As soon as October arrived, the nights of autumn gradually grew longer. The sun had just risen and everyone had already finished breakfast.
There was a pavilion on the left side of Fang Yun's courtyard where Fang Yun and the other three sat on stone stools while the other six sat on wooden stools at the side of the pavilion.
"There are three rounds of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. Although the final ranking is based on the total score, the last person in each round will be eliminated. Ah, I also participated in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament last year, but I was eliminated in the second round, "You Nian said.
"With Fang Yun around, we have a great chance of entering the top nine. As long as we advance by one place compared to last year, others will have nothing to say and won't be able to find fault with Fang Yun! "Qiao Juze said.
Gong Yangyu smiled and said, "The Ten Nations Grand Tournament will be held in two hours, so the people of the other nations will definitely watch the 'Sage Dao' today. As long as they watch the 'Sage Dao', they will definitely be in awe of Fang Yun. Our chances of getting ninth place will be greater!"
Everyone's eyes lit up and they nodded in unison.
Qiao Juze said, "We've all experienced it before, so it doesn't matter if we watch the 'Sage Dao' later. Let's go to the venue of the grand tournament. Chen Jing said that he's waiting for us with some Notre-Dame classmates. By the way, Fang Yun also said that he wants to thank you personally. If you didn't compose that peculiar red and white poem, his wedding banquet would have been a laughing stock. "
"You can't thank me for that. If you didn't force me to compose that poem, it might not have appeared," Fang Yun said.
However, You Nian was a little nervous and said, "Brother Qiao, are the people Chen Jing brought with him all students of Notre-Dame? We have to be careful then. In the Ten Nations, we do lead the Grand Scholars, but everyone knows that the most talented Grand Scholars can only be in Notre-Dame, while the most talented Grand Scholars can only be in the Ten Frigid Ancient Land, the Two World Mountain, or the Sea of Purgatory. Compared to them, we are still far inferior, so much so that the students of Notre-Dame don't even participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the chance to showcase our talents. "
Gong Yangyu said, "Brother Qiao, I saw Chen Jing at the wedding banquet and his eyes seemed to be unusually bright. Don't tell me you've already obtained the 'star position'? "
Qiao Juze glanced at Fang Yun, then smiled at Gong Yangyu and said, "That's right. After his marriage, Grandfather brought him to the Chen Ancestor's place of seclusion. He received the Chen Ancestor's favor and obtained the first star position."
Fang Yun's heart skipped a beat.
The Human Race's Literary Position, Literary Heart, and Heavenly Bestowal were all bestowed by the power of the Literati Star. The Battle of Tongues was the result of the research of later generations, while the Star Position was improved by Second Sage Zeng Zi by seizing the power of the Demon Race. In the end, the power of the Human Race was formed with the help of Kong Sheng.
The Star Position was different from Wen Xin. Wen Xin provided indirect power. It didn't have any direct destructive power, but the Star Position added a great deal of power.
Generally speaking, only Hanlin could open up the Star Position, but the bloodline of All Saints had the opportunity to open up the Star Position in advance, and once it was opened, it would obtain different levels of Star Position according to the position of the ancestor.
Chen Jing was the descendant of Half-saint Chen Guanhai. Thus, the first star position he activated was Half-saint's Will. After that, regardless of whether it was a battle poem or a battle of words, whether it was bold writing or loud cursing, as long as there was an intention to attack, Chen Jing would be able to attack. It was Chen Guanhai's Will. This power was almost negligible to Chen Guanhai. It wasn't even as strong as the breath of his main body. However, it was decisive to a Grand Scholar.
An ordinary Grand Scholar would never be able to defeat a Grand Scholar with a Star Position of the same level.
This was why many descendants of Half-saint Clans were not afraid of Fang Yun even though he was a genius.
Fang Yun's poems and essays were indeed strong. However, when it came to decisive literary battles in the future, Fang Yun's advantage would no longer be obvious. The descendants of All Saints Clans had a huge advantage.
Thus, even though Fang Yun's talent surpassed Yan Yukong's, in the eyes of many people, Yan Yukong's future was much brighter. This was because once Yan Yukong became a Grand Scholar, the Yan Clan would definitely bring Yan Yukong to the Yan Clan's Holy Mausoleum as soon as possible. He would obtain the Quasi-Saint Yan Zi1's Quasi-Saint Will and form the first Star Position.
With the Quasi-Saint's Will, Yan Yukong's talent might still not be as good as Fang Yun's, but in times of danger, he could use his Star Position to obtain more power, greatly increasing his survivability. On the other hand, Fang Yun didn't even have the Half-saint's Will. No matter how talented he was, he could easily die.
The descendants of All Saints Clans were too strong in literary battles. Even if some of the descendants of All Saints Clans couldn't be ranked among the Eight Talents of Hanlin Academy or the Four Great Scholars, their actual combat ability far surpassed these famous people.
This was especially so for the geniuses of All Saints Clans who spent many years fighting in the Ten Cold Ancient Land, Two World Mountain, or the Zhenyu Sea. They were like Li Wenying. They didn't have the strongest talent, but they had unparalleled literary battle abilities.
Scholars, Elementary Scholars, and High Scholars competed in literary battles and learning ability. However, Grand Scholars, Hanlin Academy, and Grand Scholars emphasized literary battles more. Literary battles weren't everything, but they were the best way to train one's literary courage and will. They were the best way to reach the Divine Path.
Other than the disciples of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, no Half-saint was inferior to their peers in literary battles. Even the genius Tao Yuanming couldn't become a Half-saint because of his lack of literary battle abilities. In the end, he cut off his means of retreat and killed his way into the Demon Realm alone. He only had the foundation to become a Half-saint after experiencing a storm of blood.
Fang Yun glanced at Qiao Juze again. It seemed that Qiao Juze had already determined that he was the King of Stars. Otherwise, he wouldn't have looked at him when he mentioned the Star Position.
Fang Yun's King of Stars was only a power given to him by the Demon Ancestor. However, after he became a Grand Scholar, he could use the power of the King of Stars to forcefully open his Star Position and make it the first Star Position.
However, many people still didn't believe that Fang Yun could become the King of Stars. After all, apart from Fang Yun, the dragon of the Kong Family was the only human who had become the King of Stars. Besides, the Kong Family had mobilized the entire clan and even used the relics of Confucius.
Fang Yun looked at the rest of the people and realized that more than half of the Grand Scholars were in high spirits. It was the best opportunity to get to know the students of the Notre-Dame.
"Let's go, let's go to the Chancellor's residence and go to the competition venue after asking for instructions!"
Everyone quickly walked towards the competition venue and while walking, they chatted about the matters of the first competition.
"Ten people travel 5,000 kilometers, one person travels 1,000 kilometers. I wonder how the test will be held this time."
You Nian said, "The Notre-Dame has a bunch of old … misters who like to make things difficult for students. They will definitely come up with new tricks every time they participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. Last year, they traveled 5,000 kilometers and actually played a zither song. Three years ago, it was even worse. Even the Confucius Academy, which was ranked first, only got 80 points in the first competition. I hope they can be more serious this year. Otherwise, we're doomed. "
"Unfortunately, this journey is completely separated. Fang Yun can't help us even if he wants to. As for the second competition, Fang Yun can't help us either. It's possible for him to help us in the third competition, but the price might be to distract Fang Yun. So, try not to beg Fang Yun. Ah, I keep feeling that we've harmed Fang Yun in this competition. "After saying that, Cui Wang sighed.
Qiao Juze's face turned sullen. He said, "Cui Wang, you may be older than Fang Yun, but in our eyes, you're more like a child than Fang Yun. With your talent, we would have sent you to the Notre-Dame long ago, but you're too young and you're not determined enough. Hence, you're still in the academy. This time, with Fang Yun around, we have a chance of getting ninth place. The people of Shen Nation will definitely mess with our hearts. And you … You're definitely one of their breakthroughs! "
Cui Wang's expression changed and he sighed. "Indeed. The Ten Nations Grand Tournament is too important. Every few years, there will be people who resort to underhanded tricks. There are even Grand Scholars who stayed up all night because they were tempted before the tournament, resulting in them being in a poor state the next day. They have very few chips, causing them to fall one place behind. "
"So, you mustn't make any mistakes!"
"I understand! During the few days of the tournament, I'll be with you guys all the time. I won't give anyone a chance to take advantage of me! "
"That's great!"
Everyone chatted along the way. Soon, they arrived at the venue of the tournament.
It was a huge semi-circular venue with an empty space in the center. There were already tens of thousands of people sitting on the stairs of the venue, many of whom were reading today's Sage Dao or Wen Pao. There were also some people gathered together to discuss.
Some of the discussions were very intense, and occasionally, there would be low rumbling sounds.
Most of the people there were High Scholars and Grand Scholars. There were also a few Hanlin scholars, scholars, and Confucians who didn't come.
The students of the Confucius Academy led Fang Yun and the others to the bottom of the stairs. That was the spot that belonged to Jingguo's Grand Scholars.
The lowest stairs were divided into a total of 11 areas for the 11 academies of the Ten Nations and Kongcheng to stay.
Fang Yun and the others arrived at the right time. There were already five people from the academies there.
Jingguo was ranked tenth last year. Hence, the Shen Nation Academy, which was ranked ninth, was on the left, and the Gu Nation Academy, which was ranked eleventh, was on the right. The Yue Nation Academy, which was ranked eighth last year, the Confucius Academy, which was ranked second, and the Jia Nation Academy, which was ranked sixth, were all there.
Fang Yun glanced at the students of the five nations, and his gaze lingered on the Confucius Academy for a moment. He thought to himself, 'It's no wonder they're the leader of the academies. They were ranked so high last year, but they're here early. They're not as arrogant as the host. That alone is enough to explain many things.'
Fang Yun discovered that the disciples of the academies of the various nations were also looking at them. Four of the ten from the Gu Nation looked hostile. The borders of the two nations were not connected, but the Gu Nation was the world of the various schools of thought. Hence, they had long been dissatisfied with Jingguo. Besides, after the Holy Ground ended, Xun Ye slandered Fang Yun and accused him of killing Weng Ming from the Weng Family of the Gu Nation. Although the matter was clarified later, the Weng Family was greatly embarrassed. The Weng Sheng Family did not dare to do anything to the Xun Family and could only vent their anger on Fang Yun.
On the other hand, although the people from the Shen Nation Academy were vigilant, they were not hostile and were just purely afraid that Jingguo would overtake them.
However, the Yue Nation Academy, which was ranked eighth, was different. After discovering the arrival of the people from Jingguo Academy, they whispered a few words and walked over with a smile.
The ten white-robed Scholars came together and immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Just as the ten white-robed Scholars arrived, another group of ten people walked over from the passageway, but one of them was dressed in a black robe.
The person in the lead cupped his fists and said with a smile, "I'm Hu Shang from the Yue Nation. I'm here with nine classmates to congratulate the students of Jingguo in advance for achieving great results in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. However, I'd like to ask which one of you is Fang Yun or Fang Zhenguo? "
The ten people from Jingguo returned the greeting with their fists. Cui Wang smiled and said, "The youngest one is him." After saying that, he pointed at Fang Yun.
The ten people from Yue Nation cupped their fists again and said in unison, "Thank you, Fang Zhenguo!"
Fang Yun smiled helplessly. Qiao Juze was right. Because he had crushed the courage of many outstanding Scholars from Gyeongo, Yue Nation had a chance to snatch the seventh place from Gyeongo this year. Hence, the Scholars of Yue Nation were very grateful to him.
Hu Shang smiled and said, "Fang Zhenguo, don't think we're joking. When you arrive in Yue Nation, we'll definitely welcome you! "
Fang Yundao said, "You're being too polite, I just did what I should have done. That's all I can help you with. The rest is up to you!"
The people around him couldn't help but laugh.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
