Lu Maoguan held an extremely high position in Grand City, not merely because of his cultivation, nor merely because of his seniority.
He represented the "revere the ancients" faction within the Mohist School.
The New Mohist Faction represented by Qian Jinhua, the current Mohist Grand Master, took "Moism is not the learning of blindly clinging to antiquity; people of today have the Moism of today" as its guiding principle and pushed sweeping reforms.
And Lu Maoguan was Qian Jinhua's most resolute opponent.
To say that Qian Jinhua was a man of mixed praise and blame was already far too generous. Among the masters of prominent schools in the present age, his reputation was the foulest. Other grand masters, no matter how disliked their manner of conduct might be, could not be denied the respect they had earned.
Qian Jinhua alone was different.
At the root of it, many believed that he had caused the ideological confusion of many Mohist disciples today, and that he had made the Mohist School—once highly regarded even among the prominent schools—so deeply controversial now.
Some said, "The calamity and chaos of the Mo Sect one day will have its roots in Qian Jinhua today."
Some covered their noses at the mere mention of his name.
Yet Lu Maoguan was a deeply revered Mohist True Lord. All his life, he had steadfastly practiced the Mohist Way—"Universal Love," "moderation in expenditure"—and his character was lofty and pure.
The people who had benefited from him were too numerous to count.
Within the Mohist School, those who supported him were also a tremendously powerful force.
Indeed, if not for Rao Xiansun's final command back then, the Grand Master of this era might not necessarily have been Qian Jinhua.
There was another matter that had to be mentioned—the Mohist School's