Therefore, the main reason the Novelist School could become a prominent school of the age, despite its true power not yet being revealed,
was that the stories it created were easy to understand and readily won the approval of the common people.
Although no disciples of the Novelist School could be seen among the highest levels of society,
its influence extended to every aspect of society.
This included the other prominent schools of the age, which resisted the Novelist School, believing that it should not hold such a position,
while also making use of various stories to promote their own schools and spread their doctrines more widely.
Thus, in this era, there were very few genuine disciples of the Novelist School.
However, countless disciples of the various schools also cultivated the Novelist School.
This was how a school without any proper doctrinal principles was forcibly elevated to the status of a prominent school of the age.
Apart from these schools, there were also the Military School, School of Names, Miscellaneous School, School of Diplomacy, and others—schools that were difficult to develop in peaceful times but were vigorously supported by numerous monarchs.
Once the developmental phase ended, it would be time for these schools to truly step onto the stage of prominent schools.
Of course, during this developmental phase, the disciples of the Farming School were the ones who could not be overlooked.
Although they had no real foundation in the imperial court,
they had the largest number of disciples. It could be said that wherever there were farmlands, the figures of Farming School disciples could be found.
The rulers of the various factions both loved and hated them. On one hand, they needed their help to develop agriculture; on the other, they feared that their vast population base would give