On the pristine avalanche slope, two rows of verdant pines carved out a path stretching over sixty feet, which the Presented Scholars quickly ascended.

“A single man’s poem summons seven trees, we have a chance to reach the peak!”

“The initial recitation of the poem can reach sixty feet, if we write it again, it can reach over thirty feet, the possibility of reaching the peak is extremely high!”

“Those Demon Barbarians are really pitiful.”

Several people ran and looked around.

The twelve Demon Clan members in front were the most unlucky. When the “Green Pines Stand Tall and Straight” formed, the pines that sprouted from the ground lifted these six Demon Barbarians off the ground, preventing them from gripping the ground. Then, the power of “Wait Until the Snow Melts” formed, and the snow water, more turbulent than the avalanche, rushed down, immediately injuring them all over and sending them rapidly downward.

Those Demon Barbarians who were waiting for an opportunity behind the human Presented Scholars also suffered a catastrophic disaster.

The Barbarian Saints were slightly better off, even if they were hit, they had strong vitality to protect themselves, but the ordinary Demon Barbarians were in a terrible state.

Fang Yun personally saw several Demon Clan members who were following the Tiger Barbarian Saint instantly swept away by the snow water, their vitality protection shattered, and their bodies crushed.

The power of this avalanche was not naturally formed, but was formed under the influence of the comet corridor. Whether at the top of the mountain or at the bottom, it could maintain high speed. The density of the snow water was at least five times that of ordinary snow, and its destructive power was even greater.

The snow water quickly solidified into ice shards, which were no different from stones at that speed, causing all the Demon Barbarians behind the human route to be severely injured.

“It’s not a War Poetry, but it’s as good as one!” Han Shoulu praised.

Everyone quickly ran to the end of the new road, Fang Yun continued to give orders, and everyone used the remaining talent to repeat the previous poem, turning the virtual into reality and continuing to move forward.

After a while, everyone looked at Fang Yun, and it was his turn.

“Let’s stick with ‘Great Snow Presses Green Pines’, we can’t waste our talent.”

Fang Yun nodded, repeated “Green Pines”, and because it was not the first recitation, the power was reduced by half. But it still stretched over thirty feet, and the poem still amazed everyone. The lush green pines were simply towering, sweeping away all the pessimism of the crowd.

Everyone continued to climb. Every time it was Fang Yun’s turn to rewrite “Green Pines”, everyone’s hope increased a bit.

After the three great saints of the Demon Clan, several saints and a few Barbarian Saints reached the peak. After the Wolf Barbarian Saint, Wolf Li, reached the peak, he said something to a Barbarian Saint of the Savage Cow next to him. Then he gave Fang Yun a sinister smile, quickly left, and disappeared into the third corridor.

Fang Yun and the others hurried on their way, paying no attention to those Demon Barbarians.

Before long, all the Presented Scholars looked up at the slope and saw those Barbarian Saints suddenly start to roar. They simply used the Demon language that everyone could understand to converse. Everyone listened clearly and their faces changed.

“Not good! Too many Demon Barbarians have died or been injured because of us, they actually want to learn from us! Fang Yun, think of a solution quickly!” Li Fanming whispered.

Everyone looked up and saw the last thirty or so Barbarian Saints quickly gathering above the humans. All of them were Blood Demon Barbarians from the Demon Realm, while those Star Demon Barbarians hid far away.

Those Blood Demon Barbarians suddenly began to release a large amount of vitality, forming a blazing power that melted the surrounding snow water.

Fang Yun’s expression remained unchanged, but his eyes flashed with a hint of urgency, because the power of those thirty or so Barbarian Saints releasing their vitality in full force, turned a large amount of snow into water, and then solidified it into ice blocks.

The Demon Barbarians were actually using the same method to counterattack.

The rolling snow turned into falling ice shards, and now only a very small amount of snow turned into ice shards. If not stopped, in at most a hundred breaths, more than half of the snow in front would turn into ice shards. Even if the power of “Great Snow Presses Green Pines” was there, it would be instantly overwhelmed by a large amount of ice shards.

Several Presented Scholars were horrified. With so many Barbarian Saints working together, if the stone lions guarding the comet corridor did not stop them, everyone would undoubtedly die.

“Indeed, we can’t underestimate the Barbarian Saints!”

Fang Yun took a deep breath and began to write.

“Cold winter, jade flowers sharp as knives, a verdant plant pierces the sky. Unaware that ice and snow are the colors of winter, only seeing the spring willow catkins flutter.”

Suddenly, there seemed to be a brief calm in front, then all the ice and snow were blown up by an invisible force, becoming light and fluttering, like willow catkins flying to both sides.

The Barbarian Saints in front and the ice and snow were as light as willow catkins, fluttering to both sides, no longer posing a threat to Fang Yun and the others.

The Presented Scholars were overjoyed.

“Great poem! Especially the line ‘Unaware that ice and snow are the colors of winter’, the contempt for the cold winter by the pines and cypresses is vividly displayed.”

“First comparing the snowflakes to jade flowers, which seem beautiful but are like knife edges in winter, then the pen turns, writing about the state of the pines and cypresses, completely disregarding the knife-like ice and snow, treating them as willow catkins, this reversal of seasons is truly proud of the snow!”

“The third corridor is over!” Yan Yukong laughed.

Without the obstruction of the Barbarian Saints, the road behind was incredibly smooth. Although their talent was getting less and less, everyone was full of confidence because Fang Yun was there.

Finally, everyone managed to climb up the avalanche slope.

The moment they set foot on the peak, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

Shi Tang simply sat down on the ground and said, “I’m too tired, I’ll rest for a while.”

“Alas, I’ve exhausted my talent.” Li Fanming said, and sat down on the peak.

“I don’t have much talent left either, at most I can only write one more poem.” Han Shoulu laughed.

Everyone sat down one after another. It was not until this moment that many people realized that their bodies had reached their limit. Once they sat down, they didn’t want to stand up again. These people were vaguely afraid. Climbing a twenty-mile long slope was exhausting enough, and they had to constantly endure the cold from the snow. Now their talent was almost exhausted, and if there was a slight accident, everyone could die in the avalanche.

Even a few Barbarian Saints could not withstand the impact of the avalanche, let alone humans without the Treasures of Literature, they had no chance of survival.

When Jia Jing’an sat down, he kept gasping for breath. His body had been injured by the strange cold in the snow. He was able to come up completely by gritting his teeth. Now that he had let out his breath, he was in so much pain that he couldn’t even walk.

More than half of the Presented Scholars were like Jia Jing’an, their bodies severely injured, lightly pounding their own legs.

Everyone looked down, and all the Demon Barbarians who tried to obstruct them were swept away by the power of poetry, slowly climbing up from the foot or the waist of the mountain. At the bottom of the slope, there were more than a dozen Demon Barbarian corpses and numerous fragments of bodies.

“Evil begets evil! They have to climb again, consuming a lot of their physical strength and vitality. At least half of those who could have climbed the avalanche slope will fail.”

“It serves them right.”

“What do you think Xun Ye is thinking?”

Everyone looked at Xun Ye at the bottom of the slope. He was staring at the top of the slope with wide eyes, his face paler than snow, as if he had been frozen, motionless for a long time.

The Star Demon Barbarians beside Xun Ye were laughing and mocking Xun Ye for being a fool. If he had followed them up, he could have reached the top of the slope even without exerting any effort. Now, he could only watch others enter the fourth corridor and gain more benefits.

Soon, Xun Ye felt that all the Presented Scholars were looking at him. He turned away in shame, avoiding their gaze, and took out an ice stone.

Ten breaths later, the ice stone turned into a white light that enveloped him and sent him back to the previous square.

Before leaving, Xun Ye clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice.

“You won’t succeed! You will all die here fighting against the three great sons of the Demon Barbarians! One of the three great sons will inevitably become the King of Stars. If he becomes the King of Stars, he can kill all the Demon Barbarians in the Comet Corridor with a snap of his fingers. I must leave the Comet Corridor before the King of Stars appears!”

Yan Yukong pointed at the Demon Barbarians below and said, “Although this avalanche literary meeting is a competition between us and hundreds of Blood Demon Barbarians, it has cut off the possibility of more than half of the Blood Demon Barbarians passing through the third corridor. At least three Demon Kings will be reduced, which is equivalent to saving tens of thousands of humans! Remember, this is our collective achievement, and more than half of the credit goes to Fang Yun!”

Kong Delun immediately took out a purple-black fruit from the Drinking Pearl of the River. It was like a large plum, but with a faint white light on the surface.

“We agreed before that whoever contributes the most to crossing the avalanche slope will get this. This is yours. If anyone disagrees, I will kick him down the avalanche slope!”

Amidst the laughter of everyone, Kong Delun handed the longevity fruit to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun took the longevity fruit and casually threw it to Li Fanming.

“You used the Heart of Azure Blood once in the Star Demon Barbarian village, losing ten years of your life. Take this immediately to make up for it. We still have other corridors to go through,” Fang Yun said.

Li Fanming held the longevity fruit, wanted to say something, but in the end, he just nodded vigorously, thanked Fang Yun, and then quietly ate the longevity fruit.

A surge of heaven and earth’s energy radiated from his body, like a gentle wave, impacting everyone around him. Li Fanming’s skin turned red and white alternately, and sweat steamed from his head like white mist.

Fang Yun was seeing someone eat a longevity fruit for the first time, so he watched him carefully.

Then Hua Yuqing handed Li Fanming a pill and said, “Take this medicine after you finish eating. It can increase the efficacy of the longevity fruit by 10%.”

Li Fanming nodded, and immediately took the medicine after eating the longevity fruit.

Then Yan Yukong and others took out the rewards they had promised and gave them to Fang Yun. Zong Wude had only said that he would give a reward, but didn’t specify what it was. He selected something from the Drinking Pearl of the River for a while and handed Fang Yun a small cloth bag the size of a palm.

“Take it,” Zong Wude said.

Fang Yun nodded and put the cloth bag directly into his Drinking Pearl of the River. It was not appropriate to open someone else’s gift in public on the Holy Origin Mainland. But Fang Yun was curious about Zong Wude’s reward, so he “looked” at it through the Drinking Pearl of the River.

Fang Yun was stunned when he saw what was in the cloth bag. After a while, as if he understood something, he sighed and said, “Brother Zong, you didn’t have to do this.”

Zong Wude smiled slightly and said, “What I owe you, I must pay back.”

Everyone was curious, but they were afraid of touching the two’s secrets, so they didn’t ask.

“Let’s go, rest in the next square, and then prepare to cross the fourth corridor! With the experience of this Comet Corridor, we will have a better chance in the Sea of Learning after the palace examination next year!”

“This year we will be selected as Imperial Scholars in the tribute examination, and next year we will take the top spot in the palace examination. Then some of the Imperial Scholars will enter the Sea of Learning. We will surely meet in the Sea of Learning. Let’s encourage each other.”

“In October, the palace examination results will be announced. I wonder which ten of last year’s Imperial Scholars will become this year’s top scholars.”

Everyone was talking and walking.

Fang Yun listened to their discussion.

The imperial examination system of the Holy Origin Mainland is quite unique, especially the capital examination for selecting Imperial Scholars, which is actually divided into two parts, spanning nearly a year. (To be continued.)