Most of the time, Fang Yun would smile as he read the letters. There were four people who sent him letters the most frequently.
His "son" Zhang Jingan, the new king of Chu, the prime minister of Qin in Kong Shengwen Realm, Zhu Fengqiong, and the great scholar of the Lei family, Lei Tingzhen.
Zhang Jingan would send a letter every five days. The contents of the letters were very similar. It was nothing more than talking about his experiences and reading experience. Then, he would ask Fang Yun about some things or the way of reading.
The new King Of Chu would send a letter every day. He would report everything that happened in Chu to Fang Yun. In the letters, the attitude of the new King Of Chu was humble. Even when Fang Yun was being accused by the Lei family, his attitude did not change at all.
As for Zhu Fengqiong, the great scholar and prime minister, he was almost driven mad. He had said that he would work together with the Zong and Lei families to fight against Fang Yun. However, he did not expect that his letters would be like a clay ox entering the sea. He did not receive a reply.
The letter just now was relatively polite. He lowered his attitude and hoped that "Zhang Longxiang" could participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Gathering. However, he asked "Zhang Longxiang" to state his conditions. Since Fang Yun decided on the time and place, then Zhang Longxiang should decide on the format of the competition. The winner had to be decided by composing military and frontier poems.
Lei Tingzhen was indeed a great scholar. Even after experiencing Lei Zhongmo's death, even though Fang Yun did not reply, he did not lose his composure. However, there was a hint of threat in his words. He wanted to beat "Zhang Longxiang".
Lei Tingzhen's most recent letter was similar to Zhu Fengqiong's. He asked "Zhang Longxiang" to agree to the competition. However, he had to state his conditions. Otherwise, he could not agree.
Fang Yun only replied to Lei Tingzhen with six words.
"As promised, from now on, we will go our separate ways. We do not owe each other anything."
After a few breaths of time, Fang Yun, using the identity of Zhang Longxiang, posted an article on the Saint Origin World's ranking board.
At the beginning of the article, it said that Zhang Longxiang could participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival Literary Meeting at Yueyang Tower, but he had to decide the topic of the literary competition himself. Otherwise, he would never participate and would have to do his best to fight for the position of the Four Great Scholars.
This was the first time "Zhang Longxiang" had published an article on the Saint Origin World's Discussion Ranking Board. Immediately, there were countless replies under the article. Most of them were talking about his poems, and some of them were talking about his contributions in the Two World Mountain. Only a small number of people asked Zhang Longxiang to control his admirers so that they would not compare him with Fang Yun.
There were also some people who firmly supported Fang Yun and fought back against those who attacked Fang Yun under the article.
As a result, Fang Yun's supporters and Zhang Longxiang's supporters began to fight in the comments section of the article.
After an hour, the chaotic battle came to an abrupt end.
Fang Yun's original body replied to the article with only one word.
"Yes."
A single word was worth a thousand gold.
Soon after, "Zhang Longxiang" replied to Fang Yun.
"See you on the 15th of August at Yueyang Tower."
The blood of the scholars in the world boiled.
"Go to Baling! Go to Yueyang Tower! "An ordinary scholar shouted.
An ordinary and mediocre article formed a great appeal. Many scholars racked their brains and tried to think of ways to go to Yueyang Tower.
Only a few people sighed and wrote that Fang Yun was willing to do anything to make Yueyang Tower surpass Yellow Crane Tower, even if his Literary Name was tainted. However, no one believed these words, and the article was quickly drowned out by the Discussion Ranking Board.
On the night of the twelfth of the eighth lunar month, the Kong Clan suddenly announced that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Meet in Kong City would be merged with the Yueyang Tower's Cultural Meet. The Kong Clan would use the Confucius Literary World to move all the participants of the Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Meet to Xun County in Feng Province, which was very close to Xiang Province, on the fourteenth and fifteenth of the eighth lunar month. However, there was a limit to the number of people who could be transported.
The scholars of Kong City were very excited and praised the Kong Family.
The scholars of the other countries were not satisfied. They asked the Notre-Dame and the Holy Clans to copy the Kong Family and use the Literary World to move scholars to Baling City.
Soon, some disciples of the Holy Clans had to come out and explain that the gap between the Holy Clans and the Kong Family was too big. Using the Kong Shengwen Literary World to move people could quickly make up for it. However, for the other clans to move one person, it would be equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver. This money could buy a luxurious house in any city other than the capital.
Fortunately, the scholars of the other countries were only making a fuss and did not really want to force the Holy Clans to use the Literary World. The situation quickly calmed down.
Soon after, the Discussion Ranking Board was full of interesting news. Some scholars rented many flood horses and prepared to rush to Baling City. They traveled day and night, hoping to reach Yueyang Tower on the evening of the 15th of August.
The Kong Family also sent letters to some officials of Baling City, hoping that the Baling City government would join hands with the Kong Family to organize this unique Mid-Autumn Festival Literary Meeting. The Baling City government had no experience and was eager to join hands with the Kong Family.
Although many scholars were destined to not be able to go to Baling City, this did not affect their enthusiasm for the Yue Yang Pavilion Literary Meeting. Therefore, they still stayed on the ranking board, discussing the heaven and earth, discussing matters related to the Yue Yang Pavilion Literary Meeting.
Near the evening, a piece of important news appeared on the Discussion Ranking Board. The Monarch of Gyeongo posted on the Discussion Ranking Board that he would be arriving at Yueyang Tower on the 15th of August!
Previously, the scholars only wanted to see the literary competition between Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang. Now that they saw that Monarch Qing was going to personally go, they could almost foresee that the Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting would be a bloodbath!
Under Monarch Qing's post, many scholars expressed their opinions.
"Support Monarch Qing!"
"Gyeongo is mighty!"
"Sorry, we Jingguo people do not welcome Monarch Qing. This kind of muddle-headed and incompetent monarch, please do not tarnish our Jingguo land again."
"A monarch actually dares to disregard his dignity and forcefully interfere. I think this Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting will not be simple."
"I have long heard a rumor that Gyeongo has always been looking for trouble with Fang Xusheng. If Fang Xusheng loses to Zhang Longxiang at the Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting, Monarch Qing will definitely hit him when he is down."
"Without a 90% chance of winning against Fang Xusheng, Monarch Qing will definitely not personally appear. This matter is definitely fishy. After Fang Xusheng's relatives and friends see my reply, please tell Fang Xusheng that Monarch Qing will probably use underhanded means to obstruct Fang Xusheng and help Zhang Longxiang!"
"I smell a faint smell of blood …"
"The head of the Zong family and the chief pavilion elder of the Dongsheng Pavilion, Zong Ganyu, has just announced that he will also be personally attending the Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting!"
"The head of the Chen family, Chen Mingding, has also announced that he will be going to support Fang Xusheng."
"The Chen family still has the nerve to attend the Literary Meeting? Hurry up and hand over that desolate city to the Zong family. Is the Half-saint aristocratic family that great? "
"Do you all think that the aristocratic families who lost the bet will collectively denounce Fang Yun at the Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting? And will the Zong family and other aristocratic families who won collectively thank Fang Xusheng? If that is the case, it will be very interesting. "
"I beg the Yun Nation to find a way to reach Baling within three days. I am willing to give up all my wealth!"
The scholars of the human race were stimulated by the continuous stream of news. The topic returned to how to reach Baling City on the 15th of August.
At night, a piece of news made all the scholars who couldn't go to Baling City overjoyed.
The Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas had unexpectedly joined forces to create temporary Sea Eyes at the edge of the Saint Origin Continent's oceans and some rivers and lakes. All the Sea Eyes were connected to the Yangtze River outside Baling City. Tomorrow, the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas would release a map of the entrances to the Sea Eyes. On the 15th of August, the Sea Eyes would be officially open for eight hours. After the Yueyang Tower Literary Meeting began, the Sea Eyes would close.
(To be continued.)
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