Qu Hange's Strength

Qu Hange said, "Void Sage Fang truly has grown accustomed to being overbearing! But there is one thing this old man does not understand. Since you are the esteemed Void Sage, a model for the Human Race, why did you stir up internal strife between two kingdoms at a moment of crisis for the Human Race? You are draining the Human Race's strength from within!"

"First, the Void Sage recognizes no national borders, but I, Fang Yun, have a kingdom! Second, the ones stirring up internal strife between two kingdoms at this perilous moment for the Human Race are your Qing Kingdom and the Qing Lord! I merely counterattacked." Fang Yun said.

"Since the Book Repository was established in our Qing Kingdom, it naturally must abide by Qing Kingdom's laws. The Qing Lord did nothing wrong."

"Oh? Does the Sacred Academy forbid me from holding a Literary Battle for Xiang Prefecture?" Fang Yun asked in return.

Qu Hange's gaze remained murky, but his temper seemed to rise. Raising his voice slightly, he said, "The Qing Lord's imperial decree only sealed it off, at most delaying the establishment of your Book Repository for a little while. How could that count as stirring up strife between two kingdoms? Which causes greater harm to the Human Race: strictly examining your Book Repository's damage to the Human Race, or your Literary Battle for Xiang Prefecture?"

Fang Yun said, "Obstructing the Book Repository is equivalent to obstructing the Instructional Sacred Way. The crime is greater than ten Metropolitan Graduates engaging in Literary Battle!"

Qu Hange did not answer at once, because the best argument at present was to say that Qing Kingdom could build its own Book Repository to replace Fang Yun's. However, such a thing could be done in private, or in secret, but