Fang Yun was very helpless. He guessed that Zhang Huzhu had long wanted to keep this war painting to deal with the Jing people.
Li Wenying could not compare with the most outstanding talents of Qing Kingdom in some aspects, but in terms of literary warfare, he overwhelmed almost all of his peers in Qing Kingdom. Even the most outstanding children of aristocratic families in Qing Kingdom could hardly defeat Li Wenying when using the power of stars.
Especially from the stage from Jinshi to Hanlin, Li Wenying showed his talent and became a nightmare for the people of Qing.
Unlike Fang Yun, Fang Yun is a virtual saint after all, so he has to be tactful in doing things, and it is just a literary battle. This is the first literary battle against the Qing Kingdom.
In those days, Li Wenying treated people of the same literary status as those in Qing State as a test stone for his sword. He would go to Qing State for a literary battle whenever he had time. If the people of Qing State did not fight a literary battle, it would damage the country's prestige, but if they did, they could not beat him, which gave Li Wenying a lot of headaches.
A faint smile appeared on Fang Yun's face, because Zhang Huzhu was defeated by Li Wenying.
If Zhang Huzhu were to face Li Wenying, who was a Jinshi now, he could certainly win easily. However, more than 20 years ago, Zhang Huzhu had just entered the second realm of painting. Even though he was 20 or 30 years older than Li Wenying, he was defeated by Jinshi Li Wenying.
It is very simple to draw monsters in battle paintings, because monsters are ultimately animals in the eyes of humans. All you need to do is draw the monsters’ physical strength.
Paintings of wars between humans is a big problem in the art of painting. Without reaching the third realm, it is almost impossible for anyone to paint paintings of wars between humans.
Because, when painting monsters, the emphasis is on their shapes, while when painting people, the emphasis is on their spirits.
The painted monster only needs the second level of "lifelike" to be very powerful.
When painting people, one must at least reach the third realm of painting, "jumping onto paper", in order to show a person's inner spirit.
Then I saw the translucent Hanlin Li Wenying standing in front of me, his eyebrows like swords, his eyes like knives, his left hand behind his back, his right hand holding a pen, as proud as the highest mountain standing between heaven and earth.
After becoming a great scholar, Li Wenying became more introverted. He had a proud character but not arrogance, and was dignified but not majestic. But back then, Li Wenying's arrogance became his signature emotion. It is said that his wife was attracted by his unique temperament and took the initiative to approach Li Wenying, and finally they successfully got married.
Unfortunately, Li Wenying had just become a great scholar and was honing himself deep in the ancient land of the deserted city. He had not come to the viewing platform yet. He must be in a dangerous place and it was not convenient for him to watch the battle.
Painting people is difficult in itself. Painting a fierce man like Li Wenying is even more difficult. However, Zhang Huzhu chose to paint Li Wenying, a Jinshi. His talent is amazing.
Fang Yun couldn't help but frown. He was not yet a top Jinshi. He might be slightly better than the Jinshi Li Wenying back then, but there was still a certain gap between him and Hanlin Li Wenying.
Fortunately, the battle painting cannot depict all of Li Wenying’s strength back then, otherwise Fang Yun would have admitted defeat directly.
Many Qing people on the upper viewing platform laughed, especially those who were less than ten years older than Li Wenying. They grinned with great joy.
"Why do I find this old guy Zhang Huzhu more and more pleasing to the eye?" An old Hanlin who was about the same age as Zhang Huzhu couldn't help but say.
"Let Li Wenying fight Fang Yun. No matter who loses, I'll be happy! Back then, our generation was suppressed by Li Wenying... It was simply horrible."
"I don't even dare to tell my children and grandchildren about what happened back then. Every time I want to brag about my achievements, the shadow of Li Wenying always emerges in my mind."
"Speaking of which, it was all thanks to Li Wenying. If it weren't for his strong pressure, I wouldn't have become a Hanlin so early. And I wouldn't have become a Grand Secretary last year."
"That's true. Li Wenying inspired an entire generation of people in Qing Kingdom back then."
"Back then, I cursed Li Wenying in my dreams and sleep talking."
"Li Wenying is indeed a figure second only to the four great talents. I was very convinced back then."
"Thinking back to the past and looking at the present, the young people of Qing Kingdom are really disappointing!" said an old Hanlin in his forties.
Some scholars in their forties and fifties nodded in unison, some feeling proud and some dissatisfied.
Unexpectedly, a scholar in his early twenties could not help but pluck up the courage to say: "Gentlemen, you should be thankful that you were born twenty years earlier."
“Nonsense!”
"I...what would have happened if you had met Fang Xusheng back then?" The scholar pointed at Fang Yun in the literary battlefield unconvinced.
There was silence.
Some middle-aged scholars looked at each other, with a look of shame on their faces.
"That makes sense. Although Li Wenying was a master in literary warfare and military strategy, there are people in my Qing country who can surpass him in other aspects. But Fang Xusheng... except for his killing, he seems to be better than Li Wenying in other aspects."
"When I met Li Wenying, I felt motivated. If I had met Fang Xusheng... I would have either become decadent or hurtful."
"Hahaha… "
Many readers laughed out loud, some with joy, some with helplessness, some with relief, and many other things mixed in.
Everyone in the Zong family looked ahead silently, and Zong Wuyuan clenched his right fist tightly.
Three members of the Zong family died at the hands of Li Wenying in the literary war. One of them was Zong Wuyuan's uncle, who loved him the most when he was young.
"We must not allow Jingguo to produce another unstoppable Li Wenying!"
Qingjun suddenly looked at Zong Wuyuan, and the two of them nodded in tacit understanding without saying a word.
In the battlefield, Fang Yun had been looking ahead quietly and did not take action immediately. No matter how powerful the Zhanhua demon clan was, they had no advantage against the Ruoshui Qifeng Knight.
These war painting monsters are slightly better in terms of monster status, but slightly inferior in terms of the nature of their power. After all, Ruoshui and Qifeng are among the top powers in the world.
After Zhang Huzhu mobilized Li Wenying's painting, he did not stop, and took out two more battle paintings one after another, forming a total of three translucent battle painting Hanlin.
One is Li Wenying, and the other two were among the eight most talented scholars in the Hanlin Academy at that time, and were ranked alongside Li Wenying.
Those monsters didn't have any intelligence at all, but these three Hanlin were different. Apart from their translucent bodies, they were both physically and spiritually complete, and even had enough intelligence.
Zhang Huzhu bowed and said, "Please help me with the literary battle."
The three Hanlin scholars nodded, and they began to rise to prominence!
All three of them are top scorers in their respective countries. After passing the palace examination, they will be able to rise to high positions.
This was not the end. Zhang Huzhu continued to throw out scrolls. He threw out five scrolls before he seemed to have exhausted his energy too quickly. His breathing became heavier and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Those five war paintings all turned into eagle monsters!
The three-headed eagle demon lord leads five hundred eagle demon generals!
Fang Yun was suddenly overwhelmed. Combined land and air operations and three-dimensional attacks were the most effective means used by the monsters. They were extremely destructive to the human race, especially when attacking a city, when they could simply ignore the existence of the city walls.
Fang Yun would not be worried if it were just the demon clan, but with the addition of three war painting scholars, it would be too intimidating.
The strength of these three people is not as good as mine, but since they are Hanlin, the battle poems must be Hanlin battle poems, and they will use verbal battles!
Fang Yun knew that the next battle would be a tough one, a tough battle in which he had to be prepared for failure.
. (To be continued..)