At that moment, thoughts surged through Fang Yun's mind. It seemed that he could flatten Thunderweave Mountain if he so wished. At the same time, an unprecedented desire rose within him: in just a few years, he could attain Saint Enfeoffment and the Ancestor-Proclaiming Realm, reign over Burial Saint Valley, and destroy the Myriad Worlds with one hand.
Yet, just one breath later, Fang Yun's face alternated between red and white.
I'm only a Grand Academician!
Fang Yun repeated those words silently, and the tangled thoughts in his mind slowly sank away, seemingly vanishing.
His eyes shone with realization. So this was what happened when one gained power beyond one's own level. A trace of delight also arose within him: using sacred qi this time would let him employ Dual-Mindedness, fighting while secretly cultivating.
At this moment, it was as though he were cultivating the Sacred Way with the abilities of a Half-Sage Incarnation.
Fang Yun had already reached the pinnacle of the Grand Academician rank. There was nothing more for him to learn of its powers. If he continued studying and cultivating, all he could learn would be the way of a Great Scholar.
Excellent!
Fang Yun exclaimed inwardly and set his Divine Sense to cultivating within his Literary Palace. Then he consumed two strands of sacred qi, using Stroke of Divine Inspiration with his hand and Fluent Recitation with his voice.
"The north wind swept the earth, snapping white grass low; in the northern lands, the eighth month already brought snow. Suddenly, as though a spring breeze had come overnight, a thousand, ten thousand pear trees blossomed white..."
On the paper was "Snow Song Sending Off the Barbarian Emperor."
"Thick grew the grass across the plain; each year it withered and flourished again. Wildfire could not burn it