Yang Chengye carried a handwritten letter from Han Shizhong, and under the gaze of Han's family and Niu Mengmeng's reluctant eyes, he rode his horse northwards, with his destination being the Shaolin Temple in Henan Songshan.

  Before leaving, Han Shizhong told Yang Chengye that after he cured his wife's illness, he would immediately let Yang Chengye and Han Bi Lian get married.

  Yang Chengye just smiled and didn't take it to heart.

  Yang Chengye traveled day and night, and after three days he arrived at the ancient town of Xiangyang.

  Xiangyang and Jingzhou are collectively known as the twin cities of Jing-Xiang, a historically famous cultural city and an important member of the Yangtze River middle and lower reaches urban agglomeration. It is the main birthplace of Chu culture, Han culture and Three Kingdoms culture, and has been called "the first city in China", "iron-clad Xiangyang" and "a place that military strategists must contend for".

  Xiangyang is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Han River Plain, bordering Nanyang in Henan to the north, Jingmen to the south, Suizhou to the east and Shiyan to the west. Scenic spots include Gulongzhong, Xiangyang City and Tangcheng etc.

  In the early Western Han Dynasty, Xiangyang County was first established; in the Sui Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, it belonged to Xiangzhou.

  Xiangyang was the gateway of Southern Song Dynasty. To destroy Southern Song, one must first capture Xiangyang. Therefore, emperors of Southern Song had always attached great importance to Xiangyang and repeatedly sent generals to garrison it.

  During the She Diao period, Guo Jing, the great hero, sat in Xiangyang and assisted Lü Wende in rectifying defenses, so that the Mongolian army repeatedly attacked without success.

  During the time of the Divine Eagle, an unprecedented war was waged against the Mongolian army, which ended with the death of M?ngke Khan.

  Later, due to the corruption of the Southern Song court, Xiangyang was isolated and unsupported. The great hero Guo Jing, the heroine Huang Rong, their eldest daughter Guo Fu, and their son Guo Polu all died in the fall of Xiangyang.

  Only Guo Xiang was lucky enough to escape by leaving Xiangyang in search of the great hero Yang Guo.

  Yang Chengye had always wanted to go to Xiangyang, but in his previous life he was unable to make the trip due to work reasons. Today, he finally arrived at Xiangyang City.

  Yang Chengye has always had an idea, that is, entangled in whether or not to let history repeat itself, and whether it will change the course of historical development.

  When he saw the prosperous Xiangyang, he finally made a decision that history could not be repeated. Although the Mongols' unification of China was an inevitable trend, he couldn't bear to see Guo Jing's family die.

  Thinking of Yang Guo, Yang Chengyi had another strange idea. His current father, Yang Zai Xing, was a descendant of the Yang Family Generals. Then Yang Guo's grandfather, Yang Kang's father Yang Tie Xin, was also a descendant of the Yang Family Generals. Was there some kind of connection between them?

  Or is Yang Tie Xin just a fictional character fabricated by Jin Yong?

  Yang Cheng thought of going to Jiaxing Niujia Village Tie Gun Temple for a trip, to see if he could meet Guo Xiang and Yang Tie Xin.

  Yang Chengye led his horse into the high-walled and deep-moated city gate of Xiangyang, where people were coming and going like a weaving loom.

  What appears before one's eyes is a profusion of flowers, various ancient buildings standing in close proximity, merchants and peddlers thronging the streets, the sounds of hawking and bargaining rising and falling in succession, presenting a scene of great prosperity.

  Suddenly, Yang Chengye heard the cry of stinky tofu, and his face immediately lit up with joy.

  Stinky tofu is a specialty of Hubei, although it smells bad, but when you eat it, it's especially fragrant.

  In his previous life, Yang Chengye was particularly fond of eating stinky tofu and never got tired of it.

  In Yang Chengye's memory, his mother often bought him stinky tofu to eat, and it tasted like his mom.

  Yang Chengye spent a copper coin to buy a bag of stinky tofu, admiring the beautiful scenery of Xiangyang City while eating the delicious stinky tofu.

  Yang Chengye spent the whole day in Xiangyang City, and it can be said that he fulfilled his long-cherished wish of many years.

  Yang Chengye left Xiangyang City the next day after staying at the city inn for one night.

  Half a day later, Yang Chengye arrived at a tea shed on the official road and sat down to order a pot of tea and some buns to eat.

  At the two tables next to them sat seven men and one woman, one of whom was a man in his thirties wearing a Taoist robe, while the others were all in their twenties.

  At this time, the Taoist priest's face was full of desolation, and he said to the other seven people: "You are all my old subordinates, we have been through thick and thin together, fighting against the Jin army, but how can we be a match for the million-strong Jin army with just us?"

  "Nowadays, the imperial court is even more eager to make peace with the State of Jin and surrender, what else can we hope for?"

  "I have now become a monk at Zhongnan Mountain Chongyang Palace and taken the Daoist name Chongyang, so you all should go your separate ways!"

  Yang Chengye listened to the Taoist's words and his heart moved: "What? Zhong Nanshan, Chongyang Palace, Wang Chongyang?"

  "Could it be that this Taoist is actually Hua Shan's Jianjian, the first of the Five Absolutes, who has cultivated the Xiantian Gong and become the Zhong Shentong Wang Chongyang?"

  However, Yang Chengye did not show it, but ate buns on one side and glanced at the eight of them with his spare eyes.

  "Big Brother Wang!"

  As soon as Wang Chongyang finished speaking, a young man of twenty-seven or eight years old said: "I, Ma Yu, have been following you since I started my career. Since you have become a monk, I will also follow you to become a monk."

  "I also left home and became a monk."

  "Also, I am Tan Chuandan."

  "My king also left home."

  "I am Hao Datong..."

  "I am Liu Chuxuan..."

  "My grandson is not stupid..."

  Closely following Ma Yu, the other seven also requested to become monks and wanted to take Wang Chengyang as their master.

  Yang Chengye was shocked again upon hearing this.

  These people were later known as the Seven True Disciples. Ma Yu was known as Dan Yang Zi, Qiu Chuji as Chang Chun Zi, Tan Chuduan as Chang Zhen Zi, Wang Chuyi as Yu Yang Zi, Hao Datong as Tai Gu Zi, Liu Tong as Chang Sheng Zi and Sun Bu'er was a woman known as Qing Jing San Ren.

  Moreover, all seven sons of Quanzhen later founded their own sects, each with its own achievements. Especially the Huashan Sect founded by Hao Datong is one of the eight major sects.

  Wang Chongyang looked at Ma Yu and his seven disciples with hesitation, feeling a mix of emotions.

  After Wang Chongyang failed to resist the Jin, he lived in seclusion in the ancient tomb of Zhongnan Mountain, known as the "Tomb of Living Dead Men", meaning that he would stay in the ancient tomb forever like a living dead man.

  Lin Chao Ying, who had been chasing himself all along, actually came again and proposed to compete with Wang Chong Yang. The condition was that if Wang Chong Yang lost, he would have to give up the Tomb of the Living Dead and never set foot in it again.

  Lin Chongying is also a strange woman, who likes Wang Chongyang in her heart. Previously, Wang Chongyang abandoned his children and personal feelings to resist the Jin Dynasty, which made Lin Chongying resentful. Later, after failing to resist the Jin Dynasty, he even lived in the Tomb of the Living Dead, making Lin Chongying even more angry, so she used the method of competing with Wang Chongyang to make him appear in the world.

  Wang Chongyang was defeated in the end. According to the agreement, he voluntarily moved out of the ancient tomb and built a palace called Chongyang Palace not far from the ancient tomb, calling himself the True Man of Chongyang.

  Watching his former subordinates speak sincerely, Wang Chongyang finally nodded and agreed to accept Ma Yu and the other seven as his apprentices.

  Wang Chongyang took the Seven True Disciples away, while Yang Chengye stood there blankly, staring at the direction they left in, lost in thought.

  Yang Chengyi has been in this era for only a year, and he has met Huang Zong, Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Zhou Botong, defeated Ouyang Feng, and now he has even seen Wang Chongyang and the Seven True Men, it's really hard to express!

  "Hey kid, have you seen a stinky Taoist priest?"