On the road north, Fang Yun had created two Enemy-Blocking Poems, "Song of White Snow: First Farewell to the Barbarian Emperor" and "Grass on the Ancient Plain: Second Farewell to the Barbarian Emperor." Both were outstanding Enemy-Blocking Poems and could also weaken the enemy. Before long, many people would learn them.
Besides these two Enemy-Blocking Poems, Fang Yun had also composed an Enemy-Slaying Poem, "Kunwu Sword." Though powerful, it had not become a transmissible battle poem.
Afterward, he had composed "Crossing Lingding Ocean," a righteous-qi War Poem that all scholars could use, regardless of Literary Rank. By sacrificing their lifespan, they could obtain far more Heaven-and-Earth Righteous Qi than they had through Jade-Blooded Loyalty. This was an enormous help to the Human Race, especially the Gray Robes at Two Worlds Mountain.
What scholars most delighted in discussing, however, was "River Town: Three Farewells to the Barbarian Emperor," which had driven away the Barbarian Race with a single arrow. It had become a transmissible battle poem spanning the two Literary Ranks of Grand Academician and Great Scholar, and was also the most powerful Enemy-Slaying Poem currently available to both.
Yet no matter how outstanding Fang Yun's poems were or how immense his contributions, as discussion continued on the Discourse Ranking, people eventually stopped mentioning any of these things.
The day after "Gazing northwest, I shoot the heavenly wolf," when Fang Yun saw off the Empress Dowager and led one hundred thousand cavalry north again, nearly every discussion on the Discourse Ranking concerned Zhao Hongzhuang's appointment as a Principal Seventh Rank Official Metropolitan Graduate.
That day, Zhao Hongzhuang became a household name throughout the Human Race. Almost ninety-nine percent of humanity believed that even if she did not become Fang Yun's future co-wife, she would become his concubine. A considerable number even