At this time, on a small plaza at the cliff behind the back courtyard of the Boundless Daoist Temple, this was the place where disciples of the temple usually practiced collectively. However, many disciples were now starting to set up a martial arts stage.
At the same time, the main hall of the Boundless Daoist Temple was also making preparations for the ancestral worship ceremony. New rooms were also being tidied up and prepared, as many representatives from various major sects attending the ancestral worship ceremony would be residing in the temple.
It had now been confirmed that twelve major sects, including the Shaolin Sect, Qingcheng Sect, Emei Sect, Huashan Sect, Kongtong Sect, Kunlun Sect, Xingyi Sect, Taishan Sect, Bajiquan Sect, Tan Tui Sect, Dadao Sect, and Yingzhua Sect, would be sending disciples to participate in the Boundless Daoist Temple's ancestral worship ceremony.
Of course, some sects did not send disciples but did send congratulatory posts.
After all, the branches of the major sects in modern times were no longer as prosperous as before, with disciples everywhere.
With the current society's discrimination against traditional Chinese martial arts, people now believed that traditional martial arts were merely fancy footwork with no practical combat value.
Of course, this was all due to a few individuals deliberately smearing traditional martial arts, leading people to misunderstand and deviate. At the same time, there were also those who impersonated various sects or only learned a few superficial skills and then sought to attract attention from the public.
For example, the "Master Ma" who appeared not long ago displayed his lightning five-fist combo on short videos and even challenged Sanda practitioners, only to be beaten until his face was bruised and swollen.
Therefore, such behavior of parading around under the guise of traditional martial arts was smearing traditional martial arts.
Of course, among these sects, not everyone had learned their sect's internal martial arts like Wan Yunting!
For example, among the disciples of the Boundless Daoist Temple, besides Wei Ping and Xu Lingwei, disciples with some martial arts talent like Zeng Yongchang, Qi Wu, and Li Zihang were the ones who could learn the sect's internal martial arts.
But now, most of the young disciples of the Boundless Daoist Temple were only practicing external martial arts, and many had not even crossed the threshold of martial arts.
Therefore, among those disciples, they were at most better in physical fitness than ordinary people.
It was like the most popular Wudang Sect. With Tai Chi becoming popular throughout China, many foreigners flocked to Wudang Sect to learn martial arts. Therefore, at the foot of Wudang Mountain, Wudang Sect also specially established a martial arts school to teach Wudang martial arts to the public.
However, what that martial arts school taught was only the external martial arts of the Wudang Sect, and ordinary internal martial arts. The core internal martial arts were basically only taught to disciples with exceptional martial arts talent within the sect.
After all, not everyone could practice martial arts, especially internal martial arts, which required extremely high personal talent and comprehension to understand the essential principles of internal martial arts.
Therefore, martial arts prodigies with extraordinary talent like Wan Yunting were rarely seen, even among the major sects. If one could appear in a thousand years, it would be a blessing for the sect.
The ancestral worship ceremony held by the Boundless Daoist Temple this time was actually a grand ceremony to worship the past patriarchs. Other sects were also invited to participate, and then the younger generation disciples would spar and exchange martial arts.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it was an excuse to invite other sects to exchange and interact under the guise of the ancestral worship ceremony.
This time, it was entrusted to the disciples of Duan Wuyu, the senior disciple Wei Ping, the second senior disciple Qi Wu, and Xu Lingwei, to spar with the young geniuses of the various sects. Friendship first.
However, Duan Wuyu had also asked Wan Yunting to participate before. But with what happened at noon, it was unknown whether Sima Boyong, who was handling the ancestral worship ceremony, would still let him participate.
Without realizing it, it was already afternoon. Wan Yunting, Chang Wude, and Kang Nuolan had been in the small courtyard. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon. They hadn't eaten lunch, and now they were hungry. So Wan Yunting called out to Chang Wude, "Old man, let's go to the mess hall to eat."
"I won't go."
Chang Wude walked out, waved his hand, and said, "You can bring some food back for me. I have to go see Senior Brother Duan now."
Wan Yunting nodded, then left the small courtyard with Kang Nuolan towards the mess hall. They were now basically familiar with the environment in the temple.
"Senior Brother, look, it's them!"
As soon as they walked out of the small courtyard where Chang Wude lived, they encountered two young disciples sweeping snow. Upon seeing Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan, they pointed and whispered, their gazes filled with hostility.
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow but said nothing, continuing towards the mess hall with Kang Nuolan...
It was now time for the disciples to have dinner, so the mess hall was already filled with disciples eating and discussing a topic!
"No way, is that Uncle Chang Wude really back to snatch the position of Sect Master from our Sect Master?"
"That's right, otherwise why would he come back? It must be to snatch the position of Sect Master while our Sect Master is not well!"
"Yes, I also think so. Otherwise, why would someone who left the sect for decades suddenly come back? He must have ulterior motives!"
"You're right, especially since he wronged Uncle Boyong at noon and made Sect Master spit blood. I think he did it on purpose."
"Hmph, they should be kicked out of our temple. Keeping them is a disaster..."
"Look, his two disciples are here!"
When some disciples saw Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan enter, the dozens of young disciples eating in the mess hall immediately stopped what they were doing, turned their heads in unison to look at Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan at the door, and saw that everyone's gaze was filled with intense hostility!
Facing the undisguised hostile gazes, Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow slightly but said nothing, walking towards the food serving window, "Let's pack it to go and eat."
Kang Nuolan nodded, completely ignoring the young disciples who were glaring at them. Suddenly, a disciple stood up and pointed at Wan Yunting, scolding, "How dare you still come to eat? You have no shame!"
"Exactly, after infuriating Sect Master like that, you still have the nerve to stay in our temple? It's simply shameless!"
"Uncle Wang, don't give them food. People like them should be kicked out of our temple!"
"Yes, kicked out of our temple..."
For a moment, all the disciples in the mess hall stood up, their faces filled with anger, and loudly shouted for Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan to leave the temple.
This made Wan Yunting frown. He didn't expect these people to be so resistant to them, or rather, resistant to Chang Wude.
"Senior Sister Yingying is here!"
Just then, some disciples saw Duan Yingying enter. She had changed into a simple white Daoist robe and wore a white cloak. The collar was made of snow fox fur. Worn by Duan Yingying, she looked gentle and generous, standing tall and graceful.
However, her pretty face and her innate arrogance made her appear willful and headstrong. She strode in, casting a disdainful glance at Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan with her large eyes, and snorted coldly, "How dare you still come to eat?"
Saying that, Duan Yingying said to Uncle Wang at the food serving window, "Uncle Wang, starting from today, no food is to be given to them!"
Uncle Wang, who was responsible for cooking for the temple disciples, nodded.
A disciple shouted, "Senior Sister Yingying, kick them out of our temple."
"Yes, make them get out of our temple..."
The other disciples shouted in unison again.
Duan Yingying put her hands behind her back and took two steps towards Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan. She proudly raised her delicate chin, looking playful and cute. She pointed at them and snorted coldly, "Did you hear? We don't welcome you here. Hurry up and get off the mountain. I don't want to see you."
Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan remained expressionless. Facing the sect master's daughter's willful and unreasonable behavior, he felt helpless.
"Why are you still standing there? I don't want to see you right now, hurry up and get lost," seeing that they didn't move, Duan Yingying glared and shouted loudly.
"Hurry up and get lost..."
The surrounding disciples also echoed the shouts.
Wan Yunting shook his head, smiled, and pulled Kang Nuolan beside him, "It seems we won't be able to eat tonight. Let's go."
So the two left the mess hall amidst the scolding of the crowd. Duan Yingying turned around and looked at the backs of Wan Yunting and Kang Nuolan as they left. She snorted coldly and then loudly said to the surrounding disciples, "From today onwards, no one is allowed to bring them food. If I find out, I will never forgive them!"
"Don't worry, Senior Sister Yingying, we won't give them food..."
The disciples nodded in response. Duan Yingying nodded with satisfaction, waved her cloak grandly, and turned to leave, "Alright, you can continue eating."
Back in the small courtyard, Wan Yunting sighed helplessly and asked Kang Nuolan, "Do you have any food? Snacks are fine too."
Kang Nuolan shook her head and said calmly, "I don't like snacks."
"Alas, it seems I'll have to go hungry tonight..."
Wan Yunting rubbed his stomach, which was already growling. They hadn't eaten lunch, and they had planned to have a good meal tonight, but unexpectedly, the sect master's precious daughter had ordered the mess hall chef not to serve them food.
"Let's go back and drink some water."
Wan Yunting waved his hand and went back to his room, planning to call Fang Yanxi to chat and distract himself, so he wouldn't feel hungry anymore...