228: Chapter 228 Resonance of Talent... Is it Ouyang Wanqing?

There is a regulation in the capital that no Martial Artist may trespass into another's residence.

Commander Fu Qingyun stood there, and moreover, he lacked a direct order from the Prime Ministers Mansion.

The several Martial Artist bigwigs from the capital who arrived later, although their eyes were filled with shock and doubt, still mostly stopped cautiously outside the boundary; no one dared to rashly force their way into the Prime Ministers Mansion at such a critical juncture.

Yet everyone, whether in the open or in the shadows, had their gazes fixed intently on that pillar of golden light soaring from the depths of the Prime Ministers Mansion to the heavens.

"What on earth is this... to be able to trigger such a celestial phenomenon?" some murmured in low voices, their eyes filled with horror.

Not far from Commander Fu Qingyun, a female figure dressed in simple, elegant moon-white robes, radiating an intellectual and gentle aura like water, quietly appeared.

It was none other than Palace Master Su Jianqing of Four Seas Academy.

At this moment, Palace Master Su Jianqing's usually calm, intellectual, and gentle pretty face was already filled with an unbelievable shock.

Her jade hands, hidden within her sleeves, trembled slightly. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at the pillar of light that was gradually dyeing the sky above the Prime Ministers Mansion into a sea of gold, and she exclaimed:

"This... how is this possible..."

"This is actually... Golden Literary Qi?"

Palace Master Su Jianqing's clear voice, in that instant, carried an unprecedented tremor and horror as it spread lingeringly through the silent sky.

In the back garden of the Prime Ministers Mansion, Chen Shanzhi looked at the golden phenomenon above his head that was nearly out of control, having attracted most of the experts in the capital, and his eyelids twitched wildly.

"It's over." Chen Shanzhi twitched the corners of his mouth behind his white jade mask, feeling bitter inside.

This act of showing off seemed... to have been a bit too much.

Above the Prime Ministers Mansion, that magnificent golden ocean surged ceaselessly, dyeing the clouds over most of the capital a noble and majestic pure gold.

In the Void Realm outside the Prime Ministers Mansion, several top experts who had rushed over from all parts of the capital stood steadily in the air.

After hearing Palace Master Su Jianqing's words, the look of shock on their faces did not fade; instead, it grew even more intense.

One of them withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and looked at Palace Master Su Jianqing standing not far away.

"Palace Master Su, with this Golden Literary Qi appearing, it seems your Bottleneck that you've been stuck at for over a decade truly has hope this time."

"Indeed. In the entire Great Jiang, and even looking across the world, one has never heard of Golden Literary Qi descending. To see it today in the Prime Ministers Mansion is truly a heaven-sent fortune for the Literary Dao."

The other bigwigs also spoke one after another, their faces filled with a 'just as expected' expression and envy.

Although they came from a background of crude Martial Artists, having lived to this age, their knowledge was naturally extraordinary.

Everyone knew that while Literary Qi resonance was a one-time thing, the fact that someone could write a work with Golden Literary Qi meant that this person's literary talent had reached a level bordering on divine.

If he could write a new work today that triggered Golden Literary Qi, who could guarantee he wouldn't write another one tomorrow?

As long as Palace Master Su Jianqing could befriend this person and ask him to write a few more masterpieces, her Breakthrough to the Peak of the martial path would be almost certain!

Thinking of this, the looks the bigwigs directed at Palace Master Su Jianqing even held a trace of imperceptible awe.

Meanwhile, in the back garden of the Prime Ministers Mansion, the golden light that had soared into the sky finally began to dim, and the ancient seal characters of the "ode to the wild goose" that had gathered from the golden light and hung above everyone's heads began to dissipate in the Void Realm.

But those scattered characters did not disappear directly; instead, they transformed into hundreds of tiny yet pure streams of golden light. Like a grand golden rainstorm, they carried an indescribable aura and whistled downwards.

The scholars inside and outside the stone pavilion all wore expressions of frantic envy, hurriedly looking around.

"Look! The golden Literary Qi stream is falling!"

"Which brother is it that actually achieved Literary Qi resonance with this masterpiece in such a short time?"

"What kind of terrifying Comprehension Ability must one have to resonate with it just as Young Master Chen San finished reciting the poem?"

Everyone's gazes followed the golden light falling from the sky. However, when they saw where the golden stream finally gathered and fell, the entire back garden of the Prime Ministers Mansion fell into a deathly silence once again in that instant.

Everyone's expressions froze on their faces in that moment. That direction... it was actually Ouyang Wanqing, standing in the center of the stone steps in a water-blue dress?

"Young Miss... Ouyang?"

"How could it be Young Miss Ouyang who achieved the Literary Qi resonance?"

A scholar murmured in a daze, his face full of disbelief and confusion.

This poem was just recited in the stone pavilion by that Chen San wearing a white jade mask to address the topic. And Ouyang Wanqing had achieved Literary Qi resonance with this poem in just a few short minutes?

What did this imply? Anyone with a functioning brain understood the implications at this moment.

Literary Qi resonance, especially resonance with poems about love between a man and a woman, relies most on the connection of minds and emotional resonance. Ouyang Wanqing being able to resonate instantly meant that she not only fully understood the extreme, "life-and-death commitment" deep affection written in this "ode to the wild goose", but it was highly likely... so this poem was originally written by Chen San specifically for her?

"Hiss—" Many scholars gasped in their hearts, and their gazes toward Chen Shanzhi and Ouyang Wanqing instantly became intriguing.

Good grief, I have to say, good grief. The one writing the poem was confessing through the poem in public, and the one listening achieved Literary Qi resonance in a few minutes. Was this just a simple poetry exchange? This was simply stuffing dog food into the mouths of all the scholars in the capital!

If there was nothing going on between these two, I'd swallow this stone pavilion whole on the spot today!

But the problem was... Ouyang Wanqing... was nominally engaged to the current First Prince, with an imperial edict for marriage issued by the Emperor himself! Although the grand wedding hadn't been held yet, was the First Prince going to be cuckolded right here in the back garden of the Prime Ministers Mansion today?

"Whoa... now there's going to be a huge show to watch." Some aristocratic scholars who were usually at odds with the Prime Ministers Mansion already had excited, gossiping expressions on their faces and retreated unobtrusively.

Meanwhile, the First Prince, wearing an agarwood mask nearby, had his fists hidden under his large sleeves trembling violently from excessive force.

Under the mask, his face was already completely flushed to a liver color from anger, even faintly glowing green.

A great humiliation! Simply a great humiliation!

He, the dignified First Prince, had quietly come to this Poetry Gathering at the Prime Ministers Mansion, originally intending to use his Literary Qi to show his face before Ouyang Wanqing and gain her favor. Yet in the blink of an eye, he had witnessed with his own eyes his fiancée achieving Literary Qi resonance with a love poem written by another wild man!