Ice Emperor's Power

Fang Yun's mind was not affected by Zong Jibing. Under the protection of his Literary Guts, he rapidly wrote Cao Zhi's Metropolitan Graduate protective war poem, Ode to the Osmanthus Tree. A pale green, translucent osmanthus tree appeared out of thin air and enveloped Fang Yun.

Fang Yun had not used this poem often, and it remained at the most basic First Realm. Yet with the aid of the Ink Maiden, Inkstone Turtle, Lord's Star Position, and Poetry Cauldron, the osmanthus tree was unprecedentedly powerful.

Even so, a mere Metropolitan Graduate war poem could hardly withstand a Hanlin Academician war poem for long.

Zong Jibing caught sight of this from the corner of his eye, and a look of disdain surfaced on his face. He continued writing his next war poem, though his speed slowed midway through. Even so, he completed it smoothly.

The war poem Zong Jibing wrote was once again one of his own, titled Ode to the Giant. A three-zhang-tall ice giant appeared before him.

The giant was formed entirely from peculiar ice blocks. Small tornadoes scraped across its body, while snowflakes swirled around it.

Zong Jibing did not attack at once. Instead, he stared at the osmanthus tree in surprise.

That osmanthus tree, which should have collapsed, actually stood firm amid the frigid wind. It looked as though it could last several dozen breaths longer—something even ordinary Hanlin Academician protective war poems could not accomplish!

When the osmanthus tree had formed, Zong Jibing had been looking down as he wrote and had not seen it. Yet many people on the Upper Viewing Platform had seen clearly that a full moon had appeared in each of Fang Yun's eyes.

Ordinary scholars did not understand what this meant, but the Sage Aristocratic Clans all knew, leaving many people