Chapter 208

"Does anyone know about the Great Zhou Lord Wenguan? Earlier, it seemed the eagle demon thought that senior was him," Beitian asked.

The monk Wu Jie shook his head, indicating he had not heard of him, and said, "For the past year, I have been in the scorched earth region, and plus, the distance between here and Great Zhou is too great, so I really haven't heard of any Great Zhou Lord Wenguan."

Jiang Yuan smiled bitterly:

"It seems you two haven't returned to the Luo Sha Kingdom recently, even though you haven't heard the name of the Great Zhou Lord Wenguan."

Upon hearing this, Beitian and the monk Wu Jie turned their gazes toward Jiang Yuan in unison.

Jiang Yuan organized her thoughts before speaking unhurriedly: "The Great Zhou Lord Wenguan, Lv Fang, once served as a special envoy from Great Zhou to the Luo Sha Kingdom not long ago. The 'When Will the Moon Be Clear' on the heavenly palace now was written by him."

Beitian and the monk Wu Jie asked in confusion:

"'When Will the Moon Be Clear'?"

"Is it a poem?"

Jiang Yuan had returned to the Luo Sha Kingdom not long ago, and as soon as she entered the city, she was immediately captivated by the 'manifestation' level verses of 'When Will the Moon Be Clear' displayed above the heavenly palace.

That exquisite artistic conception truly made one look up in admiration and reverence.

It was not just her; many of her friends were all full of praise for this poem. In their words, that Great Zhou Lord Wenguan was so dazzling.

At just over twenty years old, a few years younger than her, he was already a Duke of Great Zhou and came from a merchant family of humble origins.

At the time, Jiang Yuan was full of curiosity about this legendary figure everyone spoke of, always feeling it was a bit too exaggerated.

So she specifically sought people out to learn about him.

Upon learning this, she was completely stunned.

The deeds of this Great Zhou Lord Wenguan were simply legendary; he was prophesied as the 'Prophecy Man' by the demon race's prophet, Wan Shu Wang, and had written several 'manifestation' level poems and lyrics. His master was the person under the Great Zhou Sage, Sage Xu Han Yi.

Within a year, he had written several elegant essays. The elegant essays he wrote possessed a unique extraordinary power—the scent of books—which only the human race could comprehend.

It was also because of this Great Zhou Lord Wenguan that many people in Great Zhou had comprehended unusual extraordinary powers from these elegant essays, and their combat effectiveness there had increased by an unknown amount on average.

If such a person was not a legend.

Then Jiang Yuan truly did not know who else was worthy of the word 'legend'. Thinking of this, she recited 'When Will the Moon Be Clear' once, and amidst the shocked expressions of Beitian and the monk Wu Jie, she told them everything she knew about Lord Wenguan.

"Are you sure this is all true?"

Beitian shook his head repeatedly, his eyes nearly popping out.

He had spent several years with Jiang Yuan and knew her character well; she was the type of person who did not like to lie, especially in such a situation.

The reason he could not accept it for the moment was simply that the deeds of the Great Zhou Lord Wenguan, Lv Fang, were too astonishing.

This was more than just a genius?

This was simply a sage encountered once in ten thousand years!

The monk Wu Jie sighed, frowned, and said, "I don't think he looks much like him. That senior is indeed strong, but if it were that person, a Fourth-Rank of the same realm should be even stronger; there would be no need for him to let us stay and help."

"Anyway, I always feel something is strange, but if you ask me to say exactly what, I don't know where to start."

"By the way, didn't that senior deny it?"

Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement and said, "The image of the Great Zhou Lord Wenguan I know does indeed differ somewhat from that bearded senior, and Lord Wenguan is not a Fourth-Rank Scholarly Adept, but a Sixth-Rank, Second or Third Stage Scholarly Adept."

"The image might be more similar to the previous Young Master Fang."

She said hesitantly.

Beitian glanced at the direction of the entrance, sighed, and said, "Just in case, we had better leave this place quickly."

The three looked at each other and fled toward the distance one after another.

On the other side, Lv Fang had not gone far; he stopped in a secluded place. There were many heavenly treasures in the Bai Bai Yuying demon's storage bag.

What surprised him even more was that there was also a notebook, which recorded something like the Bai Bai Yuying demon's diary.

In the latest entry of the notebook, it had also hurriedly written a few paragraphs about entering this place.

This time, the demon-barbarians entered this place to find the entrance to the Lower Upper Realm. The reason the strongest strength among this batch of demon-barbarians was Fourth-Rank.

Was not because there were only Fourth-Rank demon-barbarians in the scorched earth region, but because stronger existences could not enter this place.

Seeing this, Lv Fang could not help but frown, because when he entered with Jiang Yuan and the other two, he had not noticed this point.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, he could understand.

Lower Upper Realms generally have rank restrictions. Although this place belongs to the periphery of an unknown Lower Upper Realm, it is clearly somewhat unusual.

He had not thought so before, perhaps because he had not encountered a situation where he could not enter; after all, he and Jiang Yuan's group were all within the Fourth Rank.

"No wonder the strongest combat power of the demon-barbarians is Fourth-Rank."

Lv Fang sighed, his gaze lingering on the name 'Song Ce' in the notebook. This Bai Bai Yuying demon had also mentioned Song Ce, just feeling that this human was very annoying and not knowing why the demon-barbarians above had entrusted Song Ce with such an important task.

It also mentioned that being made responsible for this mission together with Song Ce made it feel very unhappy.

From this notebook, it could be seen that the Bai Bai Yuying demon and Song Ce were the two leaders of the demon-barbarians. In some situations, because Song Ce was human, its status seemed to be slightly higher.

The only thing that made Lv Fang somewhat puzzled was that this notebook did not write about the unknown Lower Upper Realm, only mentioning it in passing—that this Lower Upper Realm was very important to the demon-barbarians and could turn the tide of the battlefield on the northern and southern frontiers.

"Just a Lower Upper Realm, how could it possibly turn the tide of the battlefield on the northern and southern frontiers?" Lv Fang frowned tightly.

When he saw Song Ce here, he knew it must not be simple, so when he encountered Song Ce, he used the Great Zhou imperial court to scare the other party.

But he really had not expected that the unknown Lower Upper Realm would be so important.

If he could not figure out what was going on, Lv Fang would really be unwilling. Although he did not know what scheme Song Ce and these demon-barbarians were plotting, what if they actually succeeded?

And if this matter could affect the battlefield on the northern and southern frontiers, if he ignored it, he would always feel like there was a thorn in his heart.

One must know that if it could really affect the battlefield, that would mean thousands, or even tens of thousands of soldiers dying on the frontier.

Lv Fang just thought about it, and his breathing became a bit rapid. He stood there hesitating for a long time, finally coming up with a very bold method.

The Bai Bai Yuying demon had been slain by him, and it was the leader of these demon-barbarians, so why couldn't he use the extraordinary power 'Deceiving the Heavens' to disguise himself as its appearance and demon aura to investigate the specific situation?

If the timing was right, he could even do more.