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Chapter 470 Liaodong News
Lin Pingzhi and his fellow brothers and sisters from the Wudang Sect have been in Shenyang Prefecture, Liaodong for half a month. This place is indeed a paradise for people of the martial arts world.

They are currently staying in Lai Fu Inn. After walking out of the inn and crossing two streets, they will arrive at the Liaodong base of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Each school has its own rules. For example, the Beiyue Hengshan School only accepts female apprentices. By paying fifteen taels of silver, they can learn the "Hengshan Yuanyi Sword Technique". The learning period is three months, and food and accommodation are provided.

After learning, you can choose to leave or formally join the Hengshan School.

The Taishan sect does not require payment of money to recruit apprentices, but instead requires examinations, such as chickens and rabbits in the same cage, or Han Xin selecting his soldiers. There are five questions in total, and as long as you answer all of them correctly, you can become Taishan's disciple.

Huashan Sect accepts both male and female apprentices, but only righteous men. Fifteen taels of silver can be used to learn the first four forms of Huashan Swordsmanship, and forty taels of silver can be used to learn the full set of Huashan Swordsmanship. In addition, the ten-section brocade of long fist, the crouching tiger palm method, the iron finger formula, the leopard tail kick and other martial arts are all fifteen taels.

As for more advanced martial arts, more silver would be required as tuition.

The requirements for recruiting apprentices at Nanyue Hengshan are also strange. They only accept apprentices who have mastered a musical instrument. Fifteen taels of silver can learn "Yanfeng Misty Rain Sword Technique" or "Hengshan Sword Technique", and twenty taels of silver can learn "Sword Concealment Technique" or "Sword Drawing Technique".

As for "Thirteen Styles of Clouds and Mist with a Hundred Changes and Illusions" and "Returning Wind and Falling Wild Goose Sword", one needs to formally join the Hengshan Sect to learn them. While the most powerful "Five Divine Swords of Hengshan" and "Lake Light and Autumn Moon Sword Technique" require one to become an elder to learn them.

The Songshan School is similar to the Huashan School in that as long as you pay money, you can learn the "Songshan Sword Technique".

As for whether it is good or evil, they don’t care at all. Anyway, in Liaodong, the righteous must lie down and the evil must lie prone.

When the Wudang people looked at the long queue in front of the gate of the Five Mountains Sword Sect's headquarters, they felt a strange feeling in their hearts, especially Lin Pingzhi, who felt as if he was being mocked by fate.

You from the Five Mountains Sword Sect have simply forgotten your roots!
Taoist Master Hongxiang suddenly came to his senses and asked in confusion: "This is not right! How can these martial artists have such a huge amount of money?"

A Taoist priest quickly explained: "Brother, you may not know that there is a Royal Silver House not far ahead. With only two guarantors, you can easily get a loan. And the interest rate is quite reasonable. For example, if you borrow 20 taels of silver, you need to repay 24 taels within half a year. If you choose a one-year term, you need to repay 30 taels."

After hearing this, Taoist Master Hong Xiang nodded slightly and thought to himself that the interest rate was indeed not that high. Compared with those loan sharks who often paid out nine out of ten and returned one out of ten, the royal family was truly conscientious.

"So, those people queuing at the gate of the Five Mountains Sword Sect are all borrowers from the Royal Silver Bank?" Lin Pingzhi asked hesitantly, "Isn't the Royal Silver Bank afraid that they will escape or die outside the city?"

"Well." The Taoist smiled and said, "I don't think anyone would dare to default on the royal family's debt!"

"As for whether he will die outside the city, who can say for sure?"

After hearing this, Lin Pingzhi did not ask any further questions. After all, he was just a junior brother who was responsible for collecting intelligence, so it was normal that he could not find some things.

Taoist Master Hong Xiang looked at the plaque of Huashan Villa and suddenly said, "Brother Ping Xiang, come with me to visit Master Yue of Huashan!"

"it is good!"

So, Taoist Master Hong Xiang brought Lin Pingzhi, carrying Wudang Taoist tea, to the Huashan Villa.

Before reaching the threshold, one sees a long line of people winding outside the gate. Yue Buqun's two disciples, Liang Fa and Lu Dayou, are registering.

Seeing the two approaching, Liang Fa stood up, clasped his hands together, and said politely: "Oh, aren't these Taoist Priests Hong Xiang and Ping Xiang from Wudang? It's been a long time since we last met."

"Junior Brother Liang, how are you?" The two of them bowed in return. Hong told the Taoist priest the purpose of his visit: "I heard that Mr. Yue has been traveling to Shenyang recently, so I came here to visit him and ask to see him."

Who in the world doesn’t know the name of Wudang Sect?
Upon hearing this, Liang Fa responded immediately and cheerfully: "The two Taoist priests, please go to the inner hall to rest for a while, and I will go and inform the Taoist priests."

"Thank you."

"Please come in, Taoist priests!"

Led by Liang Fa, Hong Xiang and Lin Pingzhi stepped into the Huashan Courtyard and walked around the screen wall. They saw a flat square of about two acres, where nearly a hundred apprentices were practicing swords. They looked up and saw a long-bearded man standing on the stage in the front, with a very serious expression.

"Who is that?" Hong Xiang looked carefully, but couldn't recognize who that person was, so he asked.

"That's my senior from Huashan Sword Sect, Uncle Cong Buqi. He's responsible for teaching the 'First Four Moves of Huashan Sword Technique.'" Liang Fa introduced with a smile.

Hong Xiang almost couldn't control his expression after hearing this. What did he just hear?
Huashan Sword Sect?

Are there still some of them alive?

Liang Fa didn't think much about it and led the two of them through the corridor, around the large square, and into the house next to it. There were also more than a dozen apprentices meditating here, and the one teaching them was Yue Buqun's fourth disciple, Shi Daizi.

"These students chose to learn Changquan Shi Duan Jin, so they will be taught by Fourth Junior Brother." Liang Fa explained casually.

After hearing this, Taoist Master Hong Xiang nodded slightly and praised: "As an authentic Xuanmen internal skill, Huashan Long Fist Ten-Section Brocade, they really know the value of it and picked out the real gold."

Liang Fa couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard this: "Master, you are worthy of being a senior disciple of Wudang Sect. You really have unique insights! Outside Shenyang City, it seems that there are opportunities everywhere, but in fact, there are dangers everywhere. But most people just want to quickly learn a few sword techniques to deal with those Jurchens. Only a very few people can calm down and choose to practice internal skills to accumulate strength for a breakthrough."

Arriving at a tea room, Liang Fa asked a maid to serve tea to the two Taoist priests, and he went to the backyard to inform his master.

Yue Buqun is different from others. He is more careful about his reputation, especially his reputation as the Gentleman Sword.

So when he heard that a Wudang disciple came to visit, he would choose to meet him.

If it were Mo Da, he would have no idea where to perform and would have been nowhere to be seen.

Seeing Yue Buqun coming out elegantly, Hong Xiang and Lin Pingzhi quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Junior Wudang Hong Xiang (Ping Xiang) greets Mr. Yue!"

“My two junior brothers, please take a seat.” Yue Buqun bowed in return and asked with a smile, “How is Taoist Chongxu doing these days?”

Hong Xiang did not mean to bluff, and answered honestly: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Yue. Since Master was seriously injured in the Ancestor Mountain, he has lived in the Golden Summit of Wudang for a long time, concentrating on healing his illness. This year, Master's physical condition has improved."

“So that’s the case. I feel relieved then.” Yue Buqun made a relieved expression and spoke calmly.

But his heart was filled with emotion. Shaolin and Wudang were indeed the two legends of the Central Plains martial arts. After Shaolin Master Fang Zheng was seriously injured, there were still Fang Jing, Fang Cheng, Fang Ping and other masters of the Fang generation to support him.

Although Wudang does not have as many masters as Shaolin, it has a Taoist priest named Jingxu who is indifferent to worldly affairs.

If one falls, the other can still support the sect.

On the other hand, although their Five Mountains Sword Sect had Zuo Lengchan, a top-notch master, in Songshan, if Zuo Lengchan fell, there would be no one in Songshan who could shoulder the burden.

Huashan and Hengshan are exceptions. Even if Yue Buqun falls, there is still Ning Zhongze. Hengshan will be in trouble unless three things happen at the same time.

Hong Xiang hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Yue, my junior and I just came to Shenyang Prefecture in Liaodong, and we saw that the Five Mountains Sword Sect opened its doors. We only need to pay money to learn the martial arts of the Five Mountains Sword Sect."

"Is this decision a bit hasty?"

"In my humble opinion, the martial arts of various schools and sects were all created by the painstaking efforts of predecessors of all generations, and they contain the efforts and wisdom of the predecessors. Moreover, the essence of martial arts is the art of killing the enemy and winning. If it is easily taught to young people with unstable minds and boiling blood, it may easily lead to unnecessary killings, which is not a benefit for the country, the people and the people."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun smiled faintly and asked, "My nephew, have you ever thought that even without our Five Mountains Sword Sect, would the martial arts world be free from unnecessary killings? No, it is the root of the unruly and unconventional nature of the martial arts world, where people draw swords and knives at the slightest disagreement!"

(End of this chapter)