Words Strategize for the World

Despite the pain, Fang Wei tried to get up, but his body was completely immobile.

Lanxi's attention was entirely on Fang Wei, and she noticed him as soon as he tried to move.

Even if she discovered it, she was helpless. For a scholar of high caliber, there are many ways to decipher the hidden meaning, but she knew none of them.

What should I do? What should I do? How can I break through the attack of the suppressed words?

Lanxi kept thinking, but her abilities were limited, and she couldn't come up with a solution.

Fang Wei endured the pain and kept thinking about how to get free from the pressure.

The weight of the characters is the same as their weight. How can we reduce the weight?

Buoyancy? It's not feasible outside of water.

Reduce gravity? We don't have that capability; it's not feasible.

If only I could float, then I could crawl out from underneath and reduce my weight.

That's not feasible either. It's not about being weighed down by heavy objects, but rather about the scholar's ability.

Floating? Floating.

By the way, can't wind reduce weight?

That's right, it's the wind.

Zhang Wensan was very pleased with himself. He remembered how furious he had been by the river. Today, he had finally taught this kid a big lesson. It felt so damn good.

Zhang Fengyi watched Fang Wei pinned to the ground, feeling the same sense of revenge. He recalled the day Fang Wei attacked him, knocking him to the ground, and the subsequent ridicule he'd suffered for losing the duel. The thought had been troubling Zhang Fengyi ever since. Now, seeing Fang Wei lying on the ground, unable to get up, brought him immense satisfaction.

"Hahaha, Fang Wei, you're a whole level below me, you can't beat me. Last time I was careless and you beat me, and you think you're something special. Do you know that? You're trash, scum. Hahaha, scum..."

Before Zhang Fengyi could finish speaking, his mouth gaped open, and he couldn't say anything more. He saw Fang Wei stand up from the ground and slowly float up, his hands and feet off the ground.

"You, you, you, you were pinned to the ground by me, how, how can you get up, and even...?" Zhang Fengyi was so surprised that he couldn't even finish his sentence.

Despite the pain, Fang Wei flapped his hands like a bird and continued Zhang Fengyi's words, "Yes, I'm up, I can fly again."

"..."

Zhang Fengyi was speechless, clutching his chest as if he were about to vomit blood. He had thought this was a chance to turn the tide, but it turned out that it wasn't him who had turned the tables, but Fang Wei.

Zhang Ruifeng, Zhang Xiao, and Zhang Wen all stared blankly, their faces filled with disbelief. How could someone who was being suppressed by a scholar a whole level above them actually turn the tables and even fly?

Before the Zhang family could react, Fang Wei quickly wrote the character "风" (wind). As the character took shape, it shimmered with golden light, transforming into a pale golden tiger that attacked Zhang Fengyi directly.

"Roar!" Fang Wei seemed to hear a huge tiger roar.

Then, the pale golden tiger bared its fangs and claws, crashing into Zhang Fengyi. With a cry of "Ah!", Zhang Fengyi fell backward in a "sand-sand-goose" style, landing on his back.

Zhang Fengyi, who fell backward, was filled with shame and anger.

Zhang Fengyi knew that Fang Wei had become his inner demon, and if he didn't defeat Fang Wei, he probably wouldn't be able to advance to the Earth level in his lifetime.

As he was thinking, he couldn't hold back a mouthful of blood and spat it out with a "pfft".

"Yi'er, what's wrong?"

"Fengyi, what's the matter with you?"

Zhang Ruifeng and his son Zhang Xiao quickly walked to his side and squatted down, speaking at the same time.

Before Zhang Fengyi could speak, Fang Wei said in a tone of exasperation, "If you can't even handle a little setback, what use are you in the future? You're just a worthless scoundrel."

Spitting out blood, Zhang Fengyi heard Fang Wei's words and pointed at Fang Wei, saying, "You, you, you..." But before he could finish speaking, he fainted.

Fang Wei had been humiliated by the Zhang family several times, and if it weren't for his own hard work, he would have been utterly defeated long ago. Now that he had won, he definitely needed to teach them a lesson.

Seeing his son faint, Zhang Ruifeng quickly ordered the servants to carry him into the mansion.

Watching his son being carried away, Zhang Ruifeng said to Zhang Xiao, "I'll take half his life. You decide what to do."

After saying that, he walked towards the mansion. He trusted Zhang Xiao, so he only needed to go inside and wait for the result.

As soon as Zhang Ruifeng, the person in charge, left, the onlookers began to discuss, the gist of which was that the Zhang family was too ruthless and the young man was too powerful.

"Do you all want to die? Shut up!"

Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, Zhang Wensan roared a threat.

But the crowd did not stop discussing; instead, they became even louder.

"Your name is Fang Wei, right? Good, very good. Feng Yi lost to you, vomited blood and fainted. Then let me, his uncle, seek justice for him."

Zhang Xiao stood up as she spoke, facing Fang Wei.

Fang Wei became very serious when he saw Zhang Xiao ready. Zhang Xiao had been at the third level of general for many years, and his strength was definitely not comparable to Zhang Fengyi's.

Without wasting words, Zhang Xiao immediately began writing the characters for "bind" and "sword".

Upon seeing the word "bind," Fang Wei was greatly alarmed.

Upon seeing the word "sword" again, only one word came to his mind: run.

If I'm tied up, I'll be at their mercy. I definitely can't win a fight, so running away is my only option.

He wrote in seal script, and the character "风" (wind) took shape, then transformed directly into golden light and entered his body.

As the golden light entered his body, he immediately pulled Lanxi and ran outside, while simultaneously writing words of wind, trying to disrupt the crowd in front of him and then take the opportunity to escape.

Several "wind" characters formed, stirring up gusts of wind in the crowd, swirling up dust and dazzling the eyes.

The crowd suddenly became chaotic, and Fang Wei took the opportunity to slip into the crowd.

I thought I had it all figured out, but the other party actually ran away. For a refined scholar to flee like that is an insult to culture.

"Fang Wei, you little brat! How dare you run away as a scholar! Shameful!" Zhang Xiao shouted angrily, jumping up and down, and then ordered his servants to give chase.

Fang Wei didn't care about any of that; if you can't beat someone, you're a coward if you don't run away.

The crowd was in chaos, and it was difficult for Fang Wei to run with Lan Xi, but with the help of the "Wind" character, they were still faster than Zhang's servant.

Although there were many servants, they could not catch up with Fang Wei. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao sent someone to summon even more servants.

Zhang Xiao, along with his servants, swarmed after Fang Wei, determined not to stop until he caught him.

Under Zhang Xiao's command, the servants formed a semi-circle and surrounded Fang Wei.

The street was not wide, and there was a crowd blocking their way, so Fang Wei and his companion were gradually surrounded.

Zhang Xiao followed behind, writing occasionally, and Fang Wei dared not stop. Seeing that they were about to be surrounded, Fang Wei could only write while running, both to assist himself and to disrupt the crowd.

While disrupting the crowd was effective, it had little effect, and Fang and Wei were eventually cornered at the entrance of an alley.

"You think you can escape? Although Zhongyuan Prefecture isn't under the Zhang family's control, if the Zhang family wants someone to die, who dares not die? You're a refined scholar, so we can't kill you, but we can still break your legs, limbs, and take half your life. Hmph, prepare to crawl for the rest of your life."

Zhang Xiao was furious. A mere scholar of the Law level was constantly disturbing the Zhang family and bringing shame upon them.

He had wanted to teach Fang Wei a lesson for a long time, but he hadn't had the chance. Once he did, he would definitely do it.

After Zhang Xiao finished speaking, he immediately wrote the characters for "break," "bind," and "sword." The attacks of these three characters were linked together, and once Fang Wei was hit, he would inevitably lose an arm or a leg.

Zhang Xiaohan angrily attacked, and Fang Wei was shocked, realizing that this was really going to break his arms and legs.

But no matter what, Zhang Xiao cannot be allowed to have his way. Even if the outcome is predetermined, he must pay a price.

"Defend, defend, defend!" Fang Wei wrote three consecutive defensive characters in seal script. Meanwhile, Lan Xi also wrote the character "defend" in mid-air, adding to Fang Wei's defenses.

When the fourth character for "defense" was written in seal script, Zhang Xiao's attack had already begun.

The first three defensive characters were instantly destroyed, and the fourth defensive character was attacked by the broken character as soon as it took shape, barely managing to hold on for a moment. Lanxi's defensive characters did not last even a second longer before they all shattered.

Unable to defend against, the "Break" character dissipated, and the "Bind" character's golden light immediately arrived, binding Fang Wei so tightly that he could not move.

Zhang Xiao was overjoyed to see Fang Wei tied up.

"Let's see where you can run now."