The Ink Maiden Reappears

"Serve the meal!"

The people of the two kingdoms ate slowly, chatting in low voices once they were full of food and drink.

Just as Fang Yun set down his chopsticks, he received letters from many friends. Most asked how his Literary Guts were and whether he still intended to wage a literary battle for Xiang Prefecture. He gave them all the same reply.

I am well. Everything remains as planned.

Some also told him of the changes on the Discourse Ranking. Fang Yun went in to take a look and did not know whether to laugh or cry. These people of Qing Kingdom truly had no brains at all. If he truly could not engage in a literary battle, he would naturally leave at once.

Yet the people of Qing Kingdom concluded that, for the sake of his pride, he could not leave directly and would have to win at least a few matches before departing.

Fang Yun shook his head and closed his eyes to rest.

Next, he would face ten Metropolitan Graduates in literary battle.

A literary duel was comparatively simple. Two people stood before the Literary Academy and traded blows, and they could even forbid the other party from using certain methods.

A literary battle, however, was different. It was generally conducted within a Literary World, and the environment changed with every battle. Encountering terrain suited to oneself was fortunate; if one encountered an unsuitable place, one could only resign oneself to bad luck.

Literary battles had very few restrictions.

However, to prevent the children of aristocratic families from relying too heavily on the strength of their Lineage, literary battles stipulated that each person could use only three divine objects or Literary Treasures. Nor could they use Sage Pages or any other item containing the aura