The Rhapsody on the Three Capitals was acclaimed as one of the human race's most powerful works of Great Scholar protective war poetry. Including the preface by the Great Scholar Huangfu Mi, the entire rhapsody ran to over ten thousand characters, making it the longest work of war poetry in the human race.
The Rhapsody on the Three Capitals offered astonishing protection. Because it celebrated the realms of the Wei Kingdom, Shu Kingdom, and Wu, this protective war poem possessed three layers of power.
Its drawbacks went beyond its length and the considerable time required to write it. Its second drawback was its enormous consumption of literary qi.
After someone became a Great Scholar, their literary qi took the form of a bright moon. Once a Great Scholar with a full Literary Qi Moon finished writing the Rhapsody on the Three Capitals, that moon would immediately dwindle to a half moon-an astonishing expenditure.
Beyond those, the Rhapsody on the Three Capitals had other drawbacks. Ordinary Great Scholar literary treasures could not bear its tremendous power, whereas a Sacred Bone Literary Treasure could do so with ease. The poem also needed to absorb immense quantities of primordial energy from heaven and earth. An ordinary Great Scholar literary treasure needed a year to absorb enough before it could be used again, but a Sacred Bone Literary Treasure could rapidly gather sufficient primordial energy.
For all its drawbacks, the Rhapsody on the Three Capitals formed a perfect pairing with the Sacred Bone Literary Treasure Brush.
The Mencius Household had given Fang Yun this "Three Capitals Brush" to protect him.
Holding the Three Capitals Brush, Fang Yun examined it carefully. It was a medium-sized regular-script brush particularly well suited to writing, with a bone-like shaft and ink-black bristles. At first glance, it looked only