The School of Mohism was also a prominent sect in ancient times.
Their mechanism techniques were unique in the cultivation world and were used by some cultivation dynasties. However, due to various reasons, they declined and finally lost their inheritance.
Li Mu guessed that one of the main reasons for the decline of the Mo Family was because the mechanism technique required a large amount of manpower and resources, and some dynasties and large sects could not afford it. Furthermore, the most important point was that the mechanism technique was not a single discipline. A mechanism grandmaster would also be a blacksmith grandmaster, talisman grandmaster, and array grandmaster.
The core of mechanism techniques was to use talisman arrays on artifacts.
This required mechanism masters to be proficient in refinement, Fu-lu, and array masters. This effectively blocked most people who were interested in mechanism techniques.
At the entrance of the Offerings Department, a middle-aged man called Mo Li cupped his fists at Li Mu. "Greetings, Lord Li."
Li Mu said, "You're welcome. Come in."
Inside the Offerings Department, Li Mu asked Mo Li to sit down and asked someone to pour him a cup of tea. Then, he asked, "How much do you know about the School of Mohism's mechanism techniques?"
Mo Li's expression was serious as he said in a low voice, "I am the only legitimate successor of the School of Mohism. Although the School of Mohism has declined, its inheritance is complete. I know all the mechanism techniques of the School of Mohism. I just lack manpower, materials, and spiritual jades …"
Li Mu went straight to the point. "You want to revive the School of Mohism?"
It was not that he could guess Mo Li's thoughts. During the Hundred Schools of Thought, every school wanted to be powerful and suppress the other schools. However, later on, Daoism became dominant and the other schools declined. The Six Sects of Daoism still wanted to be the leader of Daoism. As the successor of an ancient sect, who did not want to revive their own school and fulfill the wishes of their ancestors?
Mo Li did not deny it. He asked, "Lord, are you willing to give me this opportunity?"
Li Mu said, "Although the Great Zhou is large and does not lack resources, if the resources used to support the School of Mohism are used to recruit experts, the strength of the Offerings Department may double. Therefore, you have to first convince me why I should give you these resources."
If he wanted to obtain enough resources from the Great Zhou, he had to first demonstrate the value of these resources. Mo Li was already prepared. He took out a jade slip and handed it to Li Mu, saying, "This is a part of the Mo Family's Mechanical Arts."
Li Mu scanned the jade slip with his spiritual will, and the contents of the jade slip appeared in his mind.
This part of the mechanical technique was in the form of blueprints. Li Mu, who had once been an engineering student, had no difficulty in understanding these blueprints. The reason why the School of Mohism was so highly regarded during the dynasty was because, compared to the other six factions, the School of Mohism could be transformed into a war machine.
The puppets and magical equipment they created could carry out the combat ability of high-level human Cultivators, if not better. Most of the magical equipment was designed in the same way as modern weapons.
The blueprint of the School of Mo was not a secret. The secret was the talisman array engraved on it. Li Mu put down the jade slip and said, "If this is all, it is not enough."
Mo Li was silent for a moment, then asked, "What else does the Great Zhou court want?"
Li Mu pointed at a long cannon barrel and said, "The power of this thing is acceptable, but it can only fire one shot in a short period of time. It is not flexible enough. I need you to change it into a mechanism that can fire multiple shots."
Mo Li thought for a moment, then said, "Changing the talisman array and adding more grooves for embedding spiritual jades is not difficult."
Li Mu continued, "These can only be used on land and in the air. The court also needs something that can be used in water."
Mo Li said, "This is easy. You can engrave a water-repelling array on the mechanism."
"These puppets are not powerful enough."
"The power of the puppets is related to the materials and spiritual jades used. The better the materials, the sturdier the body of the puppets and the higher the defense. The higher the grade of the spiritual jades, the stronger the attack power of the puppets. The strongest puppets are comparable to Dongxuan …"
…
Li Mu and Mo Li chatted for a few hours in the Department of Offerings and returned home very late.
He had high hopes for the Mo family's mechanism technique. He hoped that the successor of the Mo family would be able to create something useful for him soon. Manpower was not a problem for the court. Ever since the Shen Kingdom and the Northern Bang became independent, there was no need to station so many soldiers in the South County.
Li Mu could transfer half of the soldiers in the South County to him. As for materials, the disciples of the Corpse Sect had been in Yingzhou for many years. In order to refine corpses, they often needed to survey the terrain and find a suitable place to raise corpses. During this process, they found many underground veins.
Ores were the raw materials for refining dharma treasures and mechanisms. The Corpse Sect was not good at these two things. The Fu-lu School and the court were not good at them either. Because they were far away in Yingzhou, it was difficult to mine and transport them. Li Mu had not touched them.
The area of Yingzhou was not smaller than the Zu Continent. Who knew how many resources were buried deep underground. He simply asked Mo Li to bring those people to Yingzhou to study mechanism techniques and dig for ores. If they could find a few spiritual jade veins, he would be really rich. Perhaps it could also solve the problem of his cultivation stagnation.
His cultivation had been stuck at the peak of the fifth realm for a long time. Recently, it had not improved at all. Whether it was the Psychic Power or the spiritual jades that Li Mu absorbed, after the spiritual Qi entered his body, it would not stay in his body. Instead, it would dissipate.
He knew that he had encountered a real bottleneck.
This kind of bottleneck could no longer be broken through by hard work. It required luck. Of course, if he could find a spiritual jade vein and use the spiritual Qi of the entire vein to break through the bottleneck, it was very likely that he would break through the bottleneck.
In this situation, it was useless for him to be anxious. He could only work on other aspects.
For example, painting, body-tempering, and learning the dragon language.
After studying with Cheng Xin for a long time, Li Mu realized that although it was difficult to learn the dragon language, after learning it, it became easier and easier to learn. In the Dragon King's diary in his hand, there were only a few sentences that he could not understand and needed to consult Cheng Xin. Li Mu could already read the rest without any difficulties.
He flipped to the last page of the diary. There was only one short sentence written on it. "I heard that the women of Fu Sang Country are naturally open-minded. If I have the chance, I must try …"
The word "Fu Sang" was an ancient name. According to the Records of the Ten Continents, Fu Sang was an island in the east of the Zu Continent in the East Sea. As for which island it was referring to, it could no longer be verified. Today, there were many small island countries outside the East Sea of the Zu Continent. They lacked resources but were rich in resources. The merchants of the Great Zhou often used merchant ships to travel between these islands and trade with these small countries.
There was no more content in the diary. Li Mu did not know whether this dragon had ultimately gone to Fu Sang or how the women of Fu Sang Country were open-minded. However, he had to make a trip to the East Sea.
The merchant ships of the Great Zhou that traveled between the eastern prefectures and the many island countries in the East Sea would occasionally be harassed by the Wo pirates.
In the past, because of the protection of Xuanzong, these pirates did not dare to be too arrogant. Now that the Great Zhou and Xuanzong had fallen out, Xuanzong no longer cared about these matters. The Wo pirates were increasingly arrogant. A few days ago, Li Mu ordered Ao Run to patrol the sea and protect the merchant ships of the Great Zhou. Two days ago, he had captured many pirates and asked Li Mu for a reward. Yesterday, when Li Mu tried to contact him, he could not reach him.
Just now, Li Mu tried again, but he still could not reach him.
With Ao Run's strength, he was comparable to a Sixth Realm cultivator at sea. Nothing should happen to him. However, just in case, Li Mu still planned to go and see for himself. He sent Ling 'er to the palace and called Cheng Xin along.
After all, they were at sea. Li Mu's strength was limited, but she could use 120% of her strength. Li Mu could only be at ease if he brought her along.
Cheng Xin was also very willing to follow Li Mu. Although there was food and drink here and she didn't have to work, she was still a dragon. The sea was her home. She hadn't experienced the feeling of swimming freely at the bottom of the sea for a long time.
…
Above the East Sea.
A huge merchant ship was anchored on the surface of the sea. The cultivators on the ship laboriously propped up a magic power barrier. A few small boats floated on the surface of the sea. In the sky, a few short men with their hair tied behind their heads were madly attacking the merchant ship.
The way these people attacked was very strange. They floated motionlessly in the air, but there were ghosts hovering above their heads. These ghosts were very powerful. After attacking for a while, the mana shield around the merchant ship was on the verge of collapse.
The people standing on the deck were in despair. Not only were the Wokou pirates strong, but they were also cruel. Every time they finished robbing the merchant ship, they would kill everyone on the ship. The fate of the women was even more tragic.
The few women on the merchant ship were already thinking of committing suicide.
Boom!
The protective shield around the merchant ship was finally broken by the Wokou pirates. A few of the Wokou pirates let out excited cries as they flew towards the merchant ship.
At this moment, there was a sudden change in the water.
A huge pillar of water shot out from the bottom of the sea. A few men were hit by the pillar of water, and blood spurted out of their mouths. Then, the thick pillar of water split into a few water ropes and tied them up tightly.
The expressions of the Wokou pirates changed drastically. They quickly ordered the ghosts above their heads to go down to the bottom of the sea to investigate.
Just as the ghosts flew down, and before they could even enter the water, a few bolts of blue lightning came from the bottom of the sea and struck their bodies. The ghosts did not even have time to cry out before they were turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared.
After these ghosts died, the faces of the Wokou pirates who were tied up by the water ropes became extremely pale. Their auras also fell from the fourth realm to the third realm.
Just as the people on the deck were stunned by this sudden change, they suddenly heard the crisp cry of a dragon. On the sparkling surface of the sea, a huge white dragon broke out of the water. On the huge dragon head, a figure stood with his hands behind his back.
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