Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 38 At the foot of Zhongnan Mountain
In order to prevent any further complications, Huang Sixi and his men acted with extreme speed.

They rushed to the Taibai Sect headquarters overnight.

The Taibai Sect is located on the Taibai Mountain in the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province. The mountain is high and dangerous and not easy to climb. Of course, it is not easy for the Tartar slaves stationed in the Taibai Sect to escape.

After Huang Sixi and his men arrived at the main temple, they successfully captured several Tatars with rat-tail braids.

The remaining members of the Taibai sect were also captured in one fell swoop.

They first sealed up the property of the Taibai Sect, and then escorted the Tartar slaves to the foot of the mountain to report to the authorities.

This was the local county government office. When the county magistrate learned that there were Tartars appearing in the territory, he took it very seriously and reported it to the Xi'an Prefecture immediately. Within a few days, officers and soldiers rushed to Taibai Sect and launched a large-scale manhunt.

The officers and soldiers mobilized for nearly a month and arrested and imprisoned all the family members related to the Taibai Sect. The entire sect was uprooted.

However, Huang Sixi and others did not participate in any of these actions.

They just need to wait for the government to clear out the Taibai Sect's forces, and then move into the Taibai Sect's headquarters.

Taking advantage of the government's large-scale manhunt, Huang Sixi asked Tie Luohan, Li Yan and three others to be guides and go to Zhongnan Mountain for a trip.

Mount Zhongnan and Mount Taibai are both in the Qinling Mountains, not far apart.

Huang Sixi took the initiative to visit here, naturally for the famous Quanzhen Sect.

But what disappointed Huang Sixi greatly was that the Quanzhen Sect had long been in decline and had been removed from the social scene in the early Ming Dynasty.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, no Quanzhen Sect disciples were seen getting involved in the martial arts world.

"My husband, this Quanzhen Sect is very famous among Taoist sects, but the Taoists in the sect do not practice martial arts. They just collect incense all day long. It has nothing to do with the Central Plains martial arts world."

Tie Luohan traveled in Shaanxi in his early years and had been to Mount Zhongnan, so he knew the details of Quanzhen Sect.

The group chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Chongyang Palace on the top of Mount Zhongnan.

This place is known as the ancestral temple of the world, and has always been very popular. There is an endless stream of pilgrims coming here to burn incense and worship their ancestors every day.

Huang Sixi and several others also followed the crowd into Chongyang Palace, came to the incense burner, and burned incense to worship the gods.

Because they were generous and gave a lot of money, the Taoist master of the temple came out to meet them personally and accompanied them on a tour of the many palaces of Quanzhen Sect.

"May I ask, Master, do you have any relics of Chongyang Zhenren in your temple?"

This is also what Huang Sixi cares about most.

He definitely did not go to Mount Zhongnan just for fun, but to look for relics of Quanzhen Sect.

To be precise, he wanted to find the relics of Wang Chongyang, who was once the leader of the five great martial arts masters in the world. If he could find them, perhaps he could inherit the superior martial arts of the former Song Dynasty.

But the result disappointed him again.

When the Taoist master of the temple saw that he was asking about Master Chongyang, he immediately led him into a house and said that this was the cultivation room where Master Chongyang meditated and practiced in the past.

He also introduced the many furnishings in the house one by one. The sword on the display stand is the Zhenwu sword left by Chongyang Zhenren, the whisk in the cabinet is a Taoist weapon left by Chongyang Zhenren, and the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall are calligraphy works left by Chongyang Zhenren.

Li Yan saw the calligraphy and painting and immediately stepped forward to examine it. He couldn't help but shake his head: "This calligraphy is at most a few decades old, it can't be hundreds of years old. The master of the temple must have made a mistake."

The Taoist master was exposed for his fraud, but he remained calm and said with a smile: "When I was the master, these relics were already here. Anyway, they have been passed down from generation to generation. They are all the relics of Chongyang Zhenren, but I can't guarantee how old they are."

Huang Sixi looked around and found that they were all ordinary things that had no effect on him at all.

He asked again: "It is said that Master Chongyang taught the Seven Quanzhen disciples in the past. Did these disciples leave any relics behind?" "Yes! A lot!"

The old Taoist master of the temple spoke eloquently: "The Taoist master Qiu Chuji of my sect is even more famous than my master, and his reputation is no less than that of Taoist Master Chongyang. The disciples specially built a temple for him for pilgrims to worship. All donors, please come this way!"

Huang Sixi heard him repeating the same old words he had used earlier to introduce the Chongyang Temple, and realized that it would be a waste of time to go there. The things displayed in the Qiu Chuji Temple must be fakes, and it was not worth wasting time.

Huang Sixi stopped the Taoist master and pointed to the foot of Chongyang Palace and continued to ask: "Is there any cemetery at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain?"

"Cemetery? All cemeteries are built on the hillside behind the mountain. When I die, I want to be buried there. It has excellent feng shui. If you want to live there in the future, I am willing to give you a piece of real land."

Damn it, I'm not here to look for a grave.

Huang Sixi felt unhappy, but then he thought, what he was looking for was the Tomb of the Living Dead, which must be a grave.

When the Taoist master of the temple saw that Huang Sixi was unhappy, he realized that he had said the wrong thing and tried to keep the rich man Huang Sixi.

He rolled his eyes, pointed to the southeast mountain, and told a story: "Donor, there is a stone tablet in the valley over there, with the words 'No entry for outsiders' engraved on it. The tablet has been weathered for a long time and is in tatters. It is said to be a relic from the time of Chongyang Zhenren. Behind this stone tablet, there is an ancient tomb..."

Huang Sixi interrupted the old Taoist priest and grabbed his wrist: "This is the tomb. Take me to see it immediately!"

Then he grabbed the Taoist priest and walked down the mountain.

Seeing that Huang Sixi was keen on exploring the tomb, Tie Luohan, Li Yan and other three looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what Huang Sixi was trying to do. However, they were all intrigued by Huang Sixi, so they immediately followed him and went down the mountain together.

The Taoist master felt pain in Huang Sixi's grip and shouted anxiously, "Donor, donator, please let go first. I won't run away. I will lead you to the grave sooner or later!"

After Huang Sixi let go, he sighed again, "Donor, I won't hide it from you. There were originally many stone chambers and complicated passages in that tomb. But since the early Ming Dynasty, every three to five years, there would be a wave of tomb robbers who would come to visit. These tomb robbers had bad intentions and dug and pried and smashed everywhere. Until sixty years ago, they finally dug the tomb down."

"It collapsed? It won't collapse completely, will it?"

"It really has collapsed completely. After all, it's been too long! Donor, don't you think about the era of Chongyang Zhenren? It's been five hundred years since now. No matter how solid the tomb passage is, it will collapse. Moreover, there are tomb thieves who are destroying it!"

"That's true! Is it this stone tablet?"

At this time, several people had arrived at a forest at the foot of the mountain. There was a raised mound in the forest, and in front of the mound stood a tattered stone tablet.

The inscription on the monument has long been worn away by wind and rain.

Li Yan pointed out: "There is no inscription on it!"

The Taoist master chuckled and said, "It is true that there is no such thing now, but it did exist in ancient times. The inscription on the stele is recorded in the documents of Quanzhen Sect, and it says 'outsiders are prohibited'!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange buzzing sound suddenly sounded in the forest, and a gray shadow swayed. Then a group of bees flew out from between the surrounding leaves and pounced towards the few people.

Tie Luohan was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately lifted his robe and protected Huang Sixi to drive away the bees.

Huang Sixi looked up at the swarm of bees, then looked at the ditches and gullies formed between the mounds due to the collapse of the cemetery.

He thought to himself: "Under the Zhongnan Mountains, the Tomb of the Living Dead and the Condor Heroes have disappeared from the martial arts world! Today, the Tomb of the Living Dead has really become a cemetery. The descendants of the Condor Heroes may have completely disappeared more than a hundred years ago!"

He had originally wanted to sneak into the cemetery to look for the ancient tomb school's superior martial arts, but it seemed like he no longer had that chance.

With regret, he walked towards the stone tablet.

When his hand touched the body of the stele, a ray of light quietly emerged.

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(End of this chapter)