The Confucian Way to Sagehood
Chapter 824

Flood Dragon-Sparrow Twins

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Two verdant mountains stood a hundred zhang tall. The two men atop their peaks were likewise about a hundred zhang apart. The cliffs dropped straight down, exceptionally steep, while a small river murmured along beneath the opposing mountainsides. Its fine, fragmented babble reached Fang Yun's ears.

Fang Yun looked toward Qu Hange on the mountain peak ahead and pondered. This terrain was truly too peculiar. Their current distance formed an exquisite balance; as things stood, neither could launch any particularly effective attack.

However, once either of them carelessly fell, he would inevitably be at a disadvantage and suffer the fiercest blows from the man atop the mountain.

If neither went down the mountain, then unless they possessed some special means, they would remain locked in stalemate. After all, they were both Metropolitan Graduates. The powers capable of reaching a hundred zhang were limited and monotonous.

For a Hanlin Academician, a hundred zhang was a normal distance. For a Grand Academician, however, anything within a hundred zhang already counted as close-quarters combat.

"Heaven is helping me!" Qu Hange laughed heartily, his face brimming with delight, victory already grasped in his hand.

Fang Yun slowly adjusted his breathing. Though the Plague Lord was powerful, his Medical School power and the Moon Phase Divine Stone completely restrained the Plague Lord.

The Qu Hange before him might not equal the Plague Lord, but Fang Yun had repeatedly reviewed Qu Hange's information before this. His sole weakness was his age—he was unsuited for a prolonged Literary Battle. Other than that, he had no weaknesses whatsoever.

Not only had several of Qu Hange's War Poems and lyrics entered the Third Realm, but his Zither Way excelled at offense and his Chess Way at defense. Together, they fit seamlessly, like Heaven's own garment.

Not only did Fang

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