"Nine Stars of Literature?!"

The man in black swallowed hard, almost unable to believe what he was hearing.

Given the historical reality that four stars and above are considered high-level literary ranks, what is the concept of a nine-star literary rank?

That was practically a legend.

At that moment, a look of greed flashed in the man's eyes, and he even had some other thoughts.

"Keep your little schemes to yourself before I turn on you."

Wang Shuo was admiring the jade in his hand when he seemed to see the black-clad man's changing expression from afar. He said calmly, "I was only able to steal the opportunity before the sun set thanks to that person's help. What are you to dare to covet my opportunity?"

Enraged by the undisguised contempt in Wang Shuo's words, the man in black was about to wave his hand to order the hundreds of men in black behind him when his expression suddenly changed, and he stared at Wang Shuo's back with fear.

Attracted by the light of the jade pendant, the man in black suddenly realized that Wang Shuo was not alone. Right behind him, after the light dispelled all the darkness, six figures had appeared.

These six people all had different appearances, but what they had in common was the undisguised dangerous aura emanating from them at that moment.

The aura was not only dangerous, but it also seemed to cross a certain line, causing the man in black to show an expression of disbelief that was even more unbelievable than when he saw the Magatama being born.

"You, you guys... how is this possible?"

"This is a first-rate art of destiny, capable of deceiving even the most fortunate opportunities; what difficulty is there in merely studying the sea of ​​knowledge?"

Wang Shuo's expression remained calm, but as if recalling something, his gaze suddenly became distant, as if piercing through the "sea of ​​learning" to look at another boundless and distant place. He murmured to himself, "If my guess is true, then what frightens me is that this is just one link in his scheme... Heh, the real big move is not here."

“After ‘crossing the sea,’ there should still be ‘deceiving the heavens’…”

...

In the endless universe, within a star field shrouded in dark mist, there floats a mountain range whose height is unknown, perhaps tens of thousands of feet.

In the middle of the mountain range, the three large characters "Wansui Mountain" are engraved on it, desolate and ancient.

At the mountaintop, a middle-aged man in a long white suit sat casually, holding a book in his hand, and was reading aloud:

Confucius said: "To silently remember what one has learned, to learn without being weary, and to teach without being tired of teaching..."

As he read aloud, Wansui Mountain below trembled intermittently, as if protesting something.

At a certain moment, Gao Wenyuan, who had been ignoring the commotion beneath him, suddenly stopped and turned his indifferent gaze into the distance.

As Gao Wenyuan's gaze fell upon the starry sky, it suddenly began to churn, as if something terrifying, carrying endless nebulae, was rolling in.

Gao Wenyuan put down the book in his hand, his expression becoming distant, and an inscrutable smile appeared on his lips. "Finally... it's here?"