Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 32: Qingshan Sword Technique II
The peaceful days did not last long. Only three days had passed since the "Establishing a Tree and Building Trust" event when another group of soldiers arrived at the South Gate in the name of "National Defense Generals."
They were pulling several horse-drawn carriages, on which were neatly arranged large boxes.
When the people of Qincheng heard the news, their eyes suddenly lit up. They immediately gathered around and talked about what the general wanted to do this time and whether there would be gold to "pick up" again.
"Open the box." The leading soldier shouted when he saw that there were already many people.
Then, the rest of the soldiers carefully opened the box.
There were piles of beautifully packaged books piled up in it.
The leading soldier held up a book and introduced it to the people in a loud voice: "This is a sword manual compiled by General Lu himself. General Lu recorded all his superb sword techniques in it. It is the most advanced martial arts secret book. If you take it out, it will be worth a fortune."
"But now, as long as you are a citizen of the Qin State, you can get a sword manual for free and take it home to practice without paying any money."
"In addition, General Lu said that he would reward the first one hundred people who could master this sword manual the fastest with ten taels of gold each."
"General Lu always keeps his promises and always does what he says!"
Most of the people are illiterate, but there are many people gathered here at this time, including people from aristocratic families in the city who are secretly paying attention to Lu Qingshan's actions. They are literate.
When the people from the noble families looked over, they saw five large characters and a very prominent signature of "Lu Qingshan" in the lower right corner.
Looking more closely, there were a few lines of introduction written on the exquisite cover: "Shock! General Pingnan was defeated in one move, because he had never read this sword manual!"
The Qin princess passionately recommends: If you don’t read this, you are not a Qin person!
At the end there is a line of bold words: A book that martial artists should never miss!
When the people from the noble families saw these words, their faces twitched and they felt resentful in their hearts.
"It's true that General Pingnan lost to you, but what does it have to do with whether he has read this sword manual? Does it mean that he can beat you, Lu Qingshan, after reading this sword manual?"
"Would Your Highness really say something like that?"
"A book that martial artists absolutely cannot miss? What a big statement."
Although they kept complaining in their hearts, as soon as the soldier finished speaking, the onlookers rushed forward impatiently to receive the sword manual.
Considering the importance of knowing both oneself and the enemy, these people from aristocratic families had no choice but to be patient and squeeze forward. Each of them received a sword manual and started to read it on the spot.
"Qingshan Sword Technique II" is illustrated with both text and pictures.
Perhaps taking into account that most Qin people were illiterate, the content of the pictures was very specific, so that even if the people could not understand the words, it would not hinder them from practicing the sword manual.
The text is more of an explanation and supplement of the details.
"That's very thoughtful." They said secretly and continued to read.
After just flipping through a few pages, the disdain in the hearts of these people from the aristocratic families turned into unspeakable shock.
"It's so exquisite, so exquisite!"
For a moment, all the people from the noble families forgot the purpose of their visit, and only incomparable amazement remained in their hearts.
They were martial artists themselves, so they could see very clearly that this set of sword manuals was countless times more advanced than any they had ever seen before. The realm seemed to be beyond the limits of this world and was beyond their reach.
Not only brilliant, but also easy to understand.
If such a superb swordsmanship could be obtained directly, it would be like pie in the sky.
Lu Qingshan was afraid that they would choke, so he crushed the pie into pieces and softened it before feeding it to them.
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What the common people didn't know was that at this moment, on the South Gate city wall, the author of the sword manual and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Qin were watching with great interest the scene of them receiving the sword manual.
"The general's swordsmanship is truly superb." Qin Yitian praised sincerely.
"To me, it's just a trick to fool children." Lu Qingshan said honestly.
"If the Qingshan Swordsmanship is really spread throughout the world as the general wishes, then all the martial arts schools and families in the world will perish. Because the secret manuals they regard as treasures are not even worthy of being children's books in front of the general's swordsmanship." Qin Yitian said softly, unable to imagine what the picture would be like.
Looking around the world, there are very few martial arts that can be compared with "Qingshan Sword Technique", or perhaps there is none at all.
From her perspective, she could naturally see clearly the far-reaching impact of Lu Qingshan's action.
"General, this move is to make enemies with all the sects, families and even countries in the world!"
If what Lu Qingshan thought was true, and "Qingshan Swordsmanship" was spread throughout the world in this open and aboveboard manner, then who would need to find a master to learn martial arts?
Even if one is a country bumpkin, or even a lowly commoner collecting excrement on the roadside, as long as one has enough talent and works hard, one can develop martial arts skills that are better than those of famous disciples and children of aristocratic families.
Then what is the necessity for the existence of martial arts families and sects?
Even the dynasty was in a dangerous situation where it could be overthrown at any time.
In order to protect the glory of the family and the sect, and for the stability of the country, these upper classes will inevitably regard Lu Qingshan as a thorn in their eyes and want to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"Your Highness is right. I want to be the enemy of all the sects, aristocratic families and even those feudal countries in the world!" Lu Qingshan said proudly.
"As long as these old stubborn people exist, feudalism cannot be broken, productivity cannot be liberated, and our human race cannot become strong!"
In Daoyuan Realm, martial arts are extremely popular, far surpassing "literature", but the martial arts secrets needed to practice martial arts are monopolized by sects, aristocratic families, and various countries.
If a poor family has no opportunities, even if they practice martial arts for their whole lives , their skills will only be mediocre and they will never be able to defeat a disciple from a martial arts sect with a complete tradition.
Even within a martial arts sect, there would be divisions into outer and inner sects, direct descendants and core disciples, forming a strict promotion system, the core of which is often several sets of martial arts of varying intensities.
Lu Qingshan's move was undoubtedly destroying the order that had been formed in the Daoyuan Realm for a long time.
In fact, if you peel off the surface of the sky, or any world, you will find this order at the bottom.
However, at least on the surface, there are significant differences between Cangqiongtian and Daoyuanjie.
It is countless times easier to subvert this order in the Daoyuan Realm than in the Cangqiongtian Realm.
Because for cultivators, the skills cannot be said to be unimportant, but the most important things are actually resources and talent.
If a cultivator has poor talent, he may not even be able to sense Qi after practicing for his entire life. If his talent is strong enough, like Lu Qingshan, he can reach one level every year.
But when it comes to martial arts, if you practice with top-notch martial arts secrets, even if you don't have the talent, you just can't become a top master. If you want to have basic combat skills and be able to go to the battlefield to fight against the White Walkers, almost anyone can do it as long as they are not born with a disability.
Resources are even more important.
If a cultivator wants to become powerful, he needs a vast supply of resources, and those resources are basically difficult to produce, but are provided by heaven and earth, especially spiritual energy.
It's like a pond. There is only a certain number of fish that can live in it. Once the limit is exceeded, all the fish will die.
This means that the number of Cangqiongtian monks must have an upper limit.
However, when it comes to practicing martial arts, the resources required can be achieved by simply liberating productivity.
The simplest analogy is that in the world where Lu Qingshan lived in his previous life, if one wanted to train all people to become doctors, the resources required would be something that no country could afford.
But universal compulsory education is not difficult.
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Qin Yitian did not bother to study the endless stream of strange words coming out of Lu Qingshan's mouth, but said to Lu Qingshan seriously: "But these old stubborn people are deeply rooted and powerful. Could it be you..."
She thought about it carefully, and finally remembered the uncommon word that Lu Qingshan mentioned, "Reform and opening up, well, will be the biggest obstacle on your road to reform and opening up."
"Opposition? They are nothing but chickens and dogs. Your Highness, in the face of such a powerful trend, what can a thousand-year-old family sect count for?"
Haven’t you seen that the thousand-year-old feudal dynasty came to an end in just a few decades?
"Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species?"
"This will be the best golden age for the human race." Lu Qingshan said softly.
"General, aren't you afraid that the final outcome will not be what you imagined, with everyone becoming a soldier, but chaos in the world?"
In popular novels, the story of a civilian boy falling off a cliff, accidentally obtaining a martial arts secret book, and then rising to prominence in the world like a comet has always been talked about with great relish.
But this only exists in novels after all.
Moreover, the final outcome of those rising civilian youths is often to establish a new sect or family.
He who slays a dragon becomes a dragon himself.
The problem is, if such things come into reality and become the norm, it is hard to imagine what the world will become like?
The knight breaks the law by force.
When an old man sweeping the roadside can perform excellent swordsmanship, will order and law still exist?
"I'm not afraid," Lu Qingshan shook his head, his lips slightly raised, with great confidence, "Besides, this is just the beginning."
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Lu Qingshan was so confident that Qin Yitian had no choice but to believe him.
"But, General, why is it Qingshan Sword Technique II?" Qin Yitian has always been curious about this, "Could there be Qingshan Sword Technique III?"
"You didn't think there would be only one textbook, did you? Third is next semester, so wait until they finish second first."
"Textbooks... what do you mean by next semester? What about the first semester? According to what the general said, shouldn't we start from the first semester?"
"A year is divided into two semesters. After the first semester, the rest is the second semester. As for the first semester, I gave it away a long time ago, so now we can only start from the second semester."
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Qin Yitian lowered his head and looked down again. He saw that many children aged six or seven came forward to take a copy of Qingshan Sword Skills II. He couldn't help but ask one last question: "Those children are not sensible at all, why do we have to give them sword manuals?"
"Education should start from childhood."
