Li Yuncong did not answer Hu Xiaotian's question. Instead, he continued, "At Heavenly Dragon Temple, the Formless Divine Skill was a sacred book. In the eyes of the martial world, it was a supreme art. But to the emperor, it was worth nothing."
Hu Xiaotian nodded, thinking that once a man became emperor, he had so many people protecting him, could do whatever he pleased, and could command the world with none daring to disobey. Naturally, he had no need to put himself through the hardship of practicing martial arts. No martial arts manual could hold any appeal for an emperor.
Li Yuncong said, "But at the time, they feared people in the martial world would covet the book, so they announced that the entire scripture pavilion had been burned to the ground. In fact, most of its Buddhist scriptures had been moved into the palace. At first, some suspected that the Formless Divine Skill was among those books. That batch of scriptures wasn't sent straight to the Library Pavilion, but was first sorted at Wenxing Garden. Quite a few officials and generals pulled strings, hoping to find the Formless Divine Skill among them and claim it for themselves, but no one ever found it. A selection of the scriptures was sent to the Library Pavilion, while the rest were sealed away in Wenxing Garden. There were plenty of twists and turns along the way, but after about fifty years, hardly anyone mentioned the Formless Divine Skill anymore. Another hundred and fifty years passed before the injustice done to Heavenly Dragon Temple was finally redressed. Emperor Mingzong personally ordered the temple rebuilt on its original site, following all its former arrangements. Master Fang Hui, the abbot of Heavenly Dragon Temple at the time, requested that the Buddhist scriptures be returned.