Arms (Weird Tale?) Race

2013 was destined to be an extraordinary year. In that year, Qidian with the Orca Martial God Pillow Breaking the River, the Yan Kingdom finally lifted its blockade on martial arts, and this lifting was a great release!

Many students found that their schedules had changed like never before after a summer vacation. Not only did physical education become "martial arts class," but the class time was also shared with the two major subjects of Chinese Language and mathematics. Art and music classes were squeezed into one art class, and even some class time was taken from less important subjects such as English and geography.

Although the idea of schools starting to teach internal martial arts may sound fantastical, students in their adolescence accepted this good thing without much Adaptation Period.

The only noteworthy point is that the author list for all martial arts textbooks doesn't list a dozen or twenty names like other textbooks; instead, it only includes two simple words:

"Moju."

There has been much discussion in society about the author of this textbook, but ultimately, what the general public is more interested in is martial arts itself.

However, although they were interested, most people did not have much free time to devote to martial arts. So in the first two months, the only people who practiced martial arts were military and police personnel, athletes, combat/martial arts practitioners, and students.

Interestingly, after that, there seemed to be a minor skirmish at the border with the White Elephant, and then, out of nowhere, Hollywood announced the launch of Superhero cinematic universe.

This Superhero universe is neither the nascent Marvel Cinematic Universe nor the equally influential DC Universe, but an original Superhero series.

Unlike previous Superhero movies, all the Superhero in this universe no longer possess flashy, "exclusive" abilities, but rather are uniformly enhanced by injecting a certain super serum.

This change undoubtedly violates Colombia aesthetics, but Hollywood, completely disregarding box office performance, has invested in several films in a row, all featuring big-name actors, directors, and special effects. Even the pacing has the momentum to rival Hong Kong films from twenty years ago. Many stars have to rush to three or five film sets a day, and news of famous movie stars crying from exhaustion and fainting every day has led people to exclaim that Hollywood has gone mad.

What's even more interesting is that after that, Victoria seemed to go crazy and started making British TV series based on the 007 franchise, but the content changed from ordinary spy dramas to superpowered spy dramas, and Bond's already unscientific high-tech equipment became all sorts of fantastical props...

Following this, Russia began releasing mockuments of Russians battling various wild beasts. At first, they seemed plausible, and many people took them as genuine documentaries. However, after two months, even bizarre films of Russians battling Sea Monster and dragons began to circulate.

In the following months, the world was in a state of chaos, which was a feast for the eyes of many movie and TV show enthusiasts. At the same time, it was jokingly said that Colombia had discovered the right way to achieve cultural victory, and countries began an arms race in the realm of film...

On the contrary, Yan Guo showed no intention of participating at all. If you ask why, Yan Guo's action directors, martial arts stars, and stuntmen all went to practice martial arts.

The remaining actors can only make art films and romance movies at best; what will they have to offer for this special effects extravaganza?

Of course, Yan State did not remain inactive—it established a special subsidy program.

However, it's not about subsidizing the film and television industry, but rather...

Martial arts training subsidy.

Those who didn't understand were still just watching the spectacle, but the clever ones sensed something special from the subsidy and the new public security regulations subsequently released by the authorities, and quietly brought their families to join the ranks of martial arts practitioners.

Students started practicing martial arts to improve their final exam scores.

The elderly started practicing martial arts for 120 yuan a month.

A wise person begins to practice martial arts in preparation for the coming storm (a metaphor).

The remaining people gradually noticed that more and more people around them were practicing martial arts, so they also started to follow suit and practice.

When those who practiced methods to preserve youth and enhance virility began to reap the rewards, even the most obtuse among them started to go crazy.

The Martial Artist subjectively began to increase, and major universities subsequently began to establish related research institutes. More and more martial arts techniques appeared on the market, and people's understanding of martial arts continued to improve.

Just as when Electric Light entered every household, people couldn't help but exclaim, "Who invented such a useful thing?", as martial arts became more and more popular, people became increasingly curious.

Where did martial arts originate? Who created it? How did it spread? And why, for hundreds of years, have only some novels survived?

At this time, some history teachers suddenly discovered a blind spot while preparing their lessons—

The section on the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in the seventh-grade history textbook has undergone a slight change.

In the original textbooks, most versions only talked about the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Warring States. The few versions that mentioned the Hundred Schools of Thought only gave a brief introduction to some well-known figures from Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism.

However, in the new textbooks, regardless of the edition, all of them introduce the various schools of thought from the Hundred Schools of Thought period. And they all coincidentally added a faction that was previously only mentioned briefly by its founders in textbooks (or even in Chinese Language textbooks) – the Mohism.

Most people in Mohism only know about the Mohist school and its "sand table martial arts demonstration" with Lu Ban, while the younger generation knows it from various anime and movies as a "school" with great skill in Mechanical Arts.

However, they learned from textbooks that the Mohism originally had three branches. In addition to the branch that joined the Qin state and studied various Mechanical Arts, there were two other branches. Among them, the Dengling Clan lineage (one of the three major branches of the Mohism, which advocated "diligence in life and frugality in the face of danger") was the ancestor of the so-called wandering knights and Knight-errant- errant.

Furthermore, considering that the leaders of the Mohism were called "Master Craftsman," a conjecture suddenly emerged before everyone—

Could the "Mo Ju" who compiled the martial arts textbook and promoted martial arts be the current Mohism Master Craftsman? And the reason why the textbook changed was because of the "conditions" he gave for revealing the secrets of martial arts and the basic principles.

While this may sound a bit fantastical, if even Orca Martial God of cleaving rivers with a single pillow has appeared, isn't it perfectly normal for there to be more hidden sects and Hermit families?

So overnight, the Mohism Master Craftsman became a very popular topic.

The use of code names in textbooks was not an official attempt to suppress Feng Xue, but rather a suggestion he made himself after several rounds of wrangling.

On the one hand, it was to lower the guard of the authorities; on the other hand, Feng Xue herself knew very well that the Weird Tale the Source of Martial Arts could not be accomplished overnight.

Ultimately, the people of Yan believe in tracing the origins of history. If you suddenly appear out of nowhere and claim to be the Martial Ancestor, no one will recognize you, not even if you are officially recognized.

But if you subtly bring up an organization that already existed in history, and then create a fictional code name, even if you don't explicitly say it, people will start to think about it themselves.

With this kind of thinking, a historical timeline will be filled in by various experts, and as the web gradually takes shape, Feng Xue will naturally get what he wants.

Now, all he needs to do is silently ignite his own consciousness.

Orca Martial God are very well-known, and their location is even relatively public knowledge, but the problem is that foreigners can't catch them.

With its Combat Power, even a single pillow could not be taken down by special forces, and foreign countries would not be able to send armored forces into Yan.

Moreover, compared to capturing the protagonist, it's obviously easier to just take the secret manual back.

In fact, if it's a secret manual for Peerless Martial Art, foreigners can also practice it, just like the Libra elder practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and the official Golden Bell Shield during the period Weird Tale.

The problem is that what Yan Country is currently promoting are all "second creations" launched by the main characters or major research institutions. They are called basic skills, but they are actually based on the Benchmark that "Yan Country people are talented".

This is like a skill that even a child can learn in a High Martial world, but if you put it in a low-level martial arts world, it would be a divine skill that only a very few geniuses are qualified to learn.

Once a person from Yan Kingdom acquires kung fu, they can find the qi in one day, master the basics in three days, and achieve minor success in one month.

Foreigners, without the added Weird Tale, might need more than three months just to experience the Qi Sensation (and that's assuming they persevere and work hard).

Incidentally, although many people believe that "Chinese people know martial arts" is a foreigners' "ancient" perception, in fact, this perception started with a series of martial arts stars such as Bruce Lee. Before that, Chinese people were also seen as having mysterious powers by foreigners, but not in terms of kung fu, but rather in terms of evil arts such as "witchcraft and curses".

This can be seen in works such as the "Fu Manchu series" used to smear Chinese people, and the so-called Ten Commandments of Detectives is also a product of this period.