The "Three Character Classic" does not have much effect on the sub-saint families, but it is of great help to the semi-saint families, especially those semi-saint families whose teachings of the holy way are insufficient. Having the "Three Character Classic" is like adding wings to a tiger and makes up for the family's shortcomings.
It would be useless to let great scholars learn the "Three Character Classic". However, letting children learn the "Three Character Classic" would be more useful than letting them learn the classics of the saints directly!
Elementary school reading materials such as "Three Character Classic" can completely become the foundation for future scholars.
From now on, children will read the classics of the saints on a higher basis, and their average achievement will inevitably exceed that of those who have not read "Three Character Classic".
"One billion!" said the steward of the Mozi family.
During the period of Mozi, the Mohist thought was not weak. Mozi was born in a war-torn era when the country was not unified. The princes were fighting each other and the people were suffering. Therefore, "universal love and non-aggression" became the main thought of Mohism and also made Mozi successful.
However, as the human race left the Warring States Period and entered the unified Qin Dynasty, Mohist thought declined, while Eclecticism and Legalism revived.
The Mohists did not indulge in the glory of the past, nor did they even advocate the supremacy of the Mohist way. Instead, they quietly let the "universal love and non-aggression" that was unsuitable for this era take a back seat. There is nothing wrong with universal love and non-aggression, and it even has great power, but this way could not allow the Mohist school to continue to develop and progress.
The Mohists also quietly abolished Mozi's "anti-music" thought. Mozi believed that music was useless, wasting the monarch's money and the people's energy. But later, the Mohists found that after the material foundation accumulated to a certain level, music, which involves the spiritual level, is not only useful, but also extremely useful. What's more, the war music has been playing a role.
After the death of Saint Mozi, the Mohist Path fell into chaos and was divided into three parts. After some changes, a new Path was determined.
Now, the Mohist "Knowing Ghosts" and "Heavenly Will" have become the main Mohist holy ways, but knowing ghosts is no longer believing in the existence of ghosts and gods, but respecting and summarizing the experience of predecessors. The Heavenly Will has also completely stripped away the commonalities with the Legalists and has become grasping the laws of the Heavenly Way. The Mohist mechanical techniques of these two holy ways have made rapid progress.
The new Mohist school, which takes Minggui and Tianzhi as its main holy doctrine, rose rapidly after a brief decline. However, the Mohist school has a heritage but lacks education, so it wants the "Three Character Classic" very much.
Except for the Confucian families, the other families all had a strong demand for the "Three Character Classic". They all wanted to make up for the deficiencies of their own family's holy teachings.
As soon as the number one billion came out, there was a brief silence in the auction hall.
Most of the Saints' Families have been passed down for hundreds of years and are extremely wealthy. However, in order to maintain their status, the expenses are also extremely high. Except for the capitals and commercial cities of each country, the most prosperous cities are basically near the fiefdoms of each family.
The newly emerged Chen Sheng family was nothing compared to the sub-sage Xun family, which monopolized Xun County. The monthly salary for the family's scholars alone was calculated at tens of millions of taels, plus the expenses for ancestor worship, weddings and funerals, private army expenses, and ancient land expenses. It was a bottomless pit. In some years, because of too much expenditure, the Xun family had to sell the sacred objects of the ancient land.
In this period, the power of the aristocratic family is based on the consumption of wealth. Even if they know that the cost is too high, they must grit their teeth, because if they don't spend money now, the monsters will attack in the future, and they will have to use more lives to fill the gap.
Ten billion taels of silver means that an ordinary family would have to sell a large number of treasures or even divine objects to raise the money.
If that were the case, some noble families would be willing to give it up, but the problem now is that one billion is not the final price, and it may even be the beginning of a fight.
Because according to convention, if the price of an item exceeds one billion continues to increase, high-value divine objects will be added on top of the one billion. After all, for the human upper class, silver is only needed to maintain a luxurious life, and divine objects can enhance the family's power.
The chief steward of the Sun Tzu family said, "One billion taels of silver plus the holy blood of our Sun Ancestor!"
This price almost set off the auction.
"That's crazy. That's my grandson's holy blood! Although the human half-saint died, the will in the blood is still there, and it is living blood. Unlike the demon half-saint, after his death, the holy blood has become dead blood, and its power has been greatly reduced."
"If the Grand Secretary of the Military Academy can send Sun Tzu's holy blood to the Military Academy's Writing Platform for worship, after it is absorbed, the power of the Writing Platform will at least double!"
"As expected of a cunning military strategist! Using Sun Tzu's holy blood to bid, not only is there a great chance of obtaining the Three Character Classic, but it will also tempt Fang Xusheng to practice military strategism! When Fang Xusheng becomes a university scholar, if he assembles a military strategist's literary platform, he will be considered half a military strategist, which will be of great benefit to the military strategist!"
"These soldiers are all calculating!"
In high-level transactions in the myriad worlds, holy blood can often be used as a measure of the value of divine objects.
The blood of a semi-saint is already very valuable, and Sun Tzu's blood is the best among all semi-saint blood. In the Confucian ranking, Sun Tzu's status is equal to that of Confucius' ten most famous semi-saint disciples, the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius".
However, the value of Sun Tzu's holy blood far exceeds the holy blood of any of the Ten Philosophers of Confucius.
After hearing this, Fang Yun also shook his head slightly. To be fair, the value of the first copy of "Three Character Classic" must be far greater than Sun Tzu's holy blood, but the value of the auctioned "Three Character Classic" is definitely not as good as Sun Tzu's holy blood.
As soon as the chief steward of the Sun Tzu family spoke, he suppressed 90% of the semi-saint families.
The steward of the Chen Sheng family said with a swift tongue: "Fang Xusheng, let's make a deal. We use two drops of Chen Sheng's blood and 1 billion taels of silver to bid for the "Three Character Classic", and then exchange it for the grandson's blood and 1 billion taels of silver. How do you think?"
"Don't you Chen family need to add anything else for me?" Fang Yun said with a smile.
Everyone laughed, knowing that both sides were joking.
The auctioneer said, "Everyone, the Sunzi family is offering 1 billion taels of silver plus one drop of Sunzi's holy blood. Is there any higher offer? You only need to bring out a divine object that is better than Sunzi's holy blood, plus 1 billion taels of silver, and the Three Character Classic, a masterpiece that contains the great way of enlightenment, will be yours."
"My West Sea Dragon Palace offers 1 billion taels of silver plus a drop of the Dragon Saint's true blood. That Dragon Saint has traveled through all realms and is still alive today. His value is higher than my grandson's holy blood!"
The auctioneer smiled and said, "Since it is the real blood of the Dragon Saint who is still alive, its power is naturally greater than that of my grandson's holy blood. As we all know, the holy blood of the dragon clan is far stronger than that of other clans. The holy way and life force contained in it are extraordinary. If it is used by a private soldier, it may create a peak demon king!"
Fang Yun's mind moved. He had more than ten drops of holy blood in his hand, all gifts from various families. It would be difficult for him to use them up in a short period of time. If he used them to strengthen the monster private soldiers, the short-term benefits would be the greatest. The only problem was that the loyalty of these private soldiers was a problem, and it was not worth using holy blood to train them.
The Holy Blood Private Soldiers are the strongest private soldiers that the human race can train, and even the Kong family is reluctant to train them.
"A drop of the Dragon Saint's living blood is offered by the West Sea Dragon Palace. Who is willing to offer a higher price?" asked the auctioneer.
The chief steward of Sunzi's family shook his head slightly. If Sun Sheng was still alive, adding one more drop of holy blood would not be a big deal. However, Sunzi had already passed away, and every drop of his holy blood would be one less.
Not only the Sun Tzu family, but many family managers completely gave up the bidding. The "Three Character Classic" was good, but the price was too high, and they could not compete with the Dragon Clan no matter what.
But after a long time, no one bid.
Ao Huang was annoyed and said, "Ao Qingyue, you bastard! You actually lost to the West Sea Dragon Palace! This dragon is bidding on behalf of the East Sea Dragon Palace. I will bid one drop of Dragon Saint Grandpa's dragon blood, plus one drop of ordinary Dragon Saint dead blood, plus one billion taels of silver!"
The Green-Clothed Dragon Marquis did not move.
"Two drops of Dragon Saint's Blood plus 1 billion taels of silver!" Ao Ming of the West Sea Dragon Palace said slowly. (To be continued...)