A Literary Guts Mystery

The course of Fang Yun's Military Way Duel quickly spread across the Ten Kingdoms. A Metropolitan Graduate defeating a Hanlin Academician became a topic people relished discussing, but this sensational title on the Discourse Ranking drew the eyes of every scholar.

Everyone checked the article's author and saw that he was merely a Provincial Graduate from Qing Kingdom. At once, they erupted in merciless mockery.

"Defeated without defeat? Those little bookworms of Qing Kingdom really know how to twist words. Clearly, Void Sage Fang remained undefeated—where was the defeat?"

"Saying Qing Kingdom won without winning is even more laughable. The people of Qing Kingdom have truly gone mad."

Just as everyone was venting to their hearts' content, they discovered that several more related articles had appeared on the Literary Ranking.

"Void Sage Fang's Literary Battle for a Prefecture ends here. Let us all fall like flowers and scatter like wind."

"Those literary friends who wagered on Fang Yun's victory in the Literary Battle, please continue singing at the top of your lungs. We people of Qing Kingdom will listen closely."

"The information is certain. Void Sage Fang entered the Thirteen Cloud Ladders for the first time and absorbed too much Slaughtering Power, injuring his Literary Guts."

"Qing Kingdom successfully dealt Void Sage Fang a heavy blow at the cost of one Hanlin Academician's Slaughtering Power."

"War Allows Any Deception. Void Sage Fang sees only the gains and losses of one city and one plot of land, yet lacks the vision to embrace the world. What a pity."

All the scholars who had been mocking Qing Kingdom fell silent.

Among those who released the later articles were Hanlin Academicians of Qing Kingdom, including old Hanlin Academicians past fifty. They would never speak nonsense.

Soon afterward, a Grand Academician of the School