The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 111 There are still fools who believe

Although the Wudang Sect's recruitment of disciples was not announced to the public, it still caused quite a stir. Hundreds of people were received within seven days. In the end, only forty-nine teenagers aged between seven and under fifteen were accepted, but there were still a dozen young men in their twenties and thirties who were attracted by the "Wudang Heroes" and were reluctant to leave.

Song Qingshu was touched by his sincerity and asked Yu Lianzhou to conduct a thorough investigation. He eliminated two people with ulterior motives and several people with bad conduct. In the end, the remaining four were accepted as outer sect instructors to assist Song Qingshu in teaching the children literature and martial arts.

Indeed, Song Qingshu was the first dean of the Wudang Mountain Outer Gate Branch. His term was three years, a position that could not be revoked except in the case of a serious offense. He was allowed to mobilize Wudang resources for their use, not for personal use, but for the public. Song Qingshu's protests proved futile and he was forced to accept the daunting task. His first act was to beat up everyone, register them, and begin studying literature.

In Song Qingshu's words, the Wudang Sect doesn't want idiots with strong limbs and simple brains. If they can't even read, how will they survive in the future? The four outer sect instructors mostly have simple boxing and kicking skills, which are somewhere between the upper and lower levels. The strongest one is only third-rate, but all of them can read.

An illiterate person cannot understand "The Legend of Wudang Heroes", at most he can just listen to the book.

Song Qingshu and his team cleared a clearing at the foot of the mountain, a flat, thousand-meter-wide expanse. A simple thatched pavilion was built there. Blackboards and chalk became the basic teaching aids. Each disciple was given a steel brush with a replaceable tip and a stone slab on which to practice calligraphy. Until approved, ink was forbidden; only water or mud could be used for writing, significantly saving the Wudang Sect's financial resources.

When Song Qingshu was teaching characters, he did not allow others to sit in. He used "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" as enlightenment teaching materials. However, there was nothing to hide or keep secret. This immediately attracted many poor children within a radius of dozens of miles to come and sit in.

Song Qingshu welcomed everyone who came and never kept anyone who left. When he explained this knowledge, he casually picked up on it and was surprisingly knowledgeable and understood everything, which made the four adult teachers feel that they benefited greatly. Although some of his thoughts from his previous life were also included in it, they seemed even more profound and unfathomable.

At first, it was just children, then teenagers and adults. Eventually, even some scholars from the surrounding area came to listen to him explain these very basic things. His explanations were always innovative, making them feel that they had wasted all their years studying without understanding the basics. Naturally, some old scholars looked down on Song Qingshu, believing that a mere child had no ability to teach and that the Wudang Sect was misleading its students.

However, after these local famous scholars arrived, they found that in terms of attainments in these three articles, these old scholars who had studied the classics for a lifetime were not as good as a child. They all came with high hopes but returned in defeat, but they spread Song Qingshu's literary reputation.

The further this rumor spread, the less reliable it became. Three months later, the rumor spread throughout the martial arts world that a genius Confucian scholar had emerged from the Taoist holy land of Wudang Mountain. He was only sixteen years old and well-versed in ancient and modern times, with unfathomable talent. He preached Confucianism at the foot of Wudang Mountain every day, and had three thousand disciples who were all sages.

You know what, there are really fools who believe it and run thousands of miles here to challenge or study, but when they look around, wow, apart from the runny-nosed children, who are the rest of the people?

There were half-grown children, valiant warriors, old farmers carrying hoes, hawkers carrying loads on their shoulders, and of course, occasionally some rich kids and scholars who came to explore the scene.

The content of Song Qingshu's daily lectures was very casual, yet easy to understand and unforgettable. It covered not only literature, history, philosophy, astronomy and geography, ethics, loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness, but also farming, calligraphy, industry and commerce, etc. The variety of the content was shocking.

The lectures usually only lasted for half an hour. After the lectures were over, Song Qingshu left first, and the others saw him off respectfully before leaving one after another. There was a stone trough in front of the simple thatched hut, and several students and rich children threw some silver coins into it before leaving.

After asking, I learned that this was a businessman who left a reward after asking for a recipe. Others followed suit and voluntarily left some tuition fees as long as they made some money. Song Qingshu never paid for this money, and neither did the Wudang disciples. However, the old farmers at the foot of the mountain would use it to buy rice and flour to make daily soup and rice for the visitors free of charge.

This undoubtedly added to Song Qingshu's legendary color. Isn't the simple folk customs the result of education? Therefore, before Song Qingshu even set out on the Jianghu, he had a nickname: Confucian Hero.

There are all kinds of strange things in the world, and there are many people who want to be famous. Song Qingshu had no intention of becoming famous, but he became famous, which naturally made some people unhappy. So every now and then, some scholars who thought they had Confucian spirit came to challenge him, asking him how he could be called a Confucian hero when he was just a young boy and could only teach a few thousand things?

Song Qingshu first told him what a hero was, then started beating him up, then dragged him to start his paper in front of everyone, and left after refuting the other party speechless. Since the school was established half a year ago, it has not lost a single course. Song Qingshu, a Confucian hero who is both civil and military, has become even more famous.

Although fame often brings gossip, Song Qingshu never left the ten-mile radius of Wudang Mountain, and no one was so foolish as to actually come after him. Zhang Sanfeng's title as the foremost martial artist wasn't fake. He casually accepted many outer disciples, but this pushed Song Qingshu to the forefront. The Six Heroes of Wudang continued to do what they were supposed to do. With the exception of Yu Daying, who happily trained with his master every day because he couldn't display his martial arts skills, the others still had to travel the world.

As Zhang Sanfeng's 100th birthday approached, Song Qingshu became a little uneasy, and kept wondering in his heart whether he had forgotten something.

Oh no! Fifth Uncle Zhang Cuishan must have already landed and would be exposed soon. Even without the Dragon Gate Escort Agency, there was still Xie Xun and his Dragon Slaying Sabre. Even if he unleashed a large number of Dragon Slaying Sabres, it would be useless. Furthermore, he hadn't figured out an excuse to do this.

As expected, a few days later, news came that Wudang hero Zhang Wuxia had returned from overseas. On his way back to Wudang Mountain, he encountered many obstacles. Fortunately, he met Yu Lianzhou and was able to barely cope with it. However, he still lost his stupid son on the way.

Yin Liting had already rushed over after hearing the news, and Zhang Songxi, who was outside, knew about it. However, Mo Shenggu was on Wudang Mountain at the moment helping Song Yuanqiao prepare for Zhang Sanfeng's birthday. When he heard that his fifth brother had been killed, he was so angry that he ran away with his sword.

Song Qingshu hurriedly found Song Yuanqiao and asked him to tell Zhang Sanfeng and Yu Daying the news of Zhang Cuishan's return, and at the same time prepare for the troubles that would follow. It was time to come to an end with the matter of the Dragon Slaying Sword.

When Song Yuanqiao heard that this matter concerned his fifth brother and was linked to the Dragon Slaying Sword, he knew it was serious and hurried to the back mountain to find Zhang Sanfeng. Meanwhile, Song Qingshu began to deploy his troops, protecting the Wudang Sect as tightly as possible to prevent any scoundrels from sneaking into the backyard. There were no unexpected events in the original novel, but who knows if there will be any changes now, considering he has a younger brother.

On the occasion of Master Zhang’s 100th birthday, the outer disciples’ studies will be suspended for seven days. Everyone can go home and reunite with their families, and those on duty will receive extra rewards.