Drawing Fire from under the Cauldron

As a Hanlin Academician of the Miscellaneous School, if Fang Yun raised a question, Ou Mo could either spout Casual Falsehoods about political stratagems or use Covering Ears and Stealing Bell to avoid damaging his Literary Guts. Fang Yun had no way to deal with him.

The Miscellaneous School's "Covering Ears and Stealing Bell," the School of Diplomacy's "Leaving Qin for Chu," and the School of War's "War Allows Any Deception" all possessed exceedingly peculiar powers. So long as one's will was strong enough, one could speak human words to humans and ghost words to ghosts, making it difficult for anyone to see through the deception.

Yet Fang Yun's sharp shout left Ou Mo speechless.

Fang Yun and ordinary scholars could not expose or counter the Miscellaneous School's political stratagems, but the power of the saints could not be deceived. Once Fang Yun pressed him step by step and seized upon a flaw, it would be enough to condemn Ou Mo to death.

Though the Instructional Sacred Way was important, Saint Zong was ultimately a Half-Sage. He could never contend for the Sacred Way against Fang Yun, a mere Metropolitan Graduate. If Saint Zong disregarded his dignity and personally entered the struggle, it would mean that other Half-Sages could also intervene personally, and countless scholars of Qing Kingdom would gradually abandon Saint Zong.

The Miscellaneous School's strength was ultimately inferior to that of the Confucian School, School of War, Mohist School, Legalist School, and the other schools.

If Saint Zong did not appear, the Zong Family could not openly contend with Fang Yun for the Instructional Sacred Way. Thus, they had borrowed the power of Qing Kingdom's ruler to seal the Fang Clan Library, but now they had handed Fang Yun an excuse.

Fang Yun directly accused Ou Mo. Unless