章 6: The Mount Song Sect (1)
Mountains pure of needless might.
Devoid of petty tussle.
Purest skies regardless of night.
Giving hope to those who struggle.
True arts seeking might not for tussle.
Purifying night for those who struggle.
These lines of text were the first words spoken by the sect leader when he created the Mount Song Sect. And only those who enter the Mount Song Sect will know their meaning.
Mountains pure of needless might, a reference to the teachings of the Mount Song Sect. As the members of the sect practice martial arts not for might, but to reach ascension and join our ancestors.
Devoid of petty tussle, a reference to the rules of the Mount Song Sect. Forbidding any members of the sect to cause petty or needless trouble when within Mount Song, and especially when outside of Mount Song.
Purest skies regardless of night, referring to the Mount Song Sects Taoist teachings. As true Tao is always present, even though the bleakest nights.
Giving hope to those who struggle, the Mount Song Sect's rule of helping those unluckier than us. A Taoist helps those in need, giving money to those who have none, giving food to those who starve, giving shelter to those who freeze at night, giving peace to those who are unsteady.
True Arts seeking might not for tussle, the martial arts of the Mount Song Sect were originally created to bring peace to the hearts of those who saw them, not to cause more harm to an already damaged being, even being so powerful in the past as to completely purify those who practiced evil or demonic arts.
Purifying night for those who struggle, a reference to the sect leader's life as a Taoist. Night would befall the Jianghu and the evil hearts of the Unorthodox and the Demon cult would cause immense harm under the veil of darkness. The sect leader himself put an end to many of the evil beings trying to cause havoc during night, literally purifying the night for the sake of those who struggled.
This saying within the Mount Song Sect is instilled into every new member of the sect during their training, to ensure that they do not go astray from the ways of Mount Song.
Even now, when I'm returning to the Mount Song Sect for the first time in millennia, I remember hearing these words for the first time. But remembering this saying while I look at the Mount Song Sect gates for the first time with these eyes, it makes me remember why it took me till the end of the world to let go of my attachment.
"Il Ji-Soon, Ryu Il, welcome to the Mount Song Sect."
"Woah..."
Il Ji-Soon had been staring at the gates of the Mount Song Sect since they were a mere glimmer in the background, as if her lifelong dream had been to see those gates.
"It's better than I imagined it to be."
"Hahaha! Yes, the sect gates have always been impressive, now come along, we need to meet the sect leader." Ryom Un-Ju replied, pushing open the gates and walking into the training grounds.
As Ryom Ji-Soon and I followed Ryom Un-Ju through the training grounds, I reminisced about the countless days I spent training upon this mountain peak. Each and every building I saw as we walked up the long, winding staircase leading to the sect leaders' building truly reminded me how long it had been.
Even the sight of the other sect members training, conversing, eating food together or meditating under the same tree brought back so many memories. But all that happiness dug a pit in my heart, knowing that the disaster would still come.
Four years from now, in my previous life, the Mount Song Sect was attacked by the Heavenly Demon Cult with their new leader. Seeking the destruction of the sect for killing the previous Heavenly Demon, equipped with a new martial art that specifically countered the qi and martial arts of the Mount Song Sect.
Only a few elders and their disciples survived the attack, but to do so they had to abandon Mount Song altogether.
But now everything is different, I know the weaknesses to the Heavenly Demon Cult's techniques, and I have four years to prepare myself and everyone in the Mount Song Sect better than we could have in the past. All the arrogance and stupidity that cost the Mount Song Sect everything in the past could be removed with grueling training of course.
"Ji-Soon, Ryu Il, stay outside for a moment. I need to speak with the sect leader first, so he won't be confused when he sees the both of you." Ryom Un-Ju said as we arrived at the sect leader's building.
So the sect leader won't be confused? What horse shit, the sect leader is probably the smartest person in all of Mount Song, excluding me. He could probably put two and two together very quickly and understand the situation.
The real reason Master Un-Ju is meeting with the sect leader before we see him is because of the very nature of the sect leader. You see, around a hundred years after the creation of the Mount Song Sect, the sect leader had reached his time in the mortal world and ascended to the Other Side.
But when he looked down into the mortal world from the Other Side, he saw the sect he created being torn apart from the inside by the greed of the elders who once served him.
The sect leader was infuriated within the Other Side, causing him to break the barrier between the Other Side and the mortal world just long enough for him to pass through it. However, his body and martial spirit could not stay together for long, and after he stopped the quarrel within the sect, he removed his spirit from his immortal body to stay in the mortal realm and guide the Mount Song Sect so it could never go astray again.
Master Un-Ju was definitely telling the sect leader the situation, but he was also informing the sect leader that he should temporarily enter his physical body, so as not to scare me and Il Ji-Soon.
A few moments later, Master Un-Ju opened the doors to the sect leader's building and beckoned us to come in. Il Ji-Soon was skeptical at first, but quickly entered the room when she saw me enter the room.
"Sit here." Master Un-Ju said, gesturing to the chairs placed opposite of the sect leader's desk.
After the both of us sat down in the chair, the sect leader appeared from a door to the left of me, wearing his iconic white and gold dragon inlaid robes that gave off the same authority the heavens seemed to control.
"Now, Ryu Il. Elder Un-Ju says you're a talent who only wanted to become his direct disciple after finding out he could take a second disciple. Why is that?" The sect leader asked, sitting down in the chair across from us with a stern look on his face.
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