interesting theory about SM & DGSD past

[PJ]

The theory I prefer is that SM was the unnamed master of WYZ/TSTL/LQS, who went to Shaolin to steal their 72 arts, but ended up getting religion instead.

The Master of Life-Death Talisman, Treading Wave Light Steps, Soul-Searching Skill, The Divine Art of Northern Ocean, and a host of other god-like Xiaoyao Pai martial arts, wants the 72 Supreme Arts of Shaolin?

[Ken Cheng]

The Master of Life-Death Talisman, Treading Wave Light Steps, Soul-Searching Skill, The Divine Art of Northern Ocean, and a host of other god-like Xiaoyao Pai martial arts, wants the 72 Supreme Arts of Shaolin?

Despite having all that, the Siu Yiu Sect did want *everything* they could get their hands on if only for evaluation purposes. They would have been interested in getting a manual for Divine Croc's scissors technique if such a thing were available. The Siu Yiu Sect folks were completists. Despite not needing them, not having the Hong Lung 28 Palms and 1 Yeung Finger Technique manuals must have been mildly annoying to the Siu Yiu Sect authorities.

[person135]

how do you know?

[Ken Cheng]

how do you know?

In that cave underneath Mt. Mo Leung, Deun Yu found the Siu Yiu Sect Elders' secret stash of martial arts manuals, which had nearly EVERY known martial arts system in the world at the time. Conspicuously missing, however, were the Hong Lung 28 Palms and the 1 Yeung Finger Technique manuals. Shelf space and labels had been prepared for them, but the spaces were unoccupied and there were signs that read something to the effect of, "Regrettably, we don't have these yet."

[person135]

6MSJ and YJJ weren't there were they?

[Ken Cheng]

6MSJ and YJJ weren't there were they?

Nope. The Dali Deun Royal Family and the Beggars' Union's best skills were not there, but it was clear that the Siu Yiu Sect coveted them. The sect, however, failed to procure them.

[person135]

no not yyj. i said yjj

[Dennis Chen]

If the members of Xiao Yaopai were so awesomely powerful, how hard could it be for them to sneak into the Dali Kingdom and take it?

[Ken Cheng]

no not yyj. i said yjj

They didn't have that either, although I don't think there was a spot reserved for it in their library. Conceivably, the Siu Yiu Sect would want it.

[Ken Cheng]

If the members of Xiao Yaopai were so awesomely powerful, how hard could it be for them to sneak into the Dali Kingdom and take it?

For 1 Yeung Finger Technique, I don't think there was a manual to take. To get this, the Siu Yiu Sect Elders would need to kidnap a member of the Deun Royal Family and force him to tell them the secret.

There *was* a written scroll for 6 Mak Divine Swords at Celestial Dragon Temple. Who knows why the Siu Yiu Sect Elders never went there to steal it?