"Last time, you watched the willows beside the Enlightenment River and formed characters from them, creating Liu Style yourself. What did you observe this time to create this script?" someone asked.
Fang Yun fell silent for a moment, then said, "Reading Yan Zi filled me with admiration for Sage Yan. His Sacred Way stood before me like a lofty mountain, allowing me to comprehend this script. That is why I call it Yan Style."
Everyone paused in surprise. Such an explanation was uncommon, but it was hardly bizarre. There had been precedents.
"Yan Style? Excellent! Please be patient, Void Sage Fang. We'll return it as soon as we finish making our rubbings."
Fang Yun smiled helplessly. Sai Xiaoyu had not even asked whether he agreed, afraid that he might refuse them.
A work of calligraphy at this level had tremendous collectible value even as a rubbing. Copybooks printed in workshops fell far short.
The two Great Scholars and the Grand Academicians each displayed their abilities. Rather than using ordinary rubbing methods, they used Literary Qi as a medium to reproduce the writing directly on paper.
Sai Xiaoyu was the most extravagant. He actually took out a Sage Page and used Literary Qi to reproduce the characters at a reduced size.
Although the characters were smaller on the Sage Page, they captured more of the original's spirit than rubbings on ordinary paper, even faintly retaining Fang Yun's sword edge and piercing vigor. After Sai Xiaoyu finished, he held it in both hands, and his sleeves suddenly tore apart, fluttering away like butterflies.
Everyone was stunned. The characters reproduced on a Sage Page actually possessed such power.
Seeing this, Ling Gu'ao also took out a Sage Page and reproduced the four characters.
Even after everyone finished their rubbings, they continued looking at