Li Yao could only smile helplessly and pointed at the Grand Duke's Token, saying, "Take a look and see what's hidden inside?"
Yuanzong nodded and quickly separated the Grand Prince's Decree, revealing a small silk scroll hidden inside.
He rolled up a small piece of silk and spread it out on the ground. It was more than twenty feet long and densely covered with pictures and small characters on the ends of the silk.
The first half of the small silk scroll is titled "Mo Family Military Strategy," while the second half is entirely about swordsmanship, with the inscription "Supplement to Mo Family Swordsmanship: Three Deadly Moves" at the beginning.
Yuan Zong was overjoyed. He was obsessed with swordsmanship, as evidenced by his previous sparring session with Li Yao.
Upon seeing the three deadly moves in the supplement to the Mo Clan Sword Technique, he immediately became interested and focused all his attention on the sword moves.
After careful study, he discovered that these three killing techniques were all offensive sword techniques, which were quite different from the defensive approach of Mozi's swordsmanship.
It seems that even the patriarch Mozi changed his mindset in his later years, no longer focusing on defense but on offense, which coincides with Li Yao's idea of "stopping war with war".
The appearance of the three supplementary measures once again solidified Yuanzong's plan: to follow and support Li Yao, unify the three Mo tribes, and then stop the war with war, thus unifying the world.
At that moment, Li Yao was focused on grilling the pheasant.
Because he was really hungry.
Previously, he had fought a great battle with Yuan Zong and then had a long conversation with him.
His stomach had been growling loudly for a long time.
Soon, a rich aroma of roasted meat filled the air.
Seeing that the pheasant was almost cooked, Li Yao took out a small piece of salt.
Salt is in block form and is extremely hard.
However, Li Yao easily crushed the salt into powder with his fingers and sprinkled it on the golden-brown pheasant.
Li Yao couldn't help but swallow hard. With a gentle tug, he tore off a piece of chicken leg and put it in his mouth.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Yuan Zong staring intently at him out of the corner of his eye, and assumed that Yuan Zong was also hungry.
So he handed the chicken leg in his hand to Yuan Zong and said, "This chicken leg is for you."
Yuan Zong gently shook his head and said, "Thank you, my lord. We Mohists are vegetarians and never eat meat."
As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed intently on Li Yao.
The more he looked at Li Yao, the more he felt that Li Yao was a great sage appointed by Heaven who could unify the world.
Li Yao smiled awkwardly and said, "If you make me the leader of your Mohist Guild, does that mean I have to become a vegetarian from now on?"
Yuan Zong quickly shook his head and said, "Although our lord is our leader, he is not a Mohist, so there is no need for him to be reserved."
Li Yao breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. If I had to be a vegetarian, I'd rather not be your boss."
After saying that, he took a big bite of chicken and ate it with relish. "What a pity, the taste isn't very good. It would be great if I could get the cooking attribute in the future."
Li Yao quickly devoured the entire pheasant.
Li Yao patted his round belly, untied the reins of the horse, and said to Yuan Zong, "Let's go."
Yuan Zong hurriedly asked, "My lord, where are we going?"
Li Yao said, "Didn't you want to unify the three Mo? Then let's start by conquering Zhao Mo."
Yuan Zong's expression changed drastically, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, my lord, how can the two of us deal with Zhao Mo's thousands of people? We should gather the other Mo practitioners first..."
Li Yao raised his palm, interrupting Yuan Zong, saying, "The two of us are more than enough!"
After saying that, he led his horse and headed towards Handan.
Since Emperor Wonjong was not riding a horse, Yi Yao led the horse and walked alongside him.
Yuanzong was still worried that the two of them couldn't handle Zhao Mo, and tried to persuade Li Yao many times, but Li Yao was very firm in his attitude, so Yuanzong had no choice but to give up.
Along the way, Li Yao frequently used the Mozi Sword Technique to spar with Yuan Zong.
Firstly, he wanted to pick up the attribute orbs that had fallen from Yuan Zong's body.
Secondly, he wanted to familiarize himself with the moves of Mozi's swordsmanship.
When Li Yao first used the Mozi Sword Technique to spar with Yuan Zong, Yuan Zong was greatly surprised and hurriedly asked, "My lord, how do you know the Mozi Sword Technique?"
Li Yao laughed and said, "Didn't we spar before? It was during that time that I learned the Mozi Sword Technique from you."
Yuan Zong was even more shocked and exclaimed, "I never expected that my lord's swordsmanship talent would be so amazing. He only saw the sword moves once and grasped the essence of Mozi's swordsmanship without any guidance from others. He is truly amazing."
Li Yao simply smiled and remained silent.
Along the way, in addition to sparring with Yuan Zong, Li Yao also tried to practice the mysterious Mozi breathing method.
He incorporated Mozi's breathing method into his daily life. Whether walking, sitting, lying down, eating, or sleeping, he used Mozi's breathing method to breathe and gradually gave up his original breathing method.
The change in his breathing method had an extremely remarkable effect on him.
Now, when he spars with Yuan Zong, no matter how long the sparring lasts, he not only doesn't feel tired, but is full of energy.
Moreover, his hand and foot movements have become much more agile.
Most importantly, he discovered that his true qi attribute had actually begun to slowly increase.
Although the increase is not large, it has exceeded the level of ordinary people, more than twice that of ordinary people.
After traveling for seven days, Li Yao and Yuan Zong finally arrived near the outer city of Handan.
Yuanzong pointed to the tall city wall ahead and said to Li Yao, "My lord, after passing the outer city wall ahead, we will reach Handan City after traveling for more than ten miles."
No sooner had Yuan Zong finished speaking than a whooshing sound came from a grove of trees not far away.
Immediately, the vegetation rustled, and more than a hundred people dressed in hemp clothing and wielding sharp swords sprang out of the woods and charged toward them.
Chapter 39: Slaying Yan Ping with a Sword, Subduing the Mohists
Suddenly, more than a hundred swordsmen sprang out of the woods and charged toward Li Yao and Yuan Zong.
Li Yao noticed that the leader was dressed similarly to Yuan Zong, both wearing hemp clothing and barefoot.
The man was thin, with a solemn expression and sharp, sinister eyes. He held a sword in his hand and strode towards them.
Just then, Li Yao noticed that more than a hundred men in hemp clothing had appeared behind him and to his left and right, surrounding him and Yuan Zong.
Yuan Zong's expression tightened, his gaze fixed on the leader, and he whispered to Li Yao beside him, "My lord, this is Yan Ping."
Seeing Yuan Zong's expression, Li Yao guessed the man's identity and thought to himself: So he is Yan Ping. I was just looking for him, and he has delivered himself to my door.
At this moment, Yuan Zong had already taken two wooden swords off his horse and handed one of them to Li Yao.
Yan Ping stared intently at Yuan Zong, then glanced at Li Yao, and said coldly, "Yuan Zong, I advise you to hand over the Grand Prince's Token, otherwise, this time I will make sure you die without a burial place."
Just as Yuan Zong was about to speak, Li Yao interrupted him with a raised palm.
Li Yao smiled slightly and said, "Yan Ping, I am the newly appointed Grand Master of the Mohist Guild. Why don't you kneel down and pay your respects when you see me?"
Yan Ping paused for a moment, his gaze turning to Yuan Zong with surprise.
Yuan Zong nodded and said, "That's right. I have already joined your ranks and relinquished the position of Grand Master to you. Now that the Grand Master is here, you, as Mohists, should kneel and pay your respects."
The Mohists around them looked at each other in disbelief. They hadn't expected that Yuan Zong would actually join the sect of a young man of unknown origin, and even give up the position of Grand Master to that young man.
This is too childish!
They simply don't believe it.
Therefore, they completely ignored Yuanzong and Li Yao, and not a single person knelt down to pay their respects to Li Yao.
Yan Ping sneered and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Zong, even if you are unwilling to hand over the Grand Master's Token, you don't need to just find someone to be your scapegoat!"
Then, he turned his gaze to Li Yao and sneered, "Kid, you're out of luck. You all have to die this time. Blame Yuan Zong."
Li Yao took out the Juzi Token from his pocket and smiled, "Yan Ping, haven't you always dreamed of getting this? If you're so capable, come and take it."
Yan Ping was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected that Yuan Zong would actually give the Grand Master's Token to this young man.
Emperor Yuanzong went to such great lengths to find a scapegoat.
But the Grand Prince's Decree is so important, is Emperor Yuanzong really that foolish?
Yan Ping couldn't tell whether it was true or false for a moment.
However, none of that matters anymore. What matters is that the Grand Prince's Decree is right before our eyes.
Two greedy glints shot from Yan Ping's eyes.
Then, a ferocious look flashed across his face: "Boy, as long as you hand over the Grand Prince's Token, I'll leave you with a whole corpse."
Li Yao put away the Grand Prince's Token and said, "Stop talking nonsense and come on over."
A murderous glint flashed in Yan Ping's eyes, and he shouted sharply, "Kill them!"
Ta-da!
Li Yao, wielding a heavy wooden sword, charged into a group of Mohists like a tiger among sheep.
Li Yao incorporated the philosophy of the Qi Family Knife Technique into the Mozi Sword Technique, removing the defensive approach of the Mozi Sword Technique and replacing it with the offensive approach of the Qi Family Knife Technique.
Therefore, he charged forward relentlessly, slashing left and right with his heavy wooden sword, advancing without retreating.
With each strike of his sword, a person was wounded and fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, a large number of people were lying on the ground, their cries of agony filling the air.
Yan Ping was shocked when he saw Li Yao's sword moves: This is the Mozi Sword Technique!
His gaze shifted to Yuan Zong on the other side. He was surprised to find that in just a few days, Yuan Zong had taught this young man the Mozi Sword Technique.
This is simply unbelievable.
Moreover, to Yan Ping's great surprise, he discovered that Li Yao's Mozi Sword Technique had abandoned its original defensive style and instead adopted a full-force offensive approach.
After this modification, the power of Mozi's sword technique was greatly enhanced.
What shocked Yan Ping the most was that Li Yao's skills were far superior to Yuan Zong's.
Li Yao had already dealt with over a hundred Mohists, while Yuan Zong had only managed to defeat a dozen or so.
Just as Yan Ping was in shock, Li Yao had already attacked and reached him.
Yan Ping was shocked and hastily drew his sword to respond.