Bakuong Mountain, Gathered Literary Pavilion.
A group of scholars whose literary guts had been shattered were gathered together.
"We have received an imperial directive from the Zong Family. We must continue building up Zhang Longxiang's reputation. While Fang Yun is in secluded study, we will keep raising Zhang Longxiang's literary fame until we force Fang Yun into a literary contest with him!"
"The great families are already prepared. If there is no contest, so be it, but once there is, Zhang Longxiang is certain to win! I hear the families have already drawn up an enormous plan. The moment Fang Yun appears, they will launch their operations against him."
"Oh? What sort of operations?"
"Doesn't Fang Yun cherish his family and Ning'an City? We will strike at those two places. Naturally, we must judge our limits carefully, keeping clear of human race law while still making Fang Yun suffer losses and forcing him to retaliate against us. The Zong Family has already worked out the details. Everything is ready; all we lack is the east wind. You need not worry."
"If we can force Fang Yun into a literary contest, we will already be halfway to success. Zhang Longxiang excels at military poetry. Although Fang Yun has peerless talent, he falls a little short of Zhang Longxiang in that field. If we focus our efforts there, we can overwhelm Fang Yun with literature!"
"Zhang Mingzhou is truly formidable. When he was forced into Two Worlds Mountain, we thought he would fall silent for a long time. Who knew that as soon as he entered the fighting, he would astonish everyone with 'One Night, Soldiers Long for Home'? Then he wrote Marching to War and single-handedly dealt with a hundred marquises scaling the walls. Now he has even written an exceedingly