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

Chapter 216 Two Brothers
The footsteps seemed hesitant, rustling and stopping intermittently, but they were getting closer and closer to the stone tablet.

Moreover, this person's heart was beating too fast, and he was constantly holding his breath, looking extremely guilty.

Wu Chengyu saw him from afar. He was dressed in a blue Taoist robe, the attire of a Taoist from Chongyang Palace. He was not old, at most an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. At this moment, he looked nervous, and his originally handsome face was covered in sweat.

A young Taoist priest secretly slipped away from Chongyang Palace late at night and ran to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, acting all sneaky.
"This is interesting," Wu Chengyu thought, suddenly finding the long night beginning to feel intriguing.

He immediately concealed himself and hid in a tree not far from the stone tablet.

The young Taoist priest finally arrived near the stone tablet. He looked around and, finding no one had noticed him, let out a long sigh of relief. Then, he suddenly began to imitate bird calls.

"Coo-coo, coo-coo," the sound is somewhat like that of a cuckoo.

The little Taoist priest called out three or four times, when suddenly another bird's call came from afar, "woo~~~, woo~~~," the sound dragging out, sounding somewhat eerie in the deserted night, actually imitating the call of a night owl.

Upon hearing the reply, the young Taoist priest immediately became excited. Then, a figure quickly approached and arrived in front of the stone tablet.

This time it was a young man in his twenties, dressed in night clothes and covered with a black cloth. His lightness skill was quite good, light and fast, very suitable for sneaking in at night, while the young Taoist priest could only be said to have a little bit of martial arts foundation.

The young Taoist priest saw the young man and immediately hugged him, saying, "Brother, you've finally come! I was so scared coming down the mountain alone."

The young man pulled the young Taoist priest to sit down in front of the stone tablet, took out a lotus leaf bag from his pocket, and opened it to find a roast chicken inside.

"There's probably not much good food up in the mountains. I brought you some roast chicken, but it's cold now. Eat it quickly."

"Thank you, brother. I'm really craving it. These Taoist priests eat vegetarian food every day, but I don't have any oil in my stomach. I'm starving every night."

Wu Chengyu overheard their conversation and was immediately surprised. He thought they had encountered spies again, just like with Black Tiger Stronghold. After all, the Quanzhen Sect was located within the Jin Kingdom's territory, and Wang Chongyang was a former leader of a rebel army. It was impossible for the Jin people to trust the Quanzhen Sect.

Now it seems that it was just the older brother visiting the younger brother. The younger brother's cautious manner just now was more like he was scared from walking alone at night.

Thinking about it this way, Wu Chengyu felt bored. It was much more enjoyable to catch spies and torture them properly.

"You've been at Chongyang Palace for half a year now. In another six months, it will be the disciple-acceptance ceremony. The Seven Masters of Quanzhen will select a group of talented disciples from among you young Taoists to become disciples of the Zhi generation. How about you? Do you have a chance?"

"Hmm, hmm," the little Taoist priest said, taking big bites of chicken leg. He almost choked and barely managed to swallow it.

"Of course, the reason you sent me to join the Quanzhen Sect was because of my good aptitude."

For the past six months, I have been absolutely disciplined, working hard every day and often helping others. I have also been among the top students in my class. After all, you had someone teach me a lot of Taoist scriptures before I came up the mountain, so the old Taoist priests all said that I have a good memory and high comprehension.

A few days ago, Hao Datong examined my bones and said I have excellent potential, so I'm basically a shoo-in for this apprentice-acceptance ceremony.

“It’s easy to become an apprentice of one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, but our goal is to have you become an apprentice of Ma Yu, the Danyang Master, since he is the leader of Quanzhen.”

“I know, it was Ma Yu who first praised my understanding of the Daoist scriptures, and he even gave me the name Wan Zhiqing. I think he would definitely be willing to take me as his disciple. Then I would be the disciple of the sect leader, and maybe I could become the future leader of the Quanzhen Sect. That way, our goal would be achieved.”

The young man nodded, reached out and patted the young Taoist's head, and handed him the water pouch.

Wu Chengyu could tell that the young Taoist priest had ulterior motives for joining the Quanzhen Sect, but that was none of Wu Chengyu's business. Perhaps the priest just wanted to learn some advanced martial arts, so it was normal for him to put in some effort.

Wu Chengyu didn't have much of a relationship with the Quanzhen Sect, so why would he meddle in this matter?

Furthermore, the name Wan Zhiqing seems to have never appeared in The Return of the Condor Heroes or The Return of the Condor Heroes; he was just a minor character.

"As long as I formally join the Quanzhen Sect, I can learn those profound martial arts. In the past six months, they have only taught me breathing techniques and Taoist guiding techniques. Only by becoming a formal disciple can I learn the Quanzhen True Method and Quanzhen Swordplay."

Brother, I have a good memory. I'll tell you everything secretly later, and you can copy it down and send it to the higher-ups.

With my aptitude, and if I can win over that old Taoist priest Ma Yu, I will be able to learn other martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect in the future. I have already inquired about quite a few, including the Twenty-Four Secrets of the Golden Gate and Jade Lock, the Golden Goose Skill, the Frost-Treading and Ice-Breaking Palm Technique, and the Big Dipper Formation. These are all unique skills.

Moreover, it seems that each of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen possessed a skill specially taught by Wang Chongyang, but I haven't been able to find out about the Innate Skill that you specifically mentioned before.

But it doesn't matter. Since the Innate Skill is the sect's most powerful skill, Ma Yu, as the sect leader, must know about it. As long as I become his disciple, I will learn it one day.

"Then I will be the next Central Divine, the number one master in the world, and it will be no problem for me to lead the Quanzhen Sect in the future. This would be a great achievement."

Upon hearing this, Wu Chengyu knew that these two brothers must have someone behind them, but he didn't know which side they were. Not only did they covet the martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect, but they also wanted to take over the Quanzhen Sect for themselves. This was getting interesting.

The young Taoist priest became more and more excited as he spoke, and his next sentence completely revealed his background.

“We are all members of the imperial family, but we have declined two generations ago. Wanyan Kang is only 8 years old. He is arrogant and domineering because he is the only son of the Sixth Prince. When others praise my talent, he comes to challenge me to a duel and he always uses ruthless methods.”

Later I learned that he practiced the Quanzhen School of Kung Fu. It's really strange. I've been here for so long and I know that the Seven Masters of Quanzhen had a very bad attitude towards the Jin Dynasty, but how did the Quanzhen School of Kung Fu end up in Wanyan Kang's hands?

However, even if Wanyan Kang has learned some Quanzhen martial arts, it won't be anything profound, so he definitely won't be my match in the future. I will definitely take my revenge.

By this point, the young Taoist priest had already eaten most of the chicken in his hand. He was getting more and more excited as he talked about finally seeing his older brother.

"Brother, I asked you before why our Great Jin Dynasty suddenly selected a few members of the imperial family and sent them to different sects to collect martial arts skills. Now you can tell me."

"It wasn't until about half a year ago, when the Fourth Prince led a delegation to the Song Kingdom to discuss peace, that they brought three top experts from the palace as guards."

“I know our top archer, Puchalieshi; the Jin Dynasty’s top swordsman, Wulindamajia; and the Venerable Lingfeng of the Jiaye Temple in Tibet.”

(End of this chapter)