Chapter 850: Borrowing Strength

Of course, this bit of strength Su Fan possesses is still not enough to look at in the Mythical World; it is far from sufficient.

Even compared to the Zhang Liang before him, it is about the same.

In fact, once Zhang Liang were to enter the Imperial Court as an official, his personal strength would advance by leaps and bounds; this is the terrifying Dao of Confucianism, much like Legalism.

Confucianism and Legalism are inseparable from the Imperial Court.

It is just that, in the eyes of those currently in power, they are not enough to look at; at least in the eyes of the Great Qin, Confucianism is nothing more than a group of people who only know how to wag their tongues.

Compared to Legalism, which reforms laws to strengthen the state, those Confucian scholars are mostly just empty talkers who ruin the country.

Of course, Zhang Liang is not one of those Confucian disciples who engage in empty talk; he not only has profound cultivation in Confucianism, but he has also dabbled in Legalism and the Military School.

He has even delved quite deeply into the Military School; when it comes to military strategy, he is on par with those veteran generals on the battlefield, with the only possible difference being battlefield experience.

As for his own strength and cultivation, he has practiced an ancient Qi Refining Method of the Taoist Sect and has already become an immortal.

It can be said that he is a true genius.

Even compared to those masters of the Hundred Schools of Thought, he is not far behind; the only difference is perhaps that the many Saints of the Hundred Schools of Thought created their own academic disciplines.

However, it would be very difficult for Zhang Liang to catch up to those masters, as these people have the blessing of Heavenly Dao Merit and the Human Race Luck, and their future cultivation speeds are not slow.

Take Su Fan, for example; since he compiled the Medical Canon, he has received the Human Race Luck, and his entire cultivation speed has soared, breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm before he even realized it.

Even reaching the Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal realms in the future is not a problem for him; favored by the Human Race Luck, his cultivation speed is even above that of Zhang Liang.

Unless Zhang Liang personally enters the fray, joins the Great Qin, and enjoys the blessing of the Great Qin's burgeoning luck, he will not be able to advance by leaps and bounds in a short time.

But once he personally enters the fray, it is equivalent to participating in the Great Tribulation, which would be dangerous.

Participating in the Great Tribulation is truly no joke; no one can guarantee their safety. Even if this Great Tribulation of the Great Qin cannot compare to the previous few, those with profound cultivation are actually well aware of the dangers within.

Even a Great Luo level cultivator cannot guarantee that they will survive this Great Tribulation.

In his exchange with Zhang Liang, the former had no intention of participating; at most, he would just contribute a little effort from the sidelines.

"Brother Su, this canon of yours is likely even more precious than the one created by that person from the Medical School. Is it your intention to spread it?"

Zhang Liang asked suddenly.

"Indeed!"

"However, this canon of yours appears to be no less than a million words; spreading it will not be easy."

Su Fan's canon is written in vernacular, simple and clear, but it covers every aspect, so the word count is quite high.

It is a full three million words or more, and it also contains many illustrations.

After all, regarding knowledge of medicinal herbs, some herbs are better understood through direct drawings.

With millions of words, although the Great Qin has invented paper, paper is not well-developed and is not much different from the Han and Tang periods.

During the Han and Tang periods, the spread of knowledge was hindered by noble families, and there were also issues with paper and the Printing Technique.

The reason why there were more and more scholars in the Song and Ming dynasties was not only because of the disappearance of noble clans but also because of the development of these technologies.

This allowed written books to be bought and sold on a large scale.

Even families of commoners had the opportunity to purchase some books.

In this way, knowledge could not be restricted, and naturally, there were more scholars.

In this Mythical World, the restriction of knowledge, besides being due to those nobles, is also due to technical reasons.

Paper is very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

And for millions of words, if one wanted to copy them, how many days would an ordinary person need? They would copy until their hands broke, and they might not even be able to finish one copy.

Even for those with cultivation, how many could persist in such copying?

Little Sage Manor has tens of thousands of different books; of course, there are not just tens of thousands of volumes, as the entire collection of Little Sage Manor spans seven floors, covering an area of no less than ten thousand square meters.

Of course, most of the books in Little Sage Manor are on silk or bamboo slips, and the large space they occupy is one aspect.

So many books were accumulated over many years by countless disciples who slowly copied them down.

The time and manpower spent are immeasurable.

Now, for this canon of millions of words, Zhang Liang can imagine the manpower and material resources required just to copy this canon for distribution.

That is why he said it was difficult.

In many places, bamboo slips are still used, and only true nobles can afford paper.

"I have a Paper-making Technique and a Printing Technique that can produce large quantities of cheap and suitable paper."

"Furthermore, the new Printing Technique can quickly print these texts."

Su Fan naturally knew the difficulty Zhang Liang was talking about.

"Oh! With large quantities of paper and printing technology, this most basic difficulty is solved; then the next step is to spread the knowledge."

"I see that a part of this is teaching the common people at the bottom how to save themselves when they are sick. If this knowledge is spread, those people in the countryside will surely worship you as a Saint."

Zhang Liang could not help but sigh.

He did not care about other medical techniques; no matter how profound they were, without enough disciples of the Medical School, this medical knowledge would ultimately only spread among the nobles.

But the part about self-rescue with medicine allows countless people to learn it themselves; as long as a few literate people spread it in the countryside, it is easy for everyone to learn.

Zhang Liang values this part even more; he knows that once this content spreads throughout the world, it could save countless common people.

Those who were originally waiting to die might have a chance to live.

"When the time comes, if it really spreads, your status will likely be even higher than that person from the Medical School."

"Perhaps the Saint of the Medical School will be you."

"A Human Sage indeed."

Zhang Liang could not help but say, and in his heart, he felt a trace of envy; just by passing down this Medical Canon, he knew that Su Fan would definitely be able to become a Human Sage in the future and enter the Fire Cloud Cave.

This is something that would be very difficult for him to achieve.

After all, to become a Human Sage, one must first make a sufficient contribution to the entire Human Race.

Not just to one city or one state, but to the entire Human Race, whether now or in the future.

Among the Hundred Schools of Thought, the academic works left behind by some of the masters are helpful to the Human Race as a whole, which is why they could become sages.

However, regarding contribution alone, Zhang Liang is certain that many among those masters likely cannot compare to this medical classic.

With this medical classic, as long as it is truly passed down, the entire Human Race will benefit.

Countless people may survive.

Saving countless lives, a living Buddha to ten thousand families.

How could Zhang Liang not envy such a future?

He is a disciple of Confucianism; even if he could fully achieve cultivating himself, regulating his family, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world, it might still not compare to this classic.

Because of this classic, Su Fan is enough to leave a good name for a hundred generations, or even ten thousand generations.