Fang Yun's heart was extremely confused. The Demon Saint Order was not scary. What was scary was that the Cao barbarians, who required the joint resistance of Jing State, Wu State and half of Yue State, only attacked Jing State.
The human saints and the monsters had an agreement long ago that in the Shengyuan Continent, semi-saints could fight each other, but semi-saints were not allowed to personally attack enemies below the rank of semi-saints.
Once the barbarian tribes fight with the Kingdom of Jing with all their might, other countries will naturally send people to rescue them, but it is absolutely impossible for them to go all out. If they really can't hold on, the Kingdom of Jing will have to give up a certain amount of territory.
Finally, if Jing State suffered too much loss and was about to collapse, the neighboring Qing State and Wu State would have the right to divide Jing State and then fight against the barbarian tribes with all their strength.
By then, Jingguo will become history.
Fang Yun had experienced the divine punishment of the Moon Tree and had already put life and death aside. However, when he thought about the entire Jing Kingdom being wiped out, his relatives, friends, and tens of millions of people dying in the war, he still felt a little panicked.
Ao Huang flew to Fang Yun and asked in a low voice: "The first snow next year, does it mean after the New Year or next winter?"
"Next winter. The morale of the Caoman tribe has been severely damaged after losing two Barbarian Saints and tens of millions of elite barbarians. The Saints in the Demon Realm have also lost power due to the mobilization of the Moon Tree Divine Punishment. They must wait until next year to have enough strength."
"This matter... doesn't seem good. Why is Langlu only targeting Jingguo?" Ao Huang asked in a low voice.
"I am also suspicious about this. Wait a moment, I will go ask." Fang Yun said, sending a letter to Zeng Yuan who was far away in Kongcheng. Zeng Yuan was a scholar from Zengzi's family. As a member of the sub-sage family, he was extremely well-informed.
Before Fang Yun even reached the literary battlefield, he received Zeng Yuan's reply.
"That day when we attacked the two saints of the barbarian tribe with half of the Spear of Divine Punishment, Lord Chen Sheng Guanhai was responsible for intercepting Lang Lu. The two saints had an old grudge. Lang Lu once said that if Chen Sheng stopped him from rescuing, he would destroy Jing Kingdom. I didn't expect that he would actually do it. The saints seem to have held an emergency meeting to discuss strategies. Fang Yun. Why don't you go to Qi Kingdom? I asked several great scholars, and they all said... Jing Kingdom has no other choice but to join Qing Kingdom and Wu Kingdom."
Fang Yun was upset and immediately replied, "Is this the plot of the Zajia family that is plotting against Jingguo?"
"The three saints of the Grass Barbarians are firmly opposed to the alliance with the human race. Over the years, the Grass Barbarians have caused the most harm to the human race. That's why the saints decided to use half of the Spear of Divine Punishment to kill the other two Barbarian Saints. The purpose of the Demon Saint Lang Lu entering the Shengyuan Continent is to prevent the Sand Barbarians and the Forest Barbarians from betraying the demon world. After all, Lang Lu is a descendant of the Ancestral God. With him in charge of the Shengyuan Continent, no barbarian dares to be suspicious."
Zeng Yuan avoided talking about it, but Fang Yun understood a little. In this kind of matter, without solid evidence, no one can reveal anything.
"Thank you, Brother Zeng." Fang Yun said.
"You still have nearly a year to think about it. Don't be in a hurry. Your most urgent task is to get the top prize and rise to prominence. This will be of great help to you. The second priority is to win the title of the head of the country. By the way, next year you may have to participate in the Three Valleys Battle as a Jinshi. By then, you may encounter the monsters of the Zushen clan, so you must not take it lightly."
"Yes, I know."
Fang Yun looked up at the sky in the north again, and saw that the dark clouds in the sky began to change shape, gathering into a huge token-shaped dark cloud, like a huge tombstone sealing the heaven and earth.
It also weighs on the hearts of the people of Panorama Country.
The voice of the Demon Saint Order spread throughout the entire Shengyuan Continent and had a huge impact on the human race.
Fang Yun felt his mouth getting drier and drier. Not to mention that he would not have enough strength to write another shocking article next year, even if he really had the help of a semi-saint, he would never be able to summon so many holy souls. At most, there would be only one or two.
Fang Yun had long guessed that the reason why so many half-saints awakened in the examination was because of the punishment of the Moon Tree God, and it might have something to do with the true intention of Zulong. Even Zulong was willing to help the human race. If the saints and souls of the human race did not help with all their strength, it would simply destroy the faith of the human race.
Ao Huang whispered, "Anyway, Lang Lu won't look for you this time. If Jing Kingdom is destroyed, you can hide in the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea and marry a dragon wife. That would be great."
"I don't want to see Jing Kingdom destroyed." Fang Yun said.
"Then do you have a way to fight against the hundreds of millions of demon army and the demon saint Wolf Slaughter within a year?"
Fang Yun was silent.
Panorama Country fell into dead silence.
Whether in a restaurant in the downtown area or a brothel, whether in a private school or a shop or workshop, all the people of Jing country seemed to have lost the ability to speak.
The demon half-saint wants to destroy the Jing Kingdom!
Fang Yun sighed softly and said, "It's over. The spirit of the people of Jing country has been completely defeated by the words of the demon saint. If it can't be eliminated, even I can only say that Jing country will be destroyed."
Suddenly, an old and deep voice sounded, refreshing like a clear spring.
"First snow next year, I will be waiting for you!"
Fang Yun originally felt that the world was shrouded in dark clouds and was gray, but this voice was like a divine weapon that pierced through the dark clouds, allowing people to see the light of day again.
"Is it Chen Sheng?"
"It's Chen Sheng."
"It's Chen Sheng!"
People from all over Jing State started shouting Chen Sheng's name.
Waves of invisible power spread and reverberated across the ten nations, and the dark clouds that had been weighing on everyone's heart dissipated.
Many people instinctively straightened their backs, even if the Demon Saint was threatening them!
"We have Chen Sheng!"
Countless Jing people repeated the same sentence in their hearts.
A happy smile spread across Fang Yun's face.
Half-saint establishes the country!
This is a semi-saint. With just one sentence, he can make the people of a country regain their confidence.
"Ao Huang, let's go fight and compete." Fang Yun strode towards the battlefield with a smile on his face.
Ao Huang was puzzled, and he flicked his tail and asked, "You don't care about the Demon Saint Order anymore?"
"care."
"Then why are you still laughing?"
"The demons are coming, just kill them all!" Fang Yun's voice was firm.
"That makes sense! If I can go to the battlefield at that time, don't forget to take me with you!" Ao Huang flew happily behind Fang Yun.
"You are a dragon. It's not good to go to the battlefield yourself."
"It's okay. I can disguise myself as a Jiao."
Fang Yun laughed and entered the best Jiaziwen battlefield with Ao Huang.
There were other students from Jing State fighting in the Jiazi literary battlefield, but when they saw Fang Yun and Ao Huang coming in, all the students immediately stopped fighting, saluted Fang Yun, and then left this literary battlefield and went to other literary battlefields.
Fang Yun reached out to stop them, but these students insisted on leaving, both to give Fang Yun a better space and to avoid revealing Fang Yun's strength.
This is the old custom of the human race.
No one complained, and no one felt wronged.
"Alas, the human race is still very united. If we give them another thousand years, they will surely be able to fully fight against the monsters." Ao Huang said.
"Unfortunately, time is running out. Come on, practice with me, little dragon!"
"Hehe..." Ao Huang laughed and rolled in the air. He turned into an ordinary dragon with four claws and one horn, and then started fighting in the way of a dragon.
In the first few dozen breaths, Ao Huang's movements were still a little unfamiliar, but soon he became a qualified dragon, even more ferocious than a real dragon.
However, Fang Yun's True Dragon Ancient Sword was too powerful. Even someone as strong as Ao Huang did not dare to fight head-on and was unable to get close to Fang Yun. This was when Fang Yun did not use the legendary hidden sword poem "Song of the Precious Sword" and the sword-summoning poem "Dragon Sword Poem".
However, Fang Yun knew that if he fought to the death with Ao Huang, the best outcome would be to perish together, because the real dragon had too many dragon talents that ordinary monsters could never reach.
After the literary battle, Fang Yun left the battlefield. While walking home, he held the official seal in his hand and sent a letter to Jiang Hechuan, the Minister of Literature.
"Lord Wen Xiang, I have obtained many Heavenly Leaves from the Heavenly Tree, but it is useless to keep them. I want to donate them to the human race and Jing Kingdom, and plan to set up two Heavenly Leaves Tuition Awards. This year's Jing Kingdom Heavenly Leaves Tuition Award will give 500 Heavenly Leaves to 500 non-aristocratic candidates from Jing Kingdom, and the other part of the Heavenly Leaves will be given to Dongsheng Pavilion. This year, 2,000 Heavenly Leaves will be given to outstanding non-aristocratic candidates from other countries. I don't have time to handle this matter myself, so I hope you will be responsible for it."
Jiang Hechuan replied quickly.
"Your selflessness is commendable, but Heavenly Leaves are a rare commodity among the human race. If you send them to the Holy Academy, you can earn military merit. If you set up the Heavenly Leaves Tuition, the military merit you will earn will be less than 20% of what you would earn if you directly sent them to the Holy Academy. But... in the long run, it will be of great use. You must make a good choice."
"The students know it clearly." Fang Yun replied.
"However, it is not appropriate for you to exclude the children of noble families. It would be better to give some of the profits to the children of noble families."
Fang Yun didn't expect Jiang Hechuan to oppose it directly. Although his words were not harsh, it was naturally unusual for a great scholar to propose it.
Fang Yun always believed that learning, thinking and changing are the basis of success. The words of great scholars are certainly worth learning, but as for whether it is worth changing, that requires more thinking.
After just a moment's thought, Fang Yun replied, "Lord Wen Xiang is right. My original goal was to reduce the gap between poor families and noble families, but if I don't share the profits with the noble families, I would be a little sorry for the saints and souls who helped me, and even more sorry for the noble families who sacrificed for the human race. How about this, 20% of the profits will be used for the noble families, and each noble family will be guaranteed to get at least two Heavenly Leaves every year."
"This child is teachable." Jiang Hechuan praised.
Fang Yun was even willing to give Tianye to the children of the Meng family or the Zong family. On the surface, it seemed that he was at a disadvantage, but in fact, he was digging into the corners of these two families. If these families refused Tianye, some of their children would inevitably be dissatisfied. If they accepted Tianye, those who accepted Tianye would inevitably give up opposing Fang Yun and would be isolated by their own people who hated Fang Yun.
Moreover, the person who accepts Tianye must be a genius among the candidates. Once such a genius grows up, he may even influence the attitude of the entire family towards Fangyun.
Fang Yun discussed some details of the Tianye tuition with Jiang Hechuan before returning to the study to continue studying.
However, unlike before, the books Fang Yun wanted to study had changed. He no longer focused on Confucian classics, but began to explore other classics that were not available in the Shengyuan Continent.
For example, the Complete Book of Agricultural Administration compiled by Xu Guangqi in the Ming Dynasty covers fields, agricultural affairs, water conservancy, iron tools, tree planting, sericulture, animal husbandry and manufacturing, etc. It mainly consists of two parts: farming and construction, which are extremely important subjects in the palace examination.
There are also "Wujing Zongyao" and "Jixiao Xinshu" written by Qi Jiguang which are related to military affairs, "Qianjin Fang", "Zhenjiu Jicheng" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" which are related to medical practitioners, etc., which are all among the must-learn books for Fang Yun.
These are the subjects for evaluation in the palace examination.
As the Xuemei Literary Conference was about to begin in the evening, Minister of Literature Jiang Hechuan's carriage arrived at Fang Yun's house. (To be continued...)