While Fang Yun was trading Literary Heart Fish, an argument broke out among the Zong-Lei Fleet.
"What did you mean by that, Mr. Gu?" Lei Longkuo glared angrily at Grand Academician Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan snorted coldly. "Your Lei Family is merely a Void Sage Family, while I belong to one of the Half-Sage Families! I am not someone you can rebuke at will!"
Lei Longkuo forced down his anger and sneered. "Your intentions are plain to every passerby, Mr. Gu. What do you mean, 'the leader bears greater responsibility'? My uncle's literary guts have just suffered a mishap, and we don't even know whether he's alive or dead, yet you're already shirking responsibility. Is that something a member of a Half-Sage Family should say?"
"Then you cannot blame Brother Qingping and me either!" Gu Yuan said defiantly.
"My uncle Lei Mo was the fleet's leader. In his effort to take first place, it was understandable that he failed to notice the Literary Heart Whale. You did nothing but follow along. Why didn't you notice it?" Lei Longkuo demanded.
"A mere Hanlin Academician has no right to question what I do!"
The members of the Zong-Lei Fleet continued arguing. Meanwhile, after dividing up their literary hearts, the others either made their final trades or began swallowing Literary Heart Fish.
Many scholars lay unconscious on the ground after their Literary Palaces were struck by Literary Heart Fish.
Fang Yun was in no hurry either. He disembarked from his tower ship and chatted with everyone.
They talked until the Sea of Learning ended.
Light and darkness shifted around him. Fang Yun's vision blurred, and he found himself back in the Temple of Sages at the Jing Kingdom Academy.
The Sea of Learning had officially ended.
Hundreds of people lay sprawled throughout the