Chapter 51: The Sword Technique of the Mo School

  "Dad, catch this man quickly, he's a spy." Mo Shuang saw the newcomer and immediately ran over to pull his hand and coquettishly said.

  "Shuang'er, you're causing trouble again. This person can control five mechanical people at the same time, which is comparable to some of the elders in our sect. How could an outsider possibly learn something so exquisite?" The man seemed to understand reason, and after drawing his sword, he put it back in its scabbard, hanging it from his waist as he gazed at Zhang Rui.

  Zhang Rui also withdrew his mechanical people. In the face of absolute power, numbers were clearly not an advantage, and Zhang Rui felt that the person in front of him, although he had repelled his own puppet (from now on, use these two words to replace mechanical people), did not have any hostility towards himself.

  "Rui'er, come quickly to pay respects to the great master Mo Pan." Mo Yan was already standing beside Zhang Rui. It turned out that this person was indeed the great master of the current generation, no wonder he was so powerful.

  "You are Mo Yan's junior brother's disciple, and relying on self-study, you can already control five puppets. Great, Mo Yan's junior brother has indeed taken in a good disciple this time! I'm really envious, senior brother." This remark was originally directed at Mo Yan.

  "What Brother Shifu said is nonsense, Yueying's talent is something that even I envy. You already have such a great disciple, why do you need to envy others?" Mo Yan shook his head and sighed.

  "Yes, you mentioned Yueying, it's been a long time since I've seen that girl, and I don't know how she's grown up now. Let me go back to Chengyan younger brother's place to take a look."

  "By the way, Rui'er, how did you end up fighting with Mo Wen and Mo Wu?" Mo Yan asked.

  Mo Wen and Mo Wu were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe out, lowering their heads and tugging at the hem of their clothes. Mo Shuang, who had just been pulling on the inkstone and acting coquettishly, also lowered her head with a red face, secretly glancing at Zhang Rui. It seemed that Mo Yan, this law enforcement elder, was very strict in the Mo School. This little girl, she's finally afraid? Let me scare them a bit. Zhang Rui thought to himself.

  "Oh! Master, just now that senior sister saw us two here and came up." Zhang Rui deliberately paused for a moment, Mo Shuang listened nervously. What's wrong with this guy, can't he finish what he has to say in one breath? Is he so petty that he has to tattle on me in front of his seniors?

  "This senior sister came up and asked how I got here, I said I was the apprentice of Master, Little Meng brought me here, I listened to those two senior brothers talking about their realm, but didn't quite understand, so I wanted to spar with them a bit, that's why I disturbed Master."

  "This rascal, this is like a man, Mo Shuang's heart was put down, and Mo Wen and Mo Wu also thoroughly put their hearts down. It seems that the law enforcement elder will not punish us this time." "Yes yes, we are just cutting off the lower boundary." The two brothers hurriedly interjected.

  "You little scamp, don't think that Father doesn't know. Now that your junior brother Zhang Rui has arrived at Mo Men, you take him to get familiar with the surroundings in the valley. I have something to discuss with Mo Yan." Mo Pan instructed Mo Shuang.

  "Alright, alright, you go and discuss it, Father. I'll take care of Zhang Rui."

  Mo Yan and Mo Pan seemed to be discussing something again. Mo Yan gave Zhang Rui a look, then followed Mo Pan upstairs.

  "Zhang Rui, thank you for just now. Fortunately, you spared us and didn't let the Law Enforcement Elder pass judgment on us," Mo Wu said as he walked up to Zhang Rui.

  "Yes, unexpectedly your junior brother is so powerful at such a young age. I heard from Master that you are self-taught, I really don't know how you cultivated." Mo Wen also stepped forward and said.

  "Two seniors are being polite, we're fellow disciples and brothers, there's no deep grudge or hatred between us, so I'll naturally take it to heart."

  Some people were young and soon forgot their earlier unpleasantness.

  "Little Meng, come here, you brought someone without saying a word, almost got the wrong person, what do you say we do now!" Amidst Little Meng's pitiful appearance and everyone's cold gaze, Miss Mo Shuang's gentle hand touched Little Meng's ear, and suddenly a blood-curdling scream like a slaughtered pig was heard.

  Everyone burst out laughing, taking advantage of Miss Mo Shuang's distraction, Little Meng quickly escaped from Miss Mo Shuang's clutches and ran forward, "Save me~~~~" Everyone followed with a chuckle.

  "Rui Er, the Mohist school of swordsmanship emphasizes practicality and pragmatism, with a focus on unity between offense and defense. Offense is defense, and defense is offense. The Mohist school has no fancy moves, only two paths: chopping and thrusting. Chopping is powerful and forceful, while thrusting is smooth and flowing like clouds and water. The Mohist school is divided into Xia and Jiang, so the swordsmanship emphasizes the spirit of chivalry. That's why people say that our Mohist swordsmanship prioritizes defense. But in reality, it's not true. Our swordsmanship emphasizes one strike to defeat the enemy, with movements as smooth as flowing clouds and water, continuous and unrelenting. As long as we gain the initiative, we will never stop."

  Mo Yan's sword dance was very fast, Zhang Rui's eyes were wide open, and it turned out that the Mo family's swordsmanship emphasized intent over form, and didn't have any fixed moves. Seeking speed and stability, it really lived up to the saying: "Under the heavens, only speed is invincible."

  Zhang Rui has been here for a few days, and Mo Yan officially began teaching Zhang Rui the Mohist swordsmanship today. The Mohist school is divided into two branches: internal and external. Just like what was said earlier, Xia is an internal branch, which is further divided into two categories: Swordsmanship and Puppetry. For example, Mo Wen belongs to the Puppetry category, while Mo Wu belongs to the Swordsmanship category.

  After all, a person's energy is limited, and some people can't even master one skill in their lifetime. Of course, there are almost no people like Zhang Rui, after all, others don't have a body modified by the Book Spirit.

  These days, Liu Min and Mo Shuang have become a pair of good sisters, the two abandoned Zhang Rui, all day long talking about women's topics, sometimes also looking at Zhang Rui laughing uncontrollably. Zhang Rui laughed inexplicably, but Zhang Rui was also able to take out time to practice Mo family swordsmanship.

  The sword is just a tool, and the Mohist sword is even more about counterattacking, which conforms to Mozi's view of simplicity and non-aggression. In Zhang Rui's opinion, it means not attacking, making others think that one's whole body is full of weaknesses, luring them into striking first, and then looking for their weaknesses, hitting the target with certainty. This is Zhang Rui's understanding of Mohist swordsmanship.

  "This child is indeed extremely intelligent, unfortunately he has too much attachment to the mundane world, otherwise he would be the best candidate for the giant's position. Alas! Unfortunately, Moon Ying is a woman, after all, women cannot become giants." Not far away, Mo Pan and Mo Yan looked at Zhang Rui wielding his sword, Mo Pan said to Mo Yan.

  "Are the descendants of Qin outside the valley still searching?"

  "Yes, news from outside has come that the descendants of the Qin family are still searching for someone from the Mo Gate."

  "Alas! It's better to let bygones be bygones, but I didn't expect the descendants of the victors to have moved to Japan and still can't put down this grudge. We've already stayed within the city walls, yet they still won't let us off."

  "Brother Mo, this time the Qin family has mobilized several hundred skilled fighters. Since our sect split into outer and inner doors, we have less than 200 people in the inner door who can fight. The enemy is several times stronger than us, I think a head-on confrontation is still too risky. My disciple was quite successful in suppressing the Yellow Turbans, why don't we call him up to discuss long-term plans?" Mo Yan said to Mo Pan.

  These years, the inner door is really short of talent, and it's hard to find two hundred top-notch people among nearly a thousand. Alas! The future of Mo Men is indeed worrying...