"No wonder..." Xiao Hua said in a low voice. "Though this fellow's Confucian cultivator techniques cannot compare to the orthodox Five Qi Ascending to the Origin, he has still carved out a path of his own and tempered his True Qi to another extreme. He truly is a talent! Sigh, even the head of a subordinate first-rank Confucian cultivator family is a Literary Star. Aren't there far too many Literary Stars on Cangxian Continent?"
Princess Zixia rolled her eyes at Xiao Hua and explained, "Among the Confucian Hundred Schools, from ninth-rank families to subordinate first-rank families, all possess foundations accumulated over countless years. To become a third-rank family, the family head must possess the strength of a Literary Star! Even a Literary Sage of ninth grade of Yuan Force will not do! Otherwise, one can only be a subordinate third-rank family! The Duanmu Family ranks among the subordinate first-rank families, behind only renowned families such as the Kong and Meng clans. Naturally, its foundation is profound. Producing a Half-Saint Literary Star might be difficult, but a Quasi-Saint Literary Star or Virtual Saint Literary Star is no problem!"
Xiao Hua was somewhat dumbfounded. He asked curiously, "This Xiao has seen Half-Saint Literary Stars. It seems the heads of the Four Great Families are all Half-Saint Literary Stars, but what are these Quasi-Saint Literary Stars and Virtual Saint Literary Stars?"
"A Sage uses a Sage's Brush to kindle a Literary Star. A Sage is the key. A Half-Saint is naturally half a Sage, yet that Sage is also a genuine Sage, one whose name is engraved upon the Wenqu Star! Quasi-Sages... are Confucian cultivators inferior to Sages, who can only engrave their surnames upon the Wenqu Star! They can also kindle Literary Stars, but those Literary Stars are phantoms, unlike the true