The Purpose of a Gag Order

The officials of both kingdoms present all understood completely.

Fang Yun intended to engage Xin Zhi in a Military Way Duel as a Metropolitan Graduate!

A Metropolitan Graduate not yet twenty years old, merely a minor student of the School of War, was going to duel a Hanlin Academician of the School of War nearing fifty!

Though the people of Jing Kingdom would not oppose it, they were worried. They had heard that Fang Yun had minored in the Military Way, but it was only a minor field of study. Moreover, he had never personally led troops and had no true command experience. He had not even visited the School of War's Thirteen Cloud Ladders.

Still, most Jing Kingdom citizens retained a trace of hope in their hearts.

After a moment of stunned silence, the Qing Kingdom officials showed suppressed delight.

Fang Yun had become a Void Sage because of his talent in poetry, not because of talent in the Military Way, much less the power of the School of War.

Everyone knew that poetry valued talent most highly, prized that flash of inspiration in an instant. But the Military Way was different. Talent accounted for less than thirty percent of it, theory for twenty percent, while the final fifty percent was determined entirely by practical combat experience!

Many generals fought battle after battle and suffered defeat after defeat for over a decade, even several decades, yet ultimately won a great victory at a crucial moment and thereafter emerged victorious from every battle.

The Sun Clan had countless geniuses, yet no matter how outstanding a genius was, the Sun Clan was willing to send them into dangerous places to lead armies. Best if they survived; if they died in battle, there would be no regret.

The Military Way was forged