With the establishment of the Nine Mortal Ways, Zhu Yousheng distilled his family's ancient Ghost Valley marti…
With the establishment of the Nine Mortal Ways, Zhu Yousheng distilled his family's ancient Ghost Valley martial arts, once intricate and arcane, into accessible teachings. The once cryptic "Strategies of Bargaining" and "Seven Yin Techniques from the Classic of Darkness" became the straightforward "Sixteen Techniques of Horizontal and Vertical Movements" and the "Seven Plays of Dragon, Turtle, Snake, Bear, and Bird." Armed with these refined arts, the Nine Mortal Ways struck fiercely, inflicting heavy losses on the Khitan. Enraged, the invaders razed the neighborhoods and dug out commoners hidden within the secret water channels beneath the city.