"Huh..."
Hearing that voice, more than 300 scholars breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky to have escaped a disaster.
The invisible force that had enveloped the Jinshi Hunting Ground in the sky dissipated, and thunder was heard in the sky. A great scholar in a purple robe came galloping towards them, stepping on the cloud.
There were various weather conditions around this person. Sometimes clouds erupted, sometimes the aurora appeared, and sometimes there was wind, rain, thunder and lightning. It was obvious that power was leaking out and changing the local environment.
Fang Yun knew very well that this unknown purple-robed scholar must be extremely anxious.
The two sides were only a hundred miles apart, and the purple-robed scholar's speed was already over twice the speed of sound. Now, when he pushed it with all his strength, it was equivalent to a verbal battle, reaching four times the speed of sound.
It flew over a distance of two and a half miles in one breath, and in less than a hundred breaths it was close to the crowd.
Fang Yun looked carefully and found that it was the great scholar Ye Ling who had greeted them at Spring Hunting Island. It was the first time for everyone here and they were not familiar with this person. They only knew that he had lived in the ancient land of Desert City all his life and was not well-known.
The great scholar Ye Ling slowed down when he got close, took a look and said, "You don't need to stand up. The power of the Moon Tree Shadow will soon dissipate, and then Spring Hunting Island will be restored to normal. No matter what kind of injuries you have, the saints will treat you. You just wait here."
“Excuse me…” the scholars said one after another. Except for Fang Yun, everyone else was either sitting or lying down.
Fang Yun raised his head and looked upwards. The power protecting the hunting ground lost its effect, and he saw an orange talent shield covering the entire island. Outside the shield was the shadow of a moon tree.
Ye Ling slowly descended, looking haggard with obvious bags under his eyes. After landing, he bowed to Fang Yun and said, "Meeting Fang Xusheng. What kind of changes have taken place in the hunting grounds? Please explain to me, Master Xusheng."
Fang Yun nodded, organized his thoughts a little in his mind, and then began to narrate what happened after entering the hunting ground.
Fang Yun was very brief in many places and spoke very quickly, but it took him a full quarter of an hour to finish.
After Fang Yun finished speaking, Ye Ling stared at Fang Yun, then looked at these people, and said, "I never thought that such a drastic change would happen in just three days. When your rankings increased at an extraordinary speed, we knew something was wrong inside, but unfortunately the Moon Tree Shadow was too strong and we couldn't enter."
Ye Ling sighed and continued, "You can only see the Jinshi Spring Hunting List, but we can see the replaced Ding List. The poem 'Only the Source of Living Water' is ranked first on the Ding List. When we saw this poem, we were shocked and knew that things were more troublesome than we imagined. We were afraid that you would die in the hunting ground after writing this poem, so we were always worried. Who knew that you not only survived, but also wrote the Five Wonderful Medical Books and even killed the two clones of the Lord of Plague. There is no word in the world that can describe your great achievements."
Li Fanming slapped his forehead and said, "That's right! How could I forget such an important military achievement? Mr. Ye, Fang Yun killed two semi-saint clones. There is no discount for this military achievement, right?"
Ye Ling immediately said, "With you all here to kill the Plague clone, he can get 70% of the credit, and if he kills the Illusion clone, he will get the full 100%, and there will be no more losses."
"Then... what level is Fang Yun's merit at? There are three types of military merit books: Baizhi, Jinwen and Zhutang. He should have been above Jinwen before. Can he be ranked in Zhutang now?"
The scholars showed envy. Most of them were listed at the back of the white paper military merit book, and those middle-aged scholars might be listed in the middle of the white paper military merit book, and they would never be able to enter the brocade military merit book in their entire lives, let alone the legendary bamboo hall military merit book.
"Well... the average great scholar is only ranked at the back of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. The slightly better great scholar can be ranked in the middle of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. The outstanding great scholar of each generation can be ranked at the front of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. I was only ranked in the middle of the Jinwen Military Merit Book ten years ago, a little short of the front. Today, Fang Xusheng killed two clones of the Saint Lord and saved three hundred outstanding Jinshi scholars, which is enough to rank at the front of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. As for whether I can enter the Bamboo Hall, it is uncertain. After all, in the past thousand years, there are only more than a hundred people who have entered the Bamboo Hall Military Merit Book besides the saints."
Fang Yun said: "My military merits are so small that I am afraid it is difficult to enter the Bamboo Hall's military merit book. The military merits gained by killing the Demon Saint's clone are much higher than those gained by killing an ordinary Great Demon King. However, those great scholars who are in a position of influence must have killed some Great Demon Kings. Adding their other military merits, their merits should far exceed mine now."
Ye Ling smiled and said, "That's hard to say. After all, military merits take a long time to calculate, so there's no rush. The most urgent task is the battle of the ancient land of the deserted city. I hope it doesn't turn into a war between the two worlds."
Fang Yun said: "We don't know what happened outside, and we hope Mr. Ye can explain it to us."
"Okay. Then I will tell you what happened during these three days."
So, Ye Ling started from the arrival of the Moon Tree's phantom and narrated the battles that took place in the ancient land of the deserted city one by one.
The scholars were fascinated by what they heard. They didn't expect that not only great scholars and demon kings would join the battle, but even some heads of aristocratic families would participate in the battle wearing saintly attire. There were also semi-saint clones fighting in the distance. The scene would definitely not be much worse than the battle of the Two Realms Mountain that year. They couldn't wait to recover from their illnesses and go to join the battle.
"I really want to join the battle with the saints' incarnations!" said a young scholar.
A middle-aged scholar said with a smile: "If you personally experienced the battle of Liangjie Mountain that year, you would understand that if the saints' original bodies went to the battle, let alone participate, let alone watch, you are not even allowed to climb the city wall, otherwise you will surely die. Even if it is the saints' clones fighting, we generally do not climb the city wall."
"Compared with the bloody battles in places like Liangjie Mountain, the battle between Shengyuan Continent and the Three Barbarians is nothing." A middle-aged scholar showed a yearning look.
"You won't want to go to war then."
"Not necessarily." The young scholar was somewhat unconvinced.
The great scholar Ye Ling smiled slightly and continued, "We have already guessed that the battle launched by the demon world in the ancient deserted city should be just a feint to attract our attention. The real purpose is to let the Lord of Plague in the Jinshi Hunting Ground kill Fang Xusheng. Since the plan has failed, there is no reason for them to persist when the Moon Tree Shadow's power is exhausted."
"Mr. Ye is right." said the scholars.
"It's just..." Ye Ling glanced coldly at everyone except Fang Yun, "Everything that happened in the hunting ground must not be revealed without the approval of the Holy Court, otherwise it will be considered as treason! Including the death of the Lei family!"
"Yes, sir!" All the scholars responded in unison.
Some Jinshi looked at Fang Yun helplessly. The Lei family must be furious tonight. Except for a new Jinshi from Qing Kingdom who died accidentally, everyone else was alive and well, except for the five members of the Lei family who all died.
Four members of the Lei family died under Fang Yun's "Jinghuoshan", and Lei Li died in the cave, which was also considered to be killed by Fang Yun. This deepened the hatred between the two sides.
Qiao Juze let out a long, lazy sigh and said, "In any case, the Ten Kingdoms Spring Hunt is over. I can rest comfortably for a while, then take up my post as the current county magistrate and begin the palace examination."
"Yes, this spring hunt was really terrible, it was simply a nightmare. I almost died here countless times, all thanks to Fang Xusheng."
"Fang Xusheng, your title of Jingguo No. 1 this year should be almost certain, right?"
Ji Zhibai listened to the discussion, lowered his head, and said nothing. (To be continued...)