However, this power was unstable, unlike powerful war poetry, which was certain to summon the lingering will of ancient worthies once its recitation was complete.
At this moment, no true manifestation of Zengzi's will had formed in the sky. It was more like a call to the remnants of the power Zengzi had left behind on the Saint Origin Continent, and so far, that call had succeeded.
Even so, delight appeared on several Great Scholars' faces. Fang Yun's move was brilliant. Whatever poems or prose he wrote next, he had invoked the Second Saint Zengzi with his very first poem. Unless Saint Zong was willing to pay a price to protect Liu Shan, he would never intervene.
If Saint Zong interfered, the three great Second Saint Families-the Zengzi Family, the Zisi Family, and the Mencius Household-would join forces to suppress him!
Summoning any of Zengzi's power would bring tremendous benefits to the Zeng Family. Put nobly, Zengzi was sheltering his descendants; put plainly, their ancestor was manifesting to bless them; put pragmatically, the Zeng Family was asking their ancestor for a few benefits.
If Saint Zong intervened now, he would be extinguishing Zengzi's manifestation, the equivalent of digging up the Zeng Family's ancestral graves. Every member of the Zengzi Family would surely blaze with fury. And since Zisi had been Zengzi's student, the Zisi Family would act as well. Mencius had been the disciple of Zisi's disciple, making him part of Zengzi's lineage too, so the Mencius Household would certainly help the Zengzi Family.
Several Great Scholars thought Fang Yun had truly calculated every possibility. He probably wanted Saint Zong to intervene more than anyone else now, while the heads of the Zengzi, Zisi, and Mencius families were likely smiling bitterly. They could resent Fang Yun for borrowing their knife