Chapter 70: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (9) Entering the Mo Sect: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth…

Ye Mo was puzzled: “Good?”

Meng Sheng did not answer her question immediately, and asked three Mo Sect disciples to pick up the treasures that Ye Mo had just touched. After a while, a fantastic and unscientific scene appeared on the weapons.

It seemed that these treasures were suddenly endowed with magical skills.

Some of them had frost on their surfaces, and even emitted an ice-blue cold air; some of them suddenly heated up to the point that the iron was burned red; some of them had a mysterious effect, and dark red blood rust suddenly appeared on the treasures; some of them had an unknown green plant growing on their dark green long whips.

Ye Mo looked at the hands of several Mo Sect disciples suspiciously, and then compared them with his own hands. He vaguely realized something, but it was not very clear. He looked at Meng Sheng and asked again.

Meng Sheng nodded and started to explain to her from the beginning: "The Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, directions, seasons, colors and so on, all things in the world follow the cycle of the Five Elements. The aura between heaven and earth also follows the laws of the Five Elements, which are mainly divided into five categories, namely gold

, wood, water, fire and earth. In a broad sense, there is more than one kind of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. For example, wind belongs to wood." Wind belongs to wood, thunder belongs to wood, ice belongs to water, light belongs to fire, stone belongs to earth... Ye Mo silently classified the other magic elements in his heart. Could it be that the water magic factor discovered by Watson before was actually water aura?

"Humans, animals, and plants are the same. They have different five-element constitutions, but life forms are very complex. They may not be pure fire or wood. Sometimes they are dominated by fire and supplemented by wood, or they just lack earth."

At this point, Meng Sheng raised his eyes and glanced at Ye Mo. "In ancient times, the five elements were rich in spiritual energy. Humans, plants, and animals could directly absorb spiritual energy that matched their constitutions from the air. These were cultivators. When they cultivated to a certain level, they were witches. When they had the ability to move mountains and seas, they were gods."

"From some unknown time on, for some unknown reason, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to decrease continuously. During the Yanhuang, Tangyao, Shunyu, and Xia dynasties, the gods fought for resources and died or turned into mortal witches. The same was true for plants and animals. By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, even the abilities of witches were greatly reduced. They were no longer the witches of ancient times."

Ye Mo:

...Are those historical myths true?

Meng Sheng sighed at the impermanence of the world: "During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the remaining witches tried every possible way to retain their spiritual energy and differentiated into different professions, such as witch doctors, priests, sorcerers, alchemists, weapon masters, and martial artists, which is what we see today."

As for why not everyone knows these things, it has something to do with the continuous decline in the status of witches, from gods to witch kings to sacrificial witches to witch officials to no witches. In addition, because black witchcraft was too terrifying during the Shang Dynasty, witches were strictly restricted and severely suppressed starting from the Western Zhou Dynasty. In

addition, most of the gods and witches in the past were women. After the witch power declined, the physical data of men were obviously higher than that of women, and now men occupy a dominant position.

The status of women has also been declining again and again. Just look at the history erased by the Western Zhou Dynasty to know that the real history before the Zhou Dynasty is now only known by a few major countries with a relatively deep foundation and some ancient nobles.

Although Mi Wenjing was a noblewoman, she was a noblewoman who was strictly trained according to Zhouli. There were some contents that Yangcheng Jun did not allow her to touch. The current female witch doctors have become inferior people who only treat ladies and nobles.

When Qin unified the six kingdoms, it naturally did not need the diversity of history. In addition, Xiang Yu, the King of Chu, burned the Afang Palace. These histories and inheritances will disappear with the replacement of people.

Ye Mo raised a question: "Are cultivators using the five elements to absorb different spiritual energy to cultivate both inside and outside the body the predecessor of martial arts?"

"Yes, and no. Cultivators directly absorb the five elements of spiritual energy between heaven and earth to refine their bodies and cultivate their souls. They have high physical requirements and their goal is to become witches or even gods. Warriors only use the spiritual energy left between heaven and earth to temper their bodies and strengthen their bodies. They may absorb a small amount of spiritual energy and only have requirements for root bones."

Note:

Physical fitness = soul + blood + root bones > root bones.

"The strength of warriors is very different from that of cultivators. Nowadays, the five elements of spiritual energy are becoming less and less. Except for some special areas where there are still hidden cultivators who are still alive, all others have disappeared."

Ye Mo nodded in understanding.

Meng Sheng continued: "Whether it is a sorcerer or a witch doctor or a weapon maker, or even a cultivator or a warrior, they all need to rely on spiritual energy in essence. There are also some ancient treasures in the world that are full of spiritual energy, such as Suihou Pearl and Heshi Bi. They are still resources that countries are competing for."

The Mohists cannot compete with the country. The spiritual energy they borrow to refine the formation comes from jade. Jade is one of the most common minerals that still absorbs spiritual energy. Therefore, many formations have jade ornaments.

But not only jade, some inherited ancient objects or spiritual objects in nature also gather spiritual energy by themselves.

Ye Mo suddenly realized.

The most fundamental difference between the magic array and the aura array is in the energy source. One is to borrow the magic power of magic cores and magic potions, and the other is mainly aimed at uniting and absorbing one or more auras between heaven and earth.

The magic power of the Irish copy is strong, and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is the end of the law.

Meng Sheng entered the main topic: "Wood produces fire, fire produces earth, earth produces gold, gold produces water, and water produces wood. This is the mutual generation of the five elements; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes gold, and gold overcomes wood. This is the mutual restraint of the five elements. The mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements are unchangeable."

For example, wood and fire are mutually generated, and a wood cultivator wielding a fire sword has a mutual generation effect; gold and fire are mutually restrained, and a gold cultivator is not suitable for a fire sword, which will reduce each other's strength.

In fact, only high-level cultivators of a certain level can sense this kind of repulsion, but the treasure that Ye Mo just encountered is a testing instrument prepared by the Mo family for the disciples of the Mo family. The formation on it deliberately amplifies the law of mutual generation and mutual restraint.

Through these treasures, it is possible to test which one or more of the five elements of the physical constitution of the Mo family disciples are inclined to, and whether the physical constitution is high or not. This may be used in martial arts and mechanical techniques.

Ye Mo asked a maid to try it.

Compared with the three more pure Mo family disciples, the five elements of the maid's physical constitution tend to be wood and fire, but her talent is not high and it is a bit mixed, so the fantasy phenomenon shown by the treasure is not particularly strong.

This is the case for most ordinary people.

Therefore, in this era, there are also thresholds for becoming a disciple of the Mohist School. First, you must have a clean family background and good character. Second, you must have a talent for mechanical skills or Mohist thought. You must choose at least one of the two.

The Mohist School used to have female disciples, but now that male supremacy has become the trend, women are severely oppressed. They cannot meet women who are literate and talented, so naturally they cannot accept female disciples.

Ye Mo took a deep breath and pointed out the most concerned point: "Do I have a balanced constitution of the five elements?"

Everyone has a constitution of the five elements. She cannot have 0 talent. When people come into contact with repulsive or mutually reinforcing five-element weapons, they will show different performances, but she does not.

The result of this speculation is obvious.

"Yes."

Meng Sheng was not surprised that Ye Mo could deduce this based on his talent. He did not know much about the Five Elements Balanced Constitution, and so far he had only heard of one person with the Five Elements Balanced Constitution in the Mohist school - Mozi, the founder of the Mohist school.

The balanced five-element constitution is like a deep black hole. All the five-element spiritual energy absorbed into it has no reaction. However, the balanced five-element constitution can be used with the help of all external things, treasures, spiritual weapons, formations, etc., regardless of the five elements.

Mozi was born in poverty, and only had the opportunity to learn because of Confucius's advocacy of "teaching without distinction". When he traveled around the countries, he specifically inquired about the balanced five-element constitution from the nobles, but he did not get much useful information.

Mozi's lifelong research on science, formations, and mechanisms may really be inseparable from his special constitution.

Ye Mo:

"..."

No wonder she can't break through her superpowers no matter how she increases her attributes, because the five elements in her body are balanced, and it is absolutely impossible for her to have an extra elemental superpower of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Unless all of them break through at the same time.

Ye Mo didn't know how many physical attributes had been broken through, but it must be an astronomical number.

He would never admit defeat!

...

When testing his root bone alone, Ye Mo directly destroyed the five elements array he was testing.

Meng Sheng believed that Ye Mo was a natural cultivator, that is, physical constitution↑=soul↑+blood↑+root bone↓.

Note:

Natural cultivators have too high physical talents, their souls and blood absorb spiritual energy too quickly, and their root bones cannot store spiritual energy, so they cannot practice martial arts.

There are such examples, such as Laozi Li Er, who wrote the "Tao Te Ching" nearly a hundred years ago.

This is also the reason why Ye Mo can break through the attributes of speed and strength (root bones can evenly absorb the five elements of spiritual energy), but cannot break through related abilities (root bones cannot store spiritual energy).

Meng Sheng lamented about her physique: "She was born at the wrong time. If she was born in ancient times, with spirits everywhere, she might be able to break through and become a great witch or god by understanding the five elements."

Ye Mo muttered: "Therefore, when God is about to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry, his body empty, and his actions disturbed, so as to stimulate his heart and endure his nature, and increase his ability to do what he could not do before." @Never

give up!

Apart from physique, Meng Sheng only knew that there were many kinds of ancient bloodlines in ancient times. These were passed down by Mozi, and Mozi knew only a limited amount due to class restrictions.

...

Meng Sheng led everyone to a bronze sword. The sword was cylindrical, with a hidden and alternating formation carved on it. It was inlaid with three pieces of high-quality jade. There was also a piece of jade on the scabbard for defense and protection.

This sword was forged by Mozi himself. Apart from Mozi, other people would not be able to use it smoothly due to her balanced constitution of the five elements. It was the most suitable for her.

Ye Mo:

"Sir..."

"It's rare to meet a destined person. Mo Juzi once said that this sword should be given to a destined person. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a young lady. No wonder the young lady and Mo Juzi have such a common philosophy."

"Thank you, sir, for your generous writing." Ye Mo certainly couldn't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She respectfully performed a very grand kneeling ceremony to Meng Sheng.

Meng Sheng was stunned for a moment, then accepted the gift, and said with joy: "Good! Good! Good! The Mohist School has another talented disciple, which is a great honor for the Mohist School."

[Congratulations on completing side quest 2: Become a disciple of the Mohist School, free point attribute +2.]

"Wen Jing, get up quickly."

"Thank you, sir."

Ye Mo stood up, and after paying a big salute to the sword of the ancestor Mozi, he took the sword from the scabbard.

The jasper on the scabbard of Jian Bing is shiny and comes from Kunlun Mountain in the Western Regions. It is a piece of Kunlun precious jade. Among the jade mines in China, the Western Regions produce the most spiritual jade, and Kunlun is the main one.

"Kunlun."

Ye Mo's mind suddenly flashed with a Qinghai jade pendant that he got from Grandma Ye years ago. It was also made of the upper layer of jasper, crystal clear. His hand paused as he drew the sword.

The sword was unsheathed.

He silently recited his personal attributes. In a series of system prompts, Ye Mo knew the attribute values ​​of this sword - Strength ⊕ 10, Agility ⊕ 12, Constitution ⊕ 12. Too strong!