The Confucian Way to Sagehood
Chapter 1440

Hiding his brilliance, biding his time

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Fang Yun seemed to have become a different person. Every evening, without fail, he attended a literary assembly.

Some literary assemblies deliberately waited until Fang Yun finished his classes before officially beginning. These gatherings often lasted six to eight hours, continuing until dawn.

The literary assemblies Fang Yun attended required participants to be at least Hanlin Academicians, and Grand Academicians frequently appeared as well. The volume of information they exchanged was enormous. To save time and improve efficiency, a dozen or more people often spoke simultaneously, each speaking rapidly, making the gatherings noisier than a marketplace.

Even an Academy Student would have grown dizzy and muddled at such a gathering, yet those present communicated without any difficulty. Sometimes, when an argument broke out, one person would answer questions from four or five others in succession, or pose different questions to seven or eight people, one after another.

Literary assemblies for Hanlin Academicians and above were essentially like hundreds or thousands of ducks quacking beside one's ears.

At these gatherings, Fang Yun initially only listened without speaking. By the end, however, whenever someone said something incorrect, he inevitably corrected them or asked a question, becoming embroiled in debate.

At a literary assembly, no one cared whether Fang Yun was a Void Sage or the Ji King. Everyone took a firm stand in defense of their own Sacred Way and spoke their minds without reservation.

The Human Race had a joking saying: if you had never spat out a Lip Spear and Tongue Sword at a literary assembly, you had never truly attended one.

The exchange

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