Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 28: Non-aggression Poetry Festival

Instead of sending Celestial Xiao out of the capital, Fang Chen came to an agreement with her.

Celestial Xiao changed into a maid uniform and altered her looks to disguise as Fang Chen’s maid. The two of them then made their way to the Great Xia River.

There was a poetry festival today. Not only were Great Xia’s outstanding youths and young misses going to be there, but scholars from Guhe, Longdu, and Yizhou would be participating too.

The one hosting this poetry festival was the Great Xia’s crown prince, and the theme for the day was ‘Non-aggression’. It reflected a wish for a more peaceful world.

“Your Great Xia’s scholars must be carefree to squander their time on poetry. Our Greenpine men would rather spend their time sparring and bettering themselves,” Celestial Xiao looked at the scene in disdain.

Fang Chen chuckled.

Hundreds of young scholars and misses were gathered by the Great Xia River. From time to time, they would indulge in the air of literary grace and compliment the scenery or criticize the current circumstances.

Not all of these young scholars or misses were powerless. Most were martial artists, though their martial cultivation had stopped at Ki Condensation. It was hard to find anyone who had reached Ki Explosion amongst them.

Fang Chen’s arrival initially didn’t catch much attention, but as he made his way toward the center of the crowd, someone finally noticed him.

“Fang Chen?!”

“What’s a martial artist doing at a poetry festival? Is he here to kill someone? It was just a few days ago that Li Huang died in his hands!”

“Brother Li was an exceptional literary talent. He had a bright future, but he offended a brute and died a premature death. A pity indeed!”

Such whispers could be heard from the crowd. Most scholars didn’t have a good impression of Fang Chen. In fact, they were his loudest critics when he fell in defeat five years ago.

Even though Fang Chen had regained his cultivation, he had been forbidden from ever entering the imperial court or leading an army, which meant he would

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