Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 98: Training the two children

"No, Yuanhan, don’t raise your halberd like that. Do it more from the side, from the side!

Swing your halberd like you’re slashing through a mountain! That’s why it’s called the Falling Glacier Halberd Art!

Each of your swings has to be not only precise but also carry the strength to destroy a glacier.

Attacking from above, do you think the difficulty of smashing a glacier isn’t hard enough?" Mu Yan directed Yuanhan in her training.

It had been over a week since the awakening. In this time, Mu Yan transformed from the kind face to a strict teacher, directing them in their training and studies.

"Yes, father!" Yuanhan changed the position of her halberd, lowering it slightly before raising it again and slashing forward.

"Ah," Mu Yan sighed, "okay, now your slashes are getting weak. Take a break and go drink something, I don’t want to see you practice exhausted."

"Father, I can still—"

"You can still what? Fall down with a halberd in hand? Do you fear I’m too relaxed?" Mu Yan complained and looked at Yuanhan, exaggerating a bit to make her understand the importance of resting.

Yuanhan quickly put down the halberd, fearing she’d upset her father.

"Put it back on the weapon rack. After you’ve rested, you can go and practice the Phoenix Dance Movement Technique."

Seeing her run away in excitement, Mu Yan shook his head. This daughter of his was very active, extremely excited for training. It was like she was training for the many years she wasn’t able to.

’Even if Lady Lingyi allowed her to train, in the end, it was just a bit of playing. This should be her first real training, right?’

Mu Yan could see her rough movements right away as well as the deep talent hidden.

With just a few pointers, she was able to improve her fighting a lot!

"Maybe I should find her a master to teach these things?"

Although he was proficient in both martial and literati, he was neither a halberd expert nor did he practice ice spells.

On the other hand, looking over to Yuanyun who was writing on a table at the edge of the training field... he felt it was a lot easier to teach the literati.

Just give them a general direction and their thoughts can make up everything else.

"How far did you get with your essay about why a man and a woman shouldn’t hold hands in public?"

"Father, I have just completed it."

Mu Yan nodded in approval as he took the essay. The ink hadn’t yet dried, but with a simple move, it quickly did.

Although usually this would damage the goods, as this was mortal paper and ink, he didn’t feel bad.

Reading through it, he saw that the arguments were mainly three:

Propriety, legitimacy, and tradition.

"Propriety is good, you can leave it at that. What about legitimacy? If holding hands truly results in them having children, then they can just marry and everything will become legitimate. Don’t use legitimacy in arguments when it can be solved easily.

If the man already had a wife and still held hands, then you can use legitimacy. That situation would then cause a fight.

Should the man take that woman as his concubine? Would she be willing? Will the wife allow it? Can he afford it?

You have to use legitimacy to provoke a fight between parties, not as a flimsy argument that would just push people together.

And tradition... what tradition? Refer to a tradition, explain its origin, and then elaborate why an old tradition still needs to be followed in a different time.

Don’t rewrite this essay, it would be a waste of time to simply do so. No, write a contra essay rejecting your current standpoint using better arguments.

Compare them after—are your arguments pre-feedback better than after my feedback, or are you still convinced that your previous standpoint was better?"

"Yes, father, I will do so quickly!" Yuanyun was also excited.

Whenever he learned, he would get various difficult scenarios of governance and such. When did he get such moral questions?

Answering them was not only easier but also faster to complete.

Mu Yan naturally chose this topic specifically to teach Yuanyun the values of people in a given society and how to abuse these values to one’s own benefit when arguing.

As a government official, this was a key ability he couldn’t miss out on.

’When he’s done with this, I’ll create some random issues for him to solve.’

Just as he was observing their training, he saw Yuanhan come back. Behind her, Lady Lingyi came with a slight exasperated expression.

"Brother Mu Yan, isn’t it... a bit presumptuous for Yuanhan to only wear these... tight clothes?"

After some time, the address Lady Lingyi used when referring to Mu Yan changed even though he still called her Lady Lingyi.

"Lady, her tight clothes... are you referring to the leather armour?"

He looked at Yuanhan when he said this. She was wearing full armour from the bottom to the top, with not even a speck of skin showing. In the future, she would wear similar River Patrol Officer Armour, full leather armour allowing for smooth movement in water while still providing ample protection...

"This armour is a bit..."

"Mom! I am training! If I don’t wear this armour, I would still wear training clothes!"

"Yuanhan, don’t shout at your mother!" Mu Yan called out, then turned to Yuanyun, "Why aren’t you supporting your sister? Reassure your mother and tell her she doesn’t need to worry."

"Mother, you don’t need to worry about anything! If anyone came too close to Hanhan, she’ll just beat them up!" Yuanyun tried to reassure his mother.

"Ay," Mu Yan shook his head while holding his forehead, "alright, Yuanyun, you just do your essay.

Lady Lingyi, don’t worry about these things. In the end, once Yuanhan becomes a fierce Admiral on the field, no one can say anything about how she dresses.

Is there another reason Lady Lingyi has come here?"

Although they were in the Hua Residence in the capital, this training space was far away from the main residence. Coming all the way just to complain would be a bit too much.

As expected, Lady Lingyi nodded and explained, "The gathering of my branch has been fully arranged. Most of my sisters, brothers, uncles, and aunts have already arrived. Even my mother and father were able to make time to come.

The gathering has been arranged to be held tomorrow evening. I just wanted to inform you."

"Tomorrow evening? Very well.

Yuanhan, take off your armour and put on the Ice Phoenix Dress your mother bought. Yuanyun, you also go and recite the poetry for the gathering.

I will also take my leave. By now, Ren Yu and A’qi should have completed their awakening. They will attend the gathering tomorrow, which might help us."