Moreover, many Great Scholars listened while rapidly taking notes.
Some Great Scholars had not taken notes at first, but when they recalled the error notebooks Fang Yun had mentioned, their faces immediately reddened, and they obediently listened while recording the key points.
Because Half-Sages favored Subtle Words, Profound Meaning, an article was often no more than a few hundred words. With twelve Half-Sages expounding the classics, it should originally have ended in less than half an hour.
But this time, every Half-Sage spoke on the classics for more than an hour.
Starting with Wang Jinglong, the sages not only explained the classics in detail, but also held on-the-spot question-and-answer sessions, communicating directly with the Great Scholars.
Fang Yun secretly praised them as well. As expected of Half-Sages—their ability to draw inferences from one instance was truly formidable.
The Great Scholars were overjoyed to the point of madness. Even the Miscellaneous School Great Scholars who had previously wished they could kill Fang Yun now found him kind-faced and benevolent, worthy of being called the savior of the Human Race.
The unlucky ones were the other scholars of the Sacred Academy and those below Upside-Down Peak Mountain, for with the Sacred Academy sealed, they could neither enter nor leave.
Everyone had originally thought this Half-Sage Literary Assembly would end quickly, but as it dragged on for so long, everyone in Kong City realized something was wrong.
Thus, the Discourse Ranking was filled with discussions about this Half-Sage Literary Assembly.
Unlike the actual situation at the Half-Sage Literary Assembly, everyone outside believed that the longer it lasted, the more dangerous it became, and hoped it would end soon.
After a full day and night had passed, it was finally Saint Zong's turn to discourse on the Sacred Way again.
Saint Zong remained silent