Military books are similar to literary treasures, but they are not literary treasures.
The similarities between military books and literary treasures are that they are both physical objects, and their power is stimulated by consuming talent.
The difference is that ordinary literary treasures require someone to permanently consume his or her own talent to refine them, and the consumed talent will never be restored. Semi-saint literary treasures need to rely on the power of the foundation of the saintly way: and military books do not require permanent consumption of talent in the process of writing, as long as they can be written, they can be used.
However, every scholar can use his talent to create literary treasures, but not everyone can write a military book. Even if he writes according to "The Art of War", what he writes is just an article, not a military book.
Fang Yun decided in his heart to focus his next goal on military books.
"The military strategists are focused on war, so military books naturally have great power. However, compared to the power of poetry, the military books of the military strategists are far less lethal to individuals. They are more suitable for large-scale battles and have more auxiliary power. For example, when we killed the turtle demon commander with pseudo-dragon bloodline last time, no one used military books. Because in front of an enemy with extremely powerful individual strength, ordinary military books are useless, unless they are military books written by oneself, or they are particularly powerful."
"Because of my talent, I now have more talent than the first-time candidates, and it seems that I can use military books. There are countless military books in later generations, such as "Tang Li Wen Dui", "City Defense Record", "Shooting Classics", "Hundred Battles Qi Lue", "Ji Xiao Xin Shu", etc., but these military books have too many details, and I am not suitable to write them now, and I may not be able to write them. However, there is a military book that is absolutely suitable for me!"
"The Thirty-Six Stratagems is a book of experience summarized by people in the Ming and Qing dynasties based on various real military examples. It is not a summary of their own experience like those military strategists, but a compilation and induction. The depth and height of the Thirty-Six Stratagems are naturally not as good as those famous military books, but in terms of breadth and practicality, it is not inferior at all, because after all, it is a summary of later generations looking back on thousands of years of history, and it is compiled standing on the shoulders of giants, and has great practical value."
"I am definitely not able to write the entire book of Thirty-Six Stratagems right now. But if I write one strategy at a time, it is entirely possible. Let me try the first strategy, 'Hide the Sky and Escape the Sea'. When I finish the entire book of Thirty-Six Stratagems, as my strength increases, the power of this book will also increase. Although this book alone is not as powerful as the semi-saint military book The Art of War, now that The Art of War has been split up, I cannot get the full version, but I can get the Thirty-Six Stratagems."
Fang Yun thought to himself and picked up the pen to write.
The original work of "Hide the Heaven and Sea" used two classic war cases from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but Fang Yun could not use them, so he used the famous strategy of reducing stoves by Duke Wen of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Bin, and a war in the Ten Kingdoms period as cases to write "Hide the Heaven and Sea".
The process of writing a military book is extremely exhausting, because if a person does not understand the military book thoroughly, what he writes is just words, not a military book. So Fang Yun was exhausted and powerless after only writing half of it.
Fang Yun was not discouraged. He went back to bed to rest. While lying down, he repeatedly studied the strategy of hiding the truth from the world, and kept looking for relevant cases in history. He even looked for cases of defeat and tried to use the strategy of hiding the truth from the world to deduce whether the situation could be saved.
The more Fang Yun thought about it, the more he realized that writing a military book was a hundred times more difficult than he had imagined. If he didn't understand the strategy of deceiving the world, he would never be able to write it.
However, Fang Yun was not discouraged, and he kept looking for information in the world of strange books to study and verify, just like writing scriptures and policy papers, repeatedly honing this strategy.
But Fang Yun soon discovered that writing the words of the military book did not require talent, but the process of deduction did. But now that his talent was exhausted, he had to go to bed early.
Two hours later, Wen Dan moved slightly and Fang Yun opened his eyes immediately. His eyes were clear without a trace of bloodshot, and he looked full of energy.
Fang Yunshen entered the Wen Palace and found that his talent was already fully filled, having grown one point on the basis of nine inches.
Wen Dan has grown up and entered the first realm, where he is as tough as grass and trees. Although he is not as good as the current semi-saint disciple Yan Yukong, he is much stronger than Yan Yukong who has just entered the imperial examination.
The light of the stars in the Wen Palace once again shone on Fang Yun's talent, causing his talent to gradually increase and strengthen.
Fang Yun did not immediately perfect his plan to conceal the truth from the world. Instead, he first silently read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, "The Art of War by Sun Bin" and "The Art of War by Wu Zi" to comprehend the thoughts and power of the semi-saint, allowing his mind to be closer to the military's philosophy, and then continued to perfect his plan to conceal the truth from the world.
At the end of writing, Fang Yun discovered that the actual difficulty was not a hundred times as difficult as he had imagined, but a thousand times!
"It seems that if we want to write the strategy of concealing the truth into a real military book, we need to proceed in several steps. The first step is to thoroughly understand the strategy of concealing the truth; the second step is to find a large number of war cases to prove the feasibility of this strategy; the third step is to find new war cases, put ourselves in the position of the loser, and use the strategy of concealing the truth to win the battle."
"The fourth step is to decompose, analyze and summarize this theory, and thoroughly understand every step of the plan. The fifth step is to deepen the original theory and expand on the original theory of the plan. The sixth step is to integrate and complete it in writing."
Fang Yun kept looking through the works of military strategists from the Shengyuan Continent and was sadly discovered that those great military scholars or saints all advocated conciseness and profound meaning, and did not teach people how to write military books step by step like they taught the classics. After all, military books were not part of the imperial examinations, so although the works of those great scholars and semi-saints mentioned these six steps to a greater or lesser extent, they did not provide a systematic discussion.
"Alas, it seems that this task has to be handed over to me. Qishu Tiandi can't help me build a unique military theory system for Shengyuan Continent. I have to do it myself."
Fang Yun discovered that some great military scholars had mentioned the seventh step in writing military books, but there were only some words without detailed explanation, and that was only a legendary realm. If one could enter the seventh step when writing a military book, it would mean that this military book would have the opportunity to incorporate the "Saint Way of Wisdom" and its power would be doubled.
It is easy to write articles but difficult to find military books. There are less than thirty original military books in Shengyuan Continent. The rest are rewritten by others after learning from the originals, and their power is far less than the originals.
Fang Yun discovered that he had only reached the fourth step in his plan to conceal the truth from the world, and he needed two more steps before he could write it out.
"If it's just one strategy that's so troublesome, what about the remaining thirty-five strategies? What about the other military books?"
"There are so many military books in the future, it's a pity that they can't be spread and carried forward. The key is that the Thirty-Six Stratagems may not be as advanced as the military books of the semi-saints, but it is more suitable for military people below the level of great Confucian scholars. If I can write the Thirty-Six Stratagems into a complete military book, the power of my human race will definitely increase again, which is definitely more important than the Humble House Inscription."
After Fang Yun finished thinking, he continued to study the plan of concealing the truth.
Supported by his talent, Fang Yun studied and researched slowly, but soon his talent was exhausted and he had to sleep again.
Two hours later, Fang Yun woke up and continued his research, and finally completed the sixth step.
"It's time to write a military book!"
Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the pen again, and slowly wrote down his plan to conceal the truth.
Fang Yun wrote the book very carefully, fearing that any omission would cause the military book to fail and become an ordinary article.
Soon, Fang Yun finished writing the last word and then wrote the last period.
However, the moment the brush touched the paper, Fang Yun’s eyes went dark.
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Yun heard a noisy sound in his ears.
"General Fang! Wake up, General Fang!"
"We can't live without you!"
"General!"
Fang Yun felt that these people were calling him, but he was obviously just a scholar and could not be a general. He wanted to ask about the situation, but he felt dizzy and it took him a long time to open his eyes.
This is a spacious marching tent, with seven or eight soldiers in armored uniforms standing in front.
Fang Yun looked down and found himself lying on the bed covered with a quilt. His legs were aching slightly and he felt something was wrong. He quickly lifted the quilt and found that he had lost both legs and it seemed that he had just lost them not long ago. However, it seemed that someone had treated him using medical books.
At first Fang Yun thought he was dreaming, but then he found that his mind was extremely clear. He could even remember the strange book of heaven and earth and many things clearly. It didn't seem like a dream. Then he looked around carefully and was surprised and happy.
"Talent is performing martial arts! This martial arts is not about fighting, but the military warfare that corresponds to literature. It is the seventh step of the military book mentioned by those great Confucian scholars and semi-saints! Now, by consuming my talent, a martial arts illusion is constructed in the Wen Palace to test me with the content of the military book. As long as I can complete the test with the ideological content of the military book, then this military book can not only be completed, but also integrated with the extremely rare holy way of wisdom."
"The Way of Wisdom is very important! Even the disciples of those military semi-saint families will first learn the Way of Courage. As for whether or not one can possess the Way of Wisdom, it is not something that can be forced. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to integrate my military book into the Way of Wisdom just when I touched the edge of the Way of Courage. However, I will definitely lose this time in the talent show."
"The Path of Courage is not something I have accumulated in one day. I went to kill monsters as a child, and in the end I overdrew my talent and shot the turtle monster leader without fear of death. This was minor courage. After I entered the Book Mountain, I was tortured so badly in the illusion, but I still survived. This was major courage. Later, when I was in the Fifth Mountain, I knew that I could not kill hundreds of monsters, but I killed a monster general first and then died together. This was minor courage. And this time, I knew that Qing Kingdom was coming for me, but I stood up to fight with words. This was major courage! After so many hardships, I barely touched the edge of the Path of Courage. This Path of Wisdom can never be so easily integrated into military books."
Fang Yun did not act rashly or arrogantly. He quickly examined his own strength and made the final judgment.
"I don't have much talent for this talent show, so I'm afraid it will end before I can complete my plan to deceive the world. So, what I need to do is to learn more about this environment and prepare for the next talent show!"
.(To be continued..)