The Mo Dao was one of the four officially recognized types of formation weapons during the Tang Dynasty.
I only remembered two things about it.
This sword had not been passed down. Not only had the method of making it been lost, but there wasn't even a single example left.
It was as if the Li Tang family had tightly guarded the weapon's appearance. Whether in ancient paintings or written records,
it was rarely mentioned.
The second thing was its power. Although no one had described what it looked like, they had talked about the force it could unleash.
The general idea seemed to be that any army daring to charge a Mo Dao formation would be ground to pieces by this enormous meat grinder.
Not just cut apart, but truly pulverized.
Chopped into dozens of pieces.
You could imagine just how sharp and tough this weapon was.
It could withstand the charge of an army and still become the enemy's nightmare. It was a true battlefield weapon.
There were many reasons the Tang knife had fallen into obscurity. Maybe one of them was that it cost too much to make?
I'd always felt some longing for ancient times. I didn't think anyone could resist the appeal of chivalry, battlefields, and martial heroes. Most boys had probably fantasized about things like that.
Of course, I was no exception. So in my spare time, I'd looked up some information. Luckily, my memory was incredibly strong now, which let me more or less
recall what I'd read.
In the early Tang Dynasty, making a single Tang knife cost as much as feeding four people for a year.
That's right. One knife could feed four poor people.
Even in the late Tang Dynasty, when the economy had improved, a knife still cost as