The warehouse of the Wudang sect existed in the basement of Taihuo Temple.
It has existed since the time Taihuo Temple was built and has been forgotten from people’s memories for hundreds of years.
It was only during the extensive renovation of the halls ahead of Chongjin’s birthday that the warehouse was revealed to the world again.
The warehouse, which was discovered by chance, had a good environment for storing books.
This is also the reason why Chongjin decided to move all the important and major books of the Scripture Pavilion to this place until his birthday was over.
This was to prevent possible accidents.
The number of books might be smaller than Shaolin Temple, but there were numerous martial arts books in the Wudang sect Scripture Pavilion.
Most of them were Wudang sect martial arts, but there were also many martial arts books which are from the outside.
The Wudang sect has gone through many ups and downs over its long course of history.
They fought and took revenge against the forces that tried to trample their sect.
Fighting against numerous enemies, they felt the need to study the opponent’s martial arts. So, the Wudang sect disciples took the martial arts books of the fallen warriors and analyzed them.
There were hundreds of books collected in this way alone.
The Wudang sect divided the warehouse into two main sections.
The inner and outer warehouse.
The martial arts books of the Wudang sect were stored in the inner warehouse, while the martial arts books of the outsiders were placed in the outer warehouse.
Only after passing through the outer warehouse could a person enter the inner warehouse. This consequently made it more difficult to enter the inner warehouse than the outer warehouse.
However, this does not mean that the security of the outer warehouse is lax.
To enter the outer warehouse, one had to go through a large iron gate guarded by four taoists.
Furthermore, the location of the Taihuo Temple in the Wudang sect is in the center.
Dozens of taoists are always on guard, and spread out on different establishments.
The warehouse is in the basement of Taihuo Temple.
It was close to impossible for outsiders to break into the warehouse.
But it still happened.
“What is this?”
Woo-sung looked stunned as he stared at the wide open door of the outer warehouse.
The Wudang sect warriors standing guard in front of the outer warehouse were all bleeding. Each of them had thread-like wounds on their necks.
At first glance, it looked like they had been scratched by a tree branch.
The average person usually does not die from wounds like this. However, all of the monks were all dead.
The wounds may not seem much of a big deal on the surface, but the depth of the wound was deep enough to kill them.
“Tae-seon! Tae-hang!”
Woo-sung called the names of the dead monks.
All those who were guarding the outer warehouse were members of the Wudang sect. Although they were not direct disciples, they were promising talents who had been taught by Woo-sung.
Someone had secretly infiltrated Taihuo Temple and killed the disciples guarding the warehouse. This could only mean that the said person had been aiming for the warehouse all along.
“You guys, hurry up and inform the sect leader about this!”
“Yes!”
After giving orders to his disciples, Woo-sung hurriedly entered the outer warehouse.
There were more than hundreds of secret books in the outer warehouse.
It was impossible for the average person to memorize all these books. However, Woo-sung was the person in charge of managing the Scripture Pavilion for a long time.
Although he did not know every contents of the book, he remembered both the number and name of the books stored in this warehouse.
Woo-sung hurriedly looked through the bookshelves to see if there were any missing books.
He was in a hurry.
Among the secret grades stored in the outer warehouse, there was nothing that was not a great martial arts book.
If even one book is leaked, the world is bound to be in a frenzy.
After looking around for a while, Woo-sung found out what the missing book was.
Strength Grinding Demonic Martial Arts.1
It was a secret book that the Wudang sect got their hands on during the War of the Blood Heavens.
The Strength Grinding Demonic Martial Arts was known to have been mastered by Cheok Gye-young, the King of Devils,2 one of the best warriors of the Celestial Demon Union.
It was not known how the Wudang sect got the Grinding Demonic Martial Arts.
But one thing is certain.
The Strength Grinding Demonic Martial Arts is one of the greatest martial arts among the countless demonic arts in the world.
If it was known that the Strength Grinding Demonic Martial Arts was leaked, then great confusion and chaos would occur in the world.
“Oh no–!”
Woo-sung’s face turned white.
At that time, Chongjin and the elders of the Wudang sect arrived at the outer warehouse.
“What the hell is going on here?”
“Sect leader!”
“I won’t ask a second time.”
Woo-sung hurriedly told the angry Chongjin what had happened.
After hearing the entire story, the faces of Chongjin and the elders quickly hardened.
“So, while most of the sect’s attention was drawn to the disturbance that occurred in Qingliu Temple, an assassin took this opportunity to break into the warehouse.”
“That’s right.”
Woo-sung replied weakly.
Gong-jin’s complexion, who was nearby, also turned white.
At the time when books were stolen, the attention of the Wudang sect disciples was focused on the turmoil in Qingliu Temple. Even some of the guards at Taihuo Temple came out to watch.
Woo-sung and Gong-jin had escalated the issue without being able to calmly grasp the situation. Because of that, the attention of the Wudang sect was concentrated on Qingliu Temple, and thus reducing the surveillance on major establishments such as the Taihuo Temple.
It was truly a case of making a noise on the east and attacking west.
Gong-jin staggered as if he was about to collapse.
He was proud of being called the brains of the Wudang sect. But he ended up being deceived by the enemy’s tricks, only focusing and aggravating the incident in Qingliu Temple.
It was truly embarrassing to say the least.
Chongjin clarified the situation.
“So, Hong Mugwang is just used as a scapegoat to attract all the attention of the sect. In that time, the assassin incapacitate the people guarding the outer warehouse to steal the Strength Grinding Demonic Martial Arts?”
“That’s right.”
“Then the first person to intimidate Soma was a young master of the Rain Mountain Manor?”
“Yes!”
“Then Woo-sung and Gong-jin stepped forward and intervened?”
“Yes!”
The two men answered helplessly.
Gong-jin and Woo-sung bowed their heads. They could not look at Chongjin straight in the eyes.
Chongjin’s gaze turned to Woo Pyeong.
“Before this incident, Pyo-wol said to be wary of a female singer, right?”
“Yes. That’s why I started investigating all of the musicians and artists who entered the sect.”
“He also warned me to beware of the Hundred Wraith Union.”
Chongjin’s eyes became sharp.
Putting Pyo-wol’s words together, the female singer named Hong Ye-seol, who was invited to his birthday party, must have been an assassin from the Hundred Wraith Union.
“Sang-jin.”
“Yes, senior brother!”
The Wudang Sect Number One Sword, Sang-jin, stepped forward and answered.
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