The Mohists are trustworthy in terms of both their abilities and character.
Not to mention the powerful and mysterious mechanical techniques of the Mohist school, which piqued Yang Cheng's curiosity.
Seeing Yang Ben's resolute attitude, Yang Cheng and Zhang Liang said no more, and instead prepared to gather their forces and head to Yunmengze.
Yunmengze is a general term for the large marshes in the Chu region, but the real Yunmengze is actually hidden very deep in the dense forests of the marshland.
The area is filled with miasma and natural mazes, inhabited by poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, making it difficult for outsiders to enter.
The only reliable thing about Xiong Wu, the alliance leader, is that he gave Yang Cheng and the others a map so they could find the Shui family; otherwise, they would be completely clueless.
Yang Ben led more than twenty disciples of the Mohist school.
These Mohist disciples were all dressed in white, barefoot, with their hair disheveled and their faces weathered.
Yang Cheng asked Yang Ben with a hint of curiosity, "Brother Yang, why did your Mo family split up in Xianyang back then?"
Yang Ben sighed and said, "It's a long story. Our Mohist school helped the Qin state not to gain a high status, but simply to stop the war and unify the seven states so that they would no longer fight each other."
The only state in the entire world that could do this was Qin, and only Qin did not exclude us Mohists.
Other countries, misled by those lowly Confucian scholars, regard my Mohist school as a monstrous threat, and give us no chance to enter the central government.
When it comes to Confucianism, Yang Ben is extremely disdainful and contemptuous, even openly calling it "lowly Confucianism."
The feud between the Mohists and the Confucians is almost common knowledge. If it weren't for the excessive oppression from the Qin state, it would have been almost impossible for the two sides to join forces.
Yang Ben continued, “Our Mohist school assisted the First Emperor in unifying the six kingdoms. Although outsiders call the First Emperor a tyrant, in the eyes of our Mohist school, the First Emperor had lofty ambitions. Although there was bloodshed in the wars, he was able to secure peace for ten thousand generations.”
We, the Mohists, speak the truth, even in front of Alliance Leader Xiong Wu.
But the change came with that sorcerer Xu Fu.
The First Emperor once asked me if the Mohist school had any secrets to immortality, and the answer from my predecessor, the Grand Master of the Mohist school, was no.
Even immortals and gods will one day perish, so how could there be a way to achieve immortality in this world?
The Yin-Yang Huang-Lao school may have secret methods for prolonging life, but in order to extend one's lifespan, one must give up many things.
As the ruler of a country, the First Emperor was blessed with the fortune of the world, so these longevity secrets had no effect on him, and sometimes even had the opposite effect.
Although the First Emperor was disappointed after hearing this, he did not insist. Instead, he worked even harder to govern the country and appointed the wise Prince Fusu to oversee the state in preparation for the next generation.
Everything was normal until the appearance of that sorcerer Xu Fu, and everything became distorted.
He boasted that he could go to sea to find immortals and obtain the elixir of immortality.
The First Emperor actually believed his nonsense.
Heaven knows what he brought from overseas that actually made the First Emperor begin to look younger, but also drastically changed his temperament.
From that day on, Xianyang changed. Prince Fusu was disliked by the First Emperor, and Xu Fu gradually began to take over the government.
Even some of my Mohist disciples were bewitched by Xu Fu, their personalities changed drastically, and they began to study those evil flesh-and-blood mechanisms.
My predecessor, the Grand Master of the Mohist school, went to confront Xu Fu, but he never returned.
Before leaving, the previous tycoon told his teacher that if he did not return, he should immediately lead his men to escape from Xianyang.
So the teacher led us out of Xianyang, thus completely parting ways with the evil Mohists who had been bewitched by Xu Fu.
The main contradiction behind the split within the Mohist school was not actually the oppression within the Qin state, but rather the presence of Xu Fu.
Yang Cheng was also very curious about who Xu Fu was in this world, that he could distort the real history into such a way.
Upon entering the Yunmeng Marsh, there were almost no paths ahead; all that remained were primeval forests and vast lakes.
Even with a map, Yang Cheng would lose his way in this kind of place, but Yang Ben and Zhang Liang seemed very familiar with the environment. Following the map, they twisted and turned and managed to find a way out.
"What do you know about the Shui family?"
Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "I am not from Chu, so I really don't know anything about the Shui family."
Yang Ben said from the side, "I do know a little about it. The Shui family is said to have an extremely long history, which can even be traced back to the primitive era of the Xia and Shang dynasties."
Their ancestors came to Yunmengze to escape war and have lived in seclusion ever since. They have not intermarried with outsiders and only come out to buy some key materials when they need to trade.
Their numbers are around several thousand, with about a thousand soldiers capable of fighting. Although not many, they are all cultivators, and both men and women are soldiers.
The woman is skilled in water-based magic, while the man is skilled in swordsmanship and archery; together, their combat strength is considerable.
However, these people were too stubborn. Even though Alliance Leader Xiong Wu had offered them a large sum of money to recruit them, their clan chief resolutely refused, seemingly making Alliance Leader Xiong Wu lose face.
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As they spoke, the dense forest ahead suddenly began to thin out, and a large village appeared before Yang Cheng and his group.
The village is quaint and surrounded by a moat, but its decorative significance is probably greater than its practical significance.
Upon seeing Yang Cheng and his hundreds of men arrive, a horn sounded from an arrow tower in the village, and countless archers rose from the village's tower, aiming their bows and arrows at Yang Cheng and his men.
These archers possessed considerable power, and the arrows in their hands emanated an extremely cold spiritual energy that could even directly lock onto a person's soul.
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