Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 233 There is still a backup plan
"Then what about the second test...will we still have it?" Sun Buer saw the difficulty on Ma Yu's face and asked.

"Test! We must test. I want to know how many Zhao Zhijings there are in our Quanzhen Sect." Wang Chuyi said indignantly.

Although it was a little difficult to say, he was the only one who didn't want to embarrass himself.

Of course, this thought was only a fleeting distraction. More importantly, he was personally aware of the risks and crises hidden within the Quanzhen Sect.

In the past, when he helped Zhao Zhijing take the position, his fellow disciples had no objections and cooperated very well. They indeed trained Zhao Zhijing as the eldest senior brother of the third generation.

He didn't even dare to think about where Zhao Zhijing would lead Quanzhen Sect if he really took charge of it.

The second generation of Quanzhen disciples... that is, the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, regardless of their strength, had overall quality and moral standards that were quite acceptable. However, because of this, the moral education of the disciples was neglected, so that the huge Quanzhen Sect had already begun to harbor filth and corruption by the third generation.

This situation may not last long.

We should take this opportunity to sort things out.

"What's the second level test?" asked Tan Churui, who had just returned to the mountain and was not particularly familiar with the planning of the entire test.

"Humph!" Sun Bu'er snorted coldly and did not answer. Hao Datong scratched his head and said, "The idea of ​​the second level assessment was still proposed by Senior Brother Qiu."

"What he meant was that we should find some prostitutes from the foot of the mountain and disguise them as female lay disciples and bring them up the mountain to see how many of the pure and secular disciples on our mountain can endure the loneliness, and how many are forced to become monks and go up the mountain."

"If someone still has worldly attachments, we don't need to investigate. We can just change their status from monastic disciples to lay disciples and let them go down the mountain. If one day they can truly let go of worldly affairs, it won't be too late for them to go up the mountain and become monks."

After Hao Datong finished speaking, he looked at Ma Yu hesitantly: "Big Brother! In fact, we can skip this test, or just give it a try. Otherwise, I'm worried..."

It's obvious what you're worried about.

How many young people in this world don't think about love? If those prostitutes were to be taken down by the third generation of Quanzhen Sect monks, it would be a lot of fun.

Could it be that the entire Quanzhen Sect simply disbanded on the spot? Or changed its affiliation? Move closer to Zhengyi?

To be honest, it goes against human nature to let people become hopeless and abstinent at a young age.

The Seven Quanzhen disciples were able to survive largely because the journey was extremely difficult. In their early years, they traveled around the world with Wang Chongyang, always ready to revolt, and fought again and again after repeated failures. After Wang Chongyang passed away, the seven of them worked together to withstand the pressure and maintain the reputation of Quanzhen Sect. Such a turbulent period of youth passed just like that, and when they look back, they have already let go of many things.

Ma Yu shook his head and said, "You don't understand what Junior Brother Qiu meant."

"Starting from emotion and ending with propriety is the way of a gentleman."

"If he wants to tease his fellow disciples after only meeting them for a day or two, can we, the Quanzhen Sect, rest assured that he will be placed in the mountains?"

"You know, many years ago, there was an abbot in Shaolin Temple. Because of the young Ai Mu, he broke the precepts of chastity, which caused a disaster. The whole Shaolin Temple was disgraced and the temple was closed for many years. It was not until several generations of people in the martial arts world changed that the situation was finally resolved."

Tan Churui nodded and said, "Big Brother, what you said is right. If you are a gentleman, you should tell us frankly even if you have any thoughts. We, as teachers, will help you. Although the mountain has become a little deserted, it allows disciples to return to their original nature and be more natural. Perhaps many years later, our Quanzhen Sect will have more pillars."

"But if we have no intention of cultivating in seclusion, but stay on the mountain for some vanity and false reputation, when we pass away in a hundred years, won't this Zhongnan Mountain be filled with smoke and miasma?"

After hearing this, everyone calmed down.

However, they didn't know that they were still on the second floor, but Qiu Chuji had planned for them to go to the fifth floor.

There are many useless disciples on the mountain?
No matter whether it is the imperial court or the martial arts world, as long as they lead the crowd to attack, the end result will be the destruction of the sect.

Although the original Quanzhen Sect was still flourishing, its ancestral temple in Zhongnan Mountain was destroyed, which is also a pity.

Let’s take Shaolin as an example. Why is it so powerful and has stood firm in the martial arts world for a thousand years?
It’s not because of the Shaolin Temple in Songshan itself, nor is it just the monks who chant sutras and eat vegetarian food inside, but the lay disciples spread throughout the martial arts world.

They are involved in all walks of life, including peddlers and wealthy and powerful people. These people usually do not show their strength, but if Shaolin is really in danger of destruction, even if only one third of their strength is mobilized, it will be enough to shake the entire world.

The Quanzhen Sect has developed to its current situation. It is no longer realistic to maintain the old traditions established by Wang Chongyang or to launch an uprising to resist the Jin Dynasty.

Because it is essentially more like a religious martial arts sect than an uprising force.

With this premise, it would be a burden and a source of trouble for Quanzhen Sect to gather so many disciples in the mountains.

No matter which force occupies the Central Plains in the future, with so many people from the Quanzhen Sect and so many martial arts masters gathered in one mountain, who can feel at ease?
It's only a matter of time before we get to them.

As in the original trajectory, the Mongols who occupied the Central Plains sent spies to the mountains many times to find out the truth about Quanzhen Sect. After they had a thorough grasp of the situation, they bombarded Quanzhen Sect and destroyed the world's largest sect. The Shaolin Temple was able to escape the disaster, not only because it fell quickly, but also because the number of martial monks in the Shaolin Temple was far less than that of the Quanzhen Taoists at its peak.

In fact, Shaolin disciples have always been the largest group in the world.

Almost every year, Shaolin would send a group of "talents" to the martial arts world.

The Quanzhen Sect can also learn and imitate.

In this way, we can not only reduce the burden, but also find out the real talents and pillars through repeated selection and testing, and train them with more concentrated resources, so that there will be a constant supply of talents, which will allow the entire sect to last for a long time.

The Quanzhen Sect in this time and space is not the Quanzhen Sect whose living environment Qiu Chuji has completely changed. The two have different modes of existence.

Therefore, the Quanzhen Sect's weakness in the open and strength in the dark is the necessary change.

This would still be the case even if Wanyan Kang conquered the world in the future, changed his name to Yang Kang, and re-established the Han Dynasty.

The Quanzhen disciples were discussing the details of the second test and what kind of punishment would be appropriate for disciples like Zhao Zhijing. However, Qiu Chuji found Mu Nianci and planned to take her to Zhongdu first to transport the bodies of Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo back to Quanzhen.

When Qiu Chuji came, the couple had already died, and Qiu Chuji had no chance to change their fate.

However, out of caution, Qiu Chuji secretly cast a spell and used talismans to seal the bodies of Yang Tiexin and his wife to prevent them from rotting.

Now that he had successfully resurrected Lin Chaoying and had experience in resurrecting people, he wanted to try to resurrect Yang Tiexin and his wife as well, to use as a rope to hold Wanyan Kang back, so that he could regain his humanity even if he became a demon.

The purpose of bringing Mu Nianci along was very simple, which was to act as a 'recorder', to show that he, as the master, did not have a premeditated plan and did not decide whether to save the person at the beginning, but that he had just gained the ability to resurrect people, and he had gone through untold hardships before he was able to barely resurrect the old man.

Details determine success or failure. Wanyan Kang, who has been possessed by a demon fetus, is extremely sensitive. Qiu Chuji needs to consider almost every possibility to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Qiu Chuji took Mu Nianci to Zhongdu. At this moment, outside the city of Zhongdu, the two armies were facing each other and a major war was about to break out.

In front of the two armies, Wanyan Kang, wearing silver armor, and Guo Jing, wearing bronze armor, looked at each other. There was a sharp flash in the eyes of both of them, and their past friendship was thrown aside.

"Wanyan Kang... was it you who killed Master Zhebie?" Guo Jing asked in a cold voice, with determination and a hint of hatred. His face naturally no longer had the simplicity and honesty of the past, and he truly merged into one with the Mongolian cavalry behind him.

It is said that the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan gave a lot to Guo Jing, but Zhebie was Guo Jing's first master and the first noble person he met after he was born.

Before the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan came to find him, Zhebie played the role of Guo Jing's "father" in a sense.

Before meeting Zhebie, Guo Jing and his mother could only pick up other people's lost cattle and sheep and raise them to barely survive. Perhaps a sudden snowstorm was enough to crush their small home, and the mother and son would die in despair in the ice and snow.

After meeting Jebe, they followed Jebe to join Temujin. Under Jebe's care, they had more cattle and sheep and were able to graze on the best pastures. Only at this time did Guo Jing and his mother Li Ping solve the problem of survival.

Therefore, when Guo Jing, who was on the Mongolian grassland and was about to reject Hua Zheng and give up the position of Golden Sword Prince Consort, heard of Zhebie's death, he immediately gave up his original plan, joined the Mongolian army, led his troops to Zhongdu, confronted Wanyan Kang, and avenged Zhebie.

"Zhebie?"

"I don't know who you're talking about, but if it's a Mongolian...not bad!"

"I have killed many people, including the Master Zhebie you mentioned! He should be among them." Wanyan Kang responded indifferently.

He sensed the hatred emanating from Guo Jing's soul, so before Guo Jing completely broke with him, he chose to cut off the trace of bondage and attachment in his heart first.

At this moment, one of the ties that held Wanyan Kang's humanity together was gone.

The demonic nature of the demon fetus, like weeds, grows wildly in its soul.

"Wanyan Kang!" Guo Jing's eyes turned red when he heard this.

He drew the sword from his waist and swung it to cut off the little finger of his left hand.

"Today I will cut off my fingers and sever our friendship. There will be no friendship between you and me anymore!"

"On the battlefield, I will take your life to avenge Master Zhebie!" Guo Jing said gritting his teeth.

(End of this chapter)