The Counterattack of the Villains

After the demise of the Song Dynasty, the Quanzhen Sect completely surrendered to the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and reached its peak in the Yuan Dynasty.

It's just that although the Quanzhen Sect used the appeal of religion to serve the Yuan Dynasty, its influence was too great and eventually aroused the suspicion of the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, in the dispute over the "transformation of Hu Jing" between Buddhism and Taoism during the Yuan Xianzong period, the Yuan Dynasty took an obvious stand in favor of Buddhism.

In the great debates between Buddhism and Taoism in the eighth year of Xianzong and the eighteenth year of Zhiyuan, Quanzhen Sect suffered two consecutive defeats and suffered a heavy blow, and its heyday came to an end.

From then on, Quanzhen Religion was in a very difficult situation, the development of believers was restricted, and fasting ceremonies were prohibited.

It was not until the first year of Yuanzhen's reign after Chengzong ascended the throne that the ban was lifted, and the Quanzhen religion was freed from its difficult situation, but it was difficult to regain its old views.

After entering the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu was naturally extremely disgusted with the Quanzhen Religion because he had served the Tatars.

Therefore, Emperor Hongwu fully supported the Zhengyi Sect and at the same time suppressed the Quanzhen Sect. Taoist officials at all levels in the Daolu Department were all disciples of Zhengyi, and very few Quanzhen Taoist priests were summoned and appointed.

The Quanzhen Sect then split into many small sects operating independently, and it no longer regained its heyday as the largest Taoist sect in the past.

The Huashan Sect is one of these small sects, and it inherits the Taoism of Guangningzi Hao Datong.

However, the Huashan sect did not practice Taoism and only inherited the martial arts inheritance passed down by Guang Ningzi. It eventually evolved into a pure martial arts sect and had nothing to do with Taoism.

There are still many Taoist temples and scenic spots on Zhongnan Mountain, but there are no longer those Quanzhen Taoists with unique skills stationed there.

Li Mu and Ning Zhongze walked slowly and confidently, and it only took two days to arrive.

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The Tomb of the Living Dead has been covered in vines and vegetation, and it has obviously not been taken care of for a long time.

Ning Zhong stood side by side with Li Mu in front of the tomb door, looking around curiously and asked: "Brother, this ancient tomb has been blocked by huge rocks, how do we get in?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "When I traveled around the world, I met a mysterious old woman in Xiangyang. She told me that there is a secret passage that can lead to and from the ancient tomb."

Ning Zhongze asked curiously: "Old woman? Senior brother, do you know who she is?"

Li Mu shook his head and said: "She didn't say anything, but judging from her words, I suspect that she is probably the last descendant of the Tomb Sect."

"When I met her, she felt that her time was running out, and seeing my kindness, she told me some secrets."

"There is an underwater secret passage outside the ancient tomb that leads to the ancient tomb. The place where the secret passage leads contains peerless martial arts."

Ning Zhong suddenly realized that it was no wonder that his senior brother taught me a turtle breath technique a few months ago. It turned out to be to prepare for today.

She said happily: "As the saying goes, good deeds will be rewarded. Senior brother, if you have a kind heart, you will always be rewarded with good deeds."

Li Mu smiled and said: "When doing good deeds, don't worry about the future. I don't expect good rewards, but when the opportunity comes, there is no need to refuse it. As the saying goes, if you don't take it, you will suffer the consequences."

Ning Zhong nodded happily and looked at Li Mu with even more admiration.

"Then let's go in quickly!"

Li Mu said: "Don't worry. Although the senior told me that there is such a secret passage, she can't remember the specific location of the secret passage. She only knows that it is in a remote place at the foot of the mountain."

"Ah?" Ning Zhongze said in astonishment: "Zhongnan Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. If you don't know the specific location, where can you find it?"

Li Mu pondered to himself. According to what was written in the book, Xiao Longnu and his party walked from the stone room to the pool for about half an hour. There were large pine trees and various flowers growing in the area after they came out.

Although these characteristics are vague, they have been narrowed down to a large extent.

As long as they take the ancient tomb as the center, walk down the mountain for about half an hour, and then search outwards in a spiral pattern, they will eventually be able to find the exit.

Thinking of this, he informed Ning Zhongze of his plan, and Ning Zhongze naturally had no objection. If you want to obtain peerless martial arts, what is the point of putting in so much effort?

At the moment, the two acted in accordance with the law.

The location where the two began their spiral search was about seventy miles in a circle, and the distance became larger the farther out they went.

At first, they could make two turns a day. After a week, they made more than one turn a day, and it became dark.

They go up the mountain with dry food every morning and rest in the town below the mountain in the evening.

Half a month later, one day, they arrived at a remote place.

But you can see the thick shade on the ground, the floating flowers, the large pine trees as thick as pillars can be seen everywhere, and the moisture in the air is heavier than elsewhere.

Li Mu was in high spirits, and said to Ning Zhongze with a little excitement: "Junior sister, the environment here is very consistent with what the senior said. Let's search carefully everywhere."

Ning Zhongze became more energetic after hearing this, and the two of them were exploring the area carefully.

After searching for about a meal, at the foot of a mountain wall, the careful Ning Zhong used his long sword to clear away a thorn bush, and suddenly a moist and deep cave entrance was revealed.

Ning Zhong asked excitedly: "Senior brother, is this here?"

Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he said happily: "Nine times out of ten, let's make a few torches and go in and have a look."

At that moment, Li Mu chopped off a few wooden sticks, unpacked them, took out a thick layer of cotton cloth and wrapped it around the stick heads, and then poured kerosene on them.

After getting ready, the two of them held a torch in each hand, lit one first, and then carefully got into the cave.

This cave is surprisingly deep. After walking forward for nearly a stick of incense, we finally reached the end.

At the end, I saw a pool with a radius of more than two feet. The most important thing is that this is flowing water.

"The hard work pays off, and we finally found it. You wait here while I go down to check it out. After confirming that it is here, we still need to make some preparations."

Ning Zhong warned: "Then you should be careful."

Li Mu smiled and said: "Don't worry, with my skill, using the Turtle Breathing Technique, it won't be a problem if I don't take a breath for half an hour."

"According to what the senior said, this underwater passage is about a meal's length away. It's enough for me to go back and forth in one breath."

Hearing Li Mu say this, Ning Zhong felt a little at ease.

At that moment, Li Mu took off his baggage and handed everything he had in his arms to Ning Zhongze. He only wrapped a few candles in oilcloth and put two fire bags into his arms.

He took off his turban, tied his hair with a hair tie, and then walked slowly into the water.

Li Mu took a deep breath, activated the Turtle Breath Technique, turned to internal breathing, and dived down.

The sound of water at the bottom of the pool is roaring. Although it is an underground current, the sound is astonishing.

Thanks to Li Mu's profound skills, even though he was swimming against the current, he was not affected by it.

I leisurely swam under the water for a while, then the ground got higher and higher, and soon I came out of the water, finally reaching the end.

After getting out of the water, Li Mu was basically certain that this was the secret passage inside the ancient tomb.

He took out the oilcloth in his arms, took out the candle and lit it with a fire stick, and walked along the passage.

It is different from Yang Guo, the little dragon girl who can see at night after living in the dark environment of the ancient tomb for a long time.

Even though Li Mu has great hearing and eyesight due to his profound skills, he still cannot see things in places without any light.

But as long as there is a ray of light, he can see the surrounding environment clearly with his eyes.

This passage is obviously sloping upward, getting steeper as you go forward, and the road turns east and west and is not a straight path to the end.

After walking for about half an hour, Li Mu finally saw an open stone door.

When you walk into the stone gate, you will see the stone room with the inscriptions of the Double Ninth Festival.

Li Mu held up the candle in his hand and looked up.

This stone chamber is far away from water sources and has no moisture. Hundreds of years have passed, but no moss has grown and no dust has been collected. The "Nine Yin Manual" engraved on the top is still clearly visible.

After reading the content from beginning to end, a look of relief appeared on Li Mu's face.

Although the content of this Double Ninth Festival inscription is not the complete "Nine Yin Manual", the content it contains will be enough to dominate the world in this era after being practiced.

If all the contents here are copied back and let all the disciples study in the future, how can the Huashan Sect not rise?

The Nine Yang Divine Skill is his biggest trump card. Before he becomes invincible in the world, he will not pass it on easily to avoid leaking the skill.