Chapter 379

Today was an extremely special day for the Daoist School.

To be precise, it was today every five years.

Since the split of the Daoist School three hundred years ago, there had been some problems with the ownership of the famous sword Xueji, which represented the identity of the Daoist Sect Master. Finally, through negotiations between the two sects, the ownership of this sword was decided through a duel.

If one side won, they could hold this sword for five years. During these five years, the winner, as the orthodox Daoist School, would be respected by both sects.

Initially, this method could only be used as an expedient measure, barely maintaining the relationship between the Heaven and Human Sects of the Daoist School. For the people of the two sects, they did not think the Heaven-Human Sword Debate would continue forever. They would eventually win the final victory and make the split Daoist School return to one.

Especially after the Yin-Yang School rebelled against the Dao and established itself, for the people of the Heaven and Human Sects, there was one thing they were trying to restrain and avoid, which was to avoid completely tearing the face of the other sect, thereby causing the other side to rebel against the Daoist School and establish their own sect like the Yin-Yang School.

In the first hundred years or so, the Heaven Sect of the Daoist School had an absolute advantage.

Two genius figures, Lie Lie Yukou and Yang Zhu, appeared one after another.

Lie 230 Lie Yukou and Yang Zhu were two of the ten heroes of the world in that era. The former, although from the Heaven Sect, besides advocating quietness and inaction, many of his subsequent thoughts were also recognized by the Human Sect, such as "Equalizing Things as One" and "Embodying the Dao and Combining with Truth," all of which directly pointed out the essence of cultivating the Dao. He was also the Daoist Grandmaster most likely to unify the Daoist School and make the Heaven and Human Sects return to one.

During his period, the Human Sect of the Daoist School was once shaken.

But by the time of Yang Zhu, all this changed again. Although he was also one of the ten heroes of the world, Yang Zhu was different from Liezi. Yang Zhu advocated preserving truth and protecting nature, and the theory of valuing oneself over things. Although it was advocated by many people in the world at that time, and there was once a phenomenon where the words of the world did not belong to Yang then they belonged to Mo, this theory was not liked by the Human Sect.

The Human Sect cared about all things in the red dust and believed that cultivating the Dao was a process of living in harmony with all things. How could one perform the act of harming the world to benefit oneself?

During his period, the Heaven and Human Sects deviated again. That period was also the time when the Human Sect was suppressed the most miserably.

After all, Yang Zhu was different from Liezi. Liezi valued emptiness, while Yang Zhu valued himself. He was an ambitious person who prepared to annex the Human Sect in his own way. The Human Sect of the Daoist School was also the weakest in the era of Yang Zhu. It was called the Human Sect, but in essence, only a part of the people were struggling to persist.

It was not until the end of Yang Zhu's era that the Human Sect finally turned from bad to good.

They had an unprecedented Grandmaster-level figure—Zhuang Zhou.

The Grandmaster here is not the Grandmaster in the current Jianghu, but a title for someone who is learned in heaven and human, knowledgeable about the past and present, and a master of the Daoist School.

And the realm of the current Grandmaster of the world is purely a martial arts realm. Even the origin of this realm stems from Zhuang Zhou's debate at the Jixia Academy.

Zhuang Zhou's theories were passed down from Laozi and Liezi. If one looks at his theories, they are very similar to these two, especially Liezi, who is a top figure of the Heaven Sect of the Daoist School. But besides the thoughts of "Heavenly Dao is natural" and "Equalizing things as one," what truly made him the Grandmaster of the Human Sect was "Free and Easy Wandering." A piece of "Free and Easy Wandering" seemed to point out the way forward for the people of the Human Sect.

It was also during the time of Zhuang Zhou that the Human Sect of the Daoist School truly had the capital to be mentioned in the same breath as the Heaven Sect.

The Human Sect did not decline because of the suppression of the Heaven Sect. On the contrary, in the era of Zhuang Zhou, it developed to its peak.

Even after Zhuang Zhou passed away.

The Human Sect had already risen.

Thus, that sword debate once every five years has been passed down from three hundred years ago to the present. Even if geniuses like Beimingzi appeared in the Heaven Sect in these years, they were always inferior to Yang Zhu. Even Yang Zhu, one of the ten heroes of the world, could not completely suppress the Human Sect and annex it, let alone Beimingzi. In recent years, although the Heaven Sect was still powerful, the Human Sect also had many geniuses appearing one after another. In general, the two sects were still in a state of equal strength.

Just like now, the current Sect Master of the Heaven Sect, Chisongzi, had won the Xueji competition twice in a row. The Heaven Sect had held Xueji for ten years, but the Human Sect had no fear at all.

Even if Chisongzi was very strong, in these two Xueji competitions, their Human Sect only lost narrowly.

Since it was a narrow defeat, it meant that the cultivation method of the Human Sect was not weaker than that of the Heaven Sect, and what they insisted on was correct.

Or rather, they actually didn't need to prove the correctness of their cultivation method anymore.

Just because, whether it was right or wrong, Zhuang Zhou had already verified it for them back then.

If the philosophy they advocated in their cultivation method had problems, it would be impossible for a peerless Grandmaster like Zhuang Zhou to appear.

Around the Guanmiao Platform, there were evergreen pines and cypresses.

The disciples of the Heaven and Human Sects stood quietly, and the major Elders mingled among them. The people of the two sects were as distinct as the Jing and Wei rivers. Led by two old men, they stood opposite each other, looking like they were ready to fight.

The Sect Master of the Heaven Sect was Chisongzi, nearly seventy years old, but full of vitality and strong Qi and blood.

The Sect Master of the Human Sect was named Xiaoyaozi. He was much younger than Chisongzi. Before the age of thirty, he was a hot-blooded Jianghu hero who enjoyed gratitude and revenge, and once had the reputation of being the number one hero in Guanzhong. Later, for some reason, he escaped into the Daoist School and practiced in seclusion. Although he joined the Daoist School halfway, a genius can shine with his own light anywhere. After many years of hard cultivation, Xiaoyaozi mastered the unique skills of the Human Sect and even obtained the unique Daoist name "Xiaoyao," which shows how much the Human Sect valued him. He did not live up to the Human Sect's expectations and later became the Sect Master of the Human Sect. Five years ago, during the last sword debate, it was his first battle after succeeding as the Sect Master of the Human Sect. Facing Chisongzi, who had already held Xueji once, he only lost narrowly.

For this sword debate, the people of the Human Sect believed that after five years of hard cultivation, their Sect Master Xiaoyaozi would definitely be able to win back Xueji and make the Human Sect surpass the Heaven Sect.

While the Heaven-Human Sword Debate was warming up.

At the foot of Taiyi Mountain, the main peak of Nanshan, a figure dressed in black clothes walked slowly.

The disciples guarding the mountain discovered the visitor immediately.

"Stop, the Daoist School has sealed the mountain today!"