True Lord Yunhe looked at Fang Mo with a solemn expression.
"Junior Brother, when we defeated the Mechanical Empire back then, we actually acquired a great deal of its technology and information. But the sect ultimately decided to seal those records away and forbid the sect from following the Mechanical Empire's path!"
As though afraid Fang Mo might not understand, he continued explaining.
"The Mechanical Empire's mechas all rely on external power. They certainly provide an enormous boost in strength, allowing a Xiantian Martial Artist to wield the power of the True Man Realm. But that led many martial artists to abandon martial cultivation, leaving them without the strength to progress further!"
Fang Mo smiled slightly.
"Senior Brother Yunhe, let me ask you: what is a flying sword? Is it external power?"
Yun He nodded.
"Of course. A flying sword is external power, but it can grow alongside a martial artist and draw on the power of heaven and earth to accelerate cultivation. Mechas cannot do that. A mecha is merely a lifeless object!"
Fang Mo smiled.
"Senior Brother, let me ask you something. Do you still use the weapon you used in the Pre-Heaven Realm?"
"Of course not..."
Yun He answered quickly, only to freeze a moment later.
Fang Mo smiled.
"We shouldn't regard technology as a raging flood or a savage beast. Just treat a mecha as another weapon. Of course, some of our talented martial artists don't need one. They can easily break through to the Heavenly Human, Transcendent, and True Man Realms, or even the Nascent Soul Tribulation or Spirit Roaming Realms. But we must remember that they are only a minority!"
His gaze swept across the hall, passing over every face, and his voice rang clearly in everyone's ears.
"For those martial artists who can