Chapter 30: Remnant
A Taoist priest with long gray hair, holding a sword in his hand and wearing a black-patterned Taoist robe, who looked somewhat unrestrained and unruly, stepped over the threshold and walked in from outside.

Chu Yuan recognized him at a glance. This person was Taoist Songwen, whom he had met once before, sitting at the same table with at Lin Yuantu’s 70th birthday party.

"Master, are there any guests?"

When Taoist Song Wen came in, he was a little surprised to see Chu Yuan sitting next to Master Jin Guang.

"Meet Taoist Master Songwen!"

Chu Yuan stood up and saluted the other party with his fists clasped.

"Junior brother, let me introduce you. This is Master Yu's junior brother, Young Xia Chu Yuan. You should have met before at Master Lin's 70th birthday."

Master Jin Guang also stood up and introduced Chu Yuan Dao to his junior fellow Taoist Song Wen.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Songwen immediately recalled the young Taoist priest from the Qingcheng Sect who was so dazzling at the birthday banquet ten years ago that even the leader of the Songshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan, was helpless against him.

"So it's you, Young Master Chu. Qingcheng Sect and Emei Sect are both in Bashu, and they are good neighbors. Young Master Chu, you can come to our Emei Sect as a guest. We, the entire Emei Sect, would like to welcome you very much."

Taoist Songwen said immediately.

Although he didn't know Chu Yuan's purpose of coming to Emei Sect, the Emei Sect would certainly not be disrespectful to someone of Chu Yuan's status.

Taoist Song Wen was also in the room. He found an empty seat and sat down, entertaining Chu Yuan together with his senior brother Master Jin Guang.

"Oh, right, Taoist priests, when I came here just now, it seemed that the Emei disciples were not in the temple. Taoist priest Song Wen just came back with his disciples. Where did you go just now?"

Chu Yuan asked with some curiosity.

Who knew that when Chu Yuan asked this question, Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen did not say anything. They looked at each other with somewhat awkward expressions.

"In fact, there is nothing to hide. Our Emei Sect's Taoist temple is not very popular, but there are dozens of Taoists in the temple. They need money to eat and drink. It just so happens that the largest temple on the mountain, Bailong Temple, has a lot of incense. Even dignitaries from the capital often come from thousands of miles away to burn incense in the temple."

"Today, a high-ranking official from the capital city came to the White Dragon Temple to burn incense. He liked to watch sword dancing, so the abbot of the White Dragon Temple found us and asked us to bring disciples from the Emei Sect to perform a sword dance. The reward was 100 taels of silver. We came here just now because of the sword dance."

Master Jin Guang knew that Chu Yuan had seen everything that had just happened, and he could not hide this matter, so he could only grit his teeth and tell him the whole story.

"For a hundred taels of silver, you're going to a temple to perform sword dance for a high-ranking official?"

Chu Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this.

In his mind, although the Emei Sect is a third-rate sect, it shouldn't have fallen to the point of dancing with swords to survive, right?
He felt that the name Bailong Temple sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, Chu Yuan realized that he seemed to have just passed by Bailong Temple. The temple was indeed huge.

The burning incense and candles gathered into smoke, and the temple was lingering in the sky.

In other words, he had brushed shoulders with the people from the Emei Sect when he was going up the mountain before!
"Master Jin Guang, as a sect with some fame in the martial arts world, doesn't the Emei Sect have any industry?"

Chu Yuan asked the doubts in his heart.

"Young Master Chu, you may not know that the Emei Sect just experienced a disaster sixty years ago. The current Emei Sect was rebuilt on the original Emei Sect."

"In addition, there are many temples with strong incense and visitors on Mount Emei. People like us spend our time practicing martial arts and don't know how to manage. How can we have an industry... We can only make some money when we have the chance to subsidize the expenses of the sect."

Taoist Songwen explained helplessly.

"I see." Chu Yuan nodded.

"As far as I know, the founder of the Emei Sect was a female knight named Guo Xiang. The disciples of the sect were all nuns in the past. It is very similar to the Hengshan Sect among the Five Mountains Sword Sects today. It was one of the six major righteous sects in the Jianghu martial arts world in the past. I don't know why it has declined to this state, and the disciples of the sect have also changed from nuns to Taoist priests?"

Chu Yuan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. After putting the teacup down, he suddenly said.

"This is the history of our faction. Young Master Chu actually knew about this!"

Master Jin Guang looked surprised.

"I read it in a miscellaneous book from the early Ming Dynasty in my sect."

Chu Yuan found an excuse.

He observed Master Jin Guang's expression and the surprise in the other's eyes did not seem fake.

"That is to say, the Swordsman world is connected to the Heaven Sword world."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

"Yes, just as Young Master Chu said, the founder of the Emei Sect was indeed the female hero Guo Xiang, and her disciples were originally all nuns. However, in the disaster sixty years ago, the Emei Sect was almost wiped out. The current Emei Sect was established by our master after he found some remaining skills left by the Emei Sect on the ruins of the original Emei Sect."

Master Jin Guang thought it was okay to discuss these issues with Chu Yuan, and he did not hide anything.

Because these issues are not secrets.

You can find out by asking other temples and Taoist temples with traditional culture on Mount Emei.

"What disaster? Who destroyed the Emei Sect?"

Chu Yuan asked.

"According to the elders, it was a demon sect. Rumors in the martial arts world also say it was a demon sect. Back then, the demon sect not only attacked the Emei sect, but also attacked the Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan and other major sects. It was a catastrophe in the martial arts world."

"It is said that the Wudang Sect was robbed of its Zhenwu Sword and Tai Chi Boxing Manual by the Demon Cult, and the Huashan Sect was attacked by the Demon Cult and a very powerful martial art was stolen. Only Shaolin was well prepared, and the Demon Cult returned empty-handed."

"The Emei sect was far less powerful than the Shaolin, Wudang, and Huashan sects, and was wiped out in the catastrophe sixty years ago."

Taoist Songwen thought for a moment and said.

"Are there any remaining remnants of the Emei Sect's skills? If so, please let me have a look. If possible, I am willing to help the Emei Sect make up for those remnants!"

Chu Yuan thought about it and said.

The original Emei Sect had many powerful martial arts.

"Emei Nine Yang Kung Fu", "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing", "Nine Yin Manual Fragments"...

If I could restore it, I would gain some superior martial arts for free, which would be pretty good.

Even if he didn't practice it himself, it would be good to use it as a reference when creating his own martial arts. Upon hearing this, Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen were silent for a while.

They had no doubts about Chu Yuan's talent.

Ten years ago, Chu Yuan was able to defeat the young master of the Fuwei Escort Agency and used his internal force to repel Fei Bin, a master of the Songshan School. This shows that he is extremely talented and has superb martial arts skills.

Now, ten years have passed, and Chu Yuan's martial arts skills are probably among the best in the world.

If Chu Yuan is willing to help, he can indeed help the Emei Sect recover its remaining strength.

"I do have some residual skills left, but... this is a serious matter, I still need to discuss it with my junior brother, how about asking Young Master Chu to stay in our sect for a few days?"

Master Jin Guang looked both excited and worried. He stood up and walked back and forth in the room, looking conflicted.

It seems that no decision can be made in a short period of time.

"Okay, then I will stay in Emei Sect for a few days and wait for the answers from Taoist Master Jin Guang and Taoist Master Song Wen."

Chu Yuan nodded in agreement.

"It's getting late, Mr. Chu, please go to the guest room and rest first."

Master Jin Guang immediately called a young Taoist priest over and arranged a guest room for Chu Yuan to rest.

As for their fellow disciples, they continued to stay in the reception room where the candles had just been lit, as if they wanted to stay up all night to come up with a conclusion.

Chu Yuan walked out of the room and looked up at the sky.

I found that it had gotten dark outside without me noticing. The sky was dotted with stars and there was a crescent moon hanging high in the sky. It was already night.

Following the young Taoist priest who led the way, Chu Yuan went to the guest room arranged for him by Emei Sect to rest.

A speechless night!
……

The next day.

食时
When Chu Yuan was invited to the dining hall for lunch by the young Taoist priest from the Emei Sect.

Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen seemed to have made a decision. They appeared at the table with dark eyes and yawning, as if they had not slept all night.

"Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen, did you not sleep well last night?"

After finishing the meal, Chu Yuan asked the two of them.

"This matter is of great importance. My junior brother and I discussed it until late last night, so we didn't sleep well."

Master Jin Guang smiled and said.

"Young Master Chu, may I ask why you want to help the Emei Sect?"

Then Master Jin Guang said again.

Last night, he and his junior fellow Taoist Songwen discussed matters until late at night.

It is generally agreed that the core issue of the martial arts sects lies in martial arts.

Previously, precisely because the Emei Sect did not have powerful martial arts, it had always been a third-rate sect and could not develop at all.

This is a golden opportunity for the Emei Sect to rise again.

But before agreeing to Chu Yuan, you must ask Chu Yuan clearly what the purpose of helping Emei Sect is!
The hustle and bustle in the world is all for benefit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit!

They didn't believe that Chu Yuan would help the Emei Sect without any ulterior motive.

"I do have reasons for helping the Emei Sect. There are two purposes for this. I will only help you if you agree to it."

"First, we in Qingcheng Mountain must also copy the martial arts that I helped you complete for the Emei Sect."

"Secondly, the Emei Sect and the Qingcheng Sect will be allies in the future. If there are other major events in the martial arts world, the Emei Sect needs to stand up and fight against the same enemy as the Qingcheng Sect. In return, the Qingcheng Sect will fully support the development of the Emei Sect in the future."

Chu Yuan stated his request.

In Chu Yuan's opinion, if the Qingcheng Sect could be like Shaolin, it could support a "Songshan Sect".

If they can fight for you in the martial arts world, then they are the top martial arts school in the martial arts world.

For thousands of years, Songshan has been the territory of Shaolin Temple.

The Songshan School was able to become one of the Five Great Sword Schools, and in recent years it even replaced the Huashan School to become the leader of the Five Great Sword Schools. Chu Yuan would never believe it even if he was beaten to death, saying that it had nothing to do with the Shaolin Temple.

"But don't worry, Qingcheng Sect is not trying to annex Emei Sect. We just want to cultivate an ally in the martial arts world. We in Qingcheng Sect will not interfere in Emei's affairs at will."

Seeing that Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen had fear on their faces after hearing what he said, Chu Yuan explained.

Chu Yuan's words made Master Jin Guang and Taoist Song Wen relax.

"Young Master Chu, may I ask if this is your idea or the Qingcheng Sect's idea?"

Master Jin Guang thought for a moment and said again.

If the Emei Sect could get Chu Yuan to complete its martial arts and also get the full support of the Qingcheng Sect, then the Emei Sect would have hope of rising again.

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity must be seized.

But he couldn't be sure whether this was Chu Yuan's idea alone or the idea of ​​the entire Qingcheng Sect.

After all, the current leader of Qingcheng Sect is Senior Brother Chu Yuan Yu Canghai, not him.

"My thoughts are the thoughts of Qingcheng Sect."

Chu Yuan smiled and said.

(End of this chapter)