The Legend of Daxian Mountain

In Guyang, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, stands Daxian Mountain, where the legend of Master Kang Yue lives on. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song, Kang Yue, a young general in the Yue Family Army, learned that Yue Fei had been falsely accused and killed at the Fengbo Pavilion. The following night, he slipped into the residence of the treacherous minister Qin Hui to assassinate him. After the attempt failed, he fled to Daxian Mountain in Guyang, where the civilization of the Central Plains meets that of the grasslands. There he saw strange, jagged rocks, and upon one of them he found a heavenly book. Guided by the Supreme Lord Lao, he devoted himself to mastering the martial arts and medicine recorded in its pages. Later, he returned to the Central Plains and, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, joined the northern campaigns, fighting the Jin army and winning repeated victories. In the reign of Emperor Guangzong, he was sidelined and resolutely returned to Daxian Mountain to heal the people. At last, the Jade Emperor summoned him to Heaven, where he became an immortal. To honor his memory, the local people built him a temple, where incense has burned without interruption for years.