After the first Huashan Discourse on the Sword, Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen Sect, won the title of the first in the world and the Nine Yin True Scriptures of the Martial Arts, becoming the first of the "Five Absolutes" - "ZhongshenTong".
However, what was surprising was that when Wang Chongyang chose the New Sect Leader, he did not take the level of martial arts as the standard, and chose Ma Yu instead of Qiu Chuji to take over the Quanzhen Sect.
You know, although the Quanzhen Sect is a Taoist temple, it is also a martial arts sect, and if they want to maintain their position, in the final analysis, they still have to rely on martial arts to speak.
Among the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, Qiu Chuji, who was known as Changchunzi, was considered to be the person with the highest martial arts among Wang Chongyang's seven disciples in the jianghu.
Although Ma Yu was Wang Chongyang's eldest disciple, his martial skills and reputation were not as good as Qiu's, and when he first met with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, Peng Lianhu and others, he had to introduce himself first, and the other party recognized him.
Some people may think that this is because the Quanzhen Sect abides by the so-called "primogeniture inheritance system", which makes the master brother Ma Yu the sect leader, but this is not the case.
Among the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, although Ma Yu's martial arts and reputation were not as good as Qiu Chuji's, or even as good as another disciple, The Yuyang Zi Wang Chuyi, he could also be regarded as a first-class master of the jianghu.
When Ma Yu went to Mongolia to teach Guo Jing's internal skills, Guo Jing practiced for three years, and his martial arts improved by leaps and bounds, which can also be seen in his level as a teacher.
Later, Ma Yu's body was severely poisoned, and he was still able to heal his wounds with luck and resist the enemy on the other, which showed that his internal skills were exquisite and his strength should not be underestimated.
In addition, Ma Yu has a gentle and humble personality, and has a thorough study of Taoist classics, while Qiu Chuji's personality is fierce and violent, and his knowledge is also lacking.
Although martial arts is indeed the pillar that supports the Quanzhen Sect, as a Taoist sect, it is natural to pay more attention to Taoist cultivation. For the question of Ma Yu taking over as the head of the church, Zhou Botong's sentence gave the answer:
"Among my seven masters and nephews, Qiu Zhiji had the highest kung fu, but my brother did not like him the most, saying that he was slow to study martial arts and abandoned Taoist kung fu. It is quite incompatible that those who say that those who study martial arts should make great progress and practice hard, while those who learn the Tao should be indifferent and spontaneous. Ma Yu won the Fa system of my brother, but his martial arts were inferior to Qiu Chuji and Wang Chuyi. "
From Zhou Botong's words, it can be seen that compared with the level of martial arts, Wang Chongyang valued the Daoist learning of his disciples more, and Ma Yu was able to take over the Quanzhen Sect, mainly because he could balance the martial arts and Taoist learning.
Only in this way can we be regarded as completely inheriting the foundation of the Quanzhen Sect. Qiu Chuji's martial arts were indeed superior to Ma Yu's, but due to the lack of research on Taoist learning, he was unable to take over the Quanzhen Sect in the end.