Learning War Poetry

This year, not only had Jing Kingdom gained many more Metropolitan Graduates; every nation had as well. Yet an increase of nearly tenfold belonged to Jing Kingdom alone.

Fang Yun waited quietly. Only after quite a while did the Divine Senses of the many Metropolitan Graduates leave their Literary Palaces one after another.

An Associate Metropolitan Graduate suddenly faced Fang Yun and gave him a deep bow, bending at the waist beyond ninety degrees.

"Without you, I fear I would have had no hope of becoming a Metropolitan Graduate for the rest of my life. Please allow me to call you Teacher Fang."

The many Metropolitan Graduates found his words profoundly reasonable. Without Fang Yun, those ranked in the top hundred would have stood a strong chance of becoming Metropolitan Graduates, but for the two hundred behind them, the possibility had been vanishingly small.

Fang Yun had lifted them up, so he could naturally be called their teacher.

"Thank you, Teacher Fang!" The many Metropolitan Graduates all performed grand bows.

The Associate Metropolitan Graduates in particular were deeply grateful. Without Fang Yun, even if they had taken the examinations year after year, they could never have squeezed into the top few dozen. For their entire lives, they could only have remained Provincial Graduates.

An Associate Metropolitan Graduate stood only slightly below a Metropolitan Graduate in status. Whether it was their Lip Spear and Tongue Sword or other powers, they differed not at all from ordinary Metropolitan Graduates. Even if they never became Hanlin Academicians, they still had a chance to become fourth-rank high officials, whereas Provincial Graduates had to thank Heaven and earth if they reached the seventh rank.

What was more, a Metropolitan Graduate's ability to protect himself on the battlefield was hundreds of times greater than a Provincial