The demon barbarians retreated like an ebbing tide, but the human troops on the wall took a long time to stand down. Countless scholars discussed the battle, and the Discourse Ranking was even livelier.
In the past, humanity's great victories had usually been secured by the sages or Great Scholars. Today, however, Grand Academicians had gained an overwhelming advantage in battle against the demon barbarians.
This battle could hardly be called a triumph of brilliant strategy. Yet precisely because the victory had come not from ingenious tactics, but from executing every detail to perfection, it inspired humanity all the more.
Scholars everywhere completely forgot the Qishan Army existed. Even the members of the Literary World's Six-Nation Allied Army no longer paid it any attention.
On the Boundary Mountain City Wall, the Qishan Army had been utterly isolated. The two Provincial Graduates from the Literary World Office responsible for it barely acknowledged its men, while the five Gray Robes behind the army practically treated them as invisible.
After the world-passing ambush poem "Triumphant Song" appeared, the Discourse Ranking overflowed with praise. In particular, certain people with ulterior motives used every means available to elevate Zhang Longxiang's standing, intent on making him a human genius who could run neck and neck with Fang Yun.
This victory in one phase of the campaign was no ordinary achievement. That night, the Western Sage Pavilion held a grand defensive literary assembly on the Two Worlds Mountain City Wall. Besides celebrating the victory and the birth of a powerful Grand Academician war poem at Two Worlds Mountain, its main purpose was to discuss the coming course of the Battle of Bi and Shen.
At the literary assembly, everyone offered their views. Hanlin Academicians and Grand Academicians spoke at length, while those below the Hanlin rank rarely