The War Hall was described as a courtyard, but it was actually a large, walled plaza.
Ahead stood an ancient, unadorned hall. The gray-white stone that formed it was somewhat rough, yet possessed a rugged, wild beauty. Together with the rows of weapon racks nearby, it seemed capable of stirring the fighting spirit in every heart.
Many people stood before the gray-white War Hall.
Apart from two Provincial Graduates of the War Hall, all the scholars who had come to welcome Fang Yun stopped outside the gates.
Fang Yun nodded slightly to everyone and walked forward.
"Welcome, Void Sage Fang!" the dozens of people ahead greeted him in unison.
"Good morning, everyone." Fang Yun briefly cupped his hands and carefully surveyed everyone within the War Hall.
All fifteen participants in the Three Valleys Battle had arrived. The five Provincial Graduates were all elderly men over sixty, led by Kong Siyuan, and every one of them could write Third Realm War Poetry. Provincial Graduates could not use Lip Spear and Tongue Sword, so the realm of their War Poetry played a decisive role.
Fang Yun was unquestionably the leader of the Metropolitan Graduates. Among the Hanlin Academicians, Kong Mingji was ostensibly the leader, but the truly strongest was the armless Hanlin Academician Peng Zouzhao. It was said that Peng Zouzhao could actually have become a Grand Academician the previous year, but had suppressed his advancement until now specifically for the Three Valleys Battle.
Unfortunately, during the Three Valleys Battle, Provincial Graduates could advance to Metropolitan Graduates, and Metropolitan Graduates could advance to Hanlin Academicians, but Hanlin Academicians could not advance to Grand Academicians. Once they did, they would be transported out of the Three Valleys.
Aside from the combatants, most of those ahead were blue-robed Grand Academicians, numbering more than twenty.