Chapter 338 Ruined Temple
"Master, it's getting late, why don't we go to the town ahead and stay there?"

Shi Qinggong suggested.

Yin Zhiping looked at the sky and saw that it was almost three o'clock in the morning. He nodded and said, "Okay, we have traveled a long way today, so let's go to the town ahead to stay. I remember there is a dilapidated temple ahead, so let's stay there for one night."

Sang Qingzhao wailed, "We are staying in a dilapidated temple again, Master, can't we find an inn and have a good rest for the night?"

Yin Zhiping smiled and said, "You should save as much as you can. I don't have much money on me, and the sect is also spending a lot of money now, so it's better to save some. It's not easy for your junior brother to be the head of the family."

Guo Qingliang sighed and said, "I don't know why Junior Brother recruited so many craftsmen. All the money in our sect is spent on them. We don't even have much money for business trips. This is really too hard."

Yin Zhiping scolded: "Others don't understand your junior brother, don't you understand it either? Those are craftsmen who are researching firearms. Your junior brother said that they are researching several types of firearms. If they can succeed in their research, expelling the Mongols will not be a dream!"

Guo Qingliang was scolded by his master. He scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's not that I don't support or understand. I'm just complaining to you. In front of outsiders, I support the headmaster the most. I will do whatever the headmaster tells me to do. There is no question about it."

Yin Zhiping nodded and said, "Your junior brother has had a hard time. Don't always mention how hard it is for you. As people in the martial arts world, it's okay for us to live in a dilapidated temple. Don't embarrass your junior brother when you go to Xiangyang this time."

Guo Qingliang nodded repeatedly and said, "That can't be the case, Master. We, Jiajia, are also one of the Seven Wonders of the Quanzhen Realm. We can't let people see us and make fun of us."

Everyone else laughed, and Yin Zhiping also smiled. This time Kublai Khan led a large army to attack Xiangyang. Yin Zhiping, who was on a mission outside with his disciples, also received the news. After completing his mission, he hurried to Xiangyang.

While traveling around the world, he discovered that the Seven Quanzhen Masters led by Shi Qinggong were much more famous than himself. Not many people would recognize Quanzhen Yin Zhiping, but when you mention the Seven Quanzhen Masters, they would become much more enthusiastic.

Yin Zhiping has become calm and peaceful in recent years. His disciples are more famous than himself, but he is not unhappy about it. He is even quite pleased.

But then again, the current fourth generation of Quanzhen Sect disciples are much more famous than the third generation. There are not only the Seven Beauties of Quanzhen, but also the Seven Heroes of Quanzhen and so on.

Some people even made up some rhymes to remember the new young masters emerging from the Quanzhen Sect.

Things like [Seven beauties emerged from the Heroes' Assembly, seven heroes emerged from the Xiaoxiang Night Rain, seven swordsmen emerged from the foot of Mount Hua...], etc. This jingle can only be considered a mess, but it did provide some important information.

The seven heroes who emerged from the Heroes Conference naturally refer to the Seven Beauties of Quanzhen who emerged at the Dasheng Pass.

The Seven Heroes of Xiaoxiang Yeyu are seven young Quanzhen disciples from Hunan who fought against the bandit gang entrenched in Hunan. The gang was abusive and powerful, but the seven young Quanzhen disciples went in and out seven times, eradicating the gang completely and allowing the people of Hunan to enjoy peace again.

There are seven swords under Mount Huashan. This is because Mongolian officials were levying heavy taxes in Huayin, and the people dared not speak out. Seven young Taoist priests assassinated the Mongolian official in broad daylight. After the killing, they also overthrew the local government. The incident caused a big fuss, but the Mongols were helpless.

Recently, the young disciples of Quanzhen Sect have been very active, eradicating bandits, assassinating Mongolian officials, rescuing the people, etc. They are very famous, so the people are also very supportive of the Quanzhen Sect.

Yin Zhiping brought his disciples with him to carry out a mission. His mission this time was to assist a large escort agency in Henan in escorting a convoy.

This escort agency is a new one that Quanzhen Sect has recently cooperated with. Fearing for any mishaps, disciple Xin Zhen asked him to bring people to assist.

What disciple Guo Qingliang said just now about not having enough money was not that exaggerated. The travel expenses of Quanzhen disciples on field trips were all paid in full, but Yin Zhiping still wanted to save some. After Xin Zhen took charge of the teaching affairs, Yin Zhiping, as Xin Zhen's master, was also entrusted with many things and knew a lot about the teaching affairs.

Since Xin Zhen took over, Quanzhen Sect has been expanding at a very fast pace, especially in terms of the expansion of various financial channels.

Over the past six months, the income of Quanzhen Sect has increased tenfold to twentyfold, and most of the money comes from similar ways of cooperating with escort agencies.

Oh, of course, we also have to use unconventional methods such as suppressing bandits and robbing government treasuries, but that's just a side job.

A lot of money came in, but a lot was spent as well. As a core member, Yin Zhiping naturally knew where the money went.

That disciple of his was very ambitious. He developed firearms, researched steelmaking, and also organized volunteer armies in various places. He secretly funded various anti-Yuan volunteer armies and allowed Quanzhen disciples to join the anti-Yuan volunteer armies in various identities and become the backbone of the volunteer armies, etc. In this way, money naturally flowed like water.

As half the head of the family, Yin Zhiping naturally knew that life in the church was not easy, so he tried to save as much as possible.

Yin Zhiping and his party soon arrived at the southeast side of the town, where there was a dilapidated temple. Yin Zhiping led his disciples in and found that there were already people inside. A fire had been lit, with one person sitting and one standing in front of the fire.

Both of them were monks. The old monk who was sitting had snow-white eyebrows, and the one who was standing was a monk in black. The two monks seemed to be arguing. The moment Yin Zhiping and others entered, the black-robed monk suddenly became ferocious, and with a whoosh, he slapped the white-browed monk.

The white-browed monk raised his hand diagonally to his chest and swayed his body slightly to block the palm strike.

The black-robed monk angrily said, "You must be trying to make things difficult for me!"

Another palm strike from his left hand, the white-browed monk stretched out his hand to block it but still did not strike back.

The black-robed monk shouted, "Why are you pretending to be so hypocritical? Fight back now. If you don't fight back and lose your life in vain, don't blame me!"

Yin Zhiping and his companions saw that the black-robed monk was in a state of confusion, and these words were true. Although the white-browed monk looked very powerful in martial arts, the palm power of the black-robed monk was extremely terrifying. If he continued to take the beating without fighting back, he would be seriously injured even if he did not die.

Yin Zhiping and others watched as the black-robed monk's iron palms chopped down on the white-browed monk like axes. When he struck the fourteenth palm, the white-browed monk let out a "wow" and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The black-robed monk was startled and shouted, "Why don't you fight back?"

The white-browed monk said softly, "Why should I fight back? What's the point of me defeating you? What's the point of you defeating me? You must defeat yourself and control yourself, only then will it be useful."

The black-robed monk was stunned and muttered, "Better yourself, control yourself!"

The words of the White-Eyebrowed Monk struck Yin Zhiping's heart like thunder. He thought to himself, "To overcome one's own willfulness and to control one's own random thoughts is much more difficult than to defeat a strong enemy. The words of this great monk are truly wise."

(End of this chapter)