The blockhead's name was Mo Li. According to him, the Mohist had been building this underground palace since the Qin Dynasty to suppress the ghost of Mount Tai.
That was why there were so many bronze wares here. After that, the Mohist continued to decline and never became rich again. This place was never renovated and maintained the appearance of the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
The ghost of Mount Tai was a hundred feet tall. Its body was made of metal and stone and was invulnerable.
This was nothing in Mo Qiong's eyes, but in the eyes of the ancient people, it was already very powerful.
Even with the wood armor technique, it could only barely trap it and could not effectively suppress it. It could be suppressed for a while, but it could not be suppressed forever.
Fortunately, the ghost of Mount Tai had eyes and mouth. It was a stone man. The Mohist later used the Eye of Chiyou to create a long-term containment mechanism that lasted until today.
The Eye of Chiyou had an irresistible fear. Any existence with eyes would be frightened and run away when facing or approaching this eye. It had nothing to do with fear of death or bravery.
Why did it say so? This was because it judged whether or not one had eyes, not whether or not one had consciousness.
Corpses would not feel fear, right? Corpses could not move, but they had eyes. If they saw the Eye of Chiyou, they would come back to life. The corpses would be frightened and run away.
Statues were inanimate objects, right? But they had eyes. If the Eye of Chiyou was in front of them, the statues would run away in fear.
Some totems on the flag, such as the Black Bird, would have eyes. Then, the flag would be frightened by the Eye of Chiyou and jump out of the pole with a tearing sound, or fly away together with the pole.
This was why the wood armor beasts and wood armor people had mouths but no eyes.
As for the ghost of Mount Tai, it was intimidated by the Eyes of Chiyou and was trapped deep underground, unable to escape.
"Boom! Boom! "
In the cave where the wood armor giant dragon head was inserted, a dull roar sounded. It was as if metal and stone were colliding and some excavator was knocking on the rock.
Mo Li told him that the ghost of Mount Tai was bombarding the rock, trying to break a path.
The cave was full of thick rock. Although the ghost of Mount Tai was strong and had a body like Vajra, it could not break through the cave.
The rock layer was too thick. The ghost of Mount Tai's hands and feet were round and not good at digging, so it could only smash and grind.
The best exit was, of course, directly above the hole blocked by the giant dragon's head. However, the Eye of Chiyou was there.
No matter if it saw the Eyes of Chiyou or closed its eyes to get close to the Eyes of Chiyou, it would be frightened and run in the opposite direction. Therefore, the simplest way out was actually a natural moat.
The Ghost of Mount Tai could only be forced away from the entrance of the cave, and there was no doubt that there was no future for it to go down. It could take a detour to the left or right, but if one listened to the sound from above, they would be able to know the progress of its excavation. Once the sound of its knocking on the rock deviated from the original location of the cave, the Mo family would release it and use the Wood Armor Green Dragon to suppress and kill it, forcing it into another narrow cave to suppress it again.
This cycle continued for two thousand years.
The Wood Armored Green Dragon was the largest and strongest Wood Armored Beast that the Mo Clan had ever created. Most of the generations of Mo Clan's magnates had sacrificed themselves at the end of their lives to become a part of the Green Dragon.
Although the strength of the Ghost of Mount Tai was great, it was not without restraint. According to the Mohists, it had the strength of ten thousand catties. About a hundred and fifty thousand kilograms. The Wood Armored Azure Dragon's strength was ten times that of the Ghost of Mount Tai, but its material was not as hard as the Ghost of Mount Tai.
It was impossible for the Wood Armored Green Dragon to suppress the Ghost of Mount Tai all the time, but it was still able to fight it and suppress it for a short period of time.
Using the Eyes of Chiyou in combination with the geographical advantage, it was able to suppress it for a long time.
However, Mo Qiong still felt that the margin for error was not high.
Although nothing had happened in the past two thousand years, the underground palace could not hold on for much longer.
First of all, the ground was full of caves, almost all over this level. There were hundreds of caves of various sizes, and there was not much space suitable for another cave to be dug.
Back then, Mo Zi had used this strategy because he thought that the later generations could continue to expand the underground palace, or there was a better way to keep up with the times. As long as the core of this method of containment was grasped, the Ghost of Mount Tai would not be feared. Each generation would be stronger than the previous one, and there would be plenty of ways to trap it.
However … the later generations stuck to the rules, and some even declined and died. The underground palace remained the same as it was two thousand years ago …
Another point was that every time the Ghost of Mount Tai was released, although the Wood Armored Green Dragon could suppress it, it could not suppress it forever. This was because the Wood Armored Green Dragon could not hurt the Ghost of Mount Tai, but the Ghost of Mount Tai could destroy the Wood Armored Green Dragon.
Every time they changed locations, the Wood Armored Green Dragon would have different degrees of damage after a fierce battle.
In the past, it would often be repaired and even strengthened. However, ever since Mo Li's son ran away and he sealed the underground palace, there was no longer a source of wood.
Furthermore, the Wood Armored Green Dragon was too big, and the smashed wood was not of much use.
The Wood Armored Green Dragon had been repaired, and the stored wood had been used up long ago. After that, it had been dismantling the buildings and other Wood Armored Beasts on the upper level.
This was also one of the reasons why Mo Li did not choose to break down the door to capture Ying Fei and the rest. If he had used the golden hammer to smash the door and enter, then the door would not be able to be used in the future. Hence, he would rather turn around and look for the Giant Scorpion's stone plate, and ask the Wood Armored Beast inside to open the door for him.
That Wood Armored Giant Snake was not originally the Wood Armored Green Dragon's limb. It was only because the Wood Armored Green Dragon's claw was smashed that he used his own Wood Armored Giant Snake to replace it.
Even so, this place could not hold on for more than a few years.
If he had come 10 years later, Mo Qiong would have directly encountered the Ghost of Mount Tai here. The entire underground palace that was sealed off was the last cage of the Ghost of Mount Tai.
If he had come 20 years later, the Ghost of Mount Tai might have broken through the underground palace and killed all the way to the surface. Then, it would appear: Anomalies found in Mount Tai, nearby combatants immediately go to contain them!
"You can't do this. It's fine now, but this is not a long-term solution."
"One day, there will be nowhere to dig in the cave. One day, the wood will be used up. In the long run, when the Wood Armored Green Dragon can't fight anymore, what will it use to suppress the Ghost of Mount Tai?"
Mo Qiong said. He was very clear about what the Blue and White Society would do after knowing this situation. They would definitely change the way to contain the Ghost of Mount Tai.
For example, they would use the world's hardest alloy to imprison it. That would be … easy.
Even if they used ordinary alloy, even if the Ghost of Mount Tai could still break through, it would not be a problem. Wasn't Mo Zi's thinking quite good? They could just change the cage. The Blue and White Society's productivity was very high, and they were very rich. This kind of physical imprisonment was guaranteed to be foolproof, and the margin for error was extremely high.
The Mo family's method of containment could not be said to be wrong, but it could not keep up with the times. It was too simple.
The Blue and White Society would definitely not allow the Ghost of Mount Tai to continue to be contained in this way.
However, when Mo Qiong said his thoughts, Mo Li did not agree no matter what.
"The Ghost of Mount Tai must not be released!"
Mo Qiong clicked his tongue and said, "We are not releasing it, we are changing the cage for it. Do you understand? You know better than me that the rocks can't hold it for long. Now that technology is advanced, the will of heaven has already spread across the world. We have plenty of ways to make it unable to leave Mount Tai forever. "
"This method cannot be changed. Smelting metal to suppress the ghost, it's doomed! Your intentions are still unknown! "
Mo Qiong exclaimed, "Why are you so stubborn, blockhead."
The Wood Armored Man's thinking would not improve. It could be said that he was absolutely 'stuck to the rules', and his thinking was frozen.
On the bright side, people's hearts would change, but the Wood Armored Man's heart would never change.
On the bad side, he was rigid and stubborn, and would never accept new ideas and new culture.
With a ready-made containment method, he would definitely not change it.
Back then, the metal cage could not hold the Ghost of Mount Tai, so he stubbornly refused to use metal to imprison it. His thinking was forever locked in the knowledge of the past.
"Mo Zi has said that in the future, when we grasp the core, our methods can keep up with the times. We will not take the things away and will still keep them here. We will just change the method," Mo Qiong said.
"Since that is the case, there will be followers of the School of Mo guarding it. You can provide wood."
Mo Qiong was speechless. This was not just a matter of wood. There was almost no space to dig a hole here. Could it be that the Blue and White Society still wanted to help expand the underground palace?
Sticking to the rules was a classic of the School of Mo. However, it was not derogatory at first, referring to the School of Mo's ability to defend the city. Later on, it was used by the Confucian scholars so much that it became derogatory …
The followers of the School of Mo were actually the most innovative, and their thinking was extremely rebellious.
If Mo Li was still alive, he would definitely be able to understand. However, the Wood Armored Man in front of him was restricted by its characteristics. He would not be able to understand even if he was dead.
This was the Wood Armored Man's problem. It was written clearly on the stone wall that the Wood Armored Man's heart was everlasting.
Mo Qiong's nonsense with him. He waited for Master Gou to bring people over and see what the higher-ups decided.
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