"The Great Saint himself has issued the order, it's a matter of great importance, none of us knew!" replied the Presented Scholar General guarding the place.
Upon hearing that it was an order from the Great Saint, everyone stopped asking further questions and moved away from the door to discuss in low voices.
"Do you think it could be because the God of Literature's light did not shine upon the ten nations? Yesterday, not many knew of this news, but today it has suddenly spread throughout the city."
"Sigh… It's not just the city that knows, those rebellious literati are actively spreading rumors, saying that the God of Literature's light does not shine on the people of the ten nations, causing panic!"
"I've come to the Holy Academy this time, and it might involve this matter."
"The issue has blown up, even my eight-year-old child is worried. On the way here, even the people in the markets were talking about it. There are all sorts of guesses, some even say that the Demon Clan has produced a genius who received the God of Literature's light."
"Nonsense! It must be a human! At most, it's a human captured by the Demon Barbarians!"
"Do you think it could be someone from The Holy Land, like Fang Yun or Yan Yukong?"
"What do you take the God of Literature's light for? The God of Literature's movement only looks at potential, while its light, in addition to potential, also considers talent. Fang Yun's talent… well, when he was an Accomplished Scholar, he had a poem that became famous throughout the world, so he really does have the qualifications. But it's completely impossible for him because his literary rank is too low."
"Yan Yukong is also unlikely, he's even better than the Grand Academician Yi Zhishi of the past, but to receive the God of Literature's light as a Presented Scholar would not just be slightly better, it would be on par with Sage Confucius! Unless his talent is comparable to the top few hundred people of the current era, then he might receive the God of Literature's light as a Presented Scholar."
"But someone has already calculated that on that day, no one from our human race became a Sub-Sage, Semi-Saint, Great Scholar, or Grand Academician, not even a Hanlin Scholar, so how could it be the God of Literature's light of our human race? Those rebellious literati are not wrong at all, which is why it has caused panic. Some even suspect that the God of Literature no longer favors our human race."
"Our human race is becoming more and more prosperous, even if we lose the God of Literature, the talent of the human race is still growing, just very slowly. However, the God of Literature is ultimately the source of talent. It's tolerable if it no longer shines on the human race, but if it shines on the Demon Barbarians, then it's like the human race's sky has collapsed."
"In fact, the most terrifying rumor is not that it shines on the Demon Barbarians, but on the rebellious literati! Once the rebellious ones receive the God of Literature's light, the faith of the human race will collapse, and a large number of rebels will emerge."
"The rebels, of course, wish for this, but fortunately, the God of Literature's light is not on them, otherwise they would have already spread the word widely, letting all the people of the ten nations know."
"Sigh. Now that the news is uncertain, the hearts of the people in the ten nations are in turmoil. If All the Saints do not take action, it may become a great disaster!"
"Now that the Holy Academy is closed, perhaps it is because of this matter."
"The Holy Academy rarely closes. The last time it closed was when the Demon Clan attacked the Two Realms Mountain, saying that the Two Realms Mountain was about to fall, and they might have to call upon the first killing zither 'Number Bell'. But in the end, the Dragon Clan took action, and the Number Bell was not used."
"It seems that there may be a major event today! The second closure of the academy in a hundred years, what is it for?"
"It's hard to guess…"
Suddenly, Mount Daofeng seemed to tremble slightly, then everything returned to silence.
The sound of snowflakes flying swiftly, the continuous collisions, the rebounding sound of snowflakes hitting The Courage to Write… many sounds echoed in Fang Yun's ears, making it impossible for him to hear anything beyond a three meters away.
The sky was filled with poisonous blade-like snowflakes, creating an endless killing formation around.
At first, Fang Yun didn't care much, but after venturing half a li in, he finally realized that if he hadn't successfully broken through to The Courage to Write's second realm before, he would have had to leave in disgrace.
Without the protection of The Courage to Write's second realm, even an Imperial Scholar coming here would have to continuously use protective The War Poetry to defend. Other than that, they could do nothing.
At this moment, in the starry sky of Fang Yun's literary palace, a crystal-clear droplet-shaped The Courage to Write emitted a faint light, forming a powerful force that protected Fang Yun.
The power of The Courage to Write's first realm is finite and cannot exist for a long time. It can't even block many attacks, but The Courage to Write's second realm does not have these shortcomings.
The stars in the literary palace's starry sky represent the poems and writings created by Fang Yun. These stars originally could only illuminate talent, allowing talent to grow slowly, but now, all the stars shine upon Fang Yun's The Courage to Write, continuously restoring its power, allowing Fang Yun to keep moving forward in the poisonous blade snow.
The light of The Courage to Write, like water, falls on every part of the literary palace, causing the palace to slowly strengthen and fortify.
On the shoulder of Fang Yun's statue in the literary palace, the spiritual consciousness of the Mist Butterfly was sleeping, continuously absorbing the power emitted by The Courage to Write, and transforming this power into a force similar to The Weak Water and strange winds, which was then sent into The Courage to Write. After being refined by The Courage to Write, it spread outwards again.
Just the unintentional actions of the Mist Butterfly and Fang Yun increased the protective ability of The Courage to Write's power by a whole twenty percent!
A twenty percent difference may seem small, but in reality, it's the difference between Fang Yun being extremely cautious and just being slightly attentive. For those in the seventh corridor, this is the difference between life and death.
Amidst the poisonous blade snow, Fang Yun's gaze was firm, not at all affected by the snowflakes that were like hidden weapons. Occasionally, he squinted to try to see the scenery through the vast white snow, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only see three hundred meters away, with everything beyond obscured by the dense snowflakes.
If one didn't care about the attacking power of this poisonous blade snow, these snowflakes that occasionally flashed with green light were even more beautiful than any natural snow scene.
Fang Yun walked on, remaining vigilant while contemplating countermeasures.
"Among the three great saintly sons, Dou Ji was frozen in the fifth corridor and then disappeared without a trace, Ying Yan and Long Ling should already be ahead."
"This time, a total of eight saintly sons came to the Comet Corridor. Among the rest of the saintly sons, the Wolf Savage saintly son, Wolf Li, harbors the deepest hatred for me and will certainly not let me go. He not only instigated Long Ling but probably also influenced Ying Yan. The Snake Clan saintly son willingly blocked me, clearly with the Wolf Savage saintly son's mediation. This seventh corridor is full of enemies."
"As for The Tyrant, he must have possessed a body from the Demon or Barbarian Clan, because here the Demon Clan's power is strongest, and the human race has the literary palace and The Courage to Write, making it very difficult for him to possess, only able to control like a puppet, which we can see at a glance. Fu Yue did not say whether the one who could command the Frost Hounds was The Tyrant, but The Tyrant definitely cannot pass through the first six corridors. To reach the seventh corridor, he must have been following a saintly son all along."
Fang Yun thought about this and carefully recalled every Demon Barbarian around each saintly son.
"The saintly sons and the saintly clan Demon Barbarians are all protected by the power of Semi-Saint bloodlines. Even if The Tyrant is strong, he cannot take over the bodies of the descendants of All the Saints, so The Tyrant can only place his divided spirit in an ordinary Demon Barbarian."
Fang Yun carefully recalled, from the first corridor all the way to the seventh, and was shocked to find that there were two Demon Barbarians that met his basic conditions: they were ordinary Demon Clan members and could at least enter the fourth corridor from the first.
One was a Wolf Demon General, and the other was an Ape Demon General.
Fang Yun grew more curious and carefully recalled the scenes he had seen of these two demons along the way. The Ape Demon General named Ape Bei was the most miraculous, almost always traveling alone, hardly ever cooperating with other Demon Barbarians, and Ape Bei had once offered a strategy in front of the bronze giant gate, deciding the fate of the Mist Butterfly, ultimately allowing Fang Yun to obtain it.
Besides, Ape Bei was no different from other Demon Barbarians along the way, but somehow he miraculously reached the seventh corridor.
Fang Yun also remembered that after the Demon Fox left, Ape Bei spoke some words to the other Demon Barbarians, stating that it no longer planned to venture deep into the seventh corridor, only staying at the safe entrance until the end of the Comet Corridor. This did not seem like The Tyrant at all, and with The Tyrant's character, even if he possessed an Ape Demon, he would not interact with other Demon Barbarians in such a casual and indifferent manner.
Finally, Fang Yun recalled the performance of the Wolf Demon General.
Fang Yun noticed that the Wolf Demon General had looked at him with an exceptionally cold gaze. It had always followed behind the Wolf Savage saintly son, Wolf Li. Since entering the Comet Corridor, only it was an ordinary Demon Barbarian by Wolf Li's side, the rest were saintly clan Demon Barbarians. It never spoke and did not show any killing intent towards Fang Yun or anyone else.
The more it was like this, the more Fang Yun suspected that the Wolf Demon General was hiding something.
"The road ahead will probably be difficult. What exactly is the King of Stars? Both are called the King of Stars, so why would the Demon Emperor risk being killed by the human race's All the Saints to personally kill the dragon of the Kong Family? Fu Yue knows the secret, and I know it too, but everything Fu Yue said does not involve the King of Stars. Could it be that only by becoming the King of Stars can the mystery of the Demon Emperor personally killing the dragon of the Kong Family be solved?"
"In Fu Yue's memories, the Demon Ancestor coveted that star fragment, then snatched it and sent it into the comet, refining it into the Comet Corridor to deceive others, and then allowed the Demon Barbarians to enter, using it to select the King of Stars. So, what is the Demon Ancestor's purpose?"
"Moreover, in the memory scenes of Fu Yue, there is only the scene of the Demon Ancestor imprisoning him, not mentioning the specific reason for the imprisonment, obviously, he does not want me to know."
Before long, Fang Yun adapted to the power of the poisonous blade snow and quickened his pace to run forward.
As he ran, Fang Yun suddenly slowed down and looked to the left front.
There, the floating snowflakes were blood-colored, and upon closer inspection, there were many fragments of bones, flesh, and fur on the ground.
Fang Yun weighed his options, hesitating whether to eliminate the danger first or to quickly flee, when he heard a familiar voice from that direction.
"I really didn't expect you to be able to reach the seventh corridor, and to come here alone! You don't have the power of protective The War Poetry on you, which shows that you've been relying on The Courage to Write's power all the way here, and you seem so at ease, you must have reached the second realm of The Courage to Write! It's been less than half a month since you became a Presented Scholar, this talent, this strength, truly the image of a Sub-Saint! You've hidden it well!"
Fang Yun also didn't expect to hear the voice of the Wolf Savage saintly son at this time, but the voice was too despondent.
The voice came from the location of those blood-colored snowflakes, but there was only minced meat there, no complete Demon Barbarian.
"I am now a Wolf Spirit!"
Fang Yun was startled; when a powerful Demon Barbarian is killed, it does not die immediately but forms a demon spirit. A Demon Saint can use the demon spirit to revive it.
However, demon spirits are extremely fragile, and when cleaning up the battlefield, a Presented Scholar can easily kill all demon spirits with a single The War Poetry.
"Are you really dead?" (To be continued.)