If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1303 Retaliation
"Enter the Grand Tutor's tutelage, and establish a separate 'Feather Gate'."

The two Mo Sect disciples instinctively wanted to resist.

They did admire the Grand Tutor's supernatural powers and righteousness, but their split from the Mohist Master was merely a hedge of hedging their bets.

Everyone says that the Qin Dynasty has lost its Mandate of Heaven, but now that Grand Tutor Yu is so powerful, there is no sign of its destruction.

If we bet everything on the rebels and they're wrong, wouldn't we be in dire straits with no chance of turning things around?
Meeting Grand Tutor Yu's bright eyes, they quickly regained their rationality: if they wanted to refuse Grand Tutor Yu, they had to find a suitable reason, otherwise they wouldn't be able to handle his wrath.

Then they began to think deeply, and the more they thought, the more rational they became, and their resistance gradually diminished.

First of all, the name "Mo Men" itself comes from Mo Di.

If Mozi's surname had been "Yu" back then, the Mo Clan would now be the "Yu Clan".

Since the Mohist school can adopt the surname "Mo" from Mozi, why can't they adopt the surname of another, more virtuous person?
So, can Grand Tutor Yu compare to their Mo family's patriarch?

In terms of divine arts and magic alone, Grand Master Yu is clearly stronger.

Although Mozi became an immortal, he was a wandering immortal of unorthodox sects and was not known for his supernatural powers.

Let's compare the ideas and theories.

The Mohists have ten treatises, but Grand Master Yu has not yet written a book on them, putting him at a disadvantage.

Grand Tutor Keyu's theories on technology are indeed superior to those of the "lower-level Taoist schools." At least his ideas are much more profound.

"Grand Tutor Yu, our Mo Sect has its own mature methodology for understanding the world."

"Your 'Feather Clan' has grand ideals and directions, but how will you study the world step by step and ultimately realize your ideals?" Gao Yong asked.

Grand Tutor Yu pondered for a moment and said, "To study the world, it is nothing more than the 'learning from nature' approach."

However, one should maintain a distance from the ways of immortals and gods.

By learning from the laws of heaven and earth with the power of mortals and studying the laws of heaven and earth with the wisdom of mortals, all the technologies developed can ultimately be used by experienced mortals who have no supernatural powers.

Furthermore, all technologies serve the people's livelihood.

"To emulate Heaven and Earth is the way of the profound. To rely solely on the power of mortals..."

Gao Yong understood what Grand Tutor Yu meant, but rationally he felt very awkward about it.

"We clearly have greater potential to directly comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, yet we limit our potential to the realm of mere mortals. Isn't that throwing the baby out with the bathwater?"

Grand Tutor Yu said, "Now let me make an assumption. Let's assume that the Thirty-Three Heavens is like a building with thirty-three floors."

Based on their talents and abilities, all beings were divided into thirty-three levels, and each level resided in one of the thirty-three heavens.

You can probably live in the 15th Heaven. Mortals are in the human world, and they are the most numerous.

In my opinion, the Mohist school's concept of universal love should be directed towards mortals at the first level.

“That is the truth. Our Mohist school originated from the common people and its purpose is to serve the people, not the monarch,” Gao Yong said.

Grand Master Yu said, “You take the mortals of the first level of universal love as your guiding principle, but you always look up at the sky and try to climb to a higher level, but you can never reach it.”

The technology you have created is beyond the capabilities and talents of people below the 15th level of heaven.

Those below the 15th level of heaven, if you wish to improve your lives using your technology, you can only wait for your charity, like fledglings stretching their necks.

The 'celestial beings' above the fifteenth level look down on your technology.

Not only do they not need it, but they also feel that you spend ten parts of effort and resources to get only one part of the result, wasting their natural treasures.

In my mind, the Mo Sect should be "rooted in the people and serving the people," capable of entering the 15th Heaven, yet still rooted in the 1st Heaven.

This is not a waste of talent. Researching technology is work, and work should be kept separate from life.

As required by the job, one can fully realize their talents, soar to the 15th heaven, perceive the world from a higher perspective, and learn from the laws of nature.

But he ultimately lives in the first realm, and he will return to the first realm to use the skills he has mastered there.

Initially, mortals in the first level of Heaven were on the ground, at a height of 0. Eventually, with the help of the Mo Sect's technology, the position of mortals in the first level of Heaven continuously rose, reaching a height of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters), then ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), yet mortals remained in the first level, never encroaching on the second or third level of Heaven.

If she weren't dealing with ancient people, the explanation would be simpler: using magical arts to study science, and posing as a powerful immortal to research civilian technology. Magical arts weren't the goal, but rather a means to develop "mortal technology."

Gongshu asked, "Can I interpret this to mean that, in the Grand Tutor's mind, mortals should not use the essence of heaven and earth to manifest themselves?"

Grand Tutor Yu said, "That's not what I meant, but it's not wrong for you to interpret it that way."

Gongshu Guo exclaimed excitedly, "Why can immortals use it, but mortals can't?"

Grand Tutor Yu calmly said, "You should shout, 'Why can immortals use it, but my Mo Sect disciples cannot?'"

The reason why mortals are mortals is that even if the essence of heaven and earth is there, they cannot perceive it or use it.

But some of them can use it; those 'human elites' are also human.

The 'gods' do not object to the 'human elites' using the essence of heaven and earth, after all, gods were originally mortals.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Gao Yong said, "My Mo Sect's technology allows mortals who are not normally able to use the essence of heaven and earth to benefit from it, either directly or indirectly."

If a monarch strictly regulates the flow of technology that benefits the people, while blocking the unrestricted exploitation of spiritual essence that is of no benefit to the people, then...

Wouldn't this be more effective than the Grand Tutor's "Feather Gate" in promoting humanitarian progress?

Grand Tutor Yu sighed, “I reckon your Mohist sages tried this long ago.”

Gao Yong nodded and said, "Our Mo Sect has always had a 'Book of Precepts' to restrict the use and spread of forbidden techniques."

“But you couldn’t refuse Ying Zheng,” said Grand Tutor Yu.

Gao Yong exclaimed, "Who could resist such a great and domineering monarch?"

Grand Tutor Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let's stop talking about ideals and paths and get down to business."

Now I'm giving you three tasks.

The first task is to create a batch of 'immortal farming tools' to promote agricultural production.

This includes, but is not limited to, 'Hu Hai Li'.

The second task is to utilize the techniques of Lantern Festival sky lanterns to create 'flying boats in the clouds' that do not require the extraction of spiritual essence from heaven and earth, in order to meet the needs of military supplies and troop transport.

The third task is to improve the seeds of the five grains, using 'super magical seeds' to increase crop yields per acre.

"Should we use rune technology on these indestructible farming tools?" Gongshu Guo asked.

“It can be used, but you cannot give up researching pure alloys or gold plating,” said Grand Tutor Yu.

"The technique for making sky lanterns is simple, but how big would a sky lantern have to be to carry 100,000 or even a million catties of grain? If such a large sky lantern were discovered by the enemy, they would simply shoot it down with fire arrows," Gao Yong said.

Grand Tutor Yu said, "Letting you take root in the first level of heaven does not mean limiting your talents and wisdom to the first level of heaven."

Immortal arts cannot be the foundation of technology, but they can be a tool for your research.

For example, you use your magical powers to find a lighter, more stable, and easier-to-control 'qi'.

A fist-sized lump can support a weight of several hundred kilograms.

It also allows martial artists who cultivate special true qi to form a formation and use their true qi to restrain the flying boat's 'qi ball'.

The mind must be infinitely wild, and the means must be ruthless.

Ultimately, the research findings must be applicable to the general public, truly accessible and manageable for ordinary people.

The two Mo Sect disciples nodded vigorously, seemingly deep in thought.

“Breeding is not the specialty of our Mo Sect. We can ask the disciples of the Farming School to do this kind of thing,” Gao Yong said. Grand Tutor Yu looked at Master Guan and asked, “The Great Qin Dynasty controls thousands of spiritual material producing areas in the Human Realm and the Middle Realm, totaling several million acres of spiritual fields.”

Are any of the tenant farmers in those spirit fields disciples of farming families, or cultivators skilled in breeding?

Master Guan said, "Except for a few secret realms, the spiritual fields located in the human realm or the middle realm are basically rented to nearby Qi cultivators or Qi cultivation sects."

They manage it themselves, we don't care, as long as they regularly hand over a certain amount of spiritual materials.

However, in recent years the imperial court has weakened, and the amount of spiritual materials handed over has gradually decreased.

Many immortal sects have even stopped paying attention to the imperial court and are refusing to pay the 'spirit field tax'.

Grand Master Yu said, “Take stock of all the spiritual materials that the tenants have owed over the years, and then tell them that if they cannot pay their taxes within six months, I will personally collect the rent.”

Master Guan said awkwardly, "Actually, those spiritual fields originally belonged to their late emperor who wanted to refine immortal pills. When he found that a certain spiritual herb was missing, he sent people to search for it."

Once the production area was found, a piece of land was fenced off, with the saying, "All the land under heaven belongs to the king."

Now that the imperial court is powerless and can no longer control them, they naturally want to take back the sacred fields.

Grand Tutor Yu asked, "Could it be that the late emperor only seized wealth by trickery and never did anything good?"

I remember there were several spirit fields in Xiniu Hezhou, which were cultivated after the surrounding demons and evil spirits were exterminated.

Master Guan nodded and said, "Indeed, many spiritual mountains and blessed lands were once the abodes of demons. After they were beaten to death by the immortals and generals of my Great Qin, the abodes and spiritual fields were handed over to renowned cultivators in the vicinity."

Even today, most of those sacred fields still pay their 'rent' on time and as per custom.

"Now that the rules have been established, they cannot be easily abolished," Grand Tutor Yu said slowly. "Let's give them a warning."

We can use fewer high-grade spiritual medicines and replace them with healing herbs that are useless to cultivators but useful to ordinary people.

Or perhaps it could be refined into a divine elixir to fill the belly.

“If they don’t listen, will the Grand Tutor really go and punish them? Many spiritual fields are outside of Shenzhou.” Master Guan said.

Grand Tutor Yu said calmly, “You don’t even know how to use ‘strategic intimidation’? Tell those Qi cultivators that Grand Tutor Yu is a madman driven mad by calamity.”

She stormed the Heavenly Court, even the Jade Emperor cursed her; she destroyed the Hengshan Divine Palace, ruined all the grotto heavens, and killed several Great Luo Golden Immortals.

She wouldn't feel at ease if she didn't kill someone or beat up a few powerful spirits every day.

With my current reputation, I should be enough to terrify them and make them obediently pay tribute.

Master Guan's expression twisted as he grumbled, "Since the Grand Tutor doesn't mind tarnishing his own reputation, this humble Taoist can give it a try."

Grand Tutor Yu then turned to the two Mo Sect disciples whose expressions were different and said, "Breeding cannot be completed in a short time. You should study it slowly and take it one step at a time."

We don't expect to immediately produce 10,000 catties of grain from one mu of land.

If the yield per mu increases by one percent or one-thousandth each year, every little bit helps, and one day there will be no more starving people on earth.

"I'm not afraid of slow progress, I'm only afraid of going down the wrong path!" she sighed meaningfully.

Gao Yong and Gongshu Guo exchanged a glance, then bowed and said, "We will keep the Grand Tutor's three tasks in mind and will certainly do our best to complete them."

We will also promote the "Feather Clan's Ideals" on behalf of the Grand Tutor, so that more disciples of the Ink Clan, and even disciples of other schools, will know about the Grand Tutor's ideals and be attracted to strengthen the "Feather Clan's" power.

After they left, Master Guan sighed, "The Grand Tutor seems to want to do a lot of things and greatly change the entire human way."

But the Qin Dynasty was out of time, and the Grand Tutor lacked the energy to spare for other matters.

Grand Tutor Yu smiled and said, "It's just a matter of fulfilling one's duties in one's position. When I am no longer the 'Grand Tutor of the Divine Land' and no longer have the power to guide the development of humanity, I will naturally live a tranquil and uncontested life and devote myself to cultivation."

Ye Jiutian suddenly spoke up: "If the Grand Tutor's ideas can become a reality, as long as the Grand Tutor's ideas are promoted, it will be a great blessing for the people, and humanity will surely be greatly developed."

Grand Tutor Yu took out the Qiankun Bracelet and the Golden Dragon Scissors and threw them to him, saying, "The future of humanity is still far away, let's focus on the present."

Qiu Mingzi and the others have already gone to Xingyang.

You are the only Golden Immortal powerhouse, so hurry up and go too!

In two days at most, I will also go to the Central Plains to reconstruct the earth's veins.

If the rebels send ordinary Golden Immortals or Mystic Immortals to fight, you will have to deal with them yourselves.

Remember, the Golden Dragon Scissors can only be used three times; they can be used to frighten people. If you want to kill someone, you can only use them to kill a Golden Immortal.

If the rebels produce immortal masters with strange supernatural powers, magical treasures, and magical formations, even the Golden Dragon Scissors and the Universe Bracelet will not be able to deal with them. You can burn incense and pray to me, and I will respond.

You are only responsible for dealing with 'regular immortal battles'.

"It's a 100% certain death sentence. I won't let you sacrifice yourselves in vain; I'll handle it myself."

Ye Jiutian bowed to her with a complicated expression, then left the Imperial Observatory without saying a word.

Grand Tutor Yu continued, "Are you familiar with the Emperor of Fengdu?"

Go and remind the Emperor that his Luofeng Mountain will experience at least a Xuan-level earthquake within a month.

Tell him to prepare early, lest he become like Chong Heihu, who wasn't home when the earthquake struck.

Master Guan was startled and asked, "Why was there such a large earthquake at Luofeng Mountain? Did the Emperor of Fengdu provoke you?"

Grand Tutor Yu said, "If the Emperor of Fengdu has any doubts, just tell him that the old Grand Commandant's experience in Fengdu made me very unhappy, and I want to take revenge on him."

If he doesn't respond, I will continue relentlessly until even his Luofeng Mountain becomes an earthquake-prone mountain!

"The Emperor of Fengdu may not know about the affairs of the Grand Commandant," Guan Zhenren said hesitantly.

Grand Tutor Yu said, "If the Emperor of Fengdu is willing to explain, let him explain to me himself. You don't need to speak for him."

Also, get ready, I'm going to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices and lodge a petition with the emperor.

"Whom should we sue?" Master Guan asked.

"Tell Yinzi, summon more Celestial Masters. I want a grand display, and I will use the 'Nine Cauldrons Dragon Control Secret Technique' to empower myself with the fortune of humanity, representing humanity in communicating with 'Heaven'," said Grand Tutor Yu.

Master Guan asked doubtfully, "You have ruined Yin Yinzi's immortal body and Dao fruit. I'm afraid he will not be able to attain the Great Luo Dao in this great calamity."

Even if you complain to God, he'll just give up and do whatever he wants; it won't affect him at all!

Grand Tutor Yu sneered, "He has lost his immortal body, and two of his three flowers have been cut off. Guess what he will do next?"

After a moment's thought, Master Guan said, "If you only shave the three flowers, you can be like the Twelve Golden Immortals of yesteryear, and go back to your cave to cultivate in seclusion again."

Now that Yin Yinzi has lost his immortal body, he will likely have to reincarnate and start cultivating again.

"He went to the underworld of Fengdu to ask the Grand Commandant for the head back," Grand Tutor Yu said meaningfully. "He wanted to get his own body back."

Master Guan asked in surprise, "Could it be that he took back his own head because he was not only filled with shame and indignation?"

He wants to cultivate into a ghost immortal and 'raise corpses'?
"Impossible! A dignified Golden Immortal turning into a Ghost Immortal—such a huge fall from grace, can he handle it?"

Grand Tutor Yu remained calm and composed, saying, "Just you wait and see."

Master Guan hesitated and said, "Is it really necessary to make such a big move? I reckon that the Grand Commandant just wants to quietly hold power in Hengshan right now."

Grand Tutor Yu said, "He has indeed found a good home, but what about you?"
I'm not doing this for him, I'm doing it for all of you who are still alive!

I want the gods of the Three Realms to understand that even if the Qin Dynasty truly falls, it's not their place to kick someone when they're down.

Master Guan had nothing more to say and respectfully bowed to her.

After leaving the Emperor's Palace, he immediately summoned a group of celestial masters to the Temple of Heaven to arrange the rituals for the sacrificial ceremony.

(End of this chapter)