How to Make the Mount Song Sect Win

The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was a wuxia drama. It did have its strengths, but it was rare for a film or television drama to attract someone of Changkong Yinglian's standing.

Just as a farmer would have trouble enjoying a drama about farming, Changkong Yinglian had no interest in a wuxia drama full of fighting and killing. After all, she had fought enough herself, and she knew just how fake these shows were.

Rather than watch a long, tedious film or television drama, Changkong Yinglian would have preferred to watch a song-and-dance performance or listen to a musical.

But having appeared in the drama herself, she could not help liking it a little more.

She watched her own performance as Abbess Dingxian over and over. Once the few scenes in which she appeared were over, she had to turn her attention to the plot to see what sort of role she actually played in the drama.

To Changkong Yinglian's surprise, while studying Abbess Dingxian's place in the story, she unexpectedly discovered that The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was actually an allegory for political struggles.

The whole drama revolved around the struggle for power at the highest level, represented by Ren Woxing, Zuo Lengchan, and Yue Buqun. All these dictators wanted to achieve the feat of unifying the martial world.

But their abilities and prestige were lacking, so they could only resort to extraordinary means to eliminate dissidents, and they did not shy away from using brainwashing to win public support.

"Master Fangzheng of Shaolin and Daoist Priest Chongxu of Wudang represent the defenders of the existing order," Changkong Yinglian said. "Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, Mo Da of the Mount Heng Sect, and the others represent experts from local factions. Lin Zhennan is a microcosm of the various financial