Fang Yun parted ways with the people from the Agriculture Hall and summoned all the Grand Academicians of the Bloodmang Realm, giving them a detailed account of the deliberations.
"I did all I could."
Those were Fang Yun's final words.
The Bloodmang Grand Academicians let out long sighs, and all of them thanked Fang Yun.
In the face of the Sacred Academy's absolute power, securing administrative independence and four seats for grand secretaries for the Bloodmang Realm was already the utmost Fang Yun could have achieved.
No one but Fang Yun could have done it.
Afterward, Fang Yun issued a Sage Edict as the Lord of Bloodmang, ordering the Bloodmang Grand Academicians to establish the Bloodmang Kingdom as soon as possible and lay the foundations for its future. He also stated plainly that, after the New Year, he would send some scholars from the Sacred Academy to reform the Bloodmang Realm's rites and laws, education, customs, and other aspects of life, and that everyone must cooperate.
Once everything was done, Fang Yun paid another visit to the Changle Street Yun Family. The entire Cloud Family received him with the solemnity they would accord a Half-Sage. Instead, Fang Yun lost interest. After chatting with Yun He and several other acquaintances for a quarter of an hour, he rose into the sky, ready to leave.
As he prepared to depart, Fang Yun turned to look toward Qingyang City.
Qingyang City had lost a Grand Academician named Lian Pingchao and gained a madman.
"If you knew it would come to this, why do it in the first place?"
Fang Yun vanished from the spot, leaving only his voice slowly echoing and fading away.
After returning to the Sacred Academy, Fang Yun continued reading and studying.
Fang Yun spent both New Year's Eve and