the well, why don't you and I have a one-on-one competition, whether it is a literary competition or a literary battle. If it is a literary battle, just don't use verbal sparring. I agree."
Xun Li opened his mouth and almost agreed to the literary duel, but he remembered that he could not use proposals to stop the literary duel, and he could not stop Fang Yun from finishing the poem. In addition, he could not use verbal battles. The only Jinshi who could defeat Fang Yun were probably the top few in the world.
"I'm here to participate in the Ten Nations Competition, not to get entangled with you!" Xun Li turned and left.
Fang Yun said: "You are not even as good as a frog in a well. Are you a toad in a gutter?"
Xun Li clenched his fists and said without turning his head: "After the competition is over, I will let you know which country's people are a bunch of toads!"
Yan Yukong nodded to Fang Yun and walked with the others towards the seats at the Qing National Academy.
Hu Shang whispered, "The Xun family is too overbearing. I can't say some things too much. I hope Brother Fang can understand."
Fang Yun smiled and said, "It's okay. You don't have to be too much in words, but the process of the Ten Nations Competition must be too much! If you lose to the current Qing Kingdom, not to mention that the people of Yue Kingdom will be unwilling, I will be even more unwilling!"
"With Fang Zhenguo's words, we will go all out today to overwhelm Qing Nation!"
A voice floated from the Jia Kingdom seat: "Friends of the Yue Kingdom, be careful, don't let Fang Yun sell you out and count the silver for him. Our three countries are fighting for six, seven, and eight of the ten countries, why should we say more to Fang Yun?"
Qiao Juze immediately said beside Fang Yun: "This person should be Lei Shisan from Jiaguo Academy. He is younger than Lei Jiu and has not yet entered the Holy Academy. He is not as good as Lei Jiu in literary warfare, but he is stronger than Lei Jiu in other aspects."
Fang Yun didn't want to cause trouble, but when he heard the Lei family's provocation, he smiled and asked, "Brother Lei, Lei Jiu ran away. Do you have the second line of 'Smoke locks the pond willows'?"
Some people could not help laughing out loud. This couplet was not a big deal, but what happened that day was too embarrassing for the Lei family. It was even published in last month's "Wen Bao". The sharp-tongued editor of "Wen Bao" commented that "the poetry has not stabilized the country, but has become a laughing stock throughout the world". After that, many enemies of the Lei family would mention this couplet whenever they met members of the Lei family.
There was no sound from Jiaguo's seat.
The people of Gu and Shen on both sides seemed to want to say something, but now they all shut up, because they finally understood that even the peers of the Lei and Xun families were suppressed by Fang Yun and had no face at all. Provoking Fang Yun would be tantamount to humiliating themselves.
After the Yue people left, Cui Wang laughed softly and said, "Qing is a powerful country. We can never defeat them. But even if we lose, I will be satisfied to see them fleeing in panic. It will make me feel better!"
Not long after, Chen Jing from the Chen Sheng family came with his classmates from the Sheng Academy. He first thanked Fang Yun, then encouraged everyone to strive for nine out of ten, and only left when the competition was about to begin.
More and more people entered the venue, and even several great scholars came to watch the game.
When the time comes, the competition among ten nations begins.
After a brief opening speech, the host of the competition said with great eloquence: "The first match of the Ten Nations Competition is about to begin. Just like the previous one, it is also a journey of thousands of miles. However, how ten people will travel thousands of miles depends on you. All right, please enter the literary world dedicated to the competition."
After the host finished speaking, a large door appeared in the middle of the flat ground in the venue. The shape of the door was an ancient book.
At the same time, a huge light curtain appeared above the venue. The light curtain was divided into eleven screens, showing the images of eleven students from the academy.
They entered the gate and came to a desolate loess plain, where one hundred and ten people lined up in a row.
A voice came from mid-air.
"The first task of this year's Travel Ten Thousand Miles is to write a poem about horses, without any other restrictions. The better the poem, the better the horse you will get, and the faster it will be able to travel across this 200-mile plain!" (To be continued...)