"We won! The race is over!"
After Lei Mo stood on his tower ship and announced their victory with a smile, a brief silence fell over the beach. Then all the scholars of the Zong-Lei Fleet burst into cheers.
Even some very elderly scholars were thrilled. This meant that everyone would receive at least one extra Literary Heart Fish, and since so many people had joined the Fang Yun Fleet for the race, many might even receive two!
A scholar with two literary hearts would absolutely stand head and shoulders above his peers!
Li Fanming looked at Lei Mo without a word.
The three tower ships belonging to Lei Mo, Gu Yuan, and Zong Qingping appeared at the shore together. Unlike the others, all three quickly regained their senses, showing how strong their wills were.
Lei Longkuo was beside himself with excitement, his eyes reddening as he shouted, "Thank you, Uncle Mo, for avenging the Lei Family's humiliation! From this day forward, our Lei Family can proudly declare that we defeated Fang Yun!"
Everyone was taken aback. Why did that sound a little strange? The mighty Lei Family had beaten Fang Yun in the Sea of Learning Race-why did they act as though they had slain their entire family's mortal enemy? Yet on closer thought, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. Over the past two years, Fang Yun had put the Lei Family through such misery that people even mocked them for changing family heads more often than socks.
"Yes! The Lei Family will never fall!"
"The Lei Family is undefeated!"
All the Lei Family members in the Sea of Learning cheered at the tops of their voices. Some even shed tears of excitement.
As descendants of the Thunder Ancestor, and as a lineage held in the utmost