The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 10 Exploring the Ancient Tomb

After the fall of the Song Dynasty, the Quanzhen Sect completely turned to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and developed to its peak in the Yuan Dynasty.

It's just that although the Quanzhen Sect used the appeal of religion to serve the Yuan court, but because of its excessive influence, it eventually aroused the suspicion of the Yuan court.

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

In the great debate on Buddhism and Taoism in the eighth year of Emperor Xianzong and the eighteenth year of Zhiyuan Dynasty, Quanzhen Sect was defeated twice in succession and suffered heavy blows, and its heyday came to an end.

Since then, the situation of Quanzhen Sect has been very difficult, the development of believers has been restricted, and fasting and offerings have been prohibited.

Until the ban was lifted in the first year of Yuan Zhen after Chengzong ascended the throne, the Quanzhen sect was relieved from the difficult situation, but it was difficult to restore the old view.

After entering the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu was extremely disgusted with Quanzhen Sect because he had served the Tartars.

Therefore, Emperor Hongwu fully supported the Zhengyi Sect while suppressing the Quanzhen Sect. Taoist officials at all levels in the Daolu Division were all disciples of Zhengyi, and few Quanzhen Taoist priests were summoned or appointed.

The Quanzhen Sect split into many small sects with their own activities, and it no longer regained its heyday as the largest Taoist sect.

The Huashan School is one of these small schools, and it inherits the orthodoxy of Guangningzi Hao Datong.

It's just that the Huashan School does not practice Taoism, but only inherits the martial arts inheritance passed down by Guang Ningzi, and eventually evolved into a pure martial arts school, which has nothing to do with Taoism.

On Zhongnan Mountain, there are still many Taoist temples and scenic spots, but there are no Quanzhen Taoist priests with unique skills.

Li Mu led Ning Zhongze, trusting the horse all the way, walking slowly, and it took only two days to arrive.

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The tomb of the living dead has been covered in vines and vegetation, apparently no one has taken care of it for a long time.

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

Li Mu smiled and said, "When I was traveling in Jianghu, I once met a mysterious old woman in Xiangyang. She told me that there is a secret way to enter and leave the ancient tomb."

Ning Zhong wondered, "Old woman? 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 might be the last descendant of the Ancient Tomb Sect."

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

"Outside the ancient tomb, there is a secret underwater passage to enter the ancient tomb. The place where the secret passage leads contains peerless martial arts."

Ning Zhong suddenly realized, no wonder senior brother specially taught me a technique of tortoise breath a month ago, it turned out to be a preparation for today.

She said joyfully: "As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good. Senior brother, if you are kind, you will always be rewarded with good."

Li Mu smiled and said: "But do good things, don't worry about the future, I don't expect good rewards, but when the opportunity comes, I don't have to refuse, as the saying goes, if you don't take it, you will be blamed instead."

Ning Zhong nodded happily, looking at Li Mu with even more admiration.

"Then let's go in!"

Li Mudao: "Don't worry, although the senior told me that there is such a secret path, she can't remember the exact location of the secret path, but she only knows that it is in a remote place at the foot of the mountain."

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

Li Mu pondered to himself, according to the book, Xiaolongnv and her party walked from the stone room to the water pond for about half an hour, and there were big pine trees and various flowers growing in the place after they came out.

Although these characteristics are vague, they have narrowed down a lot.

They only need to walk down the mountain for about half an hour with the ancient tomb as the center, and then search outward in a spiral pattern, and one day they will be able to find the exit.

Thinking of this, he informed Ning Zhongze of his plan, and Ning Zhongze naturally had no objection. If he wanted to obtain peerless martial arts, what was the effort?
Now the two are acting according to the law.

The location where the two started their spiral search was about [-] li in one circle, and the further they went, the greater the distance.

At first they could circle twice a day, but after a week, they circled a little more than once a day, and it was getting dark.

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

After half a month like this, on this day, they arrived at a remote place.

However, the ground is full of shade, the flowers are floating, and large pine trees as thick as colonnades can be seen everywhere, and the humidity in the air is heavier than other places.

Li Mu's spirit was lifted, and he said to Ning Zhong with a little excitement: "Junior Sister, the environment here is very consistent with what the senior said, let's search around here carefully."

Ning Zhong became energetic when he heard the words, and the two of them were looking around carefully.

After searching for about a meal, at the foot of a mountain wall, the careful Ning Zhong cleared away a thicket of thorns with a long sword, revealing a damp and deep hole.

Ning Zhong asked excitedly: "Brother, is this here?"

Li Mu's eyes flashed brightly, and he said with a happy face, "Nine out of ten, let's make some torches and go in and have a look."

Immediately, Li Mu chopped a few wooden sticks, untied the bundle, took out a cotton cloth and wrapped it around the ends of the sticks thickly, and then poured kerosene on it.

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

This cave was surprisingly deep, and after walking forward for nearly a stick of incense, it finally came to an end.

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

"Hard work pays off, I finally found it, you wait here, I'll go down and check first, after confirming that it's here, we still need to make some preparations."

Ning Zhong warned: "Then be careful."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry, if I perform the turtle's breath technique with my skill, it won't be a problem if I don't breathe for half an hour."

"According to what the senior said, this underwater channel is about a meal's journey away, and I can travel back and forth in one breath."

Hearing what Li Mu said, Ning Zhong felt at ease.

At that moment Li Mu took off the bundle, and handed all the things in his bosom to Ning Zhongze, he just wrapped a few candles in oilcloth, and put two torches into his bosom.

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, used the method of the turtle's breath technique, turned to internal breathing, and then dived down.

The sound of the water at the bottom of the pool was roaring, although it was an underground undercurrent, the momentum was astonishing.

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

Unhurriedly diving for a meal at the bottom of the water, the terrain was getting higher and higher, and soon the water was exposed, and finally reached the end.

After getting out of the water, Li Mu basically confirmed that this is the secret passage in the ancient tomb.

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

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

Although Li Mu has good hearing and eyesight due to his profound skills, he still can't see in places where there is no 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 upwards, getting steeper as you go forward, and the road turns east and west, and it is not a straight road leading to the end.

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

Walking into the stone gate, it is the stone room with the Chongyang inscriptions.

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

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

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

Although the content of this Chongyang legacy is not the complete "Nine Yin Manual", but with its content, it is enough to dominate the world in this era after practice.

If all the content here is copied back and let all the disciples study in the future, how can there be no reason for the Huashan School not to rise?
Nine Suns Divine Art is his biggest hole card, before he is invincible in the world, he will not pass it down easily, so as not to leak the art.

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