Fang Yun sighed. "Actually, inspired by An Chengcai and the Snake Demons, I'm planning to write a long novel about humans and demons. These thousand taels are merely a deposit. I intend to donate all the proceeds from this novel to the An family and Lu Family Town, to help them rebuild their homes."
"So that was it! I never imagined you would be so righteous and benevolent. You truly are a gentleman; we are ashamed of our inferiority! Please accept my bow!" Ning Zhiyuan solemnly cupped his hands and bowed to Fang Yun, but Fang Yun helped him back up.
"No need, no need. This is simply what I ought to do." Fang Yun knew perfectly well that a book could earn, at most, several tens of thousands of taels of silver. Compared to the fragment of The Peach Blossom Spring and that drop of Flood Dragon Sacred Blood, whose usefulness was still uncertain, it was simply insignificant. He had ultimately gained an enormous advantage. Besides, the money he would make from writing books in the future would be more than he could ever spend.
Wen Zhenghuan, standing nearby, praised him. "Good! This is the bearing of a true scholar. I heard that you entrusted all your books to the Profound Court Book Firm for sale?"
"Yes," Fang Yun answered.
"Then I shall go there myself and persuade them to take only half their share. Everything extra will be donated to Lu Family Town and the An family."
"The old Hanlin Academician is truly kind-hearted." Everyone praised him in succession.
After leaving Lu Family Town, everyone boarded the carriages. Wen Zhenghuan told the officials who had remained in their carriages about Fang Yun's plan to write a book and donate the money to Lu Family Town. Those officials immediately