The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 202 First Encounter with Quanzhen
After escaping the Qinling Mountains, Wu Chengyu headed towards Zhongnan Mountain. Having arrived in the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, how could he not visit the most powerful force in the world, the Quanzhen Sect?

Zhongnan Mountain is located in the middle section of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province. Although it belongs to the Qinling Mountains, it is at least several hundred miles away from the main camp of the rebel army to Zhongnan Mountain.

The Quanzhen Sect was only one of his purposes in coming to Shaanxi. After passing through Dasanguan Pass, Wu Chengyu finally began his first mission in Shaanxi: to find Feng Mofeng.

In his predecessor's memories, his feelings for Feng Mofeng were extremely complicated.

In terms of the order of entry, Feng Mofeng was only one month later than Wu Chengyu. In terms of ranking, he was the youngest disciple of Peach Blossom Island, but he was a year older than Wu Chengyu. Both of them had the mentality of children. Feng Mofeng did not want to be the sixth one, while Wu Chengyu, being younger, wanted to be the senior brother.

The two argued endlessly about this at that time, but on Peach Blossom Island, they were the only two of similar age, while Lu Chengfeng, who was the fourth oldest, was more than ten years older than them.

Both of them had relatively gentle personalities, so they were each other's only playmates on Peach Blossom Island. For the first year or two, they had an excellent relationship.

Unfortunately, reality soon dealt a heavy blow to the predecessor. Apart from Wu Chengyu, who was accepted into Huang Yaoshi's sect through connections, everyone had excellent aptitude, especially Feng Mofeng, whose aptitude was consistently ranked first among the disciples of Peach Blossom Island.

In the original novel, Feng Mofeng was kicked out of Peach Blossom Island with his legs broken at a young age. He had very little time to practice martial arts and did not mingle in the martial arts world afterward. He made a living by blacksmithing and practiced the basic skills of Peach Blossom Island. At most, he had learned half of the Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm.

But many years later, when Feng Mofeng was old and frail, he encountered Li Mochou chasing Yang Chengying and others. He learned that Chengying was his junior sister, and that was the first time he made a move. He had never fought with anyone before, and he would even think about his moves before making a move.

At that time, Li Mochou's martial arts skills were at their peak. Not counting the Five Greats like Guo Jing and Qiu Qianren, there were few in the martial arts world who could rival her. The Red Serpent Fairy was infamous, yet she roamed the martial arts world unchallenged, and even managed to escape from Huang Yaoshi.

Even so, Li Mochou was still defeated by Feng Mofeng, which shows that if Feng Mofeng had not encountered a great calamity, his martial arts skills would definitely be at the highest level below the Five Greats.

Back then, Wu Chengyu and Feng Mofeng were learning martial arts at the same time. Before long, Feng Mofeng's talent and comprehension became apparent. Both of them were learning the Bibo Heart Method, but Feng Mofeng found the feeling of Qi in just seven days, while Wu Mianfeng took half a year to barely get started.

Afterwards, when learning martial arts moves, Wu Chengyu focused on mastering the Azure Wave Palm Technique, but he never learned a second set of moves before leaving Peach Blossom Island.

Not only did Feng Mofeng learn all the basic kung fu of Peach Blossom Island within five years, but he also obtained Huang Yaoshi's permission to start practicing the Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm ahead of schedule.

Huang Yaoshi was an extremely arrogant person, and he never looked down on people with mediocre talent like Wu Chengyu, believing that Wu Chengyu had disgraced him.

Wu Chengyu rarely saw him on ordinary days, and when he did, he had a dark expression and was too lazy to say a word.

However, Huang Yaoshi was very fond of Feng Mofeng, and whenever he had a spare moment, he would call him over to give him pointers on martial arts, praising him frequently.

Under this differential treatment, Wu Chengyu gradually distanced himself from Feng Mofeng, even though Feng Mofeng was still very good to him. But how could a child's mind withstand such a difference?

However, when Wu Chengyu transmigrated and obtained all of her predecessor's memories, she learned that her predecessor had always regarded Feng Mofeng as her best friend.

As a good friend, he certainly didn't want Feng Mofeng to waste his life like this. Like Wu Chengyu, Feng Mofeng had only suffered a broken leg; his tendons weren't completely atrophied like Qu Lingfeng's or Lu Chengfeng's. Therefore, with the Black Jade Rejuvenating Ointment in hand, as long as he found him, he could fully recover. The current Wu Chengyu, influenced by his predecessor, also greatly admired Feng Mofeng. He was honest and kind throughout his life, and even with his broken leg, his martial arts skills far surpassed those of ordinary martial artists, yet he willingly remained a blacksmith, living a life of obscurity.

It wasn't until the Mongol army besieged Xiangyang and he saw his master's son-in-law trapped that he desperately covered Guo Jing's retreat, ultimately dying in the chaos of battle.

It's estimated that when Huang Yaoshi finally learns of this, he'll at most sigh. Perhaps he's already forgotten about this disciple. Wu Chengyu would never believe that with Huang Yaoshi's abilities, he couldn't find Feng Mofeng after all these years.

Therefore, Wu Chengyu felt sorry for Feng Mofeng. His life was also filled with resentment. Whether it was his past self, the present Wu Chengyu, or the desire to obtain the bamboo slip reward, Wu Chengyu wanted to change Feng Mofeng's life.

Unfortunately, as Wu Chengyu traveled north, he would visit any blacksmith shop he passed through, whether it was a city, town, or a small mountain village. He figured Feng Mofeng must be working as an apprentice at a blacksmith shop at the time, but he couldn't find any trace of Feng Mofeng for several days.

A few days later, Wu Chengyu arrived in Weinan, Shaanxi. Zhongnan Mountain is located west of Huayin County in Weinan, not far from Chongyang Palace.

Weinan is a place with many blacksmith shops, and this is Wu Chengyu's last stop. After that, he will turn to Zhongnan Mountain. There is no trace of Feng Mofeng along the way. Perhaps Feng Mofeng will come here many years later. If there is no trace of him in Weinan, then things are hopeless, and Wu Chengyu can only give up.

He arrived at the banks of the Wei River. To the southwest was Weinan City. There was a tavern there, and next to it was a dock. Many people who wanted to cross the river waited for their boats there. Gradually, many people settled down there, forming a small village.

Wu Chengyu, having traveled a long distance, entered the tavern. This place only served muddy wine and had no good food, but it was not lacking in river fish. He did not order any wine, but only a bowl of fermented rice wine, a steamed river fish, and a few side dishes.

The tavern was quite crowded. Wu Chengyu ate by himself. Before long, a group of Taoist priests came in. The two leading priests, a man and a woman, were both in their forties. The man was short and stout, and had a rather honest appearance.

The female Taoist priest had a long face, with long eyebrows drooping down, thin lips and a gaunt face, making her look unapproachable. It is worth mentioning that the female Taoist priest's robe was actually embroidered with a skull.

There is a story behind this. It is said that when Wang Chongyang took Sun Bu'er as his disciple, he wrote a poem because she was quick-tempered and easily angered: "It is lamentable that everyone is filled with sorrow and grief. I must now paint a skeleton. In life, he only knew how to commit evil deeds. He will not rest until he has done so."

To commemorate Wang Chongyang, Sun Bu'er embroidered a skull on her Taoist robe, but unfortunately, she could never overcome her pride and impetuosity.

Upon seeing the Taoist robe, Wu Chengyu immediately realized that he had finally encountered the first female character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Sun Bu'er, the Pure and Quiet Hermit. He wondered if the short, stout Taoist priest next to him was Hao Datong.

However, Weinan is already within the territory of the Quanzhen Sect, so it is not surprising to encounter them here. It is just unknown why Sun Bu'er is so angry.

　There was originally a long storyline about the Qinling rebels, but no matter how I wrote it, it just didn't feel right. I had previously said I wanted to roam the world, and I guess readers wouldn't like me to spend too much time on this part. However, the rebels' storyline is related to the later developments, so I cut and revised that long storyline and only wrote a short version. I'll continue writing it later when the rest of the story catches up.

　　As promised, I finished writing at dawn today. Unfortunately, I still have to write 10,000 words for tomorrow. Writing 10,000 words every day is really tiring. I was a little slow today, so I hope everyone can understand.

　　
　
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