Chapter 56 Don’t Regret It Later
Gu Fangchen narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand to catch the rain.
But before those raindrops fell on him, they automatically retreated and turned into mist in the air, reflecting the colorful light all over his body.
For a moment, Gu Fangchen was covered in colorful light, and all the blooming lotus flowers around him bowed slightly towards him.
Mysterious and dreamy.
In Qionglin Garden, most people were soaked by the sudden rainstorm.
But at this moment, no one cares about this anymore.
All of them looked at Gu Fangchen in a daze. Many of them sat down on the ground, muttering the poems that Gu Fangchen had just recited, feeling as if the sky had fallen!
As mentioned before, there are only two paths for practitioners in the world: one is the Shinto way, and the other is the martial way. All other means are just skills.
For the scholars present, their skill is "literary talent".
There is talent in this world, and the highest recognition of a scholar's literary talent is the strange phenomenon in heaven and earth caused by the induction of talent.
Regardless of the length of the poem, song, or article, as long as it is approved by heaven and earth, it can trigger the blessing of strange visions, and these strange visions can also become a means of attack.
For example, the "Poet Immortal" Li Wangji killed the Ghost General with his sword by using a poem he wrote, and the sword turned into a green snake.
However, if it is a lyric poem describing scenery or objects, even if it triggers a strange phenomenon, it can only add some special effects to itself.
If one's own cultivation is not sufficient, the power of the strange phenomena of heaven and earth will be limited.
In "Mirror in the Dust", players can still trigger strange phenomena in heaven and earth by competing with NPCs in poetry. It is a very interesting little easter egg.
Any single poem used by Gu Fangchen is enough to trigger strange phenomena in heaven and earth.
However, in theory it would not be so exaggerated. At most the pond would be full of blooming lotus flowers.
But he directly wholesaled six songs in a row!
This number directly caused a qualitative change, and the special effects rose to the level of the sky and earth changing color, wind and clouds gathering, and the rosy clouds.
Right now, the entire Huangtian City could see this strange sight.
In addition to being shocked, everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on the distraught Gu Youren, which was very subtle.
Gu Yuandao's face turned ashen as he stared at the five-colored halo on Gu Fangchen.
Even he, so far, has only two articles that have triggered the strange phenomena of heaven and earth that are inspired by talent... Even so, he is already a genius of the time, and there are very few who can compare with him.
What’s even more terrifying is that those poems are impeccably good.
Even if the "Poet Immortal" himself were to evaluate it, it would still be the same!
The appearance of strange phenomena in heaven and earth not only proves the value of these poems, but also proves that they are published for the first time.
In other words, no one had ever said it before today...
If this was said to Gu Fangchen by someone else, then the moment it was spoken, the poem would be completed and a vision would appear.
What's more, who has the ability to compose six lotus-themed poems in one breath, all of which can trigger visions?
Whether Gu Fangchen can say it differently, anyway... Liu Xuan definitely can't.
Gu Youren made a wrong judgment again and became the person she hated the most, who could not distinguish right from wrong and confused black and white.
"Impossible... No..."
She sat in her seat blankly, letting the rain hit her body, muttering:
"The flowers fall into the golden basin and the leaves turn to dust... Could it be, could it be that I am wrong?"
Someone nearby exclaimed:
"Mr. Lin! Mr. Lin! What's wrong with you, Mr. Lin?"
It turned out to be the old minister who had made a bet with Gu Fangchen. He rolled his eyes and fainted, and was carried out by the students on both sides.
I don't know if I'm really dizzy or just pretending...
All I can say is that the old hands in the officialdom reacted very quickly.
Gu Yuandao looked at the chaotic Qionglin Garden and took a deep breath. He knew that if he didn't take action, today's banquet would probably become a one-man show for Gu Fangchen.
He walked up to Liu Xuan and said in a deep voice:
"Senior Brother Liu, I'm extremely sorry. My sister was arbitrary in making this decision."
Liu Xuan waved his hand with a cold face and said:
"I did experience a spiritual outing before, so I understand why Mr. Gu would misunderstand me. As Mr. Gu said before, admitting one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue."
"And the person you two should really apologize to is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Gu Yuandao paused after hearing this, but his eyes were serious, and he murmured in a low voice with a forced smile:
"That depends on him being able to get through this..."
Liu Xuan frowned fiercely and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Although he had heard about the dispute between the real and fake princes in the Zhenbei Palace a long time ago, it seemed that the conflict was even deeper than he had imagined.
It seems that today's Qionglin Banquet is more like a Hongmen Banquet specially held for Gu Fangchen.
Everyone in the Zhenbei Palace wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Considering Gu Fangchen's past temperament and style, it seemed natural for the palace to have such an attitude, but upon closer inspection today, it seems that this prince has been hiding his incompetence.
But no matter what... at least his problem was solved.
Liu Xuan let out a long sigh, took out the gift box from his teacher, and walked to Gu Fangchen who had just jumped down from the table.
He said loudly:
"This is the sword that my teacher once wore, named 'First Rank.' Today, I saw His Highness the Crown Prince commemorate the lotus with six poems, and the sky was filled with colorful clouds. I, Liu, would like to offer this sword to His Highness by borrowing flowers to pay tribute to him."
Gu Fangchen glanced at the sword in the box.
This sword is indeed a good sword, but...
"Brother Liu, don't be impulsive."
Gu Fangchen was very humble and said politely:
"Since this sword comes from the academy, it must be a gift for the top scholar. You can give it to Gu Yuandao."
"?"
Were you the one who arrogantly stepped on the table just now?
Liu Xuan was very surprised, but still insisted:
"Your Highness's poetic talent is rare in the world, and he deserves the title of 'first-rate'!"
After the misunderstanding just now, it seemed very reasonable for him to give this gift to Gu Fangchen.
Gu Fangchen picked up the long sword and pondered:
"Then don't regret it later."
Liu Xuan was full of ambition:
"Of course not!"
There were discussions nearby.
"Isn't that the 'Immortal Poet's' sword, 'First-Class'? I heard it was a gift for the top scholar, so why was it given to Gu Fangchen..."
"Giving gifts is to give face, but people have misunderstood it as cheating, so why give it?"
"Let's not talk about anything else. Once the prince's six poems are published, how many people, not only the younger generation, but even the older generation, can compare with him? This 'first-class' is truly worthy of the title."
"On the contrary, it's this number one scholar..."
Gu Yuandao took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and spoke:
"Everyone!"
"Since there's a misunderstanding, it must be resolved! What's true and false that human power can't determine will be determined by 'rules'!"
"Gu Fangchen, you asked me before if I dared, so now, do you dare to let the 'rules' question your conscience?"
The real purpose is revealed.
Gu Fangchen looked around and raised his eyebrows:
"Why not? If you dare, I dare too."
As a disciple of the saint, Gu Yuandao could naturally summon the spiritual beasts left behind by the saint, not to mention that he had already reported it to Xie Qian.
Soon, two students from the academy brought up a huge stone turtle carrying a stone tablet.
The stone turtle was very bulky, but its shell was covered with scriptures and flowing dark green spiritual patterns. Its eyes were half closed, and it was filled with profound and mysterious meaning.
Gu Fangchen stepped forward.
It raised its head, spoke in human language, and said lightly:
"I asked about the 'rules'—"
It then changed the subject:
"Are you the blood of King Zhenbei?"
Gu Fangchen stood still, uncontrollably following his heart, and shook his head:
"no."
Gu Yuandao immediately curled up the corners of his mouth and almost couldn't help laughing. It was the expected result, everything was settled!
There was already a cry of surprise from below.
Gu Fangchen raised his eyebrows:
"Then I have a question for you."
The spirit turtle was stunned, but saw that the gold-embroidered bird-shaped pattern on Gu Fangchen's clothes suddenly burned, and soon turned into a ball of golden flame that spread outward, blocking everyone around.
He clenched his fists and grinned:
"When did we, the Demonic Cult, start to follow the rules?"
Gu Fangchen used his spiritual power, and the marks left by the Demon-Suppressing Nail lit up on his arm. The blood-colored marks connected with each other, turning into a mysterious mark like a star map.
He flew forward, pulled out the "First Flow" with his right hand, inserted it straight into the turtle's mouth, and pried out a tooth.
The other hand immediately grabbed the tooth, and the "measurement" mark on the hand flashed, leading him into the "longitude and latitude room".
Liu Xuan was stunned watching from below. Before he could react, Gu Fangchen had already disappeared...
Only then did he understand.
What does "Don't regret it later" mean?
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(End of this chapter)
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