The Wudang Sect stood atop Mount Wudang, at the border of Junzhou and Fangzhou in Shannan East Province. It was a Pillar of the Martial Arts World, one of the foremost great sects, founded by the legendary Zhang Sanfeng.
Zhang Sanfeng had lived in an era so distant that the details of his deeds had long been lost. Yet all under heaven acknowledged that Wudang's Zhang Sanfeng and Shaolin's Bodhidharma had both become immortals or Buddhas. Their martial arts had verged on divine powers, beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
After Zhang Sanfeng, masters had emerged from Wudang generation after generation, and its martial arts were broad and profound. Its successive sect masters were not only among the supreme experts under heaven, but were also granted the title of True Person by the imperial court. They enjoyed immense prestige among both officials and common folk, revered by all.
Unlike Shaolin, which widely accepted lay disciples and followed a grassroots approach, the Wudang Sect carried itself with greater grandeur. Generally, disciples who had achieved success in martial arts would roam the martial world as independents, taking in disciples or founding new sects, while honoring Wudang from afar as their ancestral sect and registering under its banner, becoming Wudang's branch academies.
The Shangqing Abbey where this Cang Song resided was likely one of Wudang's subordinate sects. Due to the great distance and poor flow of information, the Golden Cauldron Sect knew little of Shangqing Abbey. Still, it was enough to know that it originated from Wudang.
Compared to a colossal entity like Wudang, the Golden Cauldron Sect was hardly worth mentioning, so naturally they felt somewhat intimidated.
It was like a group of spoiled young masters from some small county suddenly encountering a great young lord from the capital—the pressure was plain