During the first Moon God Cult meeting of the Nuzhi tribe, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple finalized the details of the trip to Qing State.
Since it was Xu Sheng who was visiting in person, not only had he asked the Holy Court for secret protection, but the standards of Jing State's guards also exceeded those of a monarch's visit. The great scholar Zhang Hu of the Zhang family, the Minister of Literature Jiang Hechuan, the Minister of Rites Mao Enzheng, the General Zhou Junhu and others were all among the entourage. Although they were called entourage, they were actually Fang Yun's guards.
If Fang Yun was killed by monsters on the way, all relevant officials of Jing State from top to bottom would be dismissed and investigated, and no one would be spared.
After the lesson of the Kong Family Dragon, the Holy Academy has implemented a new guardianship system for the outstanding talents of the human race.
When Xu Sheng traveled, he could no longer use the Flying Leaf Boat, so that night a huge Sky Boat stood at the gate of the palace.
The relevant departments of Jingguo and Shengyuan are already extremely busy.
The Ministry of Rites is responsible for drafting the letter of credence and the process of the visit, the Honglu Temple is responsible for submitting the letter of credence and executing the visit, the Holy Court formulates the flight route of the sky-walking ship, the Grand Marshal's Office begins to mobilize troops along the route, deploys troops along the Yangtze River, and points the sword at the Kingdom of Qing, the Ministry of Personnel orders all officials along the route to be on standby, to control the power of the Holy Temple at all times and avoid any losses, the Holy Temple activates the Mohist Heaven Monitoring Mirror, and the Eastern Saint personally inspects the world...
The moment Fang Yun stepped onto the Skywalker, everything was ready within just half a day.
Under the cover of night, a huge golden skyship carrying Fang Yun and Jingguo’s visiting team flew towards Qingguo.
The Sky-walking Tower Ship flew all the way, and when it was near the Wild Demon Mountain, it saw thousands of demons covering the sky, and countless monsters swarmed towards the Sky-walking Tower Ship like mad insects and beasts.
It takes too much energy for a semi-saint to seal off the mountain and ban the barbarians, and it is difficult to sustain it.
Last year, in order to prevent Fang Yun from being attacked by the demons, the Eastern Saint personally sealed off the mountains and banned the demons. All demons that broke through the blockade would be attacked by the power of the Saint. But after the punishment of the Moon Tree God, the Eastern Saint lifted the ban on the mountains.
Fang Yun and others had long known that the Skywalker would pass by the Wild Monster Mountain, then cross the Yangtze River and arrive in Xiangzhou, but they did not expect the monsters to be so crazy and their numbers were far beyond their imagination.
On the ground, all the monsters are like ants; in the sky, all the monsters are like clouds.
Fang Yun took a quick look. Most of these demons were demon soldiers, demon generals, demon commanders, and demon marquises. There were only a few hundred demon kings, and only a few great demon kings. Moreover, the great demon kings were all in the mountains, commanding from afar and never coming down the mountain.
Some human scholars sneered. Now it was not a battle between two armies. It was equivalent to the complete invasion of the human world by demons and barbarians. Even a semi-saint could take action, let alone a great scholar killing those demon soldiers and generals.
Once a death order is issued, the demons will charge even if they know they will die. Every time the two worlds fight, the corpses of the demons are often piled up dozens of feet thick, forming a pile of corpses.
Fang Yun asked: "How often does the Five Demon Mountains usually launch an attack?"
"Before the Thousand-Year Non-War Contract expired, only a few demons and barbarians occasionally came down the mountain, and some escaped from the demon world. Since the battle between the two worlds, a large number of demons and barbarians have come down the mountain every year. My Jing country has always stationed an army at the foot of the Wild Demon Mountain. However, because the Cao Man is about to invade, the defense here has been changed. The Holy Academy has taken over. You see there..."
General Zhou Junhu pointed to a place. Fang Yun looked and saw a checkpoint guarding a canyon, blocking the monsters from Huangyao Mountain from leaving.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "This time, are you trying to lure the snake out of its hole?"
Jiang Hechuan laughed and said, "How could they be worthy of it? They are just sending military merits. These monsters should come from tribes with low status in the monster world, or they may have offended the saints."
"Fortunately, the internal strife in the demon world is also very fierce." Fang Yun said.
“When the nine great saints come back, I’m afraid they will suppress all the internal strife, which will be very bad for our human race.”
"The return of the Nine Saints may not be aimed at the human race. It is said that many ancient demon saints have revived, and it seems that they have been summoned by the imperial clan. What is the imperial clan? I don't know. The sub-saints of the human race are equivalent to the great saints of the demon race. The ones above the sub-saints of the human race are called saints, the ones above the great saints of the demon race are called ancestor gods, and the ones above the great saints of the ancient demons are called ancestor emperors. Is the imperial clan the ancestor emperor clan of the ancient demons? Is it equivalent to the Kong family of my human race?"
"This matter involves ancient times, and I'm afraid only you semi-saints know a little about it. By the way, Saint Fang Xu, I heard that you know a lot about ancient monsters. Why don't you participate in the ancient study and write a book related to ancient monsters. If you can complete this book in the palace examination, your ratings in military affairs, education, history, exegesis, and literature will be improved."
"Indeed. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the human race's heritage was destroyed by the demon world. Fortunately, King Wen was born and saved the day. The history before that was completely pieced together by searching for ancient relics, and it is still incomplete. Tracing the history of the demons is already extremely difficult, and humans know nothing about ancient demons, let alone the even more distant period when the dragon race ruled all the worlds."
"Since you think so highly of me, after entering Ning'an County, I will write a basic book about ancient monsters, briefly describing the history of ancient monsters."
Hundreds of scholars around were shocked. Jiang Hechuan and others looked at Fang Yun in tears and laughter. They originally thought that Fang Yun only knew some bits and pieces of the history of ancient monsters and just wanted him to compile them into a book for people to study. But Fang Yun directly mentioned the "history of ancient monsters". This is not something that can be said casually. The tone of voice is enough to scare those who study history.
Fang Yun noticed that everyone looked strange, so he had to say, "The history of ancient monsters is long and extremely complicated, so I will compile a "Brief History of Ancient Monsters."
Everyone looked up at the sky, completely choked and speechless. The information revealed in Fang Yun's words was too shocking. If they could not look at the history of ancient monsters as a whole, it would be impossible to pick out the key points and write a concise history.
A concise history is meant to be easy and clear for readers to read, but it is not easy for the author. The main points must be clearly distinguished and the text must be well organized.
"I think you should divide the history into periods and make an outline first, and then fill in the gaps one volume at a time. When you finish compiling the History of Ancient Monsters, your successors will write the Concise History."
"That's good. The monsters are coming, so please help us, seniors." Fang Yun said.
The great scholars and grand secretaries smiled slightly and began to attack.
Hanlin scholars can cut off mountains, Grand Secretaries can destroy cities, but the power of great scholars can affect an entire prefecture.
Jiang Hechuan did not even use destructive war poems, but simply recited "Xunzi's Wangzhi Chapter".
Fang Yun had already memorized this classic article by heart. This article talks about Xunzi's idea of the kingly way and the system of sage kings, and is one of the representative works of "political system" in Confucianism.
The great scholar recited the text, and large golden characters flew out of Jiang Hechuan's mouth. With talent as the guide and righteousness as the foundation, they absorbed the vitality of heaven and earth and turned into terrifying power.
The golden characters formed a radiance like the sun, illuminating all the monsters. The blood and energy of all the monsters below the monster king dissipated at an alarming speed. The weakest monster soldiers felt their internal organs burning and could die at any time.
However, the military flags formed by countless monsters shook, easily dissolving Jiang Hechuan's power.
Jiang Hechuan didn't care and continued to recite. When he recited to "punish with punishment", tens of thousands of human torture instruments appeared and instantly appeared on the monsters in the front. From the weakest monster soldier to the strongest monster marquis, they died instantly. Only the monster king, who was equivalent to a university scholar, was seriously injured.
When Jiang Hechuan recited "obey the order", an invisible force spread across the front, and hundreds of thousands of flying demons fell from the sky like dumplings, causing heavy casualties. (To be continued...)