Chapter 89

Fang Yun sighed and said, "Actually, I was inspired by An Chengcai and the snake demon and decided to write a long novel about humans and demons. This thousand taels is just a down payment. I plan to donate all the income from this novel to the An family and Lujia Town to help them rebuild their homes."

"Is that so! I never expected you to be so righteous. You are truly a true gentleman, and we are far inferior to you! Please accept my bow!" Ning Zhiyuan bowed solemnly to Fang Yun, but Fang Yun helped him up.

"There's no need, no need. This is what I should do." Fang Yun knew that a book could earn at most a few ten thousand taels of silver, which was negligible compared to the incomplete "Peach Blossom Spring" and the drop of unknown usability of the dragon's holy blood. He ultimately benefited greatly, and besides, the money he would earn from writing books in the future would be more than he could spend.

On the side, Wen Zhenghuan praised, "Well done! This is the demeanor of a scholar. I heard you entrusted all your books to the Xuanting Bookstore for sale?"

"Yes," Fang Yun replied.

"Then I will go personally to persuade them to take only half of the profits, and donate the rest to Lujia Town and the An family."

"Mr. Hanlin is truly benevolent." Everyone praised him.

After leaving Lujia Town, everyone got into the carriage, and Wen Zhenghuan informed the officials who had not gotten off the carriage about Fang Yun's plan to write a book and donate the money to Lujia Town. The officials immediately praised him, as Fang Yun's actions met both "benevolence" and "righteousness," which few people could achieve at his age.

Fang Yun was not proud, feeling that this was what he should do. While others were talking, he thought about the plot of the new book in the carriage.

"Since it's a love story between a human and a snake, I'll adapt 'The Legend of the White Snake.' However, I can't write it now. I'll wait until I pass the examination and become a scholar, then I'll put effort into it. Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen are set, and adding Xiaoqing is fine, but Fa Hai needs to be replaced by a high-ranking scholar."

"Who will play Fa Hai? Someone who is dedicated to subduing demons and has remarkable talent, Li Wenying seems the most suitable. But... if I really write him as Fa Hai, will he block me at the entrance of the academy with a pen after school? Forget it, I'll write Cai He as Fa Hai. He's far in Jixian County and won't come to the academy to block me."

Hundreds of armored ox carts headed towards Dayuan City, raising a cloud of dust, a magnificent sight. Especially the cart carrying the demon turtle's corpse, which was particularly eye-catching.

The speed of the armored ox carts was slow in the hills but very fast on the flat official road. The convoy was getting closer to the Thirty-Li Pavilion.

When they were ten li away, Nunu, who was sleeping in Fang Yun's arms, suddenly woke up. All the scholars and Hanlins in the convoy looked puzzled, then they issued orders. Two eagle demons and one eagle demon general on the rear armored ox carts took off into the sky.

Fang Yun stood at the carriage door and looked up. In addition to the three eagle demons that had just taken off, there were two more eagle demons in the sky. It seemed that the scholars and Hanlins had detected enemy eagle demons spying on them.

After a while, the eagle demon general dove down and shouted, "A large number of demons and rebellious scholars are ambushing ahead. They have also discovered us and are arguing. Some want to leave, while others want to attack. I heard them mention Fang Yun's name."

The people in the carriage looked at each other.

"Could it be that they already know Fang Yun has become a scholar before the sage and have sent people to kill him?"

"How many are there? Why don't they run away when they see thousands of city troops? Could there be a demon marquis or a rebellious Hanlin among them?"

The eagle demon general said, "There is no demon marquis. There are two demon generals and three rebellious scholars, as well as over ten demon commanders and twenty juren."

Everyone knew that the blood robes of rebellious scholars and their scholarly ranks had distinct differences, and they rarely wore them incorrectly. The demons' blood energy was easily distinguishable, making it easy to identify their strength.

Chen Xibi analyzed, "Their eagle demons can't see us in the carriage, so they don't know our numbers or ranks. They think we are just ordinary city troops. With their strength equivalent to five scholars and thirty juren, the entire city army is no match for them, so they won't run away."

Wen Zhenghuan snorted and said, "No wonder he was once one of the four great talents. Feng Chengjue is indeed formidable, learning so quickly that Fang Yun is a scholar before the sage and taking action! Unfortunately, they calculated Fang Yun's route but didn't expect us to be here!"

Fang Yun felt a cold sweat, thinking that it was fortunate he wrote a strong soldier poem and a war poem yesterday, which led to Li Wenying's high regard and the presence of high officials like Gezhou Magistrate and Wen Zhenghuan. Otherwise, even with Nunu's warning, he wouldn't have escaped the pursuit of so many demons and rebellious scholars.

However, Fang Yun and the officials present then laughed together.

"A heaven-sent opportunity!" several scholars said in unison.

"Who would have thought that the rebellious scholars would deliver themselves into our hands? Fang Yun, you are truly a lucky star for our human race!" Chen Xibi laughed loudly.

"If we can annihilate all these rebellious scholars, Feng Chengjue will have no rebellious scholars to use, greatly reducing the threat to Fang Yun!" Gezhou Magistrate laughed.

"Feng Chengjue is truly wise in one moment and foolish in another! Little bird, go and observe again. If they try to escape, inform me immediately." Wen Zhenghuan said to the eagle demon general.

"Yes, sir!" The eagle demon general immediately flapped his wings and flew high.

Everyone in the carriage began to rest and prepare for a big battle. The eagle demon general in the sky did not indicate that the rebellious scholars had decided to escape.

After a while, Chen Xibi said, "Order all the carts to stop and form a defensive formation with the armored ox carts! They will naturally charge over! Fang Yun, go to the carriage door and let their eagle demons see you. They must have your portrait."

Fang Yun realized he had overlooked this point, thinking that the city general was indeed wise. If they charged directly, those people would naturally be suspicious. Now, by forming a defensive formation, it would appear to the rebellious scholars that they were holding out for rescue, which might make them attack.

After a short while, the eagle demon general came down and said that the rebellious scholars were rushing over.

"Everyone, prepare to wait for the rabbit to come to the trap," Chen Xibi said with a smile.

"It's like catching a turtle in a jar!"

"It's like trapping a dog in a room."

Everyone smiled and waited quietly in the carriage, with only Fang Yun occasionally showing his head, pretending to be panicked.

After a while, Fang Yun saw many rebellious scholars and demons in blood robes on the road ahead.

Among them, a lion demon general and a wolf demon general were particularly noticeable, emitting a strong blood energy, their fur gradually turning blood red, forming a powerful protective ability. This was the demon general's innate ability, capable of doing many incredible things with blood energy.

The two demon generals were awe-inspiring, like gods descending from heaven.

Even the soldiers, knowing that there were many important figures on their side, were still afraid. The scholars had to write inspiring poems to dispel the soldiers' fear.

The two demon generals focused on Fang Yun.

Fang Yun was terrified, feeling the threat of death even from a distance. These two demon generals were far less protective than the demon turtle but were no less lethal in terms of killing power.

"Roar..."

The two demon generals roared and charged forward, followed by many demon commanders, then the rebellious scholars and juren.

The rebellious scholars all wore smiles.

"It seems even heaven is helping us. These city troops are like rotten wood and withered grass. No one can stop the two demon generals. They might kill Fang Yun without us even lifting a finger."

"It was right not to run earlier. If we had run, Fang Yun would have been on guard, making it harder to kill him in the future."

"By the way, two demon generals, don't eat Fang Yun. He is Lord Feng's food!" someone shouted.

"Roar..." The lion demon general growled in dissatisfaction.

As the two demon generals were about to reach the formation, a strong aura of talent suddenly emanated from Fang Yun's carriage, and the elemental energy within a few dozen miles rushed towards it.

The two demon generals were frightened and stopped in their tracks.

A rebellious scholar shouted, "What's happening! Is there a Hanlin hidden there? Don't be afraid, kill Fang Yun first!"

"That's not right. There are at least four scholars besides the Hanlin! We've been ambushed!"

Fang Yun's carriage exploded, and all the rebellious scholars saw a Hanlin and eight scholars writing war poems on paper, and they were almost finished.

Only the old Hanlin Wen Zhenghuan was different. A piece of paper and a brush pen floated in front of him. His hand was not holding the brush, but the brush was still floating in the air, writing a war poem automatically.

A Hanlin's divine brush.

While the divine brush wrote the war poem, Wen Zhenghuan recited it aloud.

Fang Yun's eyes sparkled. No wonder Gezhou Magistrate wanted to be a Hanlin so much. With the divine brush, a Hanlin's strength was several times stronger than before. The divine brush was truly amazing.

Almost in the two breaths it took for the carriage to explode, all the war poems were completed.

Wen Zhenghuan wrote "The War Horses of the Frontier" with the divine brush, and a hundred heavily armored cavalrymen's shadows appeared, holding bright spears and charging at the two demon generals.

He recited "The Demon-Killing Song," and a light sword slashed towards the lion demon general.

The other eight scholars also showed their abilities, and the power of eight war poems simultaneously fell on the wolf demon general.

The two demon generals were immediately overwhelmed by the terrifying attacks and suffered severe injuries.

Then, a Hanlin and eight scholars simultaneously unleashed their verbal attacks, seven swords and two spears, completely killing the two injured demon generals.

Everyone was stunned. These were two demon generals, equivalent to two scholars, yet they were killed so easily.

"Run!"

The rebellious scholars had no sense of righteousness and all activated their protective literary treasures to escape.

However, the Hanlin and eight scholars also had literary treasures. Three Hanlin literary treasures and six scholar literary treasures, along with nine verbal attacks, simultaneously targeted the three fleeing rebellious scholars.

Fang Yun thought it was too unfair, as their side completely overwhelmed the other side in both strength and numbers.

The three rebellious scholars, despite having protective literary treasures, could not withstand so many attacks and died in an instant.

Wen Zhenghuan shouted, "Kill!"

His ancient talent sword, refined over many years, moved faster than sound, slicing through the necks of the demons and rebellious scholars one after another. In just a few breaths, over a hundred rebellious scholars and demons were all killed, even though most of the rebellious juren had protective literary treasures.

Fang Yun then realized the power of the old Hanlin. The ancient talent sword, refined over decades, could kill a thousand juren in one breath.

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