Qingcheng Sect
The Way of the Zhengyi Covenant of Daoism, which reveres Celestial Master Zhang. Its priests draw talismans and chant spells, and unlike the , Qingcheng Daoists may marry and have children.
Their Training stresses holding to the center and attaining harmony: one becomes ten thousand, ten thousand return to one, and one returns to the void. That is why Qingcheng Daoists are by and large pure of heart and few of desire, with especially fine Cultivation.
There was once a rather impolite old saying in the Jianghu: "The Qingcheng Disciples you meet in the Jianghu are all half-baked, their mortal hearts not yet faded. The truly formidable ones stay in the mountains, never fighting for fame or profit, only seeking their own immortality."
Map of Qingcheng Mountain
The background of the destination-selection screen during free actions while staying at the Qingcheng Sect: a panorama of Qingcheng Mountain.
Wuwei Elixir Method
The Qingcheng Sect uses swords, but its strength lies in qigong. The so-called Wuwei Elixir Method actually cultivates an internal elixir, not the kind you swallow.
Qingcheng qigong is hard to learn and hard to master. Trained to its depths, a drawn sword carries the sound of thunder, and any ordinary weapon breaks on first contact. You need not even use a blade: a single Whisk infused with True Qi can be swung like a hammer to strike a man, and nothing is more formidable.
is a grandmaster of qigong, and of the orthodox Daoist Cantong Secret Covenant he is the only man alive who can wield it. It is said that even if the Internal Force of the Tang Clan's Four Heroes were stacked together against him, they would still lose more often than win. That shows how formidable Qingcheng's Internal Skill is; only a fool would challenge a Qingcheng Disciple to a contest of Internal Force.
Returning Void Pill
The Qingcheng Sect Leader, , once had a celebrated with Hao Datong, the Immortal Taigu of the Quanzhen Seven Masters, and from it brought in the art of external elixirs. Qingcheng's "Returning Void Pill" is the fruit of Sect Leader Zou's and Daoist Hao's joint research.
This Immortality Pill is exceedingly rare. They say a single pill takes several years to refine, with countless precious ingredients, and experts of the sect must channel their Internal Skill to sustain the work. It is meant to harmonize with Daoist Internal Skill, helping the practitioner refine Spirit into Void and return to the plain and wondrous realm of the great Dao's utmost simplicity, slowing the drain on one's lifespan.
After the war with the Old Demon Cult, the was plagued by old wounds and illness, and Daoist Zou once sent him a pill. The Tang Clan Sect Leader gave it to Tang Zheng to dissolve and study, which improved the Tang Clan's Pepper Powder Poison; sadly, it still could not cure the Sect Leader's chronic illness.
Ye Yunzhou once came to the Qingcheng Sect seeking a pill to cure Ye Yunshang's illness, but in the end Shentu Long sent him away.
At the hundredth-birthday feast of , Qingcheng's Sect Leader Zou also presented a pill as a birthday gift. If the Tang Clan had chosen the Longevity Rejuvenation Pill as its gift, the above effects would have been mentioned, along with the matter of the two pills' effects clashing.
Zhao Kui's Betrayal
At the very end of the , each side sent out three Peerless Masters to decide life and death and debate heroes. Zhao Kui, Junior Brother of Qingcheng's , fought the , was defeated and gravely wounded, and the Left Envoy fled without a trace.
Remorse still tormented Zhao Kui. As if cursed by the Demon Cult, he grew paranoid and violent. His martial arts grew ever stronger and his face ever more savage, until at last he betrayed Qingcheng and joined the Mud Cult, becoming the Dharma King of the Hell Path.
Secret Manuals
- Eight Gates Locking Gold Blade
- Three-Five Demon-Slaying Sword
- Qingfeng Thirty-Six Techniques
- Wuwei Elixir Method
- Tiger's Roar Skill
- Yin-Yang Theft
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