Chapter 78: Wudang Family and Wudang Clan!
A few days later, the ship arrived in Cangzhou, and Zhixue and Hanyun, who were originally staying as guests at the Tan family, were taken away by Xiang Danian who had arrived earlier.

Ou Zanghua still hadn't written a single word, and the two Jinyiwei were almost crying with anxiety.

Just when he was about to continue playing badly, a prompt suddenly popped up in his mind:

[Congratulations, artist. Your storybook "Painted Skin" is included in "Da Ming Hui Dian". Achievement point +1.]

Eh?
Ou Zanghua was stunned and couldn't help but look in the direction of the capital. What happened?

Otherwise, how could a newly created script be included in the "Da Ming Hui Dian" which was being proofread?

Thinking of this, Ou Zanghua suddenly felt the passion for creation. He raised his pen and was about to put it down, but then he paused.

The two Jinyiwei behind him were shaking with excitement when they saw this.

After a while, Ou Zanghua wrote down the words "A Chinese Ghost Story":
Ning Caichen went to Guobei County to collect debts. When it rained heavily, he took shelter in the legendary Lanruo Temple for a night. However, he was rejected by the drunk Taoist Yan Chixia in the temple, so Ning Caichen sneaked into the temple.

At night, Ning Caichen was attracted by the sound of piano and met the girl Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian suddenly showed murderous intent, but fortunately Yan Chixia arrived and saved Ning Caichen's life.

Nie Xiaoqian was touched by his integrity and kindness and gradually fell in love with him, but was stopped by Yan Chixia.

Ning Caichen mistakenly thinks Yan Chixia is a murderer and wants to escape with Nie Xiaoqian.
In the European version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", some settings of the Drunken Swordsman were added to Yan Chixia. In addition, the Xuanyuan Sword was replaced with the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss, which represents honesty and integrity. After all, the Xuanyuan Sword symbolizes the sword of the emperor, so it is better not to write it randomly in this era.

This also reflects Ou Zanghua's lack of literary proficiency, because according to later research, the earliest source of Xuan-Yuan Sword is "Records of Famous Swords".

The author of "The Story of a Famous Sword" was Li Chengxun, who was recently criticized by the censor as "not as good as Wang Sheng".
According to Li Chengxun's records, he saw the record about Xuanyuan Sword in a book called "Guang Huangdi's Eastern Journey".

But later generations could not find this book, so they suspected that he fabricated it.

Just as Ou Zanghua was working seriously, Mo Da's eldest disciple Cheng Baiyu, accompanied by a Beggar Gang master, walked to the Sword Unloading Pavilion on Wudang Mountain.

"Who are you? Why don't you unsheathe your sword?!"

Six Wudang disciples used Qinggong to jump down from the mountain and surrounded the two men.

"Dear friends from Wudang, I am Huangshi from the Beggar Gang, and this is Cheng Baiyu, a disciple of Mr. Mo Da, the leader of the Nanyue Hengshan School. I have come to Wudang specially to pay a visit to Taoist Chongxu." Huangshi was afraid that Cheng Baiyu did not understand the rules of the martial arts world and might offend others with his words, so he quickly bowed and spoke first.

"So you are friends from the Beggars' Sect and the Hengshan Sect," a Wudang disciple said after hearing this. He signaled his fellow disciples to step aside, then put away his sword and pointed at the sword-unloading pavilion behind the two men, saying, "Please unload your weapons, my two friends. I will take you up the mountain."

Cheng Baiyu frowned slightly, but saw Huangshi readily hand over his brow-high staff. Seeing that his younger brother was puzzled, he whispered, "Look, there is a huge stone in the pavilion with the words 'Come and unsheathe your sword' written on it. This is the rule set by Wudang's founder, Zhang Sanfeng. Anyone who comes must unsheathe their sword."

"I see." Cheng Baiyu nodded after hearing this and took off his sword.

Led by the Taoist priest, the two men passed through Xiaoyao Valley and saw many Wudang disciples practicing swordsmanship on floating logs.

Cheng Baiyu couldn't help but take a few more glances. The Taoist priest who led the way saw this and said quite complacently, "This is the practice of Wudang Tai Chi sword. It requires moving like a swimming dragon, being steady like a mountain, alternating between movement and stillness, and being both hard and soft. Practicing while standing on a floating log is the most effective."

"It's worthy of being the Wudang Sect!" Huangshi said with emotion.

If the Beggars' Sect could be more united, they would not be squeezed out by the up-and-coming Wudang and Emei.

Cheng Baiyu was very calm. Today's Wudang was no longer so out of reach for the Hengshan School.

The Taoist priest privately paid attention to Cheng Baiyu's expression, and seeing that he had a firm character, he couldn't help but improve his evaluation of him a little.

Then he led the two of them up the hundred-step staircase, passed the Dragon and Tiger Hall, and came to the Purple Cloud Palace. After entering, the first thing you see is the stele pavilions on both sides of the steps. The left stele is engraved with the imperial edict, and the right stele is engraved with "The Imperial Stele of the Dayue Taihe Mountain Taoist Palace".

"This was given by Emperor Taizong. It is one of the three great treasures of Wudang." The Taoist bowed slightly towards the stele pavilion and then introduced it gently.

Cheng Baiyu and Huang Shi also bowed towards the stele pavilion before being led into the Zixiao Hall. In the center was an exquisite stone Sumeru pedestal shrine enshrining the Jade Emperor.

"My two friends, please wait here. I will go and invite the master." After the Taoist priest saluted, he turned and walked out of the Zixiao Palace.

Cheng Baiyu looked at the majestic statue of the Jade Emperor and asked hesitantly, "Brother Huang, isn't Wudang Mountain the place where the True Martial Emperor is? How come..."

"Because the temple of Emperor Zhenwu is called Taihe Palace, and it's on the mountain! They don't allow us to go up." Huangshi shook his head and said casually.

After nearly half an hour, an old Taoist priest appeared behind the Taoist priest. He was thin, with silver hair and beard, but his face was rosy and smooth.

"Beggars' Sect, Huangshi."

"Hengshan, becomes white feather"

"Meet Taoist Chongxu!"

"Okay, okay," Taoist Chongxu nodded with a smile, and asked in a gentle tone, "How are Gang Leader Jiefeng and Mr. Mo Da?"

The two of them answered one after the other:
"Thank you Taoist Chongxu for your concern. Everything is fine, Gang Master."

"Master is as free and easy as always."

Cheng Baiyu remembered that he had a mission, so he took out the invitation, handed it to Taoist Chongxu with both hands and said, "Master, my Hengshan Sect's fourteenth generation senior brother Ou Zanghua has passed the imperial examination and was selected by the emperor as the third place winner. Master and Uncle Liu specially asked me to deliver the invitation to you, inviting you to come to Hengshan to celebrate this great event."

Taoist Master Chongxu took the invitation, opened it, and said casually, "I know about this and will go there in person. Congratulations to Mr. Liu Tian for having such a good disciple."

"That's great. Everyone in the Hengshan sect is ready to welcome the Taoist priest!" Cheng Baiyu laughed happily after hearing this.

Then, Taoist Chongxu invited the two to stay in Wudang Mountain for two days, to experience Wudang life and appreciate the beautiful scenery of Wudang.

The two of them had nothing to do, so they agreed.

After the welcoming Taoist priest took the two away, Taoist Chongxu looked at the invitation in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

With such a change in the plan between him and Master Fang Zheng, can they continue?

At this time, a Taoist wearing a black crown, a purple robe, with white hair and a youthful face walked out. This person was a Taoist priest appointed by the court and the abbot of the Thunder and Fire Refining Hall on the Golden Summit of Wudang. He was a true outsider and seldom came to the Zixiao Hall on weekdays.

But I didn’t expect that he would come today!
"Senior Brother Jingxu." Taoist Chongxu bowed and saluted when he saw this person.

Taoist Master Jingxu first offered a stick of incense to the Jade Emperor, and then he said, "Brother Chongxu, I observed the stars at night and saw Chang Geng accompanying the moon. I was afraid that there would be chaos in the world, so I wrote a memorial and asked the Wudang disciples to present it to the emperor on my behalf."

After hearing this, Taoist Chongxu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that this half-immortal-like senior brother had arrived at the Hengshan Sect and would invite him to celebrate!

If the third place winner really alarmed this person, Taoist Chongxu would definitely run as far away as possible. Such a person with great luck would easily be affected if he is not strong enough.

Who would have thought that the next second, Taoist Jingxu would say: "There is also a bright star in the sky, which is a sign that a capable minister will be born. It is a blessing for the court to have a capable minister."

Taoist Chongxu was stunned. He was not sure whether his mysterious and capable minister could be this Tanhua Lang.
(End of this chapter)