Demon Sage's Edict!

Fang Yun had not checked the Literary Ranking before, so he had not known that several of his works were listed together after it became the Snow-Plum Literary Gathering Ranking. But Three Pieces from Prison and the Sword-Summoning Poem were certainly on the list. That alone made four; with Rhapsody on Epang Palace and Farewell to Li Wenying, six of his works were ranked.

"We'll know tomorrow," Fang Yun said.

"More than seven works from one school on the same ranking would be enough. If you get ten works on it and dominate the entire Ding Ranking, you'll definitely earn a new nickname. How about 'Fang Ranking-Tyrant'?"

Several people laughed.

"It's so wonderful to make the Literary Ranking," Su Xiaoxiao said softly.

Zhao Hongzhuang and Yang Yuhuan likewise revealed looks of envy.

Fang Yun smiled and comforted them. "Perhaps before long, women will be able to take the Imperial Examination too."

"Who knows how many thousand years from now that'll be," Zhao Hongzhuang grumbled quietly.

Fang Yun smiled. "It will happen in the near future. You must trust my eyes, because they can see through the River of History."

"Braggart!" Zhao Hongzhuang said, laughing as she glared at Fang Yun.

Ao Huang cut in, "Dragon hide. You blow dragon hide, not cowhide. Fang Yun is far too good at boasting—cowhide bursts after a blow, so only dragon hide will do."

"Yah yah!" Nunu angrily waved her little paw and smacked Ao Huang's dragon back, forbidding him from arguing with Fang Yun.

Yang Yuhuan and the other two covered their mouths and chuckled.

"Fine, I won't say it!" Ao Huang curled up in the carriage and slept with narrowed eyes. His eyeballs kept rolling beneath his lids; who knew what mischief he was plotting.

Before the carriage even reached the Fang