Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 197 The Power of Confucianism and Taoism in Killing and Struggling!

Zhu Ge turned around and saw Yu Xiucai, Duan Lei, and Ji Fuhui walking from the other end of the corridor.

The morning light streamed down from the ventilation opening above, falling on Yu Xiucai's white hair as if it were coated with a layer of frost.

"Scholars, you've come at the perfect time."

"Have breakfast, then let's set off together."

Zhu Ge waved.

"I will obey the Palace Master's orders." Scholar Yu bowed respectfully, his expression solemn.

Zhu Ge sighed helplessly, "Alright, alright, let's go. I'll introduce you to my Confucian Legion."

"Little Black Egg, Big Belly Dog, come together and get to know the men under my command. They are all brave and fearless heroes, and incredibly valiant on the battlefield."

He put his arm around Yu Xiucai's shoulder and walked forward. Duan Lei and Ji Fuhui exchanged a glance, smiled, and followed.

On the drill ground, the soldiers had already formed their squares and were making their final preparations.

Zhao Tieshan stood at the front, his hand on the hilt of his sword, his eyes scanning the ranks like those of a hawk.

His warriors stood in the very center, all dressed in short black tunics, with steel swords at their waists. Each of them was burly and exuded a fierce aura.

"Zhao Tiesheng!" Zhu Ge shouted.

Zhao Tieshan turned his head and saw three strangers following behind Zhu Ge, walking quickly over.

"Palace Master Zhu, who are these three?"

"This is my brother from my hometown." Zhu Ge patted Yu Xiucai on the shoulder. "This is Yu Wanqian, a scholar who has mastered both Confucianism and Taoism. He can give orders on my behalf when I'm not around."

Zhao Tieshan's eyes lit up, and he clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "Mr. Yu!"

Scholar Yu returned the greeting with a calm expression: "You're too kind."

"This is Duan Lei, a martial artist in the First Realm of Resentment." Zhu Ge pointed to Duan Lei again: "Don't let his dark complexion fool you, he used to be very fair-skinned in the village, nicknamed 'Big-bellied Dog,' because he could eat a lot and fight a lot."

Duan Lei scratched his head and smiled sheepishly: "Hello, Master Zhao."

Zhao Tieshan looked him up and down and nodded: "Good physique, a good prospect for martial arts."

"This is Ji Fuhui, a master of the Mo family's mechanical arts, at the first level." Zhu Ge pointed to Ji Fuhui last: "He used to be called 'Little Black Egg' in the village," but now he's a genius mechanical engineer praised by Lord Ding himself.

Ji Fuhui smiled slightly, took out a small mechanical bird from his waist, and held it in his palm.

The mechanical bird was entirely silver-white, and when it gently flapped its wings, it emitted a clear bird song.

"A mechanical puppet," Ji Fuhui said. "It's used for scouting; it can fly, see, and transmit sound."

"Good stuff!" Zhao Tieshan gave a thumbs up.

Afterwards, Zhu Ge led Yu Xiucai through the formations.

Li Qingquan's Confucian scholar formation consisted of eighty scholars sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding books in their hands, and reading aloud in the morning.

The sound of reading aloud filled the air, creating a faint golden halo.

"These Confucian scholars are all students from the Jianshui City Academy," Zhu Ge said with a smile. "Don't let their gentle appearance fool you; they're quite formidable in battle. Their literary aura enhances their defense, which can save us a lot of lives."

This is also how most Confucian scholars of the first realm use their skills on the battlefield.

Gains and losses!

Confucianism and Taoism have the Six Arts of a Gentleman: rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.

However, most people still draw strength from books.

Poetry, songs, and classic literature provide a faster way to gain power than through rituals, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Just like martial arts body tempering and qi cultivation, those are two different things.

As a result, many Confucian scholars abandoned the pursuit of physical health and devoted themselves to the study of knowledge.

Of course, once you reach the second realm, you can engage in fierce verbal battles and even die for your cause.

At that time, these Confucian scholars will become mobile artillery platforms.

Unfortunately, they are all at the same level now, so they can only do buffs and debuffs.

Yu Xiucai stopped and carefully examined the scholars. A complex look flashed in his eyes.

He was once just a Confucian scholar from a certain region.

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, he has already reached the second realm.

He then looked at Zhu Ge beside him.

Yu Xiucai himself has changed a lot, but Zhu Ge has changed even more.

Not only is he strong himself, but he also commands an extremely powerful force.

The changes can only be described as earth-shattering!

"Owner!"

Just then, Liu Jianjian arrived.

"And who is this?" Yu Xiucai raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhu Ge: "The Liu Jianjian, the Palace Mistress you mentioned?"

Ji Fuhui and Duan Lei held their breath.

You should know that the little hedgehog is very beautiful after it transforms, just like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, lively and youthful.

Where had Ji Fuhui and Duan Lei ever seen a woman like this?

Zhu Ge smiled and introduced, "This is Liu Jianjian, her true form is a second-stage transformed demon beast—"

He briefly introduced Liu Jianjian, treating her not as a servant or slave, but rather like his own younger sister. After Liu Jianjian greeted the three men, she blinked her curious eyes and asked, "Are you the brothers from Jianshan Village that Master mentioned? Where's Sui Niang? Isn't Sui Niang here?"

"And also, wasn't Sister Quicksand almost engaged to my master back then?"

"By the way, do you know who my master's first love was?

Seeing that Liu Jianjian's questions were becoming increasingly audacious, Zhu Ge quickly interrupted, "Stop! This isn't the time for this nonsense, or Hua Liusha will beat you up!"

Then he said to Scholar Yu, "Let's not delay, let's talk as we walk! Mengzi City is in grave danger, so let's not waste any more time on idle chatter."

Scholar Yu nodded: "Alright!"

Then, Zhu Ge bid farewell to Lord Ding Ding, emerged from the underground city of Eagle City, and headed towards Mengzi City.

There weren't many monsters along the way; most of them dispersed as soon as they sensed the presence of Zhu Ge's team.

This is a line of six thousand people, stretching as far as the eye can see in the jungle.

With so many people, it would probably be very difficult to walk through the forest.

Fortunately, the roads between the various cities had not been destroyed.

So Zhu Ge and the others continued along the muddy road.

This made him miss cement roads and railways.

"Zhu Ge, I'm not very familiar with these methods of warfare."

Yu Xiucai rode a horse whose color was formed from ink, which was the essence of his literary talent and was in harmony with his mind, as easy to control as an object.

"However, I happened to learn some methods of long-range and close-range warfare while exchanging ideas with other Confucian scholars at some academies. Should I teach them to your Confucian and Taoist legion?"

Close-range attack methods?

Or Confucianism or Taoism?

Zhu Ge's eyes lit up: "That's perfect. Martial arts are mostly close combat. It would be great if we could make up for the lack of ranged combat skills."

You should know that archers and the like use up a lot of arrows.

He can't afford to support his team right now.

Therefore, the best approach is indeed Confucianism and Taoism.

The killing power of Confucianism and Taoism is as formidable as that of immortality and martial arts; it's a good opportunity to give it a try!

Zhu Ge immediately summoned Li Qingquan and explained the matter.

Li Qingquan: "Is this true?!"

He looked at Yu Xiucai with a shocked expression.

Scholar Yu nodded slightly and smiled, "The main credit doesn't go to me, but to the Gongyang School of Confucianism that your palace master once taught me!"