On the way to the Sage Temple, Fang Yun had been pondering. Whoever he read, he would resonate with that person's thoughts. Therefore, the choice of author was the most important.
Generally speaking, it was best to read the works of the six secondary saints and Confucius. Not to mention the high level of thought of the seven saints, just the power they left behind in the mortal world far surpassed that of the other Half-saint.
Among the six secondary saints, other than King Wen of Zhou's Book of Changes, the other five could be considered as Kong Sheng's disciples. Rather than reading their books, it was better to read Kong Sheng's works.
Kong Sheng had written six classics, which were the Book of Songs, Book of History, Rites of Zhou, Book of Changes, Book of Music, and Spring and Autumn. They were the six highest classics of Confucianism and also the source of Confucianism in the Saint Origin World.
Fang Yun wanted to read the Book of Changes, but it was the first of the classics that Confucius personally conferred. It included the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes. In the end, if it wasn't for Confucius personally writing the preface and explaining the Book of Changes, even the descendants of King Wen of Zhou wouldn't be able to understand it.
Now, those who were proficient in the Book of Changes were either the descendants of the Kong family or the descendants of King Wen of Zhou. They had a natural advantage, and if others focused on the Book of Changes, it would be very difficult to surpass them.
Confucianism had three rites.
The Rites of Zhou recorded the official system of the Zhou Dynasty. After Confucius edited it, he used the official system to express Confucianism's concept of governance.
The Rites of Rites was a system of etiquette written by Kong Sheng's disciples. It focused on the etiquette of the scholar-officials, including the ceremonial rites of the crown + robes + culture + literature, wedding, funeral, sacrifice, and so on.
The etiquette of the human race was constantly changing. Therefore, after the Rites of Zhou and Rites of Rites, there was a classic that was more suitable for scholars, the Book of Rites.
The Book of Rites was written by Western Han Half-saint Dai Sheng. The Book of Rites was divided into four categories. The second category explained the Rites of Zhou and Rites of Rites. The first category recorded all kinds of etiquette. The third category recorded the opinions of Kong Sheng and his disciples. The fourth category recorded the writings of the representatives of Confucianism.
Among them, the most famous ones in The Book of Rites were The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean. 'The Great Learning' was written by the Second Sage Zeng Zi, while 'The Doctrine of the Mean' was written by the Second Sage Zeng Zi, the grandson of Confucius.
In the Song Dynasty of ancient Huaxia, Da Xue and The Doctrine of the Mean were even stripped from the Book of Rites by Zhu Xi and listed as the Four Books alongside the Analects of Confucius and Mencius.
In the Saint Origin World, there was no such thing as the Four Books and Five Scriptures, only the Six Scriptures and Thirteen Scriptures.
Right now, the Saint Origin World placed more importance on the Book of Rites than the Rites of Zhou and the Rites of Rites of Rites. Therefore, Fang Yun wasn't prepared to recite the three rites.
The Book of Songs was the source of poetry, while the Book of Music was the source of music and rhythm. From this, one could see that poetry and music had an extremely high status in the Confucian school. Some later generations even speculated that the reason why Kong Sheng wrote the Book of Songs was to lay the foundation for future war poems. Therefore, even if there were no Poetry Saints or Poetry Saints in the Human Race, many people believed that there would be Poetry Saints and Poetry Saints when the Human Race accumulated to a certain extent.
The Human Race had always been improving. The changes from the Rites of Zhou to the Rites of Rites and then to the Book of Rites were the best proof. Even the most conservative and inflexible etiquette system was changing, so other aspects were self-evident.
However, the Book of Songs and the Book of Music were of limited help to literature and could only be used as support.
As for the Book of Shu, Fang Yun didn't even need to think about it. This was an ancient historical document and prose collection that recorded the Yao, Shun, Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties. The contents of the book were extremely obscure, and even a Grand Scholar couldn't fully understand it.
In the Sixth Mountain, a mysterious person relied on reciting the Book of Shu to stop Fang Yun. Fang Yun obtained part of the Book of Shu's true meaning, but because it was too incomplete, Fang Yun couldn't practice it at all.
Thinking of that mysterious person, Fang Yun lowered his head and looked at his right hand. There was still a slender horizontal scar on his palm that hadn't healed yet.
That strand of hair had been suppressed in the Book of Wonders.
In the end, Fang Yun found that he could only learn the Spring and Autumn Annals.
In fact, Fang Yun wanted to learn the Analects of Confucius the most. It was because it recorded the opinions of Kong Sheng and his disciples. However, the Analects of Confucius was not written by Kong Sheng himself but by his disciples. It barely stopped at the level of a Second Sage. On the other hand, the Spring and Autumn Annals was a book written by a Sage.
Thinking of the Spring and Autumn Annals, Fang Yun thought of the mysterious experience he had after reading 10,000 books in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. He entered the colorful river and then personally experienced the events that happened more than 200 years ago during the Spring and Autumn Annals. He even saw things that were not recorded in books such as the Spring and Autumn Annals and Zuo Zhuan.
However, Fang Yun had an illusion that everything was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals. It was just that many people couldn't read it completely.
Fang Yun also thought of the "Ancient Galaxy tributary" recorded in the Ancient Demon's inheritance. He had already made a bet with the Barbarian Saints that the tributary of the Ancient Galaxy was placed in the Notre-Dame. As long as he could obtain the tributary of the Ancient Galaxy and reach a certain level, he would be able to use the method recorded in the Ancient Demon's inheritance to enter the legendary place and obtain the true supreme secret.
However, in the process of entering the legendary place, he would have to undergo a terrifying baptism of power. Fang Yun thought of the colorful bracelet that appeared more than 200 years after he experienced the Spring and Autumn Annals. He was certain that the Spring and Autumn Annals could help him to a certain extent.
Hence, Fang Yun took a deep breath and walked to the center of the temple. He sat on the ground like the people of the Spring and Autumn Annals and faced the statue of Kong Sheng. He then opened his mouth and recited the original text of the Spring and Autumn Annals.
"Spring of the first year, Wang Zhengyue. In the third month, Gong Sheng and Li Yi's father, Yu Mian. Xia Wuyue, Zheng Bo, Duan Yuyan … "
When Fang Yun read the first word, everything in front of him suddenly collapsed. Then, he saw a carving knife appear in front of him. Under the carving knife was a blank bamboo slip that was spread open. An old hand was holding the carving knife and slowly carving words.
The sound of the carving knife entering the bamboo slip was originally very soft, but this carving knife caused a strange sound. Sometimes it was like a clear spring flowing over a stone, sometimes it was like a giant hammer hitting a copper bell, sometimes it was like thousands of soldiers shouting and killing, and sometimes it was like the collapse of stars …
Every stroke seemed to be creating a new world.
Whichever word Fang Yun read, the old hand would carve that word.
Every time a word was carved, a strange power would condense in the word. Finally, a golden word flew out and quickly flew into the space between Fang Yun's eyebrows. It made Fang Yun feel as if he was bathing in the spring breeze.
Fang Yun was wild with joy. This was not a simple "telepathic resonance", but a higher level of "writing by the Holy Pen". Only the most talented descendants of the Saints had the opportunity to activate it.
Notre-Dame, Dongsheng Pavilion.
In a room, papers and scrolls flew everywhere. It seemed chaotic, but in fact, it was orderly. An old man was in a trance. His eyes flashed with images of the stars and the rising and setting of the sun.
Suddenly, the images in the old man's eyes disappeared. He turned his head and looked north. He looked in the direction of Jingguo.
"Good!"
The old man only said one word, and hundreds of brushes danced in the room. Tens of thousands of scrolls sang by themselves.
In the Kong Mansion.
"Something big has happened! The "Spring and Autumn" is singing by itself. A drop of the Holy Blood has dimmed. It seems like someone has stolen the will of Confucius! "
The entire Kong family was in chaos.
The Capital, Sacred Temple.
Fang Yun continued to read the "Spring and Autumn".
It was impossible for a High Scholar to fully absorb the power of the Holy Pen. Fang Yun knew that this power would subtly influence him until he reached an extremely high scholar rank.
As Fang Yun read the "Spring and Autumn", his talent Qi was recovering at an unstoppable speed. After only a quarter of an hour, the three streaks of talent Qi were full and could not increase any further.
Fang Yun did not leave immediately. He stayed for an hour before getting up. At this time, he had not finished reading the "Spring and Autumn". However, Fang Yun was not in a hurry. He could continue reading when he returned.
Fang Yun returned to the Literary Arena and saw Zhang Chengyu teaching Cui Wang. The two stopped when they saw Fang Yun return.
The Grand Secretary Guo Zitong nodded and said, "As expected of Fang Zhenguo. I also guessed that you would recover your talent Qi in advance. Next, Ke Yuan. "
Fang Yun and Ke Yuan began to spar. Ke Yuan was the same as Chen Liyue. They only attacked with words, allowing Fang Yun to familiarize himself with the fighting style of a High Scholar.
When his talent Qi was exhausted, Fang Yun went to the Sacred Temple again and continued to read the "Spring and Autumn".
Fang Yun did not force himself to understand the meaning of the "Spring and Autumn". He also did not force himself to connect with the ideas of Confucius in the "Analects of Confucius" and "Confucius's Family Sayings". He only learned without thinking. If he went astray, he would be doomed eternally.
After reading for an hour, Fang Yun went to the Literary Arena again to spar.
In the next few days, Fang Yun continued to spar with the nine High Scholars. At first, they only used words.
On the third day, only three people's words could break through Fang Yun's defensive power.
Then, they began to attack Fang Yun with High Scholar battle poems, allowing Fang Yun to familiarize himself with the battle poems.
On the fifth day, no one could defeat Fang Yun with battle poems alone.
In the end, only five people could defeat Fang Yun by using both battle poems and High Scholar battle poems.
During this process, Fang Yun was not the only one who improved. Every High Scholar was also improving. Their room for improvement was far greater than Fang Yun's. After all, Fang Yun had reached the limit of High Scholar. Without becoming a High Scholar, it would be difficult for him to increase his battle strength.
Later, Fang Yun put more effort into the battle of words and High Scholar battle poems, indirectly strengthening himself by dissolving the attacks of the High Scholars.
From the beginning to the end, Fang Yun did not use the power of the Mist Butterfly.
At the same time, a piece of news spread among the High Scholars. A drop of Confucius's blood had mysteriously disappeared from the Kong Family.
October passed and November came. Jingguo, which was close to the barbarians in the north, began to snow.
However, the people of Jingguo did not wear thick clothes. Because the Saint Origin World was full of vitality, ordinary people were also very strong. Moreover, with the title of Scholar, they were even more immune to the cold and heat.
On the morning of the third day of the eleventh month, the East Sea Dragon Palace sent out the Dragon Emperor's decree, ordering all humans who were qualified to participate in the Dragon Arena to go to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
Fifteen minutes later, Fang Yun hurriedly bid farewell to his family and stepped onto Guo Zitong's Meteoric Rise. They flew to the East Sea Dragon Palace together.
When they passed by Tu Ming Mountain, thousands of demons suddenly attacked. Among them, there was even a Demon King who was at the same level as a High Scholar.
Fang Yun was frightened, but his expression did not change.
Guo Zitong took out a page of High Scholar's True Text and recited it. He killed thousands of demons and finally killed the Demon King with his own battle of words. When they passed by the next city, he sent a letter to the officials to deal with the corpse.
An hour later, when they passed by the Bohai Sea, the second wave of demons attacked. Guo Zitong killed all the demons again.
After flying for six hours, they encountered four attacks.
When they reached the East Sea, two Venomous Flood Dragon Great Demon Kings suddenly rushed out and activated the power of a drop of High Scholar's blood at the same time.
The Great Demon King was equivalent to a High Scholar. With the help of the High Scholar's blood, it was enough to kill Fang Yun and Guo Zitong in the blink of an eye.
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